New iPhone screen shown off in leaked pictures

We’re just a couple of weeks away from the rumored reveal of the new iPhone, and the leaks have been flooding in for some time now. Today we have yet another leak to share with you, this one supposedly showing off the 4-inch screen the iPhone will be sporting when it’s (hopefully) revealed next month. The images first popped up on UBreakiFix, and give us our first real glimpse at the new iPhone’s screen – assuming these are indeed picture of next generation iPhone components, of course.

If the rumors are true, then the screen on the new iPhone will come in at 4-inches diagonally, which is a pretty significant boost from the current models’ 3.5-inch screen. These new photos seem to confirm that, showing off a screen that could easily support a 16-by-9 aspect ratio, which Apple is supposedly pursuing with the new iPhone. Another photo, which you can see below, shows off the phone’s display connectors and serial number.

Given the sheer number of leaks we’ve experienced in the past few weeks, Apple’s next generation iPhone is either the worst-kept secret ever or it’s leading a number of people to just make stuff up. Both stand a pretty good chance at being true, but if the majority of these rumors are correct, then we’ll be seeing an iPhone that differs quite a bit from the models that came before it. The new iPhone could potentially bring the biggest shift in iPhone hardware since the device was first introduced back in 2007.

In order for that be true, however, then the rumors need to be true, and we won’t know if they are until Apple actually shows us the next iPhone. We’re hearing that Apple will do so at a still-unannounced event on September 12, with pre-orders going live that same day and the iPhone itself going on sale just over a week later on September 21. That means we’re now less than two weeks away from this reported iPhone reveal, so stay tuned, because things should picking up rather quickly.

[via MacRumors]

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The Problem With Flat Screen TVs [COMIC]

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Windows 8 teased with 80-inch “every screen” device

This week Microsoft Vice President Frank Shaw has described a future in which the 80-inch Windows 8 machine Steve Ballmer has in his office is a normal situation. This beast of a device was revealed by Shaw in a talk with Wired in which he also noted that this device was one of a vast array of machines that Windows 8 was being aimed at.

Suggesting that this device was a SHARP machine similar to what was shown earlier this year at CES 2012, Shaw responded that Balmer’s device was made by “a different company, but [still] running Windows 8.” Shaw continued: “It’s his whiteboard, his email machine, and it’s a device we’re going to sell.” Interestingly enough, it appears that not only has Ballmer stopped using his “email machine,” as it were, he’s gotten rid of his phone as well. We must assume this means his landline phone, not his Nokia Lumia 900, of course – but who knows!

“Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet in his office. He’s got rid of his phone, he’s got rid of his note paper. It’s touch-enabled and it’s hung on his wall.” – Shaw

Shaw went on to describe how the screen described here was hung on a wall and wasn’t necessarily going to be sold by Microsoft as-is. In fact, as with some of the other outlandish devices seen running Windows 8 thus far, it appears that this screen is “not a consumer thing now, but we know historically that’s how all things start.” Shaw continued by noting how the future looks according to Microsoft:

“Every screen should be touch, every screen should be a computer and should be able to see out as well as see in. That is the way the world is heading [and] those screens are going to be big, small, wall-sized and desk-sized.” – Shaw

Check our timeline below and seek [the truth about Windows 8] all the way back to our consumer preview seen at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Then get pumped up about the full release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 full consumer release this summer as well!

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Ask HTG: LAN-to-LAN Messaging in Windows 7, Multi-Monitor Full Screen Video, and Alternative File Copiers

Once a week we roundup some of the answers we’ve sent out to reader questions and share them with everyone. This week we’re looking at inter-LAN messaging with Windows 7, multi-monitor full screen video, and alternative Windows file copiers.

Dear How-To Geek,

Is there a way for me to message other computers on my network using Windows 7 Home Premium without installing any other software?

Sincerely,

LAN Chatting in Chattanooga

Dear LAN Chatting,

Unfortunately the answer is no. Windows XP had the NET SEND command, Windows Vista had the MSG command, and Windows 7 Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate also have the MSG command—seen in the screenshot above—but Windows 7 Home was left out in the cold. There is no simple command-line based messaging tool for LAN-wide messages included with Windows 7 Basic and Home, and recreating the command line experience is a hassle (as you need a replacement for both the command line tool msg.exe and for the messaging services running in the background).

If you’re not hung up on a command line interface, a simple GUI-based application you may want to check out is LanToucher. It’s free, styled like a regular IM client, and compatible with net-send/pop-up messages so older PCs on the network won’t even need the app installed to receive the messages.

Dear How-To Geek,

I have two monitors and I use Google Chrome. How can I keep video full screen on the secondary monitor? As it is now, the second I click onto the primary monitor the video on the secondary monitor returns to regular size instead of full screen. What can I do?

Sincerely,

Full Screen Longing on Long Island

Dear Full Screen,

The first thing you need to do is upgrade Adobe Flash Player. If your videos aren’t staying in full-screen mode on their own it’s highly likely you’re using a version below 10.2 (which was the version Adobe rolled out multi-monitor support).

If you’re using an up-to-date copy of Adobe Flash Player and for some reason videos are still not staying in full screen mode when you work on another monitor, you may wish to try out a simple extension like Multiple Monitor Full Screen.

Dear How-To Geek,

Back when I ran Windows XP, I used an alternative file copier because the the built-in file copier was garbage. Now I’m running Windows 7 and fairly happy with the file copier. Still, I have this nagging feeling that there are better file handlers out there. Is it worth using them?

Sincerely,

Copy Contemplating in Connecticut

Dear Copy Contemplating,

Earlier this fall we put a few file copiers through their paces, including the default Windows 7 copier, TeraCopy, and SuperCopier. The general verdict was that the Windows 7 file copier was plenty fast and held its own against the alternatives, but it lacked the features. Check out our full review here to compare the tests and feature sets of the various copiers.

Have a pressing tech question? Shoot us an email at ask@howtogeek.com and we’ll do our best to help out.

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Swiftcover races to Westfield’s digital screen

Swiftcover.com is offering visitors to Westfield London in White City the chance to compete in an interactive, motion-controlled race on Ocean Outdoor’s large format digital screen, from tomorrow.

As part of an interactive campaign, booked through Spark, drivers will be able to race against each other using their smartphone and the Screach app from interactive technology start-up Screenreach.

Players can choose from a range of car models and colours to create a vehicle which can be raced along a simulation of America’s Route 66 and collect Swiftcover.com tokens along the way.

To play, gamers must download the Screach app and enter the “60? code onto the keypad. Players can then use their handset to steer the car on the big screen.

Gamers who connect to the app through Facebook will have their profile image projected onto the digital screen and will also be able to post news from the game onto their page.

Amanda Edwards, senior marketing manager at swiftcover.com, said: “Once again, Swiftcover breaks with traditional forms of insurance advertising.

“This campaign allows us to interact nicely with our target audience, albeit in a very different environment and using a game format which absolutely resonates with the sentiments of the Get a Life campaign.”

Ocean Outdoor won the £70m 10-year contract for outdoor advertising outside the Westfield shopping centre in London’s White City after a competitive pitch ahead of the centre’s launch in October 2008.

Tim Bleakley, chief executive of Ocean Outdoor, said: “This imaginative and highly relevant outdoor campaign shows how well digital out of home advertising harnesses edgy technologies and clever content to deliver something a little bit different.”

Source: Brand Republic

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iPad mini offers small price not small screen tips analyst

Here we go, the furor over the iPhone 4S isn’t yet done and already the next round of Apple rumors are floating by. The latest rumor isn’t of the next iPhone, but of a future iPad that is supposedly coming to fight the Kindle Fire and its $199 price point. According to this rumor there is an iPad mini coming in 2012. The source is specific on the “mini” though.


According to Brian white, an analyst with Ticonderoga securities who has been touring Chinese manufacturing faculties and talking with component suppliers there are rumblings of a cheaper, not smaller, iPad mini for 2012. White expects that the cheaper iPad will land during the first few months of 2012 and be followed later by a feature rich iPad 3.

White has stated that the expectation is that the iPad mini would come in somewhere in the mid to high $200 range. We wonder if the iPad mini may be something like an iPad 2 with 8GB of storage with the iPad 3 coming for the high market. This is what Apple does with the iPhone 4 and 4S for instance. That said, the original iPad didn’t stay around after the iPad 2 surfaced any longer than it took to clear stock.

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