This week on the Gadget Lab Show, the gang takes a look at the new Roomba, chats about problems in the Apple App Store this week, and goes hands-on with a 41-megapixel Nokia smartphone.
Opening the show this week, reviews editor Mike Calore and staff writer Roberto Baldwin check out the Roomba 790. This latest Roomba model seems to suck up dirt better than its predecessors, and also handles steep inclines (something like a folded-over rug) well, too. It’s moddable, if you’re into the hacking scene. The Roomba 790 is pricy though — $700.
Next up, staff writer Christina Bonnington talks with Mike about apps crashing and malware in the Apple App Store. Over the Fourth of July holiday, a botched App Store update caused any recently updated apps to immediately crash upon opening. The issue has now been resolved: Apple issued a statement saying it was DRM related, and if you update any affected apps, the crashing problem should be fixed. We also saw the first spammy, malware-type app, called Find and Call, in the iOS App Store this week. It was quickly removed.
To close up this week’s show, staff writer Alexandra Chang joins Mike to take a look at the Nokia 808 PureView, a new smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera. For photos, the phone crunches about 7 megapixels into a 1-megapixel area. Each photo has between 2 to 38 megapixels, but 8 is really the sweet spot from what we can tell. The 808 runs Nokia’s Symbian operating system, and as a phone, Alexandra found it extremely frustrating to use. It’ll be $700 unlocked from Amazon starting July 9th. You can check out the full review on Wired Reviews.
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Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/show-roomba-apps-nokia/
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