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How to get all of the entertainment content you want onto your iPhone? If you live in Japan, have a free pocket, and don’t mind shelling out the ¥14,800 ($191), Panasonic’s Pocket Server DY-PS10 should do the trick. The handset-sized device can stream content from its built-in SD card slot to your iPhone / iPod touch via a wireless connection. The Pocket Server can handle H.264 files, JPEGs, and MP3s, and the battery should give you about 10 hours of playback. The device will go on sale September 15th in Japan. The rest of us, meanwhile, will have to find other things to fill our pockets with.

Panasonic’s DY-PS10 Pocket Server streams music to your iPhone, fits in your pocket as advertised originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 event in NYC wasn’t just about software — okay, it was mostly about software, but the company also unveiled a slew of accessories for its slick Android tablet. High atop the list is a number of new docks for the slate, including a $50 Multimedia Dock, which props the device up in landscape mode while charging it and offering HDMI out. The $80 Ultra Productivity Tool, meanwhile, also charges the device and includes a full-sized keyboard with Android shortcut keys. The $150 Premium Protective case turns the Tab into a makeshift notebook with a full-size Bluetooth keyboard and a hinge that lets the user adjust the tab’s viewing angle.

A new $40 HDTV adapter gives the tablet full 1080p HDMI output. The company also announced a $40 SD card adapter and a USB adapter for easy accessory input. For $60, Tab owners can pick up the Premium Book Cover, a high end case for the device that lets you prop it up for typing or viewing movies. And somewhere in the distance, you could hear Steve Jobs audibly shudder when the company unveiled a pen stylus for the device. The stylus has an aluminum body and a silicon tip, for when you need to give your fingertips a break. It’ll run you $20, and sadly won’t include meat.

Samsung reveals new Galaxy Tab 10.1 accessories: multimedia dock, HDTV adapter, case, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In case you’d forgotten (and who could blame you), Kingmax used to have a thing for setting small records — even if it meant one-upping itself. Four years later, the king is back and he brought a 64GB microSDXC card with him; the world’s first, wouldn’t you know? If history repeats itself, we can expect similarly sized storage from SanDisk and other manufacturers soon. We love passing storage milestones, but don’t get too excited: only a handful of devices currently have the architecture to support microSD cards bigger than 32GB, so make sure you have a compatible device before you empty your wallet. Don’t have one? Don’t sweat it; there’s no word yet when the new cards will be available, so you have plenty of time to upgrade. Head past the break to check out the press release.

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Kingmax flaunts world’s first 64GB microSD card originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 04:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The emperor's new tablet: Rumors that the Xoom 2 will ship without a screen are unfounded. Photo Charlie Sorrel

You know how the Motorola Xoom shipped with half-baked Flash support and a lack of a 4G radio (which required you to mail the tablet in to get an upgrade)? Did you also know that it went on sale — to the real, non-geek public no less — with a non-functional SD card slot? Talk about beta hardware.

If you live in Canada and are unlucky enough to own Moto’s joke tablet, then you’re in “luck”. A soon-to-be-released software update will switch that slot on at last. Here’s the announcement, from Motorola Canada’s Facebook page:

The Motorola XOOM upgrade for Canada is coming soon! Some of the feature upgrades include basic external SD card support for general SD file and media access, expanded support for USB-connected accessories, additional Bluetooth support and Picture Transfer Protocol to enable easier transfer of photo files to your PC.

According to comments on the post, at least one Ottowa-based customer has already gotten the update.

Is it just me, or does this seem almost unbelievable? I get knocked in the comments (and in wonderfully illiterate, abusive email) for being an Apple “fanboy”, but the truth is that Apple ships finished products. They might not always work quite right, or lack basic features (copy-and-paste, anyone?) but if an iPad shipped with an SD card slot, you can bet that it would work properly.

By expecting customers to pay for a rushed-out, half-done gadget, Motorola is essentially saying two things. The first is that the Xoom is for geeks and early adopters, not the general, non-techy “post-PC” audience that tablets should be ideal for. The second? Motorola is telling us it thinks we’re a bunch of gullible idiots.

There is no mention of a date for updates outside Canada.

Moto Canada’s Facebook page [Facebook via Android Central and Twitter]

Xoom specs, including SD promise [Motorola]

See Also:

• Xoom
• Motorola Xoom Launches Without Flash
• Farcical Xoom 4G Upgrade Plan Requires 6-Day Mail-In Operation …

Ah, the all too familiar WiFi troubleshooting dance: the network goes down, you dig through the closet for an Ethernet cable, saunter over to the router, jack yourself in, type in the IP address, and start poking around at your settings. Cisco’s REN301 Residential Gateway (a fancy way of saying “router”), which just passed through the FCC, could make things at least a little bit easier thanks to its built-in LCD screen and capacitive touch controls. Wave your hand over the display to bring it to life and you can check the status of your connections, modify some basic settings, and peruse a log of calls that have come in over the SIP VoIP phone jacks. The REN301, which has a single band 802.11b/g/n radio, can also turn USB drives and SD cards into NAS storage — the company even throws in a 32GB card to get you started. We don’t have a price or release date, but since it’s been splayed open for federal regulators we probably won’t have to wait long. There’s a couple of pics of the router’s UI after the break.

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LCD-equipped Cisco REN301 Residential Gateway stops by FCC, reveals all its dirty secrets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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