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Friday, January 07, 2011

Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Can Use Any Phone's 3G Connection to Upload Photos [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5727237/eye+fi-wireless-sd-card-can-use-any-phones-3g-connection-to-upload-photos

Having an Eye-Fi wireless SD card in your camera is useful, but only if there's a wireless network to connect to. Soon, though, anyone with an Eye-Fi X2 will be able to upload photos through their phone's 3G connection.

Here's how it works: The Eye-Fi sets up a little ad-hoc network; the smartphone app connects to it; pictures are transfered to the smartphone; pictures are uploaded to anywhere and everywhere, via the phone's connection. It's pretty quick:

It's a simple concept that probably wasn't too difficult to pull off, but the effect is totally transformative. With this app, every photo you take with any Eye-Fi-equipped camera can be uploaded as long as your phone has an active data connection. Your DSLR is a cellphone camera, now.

The Android and iPhone apps are due later this year (Eye-Fi couldn't get more specific than that) and will be a free update.

Amazon's Selling Three Windows Phone 7 Handsets For 1Â¢ Each [Cellphones]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5727446/amazons-selling-three-windows-phone-7-handsets-for-1-each

Amazon's Selling Three Windows Phone 7 Handsets For 1Â¢ Each There may've been a bunch of handsets shown off this week, but if AT&T customers have been debating an upgrade to WP7, AmazonWireless' slashed Samsung Focus, LG Quantum and HTC Surround prices to 1¢ for the next two weeks. [BGR]

Samsung launching RVU-compatible D6000 series TVs in March

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/samsung-launching-rvu-compatible-d6000-series-tvs-in-march/

Remember the RVU Alliance from last year? The idea is to use standard tech like DLNA and UPnP to move live TV and DVR'd content around the home and straight to your screens, instead of having to plug a separate set-top box into every television. Well, Samsung is about to ship the first TVs in the world that support the RVU protocol, the Samsung LED D6000, LED D6400 and LED D6420. When networked with DirecTV's RVU server (the first of its kind), the TVs will display the UI and features from the DirecTV box, with ability to pause live content, share DVR storage, and record up to five shows simultaneously. No word on cost for the sets, but can you really put a price on the future?

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Samsung launching RVU-compatible D6000 series TVs in March originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MMT's DisplayLink-equipped 15.4-inch Monitor2Go hands-on at CES 2011 (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/mmts-displaylink-equipped-15-4-inch-monitor2go-hands-on-at-ces/

We just happened upon MMT's Monitor2Go at CES's ShowStoppers event here in Vegas, and... well, it's a Mimo monitor, but huge. The new version -- which is expected to ship in a few months here in the US for $279 -- lacks the number pad that was on last year's model. That one was aimed primarily at accountants on the run, whereas this DisplayLink-equipped version is aimed at everyone else. You can catch up on all of the specifications and such here, but the actual display felt satisfactorily light, the swiveling hinge was rock solid and the screen itself was acceptable for a secondary solution. The low resolution won't dazzle anyone, and it's certainly no replacement for a legitimate monitor, but it's definitely easier to lug around than a new ST2220T. Head on past the break for a quick video demonstration.

Gallery: MMT's DisplayLink-equipped 15.4-inch Monitor2Go hands-on at CES 2011

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Samsung Series 9 hands-on preview (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/samsung-series-9-hands-on-preview-video/

Do we deliver or what? Just as promised, we went back for seconds with the Samsung 9 Series laptop, and man, it is one beautiful laptop. As you already know, it is incredibly thin, but it also has a very rigid construction thanks to its duralumin build. (Fun fact: apparently they build planes out of the same stuff.) As you will see in the video below, the design is very clean and the sharp edges have been designed to make the system look even slimmer. The lead designer of the system YeoWan Yun told us that the 9 Series was inspired by nature's beauty, including waves, leaves, and water. But it's not just the outside of the system that's beautiful -- the matte 400nit, 13-inch display is incredibly bright and crisp and the viewing angles are just top notch. Below that screen is one very nice chiclet keyboard with matte keys. Sammy's gone with a single button ClickPad, which in our short time with the laptop seemed fine for navigating with our index finger while keeping our thumb on the bottom. Naturally, we weren't able to get a real sense of the Core i5 performance, but we did notice that the system resumed from sleep rather quickly thanks to its 128GB SSD. Truth is we haven't been this excited about a Windows ultraportable since the Dell Adamo XPS, we just hope the 9 Series really brings the brawn and battery life with the beauty.

Gallery: Samsung Series 9 hands-on