May 19
BlackBerry maker RIM pours new features into the beta version of its “official” Twitter app. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20005455-12.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Download Blog/a/p
May 19
Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors
Posted in: Apple, apple ipad, AppleIpad, ipad, netflix, streaming, Today's Chili
We’re still not exactly sure why so many people have complained about the Netflix iPad app‘s lack of video-out support, but rest easy folks — your cries of despair have been heard. Version 1.0.2, now live in the App Store, supports video out using the component, composite, and VGA dongles, as well as addressing some lingering bugs. To be perfectly honest, we’d much rather stream Netflix in HD using one of the many set-top options out there while hanging on to the iPad for some casual surfing on the side, but we won’t tell you how to rock it… just so long as you rock it raw.
[Thanks, Dave]
Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 19
Sprint’s 4G plans explained
Posted in: Today's ChiliCNET editor Nicole Lee explains Sprint’s 4G plans and how they tie in with the HTC Evo 4G. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20005459-85.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Dialed In/a/p
May 19
Really, making the best self portrait ever isn’t that hard when you’re floating outside of a spacecraft.
May 19
The fate of a generation of workers: Foxconn undercover fully translated (update: videos added)
Posted in: exclusive, Today's Chili, videoMachine translations are still years or even decades away from perfection, so rather than sending you to an auto-translated page, we now present — with exclusive permission from Southern Weekend — a human translation of this damning article on Foxconn by undercover reporter Liu Zhiyi.
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I know of two groups of young people.
One group consists of university students like myself, who live in ivory towers and kept company by libraries and lake views. The other group works alongside steel machineries and large containers, all inside a factory of high-precision manufacturing environment. These guys always address their seniors as “laoban” (boss), and call their own colleagues — regardless of familiarity — the rude “diaomao” (pubic hair) in loud.
After going undercover in Foxconn for 28 days, I came back out. I’ve been trying to tie the two pictures together. But it’s very difficult. Even with people living in these two places sharing the same age, the same youth dream.
My undercover was part of Southern Weekend’s investigation on the then six Foxconn suicides. We soon found out that most of Southern Weekend’s reporters were rejected due to age — Foxconn only recruits people around the age of 20. In comparison, being just under 23 years old, I was quickly brought into Foxconn.
The 28-day undercover work made a strong impact on me. It wasn’t about finding out what they died for, but rather to learn how they lived.
The fate of a generation of workers: Foxconn undercover fully translated (update: videos added) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 20:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
May 19
Foxconn’s Tegra 2-powered Android tablet hands-on (video)
Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, hands-on, tablet, Today's Chili, video
Well we just got to lay hands on the above Foxconn-manufactured, Tegra 2-powered Android prototype, and we’ll be honest — it was awfully sweet. There wasn’t much going on beyond some gaming action — we didn’t see it boot into standard Android — though it was running the 3D football title you see above at a pretty healthy clip (check out the video after the break). NVIDIA reps weren’t very keen on sharing info about the device, though we can tell you that it’s apparently got 1GB of RAM inside cuddled up to that 1GHz ARM Cortex 9 CPU, a front-facing camera, and the WSVGA screen measures 8.9-inches (it’s also a much wider aspect ratio than something like the iPad). We’re going to hold any judgment till we see this thing cooking with a full UI, but we’re not knocking it — get this in at the right price, and we’ll likely be first in line.
Update: Correction, the screen size is 8.9-inches, not 9.7.
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Foxconn’s Tegra 2-powered Android tablet hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 19:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 19
We checked out the mobile payment app Square, which can track cash payments in addition to letting you swipe credit cards from your Android phone. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20005441-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p
May 19
Green Samba promises to make electric personal watercraft ‘viable’
Posted in: electric, electric vehicle, ElectricVehicle, Today's Chili
It’s not the first to try its hand at an all-electric personal watercraft, but the Ohio-based Silveira Group is claiming that its new so-called Green Samba will be the first “viable” vehicle of its kind. To that end, the company says that the Green Samba will deliver the same 65 mph performance of the fastest 260 bhp sit-down PWCs, and do so while remaining completely silent thanks to a pair of twin direct drive electric propulsion pods. As the company is quick to point out, that also has the added benefit of eliminating one of the biggest complaints about PWCs from the public: their noise. Of course, the other key to viability is the price, and Silveira is unfortunately doing decidedly less talking about that right now, saying only that it will be able to “ballpark a retail price” when it finishes work on the latest prototype in August.
Green Samba promises to make electric personal watercraft ‘viable’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 19:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 19
‘Sex and the City’ dumps Apple
Posted in: Today's ChiliProducers of the new “Sex and the City” movie have made a deal with HP, so Carrie will no longer be seen penning her troubled musings on a Mac. Instead, she will be powered by Windows. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20005440-71.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Technically Incorrect/a/p
May 19
Chinese Counterfeiters Release First Android Tablet
Posted in: Android, Google, tablets, Today's Chili
Chinese counterfeiters have beaten Google to producing an Android tablet.
The Chinese wholesaler ActFind, which carries knockoffs of many electronics including iPhones and iPods, is selling an iPad-lookalike running the Android OS.
Priced at $150, the Android tablet is haphazardly labeled “MINI iPadⅡ8 Inch Android1.6 Ebook Tablet PC UMPC MID Netbook.” According to the product description, it features an 8-inch touchscreen, Ethernet and Wi-FI connectivity, a USB port, 88MB of built-in storage (expandable to 16GB with a TF card) and an 800-MHz VIA processor. The tablet runs version 1.6 of the Android OS.
China is notorious for its knockoff culture. When manufacturers release products, counterfeiters move quickly to replicate gadgets using cheaper parts to offer inexpensive alternatives through the black market. Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boomtown near the border with Hong Kong, harbors a prolific knockoff market. The town is home to a number of tiny shops selling pirated versions of everything from bootleg copies of Microsoft Windows 7 to fake MacBook Airs, according to Reuters.
Google’s plans to make a tablet are unofficial, but multiple publications have received tips that an Android slate is imminent. Though you can own an Android tablet today thanks to knockoff makers, we generally wouldn’t recommend purchasing counterfeits. The iPhone clone we bought through ActFind in 2008 was one of the worst gadgets we’ve ever tested. Also, legitimate manufacturers have warned consumers that fake products pose potential health hazards, such as exploding batteries.
See Also:
- Hot Out of China’s Knock-Off Oven: iPad Clones
- Chinese MacBook Air Knockoffs Actually Look Awesome
- New iPhone Knockoffs Are Nearly Indistinguishable From Original …
- Video: MacBook Air Knockoff Runs Mac OS X
- Chinese iPhone Knockoffs Described With Hilarious Engrish
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