Creative designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins has an interesting concept phone called the Nokia Kinetic. The phone responds to notifications through movement. An electromagnet in the base of the phone allows weight to be shifted which causes the phone to stand up when receiving a call, for example.
To dismiss a call, the user can simply give the phone a gentle tap, causing it to fall back down again and return to standby mode. There’s no word on whether this design will make it to real life, but it’s an interesting concept that could be very useful. Standing up on its own is a much cooler notification than vibrate. We also won’t need to buy an additional phone stand accessory if it can do it by itself.
Would you like to see this kind of technology in upcoming Nokia phones?
We are talking about the hands-on video of the device, where we will get to see how the phone actually performs outside of promotional content. We also have a video from Nokia where they talk about the design story of the N9 and how it is all based on one simple gesture: swipe. So join us after the break in watching both these videos.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is GSM and 9930 with CDMA have just been declared and bring as one the classic complete QWERTY keyboard of BlackBerry with a capacitive Touchscreen display. Transport on the Bold name, the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 comprises a 1.2 GHz processor, Bluetooth, WI-Fi, 8GB of onboard memory and is the initial device to initiate with BlackBerry 7 OS.
Have it your way
Reach out and touch your information like never before, swiping, pinching and zooming with fluid Liquid Graphics on a touch screen. Or type with ease using the iconic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard.
Easier and faster
BlackBerry 7 OS brings you the ultimate performance you expect in a new BlackBerry Bold. Powerful, high fidelity browsing, separate personal-life and work-life content, voice enabled searches, plus additional personal and productivity apps.
Power and performance
Get things done with a 1.2 GHz processor, 8 GB of onboard memory, 720p HD video
recording, dual-band Wi-Fi, a built-in compass (magnetometer) and Near Field
Communication (NFC) technology. Its the definitive BlackBerry smartphone.
Key Features
Thin, Sleek, Iconic Design Distinguished by an iconic design and the industrys best keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature the premium materials and finishes that characterize the BlackBerry Bold line. Both models have a lustrous exterior with a brushed stainless steel frame and a high-gloss glass-weave backplate. They are also the thinnest BlackBerry smartphones yet, at only 10.5mm. The quality materials and optimized design of the new BlackBerry Bold smartphones are instantly evident when held in the hand.
Camael Diamondshas just released a special edition iPad – and it’s not just any iPad. It is the world’s most expensive iPad, ornamented with 1kg of 18 carat gold and 300 carat flawless diamonds. Yes that’s right, this is one tablet that is going to give your arm a work out. With even the home button covered in black diamonds, don’t expect to pay anything but your life savings for this device. The Camael Diamonds iPad is valued at $1.2 million.
Sony's next-generation PlayStation Portable got its North American debut today at E3, as well as a new name--PlayStation Vita.
The device, which Sony unveiled in Japan in January, comes with two joysticks, multitouch 5-inch OLED screen, front and rear touchpads, and front and rear cameras for augmented reality.
"Vita means life," said Kazuo Hirai, president and group chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment. "And we're confident that Vita will be the first product that blurs the lines between reality and interactive entertainment."
The Wi-Fi model will run $249, and a model that includes 3G and Wi-Fi will cost $299. Sony said it will be available for the holidays.
One of the first titles for Vita will be Uncharted: Golden Abyss. The device takes advantage of visually advanced technology that uses water shaders and dynamic lighting to create slick graphics on such a small gadget. And it features a touch screen that lets gamers move characters, for example, using joysticks or by tapping on the screen--or by using a combination of the two.
A passel of developers have agreed to provide launch titles, including the Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Activision. And during a presentation, Bioshock's Ken Levine announced plans to develop an as-yet-unnamed game for the NGP.
"This is going to be interesting too," Levine said, holding up an NGP device.
Sony first unveiled the device in January. Back then, the company disclosed many of the tech specs, including the fact that it has an ARM Cortex A9 (core) CPU, and a SGX543MP4+ GPU, and a Sixaxis motion-sensing system.
Fresh off 15 years of recovering from his last lust-filled, muscle-popping adventure, Duke Nukem is finally back to chomp on cigars, chow down on cheesecake, and challenge ugly aliens to go ahead and make his day.
Duke Nukem Forever hits U.K. shelves Friday at midnight local time and will arrive in the U.S. on June 14. You better believe it's got an M rating. The title is also being released Friday in all non-U.S. territories.
"June 10 in the UK will forever be celebrated as the day that the legendary Duke Nukem Forever went from video game folklore to Earth shattering reality," Christoph Hartmann, president of publisher Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games, said in a speech not a little reminiscent of the Duke's own massive self-regard.
"For 15 years fans have waited in limbo just yearning to hear those two little lovely words strung together, 'Now Available.' Today, the acronym 'DNF' changes its meaning to a 'Day to Never Forget.' I am proud to announce that the wait is finally over and that Duke Nukem Forever is truly Now Available."
So what's in store for Duke Nukem fans? The 2K copy paints a sordid picture of the new and improved "steroidal One-Man army who never fails and always gets the babes":
"Shoot hoops, lift weights, read adult magazines, draw crude messages on whiteboards or ogle the many hot women that occupy Duke's life—that is if you can pull yourself away from destroying alien invaders."
France has, and continues to ban the names of both social networking sites from being spoken on radio or television, unless of course, the terms are part of a news story. Before you go crazy, the reasoning isn’t quite as absurd as our use of “Freedom Fries.”
The ban dates back to a 1992 decree (law issued by head of state) that claims the mentioning of such names as an act of advertising. France believes that saying “Facebook” or “Twitter” is preferential toward successful social networking sites, and takes the spotlight from other lesser known social networkingsites. A spokesperson for France’s Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), Christine Kelly, explains, “Why give preference to Facebook, which is worth billions of dollars, when there are many other social networksthat are struggling for recognition…This would be a distortion of competition. If we allow Facebook andTwitter to be cited on air, it’s opening a Pandora’s Box– other social networks will complain to us saying, ‘why not us?’”
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