Apple’s new iPhoto app for its iPhone and iPad has reportedly hit one million users a little over a week of availability on the App Store, according to The Loop. The iPhoto app lets users easily edit and share photos directly from their mobile iOS devices.
The app, part of Apple’s iLife mobile software suite, costs $4.99 to download from Apple’s App Store.
If you love to sing, here’s something new for you! – a pair of musical gloves that can sing a duet with you. Scientists designed the gloves which manipulate computerised sound to mimic the human voice. Hand gestures replicate the movements of real vocal chords, allowing the gloves to produce a complex range of sounds, said Sidney Fels, a researcher at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, who led their development.
But there’s one problem, Fels says it takes about 100 hours to learn how to play them. Here’s how it works:
The right-hand glove contains motion sensors that detect the opening and closing of the wearer’s hand. An open hand mimics the opening of the vocal tract, producing vowels, while a closed hand constricts the vocal tract to produce consonant sounds such as “sh” and “zz”.
Buttons on the left-hand glove activate stop consonants like “p” and “b”, normally produced by a sudden release of built-up pressure, which is difficult to simulate using the right-hand vocal tract controls.
A set of 3D position sensors on the right-hand glove locates the wearer’s hand in space, with different areas affecting pitch. A foot pedal controls volume.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus will soon be available in the Philippines exclusive from Smart Communications Inc. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the world’s first smartphone powered by Android 4.0. It showcases all the new features of Android 4.0 codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, and the latest version of the world’s most popular mobile device operating system.
Its faster processing with 1.2 GHZ dual core processor and the 4.65” large HD AMOLED display are also ideal for its productivity, multi-tasking, multimedia capture, and new built-in photo-editing features.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will soon be available in Smart Stores nationwide, free at Smart Postpaid Unli Data Plan 2000. Smart’s Unli Data Plans provide unlimited mobile Internet, and free calls and SMS.
So if you’re looking or planning to buy Samsung Galaxy Nexus, visit the nearest Smart Office/Store in your place.