Mascone Center’s summer schedule has revealed a “Corporate Event”, which is booked to be held between Monday, June 28, 2010 to Friday July 2, 2010. This is usually the time slot when Apple holds its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). WWDC event, for the last two years has been home to new iPhone (hardware + software) announcements.
Year: 2009
HDBlog.it has posted a hands on video which shows off the new HTC Sense 2.5.1921 in action on the new US version of HTC HD2 2.01 ROM. This latest Build of HTC Sense (aka Manila and TouchFLO 3D) brings a new “Documents Tab” which lets you quickly browse through your documents stored anywhere on your device right from the beautiful Sense interface. The best thing about this add-in is that it supports almost all popular major formats like .txt, .doc, .docx, .xls and .pdf. Holding the device horizontally will enable you to browse through documents in a 3D Cover Flow –like mode.
There are times when you are sitting in your office and totally committed to your work, you hardly get a chance or even a thought to leave your seat and go to the nearest window to have a look on how the weather is like. This is where Outside App steps in! It brings to you a very nice looking graphical representation of outside world, and in process showing you the real time weather conditions right on your iPhone. Here is a quick glimpse on how the app looks like on the iPhone.
HTC Sense for Windows Mobile keeps getting better and better with every new version. The latest 2.5.1921 Build of HTC Sense (aka Manila and TouchFLO 3D) brings a new “Documents Tab” which lets you quickly browse through your documents stored in “\My Documents” location right from the beautiful Sense interface. The best thing about this add-in is that it supports almost all popular major formats like .txt, .doc, .docx and .pdf.
Remember the Multifl0w app for iPhone which we posted about last month? Well a new multitasking app by the name of ProSwitcher has now been released, which outclasses multifl0w in each and every way possible. ProSwitcher is an iPhone app which allows switching between applications running in background in a beautiful Palm Pre style cover flow-like mode. It basically act as a graphical extension to the already popular app from Cydia called Backgrounder to present all opened apps in a tabbed view, similar to the view seen on Mobile Safari browser.
We informed you about the new and upcoming T-Mobile US ROM for HTC HD2, which hinted towards a possible US release of the said device. And now it seems like the ROM has been leaked, and is available for download. Beware though as this ROM is for T-Mobile US only and it may have issues working properly with carriers outside United States.
The HTC roadmap that was leaked some time back revealed that HTC is set to release three Windows Mobile based handsets in the first half of 2010, the HTC Photon, HTC Trophy and HTC Tera. None of these mentioned devices can be graded as high end devices. The roadmap, thus brought somewhat disappointment to HTC fans.
Earlier today, we informed you about the upcoming Motorola Milestone ROM for Droid, which promised to bring all the multitouch goodness including pinch to zoom and tap functionality to the web browser, pictures and Google Maps app over to the Droid on Verizon. The alpha version of the said ROM is now available for download from AllDroid forum. This custom ROM for Droid is based on the original stock Android 2.0 ROM which Motorola Milestone is shipped with.
A Russian site by the name of Mobiset.ru has managed to grab, what looks like first clear photographs of the upcoming sequel to the popular Motorola Droid phone, called Sholes Tabled. Sholes Tablet, which is also sometimes knows as the Droid 2.0 will be the flagship device of Motorola in the year 2010 and it is most likely to ship with Android 2.1 in the first half of 2010.
Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless in US doesn't support multitouch functionality in most apps even though the hardware is fully capable of running it. This is probably due to the US iPhone patents as the upcoming Google Nexus One phone will also have no multitouch functionality in browser and Maps app. The European version of Motorola Droid, called Motorola Milestone is fully capable of pinch to zoom and tap functionality just like the iPhone is.
The upcoming version 2.0.1 ROM for HTC HD2 has revealed, that HTC HD2 could finally be heading to the United States on T-Mobile in the first half of 2010. The files and folders dumped from .nbh file has definite references in the form of a folder named “TMOUS”, which points to a T-Mobile US version of the said device. HTC HD2 was released in Europe and Asia in October of this year for a retail price of approx. US $800 for the unlocked version.
More details have emerged regarding the upcoming Google phone called Nexus One. Tnkgrl Mobile who has had a hands on with the device has confirmed that Nexus One, like Motorola Droid on Verizon wont support multitouch, out of the box. Not atleast in the two apps (Browser and Google Maps) that she tried out.
The highly anticipated racing game of this year has finally arrived on the iPhone and iPod touch. EA’s Need For Speed Shift is the thirteenth installment in the long running Need For Speed franchise, and is the second one to release on the iPhone after Need For Speed Undercover. Here is a quick look at all the features that the game has to offer.
With over 100,000 apps in its sleeve, Apple, beyond any doubt, has the largest number of Apps in its App Store. There is an App for almost anything that you can think off. To show off apps for 2009 Christmas eve, Apple today has released a new iPhone 3GS commercial which shows 12 apps you to enjoy your Christmas with.
Apple’s consumer electronic items are by far some of the best computer hardware available in the industry. We covered all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that were offered by Apple last month when the 2009 holiday season kicked-off. And now as the Christmas eve nears, Apple is offering fast and free shipping on everything you pick from the gift guide they have placed on the online Apple Store site to celebrate the 2009 Free Shipping Day.
