Droid does trigonometry with a slew of TI calculator emulators

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If the stock Android calculator isn't quite enough to fit you needs, have no fear.  App developer Doug Melton has ported the AlmostReal TI-83, TI-85, and TI-86 emulators to Android.  I've been monkeying with the TI-86 version for a few days, and have to say the job is very well done.  Support for TI-Basic is included, so hours of geek fun can be had writing those small programs many of us love to tinker with.  It even works as a calculator, too!

You can grab the TI-86 version (my personal choice) after the break, or visit Doug's AppBrain page to see the other choices, as well as a few other apps he's written.  Thanks Doug for the beta copy, and thanks everyone for sending this one in!

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Lenovo's Chinese eBox console suffers delay, here's how its camera-based games might play (video)


We had nearly forgotten Lenovo's Eedoo spinoff and its China-bound video game console, seeing as how it failed to meet a planned November 2010 unveiling, but IDG News reports that the motion-sensing eBox hasn't slipped Lenovo's mind -- it's just been pushed further into 2011. How far? If we were to guess, we'd say Q2 2011, and the video above spells out why. Seemingly by coincidence, we were just sent this footage of a game called Flyimal, built on the Unity Engine as a collaboration between 3D asset company Mixamo and 3D gesture recognition company Omek Interactive, and -- get this -- running on "the first [console] to be made by the Chinese for the Chinese market and due for launch by Q2 of this year." We can't think of many game systems that fit that description, to be honest. There's not a lot to look at here, but we imagine PrimeSense and competitors will be perusing the video soon, noting that the machine captures precisely 15 points on a user's body for its gesture recognition algorithms... and wondering if there's a third dimension to any of that movement. Read Unity, Mixamo and Omek's statement after the break.

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RedRiot is a high-performance shooter -- Time Waster

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I often enjoy writing about minimalistic, retro-style time-wasters. You know, games that seem to come from a simpler time, when graphics was very basic, and it was all about speed and gameplay.

Well, RedRiot is one exception. The graphics here are nothing but basic, and accordingly, this game takes a while to load. Once it loads, though, it's great fun. You're a super-warrior floating around the screen with a jetpack, and each level is a "mission" with its own objective. You're may be called upon to destroy a couple of radar towers, or perhaps several missile silos, etc.

As you go about your business, the enemy will try to stop you. At first, there are only tanks that roll around on the ground and shoot up at you. But fairly soon, you start getting drones that fly around the screen, shoot at you and do their best to make your life difficult.

There's a shop at the end of each level, and you can buy extra damage, extra lives, improved accuracy and all sorts of goodies. This is a great game for when you want a time-waster, but not one that looks like it was made in 1980.

RedRiot is a high-performance shooter -- Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mojito Wallet from Malcolm Fontier

Here’s another item from Malcolm Fontier.  The Mojito Wallet is, according to the product description, possibly the world’s smallest wallet.  It’s only 3″ X 2.6″ X 0.2″, but the Mojito Wallet holds about four credit cards in the main pocket; a small bungee-type elastic cord holds the cards in place.  There’s another pocket to hold [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/01/17/mojito-wallet-from-malcolm-fontier/

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Tim Cook: Current Android tablets bizarre, future tablets still vapor, Apple very confident

Tim Cook: Current Android tablets bizarre, future tablets still vapor, Apple very confident During the Apple Q1 2011 conference call today, Apple COO Tim Cook was asked about iPad competitors and remarked that current Android tablets were “bizarre products” and future ones were still “vapor”. He based his comments on current tablets like the Galaxy Tab running a version of Android that Google itself says was not meant for [...]

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Google Chrome drops H.264 support to focus purely on open technologies like WebM

Google has just dropped a bomb shell: Chrome will no longer support H.264 HTML5 video playback. The open-sourced WebM (VP8) and Ogg Theora video codecs will be the only options for HTML5 video. H.264 will not be dropped immediately, but probably with the next stable build of Chrome.

Google cites plenty of damning reasons for the exiling of H.264. Open codecs are improving faster, thanks to the contributions of "dozens of developers"; open codecs are more readily adopted by browsers and hardware vendors; and most importantly, codecs like WebM and Theora are free. Free from patents, free from licensing fees; free to use however you like.

Mozilla stated a few months ago that Firefox would never support H.264, which now leaves just Internet Explorer 9 as the sole supporter of H.264 HTML5 video. IE9 also supports WebM, however, which means H.264 will hopefully just fade away into patent-encumbered nothingness -- or perhaps Flash, which will still support H.264 video, has finally found its HTML5-era niche.

In other news, frothy blogger John Gruber mentions that this will force publishers and broadcasters to use Flash, or force them to re-encode their content for WebM delivery. The fact is, these companies don't want to distribute their content via HTML5 video. Flash, with its DRM and P2P, is a far more suitable platform for commercial broadcasting. Flash also has the advantage of being universally installed -- again, let's not forget that Firefox never intended to support H.264, and has a much larger market share than Chrome.

Update: apparently Safari also has native support for H.264 video, via WebKit rendering engine.

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?Rec? Camera: Giant Viewfinder and Two-Way Screen

You know those movies when a filmmaker wanders the streets dressed in a beret and peers at potential shots through a frame made by his fingers and thumbs? Well, the Rec concept camera does just that, only instead of your thumbs the frame swings from the side of the camera, and instead of a beret [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/rec-camera-giant-viewfinder-and-two-way-screen/

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Kony Solutions Raises $19.1 Million For Mobile Application Platform

Kony Solutions, provider of a so-called 'write once, run everywhere' mobile platform and vertical market mobile solutions, this morning announced that it has secured $19.1 million in Series A financing from Insight Venture Partners, the investment firm that boasts stakes in companies like Twitter, Chegg, Six Waves, Datacore Software and HauteLook. Kony initially raised a tranche of $13.4 million from Insight, which it says will enable it to expand its research and development related to its mobile application platform, which serves millions of users worldwide. In addition, the funding will be used to accelerate the global rollout of Kony's sales and marketing.

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Franklin Explorer Roadie Amp?d Speaker System Review

It?s not everyday that I come across something that is as impressive looking as the Franklin Roadie Portable Speaker System. In photos, this thing looks really cool with its red, green and blue lighted buttons and brushed aluminum shell. Without any size reference, it looks big and powerful. Even the pricing concept looks appealing as [...]

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