Seatwave is a long-time secondary marketing startup in the UK which competes with Viagogo. However, it appears to be tacking towards trying to out-innovate the competition by today releasing an iOS SDK. As far as we know this is the first time a ticketing company has done such a thing, and it could well boost the company’s traction, especially amongst the plethora of music iPhone apps out there which point towards live events.
Japan seems to really like Windows 7-powered tablets: this time, it’s Toshiba, which has announced [JP] the so-called WT301/D for the local market. Just like so many Windows tablets, this model is specifically designed for use in enterprises.
These are the main specs:
- 10.1-inch TFT display with 1,366×768 resolution and LED back light
- Windows 7 Professional 32 bit as the OS
- Microsoft Home and Business 2010 pre-installed
- “next-generation” Atom processor
- 64GB SSD
- 2GB memory
- Bluetooth 3.0+HS
- Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- USB slot, microHDMI interface
- 1.3MP cam, 0.3MP inner cam
- stereo speakers
Toshiba plans to launch the tablet on the Japanese market next month (the price hasn’t been fixed yet).
Will Coleman, Developer Evangelist and Product Manager at Microsoft UK, started a whole bunch of unnecessary hubub late last week when he told TechRadar that Windows Phone 7.5 Mango has NFC support, but OEMs had decided for some strage reason to forgo building smartphones that have NFC chips inside. Microsoft issued a response yesterday to WinRumors saying that: “While NFC is not currently supported on Windows Phone 7.5, it is coming. We expect NFC-enabled Windows Phone devices to ship within the next year.” So basically Microsoft confirmed that A) Coleman has no idea what he was talking about, and B) Within the next 12 months we should Windows Phones out on the market that can do things like share contact information with a single tap or pay for our morning newspaper and coffee. Now as to whether we’ll see NFC come in Tango, due to come out in the early half of 2012, or Apollo, which will launch towards the end of the 2012, that’s yet to be discovered. That being said, CES and Mobile World Congress are both happening within the span of the next 2 months, so it isn’t going to be long until we find out what’s what.
The bigger question on our minds is will all these NFC enabled devices due to hit the market in 2012 interact with each other? Earlier today Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, posted two tweets that reveal a deeply disturbing truth about the current state of NFC:
If this doesn’t change then it’s going to be up a serious boondoggle for application developers to make cross platforms apps that actually talk to each other.
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango doesn’t yet support NFC, but future version of Windows Phone will originally appeared on IntoMobile.com on 2011-12-13T12:48:25Z. FV1gMYsz9b5j
If you've freshly fallen off the Android bandwagon to fill your cup with
Mango's nectar, chances are you're still coming to terms with a
lack of customization. No longer, as
Windows Phone Hacker has just released its Themes for Windows Phone 7 application that puts the power of the
live tile into your very willing hands. The program, PC-only for now, applies user-selected images, icons, colors and transparencies to a preferred list of apps, nullifying the need for those pre-set accents. But before you rush to download the file, bear in mind this requires an unlocked handset. So, unless you've cozied up to
ChevronWP7 with that $9, you'll just have to watch from the sidelines. Check out the tutorial after the break.
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Honda caused quite a splash a while back with the introduction of the U3-X, a personal mobility robot that’s basically a motorized unicycle (and that our own John Biggs was “impressed” with after taking it for a test drive last year). And now, at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, Honda took the wraps of a pretty similar robot, the so-called Uni-Cub.
In fact, Honda says it has been working on mobility solutions for single drivers since 1980. Just like with the U3-X, this new model makes it possible for drivers to ride in the direction they want to go by just moving the upper body or operating a joystick (the robot can also handle lateral movements).
360-degree motions are still possible, too, but Honda added another wheel to the robot to make it more stable. To increase driving comfort, the Uni-Cub features armrests (that previous models didn’t have).
According to Honda, the Uni-Cub can reach a top speed of 10km/h and has a battery life of one hour at this point.
Unfortunately, the company is still not sure about when to commercialize the technology. Honda sees the Uni-Cub used by people who want to scoot around places like shopping centers and exhibition halls.
Here’s Honda’s Uni-Cub promotion video:
