Archive for November, 2009

New iPhone 3GS is coming, are you ready?

Monday, November 30th, 2009
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As what the rumor expected, the new iPhone 3Gs is coming out finally with all the stirring new features:

Faster Speed

The “S” stands for “SPEED”. With a new processor built-in, it is up to two times faster than the previous generation launching applications or rendering Web pages.

3-Megapixel Camera

This one made us waiting too long, but still worth it.

• 3 Megapixels sensor.

• New camera, with auto focus, auto exposure, and auto white balance.

• Tap to focus, tap to take picture, tap to trim video shot, easy share via MMS, email,  MobileMe and YouTube.

• Special macro and low light modes.

• Supports photo and video geotagging.

Multimedia

YouTube connectivity with widescreen, music recommendation, shop music TV shows and movie on iTunes. Of course, if you’re tired of the DRM license protection, this iPhone Meida Converter is worth a try.

New Design

Advanced 3D graphics support for complicated games, and glossy back with fingerprint-resistant coating.

Compass

With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3Gs can point the way or automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing, very useful for hikers.

Voice Control

Making a call or playing music is easier with the voice control on the new iPhone 3Gs.

Increased Battery Life

Price Layer

• $199 for 16GB version.

• $299 for 32GB version.

• Available on June 19th.

If you are “a valued AT&T customer,” AT&T offers an “iPhone 3Gs upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee.” The price? $399.00 for the 16GB iPhone 3G S and $499.00 for the 32GB iPhone 3Gs. Worse other existing AT&T customers who want to upgrade from another phone or replace an iPhone 3G, the price with a new two-year agreement is $499 (8GB), $599 (16GB), or $699 (32GB).

Google Earth for You Iphone Review

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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Google Earth for the iPhone

You guessed it. Google’s developers have been hard at work,  because they just released Google Earth for the iPhone. That amazing program that we have all spent hours playing with, is just a touch away.  This version of Google Earth is as ever bit impressive as the desktop application.

Pros

The multi-touch interface makes this program very easy to use and navigate around. It has all the same remarkable satellite and aerial imagery as the desktop version. Leave it to Google to integrate the browser into this app which allows you to directly link to Wikipedia related articles and photos from Panoramio. Plus you can seamlessly jump from the browser back to Google Earth. It also can adjust to the terrain.

Cons

A setback with the tilt function built into Google Earth, is if you hand it to someone it will tilt and move the focus which can get annoying. On a positive note, you can turn the auto-tilt feature off under the settings option.  Each time you start the program it will zoom in to the last place you looked at, which wastes unnecessary time.  The current version does not have the ability to show street names. It looses functionality points with us on this part.

Outcome

This is probably one of the better Apps we’ve seen in a while.  It really shows of the processing power and graphic ability of the iPhone. Google Earth’s iPhone App, is a definite winner in our book.