Video Playback Archive

  • Acer gets into the Android game

    Acer gets into the Android game

    Even as Windows Mobile 7 is set to wow us, more and more manufacturers are heading towards Android. Case in point: the Acer Liquid e. This 786MHz Snapdrago device is as bog standard as they come with GPS, WiFi, and HSDAP support. It also runs Android 2.1 and should be nice and fast. It has a 3.5-inch display and looks like a Zune mated with an N1.

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  • Quick Look: ASUS NX90

    Quick Look: ASUS NX90

    The ASUS NX90 looks like a monster. It has a full sized keyboard surrounded by a field of polished aluminum. There is no visible trackpad – just the metal – and you have another trackpad on the right side. The Band & Olufsen heritage is abundantly clear: this is a high end machine with quite [...]

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  • Eight boring HP computers leak out before CES

    Eight boring HP computers leak out before CES

    Whoops, it looks like most, if not all, of HP's CES computer lineup has leaked a few days early. So far detailed spec sheets are missing for the four notebooks and four deskstops, but none of them really seem to be all that exciting. The most noteworthy one out of the bunch is the Mini 210 HD  netbook that comes sporting a Pine Trail CPU and Broadcom's Crystal HD video playback chip for $329. Besides that, the rest are just your standard Best Buy-bound computers.

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  • The Notion Ink Smartpad better be real

    The Notion Ink Smartpad better be real

    Man alive. Look at this thing. It’s like an iPod Touch with hormonal issues. This is the Notion Ink Smartpad, a 10-inch tablet running an NVIDIA Tegra T20 chipset with 1080p video playback and Pixel QI display for outside viewing. Here’s what they said about the device: So, we are coming up with a tablet based on [...]

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  • Review: Digital Foci Photo Book

    Review: Digital Foci Photo Book

    Short version: The concept of the “digital photo frame” finally goes mobile with the Digital Foci Photo Book. Its sleek 8″ screen offers 800×600 resolution, supports a variety of memory card formats, and can even display digital photos in RAW format. The built-in speaker allows you to augment photo playback with MP3s, as well as [...]

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  • Sad-Eyed TiVo of the Low Subscriber Rate

    Sad-Eyed TiVo of the Low Subscriber Rate

    Tivo-Subscribers-1009-590x472And… it's… outta here. TiVo is down to less than three million subscribers and they sold about 500 DVRs a day last quarter, giving it 8% of the 38 million US DVR market. That's not much. TVByTheNumbers has the numbers. They're down 314,000 subscribers to 2.76 million and lost 146,000 last quarter. Rough stuff.

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  • Android 2.0 source released, already ported to the G1

    Android 2.0 source released, already ported to the G1

    While Android 2.0 has been floating around on Motorola DROIDs for over a week now, one important chunk of it has been under lock-and-key: the source. Even amongst manufacturing partners, we’re told, Google hasn’t been completely open; outside of Motorola (and more recently, HTC), most of the other handset manufacturers have been left out in [...]

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  • Review: Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android

    Review: Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android

    Short Version: After a handful of rapid-fire firmware updates, the Android-infused Archos 5 Internet Tablet has turned out to be quite a compelling device. The snappy web browser, marathon battery life, and nearly endless list of features and functions make Archos’ latest couch companion a worthwhile option if you’re shopping for portables. If you’re drawn [...]

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  • Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700

    Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700

    The Short Version: I’ve always preferred functionality over looks in my gear. But the Bold 9700 puts a sleek outer cover on a powerful processor. T-Mobile’s first 3G BlackBerry is manufactured by Research In Motion. Perhaps you were expecting something more a bit more post-worthy? RIM’s newest release brings us BlackBerry OS v5. It has all [...]

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  • Western Digital announces WD TV Live HD Media Player

    Western Digital announces WD TV Live HD Media Player

    wdfWDTV_Live-hdd Looks like those images that leaked back in August of the WD TV 2 were pretty spot on. Earlier today, Western Digital announced the newest member of its growing WD TV family, the WD TV Live.

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  • Quick Look: Archos 5 Internet Tablet

    Quick Look: Archos 5 Internet Tablet

    The Fedex man (his name is Gary) dropped off the Android-powered Archos 5 Internet Tablet this morning. I, in turn, opened the box and took photos of the aforementioned device. Specs (complete list here): 4.8-inch touchscreen (800×480 resolution) 32GB storage, expandable via microSD Video playback: MP4 (720p), H.264 (720p), WMV (DVD resolution), MKV (720p) Audio playback: MP3, WMA, AAC+, Ogg, [...]

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  • Thanko rolls out non-crappy portable multimedia player with built-in camera

    Thanko rolls out non-crappy portable multimedia player with built-in camera

    Japan's No. 1 crap gadget maker Thanko surprisingly announced a new device today that doesn't look too crappy: The DIGITAL MP4 AudioPlayer AV [JP], a portable media player that houses a digital camera. The device comes with 8GB of built-in memory (miniSD cards are supported and works only with Windows XP/Vista.

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  • Confirmed: Sprint Samsung Instinct HD dropping Sept. 27

    Confirmed: Sprint Samsung Instinct HD dropping Sept. 27

    Circumstantial rumor > confirmed rumor > official confirmation. Such is the storied life of a mobile gadget these days. It was just last week when word of a September 27 launch date for Sprint’s Samsung Instinct HD leaked onto the Internethers, and today that rumor became substantiated. Sprint has officially announced the availability of the Samsung [...]

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  • VIA Mini-ITX board features dual HDMI, on-board 1080p graphics chip

    VIA Mini-ITX board features dual HDMI, on-board 1080p graphics chip

    VIA’s got a new Mini-ITX setup that ought to appeal to HTPC builders, as it features a dedicated GPU capable of handling 1080p video, four distinct video outputs (two HDMI, DVI, and VGA), RCA audio output, and a quiet, cool 1.6GHz VIA Nano processor.

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  • Sony revolutionizes portable music players by adding external speakers

    Sony revolutionizes portable music players by adding external speakers

    SonyI don't envy the PR people who have to write press releases. They can never just call a spade a spade. Case in point, Sony's new S Series Walkman. Its main feature is built-in speakers. But instead of just saying it has built-in speakers, it's instead a "unique user experience" that adds "a new social element to the world of digital music and video."

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