Tech site Chipworks has cracked open Redmond’s new phone and had a look at what makes the youth-oriented device tick. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20005262-56.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Beyond Binary/a/p
Look at this man. Just look at him. Isn’t it obvious that Boris Johnson gets what Boris Johnson wants? In case you’ve been misinformed about the power this man’s wishes hold, you should know that he’s well on his way to establishing the first muni-fi project to actually work — or so he hopes. By and large, every attempt to sprinkle WiFi onto entire US cities has fallen short in one way or another, but London has a motivator that no American borough ever did: the 2012 Olympics. Boris’ plan is to blanket all of London in WiFi prior to the opening ceremony, with “every lamppost and every bus stop” having a router or repeater in it. The scheme is part of a larger plan to make London the “technology capital of the world,” but unfortunately, your hopes of connecting for free may be dashed. According to the London Evening Standard, “no details of pricing have been given,” and we get the impression that those in charge of the rollout would’ve jumped at the chance to gloat about its free-ness if that were indeed the case. But then again, who are we to question the might of London’s Mayor?
London to become one giant WiFi hotspot by 2012, because Boris says so originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It’s the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making the best mix of PND and smartphone to date.
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A lull seems to have settled over the release schedule of new and exciting iPad apps…or is it just us?
Save the occasional iPhone leak, everything seems to be coming up roses in Cupertino. According to new numbers from Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, April was another solid month for Apple computer sales, with a 39 percent increase from a year prior. According to those numbers, Apple managed to move between 3.1 and 3.2 million Macs in that quarter.
Okay, perhaps everything isn’t so rosy–iPod sales have continued to drop off, down 17 percent from a year prior. In the case of the digital music player space, however, it seems that Apple is cannibalizing its own sales, first with the iPhone and now with the iPad, both of which are selling like gangbusters.
According to Munster, “From the early NPD data, it appears that the iPad has a minimal cannibalization impact on Mac sales, and could be slightly cannibalizing iPod sales.”
Slacker Radio 2.0 for iPhone to feature station caching, out ‘soonish’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Buy’s partnership with CinemaNow is set to go live this month on Blu-ray disc players and home theater systems from LG, the retailer announced Tuesday.
Best Buy will embed the Roxio CinemaNow technology from Sonic Solutions in these devices, which will provide customers with on-demand access to streaming movies and TV shows. The service will launch on other devices from a variety of manufacturers, including Insignia, later this year.
Best Buy first announced plans for this partnership in November. The multi-year arrangement allows Best Buy to license Sonic’s technology to make its on-demand digital content delivery a standard feature on connected devices. Best Buy also purchased an undisclosed number of Sonic common stock.
Most cheap speakers sound like cheap speakers. Not this time: the Dayton B652 goes for $25 a pair and sounds surprisingly good. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20005175-47.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Audiophiliac/a/p
Nintendo trademarks 3DS, 3DSPlay, and 3DSWare in Japan: begin speculating as soon as you’re comfortable originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 11:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A $15,000 robot from Anybots called QB is designed to help companies with remote offices save on communications costs. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005219-52.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Geek Gestalt/a/p
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