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What if Your iPhone Touchscreen Could Reconize Objects?

Duy Phong — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:44:42 +0000

What if your iPhone or iPad touchscreen could recognize objects you put on them? Well, this is not too far from becoming a reality as some French engineers are currently working on it.

This technology works using printed tags that are applied to objects. These tags are detected by the multitouch screen that can recognize and differentiate them, depending on the tag. Watch this video to get a better understanding of how it works… Read More

Thinkflood survives recall, now shipping redesigned RedEye Mini

tmunzke — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:02:12 +0000

We’re guessing the past few months haven’t been the greatest at Thinkflood, who has been dealing with a nasty recall of RedEye Mini IR dongles. Based on information passed down from the company to us today, each one of the recalled units have been replaced, and now the redesigned / better-than-ever models are on sale for the same price as before. $49 nets you an IR adapter that plugs into your iDevice headphone jack, enabling your iPod touch, iPhone or iPad to control essentially any home entertainment component that understands Infrared. Crisis averted, as they say.

Thinkflood survives recall, now shipping redesigned RedEye Mini originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Oct 2010 06:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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YourTube: Watch HD YouTube Videos and Save Them to Your iPod Library

nhiepphong — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:28:01 +0000

We’re proud to announce that YourTube has the ability to import downloaded videos directly into your iPod app! We call this new feature “Gremlin” and you will start seeing this in many of our tweaks on Cydia, including Safari Download Manager and Attachment Saver.

YourTube 2.0 is newly re-designed for iOS4. It includes a host of stability fixes, improved memory management, improved download speeds, and fixes for the nasty iOS4 sandbox. And don’t forget the ability to import your downloaded videos into the iPod library

You can purchase YourTube HD for the iPad from the Cydia Store for $5. The iPhone version will be available shortly.

Send Links From Chrome to Your iOS Device

nhiepphong — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:26:53 +0000

Google’s Chrome to Phone extension lets you send links, Google Maps, YouTubes, plain text and even phone numbers direct to your Android. Now there’s a slightly gimpier one for

Evidence That CDMA iPhone and New iPad Are Nearing Field Testing?

nhiepphong — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:01:27 +0000

Way down deep within iOS 4 is a pretty intriguing block of code. Our source says that the code queries the device, and if the device is either a CDMA iPhone or iPad 2, the device will auto-activate, thus bypassing the need for iTunes. We’re told this block of code has appeared every year consecutively before a major iPhone / device release, removed right before launch. This allows the products to be field tested by carriers (or partners) without having to activate the handsets or devices.