The iPhone Patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office has revealed a mammoth document that can only be described as The iPhone Patent, a 371-page spectacular that covers Apple's handheld multi-touch UI paradigm in excruciating detail. Many of the mocked-up screen shots depicted in the paperwork are dead ringers for screens that we're well acquainted with in the production phone, while others represent ideas that either haven't finished cooking or eventually found their way into the Cupertino circular file (follow the break for a picture of a home screen with dedicated "Blog" and dictionary apps, for instance). The application also mentions "modules" for video conferencing, GPS, and other currently non-existent (though widely expected) functionality. And in case there's any doubt over who was responsible for this compendium of legalese, industrial design, and technical diagrams, one only need look at the header of page 1: "Jobs et al." Yep, Steve himself wasn't the least bit shy about taking credit atop an entire column of company A-listers for inventing the iPhone's trademark user interface, which we're guessing came about from a mix of equal parts truth, ego, and ass-kissing from the legal department down the hall. Seriously though, if you're Scott Forstall down there at number two on the Inventors list, what are you going to do -- go boardroom showdown all John Sculley-style?

(via Engadget)

Rocking out With Rock Band in the Vans Warped Tour!

Well, looks like not even Punk Rawk music can compete with the onslaught of music simulation videogames. Proof of this is Xbox.com's decision to make an... alliance with Rock Band to provide what they call "some gaming fun along with the music". This means that at each tour date, one will be able to leave the mosh pit for a second, and head for the nearest Rock Band gaming station... This means, the true end of anarchy for Punk Rawk....

Lesson 3.3 is getting near, be ready!

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Nueva Cámara de cine digital full HD SONY HVR-Z7

Cámara SONY HVRZ1 HVR-Z7: "HVRZ7N NUEVA CAMARA DE 3 CMOS Cine Digital FULL HD
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La nueva HVR-Z7 usa el sistema 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor™ de tipo 1/3” (0,85 cm) de Sony, mejorado con la tecnología Exmor™. Las dos nuevas tecnologías trabajan juntas para que la camára pueda desempeñarse significativamente mejor en entornos de baja iluminación, con sensibilidad de 1,5 lux.*"

Para mayor flexibilidad, los usuarios pueden poner lentes diferentes, con la ventaja de que ambos modelos tienen un mecanismo universal estándar de montaje en bayoneta de 1/3” (0,85 cm) para cambiar lentes más fácilmente.

Aprovechando un adaptador especial, los usuarios pueden conectar también una serie de lentes diseñados para cámaras fotográficas SLR digitales de Sony para el consumidor.

Los camcorders HVR-Z7N y HVR-S270N pueden cambiar entre grabación 1080p, 1080i en formato HDV, DVCAM™ y DV. Ambos pueden reducir en frecuencias el material HD a SD, y producir las señales de video tanto a través de su interfaz i.LINK como a través de otros conectores de salida SD.

El modelo HVR-Z7N tiene una salida HDMI, en tanto que el HVR-S270N se ofrece con conectividad HD-SDI o SD-SDI, y admite código de tiempo y audio encajados.

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Sony gets serious about HDV with two fine cameras based on the same core components

ProVideo Coalition.com: Camera Log by Adam Wilt | Founder: "Review: Sony HVR-Z7 & HVR-S270 1/3” 3-CMOS HDV camcorders
Sony gets serious about HDV with two fine cameras based on the same core components"
The HVR-Z7 and HVR-S270 camcorders take Sony’s commitment to the HDV format to the next level. Both are based on the same core technology: three 1/3” ClearVid CMOS sensors viewing the world behind interchangeable lenses. The cameras share the same EVF and LCD panels, the same microphones, the same rich feature sets (including CF card recording, and both interlaced and true progressive HDV modes), and the same fundamental performance, but they’re packaged very differently. The Z7 is a svelte Handycam, while the S270 is a no-excuses shoulder-mount camcorder, bristling with dedicated buttons and switches, full-sized BNC connectors, large-cassette capability, and four channels of audio recording—a first for HDV.

The US$6,850 (list) HVR-Z7 weighs about 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg) in shooting configuration, a bit heavier than an HVR-V1 or HVR-Z1 but lighter than an HVX200 or PMW-EX1. It’s a compact and well-balanced package.

The $10,500 (list) HVR-S270 weighs in at around 15 pounds (6.8 kg)—no Handycam this, but a solid, hefty unit that feels instantly familiar to shooters used to DSR-300/400/500-series units or other, similar shoulder-mount camcorders.

Windows 7 is shown off...

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got on stage at D6 with Walt and Kara to talk... Microsoft, of course. While the company is still being rather coy about Windows 7 -- some have blamed loose lips early on in Vista development for saddling the OS with too high of expectations and making things difficult for developers -- they were nice enough to show off what Ballmer called "the smallest snippet" of Windows 7. The big reveal was multi-touch support, which utilizes technology developed by the Surface team. The taskbar seems to have been reworked a bit, and the demo was running live on a Dell Latitude XT tablet. Apparently Microsoft is reworking the whole user interface with a multitouch experience in mind. Steve reiterated the "three years after Vista" mantra for availability. Not exactly earth-shattering, but we'll take what we can get at this point.(via Engadget)

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