Wobbling boob app hits iPhone

Like most guys, I have a high appreciation for boobs. I sincerely think that cleavage is the only reason for Jessica Simpson to live. A new app for the iPhone has been announced that will help guys take their appreciation for Baywatch style boobage to a whole new level. The app is called Wobble and lets you take pictures of your favorite girl (or any other object) and choose specific sections of the image to add a Wobble effect to. Sure, you can make other things wobble like your friends beer belly, but that's not the real reason for this app. Once you apply the area of the image you want to wobble, you shake the iPhone up and down. The application wobbles the jubblies up, down, left, and right depending on how fast and in what direction you shake your iPhone. This may well be the best app ever released for the iPhone. ChilliFresh

 

Weekend Project: Ball of Sound (PDF)

Take two salad bowls and turn them into a spherical array, ball of sound with amazing results. Thanks go to Michael Zbyszynski for the original article in Make: Volume 11. View the PDF of this project and then pick up Make: Volume 11 here for other great projects you can do over the weekend.

 

Nokia shipped 500k 5800 ‘Tube’ phones in last 30 days [Updated]

It's obviously not just Londoners who fancy some Nokia 'Tube' action: according to company CEO, Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, over half a million Nokia 5800 handsets have been shipped in the last 30 days.  Not bad at all, when you consider that the touchscreen XpressMusic handset was only available in "limited markets", and enough to make Kallasvuo believe that "the Nokia 5800 has the potential to become our highest revenue and gross margin generating device in a fairly short order." Update: Nokia have just issued a release saying that one million 5800 handsets have now shipped.  Remember, that doesn't mean devices sold, just in circulation among consumers, stores and suppliers. "The response to this device and our new touch use interface has been beyond our expectations.  [Nokia] will continue an aggressive roll out and marketing plan throughout the first quarter" Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO, Nokia The figures were revealed in Nokia's financial conference call this week, at which time the company revealed that their sales had dropped 19-percent and their market share reduced by 3-percent from 2007's 40-percent.  However smartphones - such as the company's Nseries and Eseries devices - actually rose in sales, suggesting a greater consumer interest in more advanced devices. While the 5800 'Tube' falls under the XpressMusic banner rather than one of Nokia's mainstream smartphone ranges, it nonetheless marks a significant departure for the company with the debut of the touch-enabled S60 OS.  This platform will later see more attention in the shape of the Nokia N97, which is expected to be well featured at Mobile World Congress next month.

 

Microchip Internet Radio Board

Building your own internet radio is now become possible with the help of this Microchip Internet Radio Board. The board itself comes pre programmed and ready to play out of the box. It features MPEG audio codecs, an RJ45 port, push button switches and an OLED for all your station, track and other display needs. Now you'll be able to listen to your favorite radio programs without having to be inside the reception range for your local radio station, ain't that cool! The Microchip Internet Radio Board retails for £71.51. [EMCelettronica]

 

Samsung and MSI spruce up their netbooks for the Valentines

Samsung and MSI both have launched their own version of Valentine edition netbooks. While Samsung's NC10 just paints the pink hue to please the lady, MSI goes a step extra with a heart design on the lid of its U100 netbook. No change in the specifications. Samsung's Pink Edition will sell for $347. No details on the MSI counterpart. Product Page - Samsung Product Page - MSI [Via Samsunghub]

 

Samsung almost confirms an Android smartphone for the first half of this year

Samsung's first handset to run on Google's Android platform might be closer than we think. While until now there have been reports saying the South Korean manufacturer intends to launch an Android smartphone sometime in the third quarter of 2009, it looks like this will happen sooner, namely before mid-2009.   PC World quotes Chi Young Cho, Samsung's head of digital media and communications unit, who says that, in the first half of 2009, the company's smartphones will come with "various OSes to satisfy the diverse needs of our customers."  Sure, there's no word 'bout Android in there, but it's very likely that Mr. Young Cho had Google's platform in mind when mentioning those various OSes.   Apart from talking about smartphones, Samsung's official also said that their touchscreen phones scheduled for H1 2009 will come with upgraded functions (including the UI). Well, Sammy, we're waiting to see what's cooking there in those Korean labs of yours.

 

Samsung reports $16m in last financial quarter; first loss since 2000

Samsung have announced their Q4 and full 2008 financial results, and for the first time since 2000 the company has posted a net loss.  Larger than expected losses in the Samsung's chip unit - a full 14-percent loss, in fact - helped push the quarterly operating loss to $682 million.  Net losses for the same period reached 22.2 billion won ($16m), down from profits of 2.21 trillion won ($1.59bn) in Q4 2007 and 1.22 trillion won ($877m) in Q3 2008. Samsung's mobile device division, which is second in global sales behind Nokia, posted an operating profit margin of 2-percent, down from 7-percent in Q3 2008.  Meanwhile the company's ailing display division fell from an 8-percent profit in Q3 to 8-percent loss in Q4 2008, both paling compared to Q2 2008's healthy 21-percent profit. Overall sales grew by 5.5-percent to 18.45 trillion won ($13.3bn) but nonetheless missed forecasts as the company had previously warned.  Samsung are joining many multinationals in declining to give definite financial outlook figures, suggesting only that they would invest "conservatively" and look to reduce capital spending.