As exciting new uses for robots appear all over the world one which catches the eye more than most involves a spherical device designed to help farmers. It is called the Rosphere and one of the interesting things about it is that it gets moving just like a hamster in an exercise ball. The sphere uses the same shifting movement which hamster use in order to propel itself...
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A new video that has surfaced on the web shows an iPhone prototype with a software-based developer setting that enables users to switch between graphics processing units. The video, which was sent to Apple enthusiast site Cult of Mac, purportedly shows a fifth-generation iPhone in action. Like other prototype devices from Apple, the smartphone features a ‘Developer’...
The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, which was just released recently, has generated some much-needed buzz for its maker Research in Motion. From the smartphone’s improved user interface to the new BlackBerry 7 mobile operating system, keyboard, the 640 x 480 touchscreen and the 1.2 GHz processor that runs it, the Bold Touch 990 is still a very solid option for smartphone...
An Apple employee has ‘lost’ another one of Apple’s iPhone 5 prototypes in a bar, in a bizarre repeat of an incident that happened last year. The device, which is supposedly a prototype of the iPhone 5, is still out in the wild. The lost iPhone, which was found in a bar in San Francisco, was placed on sale on Craigslist for $200. The ad listing did not...
The San Mateo district attorney’s office has decided not to press charges against tech website Gizmodo and its former editor Jason Chen for their part in a case involving a misplaced Apple iPhone 4 prototype. The district attorney’s office said that two men have been charged with misdemeanors. Two other men, 28-year-old Safe Wallower of Emeryville and 22-year-old...
A number of photos, which claim to be a new iPhone 4 prototype, have been leaked by a Vietnamese site. The site is no stranger to outing new devices and has previously released details of prototypes for the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch, correctly unveiling details of a new camera. The site said that the new iPhone 4s is lighter, faster and instead of glass, sports a...