Month: February 2010
ASUS Windows Phone 7 Series delayed until 2011?
ASUS looked all set to be the first Windows Phone 7 Series manufacturers. However, unspecified setbacks may well see the new handsets slip from their proposed Christmas 2010 release date to sometime in 2011. Speaking to Microsoft partners about the…
Samsung announce HMX-U20 and HMX-U15 camcorders
California's PMA 2010 photography event has thrown up two new camcorders from Samsung. The HMX-U20 and HMX-U15 are the newly unveiled gear, and the successors to Samsung's previously available HMX-U10. While both cameras offer full HD video recording and built-in…
Sony showcase Alpha concept compact DSLR at PMA
If you've been planning on picking up one of those nifty Micro Four Thirds cameras from Olympus and Panasonic, you might want to just read this first before committing your cash. Sony have been showcasing a new concept Alpha DSLR…
Force feedback and rumble heading to the next DS?
Nintendo has filed a patent for a new force feedback system which has sparked speculation that the next DS handheld console will have rumble features. The patent, which is an add-on to one previously filed in 2005, seemingly shows the…
80 million now tend crops on Farmville
Farmville has reached the 80 million user milestone, AllFacebook's Applications Statistics has revealed. Farrmville lets players tend to a farm through their browser, and interact with other Farmville players too. The application's popularity is really booming at the moment, with…
Final Fantasy XIII 's Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase – Interview
Final Fantasy XIII, the latest in the long-running RPG series, is one of the year's most highly anticipated games. Tech Digest recently got to have a chat with FFXIII 's director Motomu Toriyama (MT) and producer Yoshinori Kitase (YK), getting…
Google Shopper searches stores using your voice or camera phone
Google have launched their very own shopping app, Google Shopper Google Shopper lets users browse stores using voice and picture recognition, or by using an inbuilt barcode scanner. For instance, take a picture of an Xbox game or speak it's…
Apple doubles iPhone 3G download cap to 20MB
Some interesting news filtering in from 9to5Mac just now. Apparently, Apple have raised the 3G download cap on iPhones from 10MB to 20MB. In an attempt to maintain their coveted high-quality user experience, Apple had initially set the limit low…
Mitsubishi upscaling tech pushes 1080p to 4k x 2k
Mitsubishi have been working away at a new piece of upscaling technology. The recently demoed kit can take a 1080p image and catapult it right up into the 4k x 2k stratosphere. But, there's a rather weighty catch to all…
Steve Jobs: Flash would bring iPad battery life down to 1.5 hours
It's well known that Steve Jobs isn't a fan of Adobe's Flash, but a recent meeting with Wall Street Journal executives has brought the Apple / Adobe slagging match to a whole new level. Jobs is currently on a media…