What better way to join the various Star Wars GPS voice-overs (and Mr Brian Shouty Blessed) than to be directed to your intended destination by means of a Rebel Alliance targeting system?
Flash developer Christopher Caleb decided that his Mini needed more of an X-Wing Fighter vibe and created this Android app using Adobe’s AIR platform.
You get the bleeps and raspberries from trusty ol’ R2-D2 as well as other sound effects.
The great news is that it could be ported over to your iPhone or BlackBerry fairly soon.
When not headed down a trench of the nearest orbiting planet-killer you can flick the Targeting Computer app over to clock mode.
Handy for keeping tabs on what you’re up to so as not to miss last orders at the Cantina.
I might even have a suggestion for an ideal car-coat to stay in character
The new BlackBerry Torch features a 360×480 touchscreen, a slide-out keyboard as well as the groovy BB OS 6.
The Torch is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera which is kept company by a flash.
It all runs along on a 624MHz processor with 512MB of memory. You get 4GB for storing all your stuff on and there’s also a microSD slot which can give you an extra 32GB of room.
You can run the new BB for up to six hours of constant chatting or 30 hours of tunes.
Connectivity-wise the BlackBerry Torch can hook up via Bluetooth and WiFi B/G/N.
I’m not usually a huge fan of the BlackBerry’s aesthetics to be honest and, whilst the brands renowned QWERTY boards do a fantastic job, I think they generally spoil the look of the handsets.
The Torch has a decently sized keyboard which is partnered with a clickable trackpad but it gets better……
Slide that keyboard in and the Torch becomes a touchscreen phone – there’s even an on-screen keyboard if you don’t feel like unfurling the QWERTY board
It looks like if you’ve used a top-end multi-touchscreen phone before everything will seem familiar. Perhaps some of the gestures (like spreading your fingers to zoom) may be a little too familiar for the litigation department at Apple
Just imagine – you’ve spent hours writing, proofing, reading, re-writing, getting second opinions and re-writing the perfect presentation and then it comes to the day of that important, make-or-break meeting…. You proudly set up your laptop knowing that you’ve remembered everything when your laptop dies. It just wont work – your job is on the [...]
Yup – weeks without any RIM-based news and then two come along at once! It sounds like the new BlackBerry slider is expected to drop at a joint event with AT&T, who will have dibs on the new phone stateside, in New York on Tuesday. The 9800 will busting BlackBerry OS6, a revamped web browser, [...]
I’ve recently been prodded in the ribs by a reader accusing me of forgetting to report about BlackBerry products – even though I’m Canadian! Well Paul, just for you – how about the news that RIM’s planning to release a 4G connected smartphone codenamed the BlackBerry Triton? Industry analyst, Samir Sakpal claims that the 4G [...]
There’s much ado about the interwebs regarding a new tablet. RIM seems to be getting quite a few people all hot-and-bothered with their Blackberry tablet. RIM showed off its Blackberry 6 OS BlackBerry 6 which now features a new browser, more social media cleverness, and multi-touch skills. The OS is obviously looking squarely at iOS4 [...]
The Queen will now be able to Tweet on her new free white Blackberry Bold 9700. HRH was handed the phone at RIM’s Ontario factory. The blower came complete with a wallpaper of school children holding bouquets of flowers – and they say we Canadians have no sense of humour! Well, Lizzie Windsor will be [...]
The new Kodak ESP 9 is an all-in-one printer that will do such things as scan, fax, copy and print – Ooooo…. it’s also Wi-Fi enabled! Errrrrrrr……….. yeah, I reckon we’ve all seen/owned/have one of those. Hey – but this one has neat dashboard that you navigate with buttons and a touchscreen…. Ok – see [...]
Yup – if you want to grab one of RIM’s finest for free become a refuse collector. I’m just getting over the idea that the Police are handed the Canadian QWERTY phones as part of their kit but now so are our bin-men and women. Biffa covers 25 local authorities around the UK and has [...]
Now, here’s something that doesn’t usually appear that often (at all) on this site……… An exciting Blackberry app. A game from a a big name franchise. An it’s 3D!!!!!!! Yup – hold onto your shorts Crackberry addicts as Need For Speed Shift 3D has just landed on the BlackBerry App World for any of you [...]
Could it be that even the most ardent of Blackberry owners are preparing to turn their backs on their QWERTY machines once the iPhone 4G or iPhone HD is released? This seems to be the case according to a survey conducted by Crowd Science. It revealed that a staggering 2 out of 5 Blackberry users [...]
Righty – you love the retro vibe, perhaps wearing some cool Space Invader tights, but you’re rocking some modern headphones – you’ve ruined the look! You could get yourself some mighty fine Koss Porta Pros, which I’ve owned and loved but they might be a little ‘off-the-shelf’ for someone as cool as you. May I [...]
The INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’? Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100. The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen. There’s great news for [...]
Now, most people know that RIM wouldn’t be so frivolous as to go for a trendy, fashionable gadget and turn its back on the serious business market. So what the heck is this wristphone, phonewatch nonsense all about then? Well – apparently this natty little thing is a BlackBerry companion watch – BerryBangle? StrapBerry? This [...]
T3 have kindly rounded up most of the Palm Pre buzz found on the interweblogosphere to save folk like me time trwaling through the interwebs. So is the Palm Pre all that? Is this the handest to save Palm? Is it good enough to knock the iPhone of its throne? Or is it just gonna [...]
Selfridges is celebrating its 100th birthday in a fine gadgety way! Selfridges loves the gadgety world and was there at the scene of the first public demonstration of John Logie Baird’s television in 1925, and has gone on to host many other world firsts. To mark its 100th Selfridges has commissioned a bunch of folk including fashion [...]
The new version of the Facebook for BlackBerry app is totally available for download. The new Facebook app is packing some new features as well. It’ll remind you of birthdays, update your contacts list (with pictures!), and a load of other social networky goodness. Here’s the official list of all that is new in the app: [...]
Ok CrackBerry fans! BGR has managed to grab some initial specs as well as product code names for some up-and-coming BlackBerry devices! The BlackBerry products that are being tested and tweaked have the manly aftershave sounding names of Onyx, Driftwood and Magnum. Grrrrrr! BGR ‘acquired’ the name list that is in all probability a list of three different code [...]
We’ve all had someone at some time looking over our shoulder watching what we text or checking out the latest installment of GadgetyNews. Apart from it being annoying it doesn’t really bother me – I wouldn’t choose to do something ‘private’ on my phone whilst on public transport. But, if you want to keep whatever [...]
We all like OLEDs yeah? We all love Art Lebedev’s keyboard designs for the the Optimus Pultius and Maximus don’t we? Whilst we’re trying to decide whether clickable or non-clickable touchscreens are best here’s a BlackBerry concept that I think rocks - totally! The concept from the MozPhone project is kind of a Art Lebedev and BlackBerry 7130 mash-up [...]
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