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A case of secrecy overkill?

John Chan | Jul 24, 2009

Manufacturing giant Foxconn (one of Apple's suppliers for iPods and iPhones) was thrown into the limelight this week when one of its employees killed himself after losing a fourth-generation iPhone prototype. Based on text messages to friends found on his personal mobile phone, he was put under pressure by the company's security department before the said suicide.

Apple has always been highly secretive and hundreds of Web sites dedicate their time to ferreting out bits of information about the company's upcoming products. If someone from Foxconn really did mistreat this employee just because he was suspected of leaking information, then the perpetrator deserves to be punished and Apple should take its business elsewhere. But it set us thinking, does the Cupertino company need to tone down the level of secrecy it requires from its partners so this doesn't happen again? Let us know what you think.

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Philips Xenium X830 official pictures released

Damian Koh | Jul 24, 2009

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We still don't have word on when the X830 will be available, but from the seemingly official pictures on the Web, the new Xenium looks pretty darn good. Aside from the purported standby time of an impressive 1.5 months and talktime of 10 hours typical of the Xenium range of handsets, the X830 packs a 3-inch QVGA touchscreen, Bluetooth stereo A2DP and a 5-megapixel camera. There's also quad-band GSM with GPRS/EDGE (though Wi-Fi and 3G are noticeably missing) mini-USB port and support for 8GB microSDHC flash memory. That's all we know for now as we wait for Philips to revert regarding the availability of the Xenium X830 in Asia.
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Google Latitude for iPhone hands-on

Jessica Dolcourt and Stephan Shankland | Jul 24, 2009

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Starting Thursday, iPhone users surfing to m.google.com/latitude can access Google Latitude, Google's friend-tracking feature. Latitude plots friends' pictures on a Google map when they opt to share their location with you.

Earlier this morning, some CNET employees were able to start experimenting with Google's Web-based Latitude for iPhone ahead of the official rollout announcement.

Once loaded, Latitude becomes a tab on m.google.com, Google's mobile face.

The main interface presents a list of contacts. Clicking on your own icon lets you set your status and edit your privacy settings.

Clicking a contact's icon presents the option to send an email, get directions to the contact's location, and change the precision of location information you'd like to share with the person. The options are "best available location," "only city-level location," and "hide from this friend."
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Ordinary handsets to get Wi-Fi via microSD cards

Mats Lewan | Jul 24, 2009

KDDI is showcasing two microSD cards at Wireless Japan 2009.
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Japanese mobile carrier KDDI is showcasing a neat way for providing ordinary cell phones with Wi-Fi. The trick is to integrate Wi-Fi technology on MicroSD cards, used for storage in most modern mobile phones.

At Wireless Japan 2009, now under way in Tokyo, KDDI is exhibiting two different cards manufactured by Mitsumi Electric and Renesas Technology, Japanese Web site Techon reports.

Both have a wireless LAN IC compliant with IEEE802.11b/g, a transceiving antenna, and passive components. There's no information on release date, compatibility, or battery consumption, which could be an issue, but if the product comes to market it could prove handy. As opposed to smartphones, traditional cell phones often lack Wi-Fi for a fast Internet connection.

Via CNET Crave

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Touchscreens to track 10 fingers soon

Mats Lewan | Jul 23, 2009

New sensors from Synaptics will let devices recognize the touch of up to 10 fingers at a time. (Credit: Synaptics)

Touchscreens that track two fingers will soon seem basic. At least if you compare them with the multitouch-sensor ClearPad 3000 Series, recently announced by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Synaptics.

The transparent sensor tracks up to 10 simultaneous finger touches--we assume that should cover most uses--making possible complex multifinger gestures such as closing an application by "crumpling" it with several fingers, or playing polyphonic sounds on a virtual piano keyboard.
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