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Tuesday 01 February 2011

Google StreetView Comes To Museums [ 01-02-2011 12:12 ]

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

Virtual tours of museums are nothing new, but Google is taking that idea to the next level with a new project being launched called 'Google Art Project'.

It's basically StreetView, but for art museums and Google has managed to get some pretty big names in the world of art onboard: Tate Britain, Museo Reina Sofia and the Van Gogh museum. What they have done is to take a trolley (very high tech sounding I know) and wheel it around the museums to get a 360 degree image, including the artwork.

Now this is the important bit because each of the museums selected a piece of artwork to be photographed at gigapixel resolution. Each of those selected works of art has been photographed to a depth of 7-14 billion pixels, which means that the viewer can zoom in to explore the intricacies of the brushwork and the nuances of the technique.

The project can be accessed at www.googleartptoject.com or from StreetView.

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LG Optimus 3D Will Appear At MWC [ 01-02-2011 11:06 ]

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

LG will apparently be showing off a 3D smartphone at MWC in Barcelona this month, the Optimus 3D.

The handset was pictured by a tipster who sent it along to Phandroid and they've managed to glean a few facts about this new beast.

For starters the screen is pretty big, weighing in at over 4 inches, possibly around the 4.3" mark. That sounds fair enough given that the screen, with its 3D capabilities, will be the biggest draw of this handset. Running the whole shebang will be a dual-core processor. There is also a front facing camera, which you can see on the upper right hand side.

Well now LG have made it official in a press release:

LG TO UNVEIL WORLD'S FIRST FULL 3D SMARTPHONE AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LG TO UNVEIL WORLD'S FIRST FULL 3D SMARTPHONE AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2011

3D Recording-Viewing-Sharing of Life's Precious Moments Anytime, Anywhere

SEOUL, Feb. 1, 2011 – At this year's Mobile World Congress, LG will unveil the LG Optimus 3D, the world's first 3D smartphone offering consumers a full 3D experience right in the palm of their hands.

The LG Optimus 3D addresses the lack of 3D content issue -- one of the biggest problems facing the 3D market -- with a complete platform for a one-of-a-kind experience on a mobile device. LG's most advanced smartphone to date will feature a dual-lens camera for 3D recording, a glasses-free LCD panel for 3D viewing and diverse connectivity options such as HDMI and DLNA for 3D content sharing anytime, anywhere.

Further details and a live demo of the LG Optimus 3D will be offered at Booth #8B178 at MWC in Barcelona from February 14 to 17.

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Win Phone 7 Data Culprit Revealed ... Yahoo! [ 01-02-2011 10:21 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Within Windows Translation by: Paul Smith

The culprit behind the excessive data usage in Windows Phone 7 can now be revealed ... Yahoo!

That's right folks, Yahoo! Mail is apparently using twenty five times more data than it is supposed to. Obviously this wasn't sitting well with customers, especially those on fixed data caps who might have been facing exorbitant phone bills as a result of the bug.

The Big M has gotten on the phone with the Big Y and they are thrashing out a fix, which Microsoft says should come within the next few weeks. That's not soon enough for those affected we'll wager, but there are some steps you can take to minimise the bug whilst you are waiting on the fix being rolled out.

On the Start screen of Windows Phone 7, click on the arrow at the top right
Choose “Settings” from the app list
Choose “email & accounts”
Choose “Yahoo Mail”
Click on the setting under “Download new content”
Select a less frequent setting. If you are using the default setting (every 2 hours), change this setting to ‘manually’
Click on the setting under “Download email from”
Select a shorter time range. If you are using the default setting (the last 2 weeks), change this setting to ‘the last 7 days’

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Next Gen Galaxy S Appears On Video (Samsung Didn't Notice) [ 01-02-2011 09:52 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

Granted that Samsung doesn't want the next generation of the Galaxy S to appear in public before it's good and ready to announce it, but if so they could at least pay attention to the details. Details like making sure they get their video editing right so that the handset doesn't show up by mistake.

The image of the new handset appears as a reflection in glass at 13 seconds into the video below, a teaser video for the new handset. Whilst the handset in the woman's hand is nicely obscured the reflection is right there for all to see.