Nokia N8
The Nokia N8 is the latest Nokia’s smartphone with 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, HDMI out, on-demand Web TV. The Nokia N8 is the first smartphone to run on the Symbian^3 operating system.
Nota app for iPad
We’ve already glimpsed how one app developer was able to graduate his miniature DJ turntable iPhone app into a realistic, life-size audio mixer for the iPad. In a similar example, app developer Melvin Rivera shares a handful of final screenshots of his piano training app Nota, reconfigured for the iPad. (more…)
A developers receiving Apple iPads early, must keep it in room with blacked-out windows
Really, would you expect anything less from Apple? All sorts of wild tales have emerged about Apple’s tight restrictions on developers lucky enough to receive early iPad test units, and no matter how true they might be, we’re eating it up with a spoon. According to “people familiar” with the matter sourced by BusinessWeek, there’s a 10 page pact for developers to sign, with requirements that include keeping the iPad isolated in a room with blacked-out windows (more…)
Amazon releases Kindle app beta for Mac OS
First came the Kindle electronic book reader device itself. Then the applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry, and for Windows. Now Amazon has brought the e-reader software to Mac OS X.
The Kindle for Mac beta version, as with the other apps and devices, lets people read electronic books they’ve purchased through Amazon’s Kindle Store, the U.S. version of which currently has 450,000 books for sale. (more…)