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- MOG Is Now Streaming On Samsung Smart TVs And Blu-ray Players
- Toshiba Shows TransferJet-Compatible LSI For Stable Wireless Data Exchange
- Foxconn Is Burning: Fire In Yantai Shuts Down Plant
- HOSPI-Rimo: Meet Panasonic’s Cute Assistance Robot
- Daily Crunch: Believe
- Amazon’s Small Gamble
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Pre-Order Goes Live, Galaxy Players 4.0 And 5.0 To Follow
- Video: A Look At The Fastest Chronograph Watch Ever Made
- On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil The “Kindle Fire”
- TC Gadgets Webcast Episode 3: Phones, TVs, and Muscles
- Handheld Console Compresses Super Mario Brothers Down To 64 Pixels
- Samsung Asks Apple For 2.4% Payout On iPhone Chipsets
- Eau Claire Library Lending iPads
- RIM’s PlayBook Gets Discounted At Office Depot, Staples
- Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems
- Amazon, Fox Streaming Deal Brings 11k Movies And TV Shows To Prime Instant Video
- The Huawei Honor Android Smartphone Packs 1.4GHz Processor Under A 4″ Display
| MOG Is Now Streaming On Samsung Smart TVs And Blu-ray Players Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:20 AM PDT  MOG is following the tried and true method of expanding its appeal by expanding onto new hardware and just announced that the music streaming service is now streaming on select Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players. This gives owners of 2010 and 2011 Sammy TVs and Blu-ray players access to MOG’s impressive 12 million song library streamed at 320kbps. This latest move follows other streaming service’s quick adoption of multiple hardware platforms. MOG is now accessible on iOS devices, Android phones, LG TVs and streamers such as Boxee, Roku, and Sonos. And they’re not done. We’re told that MOG will soon make the leap from CE devices to automotive systems. Yep, MOG will soon join the ranks of Pandora and RDIO and be accessible through in-vehicle systems. MOG is currently available as a BMW App, but more support is coming. As for the Samsung support, the MOG app can be found in Samsung Apps’ Lifestyle, and currently, the What’s New sections. The app itself is free, but the MOG service runs $4.99 a month for access through a computer, set-top box or TV. $9.99 a month nets subscribers access on their iOS or Android device. MOG Inc. is a next-generation music media company founded in June 2005 by David Hyman, former CEO for Gracenote. MOG has one simple goal: to perfect your music-listening experience. MOG's all-you-can-eat, on-demand listening service provides access to a deep library of over 11 million songs from over a million albums through its mobile apps on iPhone and Android, on the Web and through streaming entertainment devices such as Roku, Sonos and internet connected TVs. It surpasses all other music subscription...
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| Toshiba Shows TransferJet-Compatible LSI For Stable Wireless Data Exchange Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:10 AM PDT  Close proximity technology TransferJet is evolving. Toshiba has developed an LSI (pictured) that supports TransferJet and is designed specifically for mobile devices. The LSI is sized at just 4.0×4.0× 0.5mm and the smallest of its kind, according to Toshiba. The company says the LSI achieves a receiving sensitivity of -78dBm, outperforming the value of the TransferJet standard itself (-71dBm) and making data transfer between two TransferJet-equipped devices more stable (it actually boasts the industry’s highest sensitivity). Toshiba also squeezed an RF switch and RF circuit for TransferJet into the chip. The company expects it to be used in tablets, smartphones, notebooks, digital cameras, and similar devices. One use case is two people exchanging contact data with their phones more easily: Toshiba says the new chip can also make it easier to receive content from digital whiteboards, digital signage displays etc.: The company plans to start shipping the first samples in January 2012 and begin producing one million chips monthly in the second quarter of 2012. Via Digikame Watch [JP]
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| Foxconn Is Burning: Fire In Yantai Shuts Down Plant Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:01 AM PDT  It’s happened again: a Foxconn plant explosion has caused a large fire in Yantai. According to MICGadget the fire stemmed from “improper operation of workmanship on color spraying” which suggests a aerosol paint may be involved. The last fire happened in May in Chengdu. This fire was at a plant that made PCs, laptops, and printers. It employs and, in some cases, houses 80,000 workers, many of whom were evacuated. The blaze lasted 30 minutes and there are no reports of casualties. I dread the thought of more of these fires over the next few months and years yet I also wonder if these won’t be a motivating force in the improvement of working conditions in these megafactories. It took a major disaster to improve workers’ rights in the US a century ago. What will it take to improve workers’ rights this century?
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| HOSPI-Rimo: Meet Panasonic’s Cute Assistance Robot Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:35 AM PDT  Panasonic Japan announced [press release in English] the development of the so-called HOSPI-Rimo yesterday, a cute “Communication Assistance Robot” specifically designed for medical use. HOSPI-Rimo (Remote Intelligence and Mobility) is supposed to make it easier for bedridden patients to get in touch with doctors or family members living far away (“virtual visits”). Technically, the mobile robot is based on the HOSPI, which Panasonic introduced last year. That robot is equipped with four laser range finders, 27 ultrasonic sensors and the ability to change floors in buildings autonomously. The company explains the new model:
Patients can use the HOSPI-Rimo to video-chat with other people in HD quality, too. Panasonic plans to show the little guy, along with updated versions of their hair-washing robot and robotic bed, during the 38th International Home Care & Rehabilitation Exhibition in Tokyo next month.
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT  Here are some of yesterday’s Gadgets stories:
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| Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:42 PM PDT  The news that Amazon’s tablet was real was a great scoop, but not quite a shock to the industry. Bezos all but confirmed it months ago, and supply-line leaks had it coming in late summer, which was optimistic but not far off; the Fire will be arriving on Wednesday. One question I always had, though, was how Amazon would justify putting out this device when they’ve spent so long slagging the iPad as an e-reading platform? Simple: the Fire isn’t an e-reader. Sure, you can read books on it, but its main function is acting as a wedge for all those sadly-overlooked Amazon services. Apple sells you on one platform then keeps on nudging you until you accept the rest. iTunes, iPhone, iPad, OS X, it doesn’t matter which you do first, the point of the ecosystem is to make you use all of them. Amazon is trying for a similarly lateral play. Amazon’s web services powers a ton of the web. They’ve got cloud coming out of their ears. A fraction of their infrastructure would power the day-to-day media and data needs of millions of consumers. They own the water main, but they lack a firehose. When people think music, they think iTunes. Movies, they think Netflix. TV, they think Hulu. Or any number of things. But Amazon does so many of these things, often with better pricing or selection. If they can get a device out there and dangle a suitably enticing carrot, people will find themselves entrapped in a web of savings. Some say it’ll be Amazon Prime. Sure, why not? When the ecosystem is as locked down as the Kindle Fire’s is reported as being, you pull in a nice fat return on investment. Prime is a small price to pay. Amazon knows you have to spend money to make money, and they’re going to be spending a huge amount of money to get this thing into a million homes. You think the original Kindle flew of the shelves? That brutalist-looking thing? They sold a few, but then they sold the upgrade. Progress was being made, and now that product that wasn’t ready to go big was suddenly being massively improved. Apple is trying this with the Apple TV, minus the improvement part. You have to make people think they’re getting in when the getting is good, and Amazon might be able to hit that sweet spot in the low-cost tablet wars. The new Nook presents them with a challenge. It’s too late for Barnes and Noble to make any major changes to the product before they launch next month, but the sales of the Nook Color give it some headway. It remains one of the very few Android tablets out there that can be easily differentiated, and a refresh to that platform would have given Amazon’s device the feeling of retaliation rather than attack. It’s being said that the device was rushed, and that it’s a Playbook clone, but that’s oversimplifying things. It’s the most viable product they could come up with on a schedule, and I seriously doubt it’s going to be the last, whether it’s a success or not. And as MG suggested, Apple has no reason to be scared. But all the other tablet makers should be shaking in their boots. As yet few have convinced consumers to shell out iPad money for Android quality. The big hardware rush happened too early and consumers were underwhelmed. However, a cheap and recognizable Amazon tablet might just sell to the people who have regarded the Xoom and Galaxy Tabs as early adopter devices. Amazon threatens to put out a “whole” device, limited as it may be, and the wholeness of the iPad environment is a big part of its selling power. Android, as much as I like it, isn’t whole. So how could Motorola or Samsung put out a whole device when its main component is unfinished? Kindle will launch whole, and people will be very quick to perceive that. The fun thing is that as big a deal as this seems, the risk they’re taking is really tiny. Millions of Kindles are being sold right now and because Amazon is positioning the Fire to basically be a shortcut to everything at Amazon but e-books, the two devices aren’t, strictly speaking, competitors. In fact, with a $99 Kindle on the horizon (don’t deny it, Amazon), they could start giving them away with the Fire tablets and lock out the competition on two fronts. Meanwhile, sales of the original Kindle, which is synonymous with e-reading, will continue to grow and Amazon will continue to dominate, even as its competitors outclass it (the new touchable Nook and Kobo are great). If you want to lead the industry, it helps to have the best product, but it’s by no means required. Come wednesday, expect a big value play to get consumers interested: a year of Prime, a bunch of free TV shows or movies, or maybe even a free ad-supported Kindle if you buy now, now, now! Anything they can do to take the wind out of the Nook’s sails and make their tablet a one-of-a-kind device and value, it’ll all be on the line. But even if they only sell a dozen, don’t expect them to fold. Amazon is too interested to stay away from this gun fight, even if all they’ve got this week is a knife. P.S. Does anyone else think they should have called it the Candle?
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Pre-Order Goes Live, Galaxy Players 4.0 And 5.0 To Follow Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:11 PM PDT  Though its had some legal ups and downs of late, Samsung is still pumping out products. Today, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has been made available for pre-order, with shipments to begin October 2. And rather than waste paper, Samsung included availability information on its Galaxy Player 5.0 and 4.0 within the release, as well. We’ve heard plenty about the Galaxy Tab 8.9 up until now, but with patent wars a ragin’ there was no telling whether or not the 9-inch version would be a pipe dream. But alas, the U.S. has remained unaffected by Apple and Samsung’s cat fight and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is ready to ship. Like the larger GalTab 10.1, the 8.9 will run Android 3.1 Honeycomb with the TouchWiz UI on top. Samsung has made quite a point over the fact that this, alongside big brother, is the thinnest tablet on the market, at 8.6mm. It comes packed with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 16GB of on-board memory and an 8.9-inch WXGA 1280×800 pixel display. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 also has a 3-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and flash, along with a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter for video chat. You can pre-order the Galaxy Tab 8.9 from Best Buy now for $469.99. As for the Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0… The only real difference between them is their sizes, measuring in at 4 inches and 5 inches respectively. Both little guys run Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, along with a new “streamlined” interface. WiFi support will be along for the ride in both, as will front- and rear-facing cameras for video chat. Pre-order for the Galaxy Players doesn’t start until tomorrow, September 27, with in-store availability to begin on October 16.
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| Video: A Look At The Fastest Chronograph Watch Ever Made Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:21 PM PDT  The video below shows TAG Heuer’s Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Concept watch in action. This mechanical watch times things to 1/1000th of a second – 300 times faster than a human blink. As the watch spins maniacally, it’s actually meting out 1/1000ths of a second at 500 Hz. That means the small balance wheel inside pops back and forth 3.6 million times an hour – a speed that would shatter many mechanical systems. Still not impressed? The average Rolex measures time at about 28,800 beats per hour and would probably balk at measuring time at speeds higher than 50,000 bph. As Hodinkee notes, the Mikrotimer is an “incredibly powerful caliber.” In short, this watch is a completely mechanical device that runs faster than a sports car engine and comes in a package about as big as a silver dollar. The watch isn’t available – it’s still a concept – but it’s a real beauty and surprisingly unique.
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| On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil The “Kindle Fire” Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT  Last Friday, Amazon sent out invites to a press conference being held this coming Wednesday. They didn’t give away any details in the invite, but given our scoop earlier this month, everyone assumed it was to unveil the new Kindle tablet. We can now confirm this is correct. And we know a bit more. On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire. Yes, this is the name Amazon has settled on, to help differentiate the product from the e-ink Kindles, which will still be very much alive and for sale. And while Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will show off the Fire on stage, it won’t be ready to ship until the second week of November, we’ve learned. Everything we’ve previously reported on the hardware remains the same. It will be a 7-inch backlit display tablet that looks similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook. Gdgt’s Ryan Block was able to dig up a bit more about the connection. Apparently, the Kindle Fire looks like a PlayBook because it was designed and built by the same original design manufacturer (ODM), Quanta. Even though Amazon has their own team dedicated to Kindle design and development, Lab 126, they wanted to get the Fire out there in time for this holiday season so they outsourced most of it as a shortcut. Block’s sources seem very wary of this shortcut move. But having played with a DVT model myself, I can assure you that it’s better than the PlayBook because the software is better and, more importantly, the content available is much better. Amazon has built their own custom version of Android (that looks nothing like Android) and it utilizes their own Android Appstore. While that store doesn’t offer all the apps found in Google’s Android Market, Amazon has been rounding up the big app makers to get them on board for the Fire launch, I’m told. Amazon has also been inking last-minute deals with the likes of Fox for movies and TV shows through their streaming video service which will be a key part of the Fire. And they have several publishers on board for magazine offerings, as Peter Kafka reports today. The Fire will rely heavily on Amazon’s MP3 service and, of course, the Kindle bookstore. One thing I wasn’t sure about when I saw the device was if there would be an email client. I didn’t see one, but I thought maybe I missed it. Turns out there won’t be one included by default. Instead, you’ll be able to get one through the Appstore, or you can use the browser. Another thing I wasn’t sure about was the chip inside of the device. I’ve now learned it’s a TI dual-core OMAP chip. This is the same chip used inside many newer Android devices. The PlayBook also uses it. I’m not sure what the clock-speed of the CPU will be, but I’d guess 1.2 GHz. This will make it significantly faster than the rival Nook Color, which uses a single core 800 MHz OMAP. But… Sources also suggest that Barnes & Noble is on the verge of launching the Nook Color 2 next month. In fact, that may play into Amazon’s timing here. They’re announcing the device well over a month before it will be available. Sources suggest that the Nook Color 2 will feature a 1.2 GHz OMAP chip, with a focus on displaying multimedia content better. There will also be a focus on streaming content and a big increase in the number of apps available, we’re told. The Nook Color 2 will also be built on top of Gingerbread, Android 2.3, we hear. That would put it ahead of the Kindle Fire, which is believed to be based on Android 2.1. Again, neither of them look anything like Android, but the APIs available are key when it comes to the Android version. And then there’s the issue of the price. While the Nook Color 2 is expected to retail for the same $250 that the current Nook Color does (and the original one may drop to $200), the pricing of the Kindle Fire is a bit of a mystery right now. Originally, we were told it would be the same $250. But there have also been whispers floating around that it could be $300. We also originally heard that Amazon Prime would be included, as a big enticement for would-be buyers. That may be off the table for now as well — but it’s not yet clear. It’s possible Amazon will release one version with Prime included for $300 and a version without it for $250. Getting Amazon Prime for $50 would still be a deal, since it’s normally $79 for the year. That’s all for now. All will be revealed on Wednesday. Below, the excellent mockup my colleague Greg made based on what I saw. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is a leading global Internet company and one of the most trafficked Internet retail destinations worldwide. Amazon is one of the first companies to sell products deep into the long tail by housing them all in numerous warehouses and distributing products from many partner companies. Amazon directly sells, or acts as a platform for the sale of a broad range of products. These include books, music, videos, consumer electronics, clothing and household products. The majority of Amazon's...
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| TC Gadgets Webcast Episode 3: Phones, TVs, and Muscles Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:05 PM PDT  This week the lads show off some of the latest gear in their collections including the new Logitech Harmony remote that allows you to surf TV on your iPad. We also talk about the new Kindle coming on Wednesday, Devin’s monastic cell, and the strange jumping muscle spasms that John has been experiencing lately. We also marvel that we’ve been able to do three whole podcasts in as many weeks.
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| Handheld Console Compresses Super Mario Brothers Down To 64 Pixels Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:35 AM PDT  Doot doo doot doo doo doot! Hacker Retrobrad created a handheld console that displays Super Mario Brother in a very special way: each sprite is reduced to one pixel. The console, called Super Pixel Brothers, includes all 20 levels as well boss fights. The game is played on an 8×8 mutli-colored LED board and to hit enemies you need to position your single-pixel Mario over their single-pixel heads. He’s including the full how-to and schematics on his site and he’s thinking about selling the actual PCBs so you and your plumber brother, Luigi, can recreate your adventures in a decidedly low-bandwidth fashion. The kit also allows you to build your own 1-pixel version of SMB using a converter, a trick that many of us will probably want to emulate in our copious free time.
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| Samsung Asks Apple For 2.4% Payout On iPhone Chipsets Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:56 AM PDT  Good morning, and welcome to today’s edition of: “Apple and Samsung love to hate each other.” Though it’s only been a short weekend since the latest update, the dueling electronics makers have again waged war in the Netherlands. Samsung countersued Apple in the Hague court last week, claiming that the iPad and iPhone violate certain 3G technology patents held by the South Korea-based company. The issue is that those Samsung-held patents fall under FRAND licensing terms, as they cover technology necessary for the industry as a whole, and must be licensed out to competitors under reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms. Because of this, Samsung has asked that Apple pay 2.4 percent for every chipset per patent within its 3G-capable iPhones and iPads, reports Webwereld journalist Andreas Udo de Haes on Twitter. Obviously, negotiations like this negate the need for an injunction. However, Apple claimed in court that it was already paying its licensing fees to Intel, which Apple is arguing as the sole supplier of its GSM iPhone chipset. Samsung, on the other hand, is saying that Apple has other component suppliers that it is purposefully obscuring to circumvent such claims. Samsung has also argued that Apple knew about Samsung’s patents back in 2007, around the time of the first iPhone, and that Apple declined to license the technology. Apple said those terms weren’t in conjunction with FRAND’s guarantee of “fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory” terms. Whether Samsung then asked for 2.4 percent per patent on chipsets is unclear, but Apple has certainly called that figure “excessive” this time around. Meanwhile, the Australian court is fielding further requests to delay the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both companies met today in front of Judge Annabelle Bennett to talk about the revised version of the GalTab that Samsung has said no longer violates the original 10 allegedly infringed Apple patents. In court, Apple said that three of its patents are still being infringed by the Samsung tab, all in reference to touchscreen technology, reports Australia’s IT News. Apple has taken an “eyes wide open” strategy in its argument. “It must have been plain as the Opera House to Samsung that Apple’s patents were right in front of its eyes and that they were wide open,” said Apple’s lead counsel Stephen Burley. “If they intend to launch a product that infringes a patent, they ought to clear the way in advance, not to crash through.” Though it’s unclear how the Dutch case will pan out, Apple’s made big strides in Australia even without securing a permanent injunction. Samsung had been advertising an “imminent launch” for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 since July 20, but the tab has yet to grace Australian shelves. Again, there are no signs of this fiasco slowing down anytime soon. Buckle up. Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with...
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| Eau Claire Library Lending iPads Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:46 AM PDT  The denizens of the green dells of Wisconsin are a bit happier these days, at least in Eau Claire (French for “City Of Very Nice, Quiet People Who Will Smile At You”). The L.E.Philips Memorial Library is now lending out iPads for weekly stints, allowing the good, country stock of Eau Claire to enjoy Apple’s finest between two Sundays. They are also available for in-library use.
Folks should also note that you should not place your iPad in the outdoor book return or return them at “area grocery stores” or they’ll charge you $25. If an iPad is three days late (uff-da!), you’re going to have to pay full retail for the thing and “no return is possible,” which is pretty hard-core for Eau Claire. The question, obviously, is what this hopes to achieve. Aside from being an interesting way to sell iPads, the prospect of having a slate computer in the home, especially a home that may not be able to afford an iPad or any other portable device, is fairly compelling. I’m not a big proponent of computers in learning but these iPads are loaded with 1,000 class titles, 10 audiobooks, and some pertinent web shortcuts: a perfect introduction to the world of ebooks, audiobooks, and the educational web and those lessons and tools can be used to encourage kids to read on less expensive or more common ereader devices. With libraries becoming less storehouses of paper and more sources of bit-based information, it makes perfect sense. A burning question, however: how do they sanitize these things?
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| RIM’s PlayBook Gets Discounted At Office Depot, Staples Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:38 AM PDT  Canadian RIM fans have been privy to some solid deals on RIM’s ailing PlayBook tablet recently, and now those price cuts are beginning to pop up Stateside. Both Office Depot and Staples are now offering their selection of PlayBooks with some significant discounts. Office Depot’s website has the 16 GB model going for $399.99 — $100 off the tablet’s original price. The discount comes off immediately, and customers also get a $100 OfficeDepot gift card, but the card has to be claimed via an obnoxious mail-in rebate. The bigger models in their lineup also benefit from the price break, with the 32 GB and 64 GB models going for $399 and $499, respectively. Staples.com offers the exact same deal, but with a bit of a twist: instead of getting a Staples-only gift card, customers instead get a $100 prepaid debit card that be used anywhere. Since Staples considers the card the same as cash, they’re advertising their 16 GB PlayBooks as having a final price of $299. Again, the same sort of price break applies to the other 2 models. Interestingly, the best deal to be had only works if you’re willing to do some legwork. The folks over on the SlickDeals forums report that if you choose to hoof it to your nearest brick-and-mortar store, you’ll be able save an additional $50 off the top of your purchase, bringing the price for a 16 GB PlayBook down to $249 after all is said and done. Sure, you could call Staples.com’s customer service line to have them price match against your local store, but where’s the fun in that? With the TouchPad debacle still fresh in people’s minds, some people are almost certainly holding off on deals like this until the PlayBook price hits fire-sale levels. I can’t say I blame them, considering how some got burned for jumping on a deal just a bit too soon. These sales are slated to last until the end of the week, but it’s probably only a matter of time before other retailers get the go-ahead to slash their own PlayBook prices.
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| Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:02 AM PDT  Bose just announced two soundbar systems for home theaters, the Lifestyle 135 System and CineMate 1 SR System. The devices use a single bar to emit what many would call surround-sound audio and can be mounted almost anywhere in the room in almost any position. The Lifestyle includes a small console with four HDMI inputs, a tuner, and an iPod/iPhone dock. The CineMate simply connects to any TV and both include remotes. From the PR:
Now for the bad news: the Lifestyle costs $2,499 and the CineMate costs $1,499. A wall-mount kit is sold separately. That’s obviously a crazy amount to pay for a speaker bar and a subwoofer, but Bose is expensive for a reason: the speakers pump out good enough audio in a package that requires absolutely no fiddling. After all, for the 90% of us who don’t want to tune our surround-sound speaker systems to the exacting specifications of our living rooms, there’s Bose. Available this month.
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| Amazon, Fox Streaming Deal Brings 11k Movies And TV Shows To Prime Instant Video Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:17 AM PDT  Amazon quietly announced a huge deal with Fox Broadcasting Company over the weekend. Posting directly on Amazon.com, CEO Jeff Bezos brought the big news to Prime subscribers who will now have unlimited access to an additional 11,000 movies and TV shows. These are huge titles, too: The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Arrested Development, and The Wonder Years. Yep, you can now stream the adventurers of Kevin Arnold through Amazon’s Prime Instant Video. Jeff Bezos,
These new additions prop up Amazon’s Netflix competitor rather nicely. Besides The Wonder Years, which Amazon is streaming exclusively, Netflix should have a good chunk of these new titles. This isn’t a bad thing as Amazon doesn’t necessarily need exclusive content to counter Netflix. Amazon’s Prime Instant Video simply needs more content and deals like this one. Amazon launched Prime Instant Video last February and has steadily added new content. The service offers all-you-can-watch unlimited streaming for $79.99 a year, which works out to $6.64 a month verse Netflix’s $7.99. However, besides the access to unlimited streaming, the $79.99 a year charge nets buyers free 2-day shipping and $3.99 one day shipping. With strong platform support, and now 11k titles from Fox, Amazon Prime Instant Video is looking rather tasty. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is a leading global Internet company and one of the most trafficked Internet retail destinations worldwide. Amazon is one of the first companies to sell products deep into the long tail by housing them all in numerous warehouses and distributing products from many partner companies. Amazon directly sells, or acts as a platform for the sale of a broad range of products. These include books, music, videos, consumer electronics, clothing and household products. The majority of Amazon's...
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| The Huawei Honor Android Smartphone Packs 1.4GHz Processor Under A 4″ Display Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:56 AM PDT  Today Huawei has announced its latest Android smartphone: The Huawei Honor. Unlike some recent mid-range offerings, this thing is quite the little powerhouse. The company has been focused on wallet-friendly Android devices for some time now, but the Honor certainly makes a transition into high-end turf. As far as specs go, the Honor will run Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread on top of a 1.4GHz processor. It’s a bit thicker than some of its competitors, with a 10.9mm waste line, weighing in at .03 lbs. The Honor sports a 4-inch FWVGA display, along with an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter, which should make for some high-quality video chat. The phone packs 512MB of RAM and 4GB of ROM memory, with support for a 32GB SD memory card. WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 are supported, and the Honor also packs an FM radio. The phone will first ship in black, with more color offerings to follow. The company also said that the Honor comes with an “exclusive Huawei user interface with a weather widget.” We’re not sure if that’s the same 3D UI we say on the Vision, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it was. According to Huawei, the Honor is destined for China, Russia and the Middle East in the fourth quarter of 2011, but with specs like these we wouldn’t be surprised to see a U.S. variant pop up somewhere along the line. Company: Huawei Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, they have established end-to-end advantages in Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Their products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world’s population. ...
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:50:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:50:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:50:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:51:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:52:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:52:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:52:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:52:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:52:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:53:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:53:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:53:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:54:00 AM
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Posted By e Readers Tips to e Readers Reviews at 9/27/2011 05:55:00 AM
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