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Casio Tryx Camcorder With 360-Degree Swivel Frame

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 1 Comment

Casio Tryx Camcorder With 360-Degree Swivel Frame —Available starting April for $250, the Casio Tryx is a 1080p cam has a full 360-degree swiveling frame that surrounds the 3-inch 460k pixel touch screen. This camcorder is almost all screen real estate. It looks more like a media player, but the frame allows for a lot of comfortable and innovative grip variations, and obviously it can be used [...]

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Balanzza TRUCO Bag Reshapes itself

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

Balanzza TRUCO Bag Reshapes itself —Balanzza’s TRUCO (Travel Utility Carry On) baggage system is a carry-on bag that can reshape itself by offering 2 modular parts that can be removed or added using Balanzza’s click-on system. The main bag is designed to hold your clothing and other larger items, while a laptop bag/brief case snaps onto the front of it to house your nerve center. The [...]

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iPhone 4 on Verizon Now Official and Available February 10th

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

iPhone 4 on Verizon Now Official and Available February 10th —The iPhone 4 is official with Verizon Wireless on February 10th. Pricing will remain the same as AT&T. Preorders start for VZW customers on February 3rd, while new subscribers can purchase the iPhone 4 in-store on February 10th. iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless will also include new Personal Hotspot capabilities allowing customers [...]

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Sony Xperia Arc, best looking phone to date

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sony Xperia Arc, best looking phone to date —Sony Ericsson got onboard with Android, and has announced a super-sexy Android phone called the Xperia Arc . The screen measures 4.2-inches, is multitouch and boasts a resolution of 854×480 pixels. The body of the Arc measures 8.7mm at its slimmest point. Storage comes by way of a microSD card slot and under the hood is a 1Ghz processor. In [...]

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Parrot Asteroid Integrated Android Car Receiver

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

Parrot Asteroid Integrated Android Car Receiver —In 2009 Parrot came out wit their iPhone compatible car receiver, the RKi8400. Now, they’ve announced the Asteroid, a single DIN car receiver running the Android platform. The front panel is composed of a 3.2-inch LCD that is not, from what we can tell, touchscreen compatible, but is controlled by the adjacent buttons and knob. There [...]

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LG Releases 4G Android 3.0 Tablet running on T-Mobile

Posted by David on January 13, 2011 · 0 Comment

LG Releases 4G Android 3.0 Tablet running on T-Mobile —LG is coordinating with T-Mobile to come out with a new Android tablet known as the G-slate. Running Android Honeycomb 3.0, it will also add 4G to the mix. The press release says the Honeycomb user experience improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization. On top of unnamed widgets, [...]

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iOS 4.3 beta showcasing multitouch gestures for iPad & more

Posted by David on January 12, 2011 · 0 Comment

iOS 4.3 beta showcasing multitouch gestures for iPad & more —Apple’s latest iOS 4.3 beta 1 has been given to developers, and several of those creating software for the latest Apple iOS iteration have the following laundry list of features they’ve found: Personal hotspot capabilities for GSM devices AirPlay support for third-party native apps and third-party Web apps Redesigned [...]

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Smartphones with Touch Free Touch Screens

Posted by David on January 12, 2011 · 0 Comment

Smartphones with Touch Free Touch Screens —Nowadays just about any smartphone features a touchscreen. Touchscreen technology has also improved greatly over recent times. Resolutions have improved, as have sensitivities, and all the smartphone manufacturers have striven to respond to the wishes of their customers in order to improve the touchscreen user interface. However, a completely new kind [...]

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New Batteries Power Mobile Phones

Posted by David on January 12, 2011 · 0 Comment

New Batteries Power Mobile Phones —Charging your smartphone in about one minute, does that sound appealing? For many years the battery technology that powers the electronics in your phone has lagged behind the electronics technology itself, but that might be about to change. Radical new developments in batteries are in the pipeline that will allow you to do just that. If the iPhone was made using [...]

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Motorola ATRIX 4G

Posted by David on January 11, 2011 · 0 Comment

Motorola ATRIX 4G —The Motorola ATRIX 4G is powered by a Tegra dual-core processor with each core running at 1 GHz to deliver up to 2 GHz of processing power and 1 GB of RAM. The device is designed to act as the brains of a computer that can be taken with you. In addition to being what Motorola calls the “world’s most powerful smartphone,” the ATRIX 4G is also designed to slot into external [...]

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iCADE turns an iPad into a mini arcade cabinet

Posted by David on January 11, 2011 · 0 Comment

iCADE turns an iPad into a mini arcade cabinet —The iCADE arcade-style controller for iPad originally appeared as an April Fools joke on ThinkGeek last year. The farce device garnered so much interest, ThinkGeek has partnered with ION to turn the concept into a reality. The resulting unit packs a full-sized joystick and eight arcade buttons in a mini arcade cabinet form factor. The iCADE [...]

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Ion Audio Book Saver Book Scanner can scan a 200-page book to PDF in 15-min

Posted by David on January 11, 2011 · 0 Comment

Ion Audio Book Saver Book Scanner can scan a 200-page book to PDF in 15-min —Ion Audio has used its digital conversion expertise to create a device that can scan a 200-page paper book and convert it into e-Reader format in 15 minutes. The Book Saver Book Scanner will allow you to quickly digitize your huge library of printed books or magazines for archiving on computer or to take on the road [...]

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Fuugo devices bring mobile TV and social media together

Posted by David on January 11, 2011 · 0 Comment

Fuugo aims to blend mobile TV and social media —The Fuugo device allows you dto centralize broadcast television, mobile TV and internet TV all in one place. Fuugo is a video content aggregator application from Axel Technologies that runs on a wide range of devices, including mobile platforms. According to the company, Fuugo is an appropriate media solution for any mobile device with a screen [...]

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Calloway hits the market with new X Series Jaws CC Wedges

Posted by David on January 10, 2011 · 0 Comment

Calloway hits the market with new X Series Jaws CC Wedges —On January 14th, the retail availability of Calloway’s new X Series JAWS™ CC wedges will hit the market. Created by Callaway’s Chief of Golf Club Design, Roger Cleveland, the wedges debut Callaway Golf’s Tour CC grooves. This groove can only be found in Callaway’s forged wedges and irons and is crafted through a [...]

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Griffin Beacon

Posted by David on January 10, 2011 · 0 Comment

Griffin Beacon —Bridging the bluetooth functionality of your iPhone, iPod or iPad to the infrared inputs of your home entertainment center, the Griffin Beacon allows you to use your iOS device as a system-wide remote. Using the Dijit Universal Remote App, the Beacon easily pairs with most TV, set-top box, receiver, media player or otherwise giving you instant multi-touch control. The Griffin [...]

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Ion Audio Piano Master iPad Piano

Posted by David on January 8, 2011 · 0 Comment

Ion Audio Piano Master iPad Piano —The Ion Audio iPad Piano is a sweet little iPad accessory that acts like a full-on piano, complete with an iPad app that actually teaches you how to play, and play well, the piano. From the minds of Ion Audio comes the Piano Master, a 49-note keyboard complete with midi support and includes a 1/8-inch headphone jack input, speakers, sustain pedal and an accompanying [...]

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Toshiba clues us in on next gen Android tablet

Posted by David on January 8, 2011 · 0 Comment

Toshiba clues us in on next gen Android tablet —Toshiba has been showing off a preview model of its as-yet-unnamed next generation Android Tablet computer at this year’s CES. The Tegra 2-powered, high resolution, multi-touch device features both a front and rear cameras, technology which gives standard def video a color, contrast and sharpness boost, and Wireless-N connectivity. There’s [...]

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Acer announces liquidmini and beTouch E210 Android Froyo phones

Posted by David on January 8, 2011 · 0 Comment

Acer announces liquidmini and beTouch E210 Android Froyo phones —Acer announced a pair of budget-friendly Android phones set to launch in the U.K. later this year. Distant cousin of the Liquid Metal, the liquidmini has a 3.2-inch 480 x 320-pixel touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera, a 600MHz processor and the Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. The beTouch E210 features a full QWERTY keypad [...]

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Sling Media Slingplayer for iPad and Windows Phone 7

Posted by David on January 8, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sling Media Slingplayer for iPad and Windows Phone 7 —Sling Media has come out with iPad and Windows Phone 7 versions of their popular Sling Mobile app. With super image quality and streaming speed, the WP7 version of its software delivers the highest-quality content out of all of its mobile apps. Sling’s iPad App is also pretty stellar, and offers a much richer and more immersive Sling [...]

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Razer shows us future of mobile PC gaming -the Razer Switchblade

Posted by David on January 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

Razer shows us future of mobile PC gaming —Gaming company Razer has unveiled a concept device at CES 2011 called the Razer Switchblade, which looks to bring PC desktop gaming to a portable form factor. With the keyboard and mouse interface being one of the major strengths of PC gaming but a major problem when it comes to portability, Razer has given the Switchblade a dynamic tactile keyboard [...]

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iPhone from Verizon looking like Feb 3rd Launch

Posted by David on January 7, 2011 · 0 Comment

iPhone from Verizon looking like Feb 3rd Launch —Reputable rumors are indicating that Apple has blacked out employee vacation requests between February 3rd and February 6th — Thursday through Sunday. The four-day vacation freeze has been confirmed to be in effect in several regions in the United States. This suggests that the vacation black-out would cover a period of three weeks beginning [...]

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Sony Bloggie Intros 3 new versions including 3D

Posted by David on January 7, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sony Bloggie Intros 3 new versions including 3D —Sony has announced three new models in its Bloggie HD pocket-camcorder range. Backing up from the launch of Bloggie Touch last year, the company has boosted its compact platform for 2011 with the addition of 3D technology and dual screen capabilities. The Bloggie 3D camera (MHS-FS3) sports two lenses, two image sensors, stereo microphone and built-in [...]

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iPad® Pillow- Lifestyle Accessory

Posted by David on January 7, 2011 · 0 Comment

iPad® Pillow- Lifestyle Accessory —The iPad pillow isn’t your ordinary accessory. Where ever you are, the iPad Pillow is a comfortable holder for your tablet that can rest where you are working or enjoying some entertaining web surfing. For home or travel, the iPad Pillow is designed with for the techy who uses his iPad anywhere and everywhere. It’s a comfortable pillow [...]

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