Originally posted on June 12:
If you missed Apple’s WWDC event or if you don’t have enough time to watch Steve Jobs talking for 2 hours, here’s a nice 60 seconds video summary of the keynote, with all the important issues, courtesy of Mahalo.
[via Mahalo]
Originally written on June 9th:
Apple WWDC 2008 event in San Francisco has answered our expectations with some major announcements from Steve Jobs, including the new iPhone 3G revelation. The keynote has introduced us as follows:
Again, rumors prove to be right and today they just get the official stamp from Apple. Lets view some of them in a nutshell:
I received a twitter message last night, stating there’s a rumor that Acer is planning to get into the games console market. Personally, i embrace any new player, coming into a jammed territory, i really think it can contribute to the competition and provide us, the gamers, more game titles, better graphics and advanced accessories. However, Acer need to create something really good in order to deflect our attention from PS3, Wii or XBOX 360 consoles. According to Acer Senior Vice President, James T.Wong, the company plans to create sort of an open platform console, based on “game machine” PC technology, and take this advantage to compete with all other closed and proprietary systems. Regretfully, there’s nothing more to say other then this dull info, so stay tuned.
[via gamestar]
Nothing special with this new Coby MP735 mp3 player, spotted at the CeBIT show in Hannover, except the fact it has cool swiveling stereo speakers appended to its back. The player boasts a 1.66-inch LCD screen, a touch panel, an FM tuner, USB 2.0 and the aforementioned speakers. Again, no word on price or availability.
[via aving]
Apple’s iPhone roadmap SDK event at “Town Hall” in Cupertino has answered our expectations with 7 major announcements from El Stivo. The keynote has introduced us as follows:
It’s not that we were strangers to most of today’s new announcements, on the contrary, we’ve been craving for them since the day the iPhone was launched, and finally they are here. Lets view some of them in a nutshell:
Apple’s iPhone SDK
For months we’ve been hearing tons of speculations about it, but today, we finally get a chance to look at Apple’s long-awaited iPhone SDK pack and stand on this exciting developer kit essence. Based on OS X Xcode source code, Cupertino will provide iPhone developers the same API and developing tools, used by Apple, including Cocoa Touch app framework, 3-axis accelerometer, access to an interface builder - providing drag n’ drop structuring of the GUI and automated power management, location enabled app, 3D graphics accelerators, full access to media capabilities and to the iPhone simulator, in order to experiment and run the developing application on OS X.
Nav N’ Go introduces its latest iGO MyWay 8 application, designed to provide GPS navigation services for the iPhone or the iPod Touch devices. The shown prototype is compatible with turn by turn directions and location tracking function, thanks to the built-in WiFi connection and the small GPS receiver, plugged to the dock connector. Only thing left, is for Apple to be kind enough to open the handset for 3rd party developers - hopefully today at the SDK event. Check the videos after the break.
[via engadget]
Hauppauge Digital unveils a new portable media player at the CeBIT show in Hannover. The new pMP (no mistake) comes with a 3.5″ screen (320×240), SD/MMC slot, USB 2.0 port and an e-book reader. The well-known TV cards manufacturer brings its expertise to the player, adding a “double twin” TV tuner for Vista and Media Center, mobile Freeview TV reception, EPG and text functions. It is compatible with AVI, MPG, VOB, MPEG4, ASP, and DivX XviD 4.0/5.0 video files, MP3, WAV audio files and JPEG image files. Hauppauge claims the 200gm device can run up to 4 hours of video and will be available around April for €150. With a clean metal design, the new pMP might have a great potential, but c’mon Hauppauge, can’t you hire some talented designers? The machine looks like and old rusty transistor.
[via gmp3]
After months of speculations, we finally can take a glimpse on the new Meizu M8 mini One. Although it is just an early prototype without any functional features, except the home screen, dialer and media player, we’re able to get a first impression and learn what to expect for. Suspiciously, The M8 looks similar to the iPhone, both from the outside and the inside GUI, it has a TV-output, 3 buttons downside and a touchscreen (not a multi-touch like the iphone’s). The final device will feature a Windows CE 6.0 OS, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 3.4″ display (720 x 480), 3MP camera and many more. Meizu says the final hardware is complete and ready to be launched in China, somewhere around August.
[via engadget]
Check out the videos and the specs after the break.
Remember the rumors about the 9″ Eee PC? Turns out they were correct, as Asus reveals a 9-inches LCD Eee at the CeBIT show in Hannover. To be more accurate, it’s 8.9-inch but that is only a scrubby difference. The new Eee looks similar to the 7″ model, only it houses 8GB to 12GB storage size, equipped with a larger touchpad and jammed with a bigger picture. The Eee PC is expected to be released in the “middle” of 2008 for €399, and we are looking for more details to be delivered tomorrow at the press event.
[via engadget]
Check out the video from JKK Mobile, after the break.
Three months after revealing the R50A at the CES 2008, Asus rolls out the R70A UMPC at the CeBit show in Hannover, Germany. The new R70A comes with a 7-inch screen, Windows Vista OS and 120GB storage size. We’re still lack of specs, but we’re going to update, once the show starts. Meanwhile. we can tell this baby features a 1.6GHz processor (hopefully Silverthorne), memory card slot, couple USB jackets and some built-in nav buttons. Stay tuned !
[via engadget]
Now it’s official, Apple rolls out the iPhone software roadmap in a Town Hall event on Cupertino campus on March 6th. The company has sent invitations for the launch of the iPhone SDK, along with some Enterprise features, and Software updates. It should be very interesting to figure out what “enterprise features” stand for, maybe a 3G iPhone declaration?
[via slashgear]
Sony wants to turn the games purchase into an easy and approachable experience. The company has officially announced they are developing a wireless store for the PSP consoles, during the GDC conference. The store is expected to be similar to the wireless iTunes, located on iPhone and iPod Touch. Unfortunately, Sony has dropped the availability details, so i guess we all have to wait impatiently for any future announcements.
[via slashgear]
LG Electronics unveils the next futuristic mobile phones concept at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new “Watch Phones” lineup featuring cellular capabilities with voice recognition, SMS text messaging and Bluetooth connectivity for a full hands-free dialing. No info concerning price or availability.
[via aving]
Check out the next picture and the video after the break.
In addition to all the new features that firmware 1.1.3 can offer, Apple added 5 new applications to the iPod Touch players, including Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather and Notes. Regretfully, this is not a freebie, and you will have to pay 20$ in order to get ‘em.
We’ve already seen couple of videos, introducing some of the elements that firmware 1.1.3 features. Now it gets official and here are some further details:
[via engadget]
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