08:43 am Ewdison Then: Hi Guys, SlashGear Live from London, 1 hour and 17 minutes to the event
09:33 am Ewdison Then: We are getting ready to go in now
09:45 am Ewdison Then: Many people reported O2 UK store is offline while Apple store UK is still up and running
09:55 am Vincent Nguyen: I’m in, it’s a pretty small area. Not like other US Apple events
10:00 am Ewdison Then: We are hearing KT Tunstall music
We have a video of the Q and A, its in processing, we will post it as soon as possible, but for now, we have a text summary below.
First off, the one I, and likely everyone else, was most interested in, Why no 3G? Steve basically said they like their 8 hour battery life with EDGE, 3G drains that too much, so they are going to wait until they can get at least 5 or more hours of battery with a 3G chipset.
Apple’s big London event is less than an hour away. Don’t fret, our own Vincent is on the scene and will be giving you the latest up-to-the-minute news. Remember to head over to live.slashgear.com to see our liveblogging of the event.
Remember back at the recent Apple event where the iPod Touch was announced? We were told that it would be a couple of weeks before we would see it on shelves. We’ve heard that it will be on sale starting the Friday after next (despite what Vincent may tell you in the video), however, we’ve already gotten ourselves one.
Vincent has been kind enough to take the time to record his unboxing for all the world to see. It’s not charged up yet, so you’ll have to check back for a full review a little later. Until then, enjoy the images and video.
I’ve had the opportunity to test out VisionTek’s XG6 gaming mouse for a little while now, and while I’d never really thought I’d need anything other than my trusty Logitech MX 700 for all my mousing needs, I’m starting to think otherwise.
You notice two things when you first set your hand upon the XG6. The first is that there are a ton of buttons, the second that there is some sort of strange plastic piece sticking out behind the mouse that your wrist rests on. I’ll admit that I tried to get used to that pad for some time, but I just couldn’t. Thankfully, this is a removable piece, so I’ve stowed it away in case I ever change my mind.
Back in June, Samsin grabbed wireless Bluetooth speaker headlines (admittedly a pretty narrow niche) with their SBS-6600 set: two vaguely-triangular nuggets of Bluetooth-packing portable music with 1.2W per channel and the honour of being the “World’s First Completely Wireless Speakers”. That’s right, no cable running either from them to your MP3 player or even between the speakers themselves. Well, the guys at AdvancedMP3Players.co.uk were kind enough to send me a set to try out so that I could decide whether all those absent wires made for an absence of quality.
You might have noticed that we covered the big Apple event on Wednesday. While we had plenty of pictures and were liveblogging the entire event, we didn’t get a chance to get any video up. Don’t worry, we’ve got the footage of the show, which you can now watch.
Realistically, Apple didn’t really need to do what it did on Wednesday to maintain its stronghold on the MP3 player market. After all, the iPod (in all of its variations) has something like a 75% market share. Other big names have attempted to challenge the iPod, but most simply could not compete against the marketing juggernaut headed by Steve Jobs.
Have you seen those cool mirrors that are actually TVs? Well Seura was showing them off at the show today, and naturally Vincent had to stop by and shoot some video, hit the jump to check it out.
Vincent was so impressed by Terra’s AC Series Speakers that he couldn’t help but shoot some exclusive SlashGear footage of them in action. Check out the all-enclosed, weatherproof range in the video after the cut!
Remember that cool Windows Media Extender I told you about just a little bit ago? Well Vincent didn’t just take a few pictures, he also got some video footage of it as well. Hit the jump to check it out.
Our own Vincent is a busy guy. Just yesterday he was at the big Apple show bringing us all of the latest updates about our favorite music players. Today he’s in Denver covering the CEDIA Expo 2007.
