Oct 28

Nexus Two does (or doesn’t) exist, is (or isn’t) being released this year

Posted in: Android, gingerbread, Google, rumor, samsung, Today's Chili

After going most of the year with very little noise on the Nexus One’s successor — a phone Google has never committed to making, by the way — we’ve gotten a handful of conflicting rumors about this thing in the past few days. Let’s take a swipe at the buzz that’s circulating this week:

  • British publication City A.M. says the Nexus Two is a Carphone Warehouse exclusive, will be released in time for the holidays, and probably won’t be made by Samsung.
  • Android and Me is convinced that the Nexus Two will in fact be a Samsung product, will be announced at its November 8th press conference, will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread (assuming 3.0 is Honeycomb), and will be available on multiple carriers.

Meanwhile, a quote from Google CEO Eric Schmidt from back in July may suggest there will be no Nexus One successor at all:

“The idea a year and a half ago was to do the Nexus One to try to move the phone platform hardware business forward. It clearly did. It was so successful, we didn’t have to do a second one.”

Of course, he goes on to say that the Nexus One’s sudden sunset was a shining example of Google’s “nimbleness” — and since the quote is from nearly four months ago, there’s little reason to doubt that the company could’ve easily done a 180 since then, particularly since we’re sure they’d like to have a clean, skin-free, and possibly carrier-free device to showcase Gingerbread. At any rate, time’s running out to get a product advertised and available in time to catch holiday buyers… so this’ll all have to shake out pretty quickly.

Update: Gizmodo says “a friend of [theirs] got to play with it,” and they describe it as basically a Samsung Galaxy S with a front-facing camera and a stock build of Gingerbread that’s still “really buggy.” Is that really what you want to bring to the table as your Gingerbread flagship, Google?

Nexus Two does (or doesn’t) exist, is (or isn’t) being released this year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 28

Kindle app for Windows Phone 7 coming soon

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Not surprisingly, Amazon will be rolling out a Kindle app for Windows Phone 7 later this year.

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Oct 28

HTC Desire, Wildfire now available from Alltel Wireless

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Alltel Wireless beefs up its Android lineup with the addition of the HTC Wildfire and HTC Desire.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

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Oct 28

iPad’s newest retailers: Verizon, AT&T

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The tablet is available now at Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Customers at Verizon can purchase Wi-Fi model only, though it comes bundled with a 3G hotspot device.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

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Oct 28

LG LCD: Nice controls can’t save mediocre picture

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The superb adjustability of the LG LD520 series’ picture can’t make up for its shortcomings compared with other 120Hz LCD TVs

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Oct 28

320GB PlayStation 3 to retail without Move tag-along for $350

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Hate moving your body? Sony’s been selling a 320GB PS3 bundled with a Move controller, PlayStation Eye, and Sports Champions for $400, but for you layabouts the 320GB model will soon be available all by itself. The steep $350 pricetag underlines how strongly Sony is subsidizing its Move paraphernalia — are you really sure the opportunity to get off the couch isn’t worth $50 to you? — but at least it’s nice to have the option. Compared to the $300 160GB it makes more sense: $50 for double the storage. Sony says the console is shipping the new standalone SKU to stores as we speak, so keep an eye out for shelves straining under the sheer weight of gigabytes at your local retailer over the next few days.

320GB PlayStation 3 to retail without Move tag-along for $350 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 28

YouTube Sharing the Wealth with Original Uploaders

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This article was written on January 28, 2007 by CyberNet.

YouTube is continuing their quest to promote creativity. The rumor has been floating around the Internet for quite some time now, and finally Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube has confirmed that they plan on sharing advertising revenues with users who submit original videos. Good news for inventive users, bad news for those who just post copyrighted material.

And speaking of copyrighted material, You Tube is also working on an “audio fingerprinting” technology that would help identify copyrighted material. This has become a real issue lately that needs to be dealt with.  Currently the Fox network is trying to get their hands on the user who posted unbroadcasted upsides of 24 and The Simpson’s. Hmm.. if Fox ever did get their hands on that information, I bet someone at Fox would be in some pretty deep trouble.

Details for sharing ad revenue has yet to be announced. Hurley says that they’re [YouTube] is still “working out the technology and processes involved – both for the rewards system and the video clip advertising system.” He also mentioned not to count on one big release, rather features will be rolled out one at a time over a period of few months.YouTube isn’t the first one to dive into revenue sharing.  Revver, another video upload site as well as Metacafe offer rewards for submitting great, original videos.

So, if you’ve got creativity and a video camera, you might be able to make some $$$ in the coming months with YouTube (assuming you have full copyright to the video you’re uploading).

Source: BBC

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Oct 28

Bang & Olufsen rolls out 32-inch BeoVision 10-32

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It’s still a long way from the more budget-friendly model you may have been hoping for, but Bang & Olufsen has now at least introduced a smaller BeoVision LCD TV. That comes in the form of the company’s new 32-inch BeoVision 10-32, which hangs onto many of the features of the other BeoVision 10 series TVs, including edge LED-backlighting, a DVB-HD module, and a pair of built-in speakers that B&O says offers a sound quality that is “quite superior compared to the market level for TVs of this size” — you can even add your choice of one of two motorized stands. Just how much will it cost you? Try €4,000, or roughly $5,500. Full press release is after the break.

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Bang & Olufsen rolls out 32-inch BeoVision 10-32 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 28

Eking’s S700 E-notepad launches ‘the era of color digital reading’ with a stylus… and a dream (update)

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The kids at Eking don’t always take due credit for their handiwork (they’re usually busy manufacturing devices that get badged by companies like Viliv) but this time around they seem pretty proud of their S700 E-notepad. “A notepad,” the company states in its PR, “means ‘a memorandum’ in English. With the prefix E, e-notepad means electron memorandum, abbreviated as electron book. It’s concise and easy to understand and can be accepted by consumers.” You get all that? It sports a color 7-inch display with both resistive touch input and an electromagnetic stylus (just like your old Wacom tablet), integrated 3G, fingerprint scanner, three megapixel camera, and a plastic case that looks similar to the one that came with our old Day Runner knock-off. And it’s apparently a color display, because “multi-purpose colored electronic notepads will certainly replace the black and white E-books of simple features. It’s a trend the same as that of the color TV sets replacing the black and white ones.” Took the words right out of our mouth, Shenzhen PR guy! Not entirely sure on a price or release date for this one, but you’ll know as soon as we do. Promise.

Update: Our old friend (and enthusiastic contributor) snoop_snoop dug one up on youbaonet.com for 4,000 Yuan (something like $600). Who’s going to be the first one to throw down their credit card?

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Oct 28

This May Be the First Photo of a Person

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The above image is a view of Paris taken from the Boulevard du Temple. It was taken in 1838 by Louis Daguerre, the inventor of the daguerreotype photography technique. This main contain the first ever photo of a human, right there in the lower left-hand corner.

There were most like more people walking wandering through the streets of Paris that day, but due to the lengthy exposure times of the early photographic technology, a person would have to stand perfectly still to show up in the image.

Someone named Hokumburg brought the photo to the attention of NPR, writing, “To achieve this image (one of his earliest attempts), [Daguerre] exposed a chemically treated metal plate for ten minutes. Others were walking or riding in carriages down that busy street that day, but because they moved, they didn’t show up. Only this guy stood still long enough–maybe to have his boots shined–to leave an image.”

Hokumburg contends that, while “primitive forms of photography” had already been around a while, this mysterious fellow is “the first human being to ever have his picture taken.”

If you look closely, you can also see a bit of what appears to be the man shining his shoes.

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