Nuance, which makes Dragon voice-to-text software, is forging ahead in the iPhone app market. Dragon Dictation for the iPhone and iPod Touch Nuance Over the weekend, the company updated its Dragon voice dictation app for the Apple iPhone and unveiled a new Dragon Search app to let you find info via voice. The 1.2 version …
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The Synaptics Fuse concept phone was unveiled in December, when we promised you a hands-on with the handset at CES 2010. True to our word, we tracked it down and tried it out. Frustratingly for such a cool product, there isn’t much to report, because the handset didn’t include an operating system. It’s a proof of concept showing off interface …
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Forget dropping the post-Christmas pounds, LG is working the chunk with the LG GW990 — a phone so big it’s pushing into tablet territory. Big is beautiful, LG’s GW990 with its 4.8-inch screen. (Credit: Engadget) The GW990 uses Intel’s new CPU, codenamed “Moorestown”, which powers the phone’s marvellous multitasking skills. Not only do apps run in the background, they run …
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Forget dropping the post-Christmas pounds, LG is working the chunk with the LG GW990 — a phone so big it’s pushing into tablet territory. The GW990 uses Intel’s new CPU, codenamed ‘Moorestown‘, which powers the phone’s marvellous multitasking skills. Not only do apps run in the background, they run simultaneously in the foreground — LG demonstrated the GW990 running three …
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At CES, we were lucky enough to sit down with a couple of guys from Qualcomm who are in charge of US mobile TV system FLO TV. The service, which allows people across the US to watch broadcast, network TV on portable, wireless devices, will apparently arrive in the UK at some point. We couldn’t get Qualcomm to tell us exactly …
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Freesat fans with a nasty habit of missing their favourite shows have cause to rejoice today. The BBC has confirmed that it is extending its beta trial for the catch-up iPlayer service on freesat to everyone who has a Humax-branded freesat HD or freesat+ digital box. People without a Humax-branded box may be missing out, but only in the short …
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If you have a FreeAgent Theater+ from Seagate and are a fan of internet media streaming, I have some good news. The FreeAgent Theater+ on display at CES 2010. (Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET) At CES 2010, Seagate showcased plans to collaborate with content and technology providers, including YouTube, vTuner and Mediafly, to deliver access to more user-generated and licensed internet content …
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Toshiba has announced the U.S. release of a new line of TVs based on the Cell processor that first appeared in the Sony PlayStation 3. The specifics differ somewhat from the Cell TV shown at CEATEC last October, but the gist is the same: more extras and options than any TV we’ve ever seen. (Credit:Toshiba) Toshiba claims the processor operates …
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If you thought tilting and swiping your iPhone was the future, just take a look at the Synaptics Fuse. It’s a concept phone that points to how we’ll be fingering, tilting and even squeezing our phones in 2010 and beyond. We’re lighting the fuse on this innovative concept and standing well back. Touchscreen and trackpad manufacturer Synaptics has headed up …
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Once an Apple engineer, Andy Rubin went on to co-found mobile computing outfits Danger and Android. He sold the former to Microsoft and the latter to Google, where he is now vice president of engineering. He’s also the guy quarterbacking development of Google’s Android mobile operating system and the Nexus One–the smartphone with which Google hopes to fundamentally change the …
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