Yep it’s finally here the Verizon iPhone. Tomorrow will the the apocalypse. Just kidding about the whole apocalypse thing but the phone is here. Standing ovations in parking lots and malls everywhere as people line up for the new phone.
All the specs were beaten to death during the 1st coming of the iPhone4. A4 processor, retina display, revolutionary antennae design (hah), walk on water battery life, etc so is there anything new this time around? Yes. CMDA. CMDA is a different type of cellphone technology and it’s used primarily in the US. CMDA is why you’re seeing all those ATT “you can surf while you’re on a call” commercials.
While it’s true that you can use data and voice simultaneously on GSM and not CMDA I think this might be Verion’s saving grace. This will actually help their cause in terms of network congestion. Although it’s been said that the impact of simultaneous data and voice is minimal (mostly by VZW) it will reduce the amount of iPhone related traffic on Verizon’s network.
Early reports have seemed to indicate that yes, call clarity is better. But, they also seem to be alluding to the fact that the ATT 3g data service is noticeably faster. Which do you care about? Personally I’m not jumping ship because I’m grandfathered into ATT’s old unlimited data plan and you’ll be prying that out of my cold dead hands. I’d love to hear your Verizon iPhone pros and cons.
Top Gear enthusiasts and Android fanboys alike will get a kick out of Wikitude’s slick new platform that integrates GPS and augmented reality. Its apps like this that drive home Android’s uncanny ability to suck on some serious Apple milkshake. One of the greatest Android criticisms was its scant supply of apps, and now by every metric I’ve seen to date, its gaining ground on the iPhone at record speed.
Safety concerns, carbon footprint, and local law enforcement withstanding – I kind of want to see a guitar hero / geocache overlay on that AR navtrack. That my friends, would take road trips to an entirely new level.
I love it when marketing departments envision the future.
It’s just a shame that they don’t show someone throwing their fancy futurepaper across the room because they suddenly discover it won’t play Flash. This also omits the holographic pop up you get when you try to transfer some files to your table interface, only to discover you’ve ran out of license agreements. (more…)
This week’s app is called Chalkboard Stunts and it’s done by Manta Research. I’d sum this game up as excite bike on a chalk board with a truck. Except you can’t build your own courses. Aside from that it’s a fun little app from the company who’s also done other games like Cubes, Cubix, AppSniper, and Virus.
The objective of the game is to navigate your truck through various obstacles using the controls provided. Four onscreen buttons allow you to go forward or backward and also rotate your truck clockwise and counter clockwise in case you get flipped over.
Today, HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced the HTC HD mini, an HTC Sense-based Windows Phone focused on delivering the popular experience of the HTC HD2 in a more compact design.
“The demand for the HTC HD2 has exceeded our expectations, and the HTC HD mini fulfils a desire from some customers to bring the capabilities and experience of the HTC HD2 to a more compact design,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “The integration of HTC Sense and Windows Phone on HD mini and HD2 gives customers an additional choice for an advanced Windows mobile phone that is sleek, well crafted and easy to use.” (more…)
This week Sprint and Verizon both came out with statements supporting the newly annouced National Broadband Plan. The plan outlines six goals for America’s internet. (more…)
This is the first installment of a weekly feature here in the interweb, our App Roundup. In this feature we’ll recap the top 10 free apps for the week in the iTunes App Store and review the top app or if we’ve already reviewed that we’ll cover the next one in the list.
HTC announced today that they would push the reach of the beloved Desire smart phone even further. HTC will how offer, exclusively with Telstra Corp, their HTC Desire in Australia.
According to HTC, Telstra is Australia’s largest and fastest 3g network. The Desire will be available in April and pricing has not yet been announced.
Body modders rejoice! Touch interfaces may soon be coming to your tattoo if Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft Research engineers advance their concept of Skinput. So far, the team has developed an external sensor that detects acoustic vibrations on the human body, and have paired this input with a projected user interface. This is an interesting field of conceptual R&D, as there could be more far reaching and tantalizing applications with convergent developments in bio-materials engineering and thin film displays.
This is an app you may not have been dying for but if you’re from my generation you might be dying to get. Sony has released the bouncing beeping classic game Q*bert to the iTunes Store.
