Social music service Rdio, which was founded by two of the same people that started Skype, has reached version 1.0 for the iPhone on the iTunes App Store, sporting a new “springboard” style dashboard (rather than tabs) and further refinements, making the the North America-based subscription music service noticeably more Ping-like. The new version features […]
Panasonic today is now showing products from its earlier take over of Sanyo with five new pocketable camecorders. The WA10 is its star with an Xacti-like design, it can shoot its 1080P, H.264 video for up to an hour underwater at depths of up to 10 feet. In spite of the hardening, it’s low-light friendly […]
Vogue has released its first-ever iPad application, Vogue Cover Exclusive. The title concentrates narrowly on the magazine’s cover subjects, documenting them in articles and photo collections. Beyond paper or web content the app offers videos, extra interviews and alternate images. Inaugurating the first edition is Lady Gaga. Examples of bonuses include outtakes from her photo […]
Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini recently said the MeeGo mobile operating system developed in conjunction with Nokia remains to have a bright future, despite its recent announcement to produce Windows Phone 7 based handsets. “I don’t see that Nokia changing its strategy changes the industry strategy,” Otellini said in an interview with Bloomberg at Mobile World Congress. […]
Warner Bros. has taken the unusual step of launching “App Editions” of some its movies. The only titles on the App Store so far are Inception and The Dark Knight, but each is a universal app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and presents the option of either downloading the movie or streaming it […]
Earlier today, Apple issued Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update v3.6 for iPhoto ’11 and Aperture 3, which adds compatibility with the recently-announced Canon T3 and T3i entry-level DSLRs, as well as two Pentax models — the K-r and the K-5 — as well as the Olympus E-5 and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100. The update also […]
Toshiba’s new Portege R800 series will get Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge processors, which were just unveiled at MWC. The new chips will bring powerful integrated graphics, which were missing from the Portege R700 predecessors. The notebooks also sport a re-engineered airflow cooling system. At the same time, the series will get new 14- and 15.6-inch sizes for […]
Android engineering director Dave Burke in a chat today with PhoneScoop confirmed that the version of Android for phones beyond 2.4, Ice Cream, will bring many Android 3.0 elements to phones. The OS should carry over the holographic look as well as the top action bar, which brings context-specific actions and will replace many of the press-and-hold […]
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The Galaxy Mini, showed off by Samsung at the end of January, wil be coming to T-Mobile USA. The phone may have Android 2.2 onboard aim at the mid-range user. The Galaxy Mini’s specs include a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 600MHz processor and 150MB of internal storage along with a microSDHC slot. The device may cost as […]
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Microsoft entered the Mac App Store for the first time by posting the free Windows Phone 7 Connector (free, Mac App Store). The version only major change is the surprise of official support for the Zune HD, marking the first time a Zune media player has had official support on the Mac. The support had already […]