Monday, June 06, 2011

T-Mobile might launch Samsung Exhibit 4G and Gravity Smart June 22nd?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/06/t-mobile-might-launch-samsung-exhibit-4g-and-gravity-smart-june/

Millions of schoolchildren may be getting ready for three months of lazy summer days, but T-Mob's just starting to get its hustle on. Samsung's Gingerbread-equipped Exhibit 4G and Froyo-laden Gravity Smart have been officially confirmed for sometime in the month of June, but all is quiet about the exact date. If this leaked screenshot above comes to fruition, though, it means we'll be seeing these two phones hit the shelves on June 22. The Exhibit 4G will tempt us with access to T-Mobile's 21 Mbps HSPA+ network, while the Gravity Smart looks to be a splendid entry-level QWERTY slider. The pricing for either phone is still anybody's guess, but at least the possibilities have been narrowed to $100 or less -- a good idea, since it wouldn't take any sales away from the Sensation 4G if it were any higher.

T-Mobile might launch Samsung Exhibit 4G and Gravity Smart June 22nd? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sunday, June 05, 2011

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing [Hive Five]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5808625/five-best-web-sites-for-image-hosting-and-photo-sharing

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing When you want a service that will organize your uploaded photos, tag them with the date and location, and then share them out to friends, you have plenty of web services to choose from. Many offer editing tools, and others have huge communities. Here's a look at five of the most popular web sites for robust image hosting.

On Thursday, we asked you which web sites you prefer to manage your photo collections, organize them into galleries, and share them with friends. You weighed in with your suggestions, and we collected the top five. Now we're back to highlight the ones you suggested.

SmugMug

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing A number of you noted that SmugMug was the ideal photo hosting service for pros – people who really care about their shots. It might have something to do with the unlimited storage for paid users, live customer support, and the elegant and attractive themes and galleries that SmugMug offers. Additionally, SmugMug allows you to quickly share your photos with friends on Facebook and Twitter, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and support for direct uploads from multiple image editing apps.


Picasa

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing Google's Picasa started off as a small service, but with age and features it grew into a photo hosting and image sharing powerhouse that's free for everyone to use, gives you editing features and gallery management tools, and both a desktop app to keep track of your photos locally and a web app to help you build galleries to share with the web. Picasa integrates with your Google account for sharing, and while it doesn't have mobile apps, you will see your Picasa Web Albums photos on your Android phone.


Photobucket

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing Photobucket does an amazing job of walking the line between social network and photo hosting service. Photobucket's pride is in its users and the way they can connect to one another, share photos with each other or with the world via Twitter, Facebook, or even on their own sites by embedding their photos directly. Photobucket also has mobile apps for iOS and Android, and now the previously mentioned Snapbucket mobile app that makes snapping photos on your phone a bit more fun.


Facebook

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing Close to 700 million users couldn't be wrong, could they? Uploading your photos directly to Facebook is easy, and since its photo hosting and gallery management tools are easy to use, they're a great way to get your images in front of the people you want to see them. Plus, you can tag your friends and let them know you uploaded a photo of them, for good or ill. Facebook has mobile apps for virtually every platform, and all of them allow you to post photos. There are no image editing tools, but what it lacks in pro features it makes up for as a social network.


Flickr

Five Best Web Sites for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing Mention image sharing on the web and Flickr will probably be the first site to jump to mind. With a pro account, you can upload as many photos you want and organize them into as many galleries and collections as you choose. It's cheap and almost every photo sharing app supports Flickr uploads. Flickr's competition may have it beat on themes and customizations or mobile apps (Flickr only has official mobile apps for iPhone and Windows Phone 7,) but what it loses it makes up for with an open API and huge community of developers, professional photographers, and photo enthusiasts of all experience levels.


You're seen your favorites, now it's time to vote for the all-out winner.



What's the Best Web Site for Image Hosting and Photo Sharing?customer surveys

This week's honorable mention goes to Windows Live Skydrive, which a few of you mentioned gives users a lot of space for free photo and video sharing. It also connects directly with Microsoft Office and Windows Live Photo Gallery for editing and management, and even with Windows Live Movie Maker for video production and uploads.

Did we miss your favorite? Have something to say about the contenders? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Photo by Andrew Magill.


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Img.ly Is a Free, Well-Supported TwitPic Alternative [Photos]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5808620/imgly-is-a-free-well+supported-twitpic-alternative

Img.ly Is a Free, Well-Supported TwitPic Alternative Earlier this month, TwitPic changed its terms of service. The changes allow them to use and sell your images without giving credit or paying royalties to you. If that doesn't sit well with you, Img.ly is an alternative service with similar features where you own the images you upload.

The changes that TwitPic made to its terms of service angered a number of its most avid users, and we mentioned it when we looked at the five best services for quick image sharing. Regardless of whether or not you use Twitter heavily, the service was a great way to quickly upload and share images. Thankfully there are plenty of alternatives, and img.ly has seen its membership grow in recent weeks as a result. The service has support in the official Twitter clients for Mac and iOS, Twitterific, Tweetbot, and DestroyTwitter, one of our favorite Twitter clients.

Img.ly gives you a way to post your images, get a short link, and share it with friends. You can keep track of how many people have viewed the image, embed it on another site, and others can log in and comment on it. It's not the only alternative out there, but if you're looking for an image host that lets you retain ownership of your images and hasn't been swarmed with new users, it's worth a look.

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Scientist cooks up adjustable strength metals

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/04/scientist-cooks-up-adjustable-strength-metals/

Adjustable strength metal
As you may know, crafting a katana is a delicate process that involves carefully constructing a razor-sharp high-carbon edge around a soft shock-absorbent core. One day though, smiths and forging fires could be replaced by electrode-wielding mad-scientists, with the technology to selectively harden and soften metal at will. At least that's what we envisioned when we read about Jörg Weißmüller's breakthrough research in the field of nanomaterials. The German scientist discovered that by placing precious metals in acid he could create tiny ducts through corrosion. Once those channels are flooded with a conductive liquid, electrical currents can be used to harden the material and, if you change your mind about the brittle results, the effect can easily be reversed to make it soft again. The tech could eventually lead to self-healing vehicle armor or scratch-resistant cellphones -- but, really, we just want to zap our way to a high-quality samurai sword.

Scientist cooks up adjustable strength metals originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Compal's 'Ultra Mobile' Ultrabook eyes-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/04/compals-ultra-mobile-ultrabook-eyes-on/

Intel's already teased Compal's "Ultra Mobile" Ultrabook from afar, but when this Ivy Bridge laptop popped up on the show floor after the Computex keynote, we decided to give it a closer look. While this prototype isn't quite in the same league as ASUS' gorgeous UX21, do bear in mind that we're still looking at a relatively slim package for a 14- to 15-inch Core i7 rig. Also visible around the machine are a couple of USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI-out port, a LAN socket, and an SD card reader. Until we hear more about this Ultra Mobile, enjoy our eyes-on photos below.

Compal's 'Ultra Mobile' Ultrabook eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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