New Facebook App?

It's hidden in the code....
Original Article: Endgaget.com

Mark Zuckerberg ruffled some feathers when he said the iPad "isn't mobile" enough to deserve a dedicated Facebook app. But now it's U-turn time. TechCrunch just revealed that not only has Facebook created a fully-fledged iPad app, they've even released it -- albeit in secret. The code lies buried in yesterday's update to the iPhone app and it's entirely executable on jailbroken tablets. What's the software like? Well, TechCrunch reckons the left-sided navigation system and use of overlay menus is "great," as is the ability to chat with buddies while simultaneously doing other Facebook tasks in landscape mode. There's also a ton of screen grabs at the source link which tell much of the story. However, it surely won't be long before we can make our own minds up.

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Arrives

It's finally here! Head on over to Microsoft's new Windows Phone site for all the details directly from M$.

Looks like there's going to be 10 handsets for 30 countries on October 21 with the United States release slated for November 8^th. The phones are going to be on over 60 cellphone operators with manufacturers Dell, HTC, LF, and Samsung delivering various units. Microsoft has handsets coming in 2011 including the first for Sprint and Verizon.

Here's the lineup announced today:

•             HTC 7 Surround -- The 3.8-inch T8788 with slideout speaker for AT&T and Telus
•             HTC HD7 -- Schubert comes of age as a 4.3-inch HD2 cousin for T-Mobile and beyond
•             HTC 7 Trophy -- the 3.8-inch Spark headed to international carriers
•             HTC 7 Mozart -- another heavily leaked int'l player with 3.7-inch display
•             Dell Venue Pro -- 4.1-inch portrait QWERTY slider for T-Mobile we broke as Lightning
•             Samsung Focus -- AT&T's 4-inch Super AMOLED slate we broke as Cetus
•             Samsung Omnia 7 -- the i8700 is a 4-inch Super AMOLED jobbie for Europe
•             LG Optimus 7/7Q -- the E900 is the official 3.8-inch global workhorse
•             LG Quantum -- AT&T's 3.5-inch landscape slider first seen as the C900
•             HTC 7 Pro -- a 3.6-inch QWERTY slider for Sprint (2011)

"Glance and Go" is the slogan Microsoft is using for their interface, and looking at the page-like interface with the "tiles" I definitely see where they're going with that. There is a good amount of information available at immediate glance without having to actually open an application like email or Facebook. They announced games and apps today and as time goes on I'm sure this will be a viable mobile platform. Microsoft is pushing cloud computing with this device and the integration with Office alone should make it a contender in the corporate world.

Here's a look at some of the handsets:

HTC Trophy:

LG Optimus:

AT&T's Lineup:

HP: New webOS phones coming early next year

Hmmmm…."phones" as in more than one "phone"?

HP's Senior VP Eric Cador said, "you will see us coming early next year with new phones," when speaking at an industry conference today in Barcelona. I'm excited about the prospect of a new WebOS device and some WebOS 2.0 software so any info I can get from HP concerning Palm is good for me!

Read the full story from Engadget.com. It's not much more than what I've provided here though.

BlackBerry announces PlayBook

The tablet age is fast coming upon us. First Apple's iPad hits the market with great success. Then last week Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab. Leaked videos have hit the net (engadget.com) showing an HP Slate running Windows 7 and talk from HP about a slate that runs WebOS has surfaced since HP bought Palm. Three different tablet possibilities with operating systems from three different companies, and this is just the beginning - competition is great! With the unveiling of Blackberry's tablet today, I think it's safe to say that the age of the tablet is almost completely upon us.

At today's BlackBerry developer's event, RIM announced their tablet: the PlayBook. A 7-inch, 9.7mm thick tablet outputting at 1080p, has e-reader functionality, and features its own BlackBerry Tablet OS. The hardware sounds nice, 1GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a front and rear facing camera. It will run flash 10.1, supports HTML5, and has both HDMI and USB ports. Read more about the tablet as reported by Engadget

Here's the BlackBerry PlayBook in action:




Here are some pictures of the tablets I mentioned:
BlackBerry PlayBook:

Apple iPad:

Samsung Galaxy Tab:

HP Slate / WebOS Tablet Concept design:

Xbox 360 getting USB storage support in Spring 2010 firmware update?

Could this be the dawn of a new era? One where I’m not forced to suffer with a small hard drive because I, like many others, can’t justify the price of a bigger one? Probably not, but the outlook now has a shimmer of light at the end. I’ve been sitting on empty when it comes to available drive space on my 360 for almost a year now and the Spring update might just change that.

Documents have surfaced showing that Microsoft is possibly going to enable USB mass storage support for the 360. This likely means that downloaded Xbox Live and Arcade games, DLC, game videos, demos, installed games and everything else can be saved to an external HDD.

The document says the storage device itself has to be 1GB or more and a system partition of 512MB is required. Seems that the drive will be limited to using 16 GB of space though so speculation still exists that this might just be a large replacement for the memory cards. Other rumors say this might be a way for Microsoft to trim some beef from the console in preparation for a “slim” client similar to the PS3 Slim. Either way, I’m excited for the chance to have additional hard drive space without feeling like I just got violated by Microsoft.

Source: Joystiq.com

BlackBerry OS 3.0 Leaked?

Posted by Engadget on Mar 19th, 2010

This is completely unverified and I’m not sure if this is at all real or just someone design school joker trying to trick the tech community. BBLeaks claims that they are “highly regarded as real from one of our best connects.”

Who knows, but it would be a cool change up for BlackBerry whose OS just seems real out dated.

Leaked Images of New RIM Device

 

BlackBerry Slider? The next Bold maybe? The next Storm?

Here are some leaked images of a new slider type device from RIM. No word on what the device is or when it will be available but clearly they took a cue from Palm on the design.

I’m thinking we can expect a touchscreen and BlackBerry OS 6.0 to be on it.

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