Kinect For Windows Launching Soon

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Windows would soon get a new Kinect which would not just get a firmware upgrade but a totally new Kinect hardware unit which is specially designed for Windows PC. Along with the visual improvements it would also have shorter USB cable and a smaller USB dongle to better share space.

Kinect has proven to be a major hit to Xbox. For those who don’t know what Kinect is, it is a small device which is mounted on the Television set and it translates the gamer’s/user’s body movements to in-game commands to play the game. Its fun to play racing, dancing and fighting/boxing games with Kinect. Continue reading →

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Soon You Could Run Siri on Android or Windows too – Siri’s Security Protocol Cracked

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Numerous attempts have been made to port siri to other device, some failed and some succeed but this time a team of from the French engineering firm Applidium has managed to crack open Siri’s security protocol that kept Siri limited to iPhone 4S. This means any developer could use their tools and could port Siri to practically any device.
This means any iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad could be easily ported to Siri and since its security protocol is cracked Siri could be ported even Android or Windows.

Genius developers at Applidium have managed to decipher Siri’s security protocol and explained it on their blog very neatly. For users who might feel that blog post is very technical here what it means to you. If you don’t have an iPhone 4S, you can still get Siri on your device. Just wait for a developer to develop an App around the tools provided by Applidium.

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Huawei MediaPad tablet, Sonic & Ideos X3 Cloud phones launched in India

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Huawei has launched the MediaPad Android Honeycomb tablet and a few Android smarphones which includes some cloud features.  Huawei has partnered with Aircel to provide data plans which suit your need.

 

Along with the tablet, Huawei is also launching two new smartphones, Huawei Sonic and Huawei Ideos X3 which are termed as cloud phones as these devices are integrated with Huawei’s own cloud service called HiCloud.

Huawei Mediapad is priced 28,359 INR, the Sonic is 9,210 INR and Ideos X3 at 10,220INR.

Check the press release after the jump
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code Released

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To everyone’s surprise, Google has released the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Source code through the Android Open Source Project ( ASOP ) ahead of the release of their flagship device ( Galaxy Nexus ) which is launching 17th November.

This is actually the source code for version 4.0.1 of Android, which is the specific version that will ship on the Galaxy Nexus, the first Android 4.0 device. In the source tree, you will find a device build target named “full_maguro” that you can use to build a system image for Galaxy Nexus. Build configurations for other devices will come later.

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Aircel to launch iPhone 4S in India on November 25

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Aircel and Airtel are officially launching iPhone 4S in India. These mobile operators updated this on their facebook page and create a stir among the Apple fans in India.

Aircel updated on its Facebook page that they would launch iPhone 4S in India on November 25th 2011 and pre-booking for the same starts on 18th November.

Prices are yet to be announced but many reports suggest that the handsets would be retailing at the price of around 36,00o INR for a 16GB model . Continue reading →

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