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Windows Phone 8 could soon officially support 1080p displays if new support in the official Microsoft emulator for the Full HD resolution is any indication, increasing the competitiveness for high-end devices running the OS against Android. The support, spotted by developer Justin Angel buried in the Windows Phone 8 Visual Studio 8 emulator beta, is

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The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has turned some heads since its initial debut, and now that it has been in the hands of developers for a few months now, the creators of Oculus Rift have received some incredible feedback. One of the biggest requests, however, was 1080p. And with the snap of a finger,

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We’ve been impressed with Oculus Rift from the start, and have been following the VR headset closely ever since. The developer edition has been in the hands of devs for a couple months now, and while Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell have certainly received rave reviews of the headset from many, they’ve also heard lots of feedback about ways to improve it. The number one request from users and devs? A higher-resolution screen than the 1,280 x 800 panel in the dev device. Well, after months of research and tinkering to find the right hardware combination, team Oculus is finally ready to show off a Rift with a 1,080 x 1920 display, and we got to demo the thing.

Before heading into the land of 1080p, we got to explore a demo built with Unreal Engine 4 in the existing dev headset. After looking around a snowy mountain stronghold inhabited by a fire lord in low res, we switched to the exact same demo running at 60 fps on the HD prototype device — and the difference was immediately apparent. Surface textures could be seen in much higher fidelity, colors were brighter and less muddied and the general detail of the entire environment was greatly improved.

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It may be time to dust off that Canon 50D you purchased back in 2008. The folks behind the Magic Lantern firmware add-on have pulled yet another rabbit out the proverbial hat (or is it lantern?) by enabling RAW video recording on the APS-C-based DSLR. What’s even more impressive is that the 50D lacks video support out of the box, so this new-found functionality is truly magical. This hack comes hot on the heels of the Magic Lantern team coaxing the Canon 5D Mark II / III into capturing 24 fps RAW video. With the firmware add-on installed, the 50D is capable of shooting video up to 1592 x 1062 pixels at 30 fps. There are some caveats, though. First, there’s no audio recording since the camera lacks a microphone input and associated electronics. Second, capturing RAW video requires fast CF cards (at least UDMA 6). Third, we now fully expect to see the 50D skyrocket in value on the used market. Hit the break for a few sample videos.

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This week the fabled Motorola hero device called “X Phone” before this week has resurged in the tip lines at the Motorola XFON, complete with Qualcomm hardware compatibility with 4G LTE across all major carriers in the USA. This device has appeared several times in the recent past in both front and back hands-on photos with what appears to be a soft plastic back, a relatively large back-facing camera, and a palm-sized body. It’s been tipped most recently that this XFON device will be ready for both AT&T and Verizon this July.

The codename for this device has been tipped as “Ghost”, this attaching itself well to the many times we’ve seen it in half-views and rumor mills thus far. The most recent source to come forth with information about this device has hit up PhoneArena with word that the device leaked earlier this week was, indeed, a masked in-case edition of the XFON being prepped for final release this summer. It’s also clear, according to this most recent set of suggestions, that the device isn’t a Google Nexus handset.

The Qualcomm RF360 radio will likely be inside this device complete with global 4G LTE compatibility, this radio having been introduced back in February to do such a thing. The release window for this radio fits well with that of the XFON, with the first products suggested for integration pushing out in the first half of 2013.

This device is tipped to be coming in a diverse array of case colors and makeups, with at least two versions popping up in leaked photos in the last few weeks. One was black, this one bringing on a durable polycarbonate shell instead of Motorola’s recent must-have Kevlar backing – this seen in the DROID RAZR series from start to finish. The second does indeed have what appears to be a Kevlar-like backing that spans the casing from top to bottom – across the back, that is.

This smartphone has been suggested to be being tested in a slightly different configuration than its final release, with a 720p resolution display being utilized as the form factor – the rest of the hardware, that is – is solidified. The final release is said to be coming in at 4.7-inches and 1080p, ringing in at a rather HTC One-like setup. Inside it’s said this device will work with a nearly-stock version of Android with minor Motorola modifications.

While past Google I/O developer conferences have been home to Nexus device reveals in a large way, it’s possible that this device will pop its head out for Google greatness at the keynote on the first day. Check it out as SlashGear heads to Google I/O 2013 starting on the 15th of May – coming up quick!

Motorola XFON skirts Nexus 5 rumors, pushes for cross-carrier US release is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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