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Windows Phone 7 can’t copy and paste

On 17 March 2010

Microsoft may be targeting the iPhone with its consumer-orientated, finger-friendly Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, but we’re not sure that mimicking everything that Apple once deemed important is the best way to go about it. Yesterday we wrote about how Windows Phone 7 won’t feature memory card support, the side-loading of applications and multi-tasking for anything but Microsoft’s own

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How to make your own OLED display in several not-so-easy steps

On 17 March 2010

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology has long been waiting in the wings as a replacement for screens in everything from smartphones to HDTVs, but its development hasn’t happened as quickly as most people thought. Kodak produced a digital camera with an OLED screen back in 2003, but problems in scaling up this low-power, high vibrancy display technology mean that mainstream production

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Windows Phone 7 blocks multitasking and removable memory cards

On 16 March 2010

Microsoft has revealed some more information about the inner workings of Windows Phone 7, along with some minimum specifications required to run the operating system. First the bad news — there’s no third-party multi-tasking. Evidently taking a leaf from the iPhone design brief, Windows Phone 7 does support multi-tasking, but applications other than those from Microsoft (phone calls, music

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Auto Trader iPhone app looks up car prices from number plate photos

On 16 March 2010

Fully featured smartphone web browsers have already made looking up used car prices that much easier than with printed buying guides, but a new iPhone app from Auto Trader just made things simpler still. The Auto Trader app is a free download that can look up used car data based on its number plate. Details can be entered by hand or taken from a photo of the car in question, and the image recognition is

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HTC HD2 gets an OS upgrade — to Windows 95…

On 15 March 2010

There’s some consternation that the current crop of sexy Windows Mobile smartphones won’t be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7, with the luscious HTC HD2 being singled out as one particularly model that would benefit from a better operating system. Undeterred, the clever hackers over at the XDA Developers forum have taken it upon themselves to figure out a solution and the results of their collective

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Spiderpodium — the best / worst iPhone stand ever

On 15 March 2010

OK, so it clearly isn’t for everyone, but we think the Spiderpodium is a great idea. This versatile gadget holder clearly draws some inspiration from the Gorillapod, but the eight-legged design means that there’s no need for a dedicated tripod-mount — just use a couple of legs to wrap around the gadget and the remaining six to secure it somewhere. The Spiderpodium is made from a

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Attention rich idiots!

On 15 March 2010 1 Comment

“This gorgeous diamond studded iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, hand-set in a micro-pave styling. The diamonds are graded G H in color and VS2 SI1 in clarity.” Yours for only 19,999 from those tasteful artisans at Mervis. It doesn’t say which model or capacity this is, but we’ll go out on a limb and predict that it’s the 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad. Mervis via Gizmodo

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The Mobile Computer Friday review

On 12 March 2010

Apple shows new iPad ad during the Oscars — pre-orders start today, remember... youtube nZ-yNISb54k youtube The Google Nexus One — not intended for use in pockets Damaged screen leads to some confusion about what smartphones are for. Build your own ebook reader with Pixel Qi DIY laptop kits for clever combo screens to go sale later this year.

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JooJoo slate specification revealed — Intel Atom + NVIDIA Ion

On 12 March 2010

It’s been a bit quiet on the JooJoo (née CrunchPad) front since the makers Fusion Garage fell out with TechCrunch. Now that the 12.1” slate computer is nearing its on-sale date though, some solid information is starting to appear. The latest comes from the FCC in the US, who, as part of its testing and approvals process, has just published a few documents about the device that outline

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Video shows HP Slate supports HD-accelerated Flash

On 11 March 2010

Pretty much all we know about the HP’s Slate computer is that it runs Windows 7 and will be available at some point this year. All we’ve really seen since Steve Ballmer first revealed it a CES are a few teasing glimpses, but it looks like HP is finally ready to reveal a bit more information about what will the inevitably be billed as an “iPad killer”. The latest bit of news comes

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