If you have played with Kinect, you will recognize the similarity between Kinect and the user interface innovations that were imagined in the Tom Cruise starrer Minority Report movie back in 2002.
I am personally a big fan of Windows 7 and find it impossible to even try and find faults with it. We are however gearing up for another release of a Microsoft Windows version, Windows 8 whose user interface is said to have been codenamed as “Wind”. Well atleast that’s what the reports are saying.
Apple has just announced their “Top 10” list of everything-iTunes for the year 2010. This includes top music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and iPhone / iPad apps. The iPhone and iPad apps are broken down into paid, free and top grossing categories for the year 2010.
Earlier today, MuscleNerd confirmed that he has got a “backup” method of making jailbreak untethered on iOS 4.2.1. This new method utilizes iOS 4.2b3 (Beta 3) SHSH blobs which Cydia only recently started saving for all iOS devices.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that he has got untethered jailbreak working on the latest iOS 4.2.1 firmware. He further explains that this a “backup” plan to Comex’s upcoming userland method and that it is generalizable.
iPad 2 is Coming in Less than 100 Days, With FaceTime Support, Retina Display And Gyroscope – Report
If recent reports are to be believed, Apple’s second generation iPad will begin shipping somewhere around the end of February 2011, which is around 100 days from now. Initial shipments will range between 400,000 and 600,000 units from Foxconn, which is Apples manufacturer for the iPad 2.
Google today has announced the successor to Nexus One! Its called the Nexus S and its coming to US on December 16th, and to UK on December 20th. Designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S will be the first phone powered by the just released Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Google today has officially taken the wraps of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Version 2.3 brings lots of new features to the Android platform. Some of these include: UI refinements for simplicity and speed, Faster, more intuitive text input, one-touch word select and copy / paste, improved power management, control over applications, and new ways of communicating, organizing (Internet calling, Near-field communications, Downloads management and camera).
Graviboard Makes Your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Homescreen Icons Lose Their Gravity [Jailbreak Tweak]
Graviboard is a cool new Cydia tweak developed by Conradev. Once activated, it will make the your homescreen icons loose gravity. There are a few different settings of gravity to choose from such as Earth, Moon, and Zero Gravity.
SBRotator is a jailbreak tweak that brings iPad like landscape homescreen to the iPhone, as well as allowing all apps to work in landscape view. The tweak allows you to fully customize your homescreen any way you like and it is now fully compatible with iOS 4.x.
