Posted on December 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Intel Corp. announced a solid state drive (SSD) in 40GB or 80GB capacities, claimed to be an eighth the size of the company’s 2.5-inch X25 SSDs. Measuring only 2.0 x 1.18 x 0.2 inches (51 x 30 x 5mm) and weighing less than 10 grams, the Intel SSD 310 Series is Intel’s first mSATA form [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Internet phone company Skype is bringing live video calls to iPhone and iPad screens in an aggressive bid to cash in on the popular devices and build momentum for its imminent public stock offering. Skype today begins offering a two-way video application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch — its most significant app for Apple [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Cowon annnounced an Android 2.1 portable media player (PMP) with 1080p HD video playback. The D3 Plenue ships with up to 64GB of flash memory, and provides a 3.7-inch, 800 x 480 AMOLED display, plus Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g, T-DMB, and FM radio, says the company. Cowon has long made Linux- and Windows-based PMPs, shipping a [...]
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Posted on December 29th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The launch of the HTC EVO Shift 4G is clearly getting close, as the Android OS-based smartphone appears in a flier from Radio Shack. The advertisement gives some of the specifications of this model, and shows that it will sell for less than many had thought. Previously it was thought this device would be called [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Surprise! Amazon has announced that in just five months, the new, third-gen Kindle replaces ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ as the best-selling product in Amazon’s history. “We’re grateful to the millions of customers who have made the all-new Kindle the bestselling product in the history of Amazon — surpassing Harry Potter 7,” said Jeff [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Onkyo announced an Android 2.2-based tablet that comes with a 1GHz Tegra 250 processor. The TA117 offers 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8GB or 16GB of flash storage, a 10.1-inch screen with 1024 x 600 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Onkyo’s TA117 Not only does the Onkyo TA117 offer the same processor [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The mobile division of Electronic Arts is having a big sale — virtually all of its games are now available for just under a dollar each. This includes hot titles like Need for Speed, Battlefield: Bad Company, and Madden NFL 11. Those with an Android OS device can get Need for Speed, FIFA 10, and [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Technology that shuts down a vehicle’s engine at stoplights is nothing new to anyone that’s driven or ridden in a hybrid. If you’ve missed that particular slice of automotive pie, the effect is the same as when your weird, 60-year-old hippie uncle insists on shutting off his car’s engine at every opportunity to save gas. [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
AT&T is now offering the iPhone 4, Apple’s latest smartphone with 16 GB of storage, for just $99 with a two-year wireless service contract. That’s half the usual price. There’s a catch, though. There’s a catch, though: the units being sold at this price have been refurbished. These are devices that have been previously purchased [...]
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