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Two iPad Applications to Commemorate 9/11

“The 911 Memorial: Past, Present, and Future” application has the videos of the twin tower sites before 9/11. It recollects events as they happen on the day of 9/11/01. It gives an insider’s view of “Reflecting Absence” Architect Michael Arad’s Memorial Plaza and twin Pools. You will hear exclusive interviews with the creator of the Memorial, along with his sketches and photographs. The application has more than 40 videos, over an hour of original content, site tours, museum updates, and animations. There are over 400 high resolution images in the application. It features links to share, post, and connect with the National September 11th Memorial Museum site and also an interactive timeline from 2011. Continue reading Two iPad Applications to Commemorate 9/11

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iPad 2 Tip #1 – Turn your iPad 2 into a digital photo frame when not in use

The iPad comes with a built-in functionality of showing a slide show pictures when it is in the autolock state after a period of inactivity. You can set-up after how much period of inactivity should the iPad go to the autolock state by going to Settings ->  General -> Autolock. In the AutoLock menu, you can specify after how many minutes the iPad should go into autolock mode. The options are 2, 5, 10, 15 Minutes, and Never.

Auto Lock Setting on iPad

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Motorola Announces Droid Bionic

Motorola has announced a new smartphone – the Droid Bionic, which is available through Verizon Wireless. It supports 4G mobile broadband with download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps. It will run on Verizon’s 4G LTE network wherever the coverage is available. This smartphone has dual-core 1GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM, 4.3 inch qHD display, and it is powered by Android™ 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system. It has an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with flash and 1080p HD video capture on the back and a front-facing camera for video chat over 4G LTE, 3G or Wi-Fi. It has 32 GB of storage space; 16 GB of built-in storage and 16 GB through pre-installed micro-SD card. Continue reading Motorola Announces Droid Bionic

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HTC’s New Jetstream Tablet Now Available on AT&T

HTC Jetstream Tablet

HTC’s new Jetstream tablet runs on Android 3.1 Honeycomb platform which has been designed from the ground up for big screen tablet devices. The tablet has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 1.3 Megapixel front-facing and an 8 Megapixel rear facing camera. The tablet has 32 GB internal memory and a MicroSD expansion slot. HTC’s Jetsream supports the Adobe Flash player in its built-in Web browser. The rear camera in this device can capture high definition (1080p) video which can be played back on the device. An optional digital pen accessory from HTC is compatible with this device and can be used for content creation and for writing Notes on Evernote – which is a cloud based note taking application. AT&T is currently giving away the digital pen accessory for free. Continue reading HTC’s New Jetstream Tablet Now Available on AT&T

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Sony Announces Xperia Arc S with 3D Panorama Pictures

Sony Xperia Arc S Smartphone

Sony has announced a new smartphone, the Arc S which can take 3D Panaroma pictures. It is built on the Android 2.3 platform. This smartphone has a 4.2 inch screen, 1.4 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB internal storage, and a micro SD card slot which can take up to 32GB capacity cards. It has 8.1 Megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, video light, and HD (720p) video recording. The unique feature of this camera is that it can take 3D Panorama pictures which can then be viewed on 3D TV with multi-angle 3D display.

 

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