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Ford adds new features to Sync hands free system for free

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Not long ago I bought a new Ford Mustang that came with the Microsoft Sync system and it is honestly one of the best features of the entire car. The system is a hands free Bluetooth system for my mobile phone, but it is also so much more than that. You can control the media system of the car and get directions all using your voice. Read The Full Story

Acer Stream launches with Android 2.1, Snapdragon & HDMI [Video]

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

Acer have officially announced their latest Android smartphone, the Acer Stream, a Nexus One rivalling Android 2.1 Eclair device with a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen.  The Stream is based around Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor, along with 512MB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage, and has HSDPA, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth. There's also GPS, a 5-megapixel camera that can apparently capture 720p HD video and a microSD card slot.  Acer have also customized the standard Android UI, adding various spinning panels, app history shortcuts and other tweaks, but the most interesting addition is UPnP and DLNA streaming media support, just like their new LumiRead ereader. Update: Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Stereo 3D PCs set to go big says JPR

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Today it almost feels like 3D is something new. We have a glut of 3D TVs hitting the market, 3D content is coming to the home, and 3D films are hitting theaters in droves. It's easy to forget that 3D has been around in the PC world and in theaters for a long time, granted it's much better today than it was in say the 90's or the 80's. Many are overlooking 3D in the PC world and this is one of the places where the tech will be most popular -- with gamers. Read The Full Story

Acer LumiRead ereader: WiFi, ISBN scanner & QWERTY

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

Acer's mysterious Android tablet may have stolen the show, but their new LumiRead ereader is worth consideration too.  Packing a 6-inch monochrome E Ink display and a Kindle-style QWERTY keyboard, the LumiRead has WiFi - and 3G in a future model - together with an ISBN scanner that can be used to keep a wish-list of titles for future purchase. Read The Full Story

Thrustmaster debuts awesome Ferrari Wireless GT cockpit 430 Scuderia Edition

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have been a big fan of racing games for years on the PC and the PS3. It's so much more fun to play this sort of game with a racing wheel than a track pad. The problem for me is always trying to find a palace to mount my Logitech racing wheel. It isn’t comfortable use in my lap and the coffee table is just too short. Read The Full Story

Nokia N8 “coming soon” claim Vodafone UK

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Having already heard that Nokia N8 preorders are likely to kick off in early July, there's now movement from carriers too.  Vodafone UK have updated their "coming soon" page to include the N8, though there's still no sign of a firm release date. Read The Full Story

Team to show off TP1023 sport mobile HDD at Computex

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Computex is set to kick off next month and there are lots of companies starting to offer up a bit of tease on the products they will be showing off there. One of the items that Team will be unveiling is the TP1023 sport disk. Read The Full Story

MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks and N900 launches, gets video demo

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks and the Nokia N900 has now been released, complete with Qt 4.6 support, the MeeGo SDK with an integrated application development environment, and various other OS tools.  The MeeGo experience is centered around the Myzone, with various social networking, email, calendar and contacts widgets; these aggregate content from multiple networks, together with synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments and recently used files. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Project Natal $149 US price leaks; $299 in 360 Arcade bundle

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Having gasped at leaked Scandinavian pricing for Project Natal, which worked out to roughly $200 for the motion-controller, new US-specific figures have emerged which are a little more palatable.  According to Edge Online's "trusted source", Microsoft will release Project Natal in October 2010, priced at $149 in the US.  It'll also be available as a bundle with the Xbox 360 Arcade, for $299. Read The Full Story

Acer Android tablet gets brief demo; due Q4 2010

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer's tablet plans have always been a little more shaky than that of rivals ASUS and MSI, but the company's CEO Gianfranco Lanci has just spilled their latest intent at a press conference in UAE.  Lanci whipped out an unnamed 7-inch Android-based tablet with a hardware keyboard, similar in design to a Kindle, which he reckons will hit the market in Q4 2010. Read The Full Story

iNotePad parody perhaps best yet (and you can buy it, too) [Video]

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

There's no shortage of iPad spoof videos, but when someone goes to the trouble not only of sourcing the exact same type of t-shirt that Jonathan Ive wears in the official video, legally changes his name and then actually produces the parody product, that deserves some attention.  Comedian Shed Simove - or, to give him his newly-adopted name, "Hans Jobs" - has put together a great video promo for his iNotePad, a tablet in a more original sense of the word. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Firefox Home for iPhone: a mobile window on your desktop browser [Video]

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Mozilla have announced the development of Firefox Home for iPhone, a way to use the synchronization capabilities of Firefox Sync that will pull in bookmarks from the desktop.  Not quite a full browser in its own right - Mozilla say that's down to "constraints with the OS environment and distribution" - what might make Firefox Home for iPhone useful for many is its tight integration with what's going on in its desktop browser. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story
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