Mar 01
Opera, Inq ink mobile browser deal
Posted in: Today's ChiliSeveral Android and feature phones in Inq Mobile’s lineup will soon come preloaded with Opera Mini.
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Mar 01
Amazon Appstore for Android launching this month?
Posted in: amazon, Android, AppStore, Today's Chili
We’ve already had some indication that Amazon’s own app store for Android devices would be launching fairly shortly, and it now looks like it could be coming as soon as this month. That word comes from the seemingly in-the-know ad network Millennial Media, which tweeted earlier today that the Amazon Appstore for Android is “launching this month,” and linked to a blog post that details what’s in store for developers. Unfortunately, that post doesn’t actually contain a ton of specific details, but the ad network apparently sees the store as a “great opportunity,” particularly when it comes to the additional exposure apps would get through Amazon.com. In case you weren’t aware, Amazon’s also been maintaining an official developer blog for the Appstore (yeah, it’s all one word), which does provide quite a few technical details for those interested — check it out at the link below.
Amazon Appstore for Android launching this month? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mar 01
Panasonic puts pricetags on 2011 Blu-ray players, HTIB & soundbars
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Of course, it’s not all about new TVs, as Panasonic also took the opportunity today to bust out MSRPs for a slew of other home theater products. As it mentioned at CES, the connected features of its 2011 Blu-ray players are taking center stage, with Skype access through Viera Cast, while they also claim to feature the industry’s fastest playback, measuring at half the booting and loading time of the 2010 lineup. One other key feature is the ability to use an iPhone as a WiFi connected remote and load movies, music or pictures onto the phone then play them on the HDTV. The top of the line DMP-BDT310 should arrive in May while the rest are already making their way to store shelves, check the press releases after the break for full details on those, a soundbar and a few HTIB systems.
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Mar 01
Baby beluga Babyloid, inspired, yes, by a baby beluga whale, can’t do much except wriggle and look cute.
Mar 01
Software giant is readying tablets to show off its new Windows 8 design by June, a Microsoft source has told Business Insider.
Originally posted at News – Microsoft
Mar 01
Ugh, I’m sick and tired of using my hands to control my laptop. I mean, I never really leave my computer–how am I supposed to find time to eat a sandwich? Swedish tech firm Tobii claims to have unlocked this age old sandwich/computing conundrum by harnessing the power of the human eye. The user’s eyes become the mouse, pointing, selecting, and scrolling based on ocular movement. The interface can also be used to zoom in on images or maps and brighten or dim screen brightness.
Tobii has teamed up with Lenovo to offer up some laptop prototypes based around the technology–20 of which will be on display at CeBIT in Germany this week. Here’s what Tobii’s CEO Henik Eskilsson has to say about the partnership,
More than anything else, the Tobii laptop prototype is proof that our eye tracking technology is mature enough to be used in standard computer interfaces. To reach a state where the technology is part of the average computer, we need to make it smaller and cheaper. We believe that this can be realized in a couple of years by partnering with the right manufacturer
No word on when we might actually see a real world eyePa. Cheesy video the technology in action after the jump.
Mar 01
Survey finds a quarter of adults in the US and UK are ‘avid’ mobile gamers
Posted in: cellphone, Games, gaming, Smartphones, Today's Chili
Just how many cellphone users can be considered gamers these days? According to a new survey from PopCap Games and Information Solutions Group, about a quarter of adults in the US and UK have played a game on their phone in the past week, which makes them an “avid” gamer in their eyes, while about a third have played a game in the past month. If you dial things down to just mobile gamers with a smartphone, however, the number of avid gamers jumps to a hefty 83 percent, with 45 percent saying they play on a daily basis. What’s perhaps most telling, though, is that 55 percent of smartphone users say they play games in general most often on their on their phone, compared to just 22 percent who play most often on their desktop or laptop computer, and 20 percent who opt for game console. Hit up the link below to check out the complete results in PDF form.
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Mar 01
After three months of testing, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the use of iPads as an alternative to paper maps and charts for pilots.
Currently the ruling only applies to private airline Executive Jet Management, but could potentially spread to others in the the future as well. The approval process saw iPads tested on 10 different plans across 250 different flights. To help with navigation, pilots can utilize Mobile TC, a map app developed for the iPad by map maker Jeppesen.
The news means that Executive Management pilots won’t have to lug around large files of paper, and it could also be a potential boon for Jeppesen, provided other airlines get aboard the iPad train as well.
“We’ll be able to reuse a lot of the documentation and the lessons learned working with Executive Jet Management to help our commercial customers as they now begin to pursue FAA authorization,” Jeppesen’s Tim Huegel told Wired.
Mar 01
Panasonic celebrates higher plasma TV sales for 2010, sets prices for 2011
Posted in: 3d tv, hdtv, Panasonic, plasma, Today's Chili
After setting its LED pricing for the year to come, Panasonic has finally set its plasma HDTV info in stone. Again matching the information leaked from retailers, the MSRPs (before any retailer discounts) range from the 65-inch TC-P65VT30 sticking at $4,299 down to the $599 720p TC-P42X3. Also of note is the inclusion of not only the previously announced S30 series without 3D technology or the new Infinite Black 2 panel (unlike the step-up ST30 models) but there will also apparently be a V30 line without the 3D fittings, although there’s no specs, prices or ship dates mentioned. Last year the only top of the line model available was the VT25, although there was a 2D only V20-series plasma available in Australia and other regions. 3D or no, things appear to be looking up for plasma TVs, with shipments jumping nine percent last year. Check the press release after the break for all the details, but we’ll have to wait until the TVs to arrive to find out if Panasonic is going to be able to hold onto its crown again.
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Mar 01
Loopt’s location-based iPhone and Android apps will soon offer you daily deals fine-tuned to your current location.
Originally posted at The Download Blog
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