Mobile posts

[blip.tv ?posts_id=3366836&dest=-1] If you’re trying to freak out the car pool or earnestly seeking out the ultimate remote control, then do take a little time out to check this really rather good iPod touch-controlled muscle car. Dave Phipps did the deed to make this petrolhead’s remote control dream, setting the system up to control his 1969 Pontiac GTO. Enjoy the clip. …

Amazon and Apple may be actively engaged in an eBook war, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon promising a Kindle eBook app for Apple’s iPad. Details of Amazon’s iPad land grab first emerged this morning at the New York Times, which also reports Barnes & Noble to be hatching similar plans – releasing new digital readers and stores for the iPad, in addition to those already offered for the iPhone and iPod touch. …

Japan continues its long trend of inserting computers and cyborgs into all aspects of daily life, as it is announced that special versions of the Nintendo DS will be distributed to school students at the elementary and junior high levels. No word on how soon all the teachers will be fired….

Blackberries – you gotta’ love ‘em. But lets be honest: if you have one, you peer over at your friend’s iPhone or Motorola Droid with more than a little envy. Sure, that Crackberry may be practical. But even the latest version aren’t exactly pretty. That all looks set to change, if a couple of leaked screenshots are anything to go by. …

GetJar researchers reckon the CD is a dead format and smartphone applications are the new rock and roll, predicting the dollar value of app sales made  in 2012 will be far greater than that of CDs. They say mobile apps will generate $17.5 billion of revenues by 2012. The research also claims that in 2009, the number of mobile app stores jumped from eight to 38 – and is set to further increase in 2010. …

Following Monday’s look at Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has released emulation software for those who want to explore the new interface of the OS. The emulator is available at the Microsoft Download center and includes emulation software alongside games and app development and Silverlight code. Interestingly the software lacks support for copy-&-paste and multitasking, which both seem unusual to the good folk at techi.com….

Take a look at this video clip. Captured at the San Francisco Game Developers Conference it shows a Palm Pre attempting to use a pre-release version of Adobe Flash 10.1. Take a look as the attempt to load Flash-based video website, Hulu fails. Swoon at the jittery Flash game the Palm Pre punter plays. And recognize that until Flash can run effectively on mobile devices like the Pre there’s no chance whatsoever Apple will give it a place on the iPhone. …

Research In Motion needs to get things moving in order to keep existing BlackBerry users with its platform, new research warns. Market research firm Crowd Science states 40 percent of BlackBerry users may already be willing to make the move to an iPhone, with a third of BlackBerry users also willing to make a move to Android. …

So you just spent your entire paycheck purchasing an iPhone and what the salesperson told you was “the best plan ever”, now you need to purchase accessories to protect it. Sure you could choose the black leather case, or maybe you like the pink bedazzled cover, ( I won’t judge you), but if you want to be a “tech-metal-head”, then industrial designer, Ryan Glasgow of Portland, Oregon, has created the case for you. …

Portable wireless streaming just got a lot easier. I was a little skeptical when I first heard about this product but as a photographer, I can see numerous ways I could take advantage of it. The AirStash is basically a USB flash drive containing a built-in SD card slot and has the capability to create its own hotspot and allow wireless file transfers to anyone within Wi-Fi range of it. Its perfect if you want to instantly view your photos on a larger screen such as an iPhone or iPad. It also acts as a drive to store all media, documents and anything you think you might need to transfer wirelessly. …