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Monday, November 8, 2010

Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 update now live in UK

By admin 11:02 PM

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Quick Note: Samsung UK has finally released the Android 2.2 aka Froyo update for Galaxy S users. The update requires the latest version of Samsung Kies application.
Do share your experiences with Froyo powered Galaxy S with us.

Samsung replaces HTC to become No. 4 smartphone maker

By admin 11:02 PM

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Credits: Bloomberg

Thanks to the sales of its flagship smartphone Galaxy S, Samsung drove past HTC to become world fourth -largest maker of smartphones in the July-September quarter.

According to the report by International Data Corp, Samsung claimed 8.9 percent of smartphones shipped globally during the quarter.

Smartphone makers and shipments in 3^rd Q:

Nokia – No.1 – 32.7 percent

Apple – No.2 – 17.4 percent

RIM – No.3 – 15.3 percent

Samsung – No.4 – 8.9 percent

HTC – No.5 – 7.2 percent

All numbers out of global shipments

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

No Comment: Inception explained for Mac users

By admin 9:58 AM

Confused by the summer's biggest blockbuster and its multiple dream levels? Wishing Christopher Nolan had used some sort of OS X-related metaphor instead? Jonah Ray's got just the graphic for you -- he created a graphic that shows just who's around on each level of the vast dreamscape in Inception, courtesy of the Finder's clean and simple interface. (It probably goes without saying, but you shouldn't follow that link unless you've seen the movie already. -Ed)

Of course, I can't help think that maybe it would be a little more appropriate if all of the sub-level pictures were just aliases of the original pictures, since deleting them won't delete the originals. And shouldn't Eames look a little different when he's impersonating Browning in Yusuf's dream? Wait -- our heads just started hurting again. Instead, we'll just post this picture here with no extra comment.

[via TDW]

TUAW No Comment: Inception explained for Mac users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Patents hints at iMac Touch and touchscreen MacBooks

By admin 9:58 AM

With the sweet glass-fronted, LED-backed displays on the newer MacBooks, Apple seemed a step closer to giving us touchscreen displays beyond the current ultra-portable devices. Patently Apple has recently unearthed a couple of Apple patent filings that seem to point in that direction, not just for MacBooks, but for a future iMac as well.

Apple is clearly driving very quickly toward mass adoption and integration of its iOS software, and these patents certainly support that. As far as the "iMac Touch" patent, apparently you'd get the best of both worlds as far as Apple's OS offerings are concerned. Based on the orientation of the display, the iMac would switch between Mac OS and iOS. Lay it flat, you get iOS. Stand it up, you get Mac OS.

Obviously there are many Apple patents reported that never will see the light of day, but I believe this one has some meat to it. For an iMac refresh, this seems a very logical update. Though it makes sense we could see the same thing in a MacBook update, I'd say we'll see an iMac sporting this dual-OS first.

TUAW Patents hints at iMac Touch and touchscreen MacBooks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google app gets updated with push notification for Gmail

By admin 9:56 AM

After many months of users having to resort to third-party or jailbroken apps to get push notifications from Gmail, Google has finally released an updated version of its iPhone app that now handily does that all for you.

The update -- which is now freely available in the App Store -- allows you to sign into one or several Google accounts and set up Gmail and Google Calendar push events, which work just as you'd expect. It's not yet clear how consistently quick the app is at alerting you of new mail, though it seems to have a significant delay upon initial testing. So far connectivity to my Gmail account using the Mail app responds much quicker.

As you can see from the screengrab of the update, you can specify quiet times for notifications, which could be handy if you tend to get a deluge of mail in the wee hours of the night. Google customers rejoice: push notifications are finally here!

TUAW Google app gets updated with push notification for Gmail originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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3D illusion paintings

By admin 9:53 AM

I love the optical illusion art of French art collective Paper Donut. [Via NotCot]

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LG GW910 slider turns heads at FCC; likes AT&T, Windows Phone 7, and long walks on the beach

By admin 9:49 AM

So, BEJGW910, we meet at last... or should we call you the LG GW910 with Windows Phone 7? Oh, don't act surprised, we've had you on our radar for some time now. You're not as sneaky as you might think, you know that? Sure, you thought your FCC meeting was a private one, but that foul temptress is not one to keep things to herself, and lookie, she's put some surprisingly decent shots online. External and internal, we're afraid. She also tells us you're wired for AT&T, is that to say you're in cahoots with Ma Bell? We've got all the photos ourselves now in a gallery below, so don't try and deny the rendez-vous. Oh, and your user manual showing off a "multitasking" button? We jumped ahead to page 25 and noticed the LG eXpo nod -- it's just a cobbled-together draft manual, a ploy to trick us. Good joke, you -- now tell us about your evil twin brother, C900.

Gallery: LG GW910's external photos from FCC