Sony's X-Ramen Rader Finds Hot Noodles Wherever You Are [Specificity]

from Gizmodo by adam frucci

Here's an unexpected product from Sony: ramen radar. Yeah, it's a piece of software designed to help you find a ramen noodle shop wherever you are. Now, as someone who's gone on the record about his near-obsession with ramen , this sounds pretty amazing to me, albeit also kind of ridiculous. The X-Ramen Radar works by using Sony's PlaceEngine system that uses a database of local WiFi hotspots to determine your location, then cross-references it with a database of ramen shops. Or something, it's a little confusing and Japan-only. It could clearly be used for anything, but the fact that it's made exclusively for ramen joints just makes it a real head scratcher. [Product Page via Digital World Tokyo]

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Mitsubishi Unveils 27-Million-Pixel, 340-Degree DLP Panorama Screen Room [Gigantic Screens]

from Gizmodo by adam frucci

Mitsubishi just unveiled a pretty amazing set of giant screens set up to create a walk-in panorama. Consisting of a whopping 17 pairs of 67-inch panels arranged in a 340-degree near-circle, this $1.3-million setup creates a feeling of total immersion. The screens are all DLP, and in total it's packed with 27 million pixels. It was custom-built for a rich, secretive customer, but Mitsubishi hopes to start producing the setup for museums and other such institutions in the future. Holy crap do I ever want to play video games on this thing. Let's make that happen, Mitsubishi. [Iza via Pink Tentacle ]

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Your BlackBerry Curve Can Record Video via BlackBerry OS 4.3

from Digital Inspiration by Amit

The still image camera of your BlackBerry Curve will soon transform itself into a proper video camera thanks to new BlackBerry 4.3 update that's due very soon.

That means if you have own a BlackBerry 8300 Curve, you'll be able to capture video clips with your BlackBerry phone in addition to still images.

Video recording feature are probably integrated in the latest BlackBerry Curve models like the BlackBerry 8320. Thanks CrackBerry.

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EZfetch Wireless HD Digital Media Player gets official

from Engadget by Darren Murph

We certainly haven't been starved for media streamers of late, and if you reckoned the feature-packed EZfetch Wireless HD Digital Media Player would be priced right out of your league, guess again. This multifaceted unit, which appeared just days ago on the FCC's website, is now officially available to anyone interested -- and for $249, no less. Yep, for the price of a (likely sold-out) Wii, users can can pick up a snazzy streaming box that pulls in content from Nokia N-series mobiles, PCs, NAS drives and a slew of WiFi-enabled devices in order to light up your living room TV. Furthermore, the gizmo plays nice with more formats than you can shake a stick at, and it's shipping now to those who simply can't resist.

[Via eHomeUpgrade]

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It's Official: Netflix (NFLX) Destroys BlockBuster (BBI)

from Silicon Alley Insider by Henry Blodget

For a few minutes, it seemed BlockBuster's Total Access plan might actually post a problem for Netflix: After all, the in-store pick-up and drop-off just seemed so convenient.  Well, the results are in, and the answer is "no."

As Peter Kafka reported yesterday, BlockBuster's Total Access subscription business got crushed in Q3, with subs declining by 500,000.  Netflix's subscriber base, meanwhile, resumed growth, climbing 286,000.  Analysts are now justifiably fretting about the growth of subscription business overall (it shrank for the first time), and Netflix's next challenge is to figure out how to thrive in a digital-delivery world. 

But in this latest example of how hard it is to transform a physical-world business model to compete with a focused online competitor, the word "BlockBuster" need never again come up on a Netflix conference call.  That fight is over.  (The final insult?  Netflix's market cap is 2X Blockbuster's)

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