Samsung Employee Leaks New Info On Future Galaxy Tabs
I just love it when leaks come straight from the horse’s mouth. A leaky horse mouth, if you will.
Electronista is reporting that a Samsung product marketing manager by the name of Ryan Bidan has let slip a few details on the next Galaxy Tab or, potentially, the next iteration of the Galaxy Note.
According [...]
Apple introduces iBook 2 to bring digital textbooks; iBooks Author to create them
Just as expected, Apple took a strike at the ripe digital textbook market today with the introduction of iBooks 2. Dubbed as a “brand new experience for the iPad,” the iBooks 2 app will allow users to download textbooks that are portable, durable, interactive as well as searchable.
As with the functions of the iPad, [...]
PrimeSense Demos A Gesture-Based Next-Gen TV Interface
We’ve all seen the Kinect, or at least heard about its wonders. Well, the same company that hooked up Microsoft during “Project Natal” development has showed off some pretty wonderful technology at CES last week.
It uses a 3D camera on top of your TV to let you interact with your television through gestures. To [...]
Apple exploring 3D iOS interface with motion sensing gestures
The United States Patent & Trademark Office published an Apple patent application today (via PatentlyApple) detailing new 3D GUI concepts and touch-free, motion sensing gestures that would allow you to simply wave your hand over a device equipped with proximity sensors. This follows a patent application published in July that explores similar 3D gestures and [...]
Redbox launches Kindle Fire app
With the Amazon Kindle Fire making its way to plenty of consumers hands, a lot of companies are working on making their apps compatible with the Kindle Fire. Once such company that has completed the process is Redbox.
If you've not already grabbed the Kindle Fire optimized version, you can do so now from the Amazon [...]
Jailbreak tweak brings Meego-like Swipe multitasking gestures to the iPhone
Popular developer of jailbreak applications chpwn has released yet another powerful tweak for iOS users, this time an enhancement to the software’s multitasking feature. The tweak is called Zephyr and it brings new multitasking gestures that are inspired by Meego’s Swipe interface. The foundation of Meego – known for running on the now defunct Nokia [...]
Microsoft Builds A Browser-Based Windows Phone 7 Simulator To Woo iPhone/Android Users
While the features that Windows Phone 7 can call “exclusive” are few and far between, there’s at least one aspect of it that is absolutely, undeniably original: the user interface.
Called “Metro”, the UI is so unique that it’s almost polarizing — you’ll know whether you love it or hate it within a few seconds. Microsoft [...]
Move Over Kinect — Displair From Russia Is A Gesture Interface In Thin Air
Please look at this video and tell me it is not magic. Displair, a Russian company from Astrakhan has come up with a technology to project images into the thin air, and use gestures to move them.
Microsoft And Samsung’s Surface 2 Now Up For Pre-Order
Fond as we are of Microsoft’s touchscreen Surface table and all of the kooky things people have made it do, its replacement has come one step closer to seeing the light of day. Samsung and Microsoft have just announced that the next-generation Surface table, the SUR40, is now available for preorder in over 23 countries.
One [...]
Apple releases iOS 5.0.1, fixes battery life issues
Apple has released the first iOS 5 update today for all iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners. Admittedly, not a major update buy the iOS 5.0.1 solves the most dreaded issue – battery life. Additionally, the new update brings multitasking gestures to the original iPad, fixes bugs with Documents in the Cloud and improves voice [...]