If you watched the Tron legacy and were totally mesmerized by the concept of the oh-so-cool motorcycles. Well, guess what? Such bikes may come into the realm of reality. It goes by the name of Evolve Xenon and is up for auction with an approximate MSRP of $55,000. The bike operates on electric power and features a lithium-ion battery which, when charged, can go 100 miles.
If you are a user who owns Android devices and, at the same time, makes use of Roku streaming player, this ought to be piece of really exciting news for you. The company has released a remote control app that turns your Android devices effectively into a remote control for your Roku box. The Android device must be running Android 2.1 or higher to make use of the app.
While iPad 3 is still in wraps and Apple is expected to unveil the tablet on March 7th, a fairly large percentage of users is already all set to make the purchase promptly. InMobi surveyed a number of mobile users to see what their plans were for the next tablet from Apple. About 30% of them said that they definitely plan to purchase iPad 3. Out of the surveyed users, 44 percent said that shall they purchase a tablet soon, it would be none other than an iPad.
If you have not yet known, Google started to release updates to both the Google Wallet and Google+ apps for Android. Google+ update does not contain more, only except “Several stability improvements and bug fixes” but on the other side Google Wallet has received more significant updates such as support for PO Boxes and an “increased allowable address length” for Prepaid Cards.
Microsoft used a transparent OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) in their research in June 2010. They became successful in their research. Microsoft used a camera beneath a transparent OLED to create gesture-based interaction. Recently, Microsoft research has unveiled a new research project. By using a Samsung-made transparent OLED and a Kinect camera, a 3D interactive desktop becomes enabled. This is simply a different creative project.
A very striking feature of MWC 2012 this year is that it features a number of hybrid-like devices. And that indicates that the distinguishing line is fast blurring between tablets and smartphone devices, not to mention that notebooks stay quite close too. Asus has been leading the charge with it’s ‘transformer’ philosophy. And now Asus has unveiled Padfone, a phone which can effectively be turned into a 10-inch tablet with the help of accompanying accessories.
Microsoft doesn’t seem to lack it’s creativity to it’s own platforms and has often launched products from platforms from other than it’s own. First we had a whole lot of Bing apps that were introduced, not through Windows Phone but on iOS devices last year. Then Microsoft also released the 360-degree panorama photograph app, Photosynth which didn’t debut on Windows Phone either. But it seems that with better Windows Phone devices now on their way, the users may finally get a Photosynth app for Windows Phone some time soon.
The press conference and the pre-event booth displays at MWC 2012 are quite enough for us to have a little bit of everything that is going to be unveiled officially soon. LG has it’s fair share of new baggage. One of the interesting devices at LG’s booth is the LG Optimus VU. Apparently, it is LG’s response to Samsung’s Galaxy Note. Optimus Vu features a 5-inch screen and has a 4 by 3 physical aspect ratio, which makes it rather inconvenient to hold in a single hand.