Wednesday, August 03, 2011

RIM launches three new handsets, Torch 9810, Torch 9860 and Bold 9900, we go hands-on!

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/03/rim-launches-three-new-handsets-torch-9810-torch-9850-and/

Here they are folks. Months after we first got our hands on pre-release Torch and Bold Touch handsets, RIM is finally ready to show off its latest hardware. They're all powered by a 1.2GHz processor, have 768MB of onboard RAM and -- most importantly -- run the latest operating system BB OS7.

RIM claims its new OS is 40 percent faster at browsing compared to OS6-based smartphones, and 100 percent faster than OS5 handsets. It also supports RIM's Liquid Graphics technology, which uses a dedicated graphics processor for smoother scrolling, zooming and panning.

Hands-on impressions and video follow after the break.



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RIM launches three new handsets, Torch 9810, Torch 9860 and Bold 9900, we go hands-on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Monday, August 01, 2011

PhoneGap 1.0 lets devs write apps for seven platforms (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/phonegap-1-0-lets-devs-write-apps-for-six-platforms-wp7-not-inc/

Until now, mobile app developers have followed a pretty predictable MO: develop for iOS first, Android second, and everyone else after that. Since last year, many of you code monkeys out there have been tapping into Nitobi's PhoneGap, a project that makes it easier to churn out apps for almost every OS, all at once. It's been picking up steam, with about 40,000 downloads per month, 600,000 in total, and a steady stream of donations. That all culminated this weekend with the release of PhoneGap 1.0, which lets devs use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to write and deploy apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, webOS, Bada, and Symbian. That's a long list indeed, but we see one glaring omission: Windows Phone 7. Hit the source link to download it for free and check out the promo video below for an oh-so quick overview.

Update: Oops! Looks like WP7 is included! Our apologies, and feel free to celebrate accordingly.

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PhoneGap 1.0 lets devs write apps for seven platforms (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:17 PM

Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your credit card holstered

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/verizon-wireless-to-tie-american-express-serve-into-mobile-numb/

Good news online shopaholics, your tchotchke-buying ways are getting a couple of enablers in the form of American Express and Verizon Wireless. The two titans of industry have teamed up to integrate AMEX's PayPal-like Serve platform into the operator's phones and tablets in the next few months. The service will work by linking your existing mobile number to a Serve account, speeding up the checkout process and ensuring you never second-guess that impulse buy. Sure, this isn't the NFC-chipped, Isis future Big Red promised, but it's a good stopgap for virtual spendthrifts.

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Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your credit card holstered originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:16 PM

Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/adobes-edge-tool-promises-flash-like-animation-through-html5/

Even as plenty have declared HTML5 adoption the beginning of the end for Adobe's once ubiquitous Flash platform, the company has embraced the web standard, through properties like its Creative Suite and Wallaby. Adobe will be taking things a step further with Edge, an HTML5 design tool that promises to let "web designers to bring animation, similar to that created in Flash Professional, to websites." The software is currently in public preview mode, available a free download for web designers, in hopes of getting some feedback that will help shape its final release.

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Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:16 PM

4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/4-5-million-fps-microscope-camera-powered-by-ultra-fast-x-ray-fl/

X-ray undulator
Remember those rugged gadgets we smashed to bits in super slow-mo? Well that spectacular footage was shot at around 1,500 frames per-second. A new camera system being built for the European XFEL (X-ray Free-Electron Laser) facility will record stunning clips of viruses and cells at an almost unimaginable 4.5 million fps. The camera is, in part, powered by a high speed flash created by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, that blasts its microscopic subjects with ultra-bright X-rays. The flashes themselves last as little as two femtoseconds, or 2x10^-15 seconds for you math nerds out there. When the whole apparatus is fired up in 2015 it could provide amazingly detailed, 3D images of individual molecules and answer some questions about the behavior of viruses and cells.

4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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