Twitter-controlled Nokia N900 Lego Mindstorms Robot
March 19, 2010
It seems that HTC’s G1 isn’t the only phone out there that is busy preparing a bunch of robot slaves to take by the world. Now we’ve got a Nokia N900 controlling Lego Mindstorm robots. The icing on the cake? You can send commands to its Twitter explanation at @N900Niko, telling the Niko robot to move forward, turn around or even take a photo. Photos taken will be posted on Twitter via Twitpic. It’s cool to see more and more mobile devices and robots having fun together like that. What will we see next?
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Palm Pre Supports Flash 10.1 But Not Hulu.com
March 17, 2010
While a great many mobile devices out in the market don’t support Adobe’s Flash, it’s nice to see a video pop up showing Flash 10.1 running on the Palm Pre (at last week’s Game Developer Conference). The good news is that Flash works, as you can see from the video it can even take advantage of the accelerometer. The poor news is that Hulu.com doesn’t seem to work, and considering the popularity of the site, seems like a major disappointment. How critical is it for you to get Adobe Flash running hunky dory on your mobile phone, or is it just another annoyance for you? Video of the Palm Pre visiting Hulu.com and fiddling with some Flash games after the jump.
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Palm Pre Supports Flash 10.1 But Not Hulu.com
March 17, 2010
While a great many mobile devices out in the market don’t support Adobe’s Flash, it’s nice to see a video pop up showing Flash 10.1 running on the Palm Pre (at last week’s Game Developer Conference). The good news is that Flash works, as you can see from the video it can even take advantage of the accelerometer. The poor news is that Hulu.com doesn’t seem to work, and considering the popularity of the site, seems like a major disappointment. How urgent is it for you to get Adobe Flash running hunky dory on your mobile phone, or is it just another annoyance for you? Video of the Palm Pre visiting Hulu.com and fiddling with some Flash games after the jump.
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Google Now Allows You To Check whether Stock Is Available Nearby
March 12, 2010
Have you ever been in a scenario where you google for an item online, find it at a store nearby, fight through traffic to get there, only to find out that it’s out of stock? Well, Google is looking to help you tackle that issue, with its latest “In stock nearby” feature for mobile devices. When searching for products sold by participating retailers (Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery barn and West Elm), whether there is a blue dot next to the item, you can visit on the “In stock nearby” link to check whether the item is “In stock” or has “Limited Availability” near you (as lengthy as you’ve enabled My Location or manually specified your location). It’s currently available for iPhone, webOS and Android-powered devices, though there isn’t any mention of Windows Mobile in the official post, is that a sign of things to come? whether you’re a retailer and want to participate in that program, Google has a form that you can fill out to be considered.
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Android NDK Revision 3 to improve on gaming
March 9, 2010
The latest release of the native development kit (NDK) of Android, now in Revision 3 (r3), will enable developers to churn out games that look as good as those available on the iPhone. that is due to the fact that developers can now access OpenGL ES 2.0 that translates to 3D graphics which are pleasing to the eye. The Android NDK r3 will be available only for Android 2.0 or higher devices. Do you think that will construct Android-powered phones and other mobile devices to be a viable portable gaming platform that could rival the iPhone?
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Microsoft To Demo New “Mobile Surface” at TechFest 2010
March 2, 2010
Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet found the news on the Microsoft Research Site: Microsoft will demo a more portable experience of its multi-touch table computer that week at TechFest 2010 in Redmond.
You can read Microsoft's description of the project:
It is a novel interaction system for mobile computing. Our goal is to bring Microsoft Surface experience to mobile scenarios, and more importantly, to enable 3D interaction with mobile devices. We do research on how to convert any surface (e.g., a coffee table or a piece of paper) to Mobile Surface with a mobile device and a camera-projector system. Besides that, our work additionally includes how to get 3D object model in real-time, augmented reality and multiple-layer 3D knowledge presentation.
We have published on several rumors of Surface-like projects from Microsoft during the recent years, one was codenamed Oahu, which would bring a more affordable multitouch table computer to the consumers, and the other one was the Courier tablet which is, according to Mary Jo Foley, unlikely to debut as a real product until 2011 at the earliest.
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Pelikon MorphPad Offers Different Input Methods
March 1, 2010
Physical keyboards on mobile devices are generally boring and clunky, but what whether Pelikon’s MorphPad is implemented in future phones, things might be interesting again for physical keyboards. When it’s fully lit, the MorphPad looks just like any other keyboard, but with some trickery in the backlighting, it can control what is displayed on the keypad, such as illuminating just the numeric keys when you want to assemble a phone signal, or displaying a game controller pad when you’re playing a game. Pelikon is already partnered with companies such as Toshiba on various projects, so perhaps we’ll be seeing the MorphPad in future phones? Check out the full commentary for a video on that.
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