by amnesia on January 22, 2010
My iphone ran out of battery last night … pesky thing. I’m too impatient to wait and see if Steve has a solution to this problem so I started searching. Anyway, I stumbled across this piece of innovation: a phone that runs on pepsi … well any fizzy pop.
This little beauty is made possible thanks to a bio battery:
Bio battery has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium batteries and it could be fully biodegradable. Meanwhile, it brings a whole new perception to batteries and afternoon tea.
Genius. More here
@handypearce
by amnesia on January 7, 2010
Santa didn’t bring me one, but I wish he had. An iPhone controlled quadcopter drone with onboard cameras … yes really. It says it’s controlled using ‘wifi technology’ so I’m hoping you can’t just fly within a wifi zone. Big brother footage of Sydney coming soon. More here
@handypearce
by stephanlange on November 25, 2009
The inventor of the T9 predictive typing system has created a new way of typing on a touchscreen called Swype.
You type with Swype by literally swiping your finger from one letter to the next as fast as you can.
check out the comparison with iPhone
Phones with Swype built in will be launched next year. the first phone to use the technology will be the Samsung Omnia II (a Windows Mobile phone). But Swype will be included in a new Android phone in the first quarter of 2010.
found here
by amnesia on September 24, 2009
Starbucks is testing their new iPhone app that lets you pay using just the Starbucks Card Mobile app on your iPhone/iPod touch. Just enter your card number and your device will display a barcode you can use the same way as your Starbucks Card to make a purchase.
The app is currently being tested in Starbucks stores located in Seattle, WA, Cupertino, CA and Mountain View, CA, conveniently, the homes of digital powerhouses Microsoft, Apple and Google, respectively.
This app is an example of a revolutionary convergence between your wallet and smart phone. As well as a brand intersecting technology to shape consumer loyalty programs. Now the stage is set for Starbucks to employ an innovative digital couponing program. Stay Tuned.
by amnesia on September 17, 2009
A great little augmented reality app for the iphone 3Gs that points you to the nearest and best places to work.
Launches in London soon, then San Fran. Expected to be a global service by late 2009.
See more
Via
@handypearce
by Brady on March 18, 2009
Yesterday, Apple released details about the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 which adds a bunch of new things iPhone owners have been asking for… but leaves a few out.
The next version of the OS, which will arrive mid-year will offer developers “over 1000 new APIs” to work with.
Highlights of the feature-set include:
- Cut, Copy and Paste! – and about time too.
- MMS! – Quite frankly the lack of MMS was embarrassing to me and a source of amusement for those around me.
- In-App purchasing – A cool idea, but a way for iPhone app developers to potentially nickel-and-dime us to death.
- Peer-to-Peer connectivity – LAN games? Sweet.
- Push notifications – Developers will be able to build message, sound and badge alerts into their apps.
- Landscape keyboard available everywhere – Write texts and emails with a larger keyboard.
- Voice memos – No need to buy a separate app for this now.
- System-wide search – Easily find things in your messages, notes, mail and media files.
Sadly, the capability for applications to run in the background and (official) video recording using the camera is still out.
TUAW.com have a feature round-up here.
Apple have also released a video of the full presentation here.
by Brady on January 12, 2009
Microsoft has released its answer to QR Codes and Data Matrixes with the appropriately named Microsoft Tag.
Using colours and shape-orientation, the tags are designed to display more information in a smaller place, as well as work when out of focus, which works a lot better with mobile devices where the focal distance is fixed.
Readers for many mobile phones (including the iPhone!) have been released and can be downloaded by browsing to http://gettag.mobi on your mobile device.
You can read more, and make your own tags at http://www.microsoft.com/tag/
I was very impressed with how well it worked on my iPhone. I’ve tried lots of QR/Data Matrix readers out but the poor quality of the camera in the iPhone has always let me down. The Tag worked without a hitch.
They’re still in beta, so no word on if there will eventually be a cost to use these.
by stephanlange on December 30, 2008
U.S. Patent Office has revealed this interesting new patent application from Apple called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards.
Some movements outlined in the application include a left swipe for deletion of characters, right swipes for a space, and a swipe down in place of the return key.
Of course, these types of gestures are nothing new – Microsoft has had a similar (albeit stylus-based) concept in WinMo for years.
Like with Apple’s multi-touch notebook trackpads, these optional functions could provide advanced users with many useful shortcuts while not steepening the learning curve for novice users.
And you never know it might even open the door for copy and paste on the iPhone 
by stephanlange on December 12, 2008
Copy and Paste might finally come to your iPhone. The service, dubbed Pastebud, bypasses the App Store by utilizing two Javascript bookmarks and web services that don’t require any software installation. It brings Copy and Paste between Safari and mail! It is launching soon.
Perfect? Nope, but a big step forward.
check out the video:
by eunmac on December 8, 2008
The new wordpress has a polls feature as well as a Quickpress (microblogging) widget. Putting them to the test here:
[polldaddy poll=1176666]
