All eyes are on the upcoming Apple iPad, but Apple is supposedly also releasing other new products soon. Apple Insider reports that Apple could soon release a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display.
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Not that we’ve never seen Surface -like touch tables interacting with mobile devices before, but now that the whole thing is being repackaged as “the magazine stand of the future” and those trendy tablets are involved, we might as well have a look.
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Sony intro’d some 3D Bravia HDTVs a while back, and while that didn’t really whet our appetite an LCD with built-in storage is always palatable. To be released by Sony Japan, the BX30H is available in in up to 32-inches and packs 500GB of storage — not particularly earth-shattering, but it should prove useful for DVR-ing episodes of The Marriage Ref . [Did we say that?
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We heard back in January that Sony was looking to reface itself somewhat by introducing a minty fresh retail look that takes a note or two from the Apple and Microsoft shops already in existence, and for those lucky enough to find themselves in Nagoya this weekend, you can check it out in person. March 13th marked the opening of the all new Sony Store Nagoya, and with an ample of amount of glass, white demo stands and black overhead signs, it’s certainly one of the more seductive retail shops that we’ve seen. We’d bother knocking Sony for following instead of leading, but considering just how far the brand has fallen over the past couple of years, we’re just stoked to see it putting forth an effort to turn things around.
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The iPad pre-ordering has begun. Apple has put out new information on the iPad, and as a result we’ve started to see some new information on the upcoming tablet
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Sony starts offering new PC headsets the DR-350USB, DR-320DPV and DR-310DPV as of this month in Asia-Pacific region according to Sony Insider.
Among them, the DR-350USB and DR-320DPV share the same features including 30mm driver unit, built-in microphone, microphone muting feature and detachable voice tube. However, the first is available in Black, Gold and Red while the latter in gold, blue, red, black and has no mute function.
The DR-310DPV has built-in microphone and separate volume control and mute buttons. It is available in Pink, White, Silver and Green.
No word on pricing.
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If you’re one of the trendy hipsters driving a Smart Fortwo, here’s another way of pimping up your ride: Daimler has announced a Q2 2010 launch for its Smart Drive kit for the iPhone. As pictured above, the kit consists of a cradle for handsfree communication plus charging, and an app that “combines all the features needed on the road” by the means of “extra-large buttons and extra-large letters.” You’ll get access to your usual music library (plus Internet radio), contacts, phone functions and map by Daimler (points-of-interest data from Microsoft Bing). There’s also the handy “Assist” feature that can automatically mark your parking location when undocked, and can provide GPS coordinates to the Smart hotline for roadside assistance. What’s more, Daimler’s currently working on a camera for this kit that can identify speed limit signs, and can then warn you if you’re speeding. Want it? You’ll need to fork out a dear €240 ($326) for the cradle (which may or may not be necessary), then a one-off €9.99 ($14) for the app, and finally the optional annual €49.99 ($68) for on-board European and US maps plus live traffic data. We’ll reconsider if the app can also start our car.
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Though the dust has hardly started to settle after the privacy shitstorm that immediately followed the launch of Google Buzz—Google claiming it was going to untangle Buzz from Gmail and then denying that it had any such intentions didn’t help matters—the Don’t Be Evildoers have in fact made some tweaks to the system. Here’s what’s changed so far:
As of this morning, private e-mail addresses that were left out there naked for all to see in @replies are now covered up by asterisks.
Starting this week, Google will switch its auto-follow function to a suggestion-based system.
Those fixes are a good start, but at this point it’s possible that Buzz’s bad vibes are so pervasive that people won’t be able to forgive and forget. At least not until Facebook’s next privacy blunder. [TechCrunch and Business Insider]
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Though the dust has hardly started to settle after the privacy shitstorm that immediately followed the launch of Google Buzz—Google claiming it was going to untangle Buzz from Gmail and then denying that it had any such intentions didn’t help matters—the Don’t Be Evildoers have in fact made some tweaks to the system. Here’s what’s changed so far:
As of this morning, private e-mail addresses that were left out there naked for all to see in @replies are now covered up by asterisks.
Starting this week, Google will switch its auto-follow function to a suggestion-based system.
Those fixes are a good start, but at this point it’s possible that Buzz’s bad vibes are so pervasive that people won’t be able to forgive and forget. At least not until Facebook’s next privacy blunder. [TechCrunch and Business Insider]
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In today’s Remainders: shouting! Fox News has been clamoring about Verizon and the iPad for a while, and today they kept on clamoring; an indie video game you control by screaming; a robot that listens for your commands; and more.
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Before the iPad’s launch, Fox News Channel’s Clayton Morris said that there would be two versions of Apple’s tablet: one for AT&T and one for Verizon. According to Business Insider, Morris is still sayin’ it. The information allegedly comes from a source in Verizon, and BI pretty much says that’s good enough for them. Well you know what? It’s not good enough for us. Fox News doesn’t have the best track record with Apple rumors lately, so we remain skeptical on this one. [Business Insider]
Scream
If your video game habit really gets on the nerves of the people who live with you, show them this video and say, “see, things could be much, much worse.” The game, presented recently at Sydney’s Game Jam conference, makes yelling one of the primary controls. The louder the yell, the better you fare. Sure, your roommates might not appreciate your attempts to get to the blood-curdling bonus rounds, but if your gaming is provoking a lot of frustrated screaming already, this game might be one to keep an eye on. [CruchGearoarrrrr]
Hanging Out
Sure, this messy LED circuit chandelier gives your home decor a touch of the nerdiness that defines you. Then again, this messy LED circuit chandelier gives home decor a touch of the nerdiness that defines you. [Design Boom]
Atom and Eve
Fujisoft’s Palro robot packs an Intel Atom brain, giving the little guy 1.6 GHz of processing power, Wi-Fi capabilities and a 3 megapixel on-board camera. All that hardware makes it a good worker, but it’s an even better listener. Why? Because it also packs five microphones for powerful voice recognition ability. A video clip after the jump shows the Palro reacting to a woman’s commands, though it’s unclear exactly what she’s commanding and thus unclear exactly how well it’s taking those commands. The only downside to this pint-sized conversational companion is the price tag. To make Palro your robo pal,expect to dish out over $3000 when it’s available in March. I think I’ll just play some solitaire. [SlashGear]
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We knew this day was coming, but it may be sooner than we realized. The LA Times is reporting that Hulu is looking to introduce a pricing model within the next six months.
One plan being considered by Hulu would allow you to watch the five most recent episodes of a TV show for free, while the back catalog beyond that would require a $5/month subscription to access. They’re looking to include at least 20 shows in the package to make it appealing to users, but of course the issue won’t be how many. It’ll be which ones.
This all comes on the heels of Boxee’s announcement yesterday of plans to charge for premium content, and Pandora’s pay service announced in May. Five bucks doesn’t seem like much, but it does all start to add up. [LA Times via Business Insider]
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As the Year of the Tiger approaches (February 14th this year), Chinese workers look forward to their week-long holiday — a nightmarish time for foreign vendors who’ll struggle to get hold of anyone in the country. Sadly, this wasn’t the case for Wintek — screen supplier for Nokia, Huawei and Apple. The Taiwanese company’s East China factory ground to a halt last Friday morning, while about 2,000 of its 10,000 workers went on a five-hour protest over a rumored bonus cancellation for the second year in a row. On top of that, workers also criticized Wintek for using n-hexane — a banned substance used for cleaning LCDs — which they claim caused the death and paralyzation of several workers last year. Factory officials and Chinese health authorities don’t deny that n-hexane was used, but they say it wasn’t responsible for either the deaths or the paralyzations. Now, the good news: Wintek has promised that workers will get their bonuses, and further said that the factory hasn’t used n-hexane since August — complete with proof that current n-hexane levels are lower than safety regulations require. Let’s hope things get better between management and workers from now on. One more picture and video of the protest after the break.
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Sony Insider’s interview with Sony COO Stan Glasgow turned up two nuggets of gold: Sony’s OLED TV strategy for 2010 is, evidently, not to release any new OLED TVs in 2010; and the PS3 will get Bravia Link video streaming.
That OLED TV innovation is still stalled is no surprise, since during lean economic times, companies—even huge ones like Sony—are hesitant to throw down the capital outlay necessary to ramp up production on larger OLEDs:
We’re working on all sorts of prototypes, but I don’t see production of product in 2010. There’s a wonderful 3D OLED prototype here at CES; that’s the real way to do 3D and TV – because you’ve got direct transmission, rather than back lighting and all the other reflective ways of doing it. But getting it to be commercially reasonable in price, we’ve got a long way to go. That’s the whole problem in OLED, great technology, great feature set, but it’s really hard to get the costs down. Smaller form-factors are easy to do.
We were warned, so the most I can say about that news is that it’s predictably disappointing. But the revelation that the PS3’s video streaming features will be merged with Bravia Link is actually kind of awesome:
We’re beginning to port that network to other Sony products. We’re doing BRAVIA Internet Video Link – which is more of a streaming service than a downloading service. We’ve got that growing at a fantastic rate in our televisions right now, we added it to Blu-ray players, and we’re adding it to the PS3.
Bravia Link currently supports Netflix natively, so this could mean PS3 users get to ditch the disc for Instant Watch. Other than that, it would change a whole lot as is, but the prospect of new streaming widgets being added to the Bravia Link platform—assuming it consistent across hardware—is definitely exciting. [Sony Insider via Engadget]
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Sony Insider’s interview with Sony COO Stan Glasgow turned up two nuggets of gold: Sony’s OLED TV strategy for 2010 is, evidently, not to release any new OLED TVs in 2010; and the PS3 will get Bravia Link video streaming.
That OLED TV innovation is still stalled is no surprise, since during lean economic times, companies—even huge ones like Sony—are hesitant to throw down the capital outlay necessary to ramp up production on larger OLEDs:
We’re working on all sorts of prototypes, but I don’t see production of product in 2010. There’s a wonderful 3D OLED prototype here at CES; that’s the real way to do 3D and TV – because you’ve got direct transmission, rather than back lighting and all the other reflective ways of doing it. But getting it to be commercially reasonable in price, we’ve got a long way to go. That’s the whole problem in OLED, great technology, great feature set, but it’s really hard to get the costs down. Smaller form-factors are easy to do.
We were warned, so the most I can say about that news is that it’s predictably disappointing. But the revelation that the PS3’s video streaming features will be merged with Bravia Link is actually kind of awesome:
We’re beginning to port that network to other Sony products. We’re doing BRAVIA Internet Video Link – which is more of a streaming service than a downloading service. We’ve got that growing at a fantastic rate in our televisions right now, we added it to Blu-ray players, and we’re adding it to the PS3.
Bravia Link currently supports Netflix natively, so this could mean PS3 users get to ditch the disc for Instant Watch. Other than that, it would change a whole lot as is, but the prospect of new streaming widgets being added to the Bravia Link platform—assuming it consistent across hardware—is definitely exciting. [Sony Insider via Engadget]
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