Verizon Wireless Now Offers Lost Phone Tracking, Remote Kill
Worried that you'll lose your phone? Worried that you have no way to trace it or wipe it if it were to vanish before your very eyes? Apple has a solution for that called "Find my iPhone." It comes with each new iPhone so long as you activate a $99/year MobileMe service, and it lets users track their phone via GPS and remotely disable it if a thief were to swipe it. But no other phone nor carrier offers an exact alternative to that. Until this service became live. Verizon Wireless has just announced a new facet
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iSuppli: iPod Nano Materials Cost $43.73
The good folks over at market research firm iSuppli picked apart Apple's latest iPod Nano, going through the parts piece by piece to come up with a true cost of materials. The final tally? Just $43.73, which only applies to the parts, and not the cost of labor, the so-called Apple Tax, and everything else that jacks up the price more than three-fold in the retail sector. "Instead of piling on features, as so many brands do with their latest products, Apple with the sixth-generation iPod has maintained or even
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Acer Takes Aim at Gamers with New Aspire AS8943G Notebooks
Travel back in time a few years ago and there's no way you're picking up a respectable gaming notebook for $1,500. Today? A $1,500 investment nets you a potent machine that's more powerful than some desktops, as is the case with Acer's new Aspire AS8943G notebooks. Available in two configurations, Acer's latest gaming laptops pack an Intel Core i7 740QM quad-core processor inside flanked by 4GB or 8GB or RAM (which you can upgrade to 16GB) and an ATI Mobility Radeon 5850 graphics chip with 2GB of dedicated video
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Sharp Launching Two E-Readers And A Bookstore This December
The e-reader market is continuing to explode, despite the fact that tablets have taken over as the major hype machine in the consumer electronics business. Kindle sales have been hotter than ever, and companies are still thinking up ways to rival both it and the iPad. Look at Sharp for example, which has just revealed two new e-reader tablets in very different sizes, both of which are likely to rival the iPad and Kindle in different ways. In conjunction with an e-Bookstore announcement, Sharp has unveiled a
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Target Officially Selling Apple iPad Starting October 3
Another rumor confirmed. The Apple iPad, which has been flying off of Apple's own shelves for months now, finally has enough extra stock to find itself on other shelves. As was rumored weeks ago, the mega-retailer Target will begin to sell the tablet starting on October 3. It will be a nationwide rollout, and Target customers will be able to select from all of the possible models, including the Wi-Fi + 3G models that will require activation with AT&T from home. Mark Schindele, senior vice president, merchandising,
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Segway Company Owner Dies in Freak Segway Accident
The British owner of the Segway company, who had purchased the company less than a year ago, in December 2009, from inventor Dean Kamen, has died in a freak accident, driving the vehicle off a cliff. Jimi Heselden was 62. Heselden was reportedly using the Segway to inspect the grounds of his property, when he plunged off a cliff and into the River Wharfe. He was using a special ruggedized country version of the Segway. The only word that could be used to describe such an accident, with the Segway transporter,
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RIM Unveils Its PlayBook Tablet
As expected, RIM on Monday unveiled its tablet at the company's 2010 DevCon conference. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis channeled Apple CEO Steve Jobs with a sort of “one more thing” moment, saving the announcement for the end of his keynote address. Lazaridis described the PlayBook (not the rumored BlackPad) as “the first professional tablet.” The PlayBook will not run the company's recented released BlackBerry OS 6. Instead, as also expected, it will run a POSIX-based QNX OS called the BlackBerry
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Verizon, EU Gives Thumbs-up to Bug Labs' Open Source Hardware
Bug Labs sells open source hardware modules that lets you build just about any kind of gadget you can imagine. Last week the New York startup got a big helping hand from (who-would-believe-it?) Verizon. At the same time, it finally got the full OK to sell its wireless modules in Europe. Verizon Wireless announced plans to partner with Bug Labs as part of the Verizon Wireless' Open Development Initiative (ODI). ODI-approved devices have access to the Verizon network so developers can test their 3G functionality.
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New Left 4 Dead DLC "The Sacrifice" Coming October 5
LEFT 4 DEAD "THE SACRIFICE" COMING OCTOBER 5 Latest DLC Coming to Both L4D1 & L4D2 September 27, 2010 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the new add-on for its co-operative zombie thrillers -- "The Sacrifice," in development for both Left 4 Dead (L4D) and Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) -- is due for release on October 5, 2010. "The Sacrifice" is the prequel to "The Passing,"
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DROID R2-D2 By Motorola Coming Soon
Attention all Star Wars fans: the phone you've been waiting for is almost here. Verizon Wireless wants you to know that the limited edition DROID R2-D2 by Motorola will be available online and in select Verizon Wireless Communication stores beginning this Thursday, Sept. 30. In addition to a themed outer shell and box, the DROID R2-D2 will come with a Star Wars media dock and wired stereo headset. It will also feature exclusive content such as R2-D2 notification sounds and ringtones, a R2-D2 Clock Widget, and
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Acer Announces New Aspire TimelineX Notebooks
Acer refreshed its line of Aspire TimelineX notebooks. The new Aspire TimelineX 1830T-68U118 boasts of a battery life of up to eight hours. This 11.6-inch notebook weighs just over three pounds and is powered by an Intel Core i7 680UM processor. Acer also announced three additional Acer TimelineX models that tout eight-hour battery life and Intel Core i3 or Core i5 processors. These models include the 13.3-inch 3820T, 14-inch 4820T, and the 15.6-inch 5820T. Various configurations and options are available for
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OCZ Introduces More Affordable Onyx 2 Solid State Drives
OCZ Technology Continues to Drive Solid-State Drive Prices Down With the Launch of Onyx 2 New OCZ SATA II SSD Delivers the Price to Performance Ratio Mainstream Consumers Demand SAN JOSE, CA - September 27, 2010 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, has unveiled the OCZ Onyx 2 Series, a 2.5 inch SSD with superior affordability designed for mainstream desktops and mobile systems. Offering
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Oracle Announcement Sends AMD, ARM Shares Soaring
In the past nine months Oracle both acquired Sun Microsystems and recently launched an updated version of that company's 'Niagra' processor. That's an impressive amount of work in such a short time, but Oracle CEO Larry Ellison isn't done shopping. Last Friday, at a company investment meeting, Ellison stated: "Our focus is to build our [intellectual property] portfolio,” Ellison said during the meeting with analysts, according to Reuters. “You could see us buying chip companies. Silicon is very important,
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Origin PC's EON17 is a Beastly Desktop Replacement
There's no mistaking Origin PC's new EON17 notebook for exactly what it is: a full-on desktop replacement with more bells and whistles than, well, a bells and whistles store. Believe it or not, the 17.3-inch HD screen (1920x1080) is probably the tamest feature on the EON17's spec sheet. Want the full rundown? Grab a hanky first -- not for you, but for the desktop system you're reading this on. The EON17 is everything you make it out to be. Don't have a budget to work with? In that case, it's worth mentioning
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Microsoft Renegs on Windows Phone 7 Tethering Claims
Talk about a sike out. Just last week, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 chief, Brandon Watson, said it would be up to each wireless carrier whether or not to support tethering on the new mobile platform at launch. As it turns out, he was wrong, and we're officially bummed. "A company spokeswoman told Electronista that statements from Microsoft's own Brandon Watson weren't correct and that the OS wouldn't support tethering in any form on launch," Electronista reports. Paul Thurrott, who's often privy to what goes
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Activision/Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's Latest Great Idea
Covering the declarations of Bobby Kotick is a bit like monitoring the behavior of an active volcano. It's impossible to predict exact when he'll blow, but when he inevitably does, the event will blast molten stupid in every direction. The man's latest bright idea is to charge for cutscenes. This wouldn't affect in-game play, but would be an out-of-game option. Here's what Bobby envisions, in his own words. If we were to go to an audience and say ‘We have this great hour and a half of linear video that
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Acer Takes Aim at Gamers with New Aspire AS8943G Notebooks
Travel back in time a few years ago and there's no way you're picking up a respectable gaming notebook for $1,500. Today? A $1,500 investment nets you a potent machine that's more powerful than some desktops, as is the case with Acer's new Aspire AS8943G notebooks.Available in two configurations, Acer's latest gaming laptops pack an Intel Core i7 740QM quad-core processor inside flanked by 4GB or 8GB or RAM (which you can upgrade to 16GB) and an ATI Mobility Radeon 5850 graphics chip with 2GB of dedicated video memory. There's a giant 18.4-inch screen, though if that isn't big enough for you, jam an HDMI cable into its side and hook it up to your swank HDTV.
"For gamers and other computing enthusiasts, a holiday gift couldn't get much better than this," said Preeta Anil, Acer product marketing. "The Acer Aspire notebooks featuring ATI's newest and fastest GPU will allow them to get the best possible experience out of their PC, surrounding and immersing themselves in the most graphics-intensive games or the latest Blu-ray action adventure movie."
Or romantic comedies, if that's more your thing. Either way, the new Aspires are available now.
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Acer’s Newest High-Performance Notebook PCs Deliver Unparalleled Gaming and Personal Theater Experience
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acer America, part of the world’s second largest manufacturer of notebook PCs(1), today announced two new models in its Aspire AS8943G notebook line now offer the ATI Mobility Radeon 5850 graphics processor with 2GB of dedicated video memory.
“For gamers and other computing enthusiasts, a holiday gift couldn’t get much better than thisâ€
The Acer Aspire AS8943G Series of notebooks are first-class multimedia centers that deliver an unparalleled high-definition personal theater experience, and are designed for the most discriminating computing enthusiast. Featuring top-of-the line technologies and usability features, the Aspire Series is designed for creating multimedia content, watching movies or dominating the latest PC games.
Already renowned for their phenomenal gaming performance and spectacular HD video and audio entertainment capabilities, Acer Aspire notebooks featuring the new ATI GPU are capable of running demanding DirectX® 11 games in full HD at maximum settings. Enthusiasts will appreciate its phenomenal performance and ability to deliver an enhanced home theatre audio experience, high-quality surround sound and advanced display quality.
“For gamers and other computing enthusiasts, a holiday gift couldn’t get much better than this,†said Preeta Anil, Acer product marketing. “The Acer Aspire notebooks featuring ATI’s newest and fastest GPU will allow them to get the best possible experience out of their PC, surrounding and immersing themselves in the most graphic-intensive games or the latest Blu-ray action adventure movie.â€
Acer Aspire AS8943G notebooks are powered by an Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor (i7-740QM) and 4GB or 8GB of memory (upgradeable to 16GB) and feature a brilliant CineCrystal™ 18.4-inch edge-to-edge glass LED back-lit display with full high-definition (1080p) resolution. For movie buffs, an HDMI port allows for quick and easy hook up to an even bigger high-definition TV. And combined with its Dolby® optimized Acer CineSurround sound system with five built-in speakers and a dedicated subwoofer, consumers can lose themselves in realistic high-definition visuals, enjoying a full-throttle immersive computing experience like never before.
Complimenting its top-notch performance, graphics, display and audio capabilities, other high-end features found on Aspire AS8943G series notebooks include a 500GB(3)Â SATA hard drive, support for dual hard drives, a firewire port for moving videos quickly from a digital camcorder, and an eSATA port for fast data transfer.
Its unique dual-mode touchpad enables switching between multi-gesture mode and media console mode, and the flick of a finger launches favorite movies or music. A convenient scrolling volume wheel directly under the touchpad makes it easy to control volume levels.
Connecting to the Internet is fast and easy, with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ wireless for the road and Gigabit Ethernet for fast connection at home.
A 1.3 megapixel HD webcam and digital microphone provides clear high-quality online chat sessions, and can also take still pictures and videos for sharing with friends. The notebooks also include a bio-protection fingerprint reader, preventing unauthorized use of the PC.
Configurations, Pricing and Availability
With prices starting at $1,499.99, the Acer Aspire AS8943G-9319 and the Acer Aspire AS8943G-9429 are available now at leading retailers.
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LG Debuts Xnote A510 3D Notebook
3D, 3D, 3D. You can't look around the consumer electronics world for 10 whole seconds without something popping out at you that requires 3D glasses, and now LG is joining the fun. We have still yet to see if 3D will take off the way marketing companies hope it will, particularly in the PC space. But LG is hoping that 3D gaming and 3D movie watching take off in the notebook arena, and that their new Xnote A510 will see lots of attention.The machine has a 15.6" 3D LED LCD display, a Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce graphics (GT 425M with 1GB of DDR3 memory), and it ships with a set of clip-on 3D lenses in case you already own norml glasses. It also has SRS TruSurround HD audio, and for 2D content you have, there's the TriDef 2D-to-3D conversion software. LG plans to start shipping this in Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa starting in October, with a U.S. version likely on the horizon.
LG Introduces World's First Near Full HD 3D Notebook
Seoul September 28, 2010 -- LG Electronics (LG) today announced the world's first premium notebook offering cinematic 3D experience at near Full HD quality. To deliver an immersive 3D experience while rendering high-quality movies, games and graphics, the LG A510 features a hardware combination never before offered on a notebook: 15.6-inch Full HD 3D LED LCD display powered by Intel? Coreâ„¢ i7 Processor and NVIDIA? GeForce? GT 425M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated DDR3 video memory.
"3D is increasingly becoming a common part of the home entertainment landscape so it's against this backdrop that we're working to make this technology better and more accessible for consumers," said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "As more and more people consume content and interact via portable screens, we think this is a natural next step for business travelers, college students and small office/home office owners. And we put the entire package in a beautifully-designed chassis because we don't think high-tech has to be a dull grey pizza box."
The A510 ships with polarized glasses for easier portability. A set of clip-on 3D lenses are also included for regular glasses-wearers. Beyond the visual, the notebook boasts SRS TruSurround HD for the ultimate immersive audio experience for movies and games.
With much of the content in the 3D world still in development, LG equipped the notebook with TriDef software which converts 2D into 3D content on demand. Using TriDef, viewers can see all their favorite shows and movies in up-converted 3D as soon as their LG A510 is unboxed.
This high-tech workhorse also boasts a unique design that is sure to please both tech-savvy and style-conscious consumers. An attractive metallic look with unique exterior finish and subtle LED lighting around the touchpad that changes color according to the system status add a distinctive look. The LG A510 is available in two colors: blue-black and champagne gold.
The LG A510 offers additional convenience with a collection of smart features and applications. The LG Smart Pack, LG's unique software suite for notebooks, always ensures that the LG A510 is operating at peak performance. And a LED fingerprint reader can be programmed to provide quick and easy access to the most frequently used programs and websites, while also making it easier to log in.
LG will roll out this premium notebook in Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa starting in October 2010.
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Verizon Wireless Now Offers Lost Phone Tracking, Remote Kill
Worried that you'll lose your phone? Worried that you have no way to trace it or wipe it if it were to vanish before your very eyes? Apple has a solution for that called "Find my iPhone." It comes with each new iPhone so long as you activate a $99/year MobileMe service, and it lets users track their phone via GPS and remotely disable it if a thief were to swipe it. But no other phone nor carrier offers an exact alternative to that.
Until this service became live. Verizon Wireless has just announced a new facet of their Total Equipment Coverage Program called Mobile Recovery, and it's a new application designed to run on WebOS, Android and BlackBerry smartphones. Nearly all of VZW's major smartphones are capable of running the app, and when programmed, this will allow users to emotely lock the device, sound an alarm and wipe contacts from the phone. If the phone is not recovered, Total Equipment Coverage provides next-day replacement.
Below are the exact details on what the app can do:
- Sound Alarm – Customers trying to find a lost phone can use the “Sound Alarm†feature which triggers an alarm, even if the phone is on silent or vibrate mode.
- Locate Phone – If the phone is outside audible range, customers no longer have to retrace their steps looking for it. As long as the phone is powered on and within Verizon Wireless’ coverage area, the “Locate Phone†feature uses GPS to provide the location of the missing phone, complete with a map and address, and the option to get turn-by-turn directions.
- Secure Phone – Once customers have determined their phone is lost, they can use the “Device Remote Lock†feature to prevent unauthorized use, or the “Device Remote Wipe†feature to remotely erase contacts from the device.
Basically, this coverage is included for "free" if you're already paying $10/month for Total Equipment Coverage. If you aren't, this may be the convincing you needed to start paying the fee. Looked at by the year, this actually costs more than $30 more than Apple's service, but it includes more than just lost phone tracking. If you tend to lose your belongings a lot, this may be worth the investment.
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Sharp Launching Two E-Readers And A Bookstore This December
The e-reader market is continuing to explode, despite the fact that tablets have taken over as the major hype machine in the consumer electronics business. Kindle sales have been hotter than ever, and companies are still thinking up ways to rival both it and the iPad. Look at Sharp for example, which has just revealed two new e-reader tablets in very different sizes, both of which are likely to rival the iPad and Kindle in different ways.
In conjunction with an e-Bookstore announcement, Sharp has unveiled a new 5.5" and 10.8" e-reader. The 5.5" version is designed for pockets, and it's one of the smallest e-readers we have seen to date. It has a 1024x600 screen resolution, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a nav trackball and support for Sharp's incoming e-Bookstore. The 10.8" model is mostly the same except for a nicer 1366x800 screen resolution.
Both of the hardware devices are reserved for Japan at this point, but if sales are up, there is always a chance that Sharp will bring them to other parts of the world. The GALAPAGOS cloud-based media service is just yet another "app store" of sorts, and it will be launching this December with the two e-readers. Features like Automatic Scheduled Delivery Service for magazines and free trial versions of recommended e-book content are highlights, but again, there is no plan to move it from Japan at the moment.
Sharp to start first E-bookstore Service from December with "GALAPAGOS" E-Book Reader
Launch of Cloud-Based Media Service Business Offering a New User Experience
Sharp Corporation will launch a new cloud-based media service business, named "GALAPAGOS", to provide a new user experience, while evolving to meet each customer's changing needs with a network service and device specifically designed for the Japanese market. The first effort in this area will be an e-bookstore service that is planned to begin in December of this year. Two compatible tablet terminals have been developed specifically as e-book readers and will be introduced at the same time.
This new e-bookstore provides an "Automatic Scheduled Delivery Service" (fee-based service) for periodical publications. The most recent editions of newspapers and magazines a user has subscribed to can be delivered and read by the user's e-book readers. In addition, free trial versions of recommended e-book content can also be delivered to the e-book reader, letting users immediately purchase content of their favor.
Two models of the e-book readers have been developed - a mobile type featuring a 5.5-inch LCD screen that reads like a paperback book, and a home type featuring a 10.8-inch high-resolution HD LCD that allows users to enjoy magazines formatted across a two-page spread.
Sharp will continue to provide for evolving e-book lifestyles by further enriching the content available through the service, and by expanding the functions of compatible terminal devices.
E-bookstore Service (overview)
Start of service December, 2010 (Planned)
Content lineup (at time of launch) Approx. 30,000 newspapers, magazines, and books
* Details of the service, such as content and price are scheduled to be announced separately in conjunction with the start of the service.
E-book Reader/Tablet Terminal (overview)
Nickname GALAPAGOS
Mobile type
5.5-inch LCD
(1,024 × 600 pixels)
Home type
10.8-inch
(1,366 × 800 pixels)
Communication function Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b/g)
* Details about the e-book readers, including the specific date of introduction, will be announced separately.
Major Features
1. "Automatic Scheduled Delivery Service" for periodical publications, including newspapers and magazines. Content from the most recent editions can be delivered and read whenever desired.
2. Rich graphic capabilities and an easy-to-use interface that give full consideration to the book culture of Japan.
3. "Evolution" of the terminal devices with periodic software updates.
"GALAPAGOS" was chosen as the name for Sharp's cloud-based media service business, as a symbol of the "evolution" of services and terminal devices that constantly bring fresh, new experiences to the user. The name comes from the famous Galapagos Islands, which were visited by Charles Darwin (1809–1882), a British geologist and biologist. The observations he made while on the islands played a key role in the formulation of his "theory of evolution".
Major Features
1. "Automatic Scheduled Delivery Service" for periodical publications, including newspapers and magazines. Content from the most recent editions can be read whenever desired.
- Users can receive and enjoy the most recent editions of newspapers and magazines, automatically delivered at a pre-arranged time. (Prior service registration subject to fees is required)
- The users can categorize and organize the downloaded content by categories, including "unread / recommended", "most recently read", "favorite", and "scheduled delivery".
- The free trial version of e-book content will be automatically delivered from the e-book store. Contents that the users find interesting can be purchased immediately.
- The downloaded content will be stored on an e-book, and users can enjoy the e-book content even in a place without wireless network services.
2. Rich graphic capabilities and easy-to-use interface that give full consideration to the book culture of Japan.
- Complies with XMDF e-book format, to support Japanese expressions such as vertical writing and ruby. When users enlarged content on previous mobile terminals, the display needed to be scrolled to see the content fully. Content complying with XMDF format enables adapting to a change of font sizes without altering the content and picture layout.
3. Evolution of the terminal devices with periodic software updates.
- Automatic software updates of the media tablet will enable users to enjoy not just XMDF format content, but other e-book content services also, including various software applications. Users can enjoy the evolution of terminal devices with periodic software updates.
Other Features
- Track ball feature in the mobile type with 5.5-inch screen. Users can rotate the track ball like a PC mouse and can flip the pages with one hand.
- Sharp's e-book application software for PC "GALAPAGOS Station" enables users to organize downloaded content on PCs. Users can mark and add comments on the e-book content.
- PC data, including documents and maps, can be converted to XMDF format, and can be viewed on the media tablet.
- Web browser will display websites for PCs on a high resolution LCD screen.
- Pre-installed social network service application enables sharing readers' comments and e-book list with friends.
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RIM Unveils Its PlayBook Tablet
As expected, RIM on Monday unveiled its tablet at the company's 2010 DevCon conference. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis channeled Apple CEO Steve Jobs with a sort of “one more thing†moment, saving the announcement for the end of his keynote address. Lazaridis described the PlayBook (not the rumored BlackPad) as “the first professional tablet.â€The PlayBook will not run the company's recented released BlackBerry OS 6. Instead, as also expected, it will run a POSIX-based QNX OS called the BlackBerry Tablet OS. RIM acquired QNX earlier this year.
Here are the specs of the device. Much of the hardware specs are pretty much the same as most of the tablets, sans iPad, that we have seen announced of late (incl. the same 7" screen).
- 7″ LCD, 1024 x 600 WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
- BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
- 1 GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB RAM
- Dual cameras (3 MP front-facing, 5 MP rear-facing), supporting 1080p HD video recording
- Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
- Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
- HDMI video output
- 802.11n wi-fi
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- microHDMI, microUSB connectors
- Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
- Sized at 5.1″ x 7.6″ x 0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
- Weight: less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
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Also as was rumored, the initial version of the PlayBook will not ship with built-in cellular connectivity. Instead, users need to pair the device with their BlackBerry phones (via Bluetooth) when out of range of wi-fi. The company's press release says it "intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future."
The PlayBook is expected to ship in early 2011 for the U.S., and internationally in Q2 2011. No pricing was announced.
Also announced, but overshadowed, in Lazaridis' keynote: in-app payments for BlackBerry apps, a BlackBerry Advertising Service and the opening of BBM as a social platform.
Finally, there was a later announcement from a partner of RIMs.  It was from a company that has a lot invested in seeing alternatives to the iPad succeed. Amazon.com announced it would be supporting the PlayBook with a Kindle app.  An Amazon spokesperson said “We’re very excited to add the new BlackBerry PlayBook to that list. As with our other Kindle apps, the BlackBerry PlayBook app will be free and will incorporate our WhisperSync technology so you can seamlessly switch between devices.“
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Blackberry Storm 9530-@-360
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Blackberry 8830 World Edition-@-240
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BlackBerry 8320 Curve-@-180
Blackberry 8300 Curve-@-170
Blackberry 8800-@-165
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Blackberry 8700c-@-155
Blackberry 8707g-@-150
Blackberry 8703e-@-160
Blackberry 8705g-@-160
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HTC Touch 3G-@-350
HTC Touch HD-@-320
HTC Shift Pocket PC-@-320
HTC Touch Cruise P3650-@-400
HTC TOUCH PRO-@-350
HTC Touch Diamond-@-280
HTC Touch Enhanced w/ 1GB-@-200
HTC Advantage X7500 Quad Band-@-220
HTC Advantage X7501 Quad Band{US Version-@-300
HTC Meteor Tri-Band GSM EDGE Smartphone-@-200
HTC Advantage X7510-@-400
OQO Model 01+ Ultra PC-@-450
UBiQUiO 702 UMPC-@-350
Fly book V33i Tablet Laptop-@-500
HTC Touch Dual-@-200
HTC P3300 Quad Band GSM GPS PDA Smart Phone-@-180
HTC P3600 Quad Band GSM HSDPA PDA Smartphone-@-250
HTC P4300 Quad Band GSM EDGE PDA Smartphone-@-180
HTC P4350 Quad Band GSM EDGE PDA Smartphone-@-180
HTC P4550 TyTN II (Kaiser) Quad Band PDA-@-250
HTC P6300 Panda Tri-Band GSM PDA Smartphone-@-250
HTC P3470 Pharos-@-200
HTC S411 Quad Band GSM Smartphone-@-150
HTC S620 Quad Band GSM PDA Smartphone-@-180
HTC S730-@-250
HTC S621 Quad Band GSM PDA Smartphone-@-150
HTC S710 Quad Band GSM EDGE PDA Smartphone-@-180
HTC Touch P3450 Tri-Band GSM PDA Smartphone-@-280
HTC TyTN Quad Band GSM EDGE PDA Smartphone-@-250
HP Compaq 2133 UMPC-@-300
Red fly Mobile Companion-@-300
SONY LAPTOPS:
Sony VAIO VGN-T1---------@---650
Sony VAIO VGN-FS315------@---400
Sony VAIO VGN-S3---------@---420
Sony VAIO VGN-TX1--------@---800
Sony VAIO VGN-FS215------@---310
Sony VAIO VGN-S4---------@---440
Sony VAIO PCG-K35--------@---500
APPLE IPOD PRODUCT:
20GB iPod-@-60
Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Pink M9435LL/A-@-50
Apple 40 GB iPod photo-@-60
Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Silver M9160LL/A-@-55
Apple 60 GB iPod Photo M9830LL/A-@-55
Apple 60 GB iPod photo-@-55
Apple 30 GB iPod Photo M9829LL/A-@-65
Apple 512 MB iPod Shuffle MP3 Player-@-50
Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Blue M9436LL/A-@-50
Apple 2 GB iPod Nano-@-60
Apple 4 GB iPod Nano-@-80
Apple 30 GB iPod Video-@-100
Apple 60 GB iPod Video-@-120
APPLE MAC BOOK Apple Mac book Pro 14/2GHZ,-@-460
Apple Mac book pro 15/2.33/2G Intel core duo 2-@-540
Apple Mac book Pro 17/2.33/2G Intel Core 2 Duo-@-700
Apple Mac book Pro 17/2.4Ghz/160 Intel Core 2-@-800
Apple Mac book Pro 17" 2.16GHZ Intel core duo-@-640
Apple Mac book Pro 15.4/2.4Ghz Intel Core 2-@-430
Apple Mac book pro 15.4"ICD 2GHZ 1/100GB-@-420
Apple Mac book Core Duo 2 Ghz-13.3"-@-400
Apple Mac book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16ghz-15.4-@-470
Apple Mac book Pro 15"2.16Ghz,1gb,160HD-@-480
Apple Mac book Pro 17" 3GB RAM,160HD-@-600
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Target Officially Selling Apple iPad Starting October 3
Another rumor confirmed. The Apple iPad, which has been flying off of Apple's own shelves for months now, finally has enough extra stock to find itself on other shelves. As was rumored weeks ago, the mega-retailer Target will begin to sell the tablet starting on October 3. It will be a nationwide rollout, and Target customers will be able to select from all of the possible models, including the Wi-Fi + 3G models that will require activation with AT&T from home.
Mark Schindele, senior vice president, merchandising, Target, was understandably excited to announce the news: "Target is very excited to offer the revolutionary iPad to our guests nationwide. We are committed to providing our guests with the best products and we think iPad will be at the top of our guests’ holiday shopping lists."
This couldn't come at a more perfect time for Apple and Target. Target will benefit from huge impulse buy sales when customers wander over into the electronics section while doing their holiday shopping, and Apple has yet another huge supply channel to sell through. Far more consumers visit Target stores than Apple stores, and since Target already sold iPods, this just seems like a natural fit. We only wonder if the Android and Windows 7 tablets to come will have a similarly great distribution chain lined up...
 Target Offers iPad at Stores Nationwide on October 3
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Target® announced it will carry iPad™ in 1,743 Target stores nationwide beginning Oct. 3, 2010. Target guests can select from a range of iPad models, including the 16GB Wi-Fi model starting at $499.99, the 32GB and 64GB Wi-Fi and the Wi-Fi+3G models.
   “Target is very excited to offer the revolutionary iPad to our guests nationwideâ€
“Target is very excited to offer the revolutionary iPad to our guests nationwide,†said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, merchandising, Target. “We are committed to providing our guests with the best products and we think iPad will be at the top of our guests’ holiday shopping lists.â€
iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send e-mail, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music or play games, and read e-books, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface. iPad with Wi-Fi+3G models are just 0.5 inches thick and weigh just 1.6 pounds – thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook - and deliver up to 10 hours of battery life for surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching videos or listening to music, and up to nine hours of surfing the web using a 3G data network.*
A selection of accessories including cases, iBook and iTunes gift cards, chargers and more, will be available in the electronics department at Target along with iPad.Â
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Microsoft Renegs on Windows Phone 7 Tethering Claims
Talk about a sike out. Just last week, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 chief, Brandon Watson, said it would be up to each wireless carrier whether or not to support tethering on the new mobile platform at launch. As it turns out, he was wrong, and we're officially bummed."A company spokeswoman told Electronista that statements from Microsoft's own Brandon Watson weren't correct and that the OS wouldn't support tethering in any form on launch," Electronista reports.
Paul Thurrott, who's often privy to what goes on in Redmond, said essentially the same thing: "To be clear: Windows Phone 7 does not support tethering at all."
Tethering allows a user to set up their smartphone or other mobile device as a hotspot, so even if there's no open Wi-Fi available, you can still hop on the net by 'tethering' your laptop to your smartphone. It's a handy feature to have, not just for traveling, but at home if/when your Internet goes down for any reason.
Looks like we'll have to make do without this feature on the Windows Phone 7, at least until someone mods it and kicks off the third-party ROM party that's sure to follow.
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New Left 4 Dead DLC "The Sacrifice" Coming October 5
LEFT 4 DEAD "THE SACRIFICE" COMING OCTOBER 5Latest DLC Coming to Both L4D1 & L4D2
"The Sacrifice" is the prequel to "The Passing," and takes place from the L4D Survivors' perspective as they make their way South. In addition to advancing the story, "The Sacrifice" introduces a new style finale featuring "Sacrificial Gameplay" where players get to decide who will give their life so the others may live.
The Sacrifice DLC for L4D1 is a seperate download than The Sacrifice for L4D2.
In The Sacrifice for Left 4 Dead 1 gamers receive the complete Sacrifice campaign with maps playable in Campaign, Versus, and Survival.
In The Sacrifice for Left 4 Dead 2 owners receive "The Sacrifice" campaign playable with the Left 4 Dead Survivors. In addition, those with Left 4 Dead 2 receive L4D's "No Mercy" campaign. Both campaigns are playable in Campaign, Versus, Survival, and Scavenge modes and both will feature the Left 4 Dead 2 Special Infected, items, and weapons. Yes, Zoey with a chainsaw!
Targeted for release on October 5th, "The Sacrifice" will be available for download on Xbox Live for 560 Microsoft Points and free to all PC gamers.
In The Sacrifice for Left 4 Dead 2 owners receive "The Sacrifice" campaign playable with the Left 4 Dead Survivors. In addition, those with Left 4 Dead 2 receive L4D's "No Mercy" campaign. Both campaigns are playable in Campaign, Versus, Survival, and Scavenge modes and both will feature the Left 4 Dead 2 Special Infected, items, and weapons. Yes, Zoey with a chainsaw!
Targeted for release on October 5th, "The Sacrifice" will be available for download on Xbox Live for 560 Microsoft Points and free to all PC gamers.
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Activision/Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's Latest Great Idea
Covering the declarations of Bobby Kotick is a bit like monitoring the behavior of an active volcano. It's impossible to predict exact when he'll blow, but when he inevitably does, the event will blast molten stupid in every direction. The man's latest bright idea is to charge for cutscenes. This wouldn't affect in-game play, but would be an out-of-game option. Here's what Bobby envisions, in his own words. If we were to go to an audience and say ‘We have this great hour and a half of linear video that we'd like to make available to you at a $20 or $30 price point’ you'd have the biggest opening weekend of any film ever,†he told an audience at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in California, as reported by IGN.Blizzard has a long history of producing top-notch cutscenes and the moderate financial success of film tie-ins like Final Fantasy: Advent Children has established a certain precedent. Given a sufficiently large fan base and a decent story, CGI game movies can succeed. A film based on characters from Starcraft 2, if well executed, could be a huge hit, particularly in South Korea. The idea is solid—the cost structure isn't.
Within the next five years, you are likely to see us do that. It might be in a partnership with somebody or alone, but there will be a time where we'll capitalise on the relationship we have with our audience; deliver them something that is really extraordinary and let them consume it directly through us instead of theatrical distribution. “If we were to deliver a film digitally this way, I'd say an extremely high percentage would then go to the theater and watch it again," Kotick concluded.
It's kinda like this.
Bobby couldn't be more wrong when he predicts his $20-30 movie would break box office records. What it would actually break is the Internet, with thousands of people rushing to download a blurry screen-captured version of the film. We might pay that much for a full DVD/Blu-ray version of the film, with the usual goodies and commentary that come with such versions, but never in a theater. The reason Kotick is backing this horse boils down to profit. According to the CEO, "My guess is unlike film studios that are really stuck with a model that goes through theatrical distribution and takes a signification amount of the profit away."
At the envisioned price point a Starcraft movie is a disaster waiting to happen, but it's also par for the course for a man who wanted to jack the price of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 higher than the initial $54.95, wants a piece of XBox Live revenue (claiming that 60 percent of players are on it to play CoD), believes workers should constantly fear for their job security, and measures game value solely by profit. The one upside to Kotick's stewardship is that Blizzard's own game quality doesn't appear to have been impacted. Starcraft 2 was a top-notch production; our experience with the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta suggests it'll be polished to the same sheen.Â
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How to Watch DVD and Video on your iPad
How to Watch DVD and Video on your iPad
Now iPad is quite popular among people though it has been sold for only a few months. Every one who got iPad are very proud.
It is also pretty cool to enjoy your dvd or video on your iPad at anywhere such as on the plane, in the bus, in the subway or at your office.
But iPad can not support DVD format and most popular video, so it becomes diffucult for some people to watch dvd and movies on their iPad.
In this article I will show the people how to put dvd and video on iPad with DVD to iPad Converter and iPad Video Converter.
Part One: How to Rip DVD to iPad.
Step 0: Free download DVD to iPad Converter, install and run it.
Step 1: Load DVD.
Click "Load DVD" to add your DVD contents.
Step 2: Set output video format.
Click "Profile" button from the drop-down list to select the exact output video format that is the most suitable for your iPad. You can click the "Settings" button to set parameters of your output video such as such as Resolution, Video Bitrate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, Sample Rate, etc. to get the best video quality as you want.
Step 3: Select the output path by clicking “Browse” button from the line of destination.
Step 4: Click the "Start" button to start the conversion.
Part Two: How to Convert Video to iPad.
Step 0: Free download iPad Video Converter, install and run it.
Step 1: Add video.
Click "Add Video" to add your video contents.
Step 2: Set output video format.
Click "Profile" button from the drop-down list to select the exact output video format that is the most suitable for your iPad. You can click the "Settings" button to set parameters of your output video such as such as Resolution, Video Bitrate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, Sample Rate, etc. to get the best video quality as you want.
Step 3: Select the output path by clicking “Browse” button from the line of destination.
Step 4: Click the "Start" button to start the conversion.
Tips:
The two pieces of software have some basically editing functions such as trim, crop, effect,
1. Trim:
Three ways to do trim:
a. Drag the “start scissors bar” button to where you want to start and “end scissors bar” button where you want to end.
b. You can click the “Trim From” button when you want to start the trim during your preview and click “Trim To” button when you want to end.
c. Set the exact “start time” and “end time” at right part of the trim window and click “ok”.
2. Crop:
Three ways to do crop
a. Select one crop mode from the “Crop Mode” drop-list.
b. Dragging crop frame to choose your own crop.
c. Set your own crop value.
3. Effect
Drag the adjustment bar to find your favorite effect of Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Volume.
4. Merge into one file.
Pick the “Merge into one file” to merge the files you choose into one output file.
There is another piece of software named iPad Converter Suite. It includes DVD to iPad Converter, iPad Video Converter and iPad Transfer.
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