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Nokia and Microsoft, sitting in a tree. K.I.S.S.i.n.g. First came WinPhone, then comes ARM tabs, then comes a baby in a baby carriage! If an unconfirmed Digitimes report is to be believed, Nokia is set to release a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet later this year. The report says the tab would hit the streets sometime in the fourth quarter, which would likely make it among the first batch of Windows 8 tablets. It’s reportedly built on a dual-core Qualcomm ARM chipset allowing Nokia to keep the price competitive with the iPad. But the timing is perfect. A Nokia tablet, if it’s built to the same quality standards as the Lumia 800/900 smartphone, is exactly what Microsoft needs to kickstart Windows 8 and properly fight the iPad. Right now Nokia is winning. The company leapfrogged HTC and Samsung in just one quarter to become the top Windows Phone vendor. Consumers are loving the Lumia product line; The Verge’s Chris Ziegler declared that he might replace his Galaxy Nexus with the 900. They’re great products and are quickly making fans. By the time this tablet rolls around, it’s completely plausible …
From the talented team behind the Halo: Helljumper fanmade video series comes a glimpse into the wartorn lives of a group of marines and ODSTs during the events of the first Halo title. The prologue reel for Halo: The Fallen , viewable above, has a wizened veteran relive the first battle with the Covenant on Reach, complete with professional-quality CGI Arbiters, Grunts, plasma rifles and bullets. The Halo: The Fallen prologue film is not-for-profit and was made with $200 to showcase the creators’ talents, the YouTube description reads. If we could pay people in our own humble respect, these guys would be millionaires.
It still blows my mind that people (like this guy ) have walked on the freakin’ Moon, and I’m not the only one: NASA has sent its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter dangerously low to snap some new pics of astronaut footprints on the surface of another little world.
It’s not just startups that are trying to push what’s possible with mobile advertising — the Gap recently completed an ad campaign combining traditional transit ads with geo-fencing technology. Here’s how the campaign worked: The Gap worked with out-of-home ad company Titan to place ads at bus stops and other transit locations in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Then Titan created geofences around the ads, which activated the mobile part of the campaign for people who were nearby. In other words, you might see a Gap ad at a bus station, then while you’re waiting for the bus to arrive, you open up Words With Friends, which serves another ad, this time with a coupon for $10 off a $50 purchase. (If the app is running in the background, the ad could still deliver if you open the app within two hours of leaving the area.) Chris …
We have covered Lumus See-through Wearable AR Display at CES, and the company showed a new optical engine at MWC, a super-sleek version that enables discreet see-through wearable display. The OE-31 can be now integrated in regular glasses, such as the sunglasses with embedded MP3 player in the picture below (the Lumus OE-31 display is mounted on the left side). (more…) By Ubergizmo . Related articles : Moosejaw X-RAY app lets you see through clothing , Metaio includes gravity in augmented reality platform ,
Amid the rush of news during HTC’s presentation at MWC was a brief mention of a Media Link HD accessory for wireless big-screen mirroring from the One S or One X . Fresh FCC paperwork suggests the device is on track for an April release and also highlights that it’s been revised since HTC’s first foible-prone attempt at a DLNA dongle: the Media Link HD does 1080p over 802.11n to any HDMI-equipped TV, instead of just 720p, and promises to mirror games as well as videos, photos and music. Pricing hasn’t been made official, but retailers have it on pre-order for around $120 — potentially still too expensive, even if this one works better than the last.
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