Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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Posted by Augustine at 7:58 PM

Guess what % of 2011's biggest sites use Google Analytics? (or what % still use Omniture)? http://bit.ly/wPVByr

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Posted by Augustine at 12:11 PM

drag2share: Moneto NFC microSD to bring contactless features to any Android phone

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/moneto-nfc-microsd-contactless-payment-Android-iPhone/

DeviceFidelity and Spring Card Systems have teamed up on a NFC-capable microSD card that will hopefully forgo the need of buying specific mobile handsets for the privilege of contactless payments. The card, which has been in development for a few years, houses an NFC radio and antenna that deals with payments through MasterCard's PayPass system. Moneto's iPhone case is already available, offering swipe payment delights for iOS users for $80, and includes $10 of spendable cash. The microSD card is set to land in the next few weeks, pegged at $30. Both will be available at the source below, with plans to support several -- as yet unnamed -- Android devices by Q2, rolling out further throughout 2012.

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Moneto NFC microSD to bring contactless features to any Android phone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 11:20 AM

drag2share: Griffin's Helo TC Assault chopper lets you act out your Airwolf fantasies on the cat

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/griffins-helo-tc-assault-chopper-lets-you-act-out-your-airwolf/

It's not just a big stetson that Griffin's rocking up with at CES, it's also packing some brand new gear for the warm climes of Nevada. First up is the wonderfully childish update to last summer's Helo TC Assault RC Helicopter that'll provide you hours of fun (misery for your children / co-workers) thanks to its ability to fire missiles. An infra-red flight deck plugs into your iDevice's headphone jack and will let you control it using its touch interface or using your internal gyroscope. We know it'll cost $60, just ten dollars more for the ability to conduct bombing runs on any animals who stray past your path and there's more information in the press release we've got for you after the break.

Continue reading Griffin's Helo TC Assault chopper lets you act out your Airwolf fantasies on the cat

Griffin's Helo TC Assault chopper lets you act out your Airwolf fantasies on the cat originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 11:20 AM

drag2share: A spreadsheet based music tracker: get ready to rock your accounts (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/a-spreadsheet-based-music-tracker-get-ready-to-rock-your-accoun/

Art and geekery: two sides of the same coin. A fact wonderfully demonstrated by this spiffy spreadheet-based music sequencer. Live-coder and all-round music hacker Patrick -- aka cappel:nord -- spotted the LibreOffice spreadsheet's sonic potential and decided to work his magic. The result is demonstrated in the video below. Sure, it's a little bit senza functionally, but it does appear to have velocity control, based on the cell's number value, as well as effects. Not bad for what the creator claims was "a three hour hack". Sadly there's sparse detail on how exactly the task was accomplished, but if you know your quavers from your variables, grab the source code by tapping the via after the jump.

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A spreadsheet based music tracker: get ready to rock your accounts (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 11:20 AM

drag2share: Warpia unleashes WarpiaTV, wants to be your web service middleman

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/warpia-unleashes-warpiatv-wants-to-be-your-web-service-middlema/

If Warpia's previous USB to HDMI solutions simply weren't complete enough for you, WarpiaTV might pique your interest. Acting as a middleman between you and the internet, WarpiaTV combines a new WarpiaTV browser with a seven-function motion controller -- giving you couch potato access to services like Facebook, Twitter and Netflix, as well as anything else you have lying around your hard drive. The wired version of the setup will set you back $80, or you could splurge for the WarpiaTV wireless edition for $120 more. Read on for a look at the outfit's new wireless controller, or just to gawk at the official press release.

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Warpia unleashes WarpiaTV, wants to be your web service middleman originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:24 AM

drag2share: T-Mobile announces the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, available 'later this year'

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/galaxy-s-blaze-4g-t-mobile/

Hot on the heels of the Galaxy S II's success, T-Mobile's getting another Samsung 4G device brewed up. The new smartphone, called the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, isn't set to be available until later this year, which unfortunately means we're getting very little details at the moment. According to the press release, the Blaze will have a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 42Mbps HSPA+ and a "brilliant Super AMOLED touch screen." Again, this is all we have been given at the moment, and we're confused by the fact that the display doesn't have an HD in front nor a Plus in back, as well as the phone's use of "Galaxy S" in the title. As always, it's our hope that this CES announcement will be shortly followed up with an opportunity to get some hands-on time and more details, and we'll keep you posted with any updates as they come in.

Update: At tonight's T-Mobile event, we heard a slightly narrower timeframe for launch: sometime in the first half of the year.

Continue reading T-Mobile announces the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, available 'later this year'

T-Mobile announces the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, available 'later this year' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:53 AM

drag2share: Motorola and Intel hold hands for multi-year, multi-device partnership, shipments start 2H 2012

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/motorola-intel-android-smartphone-partnership/

Well, look who just showed up at Intel's CES 2012 keynote? Motorola Mobility's own Sanjay Jha just grabbed a bit of the limelight -- long enough to announce a multi-year, multi-device agreement that should see Intel's Medfield chips powering Moto's hardware (the second announced behind Lenovo) in the not-too-distant future. Naturally, we're guessing Android will be the OS of choice here, but we can only guess what Motorola's going to do when all of its other chip partners come knocking with new questions.

Update: We've learned that product shipments from the partnership will start in the second half of this year.

Follow along at our Intel liveblog here!

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Motorola and Intel hold hands for multi-year, multi-device partnership, shipments start 2H 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:53 AM

drag2share: Blue Microphones Tiki, Mikey Digital and Spark Digital hands-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/blue-microphones-tiki-mikey-digital-and-spark-digital-hands-on/

We swung by Blue Microphones' booth at CES to get our hands on its trio of new mics, and while the Mikey Digital and Spark Digital (the former for iPhone and iPad, and the latter for iPad only) looked very much like their analog counterparts, the cute little Tiki was quite the attention-seeker with its cyborg snail-like shape (and did we mention that there's a push button on its butt for toggling Intelligent Mute?). The new Spark's shock-mount desktop stand also intrigued us -- we'd say it's a nice blend of the old mount and the Yeti's stand. Other than that, there's really not much else to say about these funky-looking mics, so we'll let our photos below do the rest of the job.

Blue Microphones Tiki, Mikey Digital and Spark Digital hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:50 AM

drag2share: Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-k800-intel-medfield-smartphone-hands-on/

Well it looks like we have a surprise guest at Showstoppers tonight. Lenovo just dropped by with its just-announced K800 -- the first Intel-powered smartphone to see the light of day. The beastly 4.5-inch 720p device sample that the company had on-hand is running a highly modified version of Android, and while the interface may not look familiar, the overall app experience shouldn't be much different from what you're used to. The official spec list includes a 1.6GHz Intel Medfield processor, Android 2.3, a TFT display and an 8 megapixel camera with a maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200. For now, the K800 is compatible with WCDMA HSPA+ and was running on AT&T's 3G network -- there's no word of LTE on this version, which seems logical considering that the 4G network is a bit hard to come by in Lenovo's native China, where the device is expected to launch first. Naturally, there's also 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS connectivity. We'll be bringing you more on what's undoubtedly the hottest gadget of the evening in the days to come, but jump past the break for an early look at the world's first Medfield smartphone.

Gallery: Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on

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Update: With no access to Android Market, our benchmarking abilities were somewhat limited. We did manage to run SunSpider on the K800 though, which yielded a score of 1,971 -- just a hair faster than the 1,985 that we saw on the Galaxy Nexus.

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Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:49 AM

drag2share: Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-ideacentre-a720-all-in-one-hands-on-video/

Lenovo announced the IdeaCentre A720 at CES: an all-in-one touchscreen desktop that transforms into a surface-like device by just pushing the display down. The 27-inch, 10-point multitouch display is a little bit wider than a finger and connects via a moveable armature to the base where the various ports are -- including HDMI in and out. The surface's response was still a little flaky, but with half a year ahead of them we hope Lenovo will nail it. Feel free to watch us play Pong with elastic bands and poke at bugs.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:49 AM

drag2share: FXI's Cotton Candy gets a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich and Ubuntu, we go hands-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/fxis-cotton-candy-gets-a-taste-of-ubuntu-we-go-hands-on/

This petite stick of USB-HDMI actually houses a ARM Corex A9 dual-core processor and is capable of running its own OS. But then, you knew that already, right? So what's new? Well, it's now capable of running both Android Ice Cream Sandwich and we've got Ubuntu running on the show floor. The dongle can connect to these operating systems through the USB connection and while Cotton Candy itself has no internal memory, it can all be stored on micro-SD. There's still the Ubuntu hiccups that are to be expected, but the prototype device still deals out a Firefox browser and the usual Ubuntu niceties. Marvel at Gingerbread-powered Angry Birds on a MacBook, or widescreen Ubuntu and ICS. They're all in our gallery after the break.

FXI's Cotton Candy gets a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich and Ubuntu, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:49 AM

drag2share: Boxee Box Live TV dongle hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/boxee-box-live-tv-dongle-hands-on-video/

Boxee is here at Showstoppers, where they've put the Boxee Box Live TV dongle on full display. Initially announced back in November, this tool pipes coaxial signals through to a user's Boxee Box, allowing users to connect their antennas to a Box and stream select channels at no monthly fee. The system also features Facebook integration, allowing you to see what shows your friends are watching, with their profiles displayed under each show within the sidebar menu. It won't return search results for live TV programming, but Boxee is looking to incorporate this feature into future versions. The Boxee Box Live TV dongle is priced at $50, and should begin shipping by the third week of January. For more details, check out our full gallery below, followed by our hands-on video after the break.

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Boxee Box Live TV dongle hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: BenQ brings XL2420T and XL2420TX gaming monitors to North America

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/benq-xl2420t-xl2420tx-gaming-monitors-to-north-america/

BenQ's XL2420T and XL2420TX gaming LCDs have been around the block a time or two, but the outfit's taking advantage of this week's Consumer Electronics Show to launch 'em both here in North America. The range is available across quite a few screen sizes (17-, 19-, 21.5-, 22-, 23- and 24-inch), with pricing hitting around the $500 to $600 mark. A bit pricey at first blush, but what'd you really expect for a monitor that's certified as NVIDIA 3D Vision 2-ready? Exactly.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:49 AM

drag2share: Moboplay: allegedly the world's smallest 1080p media player... allegedly

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/moboplay-allegedly-the-worlds-smallest-1080p-media-player-a/

Moboplay
At only 60mm by 64mm the Moboplay from HSTi is impressively tiny. Even more impressive is that this diminutive package is able to playback full 1080p video, in a variety of formats, on your TV via HDMI. There's a USB port and an SD card slot up front for loading media from, but you can also plug in the company's Wireless Media Stick for streaming videos straight from your phone, tablet, NAS or other connected device. Check out the gallery below.

Gallery: Moboplay

Moboplay: allegedly the world's smallest 1080p media player... allegedly originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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