I recently acquired an external battery for my iPhone as I travel a lot and too often forget my charger or go to places in the mountains where no charger is available. For me, with normal usage of the iPhone 3G, the battery lasts for 1-3 days depending on how much I surf and if I choose to use 3G. Going on long-weekend holidays often, this is not enough. In this test we're taking a closer look at an external battery from MyCell Phone that promise a tight fit around the iPhone and more than twice the battery lifetime.

Due to many downloads of the free TweetScroller, and continued interest in the commercial TweetScroller Pro, TweetScroller Pro is now upgraded to version 1.5.

Version 1.3 is probably sufficient for most users, but 1.5 Professional offers much more if you like to customize your modules easily.

1.5 is a bigger rewrite to support multiple instances on one page + 1 added effect.

1.5 is available in English,Norwegian,German and Spanish

Iván Ramos from the Canary Islands has been so kind to provide Spanish language files for both Tweet Scroller 1.3 and 1.4Pro.

The 1.4Pro version is already out, while 1.3 will be updated over newyear.

As a thank you for the job, Iván got the 1.4Pro free of charge.

This year, still counting 2009, the audience has for the first time in history since stereoscopic 3-D was introduced decades ago chosen to watch a movie in 3-D format rather than its counterpart 2D version in the theaters. For the cinemas, 3-D has brought the little extra but a big screen to make people leave the comfort of their home to get something extra for their money when going to watch a movie. If you have asked yourself the question "why can't I have 3-D at home?", you have also probably made the assumption that the reason is that the technology is not there yet. This is no longer the case, and the top TV manufacturers has for the past year had 3-D ready LCD,plasma and LED-LCDs just waiting to launch. So why have we still not seen any ads for 3-D tv's, players and shows?

The last showstopper has so far been the agreement on how 3-D content shall be encoded and broadcasted. A big step has now been made as the final 3-d blu-ray specification was announced December 17th. The keynotes are that Blu-rays with 3-D content will be backwards compatible with older players to play 2-D content and that the most used Blu-ray player (the PS3) will be able to play movies in 3-D.

The new 3-D movie Avatar will probably be the first to be released with the new specifications next year.

This article has been consistently using 3-D as describing stereoscopic 3-D content as the blu-ray.com team has unanimously decided to use this spelling.

I'm waiting in anticipation for the first 3-D TV sets to be sold early next year, either using shutter or polarization technology.

I'm invited to Stereofoto.no's monthly gathering at Justisen in Oslo to show off 3DInlife stereoscopic multimedia player.

The gathering is open to anyone interested in stereoscopic photograpy and there will be people there from 6pm the 9th of December.

My plans are to bring a 3DInlife stereoscopic MP to show off, and there will be possibilities to try your own photos on the player.

If you want to try your own photos, it is most convenitent if you bring them on a Micros SD or CF card with the photos stored in a folder named "3DPHOTO" and videos in "3DVIDEO". The photos should be side-by-side stereoscopic jpeg, and the video MPEG1/MPEG4/H.264 encoded. Try keeping the size down as the player struggles with large images and videos.

I may also bring along some other gadgets.

If you are interested in buying a 3D MP, I will bring one or two to Justisen. Send me an email to reserve. You can read my own test of the MP, or read more about it on 3DInlife's  pages here.

Do you have some digital stereoscopic 3D photos lying about which you want to show off on your webpage?

Do you want to add that little extra to your Microsoft Messenger (MSN) photo?

If you are lucky to own a 3D camera you can take a side-by-side stereo shot and convert it into a 3D animated GIF with this new tool.

Even if you ar not lucky to own a 3D camera, you can learn how to take two stereoscopic images and upload them with the 3D animated GIF tool and make them magic :)

What are you waiting for? Go and check it out!

The UK based Channel 4 will from monday November 16th will have one week of 3D fun for the family.

With titles like "The Queen in 3D", "Derren Brown Presents the 3D Magic Spectacular", "Flesh for Frankenstein" "Friday the 13th Part III in 3d", The Greatest Ever 3D Moments" and "Hanna Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert", it is clear that we are talking old 3D classics, not any of the newest Pixar movies.

The popular Tweet Scroller has had more than 1200 downloads the last months. Due to this huge interest, Tweet Scroller is now upgraded to version 1.4 Professional.

Version 1.3 is probably sufficient for most users, but 1.4 Professional offers much more if you like to customize your modules easily.

Acer has now launched the Aspire 5738D 3D, an ordinary laptop with a screen capable of showing 3D using polarized glasses.

Unlike for instance the Samsung Geforce 3DVision screen, it does not rely on high refresh rates and active shutter glasses with battery to operate. Instead the screen (and software) from TriDef merges the two images needed for stereoscopic 3D and display every other horisontal line with different polarization filter. This means you still have to wear glasses, but something like the ones you get in the 3D cinemas nowadays. Without glasses the picture looks blurry when 3D effects are on. Unfortunately, the software so far only supports Windows 7 and games made for DirectX 9 (!)

Yes, you read right, Fujifilm has finally announced the release of their first stereo 3D camera "Finepix Real 3D W1" in Europe.

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I am going to the Electronics convention IFA in Berlin, Germany next week to meet with 3DInlife and see some of their new exciting products.

I have been receiving product sheets of new stereo 3D products, which I have promised to keep secret until the launch. All I have to say though, is that if you are a keen stereo 3D enthusiast, these guys (and girls) are worth keeping an eye on.

I have also heard some rumors about new TVs that are capable of displaying 400Hz images which will be shocased at IFA. Most of you may think "why???", but to me it screams STEREO 3D with shutter glasses @ home :D

Give me some noise if you have something on your mind I should pay an attention at while there.

Today CompSciCon changed hosting provider from Cliche to JustHost. Although taking way to long to transfer a domain to JustHost, the service is by far better in terms of what you get for your money. The speed also seems quite good although I now have the servers a continent away instead of a country away.

 I hope not too many people was hit by the hours of downtime today, and if you sent any email in this period it might have been lost. Since I restored the database from a backup, some comments may have been lost in the transfer. If you experience anything that is not the way it should be, please send me an email so it can be fixed.

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A few days ago Search Engine Roundtable discovered that YouTube, the insanely popular video site (you know), is playing with a stereo 3D feature.

Already, you can go to YouTube and watch stereoscopic content, or upload your own.

Today I got an email from Loreo, a Chinese company specialising in lenses, saying they have decided to cancel their long awaited 3D Lens in a Cap Digital model 9008.

Loreo have had this project, which was a follow-up to their 3D Lens in a Cap, for quite some time. The 3D Lens in a Cap Digital was also launched last year, but due to technical difficulties in manufacturing taken back from the market.