Apple today announced during a keynote address in San Francisco that its iTunes in the Cloud — or iTunes Match — service now supports 1080p movies. iOS device users will be able to access and sync their movies and television shows across Macs, iPads, iPhones, and iPods. Apple also announced a new version of the Apple TV that includes PhotoStream support. iPhone users can take pictures and the photos will be uploaded to the owner’s Apple TV automatically. Apple also announced iOS 5.1, which will be available for download starting today. The chief new feature in iOS 5.1 is ...
iPhoto Available for iPhone and iPad
Apple today announced a new version of iPhoto, its desktop photo editing and management software, for iOS devices including the iPhone and iPad. iPhoto for iOS supports a wide range of photo-editing features, including scrollable thumbnails, crop, rotate, exposure, contrast, saturation, and other multi-touch editing functions. The app supports “Brush Mode,” which can be used to add effects, remove blemishes, as well as sharpen or soften images. The app also can be used to create photo journals, which can be pieced together within the app and then shared via the web. iPhoto for ...
Nokia Discontinuing Ovi Share
Nokia today announced that it plans to shutter its Ovi Share service on May 30, 2012. Users will have until then to download any content stored in Ovi Share. Nokia said that users can download their content in small pieces as well as in one large zip file, depending on their needs. The system will not be accessible after May 30. Nokia said the decision to shut Ovi Share was made so that it could focus on its core services offerings. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia Says ‘PureView’ Tech Headed to Lumia Smartphones
Nokia has confirmed that the PureView camera technology first revealed in the 808 PureView Symbian smartphone will eventually make its way to the Finnish phone company’s Lumia Windows Phones. “PureView imaging technologies [will] be used to deliver high end imaging experiences in future Nokia products,” said Nokia representative Chris Hollis to Phone Scoop in an email. “Since Nokia is committed to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, that includes plans to bring PureView imaging experiences to Lumia over time. No details of products or timelines have ...
Motorola Forced to Give Apple Android Data
A judge has ordered Google and Motorola to deliver information concerning how the Android operating system was developed to Apple. The two companies must also give Apple information about Google’s planned acquisition of Motorola. The cases relating to this action hail from 2010, when Apple sued Motorola over smartphone patents. Motorola counter-sued. Motorola and Google had hoped to prevent Apple from gaining access to this information. The first case, addressing Apple’s patent claims against Motorola, begins June 11, and will be followed immediately by the Motorola v. Apple ...
LG Connect 4G for MetroPCS
MetroPCS’s latest LTE 4G smartphone comes from LG. The Connect 4G offers a decent spec list, but stumbles a a few times on the road to smartphone nirvana. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Opera Mini Hits BlackBerry App World
Opera Software today announced that Opera Mini 6.5 is now available to BlackBerry smartphones via BlackBerry App World. It includes most of the features available in Opera Mini on other platforms, such as social network integration, speed dial, data compression, and full HTML site support. The application is free, and can also be downloaded directly from Opera’s web site. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review
Samsung isn’t messing about with its tablets range, having unveiled all manner of differently-sized tablets over the past months, not least the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC 2012 – but what of its equally sized Note-less sibling, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?Arithmophobes should steer clear of a product with all those numbers in its name, perhaps, but we’re burdened with no such phobia so we spent a bit of time with the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 to see what’s what. ...
Samsung sensor captures image and depth information
Samsung has created a sensor capable of capturing both a standard RGB image and depth information at the same time.The new technology could give devices Microsoft Kinect-like gesture recognition capabilities without the need for two separate sensors, allowing for the installation of the tech on much smaller devices like mobile phones.The CMOS sensor contains rows of depth-sensing z-pixels built into a traditional RGB sensor array, allowing it to record light and depth information ...
Nokia Maps and Bing Maps Tie the Visual Knot
Nokia today announced that it and partner Microsoft has refreshed the appearance of Nokia maps to unify the user interface of both the Nokia Maps and Bing Maps systems. Nokia says that the overarching goal of the redesign was to make the maps easier to understand, yet still provide detail and context for what’s in view. Nokia said that it has reduced the amount of clutter and icons visible on the maps, as well as toned down its color palette. Nokia explains that maps that are more contextual when expanded, and more detailed when zoomed in. The new version of Nokia Maps will be rolled ...