A new report by ChangeWave Research provides yet more evidence of the surge in consumer interest in smartphones; and of Apple's iPhone in particular. Last week we reported statistics from AdMob stating that smartphones are now edging out feature phones as the device of choice for consumers. In the race for the highly lucrative consumer smartphone market, blackberry devices still hold the lead over iPhone - but ChangeWave's data shows that the gap is rapidly closing.
We predict that it won... Read Full Story
Singaporean manufacturer Creative has leaked its own eBook Reader–the Zii MediaBook eReader. Surprisingly, the Zii Plaszma will throw its own set of unique features on an eBook reader. One more surprise: the Zii MediaBook will not have an e-ink display. Rather, what potential users will get is a touchscreen of unspecified size. It will be a cross between a PMP and an eBook reader, I guess (alright, this sounds like a plain old PMP to me). It makes sense as the Zii Plaszma platform is made... Read Full Story
Take projection out of the boardrooms and put it literally in the palm of your hand with the Cinemin Swivel Multimedia Pico Projector by WowWee. This pocket-size projector features Texas Instruments’ DLP projection technology and a unique 90-degree hinge that allows you to project onto virtually any surface. Use it to connect to a wide variety of handheld devices–such as the iPod, iPhone, and Flip Video–so that you can project your videos, photos, and more with anyone, at any time. The... Read Full Story
On Thursday WolframAlpha launched its developer API , which should allow large and small developers (as well as businesses and educational institutions) to harness the power of the computational knowledge engine to enhance their own applications or products. Today, the WolframAlpha iPhone app (iTunes link) — which was built using the new API — was released to the App Store.
The application is pretty advanced, as its $49.99 price-tag suggests. Before your jaw drops over the price, keep in... Read Full Story
The iPhone app for Wolfram Alpha ( iTunes store link ) got approved by Apple surprisingly quickly, I was told in a breathless e-mail from Wolfram PR on Sunday. But the real surprise was the price: The app is $49.99.
The rationale is twisted.
"It's less than half the price of a graphing calculator, but it does more," the rep told me. By the way, "price of a graphing calculator" is a calculation that Wolfram Alpha can't compute.
For much, much less than the price of a graphing... Read Full Story
When Wolfram Research released its iPhone app for Wolfram Alpha earlier this week, most of the attention quickly shifted away from the features of the app itself and towards the high price of the app. At $49.99, Wolfram Alpha is far more expensive than most apps in the App Store today, where only a small number of highly specialized apps sell for more than $9.99. Today, we got a chance to discuss Wolfram’s pricing strategy with Schoeller Porter, the product manager for Wolfram Alpha’s iPhone... Read Full Story
Wolfram Alpha has been accessible on the iPhone via mobile Safari since last June, but now, the company has released a Wolfram Alpha iPhone app for retail at the App Store. Surprisingly, they’ve chosen to go against the trend of selling iPhone apps at dirt cheap prices and are actually selling it for $49.99. It’s not exactly what I would call an effective marketing ploy, but here’s they had to say about their new offering in an email sent to Gizmodo :
How many people will buy it? We’re... Read Full Story
Wolfram Alpha just released a new app in the Apple app store for $50, we thought it to be a ridiculous price and asked users to vote on it. If you are looking to access Wolfram Aplha from your iPhone or iPod touch, here is how you can save yourself $50 and do it without having to buy the “expensive app”. It is a pretty old trick, but still many of you might not know about it. You might not be able to access all the features available in the application, but what the heck you are saving $50... Read Full Story
Developers can now put Wolfram Alpha results in their own applications. The company today opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the Wolfram system and incorporate its data, calculations, and rich media results.
The company put out a blog post about the new API without showcasing any example apps. However, the post, by Wolfram's Schoeller Porter, does mention developer ideas for using Wolfram Alpha programmatically, from "researching cancer through... Read Full Story
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA USB Docking Station Reviews Other products by Thermaltake Ratting 4.5 Out of 5.0 Special Offer Total New 27 Total Use 2 Read More Thermaltake BlacX eSATA USB Docking Station Reviews From Here Now PRODUCT FEATURES:Patented designRoHS complianceHot-swap capability for rapid multi HDDs access and exchangeSupports eSATASupports USB 2.0Compact docking station design maximizes heat dissipation and exhaust Technical Details - Supports All 2.5" and 3.5" SATA Hard Disk Drives... Read Full Story
