Aug 29
BlackBerry Messenger, GroupMe, iMessage, Facebook, Google Voice, and now Samsung’s ChatON. These message apps (and many others) promise to deliver us from the tyranny of SMS messaging. Let’s talk about why this, too, will suck. More »
Aug 29
Known for creating their own modified Android builds for mobile devices, the folks at CyanogenMod are working on a mod designed to bring Android to the HP TouchPad.
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Aug 29
LG clearly couldn’t wait for IFA to officially kick off to show the world a pair of new 23 inch monitors. The company announced the 7.2 millimeter thick E91, which offers SUPER+ Resolution and a contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1, helping to make it the “highest picture quality for any digital content,” according to the company. The D237IPS, meanwhile, features Film Pattern Retarder (FPR) 3D technology with Flicker-Free Certification and a 3D brightness of 100 nits. No word yet on pricing or availability for either display.
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LG gets ready for IFA with a pair of new monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 29
More DirecTV Nomad info uncovered, but details are still fuzzy
Posted in: hdpostmini, rumor, satellite, streaming, Today's Chili
Even though DirecTV’s website is ready to start doling out the information on its elusive Nomad TV box, a post on Gizmo Lovers digs through the available information to show just how much there is to know, and how much is still unknown. Between on a DirecTV satellite installer training video, a suggestive press release by fellow RVU member Morega and the long running rumor thread over on DBSTalk, the technology in play is certainly capable of both Slingbox style streaming and TiVoToGo sideloading, but what will actually be enabled is unclear. Once it rolls out, the Nomad will connect to multiroom capable satellite boxes via a wired network connection and transcode the video streams it pulls in for other devices like PCs and mobiles. All the other details are shrouded in rumor, regarding its use of h.264 and how much internal storage is available, but if you’re wondering whether the long delayed DirecTV will really be able to compete with Sling, Monsoon and the flood of TV-streaming iPad apps available in 2011 then hitting the source link below is a good way to get started.
More DirecTV Nomad info uncovered, but details are still fuzzy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 29
Fujitsu to release waterproof Arrows Tab F-01D LTE tablet on NTT DoCoMo (update: confirmed)
Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, honeycomb, hspa, Japan, lte, tab, tablet, tablets, Today's Chili
If you’ve spent time in the rain recently like many of us, you recognize the value of waterproof gear. And Fujitsu’s leaked Arrows Tab F-01D tablet gets it too, packing a 10.1-inch WXGA display, TI IMAP4430 1GHz dual-core processor, and Android 3.2 Honeycomb — all in a unique waterproof housing. The yet-to-be-announced device is rumored to be launching on Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo in September, and may include UMTS, HSPA, and LTE connectivity, along with GSM and GPRS compatibility for roaming abroad. There’s also a pair of CMOS cameras, 16GB of on-board storage, micro-USB and standard headphone connectors (with waterproof covers, we assume), and a microSD card slot. We haven’t received word on pricing just yet, or whether or not the device can survive scuba depths or just the occasional splash, but if the bizarrely named Arrows Tab is indeed slated to launch in Japan next month, we imagine those details will be bubbling to the surface any day now.
Update: Netbooknews has a wider view of the ad above confirming the F-01D.
Fujitsu to release waterproof Arrows Tab F-01D LTE tablet on NTT DoCoMo (update: confirmed) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 29
Your wet dreams are set to suffer another setback as Sarah Palin, Barack Obama and Beyonce have been excluded from the porny .xxx domain by the registry manager, ICM Registry. The list of VIPs is long, perhaps in the thousands. More »
Aug 29
No, you’re not looking at Igor, The Hunchbacked Waterlad. This is Shane Dorian, one of the best (if not the very best) big wave surfers in the world, and he’s wearing the world’s first inflatable wetsuit. More »
Aug 29
LG 3D Game Converter adds depth to regular 2D games
Posted in: Ifa2011, LG, mobilepostcross, optimus, Today's Chili
Spoiler alert! Instead of waiting to surprise people at IFA this week, LG has released details of its new 3D Game Converter for the Optimus 3D early. The software arrives as part of the October maintenance release, promising to take any OpenGL game that runs in landscape and convert it to 3D. Around 50 games will come with pre-optimized settings — the rest you tweak yourself. Open any game up in the app and it will try to split the foreground and background and recombine both in 3D. Feel your eyes crossing and a headache setting in just by thinking about playing this way? No worries, they’re all still playable in 2D as well. Mouse on past the break to find the press release, which LG rather thoughtlessly only released in 2D.
[Thanks, Eddie]
Continue reading LG 3D Game Converter adds depth to regular 2D games
LG 3D Game Converter adds depth to regular 2D games originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 29
When I saw the CineKkates, I thought “Why would you want to put wheels onto a short tripod and wheel your camera around on the ground?” Then I saw the promo video, shot with the CineSkates itself. Check it out:
CineSkates is a Kickstarter project so popular that it achieved its $20,000 goal in a day, and then blew past that up to $141,000 (and counting). It’s simple: a set of three skate wheels attaches to the feet of a GorillaPod Focus, and you twist and bend its jointed legs until the wheels are lined up the way you want them. A ball-head up top lets you set the camera to your preferred angle, and then you start shooting.
The idea is that you now have a tiny, portable dolly for shooting video, only this dolly doesn’t just, erm, dolly along. It lets you perform swoops and curves depending on the angles set for the wheels.
The CineSkates clamp onto the ball-shaped feet of the Joby GorillaPod. There are two parts: The wheel assembly contains the wheels and a bracket, and the clamp section joins this to the tripod. The modular design is there to enable future expansion — robotic wheels and mounts for different tripods are both planned.
You can pick up the CineSkates by pledging $150. The retail price on launch will be $200. Pledge $275 and you get the CineSkates plus the tripod and ballhead, which will go for $350 in stores.
CineSkates [Kickstarter]
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Aug 29
LG Display cuts spending targets for 2012, amid sagging LCD demand
Posted in: business, hdpostcross, korea, LCD, LG, money, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili, TV
LG Display has decided to drastically cut its expenditure target for 2012, in yet another sign that the LCD market is going through some tough times. Today, the manufacturer announced that it will spend only three trillion won (about $2.8 billion) on its production facilities next year — a 33 percent decrease from its previously revised budget and LG Display’s lowest expenditure target since 2009. The company also said that it has no plans to build a new LCD plants in 2012, suggesting that it may already be facing excess panel supply. Analysts are predicting that demand will remain subdued throughout the end of 2011, though LG Display CFO James Jeong had previously said he expects things to pick up by the beginning of next year.
LG Display cuts spending targets for 2012, amid sagging LCD demand originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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