iPhone 5 Concept Design

We have been hearing rumors over the past few months of what features will be included in the new iPhone 5, now designer Michal Bonikowski has put together some of the rumors into a concept design of what he thinks the iPhone 5 may look like.

As you can see from the photos below, this concept design features a larger wider touchscreen display, something that has been rumored for a while, and also instead of the glass back on the iPhone 4, this has been replaced with an aluminum back cover similar to the iPad 2.

Of course the photos are just one person’s interpretation of what the iPhone 5 may look like, whether or not Apple’s design for the iPhone 5 will look anything like thos one remains to be seen.

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Pic3D Film Turns 2D Displays Into 3D (Video)

Global Wave from Japan has developed a new film which is designed to be placed over the display of your smartphone, tablet, computer monitor or HDTV, the film can apparently transform any 2D display into a 3D display.

the company behind the film are producing different sized versions for different sized displays, including LCD monitors, the Apple iPad the iPhone and the iPod Touch, have a look at the video of it in action below, which explains how the film works.

“Basically it will work with video files which are in the side by side format, and if you input URLs for side by side formatted content on sites such as YouTube, it will work with them too. Right now we plan to begin sales in early August, and at first we plan to sell it through our own direct sales website.”

It certainly sounds very interesting, and we would like to see what is is actually like on a tablet or smartphone to see how well it works.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops Breaks UK Sales Record Selling 3.72 Million Copies

Activision and Treyach’s Call of Duty: Black Ops first person shooter has set a new record in the UK by selling over 3.72 million copies since its release.

Becoming the biggest selling game in UK games market history beating the previous holder  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which held the record with 3,702,410 copies sold, Call of Duty: Black Ops cumulative UK sales up to June 25th stood at 3,722,411

Activision’s UK MD Andrew Brown said: “This is an outstanding achievement for the development team at Treyarch and the amazing Call of Duty community.”

The new Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation DLC content arrived on Xbox 360 Live yesterday

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Nokia 700 (Zeta) Symbian Belle Smartphone Leaked

The guys over at GSM Arena have managed to get their hands on some photos of a yet to be announced Nokia Symbian smartphone, the Nokia 700 (Zeta), along with some specifications.

According to the report the Nokia 700 is running Symbian Belle, which is the next version of Symbian after Symbian Anna, and it features a 3.2 inch nHD AMOLED display, and a possible 1GHz processor.

Other specifications include a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash, and it looks like it may also feature NFC capabilities, head on over to GSM Arena and have a look at the rest of the photos and also some more details on the Nokia 700.

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Razer Debuts Cool DeathAdder Transformers Gaming Mice

Razer has been doing its cool DeathAdder gaming mouse up in all sorts so limited edition versions over the last few months. The latest of these special edition gaming mice has now debuted and the DeathAdder is done up in Transformers livery. The mouse comes in several colors.

There is a red Optimus Prime mouse, a yellow Bumblebee mouse, a silver Megatron mouse, and a purple version that is for Shockwave. All of the mice celebrate in the flick hitting theaters this week. All of the mice are the same underneath their skin. Any of the four designs will cost you $69.99.

For that much money you get a 3.5G IR sensor in the mouse and up to 3500 DPI sensitivity. The mouse has a right-handed design and offers 1000Hz ultrapolling. That ultrapolling feature is to reduce lag so you are always ready to shoot the enemy. The mice are all listed as in stock.

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Samsung Launches 32GB Class 10 MicroSD Cards

If you are looking to add a little extra storage to your camera or mobile device Samsung’s latest 32GB Class 10 MicroSD cards, released this week might be worth a look.

The new 32GB MicroSD cards have a class 10 speed rating suitable for seamless data storage and transmission of full HD video. With write speed of 12 megabytes per second (MB/s) and read at 24MB/s more than double that of Class 4 MicroSD cards.

These high performance MicroSD cards are equipped with 32GB 3-bit NAND flash memory chips and a proprietary 3-bit NAND controller and production of a new 20nm-class 64Gb 3-bit NAND is expected to arrive sometime next year.

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LG Optimus 3D In Action (Video)

The new LG Optimus 3D recently went on sale here in the UK, and it comes with a range of impressive specifications which include a 4.3 inch WVGA touchscreen display that is capable of displaying 3D content without the need for a pair of 3D glasses.

The guys over at Clove have managed to get their hands on the new Optimus 3D, and the video below shows us a number of features and the user interface in action.

Other specifications on the LG Optimus 3D include two 5 megapixel cameras on the back which can record 3D HD video in 720p or 2D HD video in 1080p, it also comes with HDMI 1.4, WiFi and Bluetooth and it features Android 2.3 Gingerbread

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iPad Now Has Over 100,000 Native Apps At Its Disposal

n just 453 days since the launch of Apple’s first generation iPad, developers have created over 100,000 iPad exclusive applications which have been approved for the iTunes app store and are now available for users.

Which is impressive as it took the Apple’s iPhone more than 16 months to accomplish the same goal and pass 100,000 iPhone applications. All this from a tablet that some pundits claimed was “dead in the water” when it launched.

The number hasn’t been officially announced or confirmed by Apple as yet, but if you have an iPad of your own you can confirm it yourself by visiting the iPad app store and view the iPad applications currently available in the top left corner, as shown below boxed in red.

Source : Mac Stories

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Shuttle H3 6700G Compact And Powerful Gaming System

Shuttle the manufactures of small footprint computers and barebone systems has this week launched its new Shuttle H3 6700G Gaming System which can be customised to suit your exact requirements starting from $1,035.

The Shuttle H3 6700G was first show cased at E3 earlier this year and has been designed to provide a small yet powerful gaming system which can be powered by a second generation Intel Core i7 2600K processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 graphics card, and up to 16GB DDR3 memory if desired, all powered by a single 300w power supply.

The Shuttle H3 6700G is also equipped with on-board 7.1 channel high-definition audio together with gigabit ethernet connectivity. It also come with 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache which can be upgraded to a maximum of 2TB of storage or SSD is preferred.

Shuttle has also equipped with small system with its own next-generation I.C.E. 2 heat pipe technology to keep the components cool even through the longest gaming sessions.

You can now build your perfect Shuttle H3 6700G system over on the Shuttle website.

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Top Secret Night Vision Contact Lenses Rumor Start Circulating Again

‘Again’ because the author who resurrected the discussion cites an old Popular Science article. Anyway, consider this the latest addition to the myths surrounding the Bin Laden raid two months ago. According to an unnamed member of the U.S. military (it’s not clear which branch), special forces operators currently have access to contact lens night vision.

Of course, like all non-factual claims, the contact lens have no basis on real equipment currently in use nor are the specs available. It does feed right into the imagination of the public though. Especially the public weaned on Call of Duty antics and overblown specops missions that are actually classified.

So aside from mysterious stealth helicopters, dogs with titanium teeth, and OBL being dead for a few years prior to the Abbotabbad raid, throw this story in with the rest of the speculation surrounding the year’s greatest covert mission gone public.

The article from which mention of contact lens night vision originates is a candid discussion of new night vision equipment being used by the U.S. Air Force.

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