Coming in at a beefy 241Mb the latest iphone update (2.2) is now with us. As rumored included in the update; Google Maps street view, public transit and walking directions, improved call reception, tweaks to safari, Mail, visual voice mail etc. BUT, and its a big BUT you can now download podcasts over the air. For anyone not sitting at a desk all day this is a one way ticket to awesome-town, getting your podcast fix without having to wait to get home or finding a wifi spot for your laptop is fantastic news, however Apple continue to suck by not giving us MMS or cut and paste, pictures below..
You are looking at probably the finest headphones known to man; for a start you cannot just buy a pair, you have to travel to an authorized audiologist to have in-ear impressions made (usually costing about $75-$125), then have the impressions shipped off to Ultimate Ears in California who custom make the earphones to the exact specifications of your inner ear canal. The fit is simply outstanding and the audio quality will shock you into throwing out every other system you own. A wide variety of cosmetic colors are available from UE, and the earpieces will come stamped with your initials for that lovely personalized touch.
Web apps are becoming more and more prevalent, slowly taking over from traditional desktop based programs. There are some obvious benefits to this but one big downside is continually having 20+ tabs open. FluidApp attempts to solve that problem by allowing you to create SSBs or site specific browsers.
Fluid gives any WebApp a home on your Mac OS X desktop complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, logical separation from your other web browsing activity, and many, many other goodies.
Beyond the ability to create an single app for your webmail, YouTube, GTalk, Flickr, Twitter etc, Fluid also has some cool eye candy add on’s, I am not sure how useful it would be after extended use but reading digg with a coverflow preview for each of the outbound links sure does look cool.
The iPhone 3G officially launches in the US tomorrow, but if you need your iphone app fix early it is now possible to download the newest version of itunes (7.7) and access a library of apps ranging from $0 – $10; an official AIM client, social media add-ons (myspace, twitter, facebook etc), games like Super Monkey ball and a whole lot more. There is a caveat though; old iPhone users will have to upgrade their firmware early using the method posted on MacRumors.
Apple launched their back to school offer today, by giving away free 8Gb Touch’s or Nano’s after a rebate. It is actually a $299 rebate so you could put that towards a 16/32Gb version if you liked. The offer is open students or “educational staff” and will also include $100 off a Macbook, $140 off an iMac, $200 off a MacBook Air and runs until September 15th [apple store]
Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the two biggest martial art stars in the world, finally make a movie together. “The Forbidden Kingdom”, set to open nationwide on April 18th, is an action-adventure movie taking Boston teenager Jason Tripitikas to ancient China where he learns the art of Kung Fu from mismatched teachers, Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and the Silent Monk (Jet Li).
GearCrave loves Kung Fu, and especially loves Kung Fu movies– so we sat down to have a chat with Jackie Chan about the Forbidden Kingdom and Jet Li. Continue reading after the jump for more Jackie Chan goodness, and the details on his latest film, “The Forbidden Kingdom”.
Samsung is at it again, as it is set to release the Access A827 cell phone later this spring. AT&T is the tentative carrier, so expect even more people to migrate away from the Verizons and Alltels of the world for another sweet phone. With an innovative design that combines a wide, iPhone-like beautiful digital screen with the body of a two-way phone such as the EnV. If that didn’t get you excited, imagine MP3 capabilities; full Bluetooth support; a multi-shot, self-timing camera; live mediaFLO TV access and an hour of video capture. Just think: you’ll be able to instantly upload your Saturday night shenanigans for the world to see. Available in May.
It sucks that I just bought an HD-TV. Why? Because LG has to go and one-up everyone, just like it always does. LG already had its stunning XD engine with 4.4 trillion colors, and now they’ve paired it with built-in DVR. So now you can record your favorite shows, games and movies and replay on the 50PY2DR’s beautiful bright 50-inch screen. But they don’t skimp on the other features, either. All of LG’s DVR TVs will have dual HDMI outputs, memory card slots for easy uploading and a solid contrast ratio of 5,000:1. Are you lost? All that stuff means this is one killer tube.
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue–this PS3 racing extravaganza is going to swivel more heads than a NASCAR fireball pileup. The pictures above give you the tiniest idea of how cool this title will be with its uber-realistic graphics–1080p at 60 frames per second. You get six different raceways including Daytona, and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue lets you race online against 16 other players in your choice of 60 cars–check out a sampling of these cars after the jump!
This hits the market on April 15th…never mind tax day, you’ll be too busy racing.
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