Just when you thought there couldn’t be another Galaxy-named product from Samsung, they announce the Galaxy S Advance.
A dual-core 1.0Ghz processor, 4.0″ Super AMOLED display, Gingerbread and a 3.5mm headphone socket appears to be the main draws, but then there’s also the 5MP camera, Samsung’s “TouchWiz” UI and “Find My Phone”.
That last feature appeals as not only can you find your phone (duh) but you can also remotely wipe the data from the handset in the event it gets into the wrong hands. Cue quote from someone important at Samsung UK, Simon Stanford (MD):
“We are very excited to launch our latest handset from the Galaxy family – the Galaxy S Advance. Our aim is to build on the features we know our customers enjoy and add to the choice of smartphones we offer. Our Galaxy range has proven extremely popular and we have no doubt this latest sleek and powerful addition, with its curved design will be greeted the same response when it is released in the UK. ”
Full specs and press release is available after the jump.
Fans of the Kinect whom want to do the whole Minority Report thing on a PC can now get hold of official hardware. No, not the Kinect, but the Kinect. For Windows.
Why the change in hardware? Because the Windows version has a “Near Mode” allowing it to work with actions just over a foot away from it, saving you from being forced 8 feet away from your desk to use it. Also, if you want to use the new SDK, you’re forced to get the new hardware. Homebrew Kinect users will be forced to use the existing beta SDK.
Other improvements to the SDK include a “Commercial-Ready Installer”, better speech recognition and support for up to 4 Kinect sensors plugged into one machine, why ever you would do that is beyond me but I’m sure someone would have a need for that.
Wanted a Samsung Galaxy Note but couldn’t bear to get the black version because it clashed with your all-white decor? UK residents can now get hold of a white version of the Galaxy Note from John Lewis in Oxford Street, London as of today. It doesn’t look like the black one here.
Just to be clear, this is not the white one. Not White. Use your imagination, or pay someone to imagine it for you. Ok? Good.
Oh, and if you’re in the first 100 customers, you’ll get £250 of music, films and books as well.
Of course, normal people would have bought the black version back in November and bought a cover for it. Then again, I don’t really consider the people whom shop at John Lewis nor their bulging wallets “normal”…
For one day only, usually popular internet haunts including Wikipedia and Reddit are blocking their users from the site, to raise awareness of SOPA and PIPA.
SOPA and PIPA are two bills currently going through the US Government which stand to protect copyright holders’ interests. you may think this is a good thing, but what they offer is far worse, and is detailed via the EFF far better than we can.
You know you’ve made it in life when you have an action figure made of yourself. Sadly, most of us will not enjoy such a thing but Steve Jobs will, albeit posthumously.
The “in icons” Steve Jobs collectible figure stands at 12″ tall (taller than an iPad 2), has 2 pairs of glasses (2 more than the Mighty Mouse) and the obligatory black turtleneck and jeans, but the biggest draw is the fact that it looks very close to the man himself.
It’s a steal at $99.99 and if you can afford one, the price will only go up as I expect Apple to lawyer-up pretty swiftly…
Sega has a great holiday gift for you, a game that is normally $2.99 for iOS is now FREE for the next 24 hours! Your favorite SEGA characters come together to battle it out in an adrenaline-fueled race to the finish line in Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing.
Update Friday December 23rd: No surprise here. The app has been pulled.
Jim VanDeventer has somehow released iMame, a very popular MAME emulator onto the Apple iTunes App Store. If you don’t know what MAME is, it is an arcade machine emulator with thousands of arcade games you can play on it. iMame Supports the iCade arcade cabinet and even the iControlPad.
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. The reason we are telling you to download this RIGHT NOW is emulators don’t usually survive long on the iTunes store as downloading games to play for free isn’t legal unless you actually own the game.
How do you load roms into iMame? There is a hidden way of adding ANY ROM to this iMame, making it a target for removal any second off the iTunes App store. Download iPhone Explorer free for your Windows PC from http://www.macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/ and then browse to your iTunes connected iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to copy roms into this folder: /Apps/iMame/documents/ . Don’t forget to click OPTIONS to rescan for the new roms you just copied over. In tests, Mame rom version 0.375b works the best, for a list of compatible games from this rom set, click here.
It’s the end of the year and so time for Google to attempt to sum the entire 12 month passage of time with a “most viewed” list from YouTube. I say list. I actually mean lists, as they have managed to categorize them and show the breadth of content that it’s users create.
4th on the list of UK viewed videos? Nyan Cat. Top in Food? Epic Meal Time. Tech Reviews? Dominated by the iPhone 5. Which doesn’t exist.
Globally most watched video on YouTube? I blame everyone for this…
The full list of lists and the list contents of the lists is after the jump. For the lists.
Did you know you could get free over the air HD signals in most cities in North America? Why are you paying for HD when you can buy an indoor antenna and catch all your local stations for free. Techmamba.com reviewer Glenda reviews a knock off HD antenna called the Antra Indoor HDTV Antenna.
Ever wanted a cool iPhone 4S case that looked like a vinyl record? Now you can with the release of The Third Man 45 iPhone Case by Griffin.
The Third Man 45 iPhone Case is available in three different variations, with a yellow, black or white frame that includes a black vinyl record back featuring a Third Man Records printed label. The packet of 3 interchangeable vinyl record inserts is also available separately, inspired by Third Man Records recording artists, and includes:
- white vinyl record back, cut from The White Stripes’ “Candy Cane Children” single.
- black vinyl record back, cut from The Raconteurs’ “Steady, As She Goes” single, from their first album, Broken Boy Soldiers. These Raconteurs inserts represent the first pressing of this single, soon to be available as a reissue from Third Man.
- yellow vinyl record back, cut from The Dead Weather single “Treat Me Like Your Mother,” from their first album, Horehound.
