Technology Updates

In the near future Disney Mobile will launch an application that is quite interesting for the iPad. Introducing Disney Appmates application, the app that can transform an iPad into a very interesting board game.

By using specially-made toy cars from Disney, that uses Cars 2 movie’s characters, your iPad will offer different game sensation. An iPad which is already installed Disney Appmates will be able to respond to any movement or action of that particular toy car. There are no additional devices needed to be able to play this game.

No need for wifi or bluetooth, this game is fully utilizing the touch screen on the iPad. General Manager of Disney Mobile, Bart Decrem, demonstrates this game directly to allthings. He pointed out that every car movement will affect the iPad screen. For example when a car honked, the cows will automatically step aside because of fear. By using these technologies, Disney believes that this technology will give new color in gaming world.

“We have cracked the technology code in changing the way kids play with their toys,” said Sunny Lauridsen, director of digital toys for DCP. “Kids will always use toys to play out their favorite Disney stories, but Disney Appmates now allows them to include technology which has become a way of life for them through a beautifully rich app.”

As a first step, Disney Mobile only provides limited characters like Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Finn McMissile. While wo additional characters — Francesco Bernoulli and Shu Todoroki — will launch in November and be available exclusively through Apple Store and Apple Store online. Each character will have its own effect in the game. The toys and Disney Appmates will be launched on October 1 at the Apple Store and the Disney Store. The application can be downloaded for free, but for the toys must be purchased for 20 USD.

Samsung has always made innovation to depose the dominance of the iPhone in the smartphone industry. This Korean electronics giant will produce a phone that is flexible with the name Galaxy Skin in 2012. Samsung’s latest phone (Samsung Galaxy Skin) is officially began to designed at Hongik Univesity in South Korea in June and then developed at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada by Professor Haeseong Jee and Jye Yeon Yaou.

The designers of this phone say its development is still in the conceptual stage. Gizmos Gadgets quoted as saying on Sunday (25/09/2011), the main advantage of the Samsung Galaxy Skin is the flexibility. This is the first phone that can be bent and resistant to hard objects or being hit by a hammer though. Samsung has confirmed that this production of flexible 4-inch AMOLED display screen with a resolution of up to 800 x 400 megapixel will begin to be released in the second quarter of 2012.

Instead of using glass, this flexible AMOLED said to use polyimide substrate plastic. Some tests have shown that Samsung Galaxy Skin will allow to be bending to form a cylinder with a diameter of one inch. 8MP camera will also be placed on the back side and VGA camera will use at the front side. This smartphone will be equipped premises 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. General connectivity such as Bluetooth 3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n also paired in order to increase the perfection of this phone.

Experts estimate that Samsung Galaxy Skin will run on Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwiches, but others say that this phone will display a new operating system called Android Flexy. What do you think? Would you want a multi-shape phone to start with? What would you do with it?

Sony NGP is the successor of the highlights of the previous Sony PSP which will bring a 3G version and a non 3G (WiFi only) on this new portable gaming device. This portable gaming device has a touch screen from OLED with a size of 5 inches and even support multitouch. The most powerful from these devices is the specification of its hardware, especially the processor which will use ARM processor cores Cortext A9, which is a type of quad-core. The plan is, Sony NGP will use flash memory storage system that promises to speed.

Sony NGP’s screen resolution is 960x544px with a 16:9 aspect ratio. For durability this NGP Sony batteries can last for 4-5 hours, and the price is still uncertain but the possibility could be about 300-400 USD. There is a built in GPS support again and gyroscope and accelerometer. There is support for a built in GPS and gyroscope and accelerometer so we can play games with motion controls on the Sony NGP. Not to forget there are also front and rear camera on Sony NGP.

Sony NGP also has a sophisticated new feature that is control through the back of the device in which the back is sensitive to the touch as well. So we can combine the touch controls, slide, trace, push and pull on this device. There are even plans that Android games will be ported to this device, which will ultimately benefit consumers in terms of game selection. Unfortunately this device may only be marketed late in 2011.

Specifications on Sony NGP:

• CPU: ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
• GPU: SGX543MP4+
• External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
• Rear touchpad: Multi touchpad (capacitive type)
• Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera
• Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone
• Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
• Location: Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi location service support
• Keys / Switches: PS button, Power button, Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Shoulder buttons (Right/Left), Right stick, Left stick, START button, SELECT button, Volume buttons
• Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (2DP/AVRCP/HSP?