Have you ever wanted to turn your iPhone screen into a 3D screen? Well now you can. With the 3D board application, your home screen turns into a glasses free 3D screen. The wallpaper moves and shifts based on how you’re holding the phone. It is available from the BigBoss repository in Cydia for $2.99. All in all its a fun application to fool your friends into thinking you’ve replaced your iPhone’s Retina Display with a 3D Retina Display. Check out the video for more info.
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First iPhone in Space
The last space shuttle launch is scheduled towards the end of this year and its going to be carrying some special cargo. Two iPhone 4’s will be on board running special software designed by Odyssey Space Research.
Once the space shuttle docks with the International Space Station, the crew members will use the iPhones to conduct four experiments, using the iPhones’ cameras, gyroscopes, and other sensors.
[quote]”I’m pretty sure this is the very first iPhone to go into space,” said Odyssey CEO Brian Rishikof.[/quote]
The debut of the iPhone 4 in 2010 inspired the Odyssey team to create iOS based space experiments as the new phone had a built in gyroscope. The company has developed software and simulations for guidance and navigation used in several spacecraft; a gyroscope means that the iPhone could potentially be used to determine a vehicle’s orientation in space as well as its position.
The four experiments are:
- A “limb tracker,” which lets astronauts take a picture of the Earth’s limb (its curved edge). The app then estimates the iPhone’s altitude.
- A sensor calibration tool that uses camera images plus multiple sensors to calibrate the phone’s gyroscope and accelerometers.
- Latitude and longitude estimation using photos of the Earth and matching them to wireframes of coastlines.
- A test to see if space radiation affects computer memory by watching for unintended changes to single bits in the iPhones’ RAM.
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Welcome to the All New iGyaan
Is it Better? Is it Faster? Is it Sexier? Is It Fancier? Is it Chic ? Is it Epic? Is it Hot? Is it New? Is it Me? Is it You?
“No its the new iGyaan and We LOVE IT”!
After months and hours of turmoil and toil, We have finally Done it. Our servers are situated on the Internet Backbone in the Netherlands and we have customized the whole website to integrate all the new features and easy navigation for you convenience.
As with every new system, there are kinks and we will work them in the days to come, for now enjoy the new layout. Leave any feedback below, and be kind enough to report any errors.
We love you guys and without you igyaan could not grow so fast. So continue to bring the love and we will continue to give it back.
Oh and did we tell you that the website is now optimized to work on your, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry , iPod, Android, and mostly all major mobile phone browsers.
And we will soon have Apps for specific Operating systems.
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iOS 5 Beta : Jailbroken courtesy Redsnow 0.9.8b1 for Mac
Did you update your iDevice to the iOS 5 BETA. Then this is possibly the best news for you. Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 has been released for Mac users, but given that it’s a tethered solution, you will have to plug in your phone everytime you need to boot up jailbroken.
This Jailbreak is meant only for developers who already have an activated iOS5 device. so make sure you know what you are doing before you take the plunge.
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Rumors Point to an 8MP Camera in iPhone 5
Now that the WWDC is over and iOS 5 is out in the open, Rumors of the next iPhone from the fruit company at Cupertino are starting to heat up. With the existing new Apple A5 chip and a possibly bigger edge to edge display, a revamped design, NFC and here is something new an 8 Megapixel backlit sensor similar to that on the iPhone 4. DigiTimes states that OmniVision has been awarded the contract to supply the bulk of the image sensors for Apple’s iPhone 5. These sensors, according to the report, will feature an 8-megapixel resolution. OmniVision is said to be supplying roughly 90% of the image sensors for Apple’s next iPhone, while Sony will supply the remaining 10%.
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iCloud Bans Windows XP Users
Apple has announced that it will not allow Windows XP users access to its digital locker, iCloud. Tucked into the bottom of the iCloud release, Apple states that users would have to have Windows Vista or Windows 7 to gain access. Based on recent Stats, this cuts out over half the PC population which still uses Microsoft’s aging operating system.
This is not the first time that XP users have been let out of a software launch. Microsoft itself showed the boot to XP users when it launched the new Internet Explorer 9 browser which does not and never will run on Windows XP.
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The 9 Apps of iCloud – RIP MobileMe
iCloud is the new age MobileMe replacement. It integrates the existing Contacts, Calendars and Mail apps with 6 new apps. These apps are:
- App Store: Provides a Full Purchase history of all applications ever purchased from the iStore.
- iBooks : Will download and sync all books with furthest read location to all iDevices. You don’t have to worry about where you stopped reading on your iPhone. Just pick up your iPad and continue.
- Backup: Takes a daily backup of your iDevices which include the following: pictures, settings, contacts, messages, apps, app data etc. When you switch to a new phone, you simply log-in and your iPhone gets synced from your account on the Cloud. A truly wireless experience
- iTunes: This is one of the most amazing implementations from Apple. They will sync your entire music library across all devices to the cloud. All music purchased from any iDevice is available to sync with upto 10 iDevices, with an infinite number of downloads. The system will also sync your ripped library for an additional $24.99 per year. It will check its database for songs that already exist and add them to your account through its Match service, which means that if the iTunes Store doesn’t have your song, only then will it upload the track.
- PhotoStream: A new way to share photos on the cloud. Photos taken on any device are synced instantly with all other devices. The iCloud will store the last 1000 images online while your Mac will store all photos forever. If you want to save the images then simply create an album and the photos will stay forever. The PhotoStream option is available within the Photos app so you don’t have to launch a separate application and there’s nothing new to learn. It also works with the PC using the My Pictures folder.
- Documents: Finally you have Documents. This app syncs all Pages, Numbers, and Keynote data between all of your iOS devices.
iCloud is an amazing service launched by Apple today. The service is free for all users with a 5Gb limit on data. PhotoStream doesn’t count towards this data limit. There will also be no in-app advertising as was previously suspected. This incredible service is the next incarnation of Apples now obsolete MobileMe service.
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MAC OS X Lion to Launch in July $29.99
Calling it “The worlds most advanced operating system” , Apple has announced that MAC OS X Lion will launch in july for 29.99 US$.
Major new addons are
- New Gestures
- Mission Control
- Revamped Mac App Store
- Launchpad
- Resume of Apps where they were left (multitasking extreme!)
- Autosave : Multiple Versions
- Air Drop
- New Mail
Check out the full details here
and watch the demo video Below!
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Apple Introduces iOS 5 with 200 New Features
Apple is announcing the new iOS5 for iDevices , with a whole list of changes that ensue.
Top 10 features
- Notification Center
- Newssatnd
- Twitter Integration
- Reminders
- New way to take pictures (camera)
- Safari integration
- Game Center
- Wireless syncing and OTA software updates
- New Keyboard
- iMessage
There are more than 200 new features . we will detail them soon
More developing …….soon!
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Apple launches iMessage to target BBM, inter iPhone connectivity over wifi + 3g , pictures , voice and video + text instant messaging
Apple has just announced then new iMessage service at the WWDC as a part of the new iOS 5
Includes delivery receipts, with the option to read them. A typer indicator, so you know if the other person is snoozing, and you can push to all your devices. It handles text messages, photos, video, contacts, group messaging.
- Works on 3G + Wi-Fi
- Supports iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
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Rumor: iOS5 to bring Automatic App Updates
Rumors abound that Apple’s new iTunes will have an option to automatically download app updates to your iOS devices without needing to perform a wired sync. The leaked version of iTunes has a My App Updates screen which describes a previously unseen feature “If your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps, your updates will download to your device without having to sync.”
As the Automatic Download setting doesn’t yet exist in iOS, the leak appears to suggest that this feature will become available in iOS 5. All features of iOS 5 will be revealed on Monday during the Apple World Wide Developers Conference. We will be covering the event live here.
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Apple WWDC Keynote on iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud is on June 6th, We will Cover it Live!
Who knows whats going to happen at this keynote, iOS 5 , Mac OS X lion and iCloud are already known facts. A lot of speculation on the iPhone 5 and possibly the iPhone Nano. We will just have to wait till Mr. Jobs shows up in his Black turtle neck and blue jeans.
In the mean time bookmark this page to get unrestricted access to our live coverage of the event.
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Shantanu Narayen Claims Adobe-Apple Fight is over : Time to Move On!
Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe’s problems with Apple, which were a result of Cupertino’s decision to omit support for Flash in its products, are over.
“Yes, the argument is over from our point of view,” Narayen said. “We are so excited about opportunities we have. We’re focused on that.”“At the end of the day, where Adobe makes its money is through our application tools, as well as our solutions, (and) being able to make that content and measure that content and manage that content,”
He also talks about Adobe’s achievements with the Blackberry PlayBook, But has really no answer to the poor performance of the Flash content on the Android Platform.
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Chinese boy sells kidney to buy an iPad 2
We have heard some amazing and shocking stories relating to Apple products, from thieves to muggers,but this by far is the worst. A 17-year-old Chinese boy living in the Anhui province in China sold his kidney for 22,000 yuan, or about $3,400 (INR 1,60,000/-) So that he could buy the iPad 2.
“I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it,” the unnamed boy told Shanghai Daily. “A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan.”
He underwent surgery at a Chenzhou hospital. When his parents found out, they notified the police immediately but they have been unable to locate the broker, according to the report. The child now says he regrets his decision.
Make sure the next time you need to buy things you cannot afford, the enjoyment of owning that item, will be a lot less without your crucially important bodily organs.