Like Telus November 21st, Motorola Motokey Social set to
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Portable device. on December 7, 2011
We've seen the official product page of the Motokey Social, a new Facebook Phone with the special blue button, and we knew it was heading to Telus. All we needed to seal the deal was the date, and now we have it: the Motokey Social and Telus will change their status to “In a Relationship” on November 21st, and you can take part of the festivities. It's no Android, of course, but it offers as 3MP camera, 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240) touchscreen display, five home screen panels, social n……
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AT&T is lowest,Verizon has highest satisfaction rate among major US carriers
Posted by thumpad.com in Services on December 7, 2011
It's annual satisfaction survey time for Consumer Reports, and the magazine has a few results to share in anticipation of next month's issue. It appears that regional provider Consumer Cellular topped the charts — the survey rated scores from 66,000 online subscribers — though Verizon was ranked the highest out of the four major players for the second year in a row, followed closely by Sprint and T-Mobile. According to the survey, the latter company was still “significantly better” tha……
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provide double the data density, Intel, Micron unveil first 128-gigabit flash chip
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Portable device. on December 7, 2011
Realign the data and the previous 32 and 64 gigabit roadblocks to flash storage disappear. Today, Intel and Micron announced the first 128 gigabit NAND flash chip. The chip, which was created through the companies' joint IM Flash Technologies venture, is smaller than a fingertip, created through a 20 nanometer manufacturing process and is capable of 333 megatransfers per second with the option of stacking as many as eight chips on top of each other. What makes the new NAND unique is its p……
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LG Nitro HD review
Posted by thumpad.com in launching, Portable device. on December 7, 2011
And then there were three. AT&T's lonesome LTE duo — the Samsung GS II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid — just gained a new member with the recent launch of LG's Nitro HD. You may recognize this particular handset from its former life as the Optimus LTE, except here the phone's been rebranded with a moniker that more astutely conveys its blazing 4G purpose. There may be tough times ahead for the handset, considering the current crop of high-end devices hogging the spotlight. But if t……
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introduces 'Cover Stories' feature, Flipboard launches on iPhone, iPod Touch
Posted by thumpad.com in launching, Portable device. on December 7, 2011
Flipboard has now arrived on a slightly smaller board. Previously available as an iPad-only affair, the popular magazine and social media app has now launched on both the iPhone and iPod Touch, bringing graphics-laden aggregation to a wider swath of the iOS community. This new universal version features much of the same functionality you'll find on its iPad predecessor, along with a new Cover Stories interface, which collects and displays all your recent photo uploads, shared articles a……
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coming to T-Mobile USA as Exhibit II 4G Samsung Galaxy W
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Portable device. on October 14, 2011
T-Mobile USA is readying a replacement for the Samsung Exhibit 4G, which is barely a few months old. It's called the Exhibit II 4G and is a T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy W (which we have previewed).
The Samsung Exhibit II 4G for T-Mobile drops the hardware home button and goes for four capacitive keys, but other than that it should bring the exact same package.
That includes a 3.7″ WVGA screen, 1.4GHz single-core CPU with 512MB RAM, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 5MP camera with 720p……
to be announced October 19th Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Portable device. on October 14, 2011
We've all been aware of the continued partnership between Samsung and Google with regard to the birth of the third Googlephone, following on from the Samsung Nexus S, for some time now. The Nexus Prime or Galaxy Nexus as it has more recently been known, was set to take center-stage alongside the official launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest edition of Google's mobile OS.
Unfortunatley, we encountered a slight snag as the Unpacked event at the CTIA conference in San Diego, intend……
190M Androids activated, Google Q3 profits beat estimates
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Portable device. on October 14, 2011
Larry Page, who not so long ago took over as Google's CEO, handed in the company's Q3 financial results with a big smile on his face. Revenues were up 33% Year-on-Year (YoY) to $9.72 billion.
Of that cool 31% transferred into operating income ($3.06 billion) and 24% ($2.21 billion) went to advertisers. The same numbers for last year's Q3 were 35% ($2.55 billion) and 26% ($1.81 billion).
The number of paid clicks on Google's ads increased 28% YoY and 13% compared to the previous q……
smartphone-only portfolio in 2012 Sony Ericsson Q3 results: 0 profit
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Portable device. on October 14, 2011
Sony Ericsson is still walking the line of profitability and has crossed it a few times in the last few quarters. The third quarter of 2011 saw a decrease in most of the major stats year-over-year (YoY), but the company did perform better than it did in Q2.
The most interesting figure of the press release is the net income – 0. Income before taxes was €31 million but none of that made it to the company's coffers. Still, the company seems to be recovering from the Japan earthquake which affected its……
on the wearable solar power horizon SLIVER cells
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on September 15, 2011
Researcher at the Australian National University developed what seems a new generation of thin, flexible solar panels called SLIVER Cell.
The SLIVER cells are not thicker than a sheet of paper of human hair, making them extremely light weight and flexible. For me the most interesting development is the ‘bifacial’ design meaning these wearable solar panels re able to catch and convert sun light on both sides of the sheet.
Potentially this means greater degree of energy efficiency when used in ……
Nike MAG shoe future arrives Top Secret
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on September 15, 2011
The future finally arrived – at least for the much talked about Nike sneakers Marty McFly in the cult movie ‘Back to the Future Part II‘ had on his feet.
Since that movie has been released countless innovators and hackers attempted to bring these shoes back from the future.
According to a viral video showing lines after lines of illuminated, Nike Swoosh carrying MAG sneakers in what seems like a testing room at a factory, Nike themselves worked on the future of footwear, bringing the MA……
secret unveiled Nike MAG
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on September 15, 2011
Just a few hours after our posting about a mysterious video clip showing the Nike MAG in what looked like a testing room, the secret is officially unveiled.
It turns out Nike produced 1500 pairs of this futuristic shoe and will auctioning off all of them on eBay (nikemag.eBay.com) starting on Thursday Sept 8th at 8:30pm 150 pairs will be posted per day until Sept 18th
Nike will donate the net proceeds of the Nike MAG auction to The Michael J. Fox Foundation which aims to eradicate Parkinson’s disease. ……
Microsoft Apps for Symbian get announced, we rub our eyes
Posted by thumpad.com in Services, Software on September 9, 2011
When Nokia and Microsoft announced their partnership a few months ago, most people back then all but left Symbian OS for dead. Since then, there have been a couple of major updates to the OS, and the news just keep pouring. Today, Nokia and Microsoft announced that the latest productivity apps from the software giant will gradually become available for Symbian Belle.
The apps will come to the OS in two stages. The first batch will become available in Q4 and will include Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile, Micr……
AT&T to launch Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G on September 18th
Posted by thumpad.com in General, Services on September 9, 2011
The game-centered Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has been available in the US for a while now, but only in CDMA flavor. Well, starting September 18th this will change as AT&T will be launching the Xperia Play 4G.
It's basically identical to its European cousin (4G stands for HSPA+ in this case), but it does come with a bonus – the Experience Pack, which Sony Ericsson demoed at E3, complete with the DK300 Multimedia Dock and a selection of 7 games.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G will be availabl……
we also get some specs, Support page for Samsung I9250 is up
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Portable device., Services on September 8, 2011
The evidence that the Samsung I9250 is nearing its launch is becoming overwhelming – yesterday it was a leaked user agent profile and today brings us a dummy support page for the I9250.
The page is pretty much empty besides some FAQ and How-to entries that don't belong to the Samsung I9250 (one of them is for the Omnia 7, for example).
Anyway, the I9250 is supposed to be the next Nexus phone – the Nexus Prime. It will be the first device with the next generation Android – Ice Cream Sandwich,……
coming to all '11 Xperia phones Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Portable device., Services on September 8, 2011
Sony Ericsson is really doing well this year. All of its latest Xperia phones – arc, neo, PLAY, mini and mini pro turned out to be really great devices, with even more coming soon up – ray, active and arc S.
All the latest Xperia are based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and as we found out have quite good performance. Recently, Sony Ericsson announced it will update all of them with Android 2.3.4, which brings tons of new features – USB on-the-go, Sony 3D sweep panorama for the camera, even better Faceboo……
LG Optimus Note Tegra 2 QWERTY slider leaks Korea-bound
Posted by thumpad.com in Mobile phones, Multimedia, Portable device. on September 8, 2011
Just days after the Galaxy Note announcement, we meet another Note – only this time it's a member of the LG Optimus lineup. It's a QWERTY slider with 4-inch WVGA NOVA display and based on the Tergra 2 chipset with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor.
The rest of the specs we know so far include are 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording, a VGA front camera, 8GB internal storage, an HDMI port and Wi-Fi Direct support. The LG Optimus Note is reportedly, just 12.3mm thick, and is running on Android 2……
wants sales ban and money, Apple sues Samsung in Japan
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, New Media, Services on September 8, 2011
Apple has filed yet another lawsuit against Samsung Electronics – this time with the Tokyo District Court in Japan. The Cupertino-based company wants the suspension of Galaxy S, S II and Galaxy Tab 7.7 sales in Japan as well as 100M Yen – or approximately $1.3M.
According to Reuters, the first hearing was held on Wednesday and concerned patents that the above-mentioned Galaxy devices are supposedly infringing.
As some of you might remember, Samsung was the first to sue Apple in Japan, way back i……
for people who like to befriend car dealerships Toyota to launch social network
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Multimedia, Services, Social Networking on August 18, 2011
Man, social networks have taken on a loose definition as of late, haven't they? Toyota just announced plans to launch one for its customers, and while our initial reaction was an eye-roll and sighs of “what the world needs now,” the truth is that it's really just a system that uses Twitter and Facebook to let you know when something's amiss. Dubbed Toyota Friend (and built on Salesforce.com's private Chatter network), the service will dish up battery power warnings to electric……
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makes a $320 million bet on the cloud, Acer buys iGware
Posted by thumpad.com in Latest, Services on August 18, 2011
There's no question that cloud computing has hit the mainstream — even the US federal government, which isn't typically a front-runner when it comes to tech adoption, has taken the plunge. Now, Taiwanese hardware maker Acer, the world's second largest PC manufacturer, has just joined the ranks of the sky-high elite, purchasing Silicon Valley-based iGware for $320 million. Acer's acquisition of the little-known cloud computing firm will reportedly allow it to launch a cloud pr……
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burns 500GB discs at the speed of a Blu-ray GE's new holographic storage
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Latest, Portable device. on August 18, 2011
Holographic disc storage may not have worked out so well for InPhase, but the folks at General Electric are still trying to make HVD work. Their latest breakthrough, shown off today at an IEEE symposium in Hawaii, is a new micro-holographic material which is 100x more sensitive than its predecessor and ups recording speed to that of Blu-ray discs. In the two years since we saw it last some of the hyperbole has apparently been lost — no claims of “two to four years left for Blu-ray” this time……
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heads to India with the cloud Peek calls own internet-only devices 'collector's items,'
Posted by thumpad.com in Latest, Services on August 18, 2011
Nokia? Samsung? LG? Those jokers are all 'old world' has-beens. The future — according to Peek's latest email campaign — is Indian featurephones. Well, at least MicroMax's latest, the Q80 EZPAD. Peek says its 'Genius Cloud' gifts the Q80 with smartphone-like features via cloud-based software. The firm's site claims that the service will run on any hardware, from not-phone to smartphone, providing push mail, instant messaging, video chat, social networking, softwa……
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on Craigslist HTC Holiday prototype spotted
Posted by thumpad.com in launching, Portable device., Services on August 15, 2011
A prototype version of the HTC Holiday was spotted being sold on Craigslist. The pictures you see below have been taken by someone who purchased the device, according to a thread on XDA forums.
This particular HTC Holiday has seen better days and is currently flaunting battle scars all over the front but seems to be functional nonetheless. From the on-screen menu we can see that the device is running on a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 4.5-inch qHD display, 8 megapixel camera on the back a……
now available in UK BlackBerry Bold 9900
Posted by thumpad.com in Multimedia, Portable device. on August 15, 2011
Rejoice, RIM fans – Vodafone UK has the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 in stock and is offering it for free on a two-year contract.£
After series of rumors about the market availability of the Bold 9900, a few weeks ago we were able to confirm the Bold Touch 9900 release time frame – between the middle and the end of August.
And Vodafone UK managed to deliver the BlackBerry smartphone on the first day of the expected time frame. The rest of the UK carries are going to offer it very soon, too.
So, if ……
Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Services, Software on August 15, 2011
Google has announced it's going to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion ($40 per share). The Mountain View-based company plans to use Motorola's rich patent portfolio to help its Android platform in the numerous legal battles it's currently fighting, while Motorola itself should continue to function as before.
The first thing that should be noted is Motorola Mobility is not the entire Motorola. You might remember that the company split in two in January 2010 – Motorola Solution (be……
on board Nokia N9 has FM radio and FM Transmitter
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Multimedia, New Media, Portable device. on August 15, 2011
The Nokia N9 is the first MeeGo handset to launch out of the Finish giant and the world seems to just can't get enough of it. And today we have some great news for you – despite Nokia's claims the N9 has FM radio receiver and an FM Transmitter in its premium-quality plastic body.
So while the Nokia N9 specs sheet claims that the smartphone has no FM radio, let alone FM transmitter the hardware is actually there. That was confirmed by no other than Nokia itself on one of its developer websites……
Data and the human-machine connection
Managing data and extracting meaning require new approaches, new education, and even a new language. Opera Solutions CEO Arnab Gupta discusses ea……
Top Stories: August 1-5, 2011
This week on O'Reilly: The fragility of our modern systems was made clear to Tim O'Reilly during a recent trip, Jonathan Reichental defined the G+ Effect, and we learned what can happen when the barriers to scientific exploration come down. Read more.
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Building data startups: Fast, big, and focused
The emergence of data startups highlights the democratizing consequences of a maturing big data stack. Companies ……
There's no such thing as big data
Having a lot of data is not the same as using it well. Today's big companies are losing to small upstarts simply because those firms ask better questions. To compete, large enterprises need to learn how to harvest the data they have on customers, markets, competitors, and products. Read more.
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Warning Signs – smart shirt points out pollution
Posted by admin in General, Portable device. on August 10, 2011
Carbon monoxide is part of cigarette and cigar smoke as well as car exhausts highly concentrated on road sides is the silent killer of our time. These gases are invisible and work over time to kill.
Sue Ngo and Nien Lam, two former students at NYU Tisch School of the Arts came up with a brilliant, visually powerful design to remind one self and the polluters how harmful their behavior is.
Their interactive fashion project called ‘Warning Signs‘ uses color changing, Thermochromic fabric with m……
Stock Market Lingerie
Posted by admin in General, Portable device. on August 10, 2011
Stock Markets are in the spotlight today more than usual so I thought to look for something fitting to all the Stock Market talk but of course with a wearable technology touch.
To my surprise and thanks to a fabulous wearable tech project from emerging artist Erin Lewis, currently studying Integrated Media and Wearable Technology at OCAD University, the ‘Stock Market Lingerie‘ is the perfect match.
Erin’s motivation for this project comes from the relationship between sex and the stock ……
Pulse Sensor – wearable heart-rate sensor for Arduino
Posted by admin in General, Portable device. on August 10, 2011
The Pulse Sensor is a plug-and-play ready component that hooks up to the Arduino platform which opens a ton of possibilities to incorporate biometric data into wearable electronic designs thanks to it’s very small form factor.
The creator of the Pulse Sensor, Joel Murphy and Yury Gitman, set up a Kickstarter account to get the necessary funding and move that great idea from prototype stage into mass produced, open source reality.
The Pulse Sensor works similar to a optical heart-rate pulse senso……
LG Prada K2 high-end droid shows up in blurry video
The Prada brand is coming back to the LG phone lineup, according to a leaked roadmap, and now there's an extra-blurry video of one such device – the LG Prada K2 – to back it up.
From what we've heard of the Prada K2, specs state that it's a dual-core Gingerbread droid with a 4.3-inch version of the excellent NOVA display. This one will be even brighter than the one on the Optimus Black, putting out a blinding 1,000 nits of brightness (the old one was 700 nits).
LG Prada K2 leaked image……
LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy S II Celox leaks
We've uncovered an image and some specs on an upcoming Galaxy S II smartphone carrying an LTE radio. The information, originally from Korea, claims that the smartphone codename is Celox.
And the LTE radio (100Mbps/50Mbps downlink and uplink) won't be the only things that set the Celox apart from its mortal Galaxy S II sibling. According to the rumor, the new smartphone should be based on the Qualcomm APQ8060 chipset, which features a dual-core 1.2GHz processor. The Celox should also have a larg……
German court blocks shipments of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe
The patent struggle between Apple and Samsung is really heating up – after the initial victory for Apple that prevented Samsung from launching the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, now a second Apple victory will prevent Samsung from selling the Tab 10.1 in Europe (except the Netherlands).
This is a preliminary injunction, which will last until the German court reaches a decision. Galaxy Tab 10.1 units that have already been shipped to stores will sell normally but there won't be resupplies until this ……
Leaked promo video supposedly shows new Nokia WP7 phones
The Nokia Sea Ray may be expecting company – a leaked promo video shows off what is supposedly a Nokia phone powered by Windows Phone 7 and it looks different than the Sea Ray. Of course, it could be fake (though pretty well-made) or it could be some internal promo video.
Remember the first images of Nokia WP7 phone that turned out to be nothing but mockups? The video shows two models, one of which looks almost exactly like the mockups that leaked originally. The other model however is different from t……
Google Plus
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, launching, Services on July 8, 2011
Within hours, early Plus invitees were actually using Google Plus for
conversations. Not just nattering back and forth, not just comments
on the service itse……
data tools, and the newsroom stack, Data journalism
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Services on July 8, 2011
The MIT Civic Media conference and 2011 Knight News Challenge winners made it clear that data journalism and……
streaming real-time data. The challenges
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Mobile phones, Services on July 8, 2011
Gnip CEO Jud Valeski talks about managing Twitter's fire hose and how the Internet's architecture must adapt to real-time needs…….
Node.js? What is
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Services, Software on July 8, 2011
Learning Node might take a little effort, but it's going to pay off. Why? Because you're afforded solutions to your web application problems that require only JavaScript to solve. ……
charging on the go Cellphone
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Mobile phones, Portable device., Software on July 8, 2011
Getting an unlimited stream of power for smart pocket devices while on the go is on top of the wish-list of billions, regardless where one lives, in the urban jungle or in the forest jungle.
Wearable power, how to make good electrical use of all the kinetic energy people generate as by-product while going, running and jumping around all day is the focus point of research and experimentation.
Joining this growing line of people to crack the mobile power challenge is Argentine designer Soledad Martin who e……
becomes wearable
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on July 8, 2011
Thanks to the fantastic WordPress plug-in WP Touch you can now view talk2myShirt on the go with one of your smart phones as long as it has a touch screen, be it the iPhone, Android powered devices or Blackberry touch screen models.
WP Touch makes it a breeze to create a smart layout for smart phones and tablets. With just a few clicks all is set and ready for the big show.
Check out talk2myShirt next time you are out and about, a sleek, eye i-Device interface and super fast navigation.
That’s anoth……
eardrum bursting Speaker Vest, Mind blowing
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on July 8, 2011
The world of fashion design always welcomes the irrational, the provocative side of creativity unlike technology which loves to be strict, definable and playing along the rules and laws.
Where does this leaves us when we talk about wearable, fashionable technology? Maybe something like the Speaker Vest with 8″ Sub-woofer created by Joe Andolina a Software engineer by day, artist by night – according to his own words.
His mind blowing, eardrum scattering speaker vest design features a set of t……
open source unlock genetic secrets – Big data
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Services, Software on June 29, 2011
Genomics scientist Charlie Quinn is combining experimental data with publicly available information to advance the life scien……
From evaluation to your first production cluster: Get started with Hadoop
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, launching, Services, Software on June 29, 2011
Clojure: Lisp meets Java, with a side of Erlang
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Software on June 29, 2011
OSCON speaker Stuart Sierra digs into Clojure: what it is, how it works, and why it's attracting Java developers. Read more.
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looking for investors – Smart glove
Posted by thumpad.com in Fashion Gadgets, Portable device. on June 29, 2011
Adding audio control and cell phone navigation to gloves is not an entirely new idea, we have seen many concept designs and a few commercial ski gloves from various brands over the past few years doing that. Even gloves that make phone calls came along but none of these products made a real dent in the techno glove market.
Based on that precondition entrepreneur Willie Blount picked up the glove control idea, gave it a careful thought of what might have been the problem in the past and came up with a bri……
a web-free cloud and Apple
Posted by thumpad.com in launching, Services on June 20, 2011
From custom chips, to the data centers backing its new iCloud effort, Apple is committed to controlling the end-user experience. The web has no place in their vision. R……
the right license for open data Choosing
Posted by thumpad.com in Data, Services on June 20, 2011
OpenStreetMap founder Steve Coast explains the long and tricky shift from a Creative Commons license to the more data-friendly Open Database ……
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