Today Amazon unveiled the ‘Kindle Fire’ tablet and the e-ink ‘Kindle Touch’ reader. Priced at $199, the Kindle Fire is a full-featured tablet running Android under the hood with an interface that is totally Amazon’s.
The Kindle Fire will closely integrate with Amazon’s web services to offer eBooks, music and movies on the device’s seven-inch touch display. Read More
I love studies because you can make them say virtually anything you want. This one study by mobile ad network InMobi doesn’t seem to be any different.
According to the company, 41% of smartphone owners in the US, Canada and Mexico are planning to buy an iPhone 5. That’s millions of people willing to buy a phone they’ve never seen before… Read More
With the official Steve Jobs biography just a couple of short months away, Fortune has sought to get in on the act by releasing its very own eBook.
Available via Amazon’s Kindle store – though not internationally as of yet – the book carries the lofty title of “All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple from the Pages of Fortune” and covers 28 years of stories, including some interviews with the former Apple CEO… Read More
With thousands of tweaks and utilities available in Cydia, it’s easy to forget who’s behind them — the developers. These folks are extremely talented, and they provide us with all kinds of tools that make our iDevices a lot more useful.
So ModMyi has just designed a new directory, specifically for jailbreak developers, to allow users to track down their favorite programmers. The portal provides information about the app-makers and links to all of their work… Read More
If you’ve been planning on buying an iPod Classic or iPod Shuffle, now would be a good time to do so.
Last night, TUAW corroborated an earlier report from 9to5Mac that Apple is looking to discontinue the iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle. The “product transition” that Apple hinted at during its last earnings call is apparently within the iPod product line. TUAW’s source has said that Apple will axe the two iPods this year, presumably at Tuesday’s event… Read More
You know that boring old white flash that appears on your iPhone’s screen when you’re taking a screenshot? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an option to spruce that up a bit?
Likely, that’s the exact conversation the developer of Screenshot Picture had with himself as he was conceptualizing it.
Inside, you’ll find a video walkthrough on this tweak, and learn how to make your screenshot taking experience a tad more interesting… Read More
Don’t worry, this isn’t your typical iPhone 5 rumor — we’re getting just as sick of them as you are. This is a possible theory on how accessory manufacturers were able to make cases for the purported iPhone 5, months before Apple announced it.
M.I.C gadget is reporting that it has heard from an accessory shop located in Shenzhen, China that a Foxconn employee was paid to sneak the handset out of the plant. The device was then sold to a case manufacturer for roughly $3,100. Read on… Read More
For months, analysts and pundits have speculated that Apple will be unveiling two new iPhone models this year. One would be the usual model refresh, and the other would be a low-end smartphone to help make inroads with the prepaid market.
Thankfully, the speculation will soon be over, as Apple finally announced its iPhone event slated for next Tuesday. Although the two model rumor is slowly losing traction, MacRumors has uncovered something interesting regarding the theory… Read More
Controlling a drone from miles away is nothing new, but it’s an expensive and it usually requires a lot of special equipment and technology. Working closely with the MIT, Boeing intends to change that.
In the video below, you can see a flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Cambridge, MA being controlled by Boeing engineers in Seattle… Read More
