updated 03:15 pm EDT, Mon September 6, 2010 Microsoft posts Windows Phone 7 teaser ad Microsoft today posted its first ever ad for Windows Phone 7 (viewable below) in the first sign of the final run-up to launch. Shown before a Secret Cinema event in London to screen Lawrence of Arabia, the minute-long spot ties [...]
By Josh Ong Published: 08:30 PM EST Apple announced Friday that its Ping social network for music has reached more than 1 million users in its first 48 hours after launch. The Cupertino, Calif., company issued a press release to announce the good news. “One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined [...]
Apple today announced that over one million users have joined Ping, the company’s new social networking feature focused on music and built into iTunes 10. According to Apple, one-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 in its first 48 hours of availability have joined Ping. “One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes [...]
by Robert S. Anthony, pcworld.com Panasonic used the broiling, hectic setting of the U.S. Open tennis tourney in New York Wednesday to showcase the capabilities of its first handheld consumer-grade 3D camcorder. On a day so hot and humid that one athlete, Victoria Azarenka, collapsed and had to withdraw from competition, Panasonic showed how the [...]
By Neil Hughes Published: 05:25 PM EST When iOS 4.1 ships next week, iPhone and iPod touch users will have a new feature that allows for better photos in bright lighting: High Dynamic Range. AppleInsider offers a first look at the new technology built right in to the iOS Camera application. HDR photos allow for [...]
It’s become a tradition in recent years: to coincide with Apple’s September music event, where new iPods and related hardware are presented, iTunes increases its version number by a notch. This year’s vintage features one major new feature, a handful of interface changes, and some minor tweaks. Here’s an overview of what’s new and different [...]
Velocity Micro committed itself to the world of tablets late on Friday by opening preorders for the Cruz Reader. The seven-inch Android 2.1 slate is now due to ship both online and to electronics stores in early September for $200. The wider-aspect Cruz Tablet ($300) and child oriented StoryPad ($150) are due to ship later [...]
We’ve been waiting for a HD pocket camcorder with an optical zoom lens, and Sanyo finally delivered the goods today with the Xacti VPC-PD2. The pocketable VPC-PD2 offers a 3X optical zoom lens that ranges from a 38mm wide angle to a 114mm telephoto, along with stereo microphones on the sides of the camera. The [...]