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Canpages has launched a free augmented reality iPhone app called the CanadaEye—one of only a small handful in North America that leverages this new technology. The app lets you view the direction and distance to all specific business locations in real-time overlaid on screen. As you likely know, augmented reality is the latest technology coined for applications that utilize the iPhone 3GS’ compass, GPS and video camera simultaneously. The Canpages app lets users search for a specific category, from a great local deli to a mom and pop bakery to a Starbucks. Essentially, it’s one app to find everything near you, and how to get there.

Canpages Brings “Augmented Reality” Local Search to the iPhone 3GS

Canpages free CanadaEye’ augmented reality mobile application leverages iPhone’s compass, GPS and video camera simultaneously

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—March 9, 2010—Canpages, Canada’s fastest growing local search firm today announced the launch of its free augmented reality iPhone application for local search called the CanadaEye. One of only a small handful of mobile applications in North America that leverages this new technology, CanadaEye lets users search and view the direction and distance to all specific business locations in real-time overlaid on iPhone’s screen. 

Augmented reality is the latest technology coined for applications that leverage the iPhone 3GS’ compass, GPS and video camera simultaneously. The Canpages application enables users search for a specific business category—from local delis and mom and pop bakeries to Starbucks and Tim Hortons—and then shows the direction and distance to all of the businesses in the category in the local area. Essentially, CanadaEye is one application to find everything nearby as well as how to get there in real time.

The application is free to download through iTunes here and allows users to search Canpages’ more than one million business listings across Canada.

CanadaEye represents another innovation in a string of online and mobile product “firsts” for Canpages including the launch of Street Scene on Canpages.ca, which provides 360-degree views of Canadian cities at street level, as well as the first voice-recognition local search applications for the iPhone and Blackberry. Additionally, Canpages was the first local search firm to meaningfully embrace social media with the company’s recent acquisition of GigPark, a social networking and recommendations platform.

About Canpages Inc. and Canpages.ca

Canpages is the largest independent local search and directories publisher in Canada. Its website, Canpages.ca features a national residential and business database and more than 3.5 million unique visitors come to visit it every month with their local search requests. With 80 publications and over 80,000 customers, Canpages reaches more than 8 million households and businesses across Canada. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canpages employs approximately 700 people and has offices in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. For more information visit: www.Canpages.ca.

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Today gaming consoles have become our extensions. Apple, Sony, Nintendo has pleasantly rubbed us from all sides. The idea is to bring the best multimedia features and graphic interfaces to the thirsty public. Non hardcore gamers can download mac games at the Download Mac Games site where there are all kind of games; be it the adventure games, action games or arcade games. It also has poker games which add a lot to the zing of gaming so not only the kids have something to play with, but the adults as well.

Here are some of the games:

1. Space War – this is a strategy game where you have to conquer planets here and to gather resources.

2. Pet Shop Hop – this places you as the owner of a pet shop. Your duty is to deal with the customers.

3. Kudos Rock Legend – this one allows you to live a virtual fantasy. You can be an American idol. The game is simply exhilarating with all kinds of musical backgrounds.

4. Venice Mystery – the game lets you capture the beauty of the city of Venice in this Mahjong kind of a game.

Well! MAC game downloads are really making our lives filled with higher doses of fun and aren’t we loving it. Also, don’t forget to check out classic solitaire for mac as well as ipod games for more fun games!

I just read news, or rather rumors from DailyTech that Walmart will be selling the 4GB version of the ever popular iPhone. If the rumor is infact real, then its no brainer about seeing more people with iPhones. Hack, even I am tempted to get one myself now. I was tempted to get the 8GB version from Rogers AT&T when I saw the 8GB version for $199 with 3 year contract. For $99 you get a 4GB version, size doesn’t really matter to me here really. And I think 4GB is more than enough for me anyway. iPhone is more of a cool gadget to have and chances are I won’t be using it for heavy gaming, as a multimedia player, checking emails or surf the web even though it is capable of doing so. Most likely just like any other cell phones.

And there is this data plan that I have to worry about because as I said it comes with a 3 year turn, that’s the price to pay when you can get an iPhone for $199. The minimum cost for monthly cost is $35 (Voice Plan) + $25 (Data Plan) which equates to $60 + all that tax and other lame charges. Which is probably going to end up being 2-3 times more than what I am paying now.

Either way definitely a great move by Apple if in deed the rumor comes true and great news for those that crave for an iPhone but cannot justify buying the 8/16GB versions or without contract.

[update] Looks like the rumor will remain just a rumor. According to WIRED Appl WIll start selling iPhones through Walmart but not the $99 version like in the rumor. But will be selling the same 8GB and 16GB ones that we are seeing now.

Oh well, it doesn’t hurt to dream right?

I found this on Tech-On! and they had tear down a fake iPhone made from, you guessed right, China! I’m Chinese and I feel really embarrased for all these copy cat electronics and not just electronics, practically anything China can and will copy if there’s a market for it.

As explained in the said story, it is a lot easier to break the fake iPhone, or the ciPhone as they called it and the internal parts are all simplified as to cut down the manufacturing cost obviously. Based on looking at the image from the article, even the size is different with the fake one slightly longer but then again it won’t be noticeable unless you put it side by side with the real iPhone. Looking closely you can also see the text at the back of the phones are different as well.

In terms of hardware, the chip used in the fake iPhone “is widely used for general no-name mobile phones in China and it costs about US$6 per set”. An engineer from Tech-On! estimated that the total manufacturing cost is “roughly ¥3,000 to 5,000″ and is sold for ¥16,000 a pop (approx US$170), that’s at least ¥11,000 in profit!

The article also reported the “slow response” from the touch panel which isn’t a surprise really given that the fake phone uses a generic low cost chip.

 

Source: Tech-On!

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