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Wednesday 20 October 2010

Micron V100 Projector Can Produce WQVGA Images [ 20-10-2010 19:42 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

One feature that many a geek, or businessman for that matter, would like to see incorporated into their handset is a projection unit. Alas it is also one feature that has been elusive over the years with the technology being relegated to prototype handsets for the most part. Well Micron have unveiled a new projection unit that might (hopefully) reverse that trend.

The V100 LCOS is obviously small, it would have to be to fit inside a phone, measuring just 33x31x12mm. The real talking point here though isn't the size, but the power consumption. The V100 features integrated circuitry that handles the processing requirements of the unit. What that means in laymans terms is that the unit won't be gobbling up valuable processor cycles or power from a handset's existing processor. In fact the V100 uses just 1.5W of power and can manage to project an image with a resolution of 320x240.

As you can imagine details of availability, cost, etc are non-existent, but hopefully we can see this sort of thing in our devices in the not too distant future.

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Video: T-Mobile G2 Overclocked To 1.4 Ghz [ 20-10-2010 19:15 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: XDA Devs Translation by: Paul Smith

The T-Mobile G2 was released upon the world as a handset that wasn't all that easy to hack, but never fear for the intrepid boffins at XDA Developers have decided to ignore T-Mobile's attempts at preventing mods. coolbho3000 has released an overclock module for the handset that sees its processor being ramped up to the dizzying heights of 1.4 GHz and there is actually scope for it to go beyond that crazy figure believe it or not. For those not quite ready to take the plunge themselves you can check out the action in the video below.

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RIM Joins The Apple Rebuke [ 20-10-2010 18:58 ]

Author: Irina Turina Translation by: Paul Smith

Yesterday saw Apple CEO Steve Jobs rebuked by both Andy Rubin, Android's chief dessert chef, and TweetDeck's CEO, Iain Dodsworth. The rebukes came about because of comments Jobs had made during an earnings call the day before that essentially made it out to be a real hassle to develop for Android and also claimed that Android wasn't as open as it is made out to be.

Jobs also found time during that earnings call to gloat over outselling Blackberry for the first time. Well RIM wasn't about to stand for that and Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, perhaps holding back Mike Lazaridis, has waded into the fray to give Jobs a tongue lashing too. Rather than paraphrase Balsillie I'll just quote his comment in its entirety below as it really does speak for itself.

For those of us who live outside of Apple's distortion field, we know that 7-inch tablets will actually be a big portion of the market and we know that Adobe Flash support actually matters to customers who want a real web experience. We also know that while Apple's attempt to control the ecosystem and maintain a closed platform may be good for Apple, developers want more options and customers want to fully access the overwhelming majority of web sites that use Flash. We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple. And by the way, RIM has achieved record shipments for five consecutive quarters and recently shared guidance of 13.8 – 14.4 million BlackBerry smartphones for the current quarter. Apple's preference to compare its September-ending quarter with RIM's August-ending quarter doesn't tell the whole story because it doesn't take into account that industry demand in September is typically stronger than summer months, nor does it explain why Apple only shipped 8.4 million devices in its prior quarter and whether Apple's Q4 results were padded by unfulfilled Q3 customer demand and channel orders. As usual, whether the subject is antennas, Flash or shipments, there is more to the story and sooner or later, even people inside the distortion field will begin to resent being told half a story.

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The Android, Blackberry & iPhone States of America [ 20-10-2010 18:24 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: IntoMobile Translation by: Paul Smith

Regular readers will be well aware of my penchant for infographics (as well as my penchant for adding a little je ne sai qua to my every day speech with an unnecessary use of French). Well Retrevo have been conducting a survey across the United States to guage customer uptake of iPhones, Blackberries and Android smartphones and the results are pretty interesting.

First of all I should explain the system used to present the results because it is not quite as straightforward as you would imagine. There are two categories used to analyse the results, the first, and simplest, being a simple count of which platform is most popular in which state and then assigning each platform a total number of 'states won'.

The second, and more complicated, category is the 'Gadgetoral Votes'. For this Retrevo calculated smartphone ownership per capita for the whole of the U.S. and then compared it with the per capita ownership for each individual state. Unnecessarily complex? Probably, but let's take a look at the results anyway.

Android and Blackberry are the clear winners when it comes to overall states won, each commanding 21 states, whilst the iPhone scrapes together 16. Interestingly enough Android is most popular in the mid-western and western states of the U.S., whilst Blackberry and the iPhone find their popularity in the coastal regions.

When it comes to 'Gadgetoral Votes' the iPhone takes the lead, but not by much compared with Blackberry. The shock is how far behind Android is in terms of how many gadgetoral votes it received. Of course the real proof is in the pudding and sales figures speak louder than gadgetoral votes!

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Leaked Images Purport To Show CDMA iPhone [ 20-10-2010 18:23 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Richy Rich Translation by: Paul Smith

One of the longest running iPhone rumours has been the ever present hope amongst many that Apple would release a CDMA version of their handset. The rumour has been doing the rounds for as long as the iPhone has been around, but over the past few months it has been picking up some speed and today some pictures have cropped up purportedly showing the mythic handset itself.

Now the picture below is definitely the most interesting of those leaked as it shows a designation of N92DVT. John Gruber, of Daring Fireball fame, had previously commented that the CDMA iPhone had an internal designation at Apple of N92, which ties in nicely with what we are seeing here. The DVT portion of the designation stands for 'Design Verification Testing', which refers to a final stage of testing and was incidentally the same test stage that the lost/stolen iPhone 4 that Gizmodo bought was undergoing.

The pictures were reportedly taken at an undisclosed Vietnamese repair shop, but beyond showing a device that bears a resemblance to an iPhone 4 and an onscreen designation that ties in with a previous piece of speculation there is no definite proof that this thing is the real deal. It could of course be a hoax, but for Apple fanboys hoping for a CDMA version of their pride and joy it will likely just be more fuel on an already very hot fire.