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Windows Phone 7? There’s An App For That
Posted on March 18th, 2010 No commentsOriginal Article from: www.InformationWeek.com
Microsoft plans to compete head-to-head with Apple in the market for mobile application downloads.
Taking a page from rival Apple’s playbook, Microsoft said it intends to launch an online store through which customers can purchase and download applications for its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Series mobile device platform.
Microsoft announced the plan Monday at its MIX10 developer conference in Las Vegas. The company did not provide details on pricing or timing, but it has previously said Windows Phone 7 devices should be on the market in time for the 2010 holiday season.
Microsoft has good reason to focus on the downloadable applications market. Apple has seen more than 100 million downloads from its App Store, and Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster recently estimated that iPhone and iPod downloads will grow to become a $1 billion business as early as next year.
To build critical mass for Windows Phone 7 applications, Microsoft is extending tools — including its Silverlight multimedia format and XNA games language — to the new phone environment that developers already use to build apps for the Windows PC and Xbox console platforms.
The SDK for Windows Phone 7 applications was released last week.
Windows Phone 7 “was designed to generate incredible opportunities for developers and designers to quickly and easily deliver compelling applications and games,” said Joe Belfiore, VP for Windows Phone Program Management and a MIX10 keynote presenter.
Microsoft said developers who design applications or games for Windows Phone 7 will be able to leverage built-in support for cameras, microphones, location-based services, hardware-aided video, accelerometers and more.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows Phone 7 last month at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.
The software features a start screen that rejects static icons in favor of real-time feeds from the Internet’s most popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, as well as other applications. It also offers always-on access to e-mail, Xbox games, Bing search, and other tools.
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Apple and you.
Posted on February 4th, 2010 No commentsYesterday Apple released the 3.1.3 update for iPods and iPhones.
DO NOT UPDATE IF YOU WANT YOUR UNLOCK.
iPhone 3G/3Gs users who don’t care about their unlock can go ahead right now and update and keep their JB using redsn0w from the dev team.
iPod Touch 1G/old2G can update using redsn0w and still have a JB.
iPod new2G/3G DO NOT update. Period. The iPhone Dev Team is working on the new tool, wait for them to give you the go ahead.
iPhone Unlockers (3G and 3Gs) Don’t update, there is a new baseband update, you WILL lose your jailbreak and MAY NOT be able to unlock your phones for a while
Check with the dev-team, I will be: http://blog.iphone-dev.org
GeoHot doesn’t seem to be doing much now, he might.
Thomas
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Exclusive Video Of Pico Projector in a Samsung W9600
Posted on January 17th, 2010 No commentsThe above video has surfaced on youtube recently showing the use of a Pico Projector within a mobile phone, this projector can reach up to 1.5m wide in viewing projected from inside the mobile. Although this is only new you can see that hopefully with new technology coming in pocket sized gadgets such as phones there is so much potential for new and exciting gadgets
Tane – AGeniusBlog.com
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Kodak Zi6 Review
Posted on January 13th, 2010 No commentsAlthough this gadget is quite old I thought I would give it a quick review just for AGeniusBlog
So at the moment you can buy these handy little HD camcorders for $159.95USD on the Kodak online store. The camera is quite handy although a tiny bit bulky it packs a lot of punch. It records on HD format 720p at 60 fps with 16:9 aspect ratio in MP4 format which allows you to import it into most movie editors (I personally used Camtasia for it) or use the bundled CD software to edit. It has some built in memory but memory is easily expandable with up to a 32GB SD card able to be added into it allowing it to store all your favourite memorys and change memory cards if you want to continue recording on the go.The camera records in 3 different video functions being HD at 60 fps, HD at 30 fps, or VGA. Allowing you to change the quality and speed for specific needs. It also allows you to switch into Photo mode allowing you to take 3MP photos using the camera.
It is quite easy to use, is on in seconds after to sliding the power switch and your on your way. Even though the files were a bit bulky because of the HD formatting it was well worth it with the camera outputting great quality videos, the only downside as other reviews have mentioned is this buzzy noise that you can hear quietly in videos for some reason and also that the camera is very shakey at times unless you are using a tripod.
I have had to oppourtunity to use both this camera and the Flip Mino HD. In comparasion I cannot see much difference between the video but prefer the Kodak Zi6 because of its larger screen and expandable memory. Although looking at the flips which are now coming in larger sizes then previous and are now available in New Zealand I may be speaking too early.
HD Camera users, whats your opinion?
Tane – AGeniusBlog.com – Twitter.com/damnELECTRIC
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