HTC has issued a rather stoic summary of its finances for the last three months of 2011, revealing that its net profits were 25 per cent lower in Q4 compared to the same quarter in 2010. The phone maker made TND $11,017 million (£235 million) in Q4 2011 compared to $14,797 million (£315 million) in Q4 2010. The drop in profit doesn’t come as much surprise given that the company already reported a 30 per cent drop in sales in November 2011 and revised its profit forecasts for the quarter down by 20 per cent in the same month. Mo money mo problems But while the company said it didn’t expect to see any growth in Q4 compared to 2010, it made no mention of expecting to see such a big drop
Streetbike: Full Blast Chillingo Ltd Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: December 08, 2011 Get ready to race… Race your superbike against other racers or against the clock in this throwback to classic arcade bike-racers. Watch scenery fly by as you power through complex and exciting tracks at breakneck speed! • TAKE THE RACING LINE Find the perfect racing line in each track to take first place. Look out for traffic though or you'll take a nasty spill! Weave in and out of traffic at high speed using the sensitive, well tuned and fully customizable controls. • SUPERBIKES With a ton of bikes and plenty of leagues to unlock there’s enough content in Street Bike: Full Blast to keep you racing enthusiasts entertained for hours! • DESTROY THE COMPETITION Race and beat the other racers across an incredible nine different leagues from Newcomer League to the elusive and ultra challenging All-Stars League! For more information or support, please visit www.chillingo.com
HPR-Solutions Longtime Exposure Calculator Longtime Exposure Calculator Price: Free/ Available for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Long-exposure photography fanatics will know that an ND filter can be essential when it comes to extending exposure time for those all-important open shutter shots. Longtime Exposure Calculator by HPR-Solutions is a free iPhone , iPad and iPod touch app that enables you to dial in a projected shutter speed to one column and then ‘add’ an ND filter as graded in both f/stops and filter names (eg 3 stop or ND8) in the other column. The app then calculates the adjusted exposure. While it is, in part, possible to TTL meter with an ND filter attached to the front of a camera’s lens, the results won’t always be accurate, and there’s a point where things get so dark that it’s not possible – especially with in-vogue super-dense filters
CES 2012: Home Entertainment The world’s greatest tech show – CES 2012 – kicks off on Monday (if you’re a show obsessive, note that’s a week later than usual). Running until Thursday, the show will see the entire tech world descend on Las Vegas. We’ll be hearing from the biggest names in tech to talk about their plans for 2012
Gorilla Glass is set for a bit of an upgrade with its maker, Corning, revealing that the second generation of the hardy glass will be unveiled at CES 2012. Quite the darling of the phone screen world, Gorilla Glass is used in over 575 different products including the HTC Desire range, the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 . Although the company is giving nothing very useful away, it has said that Gorilla Glass 2 will help handset and tablet manufacturers move toward “higher functionality from thinner designs.” Have a gorilla? As James Steiner, senior VP and general manager of Corning Speciality Materials says, “Handset and tablet device manufacturers are clearly driving toward higher functionality from thinner designs