LG’s tie-up with Google has been limited to Android in the past, but new evidence hints that the pair are teaming up for devices running Chrome OS. TMWatch has spotted that Lucky Goldstar has filed trademarks for “ChromeOne,” “ChromeDesk,” and ChromeStation,” which could mean we’re going to get …
Back in August, Amazon made a preemptive move when it altered its pricing policy for third-party traders amid an investigation being conducted in the UK and Germany. In August, Amazon removed a rule that prevented third-party sellers using its marketplace from offering their goods at a lower price elsewhere. It appears Amazon’s preemptive move hasn’t […]
This article was written on November 16, 2011 by CyberNet.
Google Voice is a great service for having a single phone number ring multiple phones, plus you also get unlimited text messaging for free. A deal like that is pretty hard to beat, but iOS users aren’t able to get the integrated experience without jailbreaking their iPhone. There are some apps, however, that try to make using Google Voice a little more seamless.
The commonality I found between most iOS Google Voice apps is that since there is no public API for Google Voice many of them can feel sluggish if you don’t have a good network connection. This is because they are essentially loading and parsing the desktop version of the Google Voice site with each operation. When you’re trying to send or receive a simple text message the last thing you want to do is wait a minute for the app to finish what it’s doing.
The developer of Think Messenger ($2.99 on iTunes) and Think Dialer ($1.99 on iTunes) decided to take a different route. Instead of using the desktop version he went with the mobile version, which meant everything would be a lot faster, but some limitations would also be imposed. The speed improvements over some of the other apps like GV Mobile+ is rather noticeable to me. It even feels faster than the official Google Voice app released by Google themselves.
You may be wondering why there are two apps instead of just one, but I think that’s what makes me love this integration even more than the others. By separating out the calling and SMS text messaging it feels more like the native iPhone experience, and overall the apps feel a lot more polished than the others I’ve bought. The only thing that feels a little out of place is that the voicemail retrieval is done through the Think Messenger app, which I suspect is because the Think Dialer does not yet support push notifications. With Think Messenger you get native push notifications without any subscription fees, and it works very well.
Think Messenger Screenshots
Think Dialer Screenshots
Think Messenger Homepage ($2.99 on iTunes – Universal iPad/iPhone app)
Think Dialer Homepage ($1.99 on iTunes)
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Research firm Gartner follows global trends for a number of technology devices including PCs, tablets, and mobile phones. The research firm has issued a new note predicting that shipments of PCs, tablets, and mobile phones combined around the world will grow by a slight 4.5% in 2013. The research firm says that lower-priced devices will […]
Serial party spoiler @evleaks has already shown us Nokia’s forthcoming Lumia 1520 and 2520, but now he claims to have a leaked image of something much, much smaller. The picture shows a basic audio device that, he says, is similar to Apple’s entry-level music player, except that it has NFC to allow …
With Windows Phone 8 now geared up for larger displays, you can expect to start seeing correspondingly large handsets. Like, for instance, the much-rumored Lumia 1520
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You may think that the United States is full of weird items everywhere you look, but it all truly pales in comparison to these 10 Russian oddities.
Lomography, the camera company, has released many cameras in the past that have defied how photography should look like. The company’s products have typically allowed for creation of photographs with weird colors and effects which is a departure from how photographers usually prefer to take their photos and where they strive for color balance, sharpness, and etc. Now for those who own Micro Four Thirds cameras, you might be interested to learn that Lomography has announced an “Experimental Lens Kit” for your cameras which will bring about the same weird colors and effects to your photographs, although the main difference here we guess would be how your camera actually processes it.
The lens kit includes a 24mm standard lens, a 12mm f/8.0 wide-angle lens, and a fisheye lens with an aperture of f/8.0 as well. Each lens will come with a built-in shutter speed of 1/100sec and Bulb which will allow for multiple exposures, and a T-mode that will hold the shutter open for a normal live view. For those who wish to experiment with colors and effects further, each lens will have a slot that will accommodate color gel filters. The entire lens kits will set you back 79 GBP, although we suspect that this lens kit will probably not be for everyone, but could be worth checking out if you wish to try a bit of experimental photography.
Lomography Announces Experimental Lens Kit For Micro Four Thirds Cameras original content from Ubergizmo. 
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When Microsoft announced the Xbox One, some were worried that their older Xbox 360 headsets would not be usable with the console and that they would need to buy new ones. The good news was the Microsoft announced that 360 headsets would be compatible with an adapter, although the bad news is that these adapters might be delayed until the first quarter of 2014. This is according to a press release by manufacturer Turtle Beach who confirmed that their XO FOUR and XO SEVEN headsets for the Xbox will not be available until Q1 2014 due to the delay of the Microsoft Xbox One headset adapter. (more…)
Xbox One Headset Adapters Delayed Until 2014 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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