Vizit cellular photo frame arrives March 23rd, your mom can’t afford one
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 22nd, 2010
Last we heard from Isabella Products, the company’s always-on Vizit photo frame was a 10.4-inch touchscreen LCD with a built-in cell modem to receive emailed pics and MMS, a built-in price of $280 (plus subscription fees), and an “early 2010″ release date. Well, early 2010 is here, and so is the Vizit — sales commence on March 23rd. In honor of the occasion, the company has even spilled a few final details; according to Bostinnovation, Vizit’s service plan will use AT&T’s 3G network, share photos from both Flickr and Photobucket, and cost $6 per month or $72 for a full year. Sorry, Grandma, but at that price, you’ll have to make due with WiFi.
Vizit cellular photo frame arrives March 23rd, your mom can’t afford one originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BIS 3.0 coming to North American BlackBerry users next weekend?
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 21st, 2010
It seems almost too good to be true, but it looks like the era of usable Gmail integration on BlackBerry might finally be upon us. CrackBerry is citing information that BIS 3.0 will be rolled out to North American customers in the wee hours of Sunday, March 28, when most of us are in a peaceful slumber (a good thing, considering that data services will be mostly down during the four-hour window). Out of the gate, 3.0 will offer Gmail label creation and deletion when using the plug-in along with support for OpenDocument file types and WMA audio, but the real meat should come shortly thereafter as two-way synchronization of read status and sent messages “will be added throughout the Spring 2010 by region.” Technically, Spring starts today, so this could show up the moment BIS 3.0 goes live — but given that we’ve waited literally years for this to happen, we’re not getting our hopes up prematurely.
BIS 3.0 coming to North American BlackBerry users next weekend? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 shipping to small businesses, cupcake lovers
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 20th, 2010
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 shipping to small businesses, cupcake lovers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Entelligence: Will Surface ever surface?
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 19th, 2010
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I’d paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke’s famous quote for the CE market by saying that any sufficiently advanced new product needs to look like it just came off the Starship Enterprise. I’d say Microsoft Surface was a product that met my definition as well as Clarke’s when it launched a few years back — and it should have changed computing quite a bit. Sadly, I haven’t spoken to the Surface team in a long time and it looks like it may never go anywhere in the end.
The Surface concept was great. It was a Windows PC inside a table with a 30″ touchscreen on top, and cameras that could sense what’s happening on screen. The result is you could use a Surface device just by touching the screen with your finger — but unlike other large touch screens at the time, Surface was multitouch, so you could use all your fingers at the same time. More importantly, multiple users could engage with each other. It was a PC but didn’t look or run like a PC, which was genius — you’d never know it was running Windows, but there was no development learning curve. It was totally optimized for that big honking touch surface area, and applications that worked with it — I’m sure it could run Office, but that’s not something it’s was ever likely to do. Surface was PC evolution happening in real time. It’s really something you needed to see up close and in thirty seconds before the light bulb went on. Sadly, most people have never seen or worked with a Surface unit. Beyond a small retail rollout at AT&T stores in NY that seems to have ended, the last time I saw one was the Edelman PR offices, where it sat like a large coffee table and did pretty much nothing.
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Entelligence: Will Surface ever surface? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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State of the Art: Playing It Cool With a Jawbone in Your Ear
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Technology on March 18th, 2010
A new phone earpiece strives to be smaller and more stylish than its predecessors. Does it succeed?
IBM 305 RAMAC: The Grandaddy of Modern Hard Drives [Memory Forever]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 17th, 2010
Microsoft confirms accuracy of old, pre-’reboot’ Windows Mobile 7 leaks
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 16th, 2010
Remember those old, allegedly leaked Windows Mobile 7 screen shots from way back in 2008? You know — those ones that look absolutely nothing like the so-called Metro UI that Windows Phone 7 Series is actually using? Well, Microsoft’s Albert Shum — one of WP7S’ chief designers who we had the pleasure of meeting back at MWC — just confirmed the accuracy of those leaks in a session here at MIX10. Discussing the reboot of the WinMo 7 program that happened inside Microsoft about a year ago, Shum flashed a slide showing eight of those infamous shots featuring those crazy bottom-aligned battery and signal meters along with WinMo 6.x-ish ID oozing from every nook and cranny. Needless to say, a clean-slate approach was sorely needed, and that’s exactly where Metro ended up coming into play — but be honest: is there anyone out there that would’ve still preferred the old leak in a production device?
Microsoft confirms accuracy of old, pre-’reboot’ Windows Mobile 7 leaks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AT&T Confounds Expectations by Not Ruining SXSW [Att]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 15th, 2010
Dell introduces $339 G2410H 24-inch 1080p LCD monitor, we go hands-on
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 14th, 2010
Just over a year ago, Dell pushed out its latest and greatest 24-incher, the energy-sipping G2410. Today, the Round Rock powerhouse has introduced that very unit’s successor (complete with a height adjustable stand), the G2410H. Still sized at 24-inches, this 1080p LCD monitor sports a variety of eco-modes, 5 millisecond response time, 160-degree (horizontal) / 170-degree (vertical) viewing angles, a native 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, ambient light sensor, 250 nits of brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and DVI / VGA inputs. We’ve had one in-house for around a week now, and for $339, it’s not a bad replacement to that 21-inch CRT that’s still weighing heavily on your desk. It’s not as sharp and brilliant as the (admittedly more expensive) UltraSharp U2711, but it was certainly clear enough for the average home user. It’s shipping now if you just can’t resist.
Dell introduces $339 G2410H 24-inch 1080p LCD monitor, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Zoom G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar effects pedals offer direct USB recording
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on March 13th, 2010
Zoom is kind of like Mitsubishi — it sort of does it all. Months after shipping one of the greatest pocket audio recorders every known to man, the company is now hitting back with none other than a pair of guitar effects pedals. The G2Nu and G2.1Nu boards both feature 100 preset guitar sounds, 20 of which have purportedly been given the almighty thumbs-up from Steve Vai. If you’re curious about differences, the latter adds a built-in expression pedal for additional control, but frankly, the expected capabilities aren’t what we’re interested in. Both devices sport integrated USB ports that enable them to operate as audio interfaces; in other words, axe slingers can record directly to their computer through this box, and the 1.9-inch display helps you keep track of what’s going on. Regrettably, pricing and availability details have been conveniently omitted, but we suspect it’ll be hitting Sam Ash, Sweetwater and the rest of the gang soonish.
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Zoom G2Nu and G2.1Nu guitar effects pedals offer direct USB recording originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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