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Archives for April, 2010

IPad Race-Car Game Controlled by iPhones

PadRacer is like Scalextric for the iPad, a top-down car-racing game for up to four players. The awesome twist is that those players use their iPhones to control the tiny on-screen cars. The first game we know of to use this multi-machine approach for the iPad is Scrabble, which lets players keep their tile-rack secreted …

Poll Technica: Steve Jobs’ letter on Flash

Steve Jobs has taken a break from his iPad e-mailing spree to post another long, open letter to Apple’s website, this time about Flash. The letter goes into detail as to why Apple chooses not to allow Adobe’s Flash technology on the iPhone and iPad, claiming that the decision isn’t as business-driven as Adobe would …

HP’s webOS tablet: why is it special?

The ink on HP’s press release was hardly dry when speculation about a webOS tablet began; by the time of their investors call, it was inevitable that they’d be peppered with questions about the possibility of Palm’s elegant OS on more sizeable hardware. For their part, beyond a tidbit promising they were looking at smartphones, …

Zo Personal subwoofer promises 12-inch sub performance in an iPod nano-size package

I think that most people who listen to music on their iPod, notebook, or netbook will agree that most devices lack seriously in the bass department. Notebooks and netbooks are often worse than the iPod and other MP3 players. DigiZoid has a new device called the zo personal subwoofer that promises to redefine personal music …

PadRacer iPad game with iPhone controllers already in App Store [Video]

So, while we were heaping praise onto Chopper 2 yesterday, it turns out they won’t be the first racing game into the App Store using an iPad for the playing field and numerous iPhone or iPod touch handhelds for controllers.  That’s because PadRacer [iTunes link] is already in there, using WiFi or Bluetooth connected touchscreen …

LG Innotek supplying iPhone HD 5MP camera as OmniVision shunned?

While the leaked iPhone HD was partially dismantled before being returned to Apple, unfortunately that wasn’t enough to confirm who are supplying them with what’s expected to be a 5-megapixel camera chip.  According to a new report this week, contrary to earlier predictions the next-gen iPhone will use an LG Innotek CMOS, rather than an …

Apple rumored to launch iPhone at WWDC, but we’re not so sure

WWDC 2010 is set to take place the second week of June, and the June 7 keynote is the most likely time that Apple will announce the fourth-generation iPhone hardware. Unnamed sources speaking to Mashable claim that Apple now plans to put the new device on sale immediately following its announcement at the keynote. However, …