Google TV explained

Posted on July 11, 2010, 9:25 pm, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

The areas of overlap between Google and Apple have just grown a little bit larger. Earlier today, the search giant announced Google TV, a platform intended to bring “everything you love about the web to your television.” Eat your heart out, Apple TV!(here is Steve job’s response to this initiative by Google)

Or as Google puts it, video may be easier to find and consume on the web, but it’s generally more enjoyable to watch on a big-screen TV in your living room. Google aims to bridge the two by letting users find channels, recorded shows, websites, and YouTube clips via a simple search field on their TV screen. Continue reading this post »

Watch FIFA World Cup Final Match: Netherlands VS Spain Online Live Stream

Posted on July 11, 2010, 3:48 pm, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

The big day for all FIFA World cup 2010 enthusiasts have finally arrived as its now the final match of FIFA World Cup between Netherlands and Spain from the grounds of South Africa.

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Another Windows 7 Phone: HTC Gold is Rumored to be Released this November

Posted on July 10, 2010, 12:31 pm, by Talha Arif and received Comments Off.

Omio, the UK mobile phone outlet, has purportedly got its hands on “a huge UK mobile phone release schedule for the rest of the year… [from] all the manufacturers”. Ofcourse , the source of the list remains a mystery, as we can’t find any sources mentioned, nor any other sources mentioning  the above mentioned list. So, with bated breath.. and a few grains of salt thrown in for good measure, here is the list:

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White iPhone 4 is Finally Here

Posted on July 10, 2010, 12:20 pm, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

white iphone 4

white iphone 4

Finally folks, the unicorn among iPhones is amongst us. The white version of the iPhone 4 is finally seen out in the wild, and the people up in japan have posted some nice pictures of the latest from Jonathan Ive’s design cupboard. Last we heard,  Apple was having problem getting the colors just right, seems ok to us now though. Now sit back and feast your eyes on the snowy goodness.

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Apple TV to Feature 99 Cents TV Show Rentals

Posted on July 9, 2010, 10:15 am, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

Rumor has it that the NewTeeVee today is bringing the 99 cent TV shows rental on the new Apple TV powered by iOS 4. The new Apple TV that is expected to hit the market with a price tag of $99 would offer TV shows for just 99 cents.

Apple TV

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Fring Brings Video Chat Using Front Camera over 3G

Posted on July 9, 2010, 9:52 am, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

Fring has announced a major update for their iPhone app and now it does two most awesome things. First is the ability to Multi-task on iOS 4 powered iPhones, which means that you can sign in to multiple chat accounts while browsing websites on Safari. Besides this, they have also added the support for video calling for iPhone 4 using its front camera, not only over the Wi-Fi network but also the 3G cellular data network.

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Next Generation iPod Touch to Offer FaceTime, 5MP Camera and More

Posted on July 9, 2010, 9:12 am, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

Fresh rumors from a UK retailers are suggesting that Apple might soon come up with the next generation of iPod touch, which would be dubbed as iPod touch 4G this year.

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Nexus One on Android 2.2 (Froyo) Trashes iPhone 4 in Web Browser Speed Test

Posted on July 8, 2010, 11:22 am, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

The Android 2.2 (Froyo) is so far the best version of Android OS currently available for Android devices. Though, its officially available for Nexus One so far only but the platform itself is quite powerful and is expected to be available for other devices very soon.

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How to Install Flash Easily on Your Jailbroken iPad

Posted on July 8, 2010, 10:32 am, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

We recently posted some stuff about Flash running on iPad, which seem pretty cool and gave us alot of hope that we would be able to run flash apps on our iPad in future. Then very recently, we posted about the Frash - Dubbed name for the unreleased app by Comex that would help us to run Flash on our iPad.

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White PS3 Slim with 160GB/320GB HDD to be announced in Japan July 29th

Posted on July 8, 2010, 1:28 am, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

Remember those FCC-bound CECH-2501 models playstation 3 models we predicted would be introduced at E3.It seems we were wrong about that(mea culpa on that) Sony just announced a “classic white” PS3 Slim (as opposed to the “ceramic white” original) for Japan, model CECH-2500, coming July 29th with 160GB HDD. For 34,980 yen (about $400 translated to US currency) you can now start off with 320GB of storage in your “charcoal black” model — not to worry, the aforementioned 160GB still retails for 29,980 yen ($342).

Sony PlayStation 3 classic white 160 GB

Sony PlayStation 3 classic white 160 GB

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Firefox 4 beta 1 goes public

Posted on July 7, 2010, 8:27 pm, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

Between Chrome, Opera, and this latest pre-release version of Firefox, web browsers are starting to look more alike than ever, you can look over here for our previous coverage of this pre-release. Mozilla put up the initial public Firefox 4 beta late yesterday, giving folks their first hands-on look at the new browser and its revamped user interface. Like Chrome and its other followers, Firefox 4 puts tabs at the very top of the window behind a translucent frame and does away with the menu bar. The result looks like so:

firefox 4 public beta 1

firefox 4 public beta 1

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Apple’s Response for App Store Hacked Accounts [iTunes Fraud]

Posted on July 7, 2010, 4:16 pm, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

In a move to swiftly quell a gathering storm, on Monday, Apple pulled applications in its App Store created by a Vietnam-based developer who may have manipulated ratings and hacked user accounts. The company also issued a warning to users to change their passwords.

The iTunes books category

The iTunes books category

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Download PacMan Wallpaper for Your iPhone

Posted on July 7, 2010, 1:28 pm, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

Another cool background wallpaper for iPhone and iPod which you can use if you are on iOS 4. The best thing about this wallpaper is that it has got Pac Man like maze in which the icons for installed apps fit beautifully, and give it a maza-like Pac Man look.

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Flash from Android Devices Ported to iPad

Posted on July 7, 2010, 12:03 pm, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

Out of all the news we have posted so far about Flash being ported to iPad, we have now come across something bigger than what has happened earlier. The guy (Comex) who managed to port Flash on iPad earlier has strike again, and this time he has managed to run real Flash content on a jailbroken iPad.

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iOS 4 complete review: part 3 iAd

Posted on July 6, 2010, 11:00 pm, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

This is part 3 of a multi part review of the iOS 3. read the others here. folders. multitasking.

This is quite possibly the feature with the most impact out of anything Apple announced in recent history. What’s the obvious next step when you’ve got the majority of the smartphone and tablet browsing populace using your closed OS? Show them ads.

On the iPhone it’s easier to read content in a well designed app than it is to use Mobile Safari to browse a web page. Once you’re in an app however you lose all web advertisements, but your attention is still held captive by whatever is going on in the app. This is where iAds come in.

Apple now has its own advertising network and it’s a big one at that. There are nearly 100 million devices that run iOS in the world today and no other non-independent (read: Google, HTC or Microsoft owned) network is allowed to run ads inside iOS apps. All the developer has to do is allow ads and the rest is handled by Apple. Apple will sell the ads and share some percentage of the revenue with the developer.

iAd

iAd

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iPhone 4 Unlock is Almost Around the Corner

Posted on July 6, 2010, 12:45 pm, by Hamza Zafar and received View Comments.

iPhone 4 was though successfully jailbroken within few days of its release, but the dev team has not been so far successful in unlocking the iPhone 4. They have been working hard so far on various grounds to make iPhone 4 Unlock possible, here’s the latest update from their twitter account.

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iOS 4 complete review: part 2 multitasking

Posted on July 6, 2010, 1:35 am, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

This is the second part of a multipart review of the iOS 4, find the other parts here.

Apple calls its form of multitasking the “right way” to do it. I’m not totally sold on that but let’s see how it holds up to our review. To switch between apps on the iOS3 you hit the home button, which takes you home, and then select your next app. Your previous app, assuming it isn’t one of a very limited list of apps that have services that can run in the background (e.g. iPod, checking email), quits completely. Switching back to the previous app relaunches it.

In iOS 4 Apple promises app level multitasking without sacrificing performance or battery life. A single push of the home button still takes you home, but a double tap will bring up a list of recently used apps along the bottom of the screen. Scroll to find the one you want to switch to, select it and you’ve just “multitasked” in iOS 4.

iOS 4 appswitching

iOS 4 appswitching

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iOS 4 complete review:part 1 Folders

Posted on July 6, 2010, 1:17 am, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

The launch of the new iPhone 4 featured a new version of the iOS 4(formerly iPhone OS). Steve Jobs claimed the new iOS to be the “most significant update since the release of the original iPhone OS”. Well, we here at the Geek engineer review the latest OS to find out if the Steve is true or is this just another instance of the Reality distortion field in full force.

The biggest features from an end user standpoint are the introduction of folders as a way of grouping apps together and simplifying the iOS interface and of course, multitasking.

As the full review of the iOS 4 is a long and intensive task, we have broken down the features into easily consumable posts. This here is the first part of the review.

Folders

On my iPhone I have five screens of apps. That’s ridiculous. And as odd as it sounds, I can never find the right app when I need it.

iOS 4 folder

iOS 4 folder

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Yahoo launches Mail, Messenger and Search widgets for Android

Posted on July 6, 2010, 12:43 am, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

Yahoo today launched Yahoo Mail and Messenger apps for Android, as well as Yahoo Search Widget for Android.

Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail

Yahoo Mail features

  • push notification for new e-mail messages,
  • Search by sender, recipient, subject and keywords,
  • Support for emoticons and spam management.
  • Users can send e-mails to contacts from both the Yahoo Address Book and the native phone address book,
  • Attach photos to e-mails directly from the phone’s camera or the photo gallery,
  • As well as view and download attachments.

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IMDb releases app for Android platfrom

Posted on July 6, 2010, 12:00 am, by Talha Arif and received View Comments.

IMDb for Android

IMDb for Android

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has released its IMDb Movies and TV app for Android devices.

Like the IMDb app for iPhone and iPad, Android users can use the tool to quickly access movie news, showtimes, movie trailers and information about their favorite actor or film.

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