Developing…
 

Source The Verge

Video:
 

Source YouTube

 

 
The release date is said to be May 22nd and I think i’ll wait till then to see, but for the record this does look sexy.

Source Netbooknews

Samsung Electronics has completed upgrading the GALAXY devices to Gingerbread last year by providing software upgrades to both Froyo and Gingerbread. With the ICS upgrade, Samsung Electronics has solidified its position as the leader of Android devices.

Samsung Electronics will also offer Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7”, GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL(Super Clear LCD), and GALAXY W from end of March. The firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, for example, include Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and others.

“We expect that our customers will enjoy an enhanced experience with their GALAXY device through this upgrade. Samsung is committed to satisfying our customer needs”, said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.

The availability and scheduling of the software upgrade and specific models upgradable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers’ requirements.

Source Samsung Mobile Press

Raspberry PI have unfortunately comes across a small delay in the shipping of their much awaited Raspberry PI Boards.

Raspberry PI is a credit card sized computer board, designed to encourage a new generation of PC users to discover and develop their programming skills

Below is information send out by RS Components Ltd about the current state of play:

Firstly, we are very grateful for all the patience you have shown as we deal with the tremendous interest in the Raspberry Pi – it has been phenomenal and it is fantastic that there is so much enthusiasm for it out there.

We know how keen you all are to get your hands on the product and get programming, however Raspberry Pi has made us aware of a ‘manufacturing hiccup’ with the initial batch that came to light following additional testing. Fortunately the problem is only minor and Raspberry Pi is working to correct it. A full explanation can be found on the Raspberry Pi website We’re continuing to work closely with the Raspberry Pi foundation to minimise any delay in getting the Raspberry Pi to you and hope that you will bear with us a little longer. We’ll keep updating our FAQs to give you information as we receive it.

A lot of you have also asked about how we are managing our queue, and when you’ll be invited to place your order for a Raspberry Pi. We’re going to be receiving the boards in batches, so as we receive confirmation that the batches are ready, we’ll be inviting people in on a first-come, first served basis, from time of original registration, to place orders on our new Raspberry Pi online store. The invitations will be sent to groups that match the number of boards we have available, to ensure that if you place an order, we’re able to take it and tell you when we can ship your Raspberry Pi.

Thanks again for your patience, and we’ll be in touch again next week for a further update.

 
Heres hoping the delay is not too long

Dual core A5X Processor, Quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4, 1024 MB RAM,Upto 64Gb Storage, 5MP F2.4 Camera, 1920×1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps) Video capability ,Front Facing 0.3 MP Camera, 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 (241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm),23.00 oz (652 g),9.70 inches,Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Bluetooth 4.0 , WiFi 802.11 b, g, n, a, USB with Proprietary connector, HDMI, 2048 x 1536 pixels IPS LCD screen,11666 mAh. Specifications subject to change as Item has not been released.

BUT wouldn’t it be great if the review would be like the video below:
 

Source Twitter

Nokia has formally embraced its version HTML5 version of Nokia Maps when being used on iOS and Android devices. The mapping software has been in development for HTML5 mobile previously, but today marks the first day Nokia encourages its use on both platforms which it otherwise competes with.

Very little of Nokia currently embraces iOS and Android. Since the move to Windows Phone (away from Symbian and MeeGo), Nokia largely no longer operates in the technical terrain of software that overlaps with iOS and Android. The two exceptions to this are the Qt Framework, and HTML5.

It still remains unclear why Nokia Maps continues its push into HTML5. While Nokia and Microsoft may have agreed to the offering of Nokia Maps on other Windows Phone 7 devices, and possibly the entire Windows 8 device range, HTML5 still is not needed for Nokia Maps to exist. It also does not provide for a transition away from Symbian, as the Symbian codebase for Nokia Maps is still regarded as the best out there.

The answer may lie in divisions at Nokia. Since the acquisition of NAVTEQ, Nokia Maps has fallen under the umbrella of a larger, cross-division initiative at the company. NAVTEQ may wish to enter into the same domain as Telenav, which also is developing a free HTML5 turn-by-turn navigation tool. NAVTEQ may wish to offer this as a bundled service to mobile solution providers, such as offering mobile web sites the ability to initiate navigation sessions to retail, and other locations, in-browser.

Another answer may be purely out of spite. Rival company Google, which offers Google Maps, said that it intended to bring Google Maps Navigation to platforms other than Android. However, the company in years since has appeared to backtrack from that commitment, refusing to release a timetable for implementation on any other platform. Despite Google’s ethos that HTML is superior to other application platforms, Google Maps on HTML does not offer any form of turn-by-turn navigation.

The latest developments to Nokia Maps other than iOS and Android support are largely for future use. Nokia added voice navigation of instructions, but enabled it only for walking navigation. This is likely to deter from users attempting to use the voice navigation while driving, as the feature is still actively being developed.

Telenav, Nokia Maps largest competitor in the HTML5 navigation arena, has yet to release a public beta of their HTML5 navigation application. Announced in late 2011, the company said that it intended to make public access available some time in early 2012. The company is still only offering select developers access to the software in a private, closed beta.

Nokia Maps can be accessed on HTML5 devices by visiting http://m.maps.nokia.com

Source PhoneNews

Later this month, the publication tool will be made available to allow the participants of the EXOdesk Development Challenge to submit their applications.
 

• exo.app provides an access to the current object properties
• exo.array provides useful functions to manipulate standard JavaScript arrays.
• exo.monitors provides an access to all the monitors connected to the current device
• exo.collisionMap provides functions to manipulate the appearance or your application in the collision map, used to detect when the user or an object touch the application.
• exo.mouse provides an access to the mouse position in all the screens
• exo.touch provides an access to up to 256 points of touch with pressure sensitive (depending on hardware).

Download EXO UI PH Developers Preview

By clicking “Download EXO UI PH Developers Preview” below and installing or using this software, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this License. If you do not or cannot agree to the terms of this License Agreement please click ‘I refuse’ below and do not install or use the Software. IF YOU ACCEPT, THE FOLLOWING WILL CONSTITUTE A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE USER (You), AND EXOPC AND YOU WILL BE GRANTED THE FOLLOWING LIMITED RIGHTS:

LIMITED LICENSE RIGHTS TO USE:
The following downloadable software (including but not limited to the software development Kit) is provided strictly for the purpose of developing applications for the EXOdesk AND SHALL NOT BE USED IN ANY other manner  than the specific contest as described above. The participant understands the limited license of the downloadable software for the period of the contest and limited to the scope of the development of applications for the EXOdesk.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
The contest participant, grants EXOPC the world-wide rights to use the developed application in a non-commercial context, namely for demonstration purposes as follows (i.) display, copy, reproduce, modify, exhibit, publicly perform, broadcast, rebroadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute through any electronic means, electronically publish and synchronize with visual images the application, by any and all means and media now known or hereinafter devised, discovered, or developed for purposes of self-promotion offline/online. (ii) EXOPC shall not use the developed application in a commercial manner to generate revenues without having a specific written consent with the contest participant; this shall be negotiated between both parties on a case per case manner. (iii) Contest participant acknowledges and agrees to the fact that some ideas and concepts of applications are in the current development pipeline of EXOPC, thus, the submission of a given application by the contest participant shall not limit in any way EXOPC from developing a similar application, copyright and intellectual property of the application submitted are only regarding the source code and not the ideas and concepts.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:

EXOPC CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND/OR THE RESULTING DEVELOPED APPLICATION BY THE USER USING THE SDK OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE. ADDITIONALLY, EXOPC COULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OF ANY DAMAGES RESULTING ON MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE DEVICE, THROUGH THE DOWNLOAD AND/OR THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON THIS LINK.

WARRANTY
The user understands that he is receiving a free license for the purpose of producing an application for contest purposes. EXOPC does not give any warranty for the downloadable software. Notwithstanding this, we encourage
users to let us know any issues they may encounter related to the software and will be pleased to assist on a voluntarily basis.

> Download EXOdesk Developer Preview v0.1

37 Mb – Executable for Windows 7 or 8

Requirements
Internet Explorer 9, a decent graphic card (Intel GMA 2000 or more), an HD display (1920×1080 pixels) to emulate an EXOdesk.Installation
Copy the executable file on your desktop then double click on it. You will be requested to allow the application to have an admin access.

Support
Please reply to this post for assistance.

Source TizenExperts

• Multi-touch (up to 256 points of touch) via standard JavaScript events
• Multiple displays and multiple HTML instances
• Interoperability layer with send and listen features supporting synchronous and asynchronous, cross-devices communication (peer to peer, folder synchronization)
• Load from / save to local disk and removable storage (non-binary and non-scriptable files)
• Digital ink with synchronous sharing capability
• Hierarchical access rights at application level and HTML tag level (viewers, authors, editors)
• Direct access to UDP, FTP, POP/SMTP, IMAP
• Full RS232 support (including ODB-II, X10…) for in-vehicle computing, robotic, home automation, RFID, code bar readers, and access to other custom hardware
• Light sensors, 3-Axis accelerometer, GPS, proximity sensor
• Battery level and plug state
• Bluetooth and WIFI, MAC addresses and advanced network information
• Contextual information: current active application name and position, running tasks
• Multiple input: global keyboard and mouse input stream, remote control, touch and pen
• Clipboard (read and write)
• Full support of cross-applications drag and drop (drop target for files and data)
• UI objects respecting physical rules and multiple input

• Desktop PC, laptop, ultrabooks
• Tablets
• All-in-one
• EXOdesk and surface computers
• TVs and interactive boards
• In-vehicle computers

Developer Preview can be downloaded here.

Requirements
Internet Explorer 9, a decent graphic card (Intel GMA 2000 or more), an HD display (1920×1080 pixels) to emulate an EXOdesk.

Installation
Copy the executable file on your desktop then double click on it. You will be requested to allow the application to have an admin access.

Source TizenExperts.

Arch Linux ARM for Raspberry Pi is now ready to go! It’s available now on our downloads page. Huge thanks to Dave (pepedog on the forums) for working so hard on this project over the last six months.

Says Liam:

Thanks to Velocix for providing us with free usage of their Content Delivery Network and also a huge thanks to all of our community donated mirrors. Please do not be offended if your mirror has not been added to the load balancer; It has taken days to get it to the point where it is now and I feel that we have plenty of capacity.

Thanks to Shaun (ZeroHour) from Edugeek.net for helping me with server configuration and the design of the load balancing system, to Turbo @ frambozenbier.org for helping out in general with testing and implementation, and to thank Zach Cross for code reviews and his general support of the system.

Finally, thanks to hxxr and Hugo Rodrigues for pointing out security flaws in the load balancer system which have now been fixed.

Arch Linux ARM is based on Arch Linux, which aims for simplicity and full control to the end user. It provides a lightweight base structure that allows you to shape the system to your needs. For this reason, the Arch Linux ARM image for the Raspberry Pi does not come with a graphical user interface, though you can easily install one yourself. Please note that this distribution may not be suitable for beginners.

Arch Linux ARM is on a rolling-release cycle that can be updated daily through small packages instead of huge updates every few months.

To update the package list:

pacman -Syu

To Install LXDE:

pacman -S lxde xorg-xinit xf86-video-fbdev

To run LXDE:

xinit /usr/bin/lxsession

More information is available at archlinuxarm.org

Source Raspberrypi.org

Our CNC machine making wing mold for RC plane. The material is blue dow styrofoam. This was shot handheld (no rig) with Canon 5D mark II. Video is straight out of camera, no grading.

CNC on Vimeo on Vimeo

via CNC on Vimeo.

Here is the Nokia Lumia 900 at CES with Nokia’s location and commerce team demonstrating mapping applications. This video shows off Nokia Maps. If you have a Windows Phone, you can download it now at the Marketplace.

Check it out and see what you think ?
 

The Nokia Lumia 900 features 4.3″ ClearBlack AMOLED display, 8MP stills, wide-angle lens (28mm), F2.2 aperture and 720p videos, 1MP front facing camera, 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, 1840 mAh battery, and runs Windows Phone.

Source YouTube

Nokia have seemed to be churning more of the same stuff over the last few years and although the Nokia N8 and E7 wanted to address the “more of the same” consumer attitude, thats exactly what some thought. The Nokia N9 was a change in a different direction but Nokia has not committed to it.

Now for the New direction, presenting the Nokia Lumia 800, a Windows Phone based OS. Windows Phone is the newly revamped and recoded from the ground up OS from MicroSoft that has been put onto some excellent Nokia Hardware (very similar to the Nokia N9).
 

 
Video:

 
A full review coming soon …. Keep tuned !!!!
 

So a Gel case is a Gel case hey ? Well Not really. From the eBay knock offs I’ve seen there lots of issues with how well it fits on the device.

For this Case it does what is says on the Tin, good tight fit and not too thin to offer not enough protection and not too thick to add too much bulk.
 

Video:

Shaw’s explanation appeared to make sense. Microsoft’s major consumer product launches tend to fall in the second half of the year, and next year’s big release—Windows 8—isn’t going to buck that trend. There’s an outside chance that Microsoft might talk Xbox 720 at CES 2012, but that too won’t be launching any time soon. The company’s presence at CES has traditionally been big and expensive, and the company no longer feels it yields a valuable return on that investment.

After the 2011 keynote earlier this year, this was hardly surprising. The 2011 keynote was dominated by a mix of products already on the market—Kinect, Windows Phone—and the Windows-on-ARM processor announcement. Though significant, this announcement had no relevance to consumers or indeed 2011. Windows-on-ARM products will only ship in 2012, and most consumers have little interest in the vagaries of instruction set architectures or system-on-chip designs.

But intrigue was added to this apparently straightforward announcement when GigaOM reported that according to people “inside Microsoft,” the withdrawal was due to CEA refusing to allow Redmond to make the keynote presentation beyond next year. In other words, it wasn’t the software giant’s decision at all. In retaliation, Microsoft pulled its future booth plans.

The story took another twist when The Verge reported that its sources backed Shaw’s original explanation. CEA tried to get Microsoft to sign on for another three years of keynoting after 2011, but Microsoft refused, signing on for only a single additional year (2012)—showing that the company’s plans to leave the event are long-standing. CEA did want more money for future keynotes, which helped push Microsoft away, but ultimately the decision to leave was Microsoft’s.

Microsoft will still be at future CES events in some capacity to connect to partners, press, and the general public. But big reveals and launches of major products will in the future be made at Microsoft-organized, Microsoft-specific events. Events that happen when Redmond says they should happen, and that make Microsoft products the star of the show.

Source Ars Technica