Hidden inside the Accessibility settings of iOS 7 is a sneaky new way to control your iPhone (or iPad): with your head. Yep, with simple left or right head movements you can navigate your iPhone. You’ll look a little bit crazy but ooh wow look at you control your iPhone invisibly.
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The Smart Beam pico projector is shaped like a cube and fits nicely in the palm of your hands.
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SHANGHAI, China — Fancy a portable projector that you can bring anywhere in your pocket? SK Telecoms’ Smart Beam projector may be just the device you are looking for.
Measuring 4.5cm (1.77 inches), the wide, cube-shaped beamer fit nicely in my palm. Weighing just 126g (4.4 ounces), it’s as light as most mobile phones. The Smart Beam supports the MHL connectivity interface, and you can use any smartphone that supports this standard to connect to the pico projector.
Other key specifications include a battery life of 120 minutes, VGA native resolution, and 35 lumens of brightness via the DLP DMD projection system. While SK Telecom claims it’s the brightest for its size, I’d add that you may still have to use this in a darkened room.
Retailing at around $300, the Smart Beam is already available in South Korea and will be heading to China.
There is a Micro-USB port for charging and a focusing dial.
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The FingerQ PrivacQ Case for the Samsung Galaxy S3 adds a fingerprint sensor to the phone.
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SHANGHAI, China — FingerQ, a company based in Hong Kong, has made a series of Android cases that come with biometric fingerprint sensors for added security. The sensors don’t replace the built-in security features of your Android phone (unlocking your smartphone still uses the passcode or pattern unlock), but adds another layer of protection for chats and applications.
The FingerQ system will be available as an accessory called the PrivacQ case and caters to phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, and Note 2, as well as the HTC One. The fingerprint sensor is just one part of the equation, as the company’s software also needs to be installed on the handset for the system to work.
Messages and images sent securely cannot be seen unless the receiving party swipes an enrolled finger.
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The primary use of the case is through the FingerQ Chat application. The app … [Read more]
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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Every once and a while we need a reminder to be more awesome by doing more awesome. Jump off a cliff. Sky dive. Race a plane. Ride a bike. Surf. Anything. When you attach a GoPro to your head and put a thumping electronic beat as your soundtrack, life will always seem so awesome.
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The PlayStation 4 Eye camera.
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Sony may have called an audible on the robotic eyeball accessory of its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, according to a new report.
Citing sources, IGN says Sony originally intended to include the $59 camera accessory inside a $499 launch system bundle, but changed plans at the last moment by removing it in favor of trimming everything down to $399. All to beat out Microsoft’s Xbox One and its mandatory Kinect accessory with its $499 price tag, IGN’s sources said.
Sony did not respond to a CNET request for comment on the report. We will update this story when we have more information.
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It looks like when it comes to Instagram officially arriving on platforms other than iOS and Android, those users are definitely out of luck because it seems that after rejecting Windows Phone, at least for now, Instagram has also turned […]
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When it comes to boasting about their mobile platform, Microsoft unfortunately does not really have that much to say. They cannot boast to have the highest market share, nor can they boast about having the best hardware, and they definitely […]
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