Archive for November, 2008

Check out that group of orchestra whose instruments are non other than empty beer bottles. that is a bold and creative ad for Australian beer Victoria Bitter (VB) showcases the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria playing VB’s commercial theme song with empty beer bottles.

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Orginal post by alina77vere9uk

Wow, the advertising conditions in the UK are pretty strict! An Apple ad was pulled earlier that year, but now another iPhone 3G ad was pulled from UK TV considering it apparently exaggerated the performance speed of the iPhone 3G.

The ad shows the iPhone speeding along within web pages and other applications super fast, but the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received complaints by 17 folks that the ad was misleading.

Sure, the phone isn’t really that fast, but hey they have to fit in a bunch of data in just 30 seconds. Actual load moment does not bode well for spiffy advertising promos. And what sort of ad would be successful whether all it showed was a web site loading? That’s not exciting. Anyway, I thought that was ridiculous. What do you think about it? Oh, and watch the ad in question below: 

Click here to view the embedded video.

Orginal post by Brenda Stokes

Looks like the latest iPhone 2.2 SDK has a few surprises built-in. For one, the updated MediaPlayer framework can manufacture it possible to export live video to your TV. I know it sounds crazy, but it is totally possible, and we’ve posted a video to prove it.

MPTVOutWindow class makes it so your iPhone can transmit video straight from itself to a TV connected to it. So, instead of viewing videos on your iPhone screen, you can view them on your much larger TV screen. You will need to buy a video adapter or cable in order to prepare the proper hook up, however.

It seems you can plus use the accelerometer for controller functions, as any screen touches are ignored when video is being sent out. While limited at the moment, that operate seems to have potential and it will be interesting to see what developers do with it and whether or not it is expanded in future upgrades.

Orginal post by Brenda Stokes

Now you can get your G1 to be colored at ColorWare. Some of you might want to have another color beside black and white, next that would be the reply for your desire. You can send in yours ($190) or get a grade new G1 ($740) at the site. Choose your own color. [2dayBlog]

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Orginal post by Martin Lee

Getting bored with your iPhone, Blackberry, or G1? soon after take a look at our new Nokia 5800. Nokia has announced the music phone at Espoo, Finland. It comes with a 3.2-inch display, 16:9 resistive touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera and 8GB of storage. Soon that music phone will be available in Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Finland, though Nokia have not given a release term yet. [ProductReviews] and [Nokia]

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Orginal post by Martin Lee

Famous sport car manufacturer Porsche has released the Porsche Design P´9522 handset that comes jam packed with a large touchscreen display with a scratch proof mineral glass. that handset additionally offers a 5.0MP camera with video recording capability, high-resolution OLED display, sensitive fingerprint sensor, and Wireless LAN for unrestricted Net access. There is additionally an intelligent GPS navigation feature. No word on pricing so far. [Vagant]

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Orginal post by Joe Gadget

Nokia has expanded its mobile phone with new technology called Z-Wave Home Control, it could gives you full access to control your thermostat, lighting, AV, and safety measure from your cellphones.The system is expected to include pre-packaged Smart Home kits ranging from starter, defense, energy, and baby monitoring when it goes retail (Europe first) by the end of 2009. [ProductReviews]

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Orginal post by Martin Lee