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Friday, September 25, 2009

Vertu Constellation Ayxta: Clamshell, expensive and built like a German tank

A press photo of the Vertu Constellation Ayxta has leaked, but it has still not been announced on either Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s site or Vertu’s site. If T3 is to be believed, then this thing has a microSD slot, 3 megapixel camera, microUSB port, ringtones recorded by Zero 7, the concierge service of course, all for 4,900 to 6,500 Euros depending on how much bling you want. A bit disappointing, some thought this would be vertu’s first GPS enabled device. Anyway, none of you are going to buy this, but if you are, then you seriously need to find a better way to show off your money.
Update: Seems like the device was on Vertu’s website, but now it is missing. Hmmm, call Holmes!
Update: More pictures of the device can be found on Luxury Insider

New Samsung Pixon12 Shows up in South Korea with 3x Optical Zoom


Samsung’s photographic beast, the Pixon12, is still relatively young in the European market, but the manufacturer hasn’t forgotten their home turf. South Korean service provider SK Telecom will apparently be offering a new version of the Pixon12 called the SCH-W880, which notably includes 3 x optical zoom. Right, like the camera needed more pampering. A similar model, bearing the number M8920, made the rounds earlier this summer, but not without any additional information; hopefully more detailed specifications will surface in the near future. Aside from the optical zoom, I wonder what else about the M8920 will be different from its older brother

Citysearch for BlackBerry Updated

If you’ve ever used the Citysearch app for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM), you’ll know how handy it can be… it delivers local business listings, shows you where to grab a bite to eat, where to shop, gives you reviews and ratings on local restaurants and a whole lot more. Super handy. Of course, depending where you live will certainly change how effective the app is. If you live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, not much info will be available. Although, I suppose if that were the case you wouldn’t need the info anyway, right?…
There’s lots of handy features built-in to Citysearch including calendar integration, Twitter options and a tip calculator. For all the details or to download to your Berry, hit up theCitysearch site.
Note: Citysearch is also available for the iPhone and Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

New Black Berry Bluetooth Headset Coming Soon...


We had heard that RIM was going to be making a new mono Bluetooth headset after it passed through the special interest group last month, and based on its “Coming Soon” listing in the official accessory store, it seems like the HS-500 is well on its way. The description boasts automatic volume adjustment, support for turn-by-turn directions, and noise cancellation. This isn’t RIM’s first Bluetooth headset, but with their recent car visor making the rounds and all of this talk about a watch accessory, that little BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) logo is doing a good job of filling in RIM’s accessory line. Of course, this headset will work with whatever phone you happen to be packing, so don’t feel like you’ve gotta have a BlackBerry to use one. Interested? The HS-500 will be retailing for $79.99 when it’s released. Sign up for notifications of when it’s available over here.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Nokia Surge

The Nokia Surge ($80 with a two-year contract; as of 8/10/09) is a great starter smartphone for teenagers or those wary of high-priced handsets. It has a few design quirks, and the construction is a bit flimsy, but you get a solid set of features for an affordable price.
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The Surge is incredibly pocketable, measuring 3.8 by 2.2 by 0.6 inches thick. It's light, too, weighing a feathery 4.3 ounces. But it isn't exactly eye-catching: The phone's dull, all-black body is almost completely plastic except for metal trim around the keyboard. While this construction keeps it lightweight, it looks a bit cheap. And for a phone that's aimed at a young, hip, and socially-connected audience, I wish Nokia had offered more fun with the colors.
Nevertheless, the phone feels really nice in the hand and caused no discomfort during a long phone conversation. Call quality over AT&T's 3G network sounded great, too. But the Surge has one very annoying design quirk: It has no separate numeric keypad; you can only access it from the slide-out keyboard. This means you must have the keyboard open every time you dial a number. Too bad Nokia didn't make this phone a dual-slider like its N97.
The Surge's hardware buttons are laid out horizontally, suggesting that you'll mostly use the phone with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard open. A 2.4-inch display dominates the face of the phone. While the display was bright and crisp enough, I wish Nokia had used the real estate of the phone's face more wisely--it has quite a bit of room for a bigger screen.
To the right of the display lies the Talk and End/Power buttons, with a directional pad between them. Unlike other Nokia smartphones I've seen, this d-pad is easy to press and comfortable to use. To the lower right of the display are three shortcut keys: Browser, Home, and E-mail. Unfortunately, these rigid, flushed keys are not as tactile as the d-pad. I preferred taking the extra steps to access these apps via the phone's software menu rather than pushing these small plasticky buttons.
The keyboard slides out easily and feels very sturdy. Again, I found the keys quite stiff and difficult to press. The keys were quite large though, so the keyboard didn't feel cramped. I also liked the generously-sized, centrally-placed spacebar.
Like other Nokia smartphones, the Surge runs on the Symbian S60 platform. The interface lacks the pizzazz of other smartphones and phones with advanced features that we've seen, like the Samsung Impression (also on AT&T), for example. Still, the interface packs in an impressive amount of features. In particular, the social networking aspect of the Surge comes from a preloaded app called JuiceCaster. This app acts as a portal for other social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Twitter, and JuiceCaster's own social network. You can post status updates, photos, and videos all from one seamless application, and I can see its appeal to the younger set that is the phone's market.
The Surge is not all fun and games, though--it has productivity apps, too, such as the QuickOffice suite, a PDF reader, and a calendar. You can also set up your business e-mail account using Microsoft Exchange synchronization or your personal e-mail accounts, such as Gmail.
The media player supports a wide gamut of file types including AAC, AAC+, WAV, MP3, WMA 9, and RealAudio10 files. You can also listen to FM and XM radio stations. Audio quality is good, but I was disappointed by the lack of a standard 3.5-mm headphone jack.
Perhaps the Surge's strongest point is that the browser supports Flash Lite. Unlike with the iPhone, viewing pages with heavy Flash content is no problem. CNN.com, Hulu, and YouTube were a bit slow to load (this may have been a network issue, not a problem with the handset); eventually, however, I was able to watch streaming video without any issues.
The 2-megapixel camera is adequate, but not on a par with some of the other Nokia smartphone cameras we've tested. Colors looked washed out and details lacked refinement. Video recording quality was also just average with some blurring and pixilation.
The Nokia Surge offers a lot for the price, but I wonder if the younger audience it is aimed at will be turned off by its boring (and awkward) design and lackluster interface. The $99 iPhone 3G, also on the AT&T network, is slightly more expensive, but is a much more tempting buy thanks to its sleek design, its fun interface, and its plentitude of apps and games.

Video: Moblin 2.1 for MIDs and phones, sort of in action


Although Intel made some waves yesterday with the announcement of the smartphone-capable Moblin 2.1 release, the reality here on the ground at IDF is pretty much status quo: phones and other connected devices based on the next-gen Moorestown mobile platform are nowhere to be found, and the actual products on the floor are the same chunky MIDs we've all come to know and ignore. But while the devices remain somewhat uninteresting, Moblin itself has some terrific potential from what we've seen -- there's deep location and social networking integration with a unified contacts list that works a lot like Palm's Synergy, standard Linux apps can be easily ported over and run without any fuss, and manufacturers and developers can even ditch the standard UI and develop whatever they want on top. It's definitely cool stuff -- we just wish Intel had given us this demo on a compelling hardware instead of an older Menlow-based Compal MID, you know? Video after the break.
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by Nilay Patel

Five iPhone apps that can save you money


As I often tell people, it's not the price of the iPhone that bothers me--it's the monthly fees! (Grumble, grumble, AT&T, grumble.)

Alas, while there's no way to get around that $70/month minimum, at least I can use my iPhone to save money on other things: gas, groceries, books, DVDs, and even energy. Let's take a look at five killer apps that can help you pocket extra cash.

* BetterDeal Next time you find yourself standing in a supermarket trying to figure out which size box of corn flakes provides the best bang for the buck, fire up BetterDeal. This 99-cent app lets you compare prices for up to four packages to see which is, well, the better deal.
* Gas Buddy Saving a nickel or dime per gallon of gas may not seem like much, but it adds up over time. Gas Buddy ($2.99) shows you which nearby stations have the lowest prices (and provides maps if you don't know the area), so you can pocket that extra change every time you fill up. (Obviously this app works best for those who live in densely populated areas--and drive a lot.)
* MeterRead You know the mantra: Save electricity, save money, save the planet. But does turning off lights when you leave a room really make an impact? MeterRead helps you find out by keeping tabs on meter readings (which you record periodically) and projecting your energy usage. It's strictly an informational tool (one with a mediocre interface), but if you're serious about saving energy, this 99-cent app should help.
* pic2shop So you're at Target, about to plunk down your cash on Firefly: The Complete Series on DVD (good call), but then you wonder: Is this the best price? Find out fast with pic2shop, which scans product barcodes and quickly pulls up the prices from "thousands of online retailers" (according to the developer). The live (i.e. real-time) barcode scanning is seriously cool, and the app itself costs nothing. Win-win!
* Yowza Mobile Coupons In an ideal world, your iPhone will serve up proximity-based coupons, like "get $1 off now!" when you drive by a Jamba Juice. For now, Yowza (free) is the closest thing. It finds deals in your area, though only from merchants that have partnered with the service. That may limit its viability for some users (get more partners, Yowza!), but I found about half a dozen coupons within 15 miles--including one for Finish Line, and I'm in the market for new running shoes. Score!

I know a lot of people are partial to AAA Discounts, which serves up deals near your location. Great app, but only if you're a triple-A member.

I'm also a fan of the suggestion over at Wise Bread to use Pandora instead of buying music, though why limit yourself to one music-streaming app? Grab Last.fm and Slacker while you're at it.

OK, you've got my picks. Now tell me what apps you've used to save money--and how much you've saved!
by Rick Broida
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Blackberry Bold 9000 A Great Revolution....




The Blackberry Bold offers the ultimate convergence of business function and entertainment. Now, however, Blackberry has unleashed a phone that goes way beyond the ordinary. For starters, the Blackberry Bold is a 3G phone, enabling blazing fast connectivity, html web browsing, a best in class brilliant display, GPS (with Blackberry Maps), and Wi-Fi. The Rim Blackberry 9000 Bold also offers extreme multimedia features, such as an integrated media player that plays both music and videos, along with stereo Bluetooth. The 2 megapixel camera also includes video recording. If that wasn’t enough, the Rim Blackberry 9000 Bold has expandable memory slot for storage of all your favorite music, photos and videos. Finally, Blackberry has delivered a QWERTY phone that even iPhone users couldn’t help but envy.

The Blackberry Bold 9000 is one of the most connectable BlackBerry models out there and also one of the few to support a variety of Wi-Fi speeds and HSDPA. Its internet and messaging features are quick but you should be mindful new BlackBerry email and instant message accounts are needed for the speediest access to messaging and those not wanting to part with their personal accounts should consider this. Regrettably the Internet browser, email and instant messaging all have a dull black and white lay out.

The Bold’s video and picture quality are great, so it is rather disappointing that the camcorder records grainy images and the camera isn’t more effective. Measuring 4.48 inches tall, 2.6 inches wide and 0.59 inches thick, the Bold isn’t exactly palm-sized unless you have very large hands.

Available Features

  • Camera (2.0 MP)
  • Built-in GPS
  • Media Player
  • Video Recording
  • BlackBerry® Maps
  • Wireless Email
  • Organizer
  • Browser
  • Phone
  • Corporate Data Access
  • SMS/MMS
  • Wi-Fi® support

Size and Weight

Height:

4.48 inches (114mm)

Width:

2.6 inches (66mm)

Depth:

0.59 inches (15mm)

Weight:

4.8 ounces (136 grams)


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

AT&T Re-releases BlackBerry Bold Firmware with Visual Voicemail


OS 4.6.0.297 for the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold on AT&T (NYSE: T) is once again available after an initial release followed quickly by some technical difficulties and a retraction of the firmware earlier this month. The big deal with this particular patch is the addition of a free visual voicemail application, allowing subscribers to cruise through their voicemail without having to dial in. To get started on your Bold, go to RIM’s software download site for AT&T, and pick out the BlackBerry 9000 from the drop-down menu.
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AT&T Re-releases BlackBerry Bold Firmware with Visual Voicemail


OS 4.6.0.297 for the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold on AT&T (NYSE: T) is once again available after an initial release followed quickly by some technical difficulties and a retraction of the firmware earlier this month. The big deal with this particular patch is the addition of a free visual voicemail application, allowing subscribers to cruise through their voicemail without having to dial in. To get started on your Bold, go to RIM’s software download site for AT&T, and pick out the BlackBerry 9000 from the drop-down menu.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Is OnLive OnCrack?


We just tried out OnLive, and of course it worked perfectly, being a demonstration on the order of 8-10 machines set up by the company itself. The people we talked to were naturally very optimistic, and my concerns over the availability and reliability of multi-megabit connections were waved away. That isn’t the only problem, though. OnLive will need a top-tier computer for every player at all times, and when a new game is introduced, the volume and subsequent will be unsupportable. Add this to the fact that video quality (which looked okay to me) is questionable at the framerates they’ve set forth, and things start looking a bit pie-in-the-sky.

This informative article at Eurogamer is immensely skeptical, and understandably. These are serious questions, and they demand real answers from OnLive, even if they have to be coy about the details. If they want to serve 20,000 people at a time, they’ll need 20,000 computers or the equivalent thereof. Even at the hugely conservative estimate of $1000 per machine, that’s $20 million just to start. Is growth sustainable? Is the revenue sufficient? Once the shine wears off, will we find that OnLive is making promises it just can’t keep? We’ll know soon. Until then, I’m withholding judgment, but leaning towards calling BS.

Blockbuster Coming to TiVo: World Talks About Apple Instead


That Blockbuster plans to bring its On Demand service to TiVo is news enough — the Netflix rival certainly needs to shift its streaming movie service onto more devices than the proprietary MediaPoint player you currently need in order to use it.

In fact, this news should tickle TiVo owners, whose box is fast becoming the best single way to watch movies instantly via the internet. But the news that is catching everybody’s attention is a small fact that Blockbuster senior VP Kevin Lewis let slip when talking to Reuters — Blockbuster will stream content to “Apple devices". Sadly, Reuters didn’t quote directly, so we don’t know which devices exactly, only that they will be “the normal places that consumers want to watch movies."

This could just mean a Mac client, something it took Netflix a while to get around to. Or it could mean iPhone or Apple TV. Or it could mean absolutely nothing. Remember Adobe’s increasingly desperate bleats that it is bringing Flash to the iPhone, and that “Apple and Adobe are collaborating"? This “collaboration" was in fact wishful thinking on the part of Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayan.

Could it be that this is merely a Freudian Slip on the part of Lewis? That his desire to be on the iWagon is so great that it bubbled up from Blockbuster’s collective unconscious and spilled out all over the TiVo announcement? We don’t know, but if company philosophy is any indicator, we’d put money on a Netflix/AppleTV double-team instead.

What we do know is the the whole TiVo lineup will be able to use the Blockbuster service in the second half of the year. There will be 10,000 titles to choose from. Prices are yet to be confirmed, but they are likely to be similar to today’s Blockbuster.com prices, at $2-$4 for rentals and $10+ for purchases. The biggest shock, though is this quote from Lewis: “You have to think about what the consumer wants." Yes, he really said that.

Blockbuster aims beyond stores with TiVo deal [Reuters]

Monday, January 12, 2009

George Foreman USB Grill


The George Foreman USB grill is a god send to the geeks of the internets. You don't even have to leave the comfort of your high-backed leather office chair to cook a steak any more!

The George Foreman USB grill converts all your bandwidth into a tasty meal. Clever huh?

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