ID8 Mobile’s Bluetooth tablet accessories include business card-shaped headsets and handsets
January 7, 2011 No Comment
The MoGo product line is all about making normally-thick Bluetooth accessories insanely thin, and the trend continues with a couple new ones targeted at tablets and scheduled for launch in the second quarter. We had a chance this week to check out hand-built prototypes of a speakerphone / handset and headset with charging case, both designed to be thin and small enough to fit into the business card holder built into a tablet case. The speakerphone is pretty clever: set it on a table, it’s a speakerphone, hold it to your face and it becomes a tiny handset appropriate for holding private calls through the telephony services on your tab (or Tab , as the case may be). The headset, meanwhile, fits in a vanity-style case — also designed to stow away in a business card holder — but the real magic here is that the case doubles as a battery that charges the headset when it’s docked. Perfect for Skype, eh? Gallery: ID8 Mobile’s Bluetooth tablet accessories include business card-shaped headsets and handsets ID8 Mobile’s Bluetooth tablet accessories include business card-shaped headsets and handsets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …TRENDnet TEW-692GR 450Mbps concurrent dual band router, yet another first
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We told you to keep an eye out for TRENDnet at CES this year, and guess what? They delivered. The kings of first-to-market WiFi devices will demo another first this week: the first 450Mbps concurrent dual band wireless router, or TEW-692GR. TRENDnet will be the first to tell you that their new router is the first to offer full 450Mbps on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands, simultaneously. As with the company’s TEW-690AP, the TEW-692GR delivers a max theoretical throughput of 450Mbps, with three spatial streams per antenna, and can hit a whole gigabit via wired ethernet port. The TEW-692GR goes to market in April and will retail for about $250. If you want to be the first on your block to see the power router in action, check out the TRENDnet booth at CES . TRENDnet TEW-692GR 450Mbps concurrent dual band router, yet another first originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Verizon is sharing its grand vision of the future of TV at CES this year which not only includes FiOS TV programming on its set-tops and iPads, but also via Blu-ray players, game consoles, and even directly on the TV without any tethered box at all. And unlike other providers , Verizon isn’t taking the media server approach because it doesn’t scale. The demo at the at CES’s bloggers lounge included all four screens with a Samsung Blu-ray player’s app delivering both traditional live TV, DVR’d content and video-on-demand — in this case the DVR content was being streamed from a FiOS DVR, but the device could have internal storage. Because this content is to be delivered via IP instead of QAM , there’s the chance that this programming could be delivered everywhere and to any screen (rights issues aside of course). That’s the good news, the (potentially) bad news is that all this great content will only be delivered via Verizon’s software, so if you’re a TiVo or Media Center guy, no programming for you. We still stick by the idea that true inovation will only come when cable customers can chose both their hardware and their software , but we you can bet we’ll bite our tongue and enjoy some HD when we are not standing on our soap box. Gallery: Verizon FiOS TV on a Blu-ray player Verizon intends to take its FiOS TV to every box, maybe even everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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image: Mass Animal Deaths – Google Map You’d have to have been sequestered in a cave for the past ten days or so to not have noticed all the coverage of mass bird deaths and fish kills going on right now. And you’ve perhaps already come across the
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Two imprisoned sisters whose life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other have been released from a Mississippi prison. (Jan. 7)
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Ford just made some tire marks on the stage at CES unveiling its Focus Electric , the first new major vehicle announced at the show. We of course knew it was coming, and we have all the details right here of both the car itself and the MyTouch Mobile app , but we were given an opportunity to get up and close with them both. Click on through for some impressions — both in visual and textual formats. Gallery: Ford Focus Electric launch Continue reading Ford Focus Electric and MyFord Mobile hands-on (video) Ford Focus Electric and MyFord Mobile hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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So, the word is that Samsung was planning on showing off Google TV at its presser, but switched things up at the last minute and stuck to its first party Smart TV offering. Still, that didn’t stop two Samsung Google TV boxes from showing up at the show floor, a Blu-ray player and a standalone “companion” box. They both look pretty svelte, and the companion box is particularly smaller than the standalone Logitech and Sony boxes. Samsung’s explanation of the showing was the idea that Samsung was “capable” of supporting other platforms, though they didn’t have any promises of a release, a release date, or a price range. We also saw a Samsung Galaxy S running the Google TV controller app, which isn’t much of a stretch, and there wasn’t any sort of physical remote or keyboard on display. Basically, Samsung is showing the bare minimum of a Google TV offering, which seems to be sort of appropriate with Google TV’s current feature set, if you want to get all “deeper meaning” about it. Gallery: Samsung shows off Google TV companion box and Blu-ray player Continue reading Samsung shows off Google TV companion box and Blu-ray player Samsung shows off Google TV companion box and Blu-ray player originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ford just made industry history by being the first major auto manufacturer to unveil a new model at CES , the Focus Electric. But we already knew it would . What we didn’t know were the details of the thing, but now we have them. And a lot of pretty pictures. Ford is saying the car will manage a range of 100 miles and that it will offer an MPGe rating (a conceptual equivalency of miles per gallon for an electric or otherwise non-traditionally powered car) higher than the Volt and comparable to the Leaf, but crucially it’s saying that it can be recharged on a 240 volt outlet in four hours or less. The Leaf can take up to seven hours with the same amount of current — though of course CHAdeMO support there handily trumps that. More details below, along with details of some pretty blue butterflies. Gallery: Ford Focus Electric Continue reading Ford unveils Focus Electric with MyFord Mobile smartphone integration Ford unveils Focus Electric with MyFord Mobile smartphone integration originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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enlarge Credit: LIFE Magazine Shown: Gingrich and his “frequent breakfast companion” circa 1997. I was aware that Newt Gingrich was having an affair with Callista Bisek while impeaching Bill Clinton for the same exact thing. I was also aware that Vanity Fair Magazine had referred to Ms. Bisek as the Speaker’s “frequent breakfast companion.” I did not know that his extramarital affair lasted six years. I believe Newt Gingrich did pay the $300,000 fine leveed by the House Ethics Committee . I also remember that he resigned in disgrace to the House of Representatives, whether he has any shame or not. Explain to me why ABC News and Politico are able to discuss his potential 2012 candidacy without leaving laugh-spittle all over their pixels.
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Looks like Verizon is shopping for ways to get its brand spanking new 4G airwaves loaded, because Sling’s just announced an unusual subscription-based deal with them that should kill the upfront cost normally associated with buying a Slingbox and a $30 SlingPlayer Mobile app. Monthly pricing hasn’t yet been announced, but if you’ve got one of Verizon’s new LTE phones, you’ll have the option of getting some dollar figure tacked onto your monthly bill and a box will get shipped to your door on loan; cancel the subscription, and you’ll presumably have to return it or pay a fee. It’s an interesting shift in Sling’s business model, but from Verizon’s perspective, it’s also got an air of anti- net neutrality to it — especially if the $30 SlingPlayer option in the Market goes away. Here’s hoping it doesn’t! Follow the break for the full press release. Continue reading Sling hooks up with Verizon to rent Slingboxes to LTE customers Sling hooks up with Verizon to rent Slingboxes to LTE customers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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