Monthly Archives: May 2010
HUGE: Microsoft Bing to Replace Google Search in iPhone OS 4
According to the sources at TechCrunch, the next version of iPhone OS, which is set to release this June will have Bing as its default search engine in Mobile Safari.
Microsoft and Apple have reportedly been in talks over a possible search deal since January of this year, but since then there has been no real news on this.
After all the recent conflicts over Android, the removal of Google Search from iPhone shouldn’t come as a surprise. Google has been rumored to be paying around $100 million dollars a year to Apple for the search rights, and ads that serves on the iPhone.
Also yesterday, there was this rumor about Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer making an appearance at WWDC to announce Visual Studio 2010 for iPhone and iPad.
Apple patents on-phone shopping list, e-checkout
Apple has patented the idea of using a mobile device “to acquire pricing information for a shopping list of products,” which basically sounds like an official version of SnapTell Explorer — point the camera at something and then get a list of available prices for it.
But this patent goes a step beyond that. It also suggests that a “mobile device” user could scan a full list of products, and then possibly even buy them directly from the phone. I imagine that’s something like walking around a grocery store, scanning items as they go in your cart, and then checking out wirelessly from your phone.
We’ve seen a “pay-by-phone” system in place before, but this sounds like a much larger system. And of course,
Wi-Fi Sync Now Supports iPad and Windows
Wi-Fi Sync app has to be among one of the most useful jailbreak apps that we’ve seen for iPhone and iPad.
With Wi-Fi Sync, you can wirelessly sync your iPhone and iPad over Wi-Fi network without having to connect any wire between your phone and computer.
It was released earlier this month with support for Macs only. But now with this new update, Wi-Fi sync is now available for Windows too, and it adds full support for iPad.
The Next Apple TV Revealed. Will Run on Top of iPhone OS !
If you thought the next platform wars between Microsoft (Windows Media Center), Google (Google TV) and Apple wont move to TV’s, you’ll be horribly wrong.
According to the sources at Engadget, the next iteration of Apple TV will get a much needed complete revamp.
It will be a small device (like iPhone), will be powered by a variant of iPhone OS, and best of all, will only cost a 100 bucks ($99 to be exact).
Juicy Bits Releases 3D Camera Studio 1.0 for iPad [video]
Sammamish, Washington – Juicy Bits today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of 3D Camera Studio 1.0 for iPad, the easiest way to create your own 3D photos.
Based on the popular 3D Camera app for iPhone and iPod touch, it has been completely redesigned to take full advantage of the larger iPad screen. Featuring a project gallery, a simple alignment mode, wireless image transfer, advanced export to JPS, PNS, and MPO files, and an intuitive interface, it is a powerful tool for creating 3D anaglyph, stereogram, and wigglegram images.
To create a 3D image, left and right photos are selected from the photo album. Or, if the user has the full version of 3D Camera for iPhone/iPod touch, a set of photos can be transmitted wirelessly using a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection.
Next, the two images are repositioned to fix any alignment issues and to control the apparent depth of the final 3D image. Moving the right image to the right causes it to recede back into the screen, while moving it to the left causes it to “pop out.” 3D Camera Studio includes “recede” and “pop out” buttons to conveniently control depth.
3D Camera Studio creates color and grey anaglyph images that are viewed