Monday, April 13, 2009

CUBE B52HD PMP handles codecs galore, HD out for silly cheap

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/cube-b52hd-pmp-handles-codecs-galore-hd-out-for-silly-cheap/


It's not like we're ever going to bump into this in our local electronics store, but boy is this CUBE B52HD portable media player tempting. The thing has a 5-inch 480 x 272 LCD, all the codecs we could ask for (including fan faves like FLAC, OGG, along with plenty of video options), 1280 x 720 video out, 8GB of built-in storage and an expansion slot of some sort. We're not sure about input methods, but hopefully the interface involves Brendan Fraser to some extent. The best news? All this can be theoretically yours for a mere 499 yuan, about $73 US.

[Via PMP Today]

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Firmware update brings file conversion, iPhone access to HP's MediaSmart ex485 / ex487

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/


HP's MediaSmart Server ex487 (1.5TB) and ex485 (750GB) both received copious amounts of praise when launched late last year, but considering just how many issues the original two had (the ex470 and ex475), it wouldn't take much to best 'em. Today, HP is issuing its second firmware update of the year for the series, but the first ever for the newest duo -- and make no mistake, it's a big one. The v2.5 update adds in loads of new features, far too many to cover in this space, in fact. If you're interested in hearing more, follow us past the break for all the details.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

Survey: 100% of Teens Want an iPod; 0% of Teens Want Any Other Player [Dominance]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/VZAZQrFEAB4/survey-100-of-teens-want-an-ipod-0-of-teens-want-any-other-player

News doesn't get much worse than this for the Zunes and Sansas of the world: a whopping 0% of surveyed teens planned on buying their devices, with 100% wanting an iPod in the coming year.

Piper Jaffray's biannual Teen Survey, in its eighth year, shows a serious drop off in interest for the Zune and Sansa. From last year's not-great 15% figure to this year's unfathomable 0%, it's just ugly.

But are these numbers accurate? For one, SanDisk had some decent numbers around 2007, but this survey says they peaked at 4%. It's certainly possible that SanDisk sold all of its products to adults and not teens, which would explain the discrepancy, but it still seems a bit fishy.

But in any case, Apple has just got to love seeing numbers like this. The age of iPod's total dominance over the PMP scene won't last forever, but with numbers like this it isn't ending anytime soon either. [Apple Insider via Crave]



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Crunchpad: Photos of TechCrunch's Delicious Web Tablet [Techcrunch]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0rUh9qcIwWY/crunchpad-photos-of-techcrunchs-delicious-web-tablet

The web tablet TechCrunch is working on is apparently still alive, seeing as it just showed up in Michael Arrington's posterous. UPDATED

The photos are now down from his posterous and Arrington declined to give us any more details or specs.
From the techcrunch twitterfeed:

fyi on the crunchpad buzz, photos were removed. apologies, they weren't ready for publication yet. added to our posterous account in error

More from TechCrunch, which has come forward with more details:

What you see is a prototype, equipped with an Intel Atom processor and a 12″ capacitative touchscreen.

Check out the keyboard.

I love this thing. Techcrunch will have more details next week.



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This Farm? Oh, At This Farm We Grow Fluorescent Bulbs [Image Of The Night]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/uvH4_FTCGuY/this-farm-oh-at-this-farm-we-grow-fluorescent-bulbs

Richard Box's art installation, called FIELD, is powered by the electrical fields from the power lines that run above the project. It's an eerie sight, to be sure. [io9]



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