Aug 16
Shane Kim says the “total pie” of gaming is expanding and that console makers won’t allow their hardware to lose out to mobile titles.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Aug 16
Origin offers nearly any set of components you’d want in the overclockable, have-it-your-way EON17-S.
Aug 16
Orange exec welcomes Google’s Motorola buy with open arms
Posted in: Google, motorola, Today's Chili
Motogoog, Googorola — whatever phrasing you’ve landed on, yesterday’s giant bit of industry news is sure to draw strong opinions on both sides of the fence. Thus far, we’ve seen a largely positive responses from the competition, with companies like HTC, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson issuing fairly uniform statements on the matter. And while US carriers have been pretty quiet on that front, France Telecom-owned Orange is about ready to high five all parties involved. Yves Maitre, an SVP with the company, called the whole thing “great news,” suggesting that Mootlegooga (okay, that one probably won’t stick) will offer a good bit of competition for the mobile juggernaut that is Apple. The deal, he explained, adds a sort of vertical integration that’s all the rage in the industry right now, with companies like Apple and Nokia / Microsoft.
Orange exec welcomes Google’s Motorola buy with open arms originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 16
App Lets Fans Create Their Own Hifana Breakbeat Track
Posted in: marketing, mobile, Today's Chili, twitterJapanese breakbeat band Hifana have teamed up with the digital contents label of Wieden and Kennedy Tokyo, W+K Tokyo Lab, to produce a very cool sound sampler, sequencer and game free iPhone App. After running a similar game on the Hifana website in the past, the app is a revival that similarly lets users simulate different sounds that Hifana use in their live performances. Making it that bit more interactive though the App also features a socially interactive game, pitching competing “iPhone Djs” against each other to see who can perform the best recreation of a Hifana track.
What is nice is that this app isn’t just a marketing gimmick for the band but actually a very cool music tool, just check out the video below to see what can be done with it! As well as being able to tap out various different breaks and rhythms using the Apps functions users can also record multiple sounds themselves and lay them into a track. Hifana have been signed to W+K Tokyo Lab since their first album and the app is in keeping with the band who are renowned for using an MPC sampler as a musical instrument in their live performances to create real-time breakbeats without the use of any pre-programmed sequences.
Cleverly widening the reach of the band as well as adding another interactive layer to the App, it uses Twitter to let players publish their scores from a game. Players can choose either band member Keizo or Juicy and perform songs by tapping the correct corresponding flashing pads. The tie in with both the music and the app is a clever way at not only pushing the bands album “24H” but a way of creating a more interactive platform for fans and building on the bands image of using “innovative technology-based creative expressions”.
Icelandic singer Bjork recently released her “App Album” Biophilia, which mixed up the way that digital music is distributed and aimed at tying in the music, the concept of the song, lyrics, visuals and the interactivity of the app. Similarly the Hifana App adds another experience to the albums music, letting fans experience making the bands tracks themselves, almost a behind the scenes peak at the different sounds and techniques the band employs. With the music industry struggling with the rise in listeners choosing alternative, less legal, routes to get their hands on music today, this kind of extra brings added value incentive for the fan to buy into the band as a whole package. Labels and bands that start to make use of ubiquitous smartphone capabilities or tablet devices can now leverage a whole new market, and could even be taken to the next level maybe tying in live performances, visuals and apps for one unified, fully interactive experience.
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Aug 16
HTC Bliss spotted frolicking in the blurry wild?
Posted in: Android, HTC, htc sense, HtcSense, leak, phone, smartphone, Today's Chili, ui
We haven’t heard much about the HTC Bliss since it popped up on a Verizon roadmap earlier this month, but the folks over at PocketNow have obtained photos of what could be the handset’s first public appearance. The so-called “women only” smartphone, which recently passed through the FCC, is rumored to run on a 800MHz single-core processor and will reportedly sport a new version of HTC’s Sense UI. It’s also expected to run Android 2.3 and to rock a GSM 900MHz radio, though, as you can tell, it’s a little difficult to glean any of that from the above blurry images. No word yet on whether it’ll launch in September, as expected, or whether it’ll look a bit more feminine when it does, but we’ll keep you posted.
HTC Bliss spotted frolicking in the blurry wild? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 16
The Acer Iconia Tab A100 is the first 7-inch tablet to run Honeycomb.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
Aug 16
DXG’s 3D toy camera is cheap fun
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt might be made for kids, but the DXG-018 3D digicam is an inexpensive way for anyone to make 3D photos.
Aug 16
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE Verizon is long on name and 4G performance.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
Aug 16
Samsung halts TouchWiz UX updates to prevent bricking issues?
Posted in: GalaxyTab, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili
Are you a Galaxy Tab 10.1 owner still waiting to upgrade your slate to TouchWiz UX? Well, prepare to be disappointed — Samsung has pulled the update. It’s remaining tight-lipped on the subject but it looks to be in response to some users experiencing lagging graphics or bricked devices. When Android Police tweeted Samsung’s Carla Saavedra she said “(the update) has been temporarily halted to assess progress & ensure it’s a positive experience for customers” and said regular service would “resume shortly” but “no specifics were given.” We’ll keep our eyes on this one, but in the meantime you can read the torrid exchange after the break.
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Aug 16
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