What do you do if the Wii Fit games aren't intense enough for you? You build your own exercise gaming system, of course: wondered about a way to get fitter, work out without having to go running outside (although that is very healthy). I didn't think the Wii balance board would do the trick, as the Wii games where reported not to be very intense, and the board itself is to hard for running on it. So what is different about the Swiiboard is that can absorb running effort, measure the effort and perhaps that it can use those...
Cowon will be launching the Cowon S9 MP3 player in Korea on December 16th. This MP3 player features a 3.3-inch AMOLED capacitive touch panel display that provides 16 million colors on 480 x 272 pixels resolution. The player is powered by a 500MHz dual-core CPU, and supports T-DMB digital television tuner, Bluetooth, FM radio, text/photo viewer, electronic dictionary function, TV-out, and G-Sensor accelerometer. The S9 also supports a touchscreen user interface, gravity sensor, zoom in and out flash menu and video clip preview function. The battery will give you up to 55 hours of music playback, 11 hours of video...
At first glance, you may wonder if Chumby is simply too lovable to rock a version of Quake, but after peeping ChumbyLurker's port of the game, we'll be darned if the two aren't perfect for each other. He's been gracious enough to make it available as both source code and a disk image, and installing the game is as easy as plugging in your USB drive and turning the machine on. On the video we've seen, the 350MHz device appears to keep up with things quite well, but the best part would have to be that the mouse and...
This week we were happy to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported the Apple’s iPhone. So far the development team has managed to get a serial driver, frame buffer driver, serial over USB driver and Interrupts and MMU Clock. Eventually we will be seeing support for sound, accelerometer, baseband support, touchscreen, write support for the NAND and wireless networking. It looks like Taiwan will be the next to get the iPhone 3G. The release date over there is set for December 13th. Chunghwa Telecom is the lucky provider to get the very popular handset and plans to...
iPhone game development house ngmoco is on a freaking roll. Its first game, MazeFinger was good (at least for a free app). It’s next game Topple was great. And today it released its third game, Dr. Awesome, Microsurgeon M.D., and it’s — wait for it — awesome. The premise of Dr. Awesome will be familiar to anyone who has played games like Trauma Center on the Nintendo Wii or DS systems. You’re a doctor, there’s an emergency, and you must do surgery to save a patient’s life. If that doesn’t sound fun at all, you really have to play it....
The iPhone’s built-in accelerometer has opened up a new world of mobile gaming, introducing fun, engaging, and interactive applications from virtual golf to racing games, mobile beer pong, and more. Here are over 100 free and paid apps that are worth checking out, especially if you’re looking for ways to waste some time, say in line at the grocery store, or in the car on your way to some holiday festivities this year. Tell us about your favorites in the comments. Free Apps You can get these apps for free, no strings attached. You can also find some “lite” versions...
Nintendo really hit the mark with the Wii. Now all they have to do is sit back and laugh at every lame attempt by others to capitalize on their motion controller. Take this thing for instance. 3DiJoy has unveiled its FlingPC motion controller that is basically an accelerometer-equipped Bluetooth remote and a USB dongle. For your $99 you’ll get ten custom (and rest assured crappy) 3D games. Just look at the image above. Asian babies love Wii knock-offs. They are a cheap gateway to the overpriced highs they’ll get from higher quality game systems once they reach puberty. This thing...
No, this is NOT a 7th-generation Google Android phone as Dan Davis quipped over on Engadget Mobile. A new Windows Mobile smartphone is coming sometime this month, and it's from Russia's RoverPC. The beauty of the G7 is not just skin-deep. This Windows Mobile 6.1 3G device sports a 624MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, with mini USB and microSD slots, WiFi, a 3-megapixel camera, GPS, and an accelerometer to boot. It will be available in Russia for about $616. [Engadget Mobile]...
Filed under: Handsets, Windows Mobile, GSM We're not trying to be superficial or anything, but Russian company RoverPC's newest model, the 3G, quadband GSM, and WiFi-enabled G7 is kind of a looker -- somewhat in the vein of previous devices we've seen from the company. Spec-wise, it's carrying a 624MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, with mini USB and microSD slots, and a 3-megapixel camera, plus it's got GPS and an accelerometer (we love those). The Windows Mobile 6.1 handset is going to be available in Russia sometime this month, for about $616. [Via Navigadget] Russia's RoverPC unleashes the G7 originally...
If it's Tuesday, it must be time for yet another "revolutionary" motion sensitive game controller. Of course, 3DiJoy's FlingPC is no TrueMotion 3D or Wiimote -- at best, it seems to be the next wireless mouse. Consisting of an accelerometer-equipped Bluetooth remote and a USB dongle, and bundled with ten custom 3D games, this looks like the sort of off-brand toy that hapless parents inflict upon their long-suffering children. Interested? We bet you are. Shipping in December, packages start at $99 for both Windows and Linux versions. Of course, you can't play Mario Kart with the thing -- but...
Even if you have the still hands of Solid Snake on Diazapam, night shots with a cellphone camera will often turn out a blur. Night Camera detects motion and pulls the trigger when your hands is at its steadiest. When you press the shutter button with Night Camera, the app starts taking accelerometer readings for three seconds; when the sensor determines that you're holding the camera steadily, Night Camera triggers the shutter at that exact moment. Accelerometer sensitivity and sensor reading time are all configurable. Since a harsh flash in darker situations is often your worst enemy as a photographer,...
Just one day after it was officially declared that the United States was in a recession, Nokia announced the beautiful, albeit expensive, N97, a $705 (550 Euros) smart phone. It’s the latest device in Nokia’s high-end N-series of phones, and it’s the first one in the lineup to sport a touch-screen interface as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. Nokia stressed that the N97 wasn’t “just a phone,” but rather, a marriage between both a handset and a computer (the slides during the unveiling even went as far to call it a mobile computer). We think it looks similar to...
Everyone’s favorite (according to sales numbers, at least) smartphone, the iPhone has finally been hacked to run Linux. The 2.6 kernel only features a bootloader, so if you decide to rock Linux on your iPhone (there are instructions on the Linux on the iPhone blog) you’ll be met with a console that requires a USB connection to access. They’ve also been unable to use the touchscreen, sound, accelerometer and networking functionality of the iPhone.While admittedly this isn’t a super impressive showing, it’s a great start for the Linux iPhone community. The building blocks have been placed, folks.If you’re interested...
