Groundspeak’s Geocaching app may be the easiest way for Android users to get into the game of geocaching without an investment in dedicated GPS equipment or fiddling with a notebook. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20016742-48.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Car Tech blog/a/p
Due arrive in October, the Literati is an inexpensive color e-reader aimed at the mass market that will have a large retail presence this holiday season. CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy gets an early look at it. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20016673-82.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Fully Equipped/a/p
I haven’t considered myself anything approaching a Star Wars fanboy, at least since high school–maybe junior high. That said, I really, really want these. Really, really badly. Adidas has teamed with LucasArts to create these limited edition Originals ZX 800 Boba Fett S.W. kicks.
Perhaps the shoes strongest selling point (other than the bounty hunter that inspired them, duh) is the relative subtlety with which they execute their homage. A little less subtle is the action figure blister pack they ship in, but that’ll be between you and your shoe merchant. More difficult will be deciding whether to wear the things or to leave them in their original packaging.
From the looks of it, you should be able to score a pair online for roughly $130. And while you’re at it, why not pick up one of these to complete the ensemble?
3M may have snuck out two pico projectors for the guy in the boardroom yesterday, but its latest handheld is clearly designed for after-hour usage. Figuring it can leverage its projector roots and jump right on into the camcorder / camera side of things, the company’s Shoot ‘N Share packs a 5 megapixel sensor that can capture 720p MP4 video as well as take stills. Once you’re done recording, you can tap the capacitive projector button and display it on the wall (or in our style, on someone’s forehead). We figured with only 14 lumens of brightness it would be fairly dim, but some recorded video was actually bright enough to make out in a fairly light room. However, it only projects at 640 x 480, though we guess for $299 we didn’t expect much more. The projector… er, camera, has a microSD card slot and HDMI jack on its edges, but it’s definitely chunkier than we’d like. Hit the shots below to decide for yourself and the press release after the break for a few extra details.
Gallery: 3M Shoot N’ Share
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Hot Wheels Stealth Rides are remote control cars that can fit into a pocket. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20016740-48.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Car Tech blog/a/p
HP’s new LED-based monitor is skinny and now, announced.
When you consider that there are probably loads of AirPlay-equipped speaker docks waiting in the wings, it’s hard to get all giddy about XtremeMac’s Tango TRX. Although the dock has… well, a dock and a line-in jack, it also packs Bluetooth 2.1. On the sound quality end, it boasts a 2.1 digital audio system along with midrange drivers, two dome tweeters and a subwoofer. We got a look at it yesterday, and its orange LED status lights and patterned sides make it fairly handsome, but we couldn’t really get a handle on the acoustics as it was being demoed in a space with lots of loud and rowdy technology journalists. There’s no physical remote included, but XtremeMac is offering a Tango TRX app. Of course, if you’re streaming that music over Bluetooth you could just control it from the device itself, but the app does let you adjust the various EQ settings. The basic model will hit for about $180, but Apple will be carrying an exclusive TRX D version with a separate charging dock for $200. Hit the break for the full PR and the gallery below for a closer look.
Gallery: XtremeMac Tango TRX hands-on
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Poor iPad customers. It feels like an eternity since the iPhone and iPod Touch gained multitasking with iOS 4, while owners of the tablet have been frozen in time with boring old iOS 3.
Fortunately, Apple’s iOS 4.2 is due for launch in November, and we got an early look at the new OS on the iPad.
Based on our hands-on testing with an early beta release of iOS 4.2, there’s plenty for iPad users to look forward to. Multitasking is even better on the media-rich tablet than on its smaller siblings, grouping apps into folders makes the entire tablet experience feel less inundating, and finally, the iPad will get a feature many of us have been demanding: wireless printing.
We couldn’t test all the new features due to the unavailability of some necessary hardware, but here’s a quick first look of what you’ll get with iOS 4.2 in a few months.
Multitasking on the iPad works the same as it does on the iPhone or iPod Touch: Hit the Home button twice and an app drawer pops up at the bottom of the screen. In the drawer, the iPad displays apps running in the background, and you tap an app to switch to it immediately with a feature called Fast App Switching. (See our explainer on mobile multitasking if you’re curious.) When switching between apps, the iPad is noticeably faster than the iPhone or iPod Touch, and boy is it buttery smooth. It’s not a brand new feature to iOS 4, but it’s the most important addition that iPad customers should anticipate.
If you’re still into killing trees and wasting ink, iOS 4.2 will introduce wireless printing to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Apple claims that when this feature is fully working, you’ll be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network and wirelessly print from your device without installing any drivers. (Having wrestled with dozens of printers at my previous job, I am pessimistic about printing ever becoming this easy.) One major caveat: The printers have to be configured on your Mac or PC to share over a network, or the printer has to be compatible with AirPlay. Only HP so far has partnered with Apple to offer AirPrint-ready printers.
We weren’t able to test AirPrint because it requires a yet-to-be-released version of Mac OS X (10.6.5), and we don’t have one of those new HP printers. But we’ll keep you posted once we get a chance to try it out.
Perhaps the most intriguing new feature in iOS 4.2 will be AirPlay, a feature that allows you wirelessly stream media from your iOS device to an Apple TV or an AirPort Express. Picture this scenario: You’re watching Inlglourious Basterds on your iPad during your commute on the train, and mid-way through the movie you hop off and walk home. You want to finish the movie while you eat dinner, so you take your iPad, launch the movie, hit the AirPlay button and boom — you can stream it straight to your Apple TV and watch it on your big screen.
You can do the same with music and photos, so AirPlay basically turns your iOS device into a fancy multimedia remote. This feature has a lot of potential to become even more interesting if Apple eventually opens AirPlay to stream third-party content to your television. (Hulu or Pandora on my TV without adding more cables? Yes, please.)
Again, the new Apple TV ain’t out yet, so we can’t give you a hands-on verdict yet, but we will as soon as we get that gear.
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If there’s a free book on the Internet, chances are good you can download it with this app. Get public-domain classics, modern freebies, and more, all for $1.99. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20016713-233.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPhone Atlas/a/p
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