Download Skype 1.1 For Apple iPhone And iPod Touch

The well-known VoIP company
, Skype has launched its new updated Skype 1.1 application
for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, which includes a host of new features including voicemail support, enhanced interface and capable of send SMSs at great Skype rates, aiming to enrich your Skype experience.

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“Skype for iPhone will open up new ways for more than 400 million Skype users to stay connected and take their Skype conversations with them,” said Scott Durchslag, chief operating officer of Skype. “Skype for iPhone is an experience that offers the same simplicity, ease-of-use and quality our users have come to expect from Skype, combined with an elegance of design and richness so loved by Apple’s many customers worldwide.”

New features of Skype 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch:

* Send low-cost text messages (SMS) to friends and family around the world using Skype credit
* Allows users to listen to their Skype voicemail while on the move
* Improved look and feel using the dial pad, while calling phones
* Supports Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and English languages

The latest updated Skype 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch is now available for download through iTunes App Store on your device.

Samsung Moves to 45-nm Process Technology for More Powerful ARM Processors

Nowadays chip processor fabrication technology has been improved as an effort to scale up the processor performance as well as reducing overall cost. Similarly, Samsung, the Korean based manufacturer has just announced its first ARM based processor fabricated using 45-nm process technology. Named as S5P6440, it is an application processor that based on ARM1176 core targeted for portable consumer products such as PND (Personal Navigation Device).

The core processor will be clocking at either 533MHz or 667MHz and can be designed in tiny foot print with both the memory controller and graphics accelerator engine being integrated into it. Measured at only 13mm X 13mm in FPGA package, it fits well in space constraint form factor design suitable for both mobile computing and navigation system. The S5P6440 is expected to be thermally efficient and capable to handle graphics intensive applications while able to stay cost competitive as compared to other solutions such as MIPS or X86 based architecture. As expected, the end device will be compatible to run with either Linux or Windows CE but not commonly available Microsoft Windows XP or Vista operating systems.

The product is already in sampling stage now and mass production will be ready around third quarter this year.

Thanko’s Spy Video Camera for Secret Shooting

Espionage is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if there are any James Bond wannabe, there are various devices in the market for spying purposes. Smart as a button is pretty apt for Thanko’s Spy Button video camera. The five nondescript buttons look like they belong on your shirt but can secretly capture video in VGA @ 15 fps or stills in 1280×1024. It has a 4GB internal memory for uninterrupted footage. The camera can be plugged to a PC via USB to download the photos or video after shooting.

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The camera is easily operated via magnetic on/off switches camouflaged as a gold ring on your finger. For the spy in you, Thanko’s Spy Button is an apt acquisition.

AnthroTronix Unveils the First Commercial Version of AcceleGlove

We have heard about Gloves with sensors that can be used to sense users’ movements and eventually be translated to some electrical signals interacting with computer system directly. However, most of them are either available in prototype stage or being used for specific applications that none of them is ready for commercial market. Good news now, AnthroTronix has just announced the readiness of its first commercial version of AcceleGlove for consumer market.
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The mechanism behind of how the AcceleGlove works is it is based on a number of Accelerometers that resided in each fingertip and hand locations that will detect the gesture movements which can be programmed to handle different computer tasks. All these sensor data will be feed through a tiny circuitry board located behind the gloves and trigger further action accordingly. The usage model is very wide, ranging from sports activities, gaming, children education as well as robotic control since it allows developer to program for any applications that they prefer. Good thing is, the AcceleGlove can be stretch to fit different hand size while still allowing convenience typing as usual.

The AcceleGlove is expected to cost around $499, which is quite affordable for users that need a unique way of interacting with PC system for much efficient and powerful tasks handling experiences.