iPhone and iPad from a Sharp Canadian Perspective
Interesting timing that the Ottawa Citizen posted an article on how educators need to embrace smartphone use in education a couple of days after I did a toastmasters table topics speech on this same topic. In my speech I made the comparison with slide rules which were accepted in the classroom but calculators and smartphones […]
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Theodolite iPhone Heads Up Display (HUD) Technology review has a feature on smarter camera software that improves the pictures from simple smartphone cameras by making use of the processing available. There are lots of examples of these type of apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Example applications are: Camera+ (one of my favourites for
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Some new games are becoming available that use the iPhone or iPod Touch as a controller for the game running on the iPad (which can also be displayed on your TV). Scrabble was one of the first but now there is also action games like Chopper 2 and The Incident 1.3
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Mobilesyrup provides news on mobile developments in Canada. They had an article on Square which is a mobile payment system that processes credit cards without the normal obstacles and with lower fees. No news yet on when Square will be available in Canada but in the Square forums it is stated that it is coming.
Technofriends is an interesting blog that presents a variety of tech news from an Indian perspective. Lately there have been a few posts about free IOS games that play on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad (unoptimized). Learn how to play chess with chess.com app. Top 5 free apps I have heard a lot of
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Antennasys iphone-4-meets-the-gripofdeathinator This is the most informative article on the iphone 4 antenna measurements that I have seen and it comes from an IEEE source. Certainly better than reports based on the bars which have been shown to be just approximate indicators with no standards on how they are displayed and what they mean. This
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If you are looking for one more reason to upgrade to an iPhone 4. You Gotta See This! uses the new gyroscope capability which will also be featured in new games and other sensor applications. Other possible reasons: Retina display Upgraded processor and twice the memory (faster) Better camera front and back with flash Facetime
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