Nullsoft has released the beta of WinAmp for Android. Although a name associated with the early days of PC MP3 listening, the Android incarnation packs some surprisingly modern features.
October, 2010
We want to test out FaceTime for Mac, but we didn’t want to just keep all the fun for ourselves – we want you to help test it! So, for the next hour, you can call Electricpig head honcho James Holland on editor@electricpig.co.uk, be it from Mac, iPhone 4 or iPod touch! The most surprising, innovative or hilarious caller will win an Electricpig mug.
Just download Facetime for Mac here, and add us to your Mac’s contacts app, then we’ll show up under “contacts” in FaceTime. Prod the editor@electricpig.co.uk address, and you’ll call us. Simple!
Confirmed: the Samsung Galaxy S Froyo update that began trickling out elsewhere in Europe last week will roll out in these isles next month. If you’re on an unlocked phone, you should have it by early November provided you download the new version of Samsung’s desktop Kies software, while the company says all networks will have the Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade “fully tested and downloadable by the end of November”
We’ll believe that when we see that of course, but it’s reassuring to see Samsung putting a date on things to hurry the networks up. To see why we’re so excited about the Samsung Galaxy S Froyo update, skip on past the break for the video demo.
The Mac App Store only broke cover last night (alongside the OS X Lion sneak peek and the new Macbook Air) but Apple has already revealed its list of rules for developers. And surprise, surprise, they’re just a little bit strict. From the oddly specific to the simply odd, the Mac App Store rules make for entertaining reading…
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Take a look at this official picture of the Mac App Store, headed to OS X in the new few months. Look a little closer. If we’re not mistaken, it’s stocking the individual iLife apps – iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand – and offering them for sale separately. Want iPhoto but don’t need GarageBand? Now it looks like you might not have to fork out for the whole £45 pricetag of iLife 11 to get it.
Been sleeping? We don’t blame you, but you’ve missed a hectic few hours in gadgetry. Apple unveiled the new look OS X and new Macs to boot, while arch rival Microsoft has been busy too. Read on to get all those headlines rounded up and parcelled into bite sized chunks for you here in techie breakie.
Windows Phone 7 Connector is coming, for all you Windows Phone 7 obsessives stashing media on your previously incompatible OS X machine. No, it’s not Zune for Mac, but it does get the job done: we’ve been testing it out over the last few days, so read on for our impressions.
The Samsung Omnia 7 is to the Samsung Galaxy S what the HTC HD7 is to the HTC Desire HD. It’s the Windows Phone 7 equivalent of a bloody great smartphone that everyone has fallen in love with already. Is its Super AMOLED screen still the talk of telephone town? And can its specs help it stand out from the Windows Phone 7 crowd? We’ve been testing out the Samsung Omnia 7 for you, and have the answer right here: read on for our full Samsung Omnia 7 review.