Briefly: MacTech's 25th anniversary, free iFixit
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In brief: MacTech is celebrating its 25th anniversary and extending a special discount to new and ex...

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Nexus One test: faster, better screen than iPhone

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 23 December 2009 04:05:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Google's Nexus One phone has been given a detailed if early test today that suggests it may be the d...

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Rumor Has It: 4th-Gen iPhone to Have 5-Megapixel
Camera

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Evidence has emerged to back up the theory that Apple’s next iPhone iteration will have a 5-megapixel camera. It comes by way of DigiTimes, which reports that supplier OmniVision has received a sizable order for the parts necessary for the improvement.

The current model only sports a 3-megapixel sensor, which is on par with a lot of devices, but many direct iPhone competitors have begun offering better resolution hardware. Five megapixels isn’t a lot compared to most point-and-shoot cameras on the market right now, but it’s likely enough for most people’s standard usage, and should help the iPhone become even more popular than it already is on sites like Flickr.

DigiTimes is quoting unnamed sources as saying that OmniVision, the company which currently supplies the CMOS sensor for the iPhone 3GS, has received a large order for 5-megapixel versions of the core camera component, which should help it increase its output to between 40-45 million units in 2010, up from 20-21 million in 2009.

The order is set to start being manufactured sometime in the first quarter of 2010, which is in keeping with the expected June/July launch of the next-gen iPhone at WWDC.

Expect video quality to improve as a result. A move to HD video in the iPhone would definitely help the device’s chances in the mobile video market, and could even spell the end for standalone low-cost devices like the Flip HD and Sony’s recently launched competitor, the Webbie HD.

Here’s hoping the next iteration of the iPhone’s camera also handles things like night and low-light shooting better, too. Many competitors now have built-in flashes, but I don’t see Apple marring its minimalist industrial design with an additional break in the back casing of the iPhone.

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baKno releases Solitaire with 3D card sets,
tables

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 23 December 2009 03:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

baKno Games has launched baKno Solitaire for the Mac. The game features five handcrafted card sets i...

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Analyst: Tablet rumors mean Apple stock is
undervalued

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Apple stock is likely undervalued at the moment, contends Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Curre...

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Jason Chens Hands-On Review of a Google Nexus One

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Jason Chen says it’s significantly faster than the Droid:

When comparing the three phones in loading a webpage over Wi-Fi, the Nexus One loaded first, the iPhone 3GS came in a few seconds later, and the Droid came in a little while after that. This was constant throughout many webpage loads, so it’s indicative of something going on inside with the hardware.

I ran all three through a Javascript benchmark engine for some quantifiable numbers, and while the results were similar between the Nexus One and the iPhone 3GS, the Droid still came up at about 60% of the other two. Surprisingly enough, Mobile Safari on the iPhone scored better on the Javascript benches than the Nexus did, even though the Nexus was able to pull down and render actual web pages faster.

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Apple recruiting developers to demo tablet in
January

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 23 December 2009 02:10:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Rumors of an Apple tablet in January gained fuel again today with a rumor elaborating on the company...

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Strip Poker iPhone Application - The Most
Realistic Digital Poker Game

Viaden Media today announced Strip Poker 1.0, a new online poker application for iPhone and iPod[...]

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Best Western debuts first iPhone app

Best Western has released its first iPhone app, Best Western to Go. The software mainly lets users ...

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Spark 1.0 Released - The Simple yet Powerful
To-do App for Mac

Independent developer Joshua Garnham today released Spark, a powerful light-weight to-do and note[...]

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