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IFA 2010: Samsung introduceert tablet

Fetched: September 2nd, 2010, 10:34pm CEST

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Met de Galaxy Tab begeeft Samsung zich op de markt voor tablet pc’s. Het apparaat met 7 inch touchscreen draait op Android 2.2 en beschikt over 3G, WiFi (802.11n), bluetooth 3.0 en een miniSD-kaartaansluiting. De draadloze connectiviteit maakt hem geschikt voor e-mail en internet. In combinatie met een headset
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Philips ontvangt Ziggo certificering

Fetched: September 2nd, 2010, 10:34pm CEST

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Philips heeft van Ziggo certificering ontvangen op maar liefst 48 TV modellen uit de 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000 en 9000 serie alsook de Cinema 21:9 die in 2010 op de markt zijn gebracht. Consumenten met een Philips TV met CI+ module kunnen vanaf nu volledig gebruik maken van de Lees meer... (http://www.hetmag.nl/nieuws/productnieuws/3712-philips-ontvangt-ziggo-certificering-)
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IFA 2010: Spotify op Sonos systemen

Fetched: September 2nd, 2010, 10:34pm CEST

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De muziekdienst Spotify is in korte tijd enorm populair geworden. En niet voor niets. De muziekdienst biedt inmiddels al acht miljoen nummers aan, waaruit je zelf playlists kan samenstellen en met anderen kunt delen. De dienst is binnenkort direct te benaderen met het Sonos Multi-Room muzieksysteem. Je moet dan
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Samsung Galaxy Tab reported to retail at €699 and €799 in Europe

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:22pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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An increasing number of Euroland news outlets are reporting an eye-watering set of prices for Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Although still unofficial and therefore not yet to be trusted, the values we're hearing are €699 ($890) in France and €799 ($1,020) in Germany. Those presumably represent the cost of the 16GB and 32GB Tab, respectively, and align perfectly with Apple's iPad WiFi + 3G pricing -- aside from the fact the iPads have double the storage at each price point. Oops! That does make us wary to believe these numbers just yet, but if you want a laugh, why not check out UK importer Expansys today, which is offering a cracking deal for the 16GB Galaxy Tab at £680 ($1,050). And with only a 39-day wait!

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]
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Toshiba onthult tablet Folio 100 op IFA

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:15pm CEST

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Toshiba heeft op de IFA de Folio 100 onthuld, een Android-tablet met een 10,1 inch capacitief (multi-)touchscreen met een resolutie van 1024 x 600 pix...
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Canon's Wonder Camera, and other future concepts that tease us from behind glass

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:01pm CEST by Ross Miller

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Canon had a lot to show for itself at its annual expo today, from the EOS 60D to the (working!) Multipurpose 4K concept, but the best goodies are of course the ones just a few steps outside of today's technological limits. One display in particular that caught our eye was the 2010 Image Creation set, featuring the bold Wonder Camera Concept from July. Nothing functional here, not even in sleight-of-hand video render form, but the models are quite the lookers. Joining the "SLR Style Concept" (as it was being called here, according to the accompanying placard) were the 3D Cam, Image Palette (display), Image Navi Cam (point and shoot), and MR HMD (helmet) -- all aesthetically Kubrick in nature. Not that we mind, of course; we find it best to go ahead and accept our future for the glossy white design motif that it'll assuredly become. Elsewhere, we happened upon the purported "world's largest CMOS sensor" -- not that we'd argue with what we saw -- and the more compact 120 megapixel CMOS, along with (separately) its panoramic camera prototype body. You can live vicariously through us in the photos below.
Gallery: Canon's 2010 future concepts

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Samsung lanceert Bada-smartphone Wave TouchWiz

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:47pm CEST

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Samsung heeft zijn tweede smartphone met besturingssysteem Bada gelanceerd: de Wave TouchWiz. Bada is Samsungs eigen open mobiele platform, waarvoor m...
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WSJ: iPhone 4 to be offered by Vodafone and O2 in Germany as T-Mobile loses exclusivity

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:39pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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The last bastion of Applephone exclusivity in Europe is about to be toppled, according to the Wall Street Journal, as Deutsche Telekom is said to be preparing for the loss of its iPhone 4 monopoly ahead of this year's holiday shopping season. Citing separate sources familiar with the matter, this report suggests that Vodafone and O2's German arms are earnestly reaching out for Apple's latest and greatest, and while distribution deals haven't yet been finalized, negotiations have reached an "advanced stage." Much as with O2's UK exclusivity deal, Apple looks to have opted against extending its arrangement with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile in an effort to reach the widest possible consumer base. Makes a lot of sense to us, now how about doing the same back home?
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Canon's 4k Multipurpose Camera concept weakens knees, shoots video. We go hands-on! (Video)

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:17pm CEST by Chad Mumm

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You're looking at Canon's new 4k "Multipurpose" concept, a wondrous amalgamation of still and video cameras pumping 60 frames per second at 4k resolution out of an 8 megapixel 2/3-inch CMOS sensor. Yep, we said 4k video, approximately quadruple the resolution of 1080p. We had a chance to go hands-on with the prototype at Canon Expo 2010, and believe us when we tell you that it's really, really sharp, both in terms of hardware and the images it produces. The hardware is essentially a giant SLR body packing a fixed video-style lens complete with zoom and focus controls and a high-def flip-out LCD viewfinder (we're told it's the same LCD found in Canon's new XF-300 and XF-305 video cameras).

We were told by a Canon rep that, unlike competing camera-maker RED's offerings, the Multipurpose concept is not specifically designed for digital cinema. Instead, it's intended to offer "multipurpose image capture," which seems to imply something like the continuous photography promised by Canon's other futuristic prototype. And although we're told that the 4k Multipurpose camera will never come to market, it certainly sends a bold message to an industry content with 1080p that higher resolutions like 4k are coming down the pipe and aren't just the realm of boundary-pushing cinema nerds. But don't take our word for it, check out our hands-on video with this beast after the break.

Gallery: Canon Multipurpose 4K concept camera hands-on
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Samsung Galaxy Tab preview

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:52pm CEST by Paul Miller

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digg_url = 'http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-preview/'; After a week of painful teasing, Samsung has come clean about its Galaxy Tab 7-inch Android tablet. We got the nitty gritty specs, along with some quality time with the device, and we like what we're seeing on both fronts. Follow along after the break as we break it all down, including some hot hot video of the thing in action!

Update: Added Samsung's official press release, product images and first video ad for the Galaxy Tab.
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Samsung: 'we are prioritizing our Android platform'

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:51pm CEST by Donald Melanson

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Samsung may be one of the big players that Microsoft is pinning its hopes on for Windows Phone 7, but you wouldn't know that from listening to the company at IFA. Speaking to Reuters at the show, Samsung's head of marketing for its mobile division, YH Lee, said flatly that "we are prioritizing our Android platform," adding that, "Android is very open and flexible, and there is a consumer demand for it." Lee further went on to note that the company will continue to focus on its own Bada platform (at least outside of North America), but seemingly downplayed Windows Phone 7 when asked about it, saying only that "there is still some professional, specialized demand there." Ouch. Oh, and in case you're wondering, Samsung also says it's "not seeing visible demand for Symbian."
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Philips Cinema 21:9 HD-tv goes 3D

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:43pm CEST

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Philips heeft op de IFA een nieuw model getoond van de superbrede Cinema 21:9 HD-tv. Het nieuwe apparaat heeft een beelddiagonaal van 58 inch en onder...
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Canon EOS 60D hands-on (video)

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:26pm CEST by Ross Miller

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The 2010 Canon Expo is filled to the brim with drool-worthy image-capturing hardware (more on that later in the day), but the first thing we did when arriving was run straight to the EOS 60D. While we can't really get into the gritty details in terms of image and video quality based on show floor impressions alone, we will say the comfort and ease of use are superb -- not to mention an articulating display that'll come in handy for crazier shot composition. The company's definitely got a knack for iterative upgrades, but a prosumer-focused model like this is just a knockout for the price, and leaves us wondering what the future holds for the Rebel T2i when only $200 separates the two cameras. Pictures below, and check out a video walkthrough done by our Engadget Show Producer / Canon enthusiast Chad Mumm after the break.
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iFixit tears apart the Nintendo Famicon

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:04pm CEST by Laura June

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Do you remember the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicon? Well, you might not -- it came to earth in 1983 and was Japan's version of the NES. Now, continuing its week of vintage teardowns, iFixit's gotten its hands on one of these colorful gems and done what it does. The Famicon is pretty easily dismantled, and simple inside, as well. As you can see, there's almost nothing going on in there! There's one more photo below, but hit up the source link for the full set.
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Verizon officially announces prepaid smartphone data packages

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:39pm CEST by Nilay Patel

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After a flood of leaks, Verizon's just officially announced its prepaid data plan for smartphones. The new 3G Prepaid data package will offer smartphone users "unlimited" data for $30 a month, while feature phone users can score 25MB of data a month for $10 with a 20-cent-per-meg overage fee -- all contract-free, of course. The prepaid smartphones include all of Verizon's Android phones, the Pre and Pixi Plus, as well as most recent BlackBerrys, which is a pretty solid list of choices -- and you can sign up for them today or online on September 28. Of course, you're still on the hook for a full price phone and a voice plan (and there's no mention of texting), so whether or not this works out to be a deal is up to you, but we're definitely seeing the prepaid data market start to significantly heat up, and we like it. PR with full device list after the break.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab: more relief on the go

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:23pm CEST by Nilay Patel

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab certainly looks like it's going to be a pretty sweet little tablet, but man -- Samsung really needs to hire some better Korean-to-English translators. Hot on the heels of the charmingly obtuse T-Mobile Vibrant ("A Twitter approaches to synchronising data to allow access to your status"), Sammy's new Galaxy Tab promo site is a virtual treasure trove of almost-but-not-quite English, starting with a launch animation that offers you "More relief on the go" straight through to a video call demo that suggests you and a co-worker share a "cosy time." Uh, no thanks. Greatest hits in the gallery below.

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Skype updates Android app for Verizon users, lets you keep the WiFi on

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:03pm CEST by Donald Melanson

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Well, it looks like you still won't be able to actually make calls over WiFi, but Verizon Android users can now at least keep their WiFi connection active while using Skype Mobile -- something that was curiously not possible before. That's just one of the improvements in the latest version of the app (also updated for BlackBerry), which also includes features like incoming caller ID, support for copy and paste and emoticons in IM conversations, and the ability to automatically set your location as your mood message.
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TomTom op nieuwe navsats van Sony

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:48pm CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Sony komt samen met TomTom met navigatiesystemen onder de naam Xplod AV.

Bij Sony houden ze er soms vreemde opvattingen op na over productnamen. Zo heet de on-demand filmdienst via de Playstation Qriocity en is binnenkort in diverse Europese landen beschikbaar, zo maakte Sony woensdag bekend. Tegelijkertijd onthulde het Japanse concern zijn nieuwe lijn navigatiesystemen, in samenwerking met het Nederlandse TomTom. De naam? Xplod AV. De toevoeging AV staat voor audio-video.

Deze inbouwsystemen voor in het dashboard zijn altijd online en beschikken over TomToms Live-diensten, waaronder HD Traffic met actuele verkeersinformatie. Xplod-gebruikers krijgen ook toegang tot de TomTom-diensten IQ Routes met historische weggebruikdata en Map Share om zelf wijzigingen in kaarten aan te brengen. Nederland is een van de zeven landen waar TomTom-diensten via de Xplod-kastjes beschikbaar zijn.

De Xplod AV zijn beschikbaar vanaf november voor inbouwen in de auto. Ze hebben 7 of 6,1 inch touchscreens en TeleAtlas-kaarten van 45 landen. De navsats hebben Bluetooth, usb-poorten, DivX-ondersteuning en een dvd-drive. De vier systemen hebben ook een muzieksysteem dat automatisch liedjes kan aanbevelen op basis van het humeur dat past bij zelfgekozen nummers. De prijzen zijn nog onbekend.

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Mophie Juice Pack Air: coming to double your iPhone 4 battery next week

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:38pm CEST by Thomas Ricker

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So, you've been waiting for a Mophie Juice Pack for your iPhone 4? You're not alone. Well, we have word that it'll be available as soon as next week for $79. We even managed to get hands on with a prototype that looked and felt pretty tight considering the fact that it doubles the iPhone's non-removable battery. The Juice Pack Air features pass-through USB charging and sync with iTunes, an integrated 4 LED charge status, and a standby switch the shuts off the juice turning the appendage into a rather attractive (albeit, heavy with a 1500mAh capacity battery), soft-grip case. So now you know.
Gallery: Mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on pics
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Toshiba Folio 100 preview

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:21pm CEST by Paul Miller

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We just got to handle the Folio 100, after witnessing it bolted to a wall earlier, and we have to admit that it's lighter and thinner than it looks at first glance. Unfortunately, it still feels pretty cheap, and we're not sure how much we trust ourselves one-handing something this large and fragile seeming. Our brief glimpse of Toshiba's custom skin on here was most depressing -- it's not final, but we're not sure why Toshiba is even bothering showing anything in this abysmal state. The bits we've seen of Toshiba's market (for music, apps, e-books and so forth) look a bit better, but as far as we know there's no official Android Market on this thing -- a kiss of death for almost any Android device. Toshiba's biggest failure here, however, is probably the LCD it sourced for this tablet -- the screen looks as cheap and low res as could be, and while a €399 list price is decent for a tablet this size, it hardly seems a good excuse to stoop to KIRF-level components. Hit up the gallery for all the angles, along with some comparison shots with the mind share monopolizing iPad.

Update: We just heard from Toshiba's US team and there are apparently no plans to bring the Folio 100 stateside. Given our lackluster first impressions, we can't say we're all that upset by that...
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Why did Apple take Facebook Connect out of Ping?

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:42pm CEST by Nilay Patel

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Apple certainly took its sweet time releasing iTunes 10 yesterday, and we're beginning to think it's because the company was making a last-second change to its new Ping social-network-for-music: the removal of Facebook Connect for finding friends. Seriously -- although an option to find friends via Facebook was conspicuously present during Steve's keynote demos, it's not there anymore. Oddly, the option was there at the very beginning -- several Engadget staffers definitely saw a Facebook button when they signed up for Ping last night, and there's a whole thread on Apple's support site of people who also saw it and are now wondering where it's gone.

Just to make things even more confusing, Kara Swisher at All Things D got two very different statements from Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller at the event yesterday: Schiller was enthusiastic about finding friends via Facebook, while Jobs said Zuckerberg and co. were demanding "onerous terms" that Apple refused. We're assuming Jobs was talking about something deeper than just finding friends via Connect, but it's still all very strange -- and as it stands, finding friends on Ping right now requires a fair bit of guesswork and searching, so we're hoping this all gets sorted soon. Check the video of Phil Schiller talking about Facebook and Ping after the break, as well as a snap of it (sort of) working from last night.

Update: We can't confirm this, but we've just gotten a tip saying the problem is primarily on Facebook's end -- the service is currently denying requests from Ping, and the resulting errors apparently caused enough other problems for Apple to pull the plug on the connection entirely until it's fixed. That certainly would explain why Ping has seemed buggy and slow from the outset, but we're still waiting for some official explanation of what's going on.
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Samsung exec says next tablet will use Android 'Honeycomb,' Galaxy Tab getting Gingerbread

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:19pm CEST by Donald Melanson

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Samsung's Galaxy Tab has only just finally, officially been revealed, but it looks like the company is already doing at least a bit of talking about its next tablet (and the future of the Galaxy Tab). According to Tech Radar, Samsung's head of product planning, WP Hong, has said that "moving forward, with Honeycomb, that will be used in the next generation tablet, as it is specifically optimized for different type of tablet, and will be used on another product only." Not only is that the most official word we've had so far of a Galaxy Tab followup (curiously described as a "different type of tablet"), but it's also seemingly the first time that an ODM has publicly referred to a future Android version as "Honeycomb" -- a name that Tech Radar had previously heard from "multiple sources." It seems that Honeycomb won't be making it to the current Galaxy Tab, however, but Hong did say that "depending on our international partners, we'll be working to upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread."
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Harman AKG teams up with Quincy Jones on Signature Line of headphones

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:00pm CEST by Thomas Ricker

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Gone is the day when headphones could be respectable without some kind of corporate tie-in or Lady Gaga endorsement. Alas, even Harman's revered AKG division has roped in the venerable Quincy Jones for its new (wait for it) Quincy Jones Signature Line. We're talking three models here, ready for launch in October and ranging from the Q 701 "reference class" over-the-ear cans (pictured), the Q 460 lightweight headphones, and Q 350 buds. The Q 701 features ergonomically-shaped cushions of velvet, an "unbeatable" linear frequency response covering 10Hz to 39.8kHz, a 45-mm high excursion driver, and detachable 99-percent oxygen-free cables. The portable $229.99 Q 460 on-ear headphones feature a 3D-axis folding system and an iPhone compatible in-line remote with microphone and play, pause, and skip functions. The in-ear Q 350 also bring iPhone compatible and target the "audiophile on the go" with $149.99 to burn. Seems fitting for a man with 79 Grammy nominations (and 27 awards) to benefit from his name. And you can feel better about him selling out knowing that an undisclosed sum from every pair of headphones sold goes towards the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium -- a foundation dediqated to eduqating Ameriqan kids about musiq. Ironic, because the Grammys might actually be relevant if American music corporations knew anything about good music.
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Samsung Wave TouchWiz aangekondigd

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:53pm CEST

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Samsung heeft voor Nederland voor Samsung Wave TouchWiz aangekondigd; dit toestel verscheen eerder internationaal onder naam Samsung Wave 723 (B7230).
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Toshiba Folio 100 goes official, lands in Q4

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:41pm CEST by Paul Miller

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If Samsung's Galaxy Tab reads like a how-to for making a decent Android tablet, Toshiba's Folio 100 seems to serve an opposite purpose (starting with that unfortunate name), which is disappointing for a company like Toshiba. The tablet just got official here at IFA, after being spotted on the show floor earlier today, but there's nothing in the press release to change our initial impressions of the device. There's a 1024 x 600 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, Tegra 2 under the hood, 16GB of built-in storage, SD card expansion, HDMI out, 802.11n WiFi, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and Android 2.2 with Flash 10.1 running on top of it all. Toshiba claims 7 hours of battery of "regular" use (65% web browsing, 10% video playback, 25% standby), and everything is packed into a 0.55-inch thick form factor that weighs 1.7 pounds. Software-wise Toshiba has baked in Opera, Toshiba Media Player, FBReader, Fring (for video calls), Documents To Go, and Evernote, with Toshiba offering its own app marketplace and developer platform for tablet-specific apps. Unfortunately, the tablet ends up in person as less than the sum of its parts, and while Toshiba might be able to redeem itself slightly with perhaps a surprisingly low pricepoint, we don't imagine ourselves yearning for this device to escape the bonds of its initial Europe, Middle East, and Africa launch markets. PR is after the break.

Update: Toshiba just said that the suggested retail price will be €399.
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Toshiba Folio 100 officieel

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:30pm CEST

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Toshiba heeft de Toshiba Folio 100 multimedia-tablet, die reeds eerder uitlekte, officieel geintroduceerd: deze 10,1-inch tablet draait op Android 2.2 Froyo.
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OpenFeint PlayTime brings cross-platform multiplayer gaming to iOS, Android

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:23pm CEST by Joseph L. Flatley

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Looks like options for iOS gamers are only expanding. Not only has Apple just announced the new Game Center, but Aurora Feint has just announced that its OpenFeint social network will soon enable interconnectivity between iOS and Android. The service, called OpenFeint PlayTime, will allow multiplayer gameplay between both platforms -- in addition to matchmaking, game servers, and real-time voice chat during gameplay. If you're a developer, and you're interested in adding cross-platform multiplayer to your next game, hit up the source link to apply for the private Beta. And now you'll have to excuse us -- we were in the middle of a rousing game of Bomberman Touch 2.
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AMD makes Eyefinity easier with line of budget-minded active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:20pm CEST by Tim Stevens

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AMD's Eyefinity technology is one of the best ways to fill every inch of your peripheral vision with pixels. However, it's certainly not the cheapest, relying on DisplayPort-capable monitors -- inputs that even some current models lack. This has left many gamers buying $100 DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters, significantly raising the cost of adoption, but AMD has announced an unusual plan to tackle that: cheap adapters. The company is helping to develop converters that are expected to retail for just $30, still not as disposable as the VGA-to-DVI blocks you have cluttering up your junk drawer, but considering these are active plugs it's probably about as good as we're going to get. So, who's up for some six-monitor Starcraft II?
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Samsung QX and RF Series laptops roll out with Intel and NVIDIA organs

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:00pm CEST by Joanna Stern

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We told you it's a busy time for laptops! Following up on its recently announced SF and NF series, Samsung's unleashing two more families of lappies and we're here to tell you all about 'em. First up is the QX series, which finally brings NVIDIA's Optimus to the the manufacturer's rigs. We're assuming overseas the QX will come in a variety of sizes, but here in the US the 14-inch QX410 (pictured above) will be a Best Buy exclusive and will pack a Core i5-460M CPU and a NVIDIA GeForce 310M GPU. Externally, we have to say it's one of the nicest systems we've seen lately -- the brushed metal lid adds some polish and the chiclet keys remind us a lot of those on the VAIO Z. The QX410 should be priced around $849 when it hits the double B this fall.

Packing a bit more muscle are the 15.6-inch RF510 and 17.3-inch RF710, which have both Core i5 and i7 options. The RF510 boasts a NVIDIA GeForce 330M GPU and Core i5-460M processor and is slated to hit for around $899, while the RF710 with an i7-720M CPU, the same graphics, 640GB of storage and a Blu-ray drive will be priced at $1,029. Those sound mighty tempting to us. Hit the break for the full release and the galleries below for some shots.
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Buffalo serves up USB-powered portable 3D Blu-ray player in Japan

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:47pm CEST by Darren Murph

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Stuck with an ODD-less netbook or laptop, but can't quite shake the urge to watch a Blu-ray Disc on your next flight? If you call Japan home (or you know a good importer), Buffalo has just the solution. The BP3D-PI6U2-BK measures 137- × 147- × 20mm, and the operation is pretty simple. Just wrangle an XP / Vista / Windows 7-equipped PC, locate an open USB socket, blow out the dust (optional, but highly recommended) and plug this guy in. Best of all, the unit also supports the boatload of 3D Blu-ray titles that are bound to show up over the coming months, but the privileged of being prepared doesn't come cheap -- it'll land later this month for ¥28,500 ($338).
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Philips Fidelio DS8550 iPad speaker dock hands-on

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:34pm CEST by Chris Ziegler

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As absurd as it might seem to dock a 9.7-inch tablet atop what amounts to a glorified boom box, let's be real: the iPad's meek speakers are easily outclassed by its ability to swallow gigabytes worth of music and high-quality video content. Sure enough, iPad-compatible docks are quickly becoming a thing now, and Philips is jumping head-first into the market with its Fidelio DS8550. Oh, but there's more than meets the eye here -- it's not just a speaker with a giant slot in front for a 30-pin connection, you see. You can either connect the iPad to let it charge and get a direct audio connection or roam with it and let it talk back to the dock over stereo Bluetooth, which was demoed to us as an awesome option for gaming -- as long as the Fidelio is within a few yards of you, games really become a more immersive experience when you've got thick, booming bass and virtually limitless volume nearby, and we found that you really don't notice that the sound is coming from "somewhere else."

The DS8550 also packs a handle on back and an internal battery, allegedly good for up to five hours of use off the grid so you'll be able to kick it old-school with the Fidelio slung over your shoulder in the subway station. The unit makes use of a unique spring-loaded pivot on its 30-pin connector, which Philips says allows you to connect any iPod, iPhone, or iPad without needing the typical adapters -- the device just sort of rests on the connector and the surrounding concave section of the speaker mesh. Check out a few more shots in the gallery!

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Loungen op een enkel vel vilt

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:19pm CEST by Christophe De Schauvre

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Kan je uit één stuk vilt een stoel maken? Twee jonge Vlaamse ontwerpers tonen hoe.

Een vel vilt zodanig plooien tot een stoel zonder ook maar één ondersteunings- of verstevingingsmateriaal te gebruiken op een koordje na. Het kan. En zonder achterover te vallen.

Het label Fox & Freeze presenteert met de ff1 een eerste loungestoel in zwart, wit of grijs. Voor zij die vragen stellen bij de stevigheid ervan hebben ze alvast een filmpje gemaakt, waarin de ff1 duchtig op de proef genomen wordt. Het zeteltje is zeer licht en in alle hoedanigheden makkelijk te transporteren. De prijs is ook bescheiden: 275 euro.

De ff1 is het eerste product van Fox & Freeze, afgeleid van de namen van de twee designers: James Van Vossel en Tom De Vrieze. De twee zijn creatieve geestesgenoten en hebben ieder voor zich al originele ontwerpen op hun naam staan.

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Samsung Fascinate arriving in Verizon stores, early September launch seems a given

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:18pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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Lest all the paper-based leaks weren't sufficient evidence for you, we've now got ourselves an insider at one of Verizon's brick-and-mortar outlets informing us that Fascinate launch kits are being distributed. VZW is said to be training up its staff (presumably that involves more than just pointing out where the above puzzle piece should go) and the whole thing's looking "right on track" for the mooted early September launch. So that basically gives us about a week's time to kill with 21:9 HDTVs, 3D prototypes, slinky tablets, and whatever else we can find at IFA. We might just be able to manage it.
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Philips Cinema 21:9 Platinum 3D megadisplay eyes-on

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:03pm CEST by Paul Miller

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There are some things that you just long for irrationally in a sort of trade-your-next-10-years-of-Christmas-presents sort of way, and this new 3D Cinema 21:9 Platinum HDTV from Philips is one of those things. We just got a few too-brief minutes alone with the 58-inch set, where it proved itself quite an excellent 3D display -- it's hard to differentiate exact 3D quality without another display nearby for reference, but we didn't see any issues or worry points with the image quality offhand. With shutter glasses on the image remained bright and saturated with little ghosting, and while opinions may vary on Ambilight, we absolutely love it in action, particularly with this letterbox-destroying aspect ratio.

So, how many Christmases do we have to fork over to get Philips to ship this dang thing to the US?
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Spotify-plugin voor Sonos en Squeezebox

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:55pm CEST by Rutger Middendorp

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In alle kamers al jouw muziek afspelen kon al. Daar kun je nu de cloudcollectie van Spotify aan toevoegen.

In mijn zoektocht naar de ideale audio setup voor het hele huis ben ik een aantal jaren geleden uitgekomen op de Squeezebox met een NAS-server voor de muziekcollectie. De volledige collectie mp3's streamen door het hele huis en geen computer die 24/7 staat te draaien.

Met de komst van Spotify is die NAS theoretisch overbodig geworden. Als ergens in 'de cloud' alle muziek ter wereld hangt, waarom zou iemand dan nog ergens in zijn huis een schijf met mp3's hebben staan?

Tot voor kort was dat te verdedigen, doordat Spotify niet alle muziek heeft en omdat Spotify alleen vanaf een computer was af te spelen. Met de komst van een plugin voor zowel de Squeezebox als het systeem van Sonos is één van die redenen al afgevallen. Als Spotify haar collectie dit jaar flink uitbreid, kan iedereen zijn mp3-collectie op Marktplaats zetten.
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Skyfire submits iPhone browser for App Store approval, we wait for the Flash to hit the fan

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:44pm CEST by Tim Stevens

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There was a time when Skyfire on Windows Mobile meant full Flash all the time. The 2.0 version on Android reigned that in a bit, really only supporting Flash video and little else, something Android 2.2 users no longer need to worry about. iOS users, however, do still spend their days ruing websites with such content, and so that's the market Skyfire is targeting next. The company has submitted a version of the browser for App Store approval, transcoding Flash video such that the phone only sees HTML5, with content coming in over H.264 adaptive streaming. As such, video is said to be compressed an average of 75 percent, in theory allaying any concerns about this thing being a bandwidth hog. In other words: there's no reason for this to not be approved, right? Right! However, something tells us things may not be so easy...
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Samsung's 55-inch C9000 LCD and its amazing Touch Remote control land at IFA

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:29pm CEST by Thomas Ricker

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That's not a PMP wirelessly mirroring the TV's dipslay. It's a Samsung remote control that first blew us away at CES in January when Samsung's ultra-thin LCD 9000 series TV was first announced. So why revisit it? Well, for starters... look at it! It's a 3-inch touchsreen remote control in its production form that's now shipping with the LED backlit 200Hz (not 240Hz, it's Europe remember) Samsung C9000 -- a TV measuring just 7.98-mm thick with a 55-inch diagonal. The remote control itself is built on a 600MHz ARM 11 processor with a custom remote control layer sitting atop Linux and a 2.4GHz 802.11n radio. As such, this little powerhouse gives you lots of options to control and view your media including the ability to continue watching the game even as your bladder drags you into less, shall we say, comfortable rooms. You can even preview other channels without interrupting that vast expanse of LCD viewed by others in the room. It also supports DLNA for streaming your media from any number of compatible devices. Naturally, it also functions as a programable remote for all your new gadget additions. Really, the entire package is quite amazing. Check it for yourself after the break.
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Sharp shows off mobile prototype with 3D screen, 3D camera, and 3D output

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:15pm CEST by Paul Miller

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We've seen enough home theater 3D already to be well and sick of it, but mobile 3D is still an upcoming sector, one which Sharp seems to be making a bid for. It's showing off a mobile device prototype (it looks like it could be your friendly neighborhood carrier's next Android handset) with a glasses-free 3D parallax screen (akin to the tech used in the Nintendo 3DS), a 3D camera around back, and 3D output over HDMI. The result isn't stellar -- just because a mobile device is shooting grainy, color-bleeding footage in 3D doesn't make the footage stop being grainy and color-bleeding -- but it most certainly works, as we witnessed both on the device's own screen and on a regular glasses-required 3D TV the prototype was outputting to over HDMI. The 3.7-inch LCD rocks a 800 x 480 resolution in 2D mode, which gets halved to 400 x 480 in 3D, and Sharp is also showing of a 10-inch glasses free LCD that didn't come off as so impressive somehow.
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Mercedes-Benz updates mbrace app with fancy pants 'Concierge' service

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:00pm CEST by Thomas Ricker

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Mercedes-Benz just announced a new app that connects its in-car navigation systems with its customers' iPhones. Mbrace version 2.0 still lets drivers unlock their vehicles and, more importantly, find it in a crowded parking lot while adding location-based personal assistance ranging from entertainment, restaurant, directions, and traffic updates via Mercedes-Benz's Concierge service -- assuming you're are an mbrace PLUS customer. Destination information is then fired off directly to your in-vehicle navigation system to get you there. The updated app also includes enhanced Roadside Assistance that transmits the driver's location whenever a call is initiated. Think OnStar with a posh European accent.
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TomTom Via en GO LIVE 1005

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:00pm CEST

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TomTom breidt de serie navigatiesystemen verder uit met de TomTom Via en de TomTom Via LIVE; tevens introduceert het Nederlandse bedrijf de nieuwe TomTom GO LIVE 1005.
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Philips' Cinema 21:9 Platinum HDTV finally takes the leap into 3D

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:42pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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It's kind of hard to outdo yourself with only two dimensions when they read 21 and 9, respectively, so Philips has decided to do the only thing left for a trendy display maker: go 3D. Though we saw (and loved) a 3D prototype of the 56-inch variant at last year's IFA, this new, 58-inch Cinema 21:9 Platinum HDTV looks set to bring the third dimension to actual retail. It's got the Ambilight wall illumination that some people will like, LED backlighting with local dimming that most should love, and a slimmer, brushed matte bezel that will be appreciated by all. The 400Hz panel is capable of pumping out Full HD 3D and is expected to cost around €4,000 ($5,112) in Europe or £3,500 in the UK with a launch set for later this month. And if you want one in the US, well... things aren't looking very Ambibright for you.

Gallery: Philips' 3D-capable Cinema 21:9 Platinum Series press images
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Toshiba's Folio 100 with Android and Tegra 2 spied in the IFA wilds

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:31pm CEST by Chris Ziegler

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That Folio 100 (alias Smart Pad) from Toshiba we'd been hearing about? Yep, totally real, and totally Tegra 2-powered -- a theme that we think is going to be pretty popular among tablet makers this season. We caught a handful of Folio 100s firmly affixed to a wall at IFA today, showing 10.1-inch multitouch LCD displays paired with a remixed version of Android 2.1, a handful of capacitive buttons, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, 16GB of on-board storage, and not much else -- there's really nothing visually stunning about the setup as far as we can tell, and it's not particularly thin. After bouncing out that crazy Libretto W100, Toshiba's going to have to turn up the style dial to 11 if it wants to rise above the forthcoming onslaught of Google tablets, we suspect.

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ViewSonic 10-inch dual boot ViewPad preview

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:01pm CEST by Paul Miller

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ViewSonic hasn't settled on a name for this thing yet, vacillating between the ViewPad 100 and the ViewPad 10i. What it has settled on is a pretty delicious for factor for an Atom N455-based Windows 7 tablet, and the dual boot option to Android is really just gravy. Unfortunately it's rather outdated gravy: Android 1.6 is the most recent version to support x86 processors, so we won't be seeing any of the new Android goodness on here unless Google pulls together another Intel-friendly version of the OS in the near future -- which seems relatively unlikely with Chrome OS around the corner, but you never know. Other specs include 1GB of RAM, 16GB SSD, and a 10-inch 1024 x 600 LCD (the same resolution as the new Galaxy Tab, incidentally). We weren't impressed with the quality of the display, or with the pixel density, but at least the capacitive touch seemed to be working fine -- we actually managed to do a bit of typing with Windows 7's touchscreen keyboard, if you can imagine that. The actual hardware is delightfully thin and light, though a bit on the plasticy side, and we particular appreciated the thumb friendly buttons to the right side of the display. The tablet has a quoted price of "sub 500 euros" and a sketched in release date for later this year. Check out a video hands-on, including the super exciting boot-up process, after the break.
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Philips en O'Neill komen met nieuwe koptelefoons (video)

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:54pm CEST

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Philips en O'Neill hebben de handen ineen geslagen om een aantal duurzame en modieus vormgegeven koptelefoons op de markt te brengen. Het paradepaardj...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab gepresenteerd op IFA (video)

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:50pm CEST

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Nieuwe dollarbiljetten mooier dan euro

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:49pm CEST by Rutger Middendorp

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De Amerikaanse biljetten zijn toe aan een make-over volgens de officieuze Dollar Redesign Contest.

Zijn we in Nederland met de komst van de euro er zowel financieel als esthetisch op achteruitgegaan, de Amerikanen moeten het al jaren doen met Wild West biljetten. Het ontwerp van de meeste dollarflappen stamt uit 1930. Volgens Richard Smith heeft het uiterlijk van de dollar geen goede invloed op de perceptie van haar waarde.

Daarmee veronderstelt hij dat je inflatie met design zou kunnen bestrijden. (Dat wordt gezellig in de comments). Of hij nu gelijk heeft of niet, esthetisch kan er wel wat gebeuren aan de tachtig jaar oude ontwerpen.

Ze zeggen niets over het Amerika van nu. Na het eerste aanzetje van Richard Smith zelf, heeft ontwerpbureau Dowling Duncan nu de smaakpapillen echt losgeweekt. Hun iconische rechtopstaande biljetten stralen een modern, vooruitstrevend, ondernemend beeld uit. Gezien de competitie een onofficieel karakter heeft, is er geen enkel zicht op een daadwerkelijk redesign. Maar zou het niet passen bij het beeld dat Obama uit wil stralen?

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Ook Swypen op Nokia's

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:39pm CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Swypen, slepend typen op touchscreens, komt ook naar Nokia's Symbian-systeem.

Na Samsung en Motorola heeft ook Nokia een deal gesloten met de makers van toetsenbordapplicatie Swype. De Swype-app voor Nokia's Symbian-systeem is te downloaden vanaf de Nokia-site en werkt op toestellen met Symbian S60v5, zoals de X6, N97, N97 Mini en de C6.

Swype is een nieuwe manier om te typen op virtuele toetsenborden op touchscreens, die volgens velen sneller gaat dan het aantikken van letters. Bij Swype sleep je met je vinger langs de letters van het woord. Ook al raak je niet elke letter, het systeem voorspelt redelijk nauwkeurig welk woord je bedoelt.

De eerste smartphone in Nederland met Swype standaard meegeleverd is Samsungs iPhone-kloon Galaxy S. Swype is er al voor Android en Windows Mobile. Een versie voor de iPhone lijkt onwaarschijnlijk, omdat Apple geen alternatieve toetsenborden toestaat. Het vergelijkbare Shapewriter is bijvoorbeeld op de iPhone alleen als notitie-app beschikbaar.

Weetje: tijdens Bright Night #7 verloor een Superswyper, die voor Samsung promotiewerk verricht, een battle met onze Miriam op haar iPhone. Zie ook de Bright Report over Swype.
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Samsung Gem for Verizon shows up in Best Buy buyer's guide

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:28pm CEST by Chris Ziegler

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We've heard talk of the Gem before, and a new listing for the phone in Best Buy's September buyer's guide confirms the existence of Verizon's new low-end Android piece that'll likely slot in below the Fascinate in Sammy's lineup for the carrier. Looks like it's slated to launch with Android 2.1, not 2.2, and will include both TouchWiz 3.0 and Swype -- both Samsung staples at this point -- along with a 3.2 megapixel cam and 16GB of microSD expansion (though it's not clear whether they're going to do you the favor of throwing a card in the box). Despite the high-end name, we'd argue pricing is definitely going to determine the success of the Gem, especially in a world where Vibrants go for next to nothing on contract. $79.99 at launch, perhaps?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab helft lichter dan iPad

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:25pm CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Samsungs Galaxy Tab is het kleine alternatief voor de iPad en weegt de helft.

De Galaxy Tab is een van de eerste serieuze iPad-rivalen. Ga maar na: hij heeft een ander formaat waardoor hij makkelijker met één hand is vast te houden en makkelijker is mee te nemen. De Galaxy Tab weegt maar 380 gram, ongeveer de helft van wat de iPad weegt. Hij werkt met Android 2.2 en heeft een snelle chip, 3G, wifi, Full HD-video meer aansluitmogelijkheden dan de iPad (usb, hdmi), GPS-navigatie en een cameraatje voor videobellen en augmented reality. Een vrij complete tablet dus.

Samsung onthulde de Galaxy Tab na weken van teasen en lekken donderdag tijdens de IFA elektronicabeurs in Berlijn. Met de specs zit het wel snor: de Tab heeft de snelste varianten van mobiel internet (HSDPA), het snelle wifi-n en Bluetooth 3.0. De camera heeft 3.0 megapixels en een led-flits.

Samsung wil ook content als muziek, video en e-books gaan verkopen, maar het aanbod verschilt per land. Navigatie gaat via Google Navigation, inclusief Street View. De eerste hands-on filmpjes zijn er al.

Zoals Engadget terecht opmerkt hangt het succes van de Android-tablets voor een groot deel af van andere partijen dan Samsung: Google moet Android nog geschikter maken voor tablets en vooral externe ontwikkelaars moeten tablet-apps gaan maken. Voor de iPad bestaan inmiddels 25 duizend apps. Dat moet bij Android nog allemaal beginnen te lopen. Samsung heeft zijn deel van de puzzel in elk geval redelijk goed volbracht.
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AirPlay streamt ook naar speakers

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:59am CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Muziek streamen in iTunes 10 en iOS 4.2 kan ook naar speakers en receivers van derden.

AirPlay is Apple's nieuwe systeem voor het streamen van audio, video en foto's. Het vervangt AirTunes. AirPlay werkt zowel via iOS 4.2 (ook op de iPad) en het nieuwe iTunes 10. Steve Jobs noemde het woensdagavond niet tijdens zijn presentatie, maar ook andere elektronicafabrikanten kunnen AirPlay-ondersteuning toevoegen in hun producten.

Daardoor wordt het mogelijk om muziek te streamen vanuit iTunes op de computer, of vanaf iPhone, iPod Touch of iPad naar speakerdocks, receivers en andere audio-apparatuur. Fabrikanten als JBL, Denon, Marantz, Bowers & Wilkins en iHome zijn al aan boord. Het systeem stuurt ook informatie over songs, albums en artiesten mee, net als de cd-hoes. Het is met AirPlay mogelijk te streamen naar verscheidene speakers tegelijk.

iTunes 10 is nu te downloaden, iOS 4.2 volgt in november.
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Xbox 360 slimster made over in white, just for the hell of it

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:53am CEST by Vlad Savov

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Missing your oldie Xbox 360's bright and airy white finish? Well, Microsoft's still not willing to sell you a slimmified 360 in any color other than black (excepting the limited edition Halo gear), but at least you can gaze upon the singular example of what a white one may look like above. This seemingly repainted Xbox 360 250GB (to give it its official, and ridiculous, name) has been lovingly put together over in China and really makes us wonder why Microsoft is depriving us of such snowy good looks. Perhaps it wanted to draw a clear between the old and the new? Either way, hit the source for the cheapest way to peek an all-white slim 360 without giving the Colorware crew a call.

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Ultimate Ears announces $999 In-Ear Reference Monitors and $19.99 Blue Robots, because it can

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:21am CEST by Thomas Ricker

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Ultimate Ears is pushing out a tag team of in-ear earphones that clearly demonstrates the heights (and depths) the Logitech-owned company is willing to scale. Starting at the extreme high end are the Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitors. The $999 price tag should help clarify the target audience here (hint: professional producers and recording / mixing engineers on the go). Each handcrafted monitor, developed in partnership with EMI Music's Capitol Studios, contains three individually tuned, balanced armature speakers with an extended wide band response from 5Hz to 18kHz. They provide up to 32dB of noise isolation with a low-distortion braided cable replacing the typical Y-joint connector. Dialing things down just a bit (uh hem) for consumers are the $19.99 Ultimate Ears 100 (pictured after the break). These "trendy" noise-isolating earphones offer 24dBs of noise isolation and ship in five styles, including our personal fave "Blue Robots." Look for each to ship to Europe and the US sometime in September.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab officeel op IFA 2010

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:10am CEST

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Samsung heeft vandaag, voor de aanvang van de IFA 2010, officieel de Samsung Galaxy Tab (P1000) gepresenteerd; de Galaxy Tab is een 7-inch tablet met Android 2.2 en een belangrijke iPad-concurrent.
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Samsung's HMX-T10 HD camcorder features a new perspective

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:00am CEST by Richard Lawler

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Samsung's oddly angled camcorders have gotten plenty of love around these parts for their design and specs, and the new HMX-T10 series is no different. Separating itself from last year's HMX-R10 with a revised design and lens angled 20-degrees (instead of 25), these camcorders can still capture video at up to 1920x1080/60i and stills at up to 4.7 megapixels, while you frame the action on the 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD. Add in optical image stabilization, 10x zoom and the aforementioned full HD capture with a $299 pricetag and you have a healthy competitor to the alternative of the shakycam footage your cellphone probably spits out when these reach the shelves in September. Check the specs in the press release after the break, and shots from every angle of models in black and white paintjobs in the gallery.
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Gratis Navigon navigatie voor iPhone

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:00am CEST

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Nederlandse klanten van T-Mobile met een iPhone kunnen vanaf deze week gratis de MobileNavigator-applicatie van Navigon downloaden.
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Live from Samsung IFA 2010 press event

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:59am CEST by Paul Miller

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The room is utterly packed at Samsung's IFA presser, and it's not hard to figure out why: Samsung typically goes wild at this show, and with the Galaxy Tab leading this year's lineup, it looks like we've got another winner on our hands. Follow along after the break!
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ASUS teams with Amimon on WiCast EW2000 1080p streamer

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 10:27am CEST by Darren Murph

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Keepin' it varied, are we ASUS? Just a few months after we peeked a pair of WirelessHD-equipped laptops at ASUS' Computex booth, in flies this -- news that the company has aligned with Amimon and joined the WHDI Consortium to boot. It's hard to say if the introduction of the WiCast EW2000 is in direct response to HP's Wireless TV Connect, but it sure looks mighty similar in practice. The two-piece set connects to a PC via USB (it's USB powered, too) and to an HDTV via HDMI. Once you're setup, you can stream 1080p video (including Blu-ray and DRM'd material) straight to your tele with under a millisecond of lag, and better still, you could connect it to an HDMI-equipped set-top box or game console for cordless machine-to-device magic. Mum's the word on price, but there's a delightful promo video ready to get you amped up about it just past the break.
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Kinect won't support voice recognition in some countries until 2011, putting on airs won't help

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:55am CEST by Sean Hollister

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"If you see it, just say it," says Microsoft's Kinect, but only in the US, UK, Mexico and Japan to start -- those are the only four countries that will support Kinect voice control by the motion-sensing peripheral's November launch. So said Microsoft PR manager Lidia Pitzalis in an interview with Eurogamer Spain, adding that Germany, Italy, France and even Canada and Spain would have to wait for a Spring 2011 update for additional language support. Microsoft claims it's a matter of accents throwing off the voice recognition, as the company's already had to build separate software versions for US and UK English, but if you're an Italian who can fake a good Cockney, you're still out of luck, as Microsoft's reportedly disabling voice control entirely in said regions until it can formally support it. And game companies wonder why we try so hard to hack those DVD drives...

Update: Canada will in fact have voice support, according to Microsoft. So long as you speak English and not French.
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Blokkendoos om in te wonen

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:49am CEST by Ingeborg van Lieshout

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Een huis opgebouwd volgens het stramien van blokjes in een raster levert een lossere ruimte op dan je denkt.

Grid House bestaat uit een patroon van vierkanten. Het complete huis is opgebouwd uit modules van 5,5 bij 5,5 meter, aaneengeschakeld tot tien blokken breed. Soms zijn de blokken open, soms ommuurd. Door deze opstelling is alles op een niveau ontsloten en is er een directe relatie met de omgeving.

De hele blokkendoos hangt boven de grond, vooral vanwege de vochtige grond, maar laat zo de bestaande paden in het dichtbegroeide landschap onder het huis doorgaan. Juist de strakheid van houten balken, waarmee de 4 studievrienden FGMF Arquitectos uit Brazilië het grid gematerialiseerd hebben, benadrukt de golvende ondergrond.

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Nieuwe Sony Readers duurder dan Kindles

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:42am CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Sony is nooit een prijsvechter geweest maar het prijsverschil is meer dan vijftig procent.

De nieuwe Sony Readers hebben een verbeterd scherm met een hoger contrast en snellere beeldverversing. Ze zijn allemaal aanraakgevoelig en voorzien van een styluspen. De schermen tonen, net als de andere huidige readers, nog altijd zwart-wit. De readers hebben ook een slankere aluminium behuizing gekregen, waardoor ze iets kleiner en lichter zijn.

Vlnr: de Sony Reader PRS-950, de PRS-650 en de PRS-350.

Het enige wat we nog niet wisten, is de prijs. Het 5 inch model van de Sony Reader, de PRS-350, gaat 179 dollar kosten. Het 6 inch wifi-only model van de nieuwe Kindle is nog goedkoper (139 dollar). Het 3G-model kost in de VS 189 dollar.

Ook de andere Sony Readers zijn duurder. De PRS-650 met 6 inch touchscreen kost 229 dollar, terwijl de PRS-950 met 7 inch scherm en zowel wifi als 3G te koop is vanaf november voor 299 dollar. Dat scheelt dus zeker 100 dollar met de Kindle 3 met 3G en wifi, hoewel je een scherm met 1 inch extra aan beelddiagonaal ervoor terugkrijgt. De Nederlandse prijzen zijn helaas nog niet bekend.
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Globalfoundries takes ARM Cortex-A9 into 28nm land, looks forward to 20nm chips in 2013

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:12am CEST by Vlad Savov

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Forget the numbers, here's what matters: Globalfoundries' new production capabilities will lead to "smooth production ramp-ups and faster time-to-market" for its customers. Now consider that this promise relates to scrumptious 28nm Cortex-A9 SOCs and feel free to rejoice. The chip fabricator has just declared itself ready to take orders for ARM's systems-on-chip built using its high-k metal gate 28nm fab process. This fulfills its pledge for mass production in the latter half of 2010, but lest you think Globalfoundries is resting on any nanoscale laurels, it also has a 20nm roadmap to tell you about. It's very simple, really: expect even smaller, even more power-efficient silicon in 2013. We don't know if the future will be bright, but it sure looks like it's gonna be small.
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IFA 2010: Sony 3D projector

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In Berlijn heeft Sony zijn eerste 3D home projector geïntroduceerd. Deze VPL-VW90ES werkt volgens dezelfde technologie als de 3DTV’s van Sony, wat betekent dat je ook hier een setje actieve brillenglazen nodig hebt. De projector is uitgerust met Sony’s Advanced Iris 3 technologie, die volgens de fabrikant een dynamische
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IFA 2010: Eerste 3D camcorder

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HET vertrek pas donderdag naar Berlijn voor de gadgetbeurs IFA, maar de eerste persconferenties waren woensdag al. In Berlijn lanceerde Panasonic bijvoorbeeld zijn eerste 3D-camcorder voor consumenten. Die moet al in oktober in de winkels liggen. Eigenlijk gaat het om een ‘gewone’ HD camcorder met een speciale voorzetlens. Die
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Defy kan tegen stootje

Fetched: September 2nd, 2010, 9:06am CEST

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Motorola heeft een nieuwe telefoon aangekondigd: de Defy (http://www.androidplanet.nl/14806/motorola-defy-kan-tegen-een-spatje-water/). Deze stevige telefoon is spatwater- en schokvrij en kan dus tegen een stootje. De Defy heeft een 3,7 inch WVGA-aanraakscherm met een resolutie van 854 bij 480 pixels. Hij draait verder onder een OMAP 3610 chip van 800 MHz.
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HP voorspelt einde Flash-geheugen

Fetched: September 2nd, 2010, 9:06am CEST

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HP en Hynix voorspellen het einde van Flash-geheugen door hun nieuwe technologie ReRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) voor toekomstige mobiele apparaten en mp3-spelers. HP claimt dat het Flash-geheugen op de punten van betaalbaarheid, opslagcapaciteit, snelheid, energieverbruik en levensduur voorbij zal worden gestreefd door ReRAM. Lees meer... (http://www.hetmag.nl/nieuws/productnieuws/3705-hp-voorspelt-einde-flash-geheugen)
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Philips and O'Neill launch durable headphones -- shaka bra!

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:30am CEST by Thomas Ricker

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In what amounts to yet another co-branding marketing kerfuffle, Philips and O'Neill have teamed up on a foursome of so-called durable headphones. The Stretch headphones (pictured) are the toughest of the bunch, constructed from an ultra-durable, temperature-resistant, and awesome-sounding material called TR 55LX that boasts a surface hardness six times greater than the polycarbonate stuff found in most headphones. The Snug series boasts "bold graphics" and can fold flat, while the in-ear Covert buds brings an iPhone controller. Last, and apparently least, is the "stylish" Specked with tangle free cord. Amazing. All are said to have been tested by the "toughest O'Neill team riders." As proof, O'Neill is trotting out Jeremy Jones, Mark Mathews, and Ane Enderud to promote its new gear, presumably because they want to and not because they are contractually obligated under the terms of their respective high-paying sponsorships. Needless to say, these headphones aren't for you if you don't know who these people are or you lack the fragile hipster ego required to wear them. No prices were announced, but you can expect them to match the "premium" description when these arrive for retail in Europe and the US sometime this month.

We did give Stretch a go for a quickie ears-on, and honestly, while the cloth cord was a nice touch and they do seem to be super rugged, we'd prefer that the team paid a bit more attention to the sound quality than the finish.
Gallery: Philips and O'Neill Stretch and Snug press pics
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Exchange-support voor Hotmail

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:30am CEST

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Hotmail ondersteunt vanaf deze week Exchange ActiveSync; daardoor kan je je mails en contacten van je Hotmail eenvoudig synchroniseren met je mobieltje.
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Panasonic announces speedy new 8GB, 16GB UHS-I SDHC cards

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:56am CEST by Donald Melanson

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We've already heard some of the claims made about SHDC cards using the new UHS-I specification, and it looks like we'll now soon have our first actual cards based on the spec courtesy of Panasonic. The company has just announced some 8GB and 16GB UHS-I SDHC cards at IFA, which boast a Class 10 speed specification and promise to deliver a maximum data transfer speed of 60MB/s, or about twice that of Panasonic's current top-end cards. No word on pricing just yet, but Panasonic says they'll be out this November. Full press release is after the break.
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Twitter for iPad review

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:59am CEST by Nilay Patel

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It's no secret that Twitter for iPhone (née Tweetie) is often regarded as the gold standard for mobile apps -- it blends functionality, performance, and usability together with a dash of playful quirkiness that works so well Twitter just bought the app and hired developer Loren Brichter in back in April. That delayed the release of an iPad version, but Twitter's finally come through -- and as you'd expect, Twitter for iPad does things just as uniquely as its sister apps on the iPhone and Mac. In fact, we'd go so far as to say a few of its interface conventions will become as commonplace as slide-to-refresh, which was first introduced in Tweetie for iPhone -- but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Read on for more!

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Confirmed: T-Mobile G2 will have Android 2.2, Flash and 800MHz CPU

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:44am CEST by Sean Hollister

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T-Mobile is calling it "the fastest smartphone experience in America," but as it turns out, its Qualcomm Scorpion CPU is actually relatively slow -- the cellular carrier's insider newsletter T-Mobile Scoop says the phone's MSM7x30 chip will be clocked at 800MHz, rather than the 1GHz we'd hoped for. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that T-Mobile lying about speed, as anyone who's upgraded from Droid to Droid 2 very well knows -- bloatware can easily clog the pipes even on phones running Froyo, and we've heard that this particular HTC device is running a pure vanilla Android build. Speaking of delectable operating system revisions, T-Mobile confirms you'll indeed find Android 2.2 under the hood accompanied by Flash Player 10.1, as well as "one-touch quick keys" the carrier claims provide Speedy Gonzales-like access to apps and shortcuts. Still waiting to be confirmed: a $200 subsidized price, and the day we'll see it in stores.

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Jobs suggests that competitors' device activation tallies may be inflated, Google quickly responds

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:23am CEST by Sean Hollister

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Not satisfied to simply trump Google's daily device activation numbers, Steve Jobs added insult to injury at the Apple press conference this afternoon, claiming that unspecified "friends" have been counting handset upgrades in their statistical totals and not just newly activated phones. As you might imagine, Google was not terribly pleased at this turn of events, and issued the following retort: "The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services." Now, we don't honestly know who's telling the truth here and we'd like to be able to take both companies at their word, but this isn't the first time even during this particular Apple shindig that questionable claims were thrown out as fact.

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Samsung launches new NF and SF Series laptops with 'shark'-like designs

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:51am CEST by Joanna Stern

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It's that time of the year again! Yep, the time when most laptop makers start thinking about the holiday season and unleash a massive amount of systems. Samsung's kicking off its announcements at IFA with the SF and NF Series, both of which have a brand new wave or fin-like designs -- they were apparently codenamed "shark" within the company. Beginning with the netbooks, the NF series will hit in the coming weeks and will be available in two skus -- the ivory, single-core Atom NF210 will be $379 and the silver NF310 will have a dual-core Atom processor for $399. We got a chance to check them out a few days ago and found the overall build quality to be really solid -- we really loved the new chiclet keyboard as well as the swirly pattern on the metal touchpad. Sammy's also claiming over 10 hours of battery life on them, but we'll obviously want to test that for ourselves.

On the bigger and badder end is the SF Series. Similar to the netbooks, the mainstream laptops have glossy lids with the new wave like edges. According to Samsung's global press release, they'll be available with Core i3 / i5 processors and in three different sizes -- there's the 13.3-inch SF310, 14-inch SF410 and 15.6-inch SF510. The US team tells us the $749 Core i3-powered, 500GB hard drive-packing SF510 will hit the market soon and will be a Best Buy exclusive. We got a peek at that one as well, and similarly love the new chiclet keyboard, though we're hesitant on this one's single-button touchpad. Until we bring you some full reviews, there's additional details in the press release below and some hands-on shots in the gallery.
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Philips GoGear Connect hands-on

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:19am CEST by Chris Ziegler

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We had a chance to check out Philips' new GoGear Connect a few hours ago ahead of its IFA debut later this week, a brushed metal media player that pretty closely apes the Muse but adds a wee bit of girth, swaps in Android 2.1 for the proprietary OS, and adds a trackball down below. Interestingly, it's got both a 3.2-megapixel camera and edge-mounted microphone on board, meaning that it's basically just a GSM radio shy of being a full-on smartphone -- but we digress: the point is that the Connect will be going head-to-head with the likes of the Galaxy S-inspired Samsung Yepp YP-MB2 and the new iPod touch for the hearts and minds of the dedicated PMP crowd this autumn. Read on for our impressions!

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iTunes 10 (with Ping) mercifully becomes available for download (update: iOS 4 has Ping, too)

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:53am CEST by Joshua Topolsky

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Sure, they said it would be available immediately, but they lied. Now, the lie has become the truth, and the truth is just a fleeting dream, caught in between worlds we can't hope to understand, let alone grasp. Meaning: go download iTunes 10 with Ping.

Update: We've added direct download links below. Thanks commenters!

Update 2: A word of warning -- if you activate Ping, it will potentially make all of the nasty reviews you've written available for the world to see. So now they'll know who panned their recording debut and ruined their career.

Update 3: Got an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 on board? Ping may have magically appeared in your iTunes app, ready to help you wax introspective on the go. [Thanks, Kruze]
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LG's E900 and E720 handsets hit the FCC, one with AT&T-compatible frequencies

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:30am CEST by Sean Hollister

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We knew LG's C900 QWERTY-packing Windows Phone 7 handset was sliding towards an AT&T finish line, but it's looking like the company's E900 slate phone might play for Team Blue as well -- here's an FCC report (the third Federal scoop in an hour!) that shows the handset boasting GSM 850 and 1900 radio frequencies as well as compatible 3G data. You can also expect Bluetooth and 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz WiFi alongside that 1GHz Snapdragon SoC when or if the handset hits US shores. We don't know nearly as much about the Android-based LG E720 (which apparently just popped in for a quick Bluetooth test) but a filing suggests it might not be destined for the US -- unlike with the E900, there's no mention of WCDMA 850, 1900, or AWS for 3G data, only the comparatively slow EDGE.
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New Apple TV hits the FCC with Bluetooth, dual-band WiFi

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:59am CEST by Donald Melanson

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It's not just the new iPod touch that's gotten the FCC treatment today -- what we can only assume is the new Apple TV has also just turned up in some newly published documents from the agency. Unfortunately, there's no pictures this time around (internal or otherwise), but there are a number of test reports that confirm that the device does indeed pack Bluetooth and dual-band WiFi (802.11 b/g/n at 2.4GHz and 802.11 a/n at 5GHz). And in case you're wondering where the label goes -- it goes there.
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FCC tears apart the new iPod touch, while iFixit wistfully looks on

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:25am CEST by Sean Hollister

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We're not quite sure when the Federal Communications Commission got into the habit of tearing devices limb from limb after testing their wireless radiation levels, but we have to say we're loving the trend -- and there's quite nothing like peering into the juicy innards of a new Apple device. Here, the FCC got its greasy paws on the new Retina Display-packing iPod touch, aka "Apple A1367," and in the gallery below you can see exactly where Cupertino keeps that A4 processor, 3.44 watt-hour battery, internal antenna, and 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz WiFi.
Gallery: Apple iPod touch (2010) - FCC teardown
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Fake Nexus One browsing fake Engadget

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:34am CEST by Chris Ziegler

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Interesting side note -- we understand that Erick Schmidt, Larry Paige, and Serge Brin all own this phone. Oh, and Digiboy777, of course.
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Sonos and Spotify join hands to stream sweet sweet music, at last

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST by Thomas Ricker

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Sonos owners, like most nerds, have been patiently waiting for three things: jetpacks and flying cars to go mainstream and the Spotify music service to play on their beloved whole home wireless audio system. Of these, only one is being announced today. At this very moment, in this very time, upstart media darlings Spotify and Sonos have announced plans to wed... in Europe. Sorry Yanks. When the free 3.3 Sonos software update finally arrives at the end of September, new and existing Spotify Premium (£9.99 per month) customers living in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK will be able to stream millions of Spotify music tracks throughout their Sonos home network. The deal not only brings Spotify its first global hardware partner, it also brings European Sonos owners up to par with US netizens who've long enjoyed streaming subscription services from the likes of Rhapsody and Napster -- the latter limited to just the UK and Germany in Europe. Click through the break for a demo and the full press release.
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Exclusive: HTC F8181 is AT&T's Brew MP-equipped dumbphone

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:39am CEST by Chris Ziegler

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We'll admit, we'd kinda figured that HTC's venture into the seedy underworld of dumbphones with the introduction of the Smart earlier this year was a non-starter and that it'd quietly fade into the night before 2010 was out, but apparently not -- at least, not if you ask AT&T. We've been slid a couple shots of a new handset from HTC for Ma Bell going by the model number F8181 (it'll have a fancy name like "Bacon," "Double Rainbow," or "Nilay Patel" by the time it launches, obviously) that runs the Brew MP platform Qualcomm has been pushing this year for the sub-smartphone category; of course, it seems to us that smartphone hardware is getting cheap enough to push through nearly every price segment, but if we can expect this to be free on contract, we suppose there might be a market here. No word on dollars or dates just yet, but naturally, we'll keep you in the loop.

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Apple TV vs. the competition -- how does it stack up?

Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:14am CEST by Richard Lawler

Although it's only just been revealed and won't actually go on sale for four long weeks, Apple's new hockey puck is far from the only media streamer on the market -- and with Sony's Netbox and the Boxee Box on the way, the sub-$200 set-top box market is exploding with options. So let's line up the revised Apple TV against the (post-price cut) Roku HD-XR, Popbox, and even an LG Blu-ray player in the same price range and see what you're actually getting -- and more importantly, getting access to -- on each device. Oh, and there's some choice words from Roku after the break.

Update: You asked for them, so we added the PS3, Xbox 360 & WDTV Live as well, after the break.

Device:	AppleTV	Roku XR	Pop Box	LG BD550

Price:	$99	$99	$129	$130 - $150
Form Factor/Size:	3.9 x 0.9 x 3.9	5 x 5 x 1.75	8 x 1.4 x 6 inches	16.9 x 1.8 x 7.9
Available Content:	HD TV shows from ABC & Fox ($0.99), HD Movie rentals ($4.99/$3.99), Netflix, iTunes, YouTube	Netflix, Amazon VOD (now with $0.99 HD TV show purchases from Fox & ABC), MLB.tv, UFC, NBA GameTime, YouTube, Pandora	YouTube, Revision3, Blip.tv, h.264 / XviD / MPEG-4, MKV / AVI / WMV	Blu-ray discs, VUDU, Netflix, CinemaNow, YouTube, Pandora, Napster
Apps / SDK:	N/A	Roku Channel / SDK available	Popapps Store / SDK available	NetCast widgets
Connectivity:	WiFi N, Ethernet	WiFi N, Ethernet	Ethernet, optional WiFi adapter	Ethernet, Disc
Video Quality:	720p, 5.1 audio	720p (1080p upgrade coming soon), 5.1 audio	1080p, 5.1 audio	1080p, 7.1 audio, DTS-HD MA / Dolby TrueHD audio

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Boxee Box priced at $199, Avner Ronen says it'll give users 'freedom to watch what you want'

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:51pm CEST by Nilay Patel

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Well, what's this? Our homey Avner Ronen from Boxee just posted up a little response to Apple's $99 next-gen Apple TV announcement, and he's letting it slip that the much-anticipated Boxee Box will be $100 more than Apple's device, or $199. Avner says Boxee has a "different view of what people want in their living rooms," and that while his device might be more expensive, it'll let you watch anything you can watch on your computer on your TV in 1080p -- the ATV is still limited to 720p. We certainly know a lot of passionate Boxee fans who agree -- now all Avner's got to do is ship the damn thing and let this play out in the actual market.

P.S.- Yes, we will cover almost anything that includes a YouTube embed of "Rudie Can't Fail." Well played, Mr. Ronen. Well played indeed.
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Sony verkleint e-reader

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:30pm CEST

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Sony heeft besloten om met een kleinere e-reader te komen. Samen met een touchscreen mogelijkheid hoopt het bedrijf haar e-readers nieuw leven in te blazen.

Sony was het eerste bedrijf dat de e-reader op de markt bracht in 2006, maar heeft sindsdien grote moeite om de rivaal, de Kindle e-reader van Amazon.com, bij te houden. Volgens analisten is de Kindle het best verkopende toestel in zijn soort, al heeft Amazon de officiële verkoopgegevens nog niet bekend gemaakt. In juli streefde Amazon de concurrentie voorbij, toen het de draadloze Kindle beschikbaar stelde voor een prijs van iets meer dan honderd euro.

Sony’s Steve Haber zei dat een touchscreen een van de meest binnenkomende verzoeken was van consumenten, die volgens hem bereid zijn om meer te betalen voor deze extra functionaliteit. “De prijzen verlagen om de goedkoopste te zijn, is niet de kant die we op willen,” zei Haber in een interview. “Ons plan is niet om de goedkoopste te zijn.”

De nieuwe pocketversie van Sony’s e-reader zal ongeveer 140 euro gaan kosten.

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Amazon streaming 99-cent ABC and Fox shows... right now (update: purchases, not rentals!)

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:28pm CEST by Nilay Patel

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Eager to get on the new Apple TV's cheap 99-cent TV show rentals but not so pumped to wait four weeks for it to ship? No worries: Amazon's also now offering 99-cent rentals purchases of various ABC and FOX shows, which means a whole host of Amazon VOD-compatible devices just got some cheaper streaming options as well -- and hey, Roku just cut prices on its entire lineup of Amazon- and Netflix- compatible players, so you can get in the game for as little as $60. Of course, the Apple TV also features day-and-date movie rentals, local streaming, AirPlay, and that slick iPhone / iPod touch Remote app, but only your heart truly knows if those are worth an extra few bucks and a month of fevered desire.

Update: As our astute commenters are pointing out, these are actually listed as 99-cent purchases, making this a far better deal entirely. We don't know if that's for real or just an error right now, though -- we're double checking and we'll let you know.

Update 2: Yep, we've confirmed that these are 99-cent purchases, making this a much better deal than Apple's rental model -- although only you can decide whether you actually need permanent streaming access to Dollhouse Season 2.

[Thanks, Stephen]
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Draadloos muziek streamen via Apple AirPlay

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:17pm CEST

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Apple introduceerde vandaag iOS 4.1, maar liet ook alvast wat los over iOS 4.2. Hieraan zullen opnieuw wat nieuwe features worden toegevoegd, zoals mu...
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Apple vernieuwt iPod-range

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:09pm CEST

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Apple vernieuwt haar complete range aan iPod spelers met de introductie van een aangepaste Apple iPod touch (vrijwel identiek aan iPhone 4), een aangepaste iPod nano (multi-touch) en een aangepaste iPod shuffle (met knoppen).
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iTunes zingt toontje hoger

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Later vanavond is de nieuwe iTunes 10 beschikbaar. Meest opvallend qua uiterlijk is het nieuwe logo, want CD'tje is uit het icoon verwijderd. Nieuw is Ping, een sociaal netwerk voor muziek. Gebruikers kunnen hun vrienden volgen en vanzelfsprekend de muziek die zij luisteren. Het is dus een soort Facebook,
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Zune HD could have all-new model in the works

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:53pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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The Zune HD continues to rank among our all-time favorites in terms of industrial design, so it's good to hear that Microsoft isn't entirely abandoning the PMP sector for its new Windows Phone 7 hotness. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet has consulted her tea leaves (and in-the-know tipsters) and emerged with the strong feeling that some new Zune hardware is brewing up in Redmond. Little specificity is available, beyond the obvious postulation that a new ZHD would probably be driven by an ARM CPU and take some software pointers from WP7, but we're told to look toward to the early 2011 horizon and see if we can't spot any sexy new media players emerging. A mirage is as likely as the real deal right now, but it's always fun to look to that horizon, no?
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Motorola introduceert waterdichte smartphone Defy

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:30pm CEST

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Motorola heeft de Defy aangekondigd, een 'rugged' Android-smartphone die waterdicht en stof-, kras- en schokbestendig is. Het toestel voldoet aan de I...
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T-Mobile G2 priced at $199 with contract, $499 without, by latest leak

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:29pm CEST by Vlad Savov

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Been wondering how much T-Mobile's first HSPA+ phone will set you back? Why, it's that most generic of all smartphone prices: $199 with a two-year commitment or $499 without. To be fair to T-Mo, the G2 was one phone that it could plausibly have upmarked to, say $249, as Sprint has done with the Epic 4G, but nope, it's landing squarely in the middle of the well beaten path to smartphone sales. There is the dreaded specter of a $50 mail-in rebate to deal with, but we doubt it'll be enough to dampen anticipation for what's looking like the next great Android slider phone.
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Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one: win $1,500 worth of gear!

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:25pm CEST by Laura June

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Hey, there: it's that time of year again. You or your loved ones will soon be heading back to school (if you haven't already). We've been trying to help everybody out for the past month with our back to school guides -- which you can check out right here -- but we thought we'd take it a step further, and give you, our dear readers, a chance to win some of the gear featured in the guides this year. We'll be doing three total giveaways this week, and here's what we've got for you today.

- Toshiba Mini NB305 worth $380
- Booq Boa Squeeze backpack worth $99
- 8GB Echo Smartpen worth $199
- Mobile Life Studio Plus external hard drive worth $119
- Altec Lansing Octiv Mini worth $40
- Sprint Samsung Intercept worth $99
- T-Mobile Blackberry Curve worth $279

Yes, that's nearly $1,500 of gear for one lucky winner. All you need to do to win is leave a comment below, and read the full rules after the break. Good luck!!

Special thanks to all the companies for providing us with the gear!
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HP voorziet Envy 17-laptop van 3D-scherm

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:12pm CEST

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HP komt met een tweetal nieuwe laptops in de Envy-lijn, de Envy 14 Beat Edition en Envy 17. Laatstgenoemde beschikt over een 17,3 inch 3D Ultra Bright...
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Windows Phone 7 goes gold master, begins rolling out to partners for final launch preparations

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:00pm CEST by Joshua Topolsky

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If you've been holding yourself back during these early rounds of the smartphone wars in anticipation of Windows Phone 7, your wait just got a tiny bit shorter. Today Microsoft is announcing that its fancy new mobile operating system has been released to manufacturing, making the idea of you holding an actual WP7 device in your hands that much closer to reality. The finished product is now rolling out to partners around the world where it will be getting carrier and manufacturer tweaks and additions, and going through the kind of pre-launch testing you would expect for a release of this scale. If you had any doubt that the Windows Phone 7 onslaught was close at hand, feel free to abandon them now.

Furthermore, the folks on the 7 team have managed to cram a few last minute goodies into the OS, one of which we're particularly excited about. As you probably know from our in-depth preview of an early version of the software, we had a lot of issues with overflowing Facebook contacts in our phone. Microsoft has now solved that problem by enabling a contact filter system which looks for pre-existing matches to your Facebook contacts. If it doesn't find a match, it doesn't pull that contact into your address book (kind of like how Android filters Facebook friends). It's a welcome addition and should make the Facebook / Windows Phone 7 combo a lot more palatable to a lot of people. Furthermore, Microsoft has added functionality into the People Hub which will allow you to "like" someone's posts, and you'll be able to comment directly onto someone's Wall right in the hub. The company has also made tweaks and fixes focusing on feature discoverability (another issue we pointed out in the early look), along with the expected set of polishing and finish you'd expect from a product that's gone gold master.
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Sony lanceert zakcamcorder Bloggie Touch

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Sony lanceert op de IFA in Berlijn de Bloggie Touch, een nieuwe zakcamcorder met een 3 inch capacitief touchscreen en de mogelijkheid om Full HD (1080...
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Apple start sociaal netwerk rond muziek

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:43pm CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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Het heet Ping en werkt vanuit iTunes. En er is een nieuwe, kleine Apple TV die alleen streams doet.

iTunes wordt geen streamingdienst in de cloud, maar krijgt een sociaal netwerk voor muziek genaamd Ping. 'Dit is Facebook en Twitter in combinatie met iTunes. Een sociaal netwerk rond muziek. Je kunt zien wat anderen luisteren en aanraden', zo omschreef Apple-directeur Steve Jobs de nieuwe functie in iTunes vanavond.

Je kunt mensen volgen en gevolgd worden, net als op Twitter. Ook artiesten en bands kunnen Ping gebruiken en je kunt groepen van vrienden maken. De privacy-instellingen van Ping zijn volgens Jobs 'supersimpel om in te stellen'.

Het netwerk toont een hitlijst op basis van de downloads van vrienden op iTunes. Daarnaast kun je met anderen delen naar welke concerten je gaat. Zo'n 17 duizend concerten staan al op Ping vermeld. Alle 160 miljoen iTunes-gebruikers in 23 landen kunnen per direct gebruikmaken van Ping. Het werkt ook in de iPhone-app van iTunes.

Apple-medewerkers zeggen er hardop nog niets over, maar het ligt natuurlijk voor de hand dat Ping straks ook werkt rond de rest van Apple's entertainmentaanbod in iTunes: films, tv-programma's en boeken. Ook rond die producten kan je uiteindelijk ongetwijfeld met je vrienden je smaak en aankopen delen binnen iTunes. Maar Ping start met muziek.

Jobs had ook nieuws over zijn hobbyproject. De nieuwe Apple TV is een stuk kleiner en past nu bijna in de hand. Het apparaatje heeft een HDMI-uitgang, een optische audio-uitgang, een ingang voor een netwerkkabel en wifi zit ingebouwd.

Apple gaat er streams op verhuren van films en tv-series. 'Opslaan is niet meer nodig', meent Jobs. Streamen van eigen audio- en videobestanden of foto's vanaf een eigen computer is ook mogelijk. Jobs: 'Alle content is HD. Gebruikers huren films, aankopen is niet mogelijk.'

HD-films kosten vijf dollar, afleveringen van tv-series zonder commercials kosten 99 dollarcent. Die prijs was eerst 2,99 dollar. De enige studio's die op dit moment meewerken aan de dienst zijn ABC en Fox.

Het zal geen verrassing zijn maar de filmstreams zijn niet beschikbaar in Nederland. 'Binnenkort komen er meer landen bij', zei Jobs, zonder namen van landen te noemen. De Apple TV is over vier weken te koop voor slechts 99 dollar.
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iPod nano vs touch vs shuffle... fight!

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:41pm CEST by Ross Miller

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Three new iPods under one roof -- how could we not throw them on a table and see how they size up against one another? Obviously, the iPod touch is the black sheep here in terms of sheer physical space, but the width / height difference between the nano and shuffle is as marginal as you probably guessed. More pics below!
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Epic's spectacular Unreal Engine 3 tech demo free at iTunes App Store

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:37pm CEST by Sean Hollister

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Did you oooh and ahh at the fantastic gaming graphics that accompanied today's Apple keynote? You won't have to wait for next week's iOS 4.1 to get a taste of those textures for yourself. Though the full-on gladiator dueling of Epic's "Project Sword" may be a while off, you can get your hot little hands on "Epic Citadel" right now, a 82.2 megabyte download that explores a beautiful medieval castle town. Oh, and did we mention it's free? Even id Software's mindblowing 60FPS Rage demo must be quaking in its boots right about now.
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Kleinere Apple TV

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De nieuwe Apple TV (http://www.apple.com/appletv/) is vier keer kleiner dan zijn voorganger. In de VS, waar hij binnen enkele weken gelanceerd wordt, ondersteunt Apple TV 'HD live streaming' uitzendingen van de netwerken ABC en Fox. Daarvoor betaal je 99 dollarcent. Apple TV telt HDMI-, USB- en Ethernet-aansluitingen. Meest
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Het regende zojuist weer aankondigingen bij Apple. Belangrijkste nieuws is een geheel nieuwe serie iPods en een geheel vernieuwde Apple TV. De nieuwe Shuffle krijgt weer knoppen. De nieuwe iPod Nano is vierkant en heeft een aanraakscherm gekregen. De nieuwe iPod Touch is gewoon iPhone 4 zonder telefoon, maar
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Camera's in iPod Touch, touch in Nano

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:55pm CEST by Tonie van Ringelestijn

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De iPod Touch krijgt twee cameraatjes en een beter scherm, de Nano een touchscreen en de Shuffle heeft weer knoppen.

Alle iPods krijgen een nieuwe versie, kondigde Apple-voorman Steve Jobs vanavond aan. Het belangrijkste model is de iPod Touch, die de Nano heeft ingehaald als meest verkochte mp3-speler. Jobs: 'Mensen noemen hem vaak een iPhone zonder telefoon, oftwel zonder lang abonnement.' De belangrijkste vernieuwingen per iPod-model op een rijtje:

Nieuw in de iPod Touch zijn twee cameraatjes aan de voor- en achterkant voor het maken van foto's en videobellen via FaceTime. De iPod Touch heeft ook hetzelfde, scherpere retina-scherm gekregen als in de iPhone 4. De Touch beschikt nu ook over HD-video-opname. Hij is te koop in versies met 8, 32 en 64 GB ruimte.

De Nano is totaal veranderd. Hij is veel kleiner geworden en heeft nu een touchscreen van 1,5 inch. Het scherm heeft multitouch, maar pinch-to-zoom in foto's is niet mogelijk, er is maar 1 zoomniveau. De Nano grofweg 4 bij 4 centimeter. De Nano heeft geen klikwiel of camera meer. Een jaar geleden voegde Apple een videocameraatje toe in de Nano, maar nu is hij alweer verdwenen. De Nano heeft wel voiceover, FM-radio, Nike+ en een stappenteller. De accuduur is 24 uur. Nano is te koop in zes kleuren, waaronder rood.

Als derde en laatste, de iPod Shuffle. De kleinste speler heeft weer ouderwetse iPod-knoppen gekregen en is in vier kleuren te koop. Hij meet nu 3 bij 3 centimeter. Over de iPod Classic meldde Apple niets meer. Apple heeft tot nu toe in totaal 275 miljoen iPods verkocht.

De Nederlandse prijzen beginnen bij 49 euro voor de 2 gb Shuffle en 159 voor de 8 gb versie. De Nano met 16 gb kost 189 euro. De iPod Touch begint bij 229 voor de 8 gb, 299 voor de 32 en 399 euro voor de 64 gb versie.
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