Archive for December, 2009

Need for Speed: Shift is the latest title in the NFS series and after being made available on most consoles and the PC, the title finally arrives on the iPhone and iPod Touch. EA will soon release versions of the game for these platforms, including 20 real life cars, among which there’s also the very hot Nissan Skyline GT-R.

The folks who tested the game claim that it provides a “more sim experience” than NFS Undercover, in its iPhone version. Also, the list of cars you can drive is pretty long and you check it out below if you’re curious. Gameplay video after the list!

* BMW M3 GT2
* Volkswagen Golf GTI
* Mazda RX-8
* Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION
* Subaru Impreza WRX STI
* Porsche Cayman S
* Nissan 370Z (Z34)
* Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
* Dodge Challenger Concept
* Ford Shelby GT500
* Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro
* Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
* Chevrolet Corvette Z06
* Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
* Ford GT
* Porsche 911 GT2
* Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
* Pagani Zonda F
* Aston Martin Racing DBR9
* Maserati MC12 GT1

[via techeblog]

Motorola Zeppelin aka the XT800 and Motorola MT710 are Android handsets we’ve seen before on the web, but they’ve yet to be announced, although we’ve found out that they should make it to China soon. Zeppelin gets pictured below and its specs are available after the break, courtesy of Chinese website The Third Media.

Moto XT800 is a dual mode phone (GSM and CDMA), that packs a 3.7 inch touchscreen display (854 x 480 pixels resolution), supports 3G connectivity, WiFi, incorporates a HDMI port and a 5 megapixel camera with flash. The folks of Mobile-review have also spotted the Motorola MT710 phone next to Zeppelin in a bunch of images, that you can also see below.

We have no info about the launch date of the XT800 and MT710, but we’re guessing they’ll be made available pretty soon.

[via Unwired View]

According to a Taiwanese market research firm, shipments of Taiwan’s smartphone integrated circuits are exploding due to an unexpected increase in iPhone 3GS sales. Based upon supply chain analysis, Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute predicts that Apple will sell a record-breaking 10 million iPhones in this current quarter alone, a modest increase over the record 7.4 million units sold in the previous quarter. With global sales of the iPhone continuing to increase, this tiara-wearing, digitally clueless beauty queen and its parent company are laughing all the way to the bank.

Disclosure: I own and use a Motorola DROID

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Samsung has decided to pull all stops on its latest digital camera — the ST5500. This point-and-shoot sports a 14.2 megapixel sensor, Wi-Fi, 100MB on-board memory and microSD card support. For those of you who are into video, you’ll be happy to know that you can shoot footage at 30 fps with a 1280 x 720 resolution as well, which should make for some smooth playback. The 7x optical zoom camera also has a large 3.5″ LCD touchscreen on the back so everything should be more intuitive with less clutter and less buttons. With Wi-Fi built in, you can even send pictures via email and load videos straight into websites like YouTube or Vimeo. No word on pricing, but look for it to hit store shelves sometime in Q1 2010.

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The Synaptics company demonstrated a concept phone named Fuse, whose sensing parts is not only the screen but also the housing, as reports Electronista. In addition, on the sides of the phone are installed capacitive sensors and pressure sensors that can detect a touch, and the pressure force on the case.

Fuse is also equipped with an accelerometer, which distinguishes any tilting and movements of the phone in space. The device has a large AMOLED-display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels and the tactile feedback. The phone recognizes multitouch-motion, as well as provides a high level of three-dimensional graphics.

Synaptics Fuse is built on the Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 processor and in the development of the concept an active role played the companies TheAlloy and The Astonishing Tribe.

The novelty will be showed-off at CES 2010, Mobile World Congress 2010. It is unlikely that this concept will go into mass production, but the technologies used in it will be applied in phones and smartphones for the future.