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  • Panasonic announces 48GB and 64GB SDXC cards

    Panasonic announces 48GB and 64GB SDXC cards

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    We saw Toshiba announcing the world’s first 64GB SDXC memory card as early as August last year, and today Panasonic followed up [JP] by unveiling a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card, together with a USB card reader [JP] supporting the SDXC format. Both cards are in the Class10 speed range and feature a transfer rate of 22MB/sec.

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  • Razer reinvents the 360 Controller with the Onza

    Razer reinvents the 360 Controller with the Onza

    Posted on January 8, 2010 | No Comments
    The boys at Razer are at it again, with the new Onza controller for the 360. They've manage to significantly improve on the standard 360 controller by improving the control buttons, adding a tension control, and making it easy to pwn your buddies with a programmable multi-function button.

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  • Nexus One trounces 3D benchmark, gets caught in high-res photoshoot

    Nexus One trounces 3D benchmark, gets caught in high-res photoshoot

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Just when you thought you'd seen it all with Nexus One, along comes an old friend with some higher resolution shots of the handset (hooray!) and a pretty impressive 3D benchmark test using Qualcomm's Neocore. Video's after the break --that Snapdragon chip outputs a mean framerate, no?

    Update: Also on hand after the break is a high-quality video of the UI -- ten minutes of it, to be exact. Just a warning, there's a brief NSFW clip from Californication at around the two minute mark. With that said, grab some popcorn and enjoy!

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    Nexus One trounces 3D benchmark, gets caught in high-res photoshoot originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhone reception issues plague O2… too (updated with AT&T’s response)

    iPhone reception issues plague O2… too (updated with AT&T’s response)

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/iPhone_reception_issues_plague_O2_too'; It would appear that AT&T isn't the only carrier in the world suffering from a horrible and nagging case of the iPhones. In an interview with the Financial Times, O2 head Ronan Dunne apologized to customers for the poor performance the network has been experiencing since the introduction of the iPhone 3GS to its airwaves this summer. Just as US customers (particularly those in dense, urban areas) have learned to struggle through dropped calls, the inability to make or receive calls, or weak data connections, our brethren on the other side of the pond have felt a similar sting. Says Dunne, "Where we haven't met our own high standards then there's no question, we apologise to customers for that fact," adding that the carrier had fixes at the ready and that the issues would be "more than addressed" shortly. Unlike the widespread problems here, the O2 mess seems to be relegated largely to London, though it's curious to know that AT&T isn't alone in being hamstrung by a network clearly not prepared for the onslaught of data being pushed up and down its virtual pipes. Also unlike the AT&T situation is the fact that O2 has solutions in mind (including the installation of 200 additional mobile base stations in London), and they're clearly taking ownership of the situation. Ahem, Ralph.

    Update: AT&T responded and let us know they had fixes underway too. Here's an outline of forthcoming changes the carrier says it's making.
    • We are nearly doubling the wireless spectrum serving 3G customers in hundreds of markets across the country, using high-quality 850 MHz spectrum. This additional spectrum expands overall network capacity and improves in-building reception.
    • We are adding about 2,000 new cell sites, expanding service to new cities and improving coverage in other areas.
    • We're adding about 100,000 new backhaul connections, which add critical capacity between cell sites and the global IP backbone network.
    • We're enabling widespread access to our Wi-Fi network - the largest in the country with more than 20,000 hotspots in all 50 states - allowing them to take advantage of the best available AT&T mobile broadband connection.
    • We're rolling out even faster 3G speeds with deployment of HSPA 7.2 technology, with initial availability in six markets planned by the end of the year.

    iPhone reception issues plague O2... too (updated with AT&T's response) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • HA-FX700: JVC’s wooden (and pricey) earphones

    HA-FX700: JVC’s wooden (and pricey) earphones

    Posted on December 24, 2009 | No Comments
    About a year ago, JVC started selling headphones with wooden housing in Japan, claiming the superior sound quality they bring justify the high price ($730). And today the company announced the HA-FX700 [JP], earphones partly made of wood. And we have the same things coming with it again: JVC promising high sound quality and a relatively high price.

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  • O2, Huawei team up for UK’s first trial LTE network

    O2, Huawei team up for UK’s first trial LTE network

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    It kinda pales next to TeliaSonera's commercial launch, but give O2 some credit here -- they've just become the first carrier in the UK to trial "live" LTE services. Powered by Huawei gear on the back end, O2's hot new network hit a peak of 150Mbps on the downlink -- a speed we can't imagine seeing in real-world scenarios when 4G goes live on a large scale, but gives us hope nonetheless -- and is being used to demonstrate the kinds of things us lay folk will want to accomplish with LTE like video streaming, high-quality video calling, gaming, and torrenting New Moon (no, not really) at a company showcase. End users aren't able to sign up for the action just yet, but if you want to feel the power of LTE wash over your body like a cool wave, we might recommend heading to Slough -- O2's British headquarters and the location of the trial network.

    O2, Huawei team up for UK's first trial LTE network originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The WatchKomrade show takes on the Buran Stingray

    The WatchKomrade show takes on the Buran Stingray

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    I’ve been lax in my coverage of Russian watches lately. Most Russians do not have, how you say, very high quality but they have lots of features and plenty of style. This dude at Russia2All covers the Buran Stingray, a diver that looks like someone stole the depth gauge off of a Victorian-era submersible. This “style,” if [...]

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  • yFrog Launches Twitter Clients For BlackBerry And Android

    yFrog Launches Twitter Clients For BlackBerry And Android

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    yFrog, an image and video sharing site for Twitter, is furthering its mobile strategy by launching both BlackBerry and Android apps. Yfrog for Blackberry lets you Tweet text, images and video to Twitter, view tweets, search Yfrog, view followers and people you’re following, and view messages and mentions The Android app is more feature-rich, and lets you Tweet text, images and videos, view Tweets, mentions and followers, and search Twitter. You can also download multiple files at the same time, and upload videos up to 15 minutes long with high quality video encoding. And GPS location will be included with every upload.

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  • Saturday giveaway: Kodak 5250 all-in-one printer, just for you

    Saturday giveaway: Kodak 5250 all-in-one printer, just for you

    Posted on November 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Good afternoon, readers! What does Santa have in his bag for you today? Interestingly enough, he was unable to bring his bag because this printer is far too big for it. We present, for your inspection, the Kodak 5250 all-in-one: a scanning, printing, faxing, photofinishing machine that can best the big boys in the printer [...]

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  • High-quality Zune HD wallpaper source

    High-quality Zune HD wallpaper source

    Posted on November 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Own a Zune HD? Let me suggest you head over to the forums at AnythingButiPod and check out all the wallpapers. They are of course all formated for your device and most of them are killer.

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  • Windows Marketplace now available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1

    Windows Marketplace now available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Long before Windows Marketplace launched on Windows Mobile 6.5 as Microsoft's answer to the App-Store-Craze, we knew it would be extended down into Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 - the only question was "When?. The answer, it seems, is today. Microsoft has just announced that the Marketplace is available to 6.0 and 6.1 users beginning immediately.

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  • Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Designed to work without a dedicated PC, the new Astak Mole was announced today. The Mole is a wireless webcam that can upload video directly to such sites as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. It can also record directly to an SD card in the camera.

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  • Hamburger keeps your mousing hand warm

    Hamburger keeps your mousing hand warm

    Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments
    As far as combining your love for keeping your mousing hand warm with your love for hamburgers is concerned, it looks like there are really only two options right now. One: you could buy this “Hamburger Warming Mouse Pad” for $15. Two: you could cook up a gigantic hamburger and stick your hand inside it. Keep in mind that you'd also have to stick your mouse inside it, so make sure to check with your workplace regulations to make sure that's okay.

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  • A new Nikon is coming but we don’t know what it is

    A new Nikon is coming but we don’t know what it is

    Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
    This Nikon rumor is about as vague as it gets. All it states is that within the next weeks, there will be a new Nikon camera announced and it's not the D700x/D700s. It also states that the model will be something entirely new for Nikon and not a replacement. Nikon Rumors is thinking that this camera *might* be something like the new Leica X1, which seems plausible.

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  • Panasonic develops 50-inch full HD 3D plasma TV for Blu-ray movies

    Panasonic develops 50-inch full HD 3D plasma TV for Blu-ray movies

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Panasonic has been toying with the idea of bringing 3D TVs to our homes for quite a while now, and today the company announced they will be showcasing a 50-inch full HD plasma TV [press release in English] that's capable of producing high-quality 3D pictures. End consumers will have the chance to test the TV out during next week's CEATEC 2009.

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