Archive for May 30th, 2010

Hack Sees Imperfect Netflix for iPad Working On an iPhone [Hacks]

We have word this afternoon that the Netflix iPad app is “running” on an iPhone. Why the quotes? Well, as you’ll see, the whole affair is a bit rough around the edges. More »










IPad – iPhone – Netflix – Smartphones – Handhelds

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Acer Stream, New Android 2.1 1GHz Smartphone Unveiled (Video)

Acer has just announced officially a new Android handset, the Stream model, shown below. This phone will run Android 2.1 and will feature a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, plus a 3.7 inch 800 x 480 pixel AMOLED display.

There’s also a 5 megapixel camera on board, complete with 720p video capture, 512MB as well and 2GB internal [...]

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We Heard That The Comment System Is Causing Trouble, So We’re Giving It A Spanking [Community]

Thank you to all who’ve notified us about our comment system’s misbehavior today. As a result we’ve alerted our tech team, filed the appropriate bug reports, and begun to punish our comment system for being such a troublemaker. More »










United States – Texas – Sport – Organizations – YouTube

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Nokia N8′s USB On-The-Go support demoed, lesser phones turned into slaves

Among the Nokia N8′s neater tricks is its support for USB On-The-Go, which basically lets you connect USB peripherals (flash drives, for example) to the phone and have it act as a host — a duty usually reserved for heavier-duty devices like PCs. Though the N8 is still a solid month or three away from release, we’re getting a nice little video demo on YouTube today of an N8 being walked through the paces of connecting both a plain-vanilla USB drive and another Symbian-based Nokia candybar (brownie points for naming the model in comments, by the way). Basically, you can treat the connected hardware as mass storage and browse it just as you would the N8′s internal space, which basically means you’ve got unlimited music capacity as long as you’ve got a pocket full of USB sticks and a micro USB-to-USB adapter cord. Follow the break for video.

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Apple TV Gets Makeover, Rival for Google TV?

Last week was all about Google I/O and the announcement of Google TV and Android 2.2 Froyo, but now it’s time for Apple to shine. June 7 will be the date to wait for, as that’s the moment when Steve Jobs announces the new iPhone and possibly a revamp of the Apple TV product, as [...]

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