The Radar’s arrival in this world was overshadowed by the massive Titan released on the same day. But if a batch of spy shots sent to TmoNews is to be believed, then this mid-specced 3.8-inch Windows Phone could be about to get some much needed 4G pep on T-Mobile’s network. The photos also reveal plenty of magenta branding, Tango video calling and of course Mango running under the hood. Further corroboration probably won’t come til we detect an HSPA+ Radar at the FCC, but with some decent 6/7Mbps real-world download speeds and hopefully some mobile hotspot action this could well be a device worth having.
“See What You Print” (SWYP) is like a cross between an iPad and a printer. The concept — from Artefact design — shows us printers as they should be, not the hideous, hard to use devices we are forced to use today.
SWYP is incredibly simple, both in design and use. Once loaded with photos from your camera, you can swipe and pinch the images on the printer’s touchscreen until you are happy with the layout. Then hit print, and the exact same image you see on screen is deposited onto a sheet of paper.
Because the printer has its own screen, the two can be calibrated together to make sure the print reflects what you see on the monitor, and driver issues disappear as there are no longer two separate devices talking to each other.
If this printer was ever actually made, I’d probably start printing my photos again. It could even be made as an iPad dock and I’d be interested — after all, I don’t need to buy yet another screen. As it is, I’ll probably stick to sending my Instagram photos to Blurb and having them send me back perfectly printed books.
This article was written on October 09, 2006 by CyberNet.
Microsoft has a pretty big day tomorrow and it could be even bigger than expected. First off it is Patch Tuesday and they have 11 patches that they plan to distribute that will fix some bugs. Six of those 11 patches are going to be for Windows.
For anyone still using Windows XP SP1 you may want to make the upgrade to SP2 because you can no longer receive any support as of tomorrow. I do know a few people that still haven’t made the switch because they don’t want the Security Center, but I think they may actually change their mind.
Lastly, several sites including SlashDot and the Washington Post are claiming that Microsoft may release Internet Explorer 7 tomorrow. Yesterday we just talked about how the release is planned for sometime this month but Microsoft didn’t give any specific date. Apparently the Washington Post read too far into the post and thought it implied that Microsoft would initiate the Automatic Update for IE7 tomorrow. They have since posted an update retracting the claimed release tomorrow.
Even if Internet Explorer 7 does get released tomorrow it should not be distributed using the Automatic Update System. Microsoft specifically said that the Automatic Updates will be initiated a few weeks after the release. That probably means it will happen on November 14 which is the next Patch Tuesday following tomorrow.
Update:
The Internet Explorer Blog just announced that they will be having their last chat session before the IE7 launch on Thursday. I guess that rules out a release date of tomorrow.
Not much of a surprise here, but today it finally becomes official: Henry Tirri has been appointed CTO of Nokia, nearly four months after assuming the position on a temporary basis. Tirri, who joined the company in 2004 and previously served as head of its research center, will permanently replace former CTO Rich Green, who took an indefinite leave of absence from Espoo back in June, citing “personal reasons.” At the time, some local media outlets reported that Green’s absence would be permanent, due to disagreements over CEO Stephen Elop’s smartphone OS strategy. Reportedly a one-time Meego advocate, Green will now return to the US to “pursue new opportunities” and, as of today, is no longer a member of the Nokia Leadership Team. Tirri, meanwhile, will be responsible for designing “Nokia’s technology agenda both now and in the future, and driving core innovation to enable business development opportunities.” We’ll have to wait and see where that path leads, but you can find more details about the appointment in the full press release, after the break.
Sure, it’s one thing to hit up the vending machine at work to get your Doritos fix, but free gifts? That’s exactly what Nokia‘s doing at the Skypark in Glasgow for the city’s Social Media Week with the help of 1000heads. Dubbed the “Nokia Gift Machine,” it allows event attendees to obtain one free gift per day including candy from the US of A, Nokia accessories and even smartphones for a lucky few. All it takes is a quick FourSquare check-in with #NokiaConnects followed by a share over Twitter, and a goodie-filled tube will be yours for the taking. It’ll only be in place until the 23rd, so if you’re there and haven’t given it whirl, consider this a quick heads-up from your friends at Engadget. Plus, who doesn’t love getting awesome stuff for free? Exactly. Full details in the PR past the break.
UK-based treehuggers can bust out the internet high fives now. Merry ol’ Swindon just got the British isles’ first ever commercial hydrogen refueling station. Part of a collaborative effort between industrial gas company BOC (which built and maintains the pumps), the Forward Swindon economic initiative and Honda, owners can roll their clean energy machines into the automaker’s manufacturing lot for a fill-up. BOC’s hoping the experience, which reportedly looks and functions much like a traditional gas station, will serve as an example of the private – public partnerships required to rollout infrastructure for alternative energy adoption. So, it’s good news for the fuel cell-equipped handful of you cruising about Swindon town, or just passing through on a ’round the world tour. Of course, no official word as to whether Tilda Swinton plans to officiate the opening. Official PR after the break.
This article was written on January 08, 2008 by CyberNet.
Time Saving Tuesday
A few weeks ago we, gave Viddler 1st place for being the best sharing site of 2007. That’s when it hit us that we’ve been using Viddler for quite awhile without actually writing about it. Not spreading the word about Viddler is pretty much doing an injustice to our readers. And we can’t forget to mention that we currently have 3 out of 20 of the most popular videos on Viddler.
We use Viddler for all of the screencasts and videos that we produce. The video quality is pretty amazing, and they offer users an incomparable amount of control over the videos that are published. Lets take a look at how it all works…
–Upload a Video–
Viddler’s uploading process couldn’t be any easier. Their Flash-based uploader lets you queue up as many videos as you would like. It will upload each of them one-by-one, process them, and let you know when they are completed. What really makes the uploader intelligent is that you can enter in the title, description, and tags for each video while you wait for them to finish:
You can upload videos that are up to 500MB in size, and they support the following types of files: AVI, DV, MOV, QT, MPG2, MPEG2, MPEG4, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, ASF, WMV, and FLV. In the next version of Viddler they have plans on letting users upload music and pictures.
After the videos finish uploading you can navigate away from the page, and optionally you can be notified via email when they are ready for you.
–Embed/View the Video–
We optimize all of our videos for Viddler’s largest resolution. That way when we embed the videos they look clear and concise, which is especially important when posting screencasts. Here’s an example of our most popular screencast (there’s no sound):
–Features–
I’m frequently amazed that Viddler is a free service because of how well it’s designed, and the number of features it brings to the table. Here’s a quick overview of the things you’ll want to checkout when using Viddler:
Stats – With every video that’s uploaded you’re able to keep track of how many views they’ve received. You can also see the URL of other sites who are embedding your video, and how many times it has been viewed on any particular site. Pretty cool, huh?
Privacy – There are three different privacy options that you get when uploading a video. You can make a video public where anyone can watch it, shared where you designate which of your Viddler friends can watch it, or you can make it completely private so that you’re the only one able to view it.
Downloadable Videos – Unlike many video services, Viddler gives publishers the option to make their videos downloadable. And I’m not just talking the compressed Flash version of the video either! If enabled, Viddler will let viewers download the original video that you uploaded.
Powerful Menu – When a video finishes playing, or the user presses “Menu” in the bottom-right corner, they will be presented with all kinds of information. They’ll see stats for how many times the video has been viewed, a list of other videos from the publisher, recommended videos, and all of the stuff that you would need for embedding or linking to the video.
–Sharing–
Naturally with any video service, the focus is on members who share their videos with other people. Viddler has the most powerful set of sharing options out of any other video site that I’ve used. You can control whether everyone, your friends, or just you can comment, tag, embed, and download videos. Each of the settings can be configured on a per-video basis, thereby giving you the ultimate control:
–Overview–
As you can see, Viddler is jam packed with features, but there is one thing that I would like to see to make it a little bit better. As of right now you can share your videos with only friends and family by using the appropriate “Shared” privacy option. The problem is that anyone who views the video has to be a registered Viddler user in order for you to make them a “friend,” and I think it would be easier if they offered the option to just password protect a video. Once that’s possible I’ll deem the service perfect!
The man who previously led the development of IE Mobile for Windows Phone is no longer with Microsoft, whose termination followed a series of tweets regarding one of Nokia’s unreleased Mango handsets. A representative of Ballmer & Co. has confirmed to us “that Joe Marini no longer works at Microsoft,” and while the company refuses to discuss the details of his termination, you be the judge. In his first tweet, Mr. Marini expressed glowing enthusiasm for the device, having called it one of Nokia’s slickest ever. Then, however, he went on to give the phone an “8” (to summarize his 144 character review), criticize the camera as being good, but not great, and bemoan its screen size. Oops. If anything, unbridled enthusiasm is encouraged at Microsoft (just think back to Steve Ballmer’s monkey dance if you had any doubt), but when sheer excitement erupts into stunning frankness regarding unreleased products from partner companies, perhaps this ex-Microsoftee should have kept his thoughts offline. We wish you luck, Joe, but next time, just remember that review scores are a relic of the past. Instead, just let the words speak for themselves.
Sure, two turntables and a microphone might be where it’s at, but you’ll only get so far before you wish you had a mixer plonked in the middle. Makers of high end DJ finery, Pioneer, has just added a member to its exhaustive family, the DJM-250, and the sweetest sound it makes is the chuckle of a happy bank manager. Landing in at just a dollar shy of $400, the aforesaid outfit reckons it’s the cheapest two-channel mixer on the market that boasts channel filters, for those silky smooth transitions. Aside from those, you’ll enjoy up to eight inputs and club-system friendly balanced XLR outs, and a choice of two colors — black and white! A December release date means it’s likely to find it’s way into a few Christmas stockings, though fans of white will have to wait just a little longer. Give the PR a bounce or watch the promo video after the break for more.
This really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, given some of OCZ’s other offerings, but the company has outed its Synapse Cache SSDs so you don’t have to suffer the speed limitations inherent in spinning disk storage. These 2.5-inch, 6 GB/s SATA drives come in 64 and 128GB flavors, and do the dual drive dance with your HDD of choice using the firms’ Dataplex caching software. That nifty bit of code hastens data retrieval by dynamically managing your data, placing frequently used info on the speedy SSD, and shoving the rest on your capacious, cheap-as-chips HDD. When can you up your storage speed limit and how much will it cost? OCZ’s not telling, but the drive’s full performance specs can be found in the PR and source below.
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Microsoft has a pretty big day tomorrow and it could be even bigger than expected. First off it is Patch Tuesday and they have 11 patches that they plan to distribute that will fix some bugs. Six of those 11 patches are going to be for Windows.
I’m frequently amazed that Viddler is a free service because of how well it’s designed, and the number of features it brings to the table. Here’s a quick overview of the things you’ll want to checkout when using Viddler:
