January, 2011

Best iPhone apps: app of the day – iSuper8

January 31, 2011 11:30 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: app of the day, Apple, best iPhone apps, iPhone 4, iSuper 8

Been used to our best iPhone apps of the week round up? We’re going one better with one great new iPhone app for your every day. Today’s best iPhone app is iSuper8.

It’s a video app that brings the kind of retro image smarts we’ve become used to in stills via Hipstamatic and Instagram to video recording. It harnesses the aesthetics of old school Super 8 film but grafts on features like Facebook sharing, 720p recording and the ability to fire off video clips via email. Definitely one that deserves to go into our best iPhone apps library. Check out the video after the break to see it in action:

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iPad 2 parts detailed: 5 million tablets coming this year

January 31, 2011 11:01 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Amazon, Apple, ipad 2, kindle, Retina Display

The iPad 2 is coming soon and the rumours keeps marching out ahead of it like a battalion of unreliable John The Baptists. The rumoured features remain pretty consistent: a faster processor, a higher quality display and dual cameras. But Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at Concord Securities, has some more specific predictions including how many iPad 2 units he thinks Apple will produce and a suggestion that iPad 2 will not have a Retina display…

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Angry Birds: Rovio wants to beat Mario!

January 31, 2011 10:44 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gaming Tags: Angry Birds, Mario, pac-man, Peter Vesterbacka, rovio

Angry Birds is getting bigger and bigger. Just last week we saw Angry Birds Rio announced and Peter Vesterbacka, the self-styled Mighty Eagle of Rovio, has been talking about the future. Needless to say, Rovio’s plans for Angry Birds are extremely wide in scope. The rival its got in the crosshairs? Mario.

After a suggestion that Angry Birds might outdo Pac-Man, Vesterbacka suggested he wants to go for something bigger: “What we’re doing is building out the Angry Birds world. Pac-Man is only game. Mario is a better benchmark.” It may well be but do you think Angry Birds can fly past Mario? Or is that hyperbole?

Out now | £varies | Angry Birds (via Wired)

Samsung Blu-ray players get Lovefilm access

January 31, 2011 10:20 am by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Apps & Software, TVs & Home Cinema Tags: Blu-ray, Lovefilm, Samsung

The next in an ever increasing line of platforms and brands to get Lovefilm access is Samsung. Specifically, its line of Blu-ray players will be getting Lovefilm access via a downloadable widget app for the Samsung Internet@TV hub. All you’ll need to get access to Lovefilm on demand content is a Lovefilm subscription of £5.99 per month or more. The app is live, and users can download it from today.

Where do you want to see Lovefilm next? Click through to shout out in the comments!

iPhone 5 A5 processor: 50% of Samsung manufacturing dedicated to it

January 31, 2011 10:01 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: A5 processor, Apple, iPhone 5, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S, samsung galaxy tab

Looks like iPhone 5 production well on the way. That’s according to sources in South Korea. Samsung factories are working overtime with reports suggesting that Samsung has agreed to “quadruple monthly shipments of [processors] to Apple”. That means 50% of Samsung production capacity is dedicated to pumping out iPhone 5 Apple A5 chips and the firm is also said to be planning a new $3.6bn plant in Austin, Texas to ensure it can ship more mobile processors to Apple. The iPhone 5 A5 chip is said to be similar but not identical to the processors inside the Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy Player.

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via Apple Insider)

Facebook Deals hits UK today

January 31, 2011 9:48 am by James Holland

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: deals, discounts, Facebook, places

UPDATE: O2 has posted a list of its stores offering a free console (a PS3 or an Xbox) to the first people who check in, and buy a new phone or upgrade an existing contract! There’a also 10% off all accessories at all O2 stores, if you check in with Facebook Places and grab the Facebook Deal that shows up.

UPDATE 2: If you’re after a 20% discount on a Mazda MX-5, which is worth a whopping £4,000, you’ll need to check in at these participating dealers. Who says checking-in doesn’t pay?

Facebook Deals is hitting the UK today, which means cheapskates and bargain hunters nationwide can get discounts from shops, cafes, restaurants, just by fishing a smartphone from your pocket. To kick things off? How about a free coffee from Starbucks? Free food from Yo Sushi? Or discounts and charity donations from shops up and down the UK. Read on, and we’ll explain how to cash in on Facebook Deals.

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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg meets fake Zuckerberg

January 31, 2011 9:25 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: Andy Samberg, Facebook, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Zuckerberg, SNL

Previously Mark Zuckerberg has tried to downplay The Social Network (aka “that Facebook movie”) in the past but it seems the Oscar nominations for the flick mean he’s realised that strategy won’t work. So this weekend on Saturday Night Live, Mark Zuckerberg met a pair of fake Zuckergs – Jesse Eisenberg who played Zuck in The Social Network and SNL’s Andy Samberg who mocks the Facebook CEO on SNL. See what went down after the break…

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Video of the week: The augmented reality iPhone shooter

January 30, 2011 9:00 am by Stephen Ebert

Categories: News Tags: AppGun, Apptoyz, augmented reality, iPhone, Video

This week saw us head off to London Toy Fair 2011 for a gander at some of the hottest playthings set to arrive later this year. Among them, the Appgun from Apptoyz. Using the camera of your iPhone, it transforms the Apple handset into an augmented reality alien shooter.

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January, 2011

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