(Credit: Medlaunches.com)A bloody odd cell phone accessory–a strap that displays your blood type for all to see–is apparently quite popular in Japan. But lest you think it was invented to aid victims in the event of a medical emergency, it more commonly serves as a sort of relationship …
Originally posted at Crave
The Photoshop.com Mobile beta lets people with Windows Mobile phones view and upload photos.
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Adobe Systems has gradually extended its Photoshop brand from its beginnings as high-end image-editing tool to its Elements consumer-oriented photo software and its Express online photo-editing site.
Now, the company has begun …
Originally posted at Underexposed
(Credit: Dots)More accessories for the iPhone crowd, this one taking a rather unusual direction–gloves. OK, maybe not just any mitts, but ones with small touch-screen-sensitive dots that you can choose for one to three fingers. That way, you won’t have to bare your digits to get some traction …
If you missed last week’s news about Google’s feature-honing update for its native BlackBerry app, here’s your chance to see it in action.
As part of a few well-appointed changes, the new Google …
The .99 Pogo has an ultralight aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics.
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Most people use their fingers to operate their iPhones and iPod Touches because Steve Jobs made sure the touch-screens of those devices were finger-friendly. But that hasn’t stopped Ten …
Updated at 12:30 p.m. on September 9, 2008 with more details about Google Maps’ location accuracy.
MyLocation before its nip/tuck, and after.
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This week, Google’s mobile team let loose with an updated version of MyLocation, a feature of Google Maps that geolocates your position based on cell-tower triangulation. It fixes a minor, but distinct drawback: an overly generous target.
MyLocation, which launched about a year ago, was the first implementation of its kind we’ve seen for a mobile app, and it gave a taste of GPS to users whose low and midgrade phones were without it–the majority of the cell-phone-owning population. However, the best MyLocation could do was inscribe you on the map within a mile radius of your actual presence. Not bad when you compare it to the entirety of global geography, but not as precise as you’d like if you’re, say, on foot in bustling New York City.
Google promises that the blue bubble mapping your location will become more precise, shrinking in size if you’re amid dense population. In the way of specifics, Google’s knowledge of mobile towers lets the map application nail down your location relative to your position among the cell towers. While that’s nothing new, improvements to Google’s cell-tower database directly informs accuracy, so the more towers its got in the system, the smaller the circle can be and the closer its center will be to where you’ve planted your feet. …
If you missed last week’s news about Google’s feature-honing update for its native BlackBerry app, here’s your chance to see it in action.
As part of a few well-appointed changes, the new Google …
The .99 Pogo has an ultralight aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics.
(Credit: Ten One Design)
Most people use their fingers to operate their iPhones and iPod Touches because Steve Jobs made sure the touch-screens of those devices were finger-friendly. But that hasn’t stopped Ten …
Updated at 12:30 pm on 9/16/08 with more details about Google Maps’ location accuracy.
MyLocation before its nip/tuck, and after.
(Credit: Google)
This week, Google’s mobile team let loose with an updated version of MyLocation, a feature of Google Maps that geolocates your position based …
