Wednesday
Jul272011

Olympus E-PL3 Gets US $ 700 price tag, ships in September

The latest Olympus PEN Micro-Four Thirds midrange camera and replacement of the E-PL2. Coming this September, the middle-child of the PEN triumvirate will sell for $700 and will come in various kits with either a 17mm fixed lens or a 14-42mm zoom. Available in black, white, red or silver, the E-PL3 will have a distinctive tilting touchscreen for enhanced controls.

 

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Tuesday
Jul262011

Fujitsu Toshiba announce IS12T, world's first Mango smartphone

While the world waits with bated breath for Microsoft to release the long discussed and awaited Mango (WP 7.5) update to their Windows Phone OS. Fujitsu Toshiba  recently revealed their upcoming IS12T Windows Phone with Mango. Aside from a convoluted name and an array of colours (Black, Green and Pink). This smartphone is waterproof, pushes the built-in camera spec sheet with a 13 megapixel sensor and should see the light of day sometime in September althought no Canadian specific availability has been announced.

As for Mango, yeah we're waiting on that too. Microsoft has already reportedly placed the OS in manufacturer's hands and the next chapter of this epic waiting game continues.

Tuesday
Jul262011

BlackBerry Touch 9860 gets demoed on video

Coming soon to carriers, the BlackBerry Touch 9860 sports the new BlackBerry OS 7. This is RIM's third try at an all (well mostly) touch-enabled smartphone after the Storm and Storm 2.  Looks fast, impressive and we can't wait to see it in person.

Source: dungmr1 on YouTube

Tuesday
Jul262011

No More In-app Purchases for Kobo users on iOS

Updated on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 10:37PM by Registered CommenterGadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Earlier this week, Apple instituted new rules which affect Kobo Reader app user's experience on iPhone and iPad apps. The biggest change is the removal of the ability to shop within the app. This is inconvenient to users since it now requires an extra step ( and Safari) to Browse and buy new books or newspapers.  Kobo is reportedly working on a HTML 5 version of their app that will allow the functionality as originally designed. Below is Kobo's statement on the matter.

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