Friday, July 10, 2009
Phones
BlackBerry Onyx To Loses Trackball, Gains Trackpad
11:41PM John Herrman | The leaked-to-all-hell BlackBerry Onyx may have undergone one last change before manufacture: judging by this shot nabbed by BlackBerry Underground, it’ll also have a Curve 8520-esque optical trackpad. More »
Software
Android, Chrome OS Relationship Confusing Everyone, Including Google
10:19PM John Herrman | Just as companies were starting to get serious about installing Android, a mobile Linux OS, on netbooks, Google announces Chrome, a netbook Linux OS. The relationship between the two OSes is already getting tense, or at the very least, awkward. More »
Games
Nintendo On The Wii Vitality Sensor: You Just Don’t Understand
9:04PM John Herrman | The Wii Vitality Sensor was met with a very harsh, possibly unfair reception when it was announced at E3. Now, Nintendo is getting a little defensive about their upcoming medical instrument game peripheral. More »
Cameras
Olympus Stop Motion E-P1 Ad Is A Great Idea (Also, Someone Else’s)
7:40PM John Herrman
The Olympus Pen E-P1 is a beautiful Micro Four Thirds re-imagining of the famous Pen half-frame DSLR from the 1960s. So it’s only suitable that the most distinctive part of their advertising campaign is, ahem, inspired by a previous work. More »
Software
Microsoft Silverlight Now Supports GPU Video Acceleration
7:05PM John Herrman | Download links are live for the latest version of Microsoft’s softly maligned not-Flash plugin, and they come bearing gifts. Ars breaks the new features down: More »
Peripherals
OCZ Sabre OLED Keyboard (Unofficial Codename: Optimus Budgetus) Priced At $135
6:40PM John Herrman | The OCZ Sabre asked us to compromise, featuring a sharply limited number of display-integrated keys, so we asked it to do the same: dip below $US200, or else. Today, ZipZoomFly is listing the Sabre at a reasonable $US135.00. More »
Music
Amazing Music Video Is An International Webcam Collage
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Well, isn’t this heartwarming and adorable. Japanese band Sour had fans use webcams in intricate and unexpected ways to create this lo-fi music video for their song “Hibi no Neiro.” We promise you’ll crack a small, satisfied smile. [Vimeo, thanks Jack!] More »
Gadgets
Altoids Tin Catapult Will Make You Feel, And Act, 10 Years Old Again
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Here’s an Instructables to bring back the obnoxious kid that lives not so far down in all of us: Learn how to turn one of those miniature Altoids tins into a tiny catapult. It’ll be fun for nobody but you. More »
Software
2:47PM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s post on the iPhone 3.0 group SMS bug, we’ve received a few reports from Optus customers that the bug has been fixed. All you have to do is sync your iPhone with iTunes, press the update button and download the updated carrier settings file. Bam – group SMS is back. Anyone on Voda or Telstra wanna let us know if this works for them?
iPhone Group SMS Bug Seems To Be Fixed
2:47PM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s post on the iPhone 3.0 group SMS bug, we’ve received a few reports from Optus customers that the bug has been fixed. All you have to do is sync your iPhone with iTunes, press the update button and download the updated carrier settings file. Bam – group SMS is back. Anyone on Voda or Telstra wanna let us know if this works for them?
Peripherals
2:40PM Nick Broughall | Conexus has just announced that they’ll be selling the Mophie Juicepack Air iPhone case in Australia. Considering it apparently doubles the battery life of the 3GS without adding too much bulk, this is great news for iPhone owners. More »
Mophie Juicepack Air iPhone Battery Case Available Now
2:40PM Nick Broughall | Conexus has just announced that they’ll be selling the Mophie Juicepack Air iPhone case in Australia. Considering it apparently doubles the battery life of the 3GS without adding too much bulk, this is great news for iPhone owners. More » 
