Samsung is in a roll since it started the Galaxy fever, and there’s no stopping the phone giant especially at the Mobile World Congress 2012, where it just unveiled its latest project: the Galaxy Beam.
Not to be confused with the Android Beam, Galaxy Beam takes its name from its built-in projector that can show HD projection of up to 50 feet wide with is ultra-bright 15 lumens.
The rest of the specs are not as impressive as its brothers Note and Nexus — running on Android 2.3, a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 800x400px, 5MP rear camera and 1.3MP front camera, HSPA+ connectivity, and 8GB of storage.
I’m guessing that in actual usage, this will deliver a much smaller image in regular use, say A4 size, if you want to conserve battery. More than it’s use for sales pitches and showing grandma your recent camping trip right then and there, it’s also great for apps like games and photo editors. That is if they open it up access to third parties. Stay tuned for pricing and availability.
Via: the verge

CNET reports that an Apple employee lost a prototype of an unreleased iPhone in a San Francisco-area bar. No, you haven’t fallen through a wormhole and woken up in 2010 — it happened again. The prototype was reportedly lost in July, and Apple’s efforts to recover the device have not succeeded thus far.

Rather than immediately remote-wiping the phone as it did with the iPhone 4 prototype last year, Apple used the Find My iPhone feature and co-ordinated with San Francisco police to trace the phone to a home in San Fran’s Bernal Heights area. The homeowner gave police permission to search his house, but the device was not recovered.

Supposedly the prototype has already been sold on Craigslist for US$200, a paltry sum compared to the $5000 a certain “gadget blog” (CNET’s words) paid for the iPhone 4 prototype last year. No other details on the device are available, but considering the firestorm that erupted in 2010, it’s unlikely that any “gadget blog” would have the stones to buy the device even if it was offered to them.

We’re not judging here, but doesn’t it seem like bars, pubs, watering holes, and all other forms of alcohol-serving establishments ought to be off-limits to prototype testers from now on?

via: tuaw

Research in Motion has had better days — and years, for that matter — but it’s always had a loyal partner in AT&T, a company that’s cranked out BlackBerry products faithfully for the past twelve years. The tradition continues, as the GSM giant has announced its intentions to bring the 4G BlackBerry Torch 9810 (aka the Torch 2) to stores sometime this month, followed by the 4G BlackBerry Torch 9860 and 4G Bold 9900 “later this year.” No specific dates or prices were given on any of the devices.

The Torch 9810 comes with a 1.2GHz CPU, 3.2-inch touch display, a total of 8GB internal memory (with microSD expansion up to 32GB), and a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture. Oh, and about the “4G” in the title? An AT&T spokesperson confirmed to us that the moniker is simply referring to HSPA+, capping at 14.4Mbps. It’s definitely a step up from the original Torch 9800, at least, but our appetite for 4G of the LTE variety runs deep. Will this be too little too late for the Canadian manufacturer, or can this year’s fall lineup be enough to keep the company healthy until QNX rolls into town?

via:engadget

An Israeli company sells mobile applications that “monitor” your exposure to mobile phone radiation. If you experience a sudden spike of radiation while you’re talking, it’ll alert you so you can throw the phone, get into some kind of lead suit, then resume talking.

We’ve seen that company trying to exploit the Antennagate controversy to drive interest in their services before. Similarly, it looks like they wanted to capitalize upon the tragedy at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant to launch a renewed push into the App Store.

Now Steve Jobs himself has told them enough is enough: in the wake of the Fukushima disaster and the resulting wave of radiation panics here in the United States, Jobs told Tawkon that Apple has “no interest” in publishing their app.

Tawkon’s launching on Cydia instead, which is fine, but I agree with Steve: given that the iPhone has no native radiation-detecting mechanism (and therefore isn’t accurate), combined with the fact that there is no medical basis for fearing cellphone radiation exposure and the heightened fears about radiation both domestically and abroad, this just isn’t an app that needs to be on the App Store.