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Archives for September, 2010

Nokia N8 vs. iPhone 4: camera showdown

What’s the first thing you should do when you get the N8? Considering it packs the biggest image sensor embedded in a phone yet, Carl Zeiss optics, and an eight-digit pixel count, it seemed obvious to us that the answer was to take it on a picture- and video-taking stroll around London. On our way …

EA Sports FIFA Soccer 11 Lands on the iPhone and iPod Touch [Video]

EA Mobile, part of Electronic Arts Inc., officially announced the availability of their latest title in their epic lineage of soccer titles, EA Sports FIFA Soccer 11. Keeping up with the tradition of their previous releases, EA Mobile is stepping up the playing field, as they’ve included the previous features that fans have grown to …

iPhone 4 Scalpers Force Apple to Shut Down Beijing Flagship Store

The Chinese grey market is a lucrative place to find gadgets, and pretty much anything else. Popular items include high-priced gadgets, like many of Apple’s devices, and it looks like the iPhone 4 hasn’t escaped the attention. All over the world where the newest iPhone is sold, it’s a common practice for customers to buy …

iPad owners bugged less by ads than other device owners

iPad owners are a different breed from those who own other portable devices and e-book readers, according to a new survey by Nielsen. Nielsen’s Connected Devices Playbook finds that, compared to owners of the Kindle and Sony Playstation Portable, iPad owners are more likely to be young, male, and receptive to advertising. While the survey …

Ode to the Nano, V to the izzA

I was once stranded in Amsterdam for more than a week with my iPod nano and only 4 albums of music. I started the week at a Microsoft Mobius event, from which I got to visit Amsterdam coffeeshops with some fairly interesting and important people from Microsoft, Qualcomm and some of my other favorite tech …

BMW shows off first ‘official’ iPad integration, convinces us to go aftermarket

Look, BMW — we appreciate that you were the first automaker to provide seamless iPod integration way back when, but seriously, did anyone on the design squad look at this abomination before shipping it off to France? As the story goes, the aforesaid automaker has demonstrated the first “official” iPad-vehicle integration setup at this year’s …

Chromepad iPad hack gets Chromium OS video demo

A photo and now video seemingly showing Google’s Chromium OS running on an Apple iPad has prompted no small amount of controversy these past couple of days, and it’s still unclear to what extent the open-source platform has infiltrated the iOS slate.  Modder Hexxeh revealed the fruits of his hacking labors earlier this week, though …