You know Blockbuster’s incredibly smug ad campaign about how they get new releases 28 days before Netflix? NOT ANYMORE! You see, in a cost-cutting move, they just agreed to deals with Warners, Fox and Universal to delay new release offerings.
Our first reaction on seeing this video of an app that translates printed words using your iPhone’s camera? Fake! But then we downloaded the app itself and were blown away – it actually works!
Three new product names—Myte, Gyst and Veer—have popped up in the FCC trademark database for HP/Palm, which could very well correlate to their upcoming announcements early next year. I assume this means new smartphones and tablets are on the way that aren’t Pre/Pixi derivatives, because after the lackluster year Palm had, they need all the help they can get (and this comes from someone who still uses their WebOS smartphone). [PocketNow via PreCentral]
To celebrate the Melbourne premiere of Tron: Legacy, the guys from ENESS thought it would be a good idea to bring Tron to the world of skateboarding with a funky blue lightshow.
T-Mobile’s not quite ready to put it’s full support behind the 4G mobile broadband infrastructure. Instead, they want to take the current 3G HSPA standard they’re using, and make it as fast as 4G, reaching speeds of 650Mbps.