| AirVideoEnabler hack brings AirPlay video to the rest of your apps Posted: 28 Nov 2010 06:34 PM PST Apple’s new AirPlay video streaming feature is great… unless you want to use it in a non-Apple app. I am not sure what is the reason, Apple is restricting AirPlay video to just its first party apps right now, and not even all of those (Safari is left out, for instance). Interestingly, Apple actually built the functionality in, it’s just not enabled. Thanks to some “spelunking” work by TUAW’s Erica Sadun, it was discovered that a single line of code is all that’s necessary to spread the feature to any app that relies on Apple’s MediaPlayer framework, including VLC, AirVideo, and even Safari. Now Zone-MR has built a hack called AirVideoEnabler and put it on Cydia, allowing you to bring this functionality to your own jailbroken iPad. For the hack-averse, let’s hope Apple catches up in functionality soon. 
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| Orange UK prices 3G iPad at £199 on two-year contract, starts pre-orders today Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST Want a iPad but short of cash to buy one eh — then here is one deal from Orange UK with it’s contract based scheme.Pre-orders are should have started by now for obtaining the 3G-connected iPad at prices of £199 ($312) for the 16GB version, £249 ($391) for its 32GB sibling, or £349 ($626) for the one equipped with 64GB of storage.What you would need to do is sign up a two-year plan contract costing £27 ($42) a month which ‘ll give you 1GB of anytime data, 1GB of off-peak data (judged by Orange to be between midnight and 4pm), and 3GB of BT Openzone WiFi access for each twelfth of the year. 
The expectation is that Orange’s new best bud, T-Mobile, will be offering similar pricing shortly, leaving us to wonder what Vodafone and O2 might be cooking up. Three, the UK’s 3G-only network, is also planning to sell the iPad “in the coming months.” The Pricing and data allowances, however, have yet to be revealed. If all the come up with similar pricing strategy then day of subsidized tablet might be sooner than we thought. Source :Orange Via Engadget Orange UK prices 3G iPad at £199 on two-year contract, starts pre-orders today is a post from: Tech Mania  |
| Android 2.1 rolling out to Sony Ericcson Xperia X8, depending on product code Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PST Are you the owner of Sony Erriccson’s Xperia X8, then you might be in luck as Android 2.1 is rolling out based on product codes.Sony Ericsson is starting to push Android 2.1(Eclair) to the handset.News is that Thirty-two tasty batches of Eclair are already in the oven, and you can easily check to see if you’re a lucky candidate for upgrade by scanning the back of your phone. If your eight-digit “SI-number” (e.g. 1242-4859) matches any of those listed on Sony Ericcson product blog then you can unlock 720p video recording mode, enhanced social networking integration and five homescreens. AT&T members don’t necessarily expect to see them anytime soon. 
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| HPdv7 with 2GHz quad-core i7-2630QM based on Intel’s Sandy bridge coming soon Posted: 28 Nov 2010 06:46 AM PST Based on previously leaked Intel’s roadmap it was posted that Core i7-2630QM chip would be out soon, but guess it’s coming soon perhaps.From the provisional component list for an update to HP’s gaming laptop, it shows the quad core i7- 263QM listed.With regards to this matter neither HP nor Intel has said anything official on the matter.Laptoping did some research and found some listings at online retailers for laptops from Gateway and Lenovo also offering the still unannounced part. 
We know how badly Intel wants to showcase the Sandy bridge processor line up in CES 2011 but it’s reassuring to see vendors looking eager and ready so far in advance of the launch date.What this meaans is there should be not shortage of the processors and this news will be only confirmed when Paul Otellini finally steps to the stage and makes things officially official. HPdv7 with 2GHz quad-core i7-2630QM based on Intel’s Sandy bridge coming soon is a post from: Tech Mania  |
| Sony aims to control half of Japan’s e-reader market by 2012 Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:57 AM PST We know how Sony has more exposure when in comes to Walkmans in Japan, it’s a little surprising to think that Sony has been all but silent regarding the Japanese e-reader market. We heard back in May that the mega-corp was planning an e-reader launch in Japan by the year’s end, aiming to build out an elaborate e-book distribution platform with local telecom operator KDDI. 
Fast forward a few months, and it seems as if thing’s are finally falling into place. New reports are suggesting that the 5- and 6-inch Sony Reader devices will be on sale in Japan on December 10th, with pricing set for ¥20,000 ($237) / ¥25,000 ($297), respectively. Additionally, it’s planning to crack the seal on an online e-bookstore with around 20,000 titles, and that one should be ready to roll prior to the “year-end shopping rush.” Perhaps more stunning, however, is Sony’s intentions to “sell 300,000 Readers in the first year and win half the domestic market by 2012″ — that’s according to Sony Marketing Japan president Nobuki Kurita. That’s a bold statement ! Sony aims to control half of Japan’s e-reader market by 2012 is a post from: Tech Mania  |
