Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Trailer Released [VIDEO]

The first real trailer for Treyarch’s upcoming Call Of Duty game has finally aired on television, giving fans of the franchise their first look at what Black Ops 2 will encompass.
We have been waiting for it for a while now, and as soon as Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 was heavily rumored to be the next Call Of Duty game to steal all our time, the anticipation reached fever pitch.
We knew that a new trailer, the first to be released, was set to air during the NBA Playoff final today, and that is exactly what we got. Did the new trailer disappoint?
Not one bit.

The trailer itself  roars into life with Black Ops veteran Sgnt Frank Woods reciting a monologue which not only tells us that he is still alive after the first game, but that the sequel is set to be a whole new kind of crazy.

Set in the near future, Black Ops 2 will feature more bangs and crashes than we could shake a metaphorical stick at, and surely plenty to keep even the most keen excitement junkies out there smiling for some time.
Right now there isn’t really that much information to share, other than we suggest you sit back and take the new trailer in, preferably on a big TV screen.  We see no reason, so far at least, to think that Black Ops 2 isn’t going to be the huge success that the franchise now demands.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 goes on sale November 13th and will be available on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Call Of Duty games have been something of a license to print money over the last few years, with the people behind the series of games apparently acutely aware of just how to entice their audience to part with that hard earned money.
There is no reason to believe that Black Ops 2 will be any different to the games that came before it in the money stakes, and with fans eager to pit their wits against the latest Call Of Duty games as well as take part in the hugely popular online portion of the game, sales are almost guaranteed.
At this point it’s more about how many records will be broken, rather than how much money Black Ops 2 will make.

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Meet The iPhone Plus: New iPhone Concept Which Is Ridiculously Thin And Aluminicious [IMAGES]

With the next-generation iPhone set to launch sometime in the next few months – many credible rumors suggest October – concepts of what the device could possibly look like are being produced by designers already. ADR Studio, a common source of such art has outed yet another concept mockup of what they call the “iPhone Plus”. It depicts an extremely thin iPhone with a 4.3″ screen and an aluminum back, similar to the iPad, or even the first-generation iPhone in some regards.

The mockup doesn’t stop at skin-depth, however. The concept also lists out a number of specs and features that the next iPhone should have: A liquidmetal body, a screen with double alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass, a 4.3″ Retina display with In-Cell technology, an A6 quad-core processor, a rear 10-megapixel camera and a 2MP front-facing camera, a rear motion sensor, a pico projector on top to project content on surfaces, a slim-dock connector, and a fully capacitive Home button.

Now of course, such a mockup as this is more of a fantasy of what the artist wishes that the iPhone could look like rather than a prediction. Anyone sensible would chuckle at the thought of a 4.3″ iPhone for example. It’s clear that Apple put a lot of research into the appropriate size for the device, and will not be changing their stance any time soon (the larger iPhone screen crowd are just as adamant about their nonsensical requests as the smaller iPad crowd are).

A recent rumor has also suggested that Apple will not be implementing a capacitive Home button, and will rather just be making a minor and seemingly unnoticeable – at least to the user – change to that component. And finally, I’m not exactly a huge fan of the form factor of the device. Holding a thin, less rounded iPhone seems like it would be uncomfortable in hand. The design also makes it look far less unique to other phones than it currently is.
While I am critical about the design, however, the concept seems great on the fictional spec level. The addition of a projector seems like it has quite a bit of potential for presentation purposes, and a quad-core processor is definitely welcome.
Now of course, props to the designer, but I’m just not a fan of these concepts. But, if you do want a thin, square, larger-screened iPhone, then you will find this concept to be the ultimate dream.


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This App Turns Your Android Phone Into A Document Scanner, Lets You Take Photos To Turn Documents Into PDFs

Smartphones are the ultimate example of the convergence of technology. They play your music, TV shows, movies, take great photos, run games, can act as a flashlight, let you browse the internet, send/receive email and, before I get, let you make calls and send text messages. You can now add one more feature to that list: scan your documents. Yes, a new app called Handy Scanneressentially turns your Android phone into a document scanner. Check it out after the break.
Developed by Halfmobile, Handy Scanner is an easy-to-use app that turns pictures of documents into printable PDF documents.

From Android Market:

Handy Scanner turns camera pictures into great print-ready PDF documents.
Mobile devices are not built for scanning. But we worked hard on our enhancement for documents. This will change the way you scan.

We’ve tested the app on a Samsung Galaxy S II on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and can confirm that it works as advertised. It has a very simple interface and offers an intuitive user-experience (something Android apps generally lack).I used one of my printed end-semester reports to test the app. The document was placed on a flat surface (though it works even if the surface isn’t flat), after which I launched Handy Scanner to take a photograph of the document. Handy Scanner then asked me to crop out the unnecessary parts of the image, which I did, and that’s it. Pressing “next” lets Handy Scanner work its magic and it then presents a printer-friendly PDF document that can be shared via Dropbox, Email, Bluetooth etc.

 Handy Scanner doesn’t replace a dedicated scanner, that’s for sure, but it offers good results and will come handy for when you don’t have access to a scanner.

Handy Scanner is available in two versions: a free, ad-supported trial version and a pro $2.61, fully-featured version that removes ads and watermark, lets you scan unlimited documents and access the highest scan quality setting.

But wait, there is one last thing our readers should know: there is an app called CamScanner [Market Link] that does the same thing and has pretty much the same feature-set.

• Download Handy Scanner Free [Market Link]
• Download Handy Scanner Pro [Market Link]

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How To Play Just About Any Video File Type On Your Android Device

Although most media players cater to the common audio and video formats, they do often struggle to manage some of the more obscure extensions. As such, there are many, many third-party media playing apps available which claim to handle essentially all formats, and today’s offering, RockPlayer for Android, follows the same motif.
VLC Media Player is, at least for desktop users, one of the best around, and while there is an unofficial Android port, it unfortunately fails to reach the heights we’ve come to expect. RockPlayer aims to fill that void, and will not shy away from most media formats.

The interface is nice, and you can play content straight from your SD card with minimal fuss. VLC is renowned for its handling of subtitles, and you can easily load .srt external subtitles in RockPlayer, as well as .m3u playlists.

Many of you will, like I, have sauntered through a stage of using Windows Media Player in times passed, and subsequently become frustrated at the constant rejection of numerous video files. While RockPlayer isn’t quite as enjoyable to behold as the life-saving VLC desktop client, it does a pretty good job, and handled any .avi or .mkv we threw at it with relative aplomb.

Considering it claims to handle the likes of .rmvb, .wmv, .asf, .wma, and  swf, we couldn’t help but be impressed with the diverse nature of the file formats RockPlayer can work with. Like most apps throughout the Google Play Store, there’s a free, lite version as well as a paid option. The free iteration is advertisement supported, and while some are happy to persevere with the oft intrusive extra, a large portion of you will probably want to part with the negligible fee.

The app’s developers used to sell a PayPal pay-able version through Google Play Store, but since the Big G took exception, you’ll need to visit the RockPlayer website in for more information. A paid market version will be out once the devs get the go-ahead to merchant, so your best option at this point in time is to grab the free version and manage with the ads for the time being.

Download RockPlayer Lite for Android [Play Store Link]

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iPhone 5 Concept Features

Amazing Concept iPhone 5. This CG iPhone 5 has advanced iPhone features such as a sleeker iPhone design, a laser keyboard & holographic display all rolled into this iPhone 5 video. 

The computer generated Concept iPhone 5 features is an exponential leap from the iPhone 4S with Siri, iPhone 4 or iPhone 3gs of today.

We hope you enjoy this iPhone 5 video more than the current trend of iPhone 5 rumors such as iPhone 5 leaked and iPhone 5 unboxing videos. Apple is yet to make the iPhone 5 announcement. So have your fill of this new iPhone video before the iPhone 5 release.


See it in action!

Watch As Siri “Self-Destruct” Feature Hits After Incorrect Passcode [VIDEO]

Since arriving as one of the main features of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, Siri has certainly had its ups and downs, and while some have manipulated it to detect brain waves and perform other weird and wonderful tricks, others have opted to sue Apple, disappointed by the poor performance of the system-wide voice recognition software.

Aside from the EEG brainwave detection, we’ve even seen developers and modders use Siri to start cars, and to add to the list of appealing, yet unlikely-to-be-implemented features, the following video shows Siri prompting a concept iPhone 5 into exploding after the password is entered incorrectly a series of times.

In what would certainly come as a surprise to an iPhone thief, the screen turns red and then simply explodes, leaving a blank display covered in those dreaded cracks.

While I suspect many would love to have such an option on their own devices incase it should get into the wrong hands, the likelihood of this ever hitting the market is less than impossible. With health and safety regulations becoming more and more stringent moving forward, allowing people to house a mini bomb in their iPhone will certainly not be on the agenda.

Still, it makes for an entertaining video, and I’m sure most of us would love to have the ability to remotely implement this feature should our device become lost or stolen

Sidetracking a little, I couldn’t help but notice how nice that concept iPhone looked. Being only halfway through the iPhone 4S release cycle, information regarding the next installment is pretty scarce. However, there have been many suggestions that Tim Cook’s company will finally deviate from the 3.5" display prevalent in every single iPhone over the past 5 years, so perhaps the depicted device in the video offers an insight as to how it might look?

Some commentators have suggested that Apple needs to increase the size of the display, since so many popular devices from the likes of Samsung are giving consumers more real estate. However, the iPhone continues to reign supreme over its Android-wielding rivals, and with the average thumb unable to comfortably cover a diameter larger than the device’s screen, it remains to be seen whether Apple deems the larger screen to be a necessity.

[Thanks, Thomas Dunn]

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Root Galaxy S II On Android 4.0.3 ICS With CF-Root [How-To Tutorial]

News of an imminent Ice Cream Sandwich release for the Samsung Galaxy S II has been lingering for the past couple of weeks now, but it would appear those in desperate wait to install Android 4.0.x on their S II have had their prayers answered by Google.

Of course, no sooner does it break, does one of the talented developers acquire the root. Much like the iOS jailbreak community, which saw a jailbreak for iOS 5.1 just hours after Apple announced the release, Android developer Faryaab has created the method, based on Chainfire‘s popular CF-Root tool.

As per usual, the scoop comes courtesy of the guys over at XDA Developers – a popular hunt of Android enthusiasts, and we’ve compiled a step-by-step guide for those looking to root their newly ‘Ice Cream Sandwiched’ Samsung Galaxy S II!

DISCLAIMER: As usual, I shall not be held responsible for any loss of data, nor if your device gets damaged in the following of this guide. Proceed at your own risk.

Since the CF-Root tool doesn’t come with a custom recovery like ClockworkMod Recovery, you’ll need to flash it yourself. Please check out our how to flash ClockworkMod Recovery tutorial for more information.

Step 1: Download the required kernel for your Samsung Galaxy S II:

• CF-Root XXLPQ

Extract the .zip file.

Step 2: If your device is connected to your computer, please disconnect it.

Step 3: Download and launch ODIN v1.85 [XDA Thread]

Step 4: Click on PDA and select the CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.tar which will be located in the file you extracted in Step 1.

Step 5: Switch off your Galaxy S II, and once it is completely shut down, press and hold Volume Down + Power to place the device into download mode.

Step 6: Once in download mode, connect your Galaxy S II to your computer.

Step 7: Make sure you have not checked the Re-Partition option.

Step 8: Click on START and wait for your device to reboot.


If everything has gone as it should have, your Galaxy S II will now be rooted on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich.

If you have any queries, check out the official thread over on XDA.