dropship is a game for iPhone and iPod touch, that is made by ngmoco – a company specialized in making iPhone games – and now this game is free! So, you might be thinking that a company that has received15 million dollars from vulture capitalists (as opposed to indie developers, who have only a little bit of free time and cheap Mac mini off eBay) would be able to do some good games, right? Right? No. This game sucks. Probably ngmoco released it now for free, just to attract gamers to their other, better, newer, games…
Here is how this game looks like:
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Palm has responded to claims that its new flagship phone the Palm Pre abuses owner’s privacy rights.
The company’s statement issued after an owner discovered that location, list of third party applications, application usage as well as crashes were being sent back to Palm.
In the response issued by Palm it stated that it took the users privacy "seriously" and gave users ways to turn said features on and off.
Joey Hess software developer and Pre owner found his handset was sending this information back to Palm over a secure connection.
In its privacy policy, Palm does state that it uses geographical data to help with location-based services. It also added: "Our privacy policy is like many policies in the industry and includes very detailed language about potential scenarios in which we might use a customer’s information, all toward a goal of offering a great user experience." This has left both owners and developers wondering why so much data is needed and why they weren’t told what it had gathered.
Source: The BBC
PhoneArena have reviewed the new Tosihba TG01, a phone we had remarked upon in a podcast some weeks ago for looking a little laggy when it came to the Today Screen overlay. Thankfully that seems to have just been an early Rom. This looks, a couple of downfalls but one of the best Toshiba phones in a while
Toshiba has been MIA for some time now, but seems quite intent on making it back to the cell phone market by trying to shake the reigning concept of what high-end cell phone hardware means. Does the brute force of the Toshiba TG01, and its 1GHz Snapdragon chipset get along with Windows Mobile, probably the best business oriented operating system as of now? Is the result a marvel of modern technology? Can the gigantic 4.1-inch screen win over customers and pip competition at the post? Read on to find out.
Capacitive screens have received a great reception for their sensitivity to touch, but has left many stylus affectionados who appreciate the precision and other advantages of a stand-off pointing device feeling left out.
The guys over at Clove Technology just dropped me a line to let me know that they have some special offers running at the moment on e variety of devices.
We just wanted to let you know that we have currently got some fantastic prices on a whole range of devices. Yes we try to be amongst the best prices for most things anyway, but over the last few days we have selected a number of products and dropped the price further!
So what are these offers…
1. HP Data Messenger – £210 + VAT (That is £180 less than the HTC Touch Pro2 Excluding VAT)
2. HP Voice Messenger – £180 + VAT (That is £79 less than the HTC S740)
3. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 – £299 + VAT
4. Nokia E75 – £239 + VAT
5. ASUS P320 – £150 +VAT
We also have some sensational offers available if you require volume orders on any of the above as well as the Nokia N810 and Acer X960.
Contact Clove on [email protected] for volume orders or visit www.clove.co.uk for the full range of products.
Posted by: Matt
If the E52 doesnt take your fancy and the full qwerty keyboard of the E72 is too much for you, then maybe the half way house that is the Nokia E55 has come to your rescue with a 2-letters to a key solution known as SureType.
The Nokia E55 is Nokia’s first half QWERTY keyboard phone; it’s also one of its slimmest. This E-Series Symbian device features include a QVGA display, 3.2-megapixel camera, A-GPS, HSDPA/ HSUPA, WLAN, UPnP, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 3.5mm audio jack, microsd card, noise cancellation and the latest 600mhz cpu. The software includes the full range of Ovi services from Nokia Maps, to Files on Ovi and N-Gage.
If you’ve got a hectic lifestyle your going to need a phone that can keep up, businesses and road warriors could do worse than take a close look at the recently released Nokia E52. A phone that takes the notion of staying in contact and up to date very seriously indeed.
Underneath those chiselled looks beats the heart of a mobile power house, the specs make impressive reading. Features include QVGA display, 3.2-megapixel camera, A-GPS, HSDPA/ HSUPA, WLAN, UPNP, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 3.5mm audio jack, microsd card, noise cancellation and the latest 600mhz cpu.
Previously we have published review of Sirius XM app for iPhone. However you cannot find Howard Stern in that app. You can find him however in this app:
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Remeber the Palm Pre? Remeber how it likes to fall apart? Not anymore, PreThinking has an excellent article following the self destrusctive nature of the first genertion Palm Pre. Some of those poor soles who spent money that saved the company merely ended up with a fragile plastic device lead to no end of headaches. Have a look at the guided tour of Palm Pre horrors and the phone works its way to perfection, again (If your Mobile phone under 18 months you should maybe place it in another room as some of the imagery can be disturbing.)
If you’re an early Pre adapter like myself that nabbed one of the first batches of Palm Pres, then chances are you experienced it firsthand or have heard of some of the build quality issues surrounding the first shipments of Palm Pres. Although the particular Pre I got was one of the solid ones. Palm acted swiftly from the reports, and looks like Pres manufactured in July and up, fixes some of the issues.
Introduction
The High Definition HCD-SD10 is Panasonics almost identical twin of the TM10. With a range of camcorders to choose at the moment, is this going to be the one in your pocket?
The Panasonic HDC-SD10
What’s in the box?
- SD10 Video Camera
- Li-ion rechargeable battery, 7.2V/725mAh
- AC adaptor
- AC and DC cable
- USB cable
- Component cable
- AV cable
- Stylus pen
- Software CD
Also take a look at Matt’s Panasonic SD10 unboxing video for more.
Panasonic HDC-SD10 Specification:
- Image Sensor: 1/6" MOS
- Total Pixels: 1.47 megapixels
- Motion Image: 1.17 megapixels [16:9]
- Still Image: 1.17 megapixels [16:9]
- F Value: F1.8(WIDE)/2.8(TELE)
- Optical Zoom: 16x
- Digital Zoom: 40x- 1000x
- Focal Length: 2.95-47.2 mm
- Filter Diameter: 30.5mm
- 35mm Film camera Equivalent: 44.1-706mm (16:9)
- Minimum Illumination: 9 lx (1/25 Low Light Mode) / 1 lx (Colour Night View Mode)
- Image Stabilizer: Advanced O.I.S. [Optical Image Stabilization] with Active Mode
- Focus: Auto / Manual
- White Balance: Auto / Indoor1 / Indoor2 / Sunny / Cloudy / White set
- Motion Image: Auto Slow Shutter ON : 1/25-1/8000 , OFF : 1/50-1/8000
- Still Image: Auto Slow Shutter ON : 1/25-1/8000 , OFF : 1/50-1/8000(Progressive : 1/25-1/500)
- Backlight Compensation
- Monitor(LCD): 2.7 Wide LCD
- Recording Format: JPEG
- Still Picture: 2.1 megapixels (1920 x 1080) [16:9]
- Flash: Yes
- Pict Bridge: Yes
- Recording Format: MPEG4-AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard compliant)
- Recording Mode: HA (17Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HG (13Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HX (9Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HE (6Mbps / VBR) , (1440 x 1080)
- Playback Mode: HA (17Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HG (13Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HX (9Mbps / VBR) , (1920 x 1080) / HE (6Mbps / VBR) , (1440 x 1080)
- Audio Recording System: Dolby Digital (2ch)
- Microphone: 2ch Stereo, Zoom mic.
- Speaker: Dynamic type
- AV Out
- HDMI (mini)
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- Video component
General
As soon as you remove this from its box you appreciate just how small and light it is, the cube shaped battery makes up a large portion of the camcorders size. And yet for a small unit it is packed with lots of features.
Rear: Video record; battery release; mode switch
Panasonic HDC-SD10 back view
Top: Optical image stabiliser; intelligent Auto (iA) button; zoom lever; photoshot button; SD card slot
Panasonic HDC-SD10 top view
Underneath: Tripod socket
Left: Touch screen LCD display with record, zoom, menu, light and delete buttons; PRE-REC button; power button; battery compartment; component socket; HDMI socket; USB2.0 socket; AV socket
Panasonic HDC-SD10 left side
Right: Grip belt, lens cover switch, SD activity light
Highlights
- Compact
- Lightweight
- 16 x optical and 1000x digital zoom
- Easy to use
- SD card
- Nice feel
Lowlights
- No internal memory
- Not keen on fast panning
Review
Considering you could spend a week reading up on all the features and how to use them, this is a straightforward point and shoot video camera that a novice could use with ease.
After you first turn the unit on, you can power on or off by opening and closing the LCD display. The touch screen display is simple to use and even comes with a plastic stylus which looks like someone has run over a whistle with a steamroller. At first I thought that the small size would make operating difficult, but once I slipped my hand into the grip and tightened it, the unit felt comfortable and operating it was easy and painless.
There isn’t any internal memory, so a high capacity SD card is recommended as you can record around 8 minutes of high definition video per GB. This is the only difference between this camcorder and the TM10 which comes with 8 GB of internal memory.
The SD10 has some good features including 16 x optical zoom, the PRE REC button which records 3 seconds before you actually press the record button, so you don’t miss any ‘You’ve been framed moments’ and Panasonic’s Optical Image Stabiliser which helps eliminate a lot of the camera wobble. You will find that if you try to pan the camera fast a warning will come up saying ‘Camera panning to fast’ , this is more noticeable whilst zooming.
As well as downloading to your PC you have the ability to download your videos straight to a recorded media and your photos to a printer with PictBridge. The still pictures are taken at around 1.17 megapixels which nowadays isn’t anything amazing but this is a camcorder not a camera and its features like this that allow you to take one device out with you and enjoy yourself.
Software
The software supplied was adequate and converted the videos into the m2ts format so that you could burn them onto Blu-ray. My test videos didn’t run properly through media player so I had to watch them through the supplied software.
Conclusion
This is a wonderful little unit, light and small enough to fit in a good sized pocket or small handbag and yet packed full of features which make this camera ideal for a beginner through to someone that wants to have a bit more control.
There is a dilemma, if you bought the TM10 instead of this (for around £25-30 more) you would get the same camera but with 8GB of internal memory or you could buy the SD10 without the internal memory but with the savings go out and buy a larger memory card. Whichever choice you make, it will be a good one.
Review by: Gary
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