LG plans to open an app store for its phones in July, joining the ranks of Apple, Nokia, BlackBerry and many more in the latest trend in offering a centralised download service. Read on for the info!
June, 2009
For too long now the Walkman brand has sat back, allowing Apple’s iPod to take all the plaudits in the portable music arena. Not anymore, because Sony is fighting back with the X-Series – the Japanese company’s first OLED touchscreen-toting Walkman. And it’s awesome!
Apple’s been keeping a close lid on what’s actually inside the iPhone 3G S since it was unveiled on Monday, only going so far as to tell us that the S stands for speed. Not anymore though: the innards are out, so read on to find out what’s under the bonnet of the next iPhone blower.
Sony took a while to catch up with Apple in the digital music department, perhaps it spent so long waiting for everyone to convert to ATRAC, stored on a MiniDisc and synched via SoundStage. Now though, the NWZ-S639F, with its 40 hours of music playback and 16GB of storage, is reversing the tide.
Sony’s nano-sized player aims to blast Apple out of its, er, tree by combining the twin cannons of video playback and Bluetooth technology.
“Scrapheap Challenge” was the phrase that sprang to mind when we first clapped eyes on the Sony DR-BT20NX Bluetooth headphones. However, pairing up to a phone or Bluetooth MP3 player soon changed our minds… even if it does look like this was made in the dark.
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PhonePoint Pen could be the basis of future note-taking apps if this research project from Duke University students comes off.
PhonePoint Pen is an experimental new system for capturing gestures made with a mobile phone. While motion-sensing apps are nothing new, this is the first we have seen that actually lets you write letters in the air that your phone can read and understand.