This Gorgeous iWatch Concept Is Part Dick Tracy, Part Blade Runner [Gallery]

ADR Studios is the Italian design company behind the iPhone SJ, a sultry concept design for the iPhone 5 featuring an edge-to-edge capacitive touchscreen, 10 megapixel camera, A6 processor, and a polycarbonate body that’s about as light as you can imagine.
It’s a design that’s not realistically going to happen, but we’ve been a little obsessed with it for the last month or so. We feel similarly about ADR’s new iWatch2 concept: Apple’s never going to make a device that was so exclusively and unapologetically a wristwatch, but if they did, man, I wish it would look like this.

According to ADR, the iWatch2 would come stock with Wi-Fi-, Bluetooth, 32GB of internal storage, a FaceTime camera and various widgets for RSS and weather. Like the iPhone SJ, the iWatch2 would be made out of polycarbonate, aluminum, Kevlar and PK2, so it’d pretty much be indestructible.
The real secret magic, however, is the way the iWatch2 could pair with the iPhone in your pocket to piggy back on your cell carrier’s network. Instead of making a call by pulling your phone out of your pocket, you could just glance at your watch face and decide whether to answer on your iWatch’s speakerphone or ignore. Kind of like a Dick Tracy Blade Runner.
I don’t foresee Apple releasing a proper wristwatch when they can just update the iPod nano and sell people a band for it. But maybe they should: who wouldn’t want an Apple-branded watch this sleek on their wrist, short of hoary old horologists and fetishistic steampunks?

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Apple Stock to jump over $600 today amidst positive new iPad Reviews

The AAPL stock is trading at close to $600 in pre-market trading ($599.02). It looks like the Apple Stock is blowing over $600 today.

As reported some analyst see the Apple Stock hitting $1,000 within a year. Today Apple is likely to pass the $600 mark. On the day before the new iPad sales launch the tech pundits have released their new iPad reviews and to no surprise they are very positive. Right now the AAPL Stock trades at $599.02 in pre-market trading. This is up %1.6 from yesterday. I bet the AAPL stock blows past $600 today. There is no reason why not.
Nothing can stop Apple right now besides themselves. There are already the critics that seem to see the absence of Steve Jobs, but I really cannot see that all.
Disclaimer: I own Apple Stock.
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Bolex Camera Looks like the 80s, but is Made for the Digital Age

Project is on Kickstarter now

 

I'm barely qualified to edit videos, the most skill I can muster is the ability to start and stop the video where I want. If you're more advanced amateur or even a professional videographer you probably are more than qualified any video, but that can be a challenge in some formats it seems.
A new camera has landed on Kickstarter called the Digital Bolex that shoots uncompressed raw files in Super 16mm mode and is seeking funding. Those video files have a native resolution of 2048 x 1152. That is supposed to make it very easy to edit. The downside of the cameras at will cost $3000. The project is raised well over $250,000 at this point and only needed $100,000.

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New iPad 3 Wi-Fi 4G gets Teardown Treatment

The new iPad is already on sale in down under as it was already 8am Friday, March 16 there. Apple repair shop iFixit went to Australia to be first to take apart a brand new iPad Wi-Fi 4G to show us what is inside.
iFixit shows how to professionally open a new iPad without destroying it. This looks pretty cool. Here is a nice quote from iFixit: "Rather than enjoy the 264 pixels per inch on this brand new device we opt to remove the acclaimed display. Why? Because we're iFixit, and that's how we roll."
Enjoy the new iPad teardown on iFixit.

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Diablo III Will Launch May 15

The hotly anticipated game Diablo III, the first new entry in a series in around a decade, is so close we can almost taste it.
The official launch date has been confirmed as May 15. "After many years of hard work by our development team and months of beta testing by hundreds of thousands of dedicated players around the world, we're now in the homestretch," Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said in a statement.

Fans of its two predecessors are understandably excited about the potential of a new entry in the series. Diablo III will, of course, be a hack-and-slash adventure with epic environments and awesome graphics.

Diablo II came out in 2000, so it's understandable why gamers are salivating for a brand new experience. Despite being 11 years old, the game does have a strong following and has received continuous updates over the years, but Diablo III was built from the ground up to take the fanstastical world to the next level.

The game is arguably one of the most anticipated PC titles of the entire year. But Blizzard's community manager, who goes by the online name Bashiok, said gamers shouldn't go into it with unrealistic expectations.

In an official blog post, he wrote, "Part of my job is managing people's expectations, so... eh... stop it. Stop thinking about how awesome this game could be. Just imagine it's a new M. Night Shyamalan movie. Sure Sixth Sense was amazing and Unbreakable had it's moments, but this right here is the sequel to The Village ... or The Happening ... or Signs ... or any of the movies besides the two I first mentioned. So just like, lower those expectations, but still definitely buy the game please, and everything will be just fine. K?"

While sobering, it was nice to see someone actually be frank and honest with the consumers they're marketing to.

Nevertheless, the sheer brand power of Diablo is sure to make it a blockbuster hit, a much-needed one in a day and time where PC gaming is on the decline.

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NASA Delayed the Launch of Five Rockets to Test Winds in the Upper Atmosphere

Yesterday I mentioned that NASA was set to launch five rockets over 5 minute period to help learn what makes the wins at high altitudes so fast. NASA postponed the launch was supposed to take place at a coastal launching site in Virginia early Thursday morning.
NASA says the launch will happen no sooner than Friday night. Sky watchers will have something to look forward to for the weekend if the launch takes place. NASA says the delay was due to an issue with the payload, which was a chemical marker in this case.

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Apple Unveils 4G LTE Pricing

Verizon, AT&T offer differing plans

The choice of carrier for your LTE iPad might be based on how much data you intend to consume.
Aside from the inclusion of the high-definition Retina Display, arguably the biggest enhancement with the new iPad is its ability to connect to 4G LTE networks.

Of course, there are some caveats with that. First, customers will need to buy the more expensive version of the device to even get a 4G signal, and second they'll need to get a service contract.

Only AT&T and Verizon will be offering LTE service for the device. Sprint's foray into LTE is still very early and would add little value to the iPad at this time.

Today, Apple has revealed the pricing structures for LTE data on the two supporting carriers. Confusingly, they both offer different rates and tiers. That is, unless you want to go all out with the highest-capacity plan. Both Verizon and AT&T will offer 5 GB of monthly data for $50/month.

When it comes to the lower tiers, AT&T offers 250 MB per month for $14.99 and 3 GB for $30. Verizon, on the other hand, offers 1 GB for $20 a month, or 2 GB for $30. So if you're going to use exactly 1 GB per month, Verizon is the way to go.

If you want between 1.1 GB and 3 GB per month, AT&T should be your choice. If you want to max out your plan, go with Verizon because its LTE network is more robust, and if you want an LTE iPad but somehow don't see yourself using more than a quarter of a gigabyte per month, then go with AT&T.

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