FROM APPLETELL - Wingnuts Moto Racer is a racing game, of sorts. It’s actually more of a time trial game, as the point is to race through checkpoints in order to…save a cat?
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Although Sony has announced its next generation Blu-ray player, the BDP-S350 as early as February, it is only now that the player has started arriving in US retail stores. For those who have been waiting for the BDP-S350, the wait may well be worth it after all since like we reported before this player is fully compatible with various disc formats including BD-R/RE, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW and JPEG on DVD or CD recordable media.
In addition, the BDP-S350 also features BonusView (Profile v1.1), BD-Live (Profile v2.0) and Sony’s Precision Cinema HD Upscale feature which is a technology that converts standard-definition signals (4801) to 1080p. These signals are then outputted in full HD equivalent resolution signal to 1080p TVs through HDMI port. The player also has an Ethernet port and can handle up to 70.1 channels decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DD+ along with 7.1 channels bitstream output that includes DTS-Ma.
Finally, Sony has added an environmental footprint on the BDP-S350 to make the product a little more environmentally friendly. Sony has reduced the overall unit size of the player by 55 percent, reduced the packing material by 52 percent and reduced its total weight by 38 percent. With this, Sony was able to reduce the CO2 emissions when shipping the BDP-S350. Likewise, Sony has also made the player’s energy consumption a little less than the usual.
The BDP-S350 is available now in Sony retail and various online stores for around $399.99.
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FROM GAMERTELL - Microsoft’s promising 10,000 movies and TV shows, large-scale (online) multiplayer Xbox Live games and the ability to create personal Mii-like avatars…
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United Kingdom based company, Electro Box, recently came out with a new, innovative PMP called the miShake. With a name like this, one would assume shaking the device would cause some navigation changes, and this is correct. The unique feature in this PMP is that every time it is shook, it can change songs, videos, images, and move through pages of an e-book.
The 2.4-inch TFT touchscreen PMP has been uniquely designed to be a competitor to Apple’s ipod Nano, and other small players. It comes with 4GB of onboard memory, but can be expanded via microSD. Additionally, it comes with voice recording, an FM radio with recording, pedometer, gaming support and an e-book reader.
As I previously mentioned, it comes with the ability to change through songs, videos, images, and e-book pages all with a simple shake of the device. This is made possible by something called Shocktronix, which is a motion sensor built into the device. It even comes with a loudspeaker, and special miBud earbuds. You can even download games and wallpapers off a special, dedicated website.
It should be available sometime soon in the UK, and it is set to sell for 119.95 Euros, or about $190 US.
Read [miShake] Via [Pocket-lint]
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FROM GAMERTELL - The Spore game is sprouting legs and wiggling its way onto cell phones thanks to a deal between AT&T and EA. As an added bonus, AT&T’s high-speed customers also get a free download of the full PC/Mac game…
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by Ryan Block, posted Jul 19th 2008 at 4:14AM
Launching 6 and 12GB SDHC cards seems a little boring at this point, especially when your company has already gone way, way larger. Which is why Panasonic’s got the 6 and 12GB RP-SDM06G and RP-SDM12G class 4 (10MBps) SDHC cards which are apparently “designed for HD recording.” Love when they do that.
Filed under: Storage
by Ryan Block, posted Jul 19th 2008 at 1:53AM
Say, is this a Microsoft SideWinder-branded keyboard? Looks like it might just be. It looks like it’ll go by the name of SideWinder X6, and feature a detachable numeric keypad, programmable keys, and “cruise control” (don’t quote us, this is from a translation) which emulates a steady keypress. It’ll run $80 in September — that is, if this doesn’t just turn out to be pure rumor.
[Thanks, Husar]
Update: Reader RainMotorsports points out that the side profile looks, well, unconvincing. Certainly right, especially when you ask yourself where those giant knobs went. Hey, we never said this was a sure thing!
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Acer has recently begun shipping their Gemstone 8920G, and for lack of a better guess, I can only assume the “G” after 8920 stands for gigantic.
The Gemstone 8920G is sporting an 18.2-inch display, and weighs in at about nine pounds. Otherwise it does offer a solid set of specs which include the previously mentioned 18.2-inch display that offers a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution.
The 8920G is powered by a 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, has 4GB of RAM and also features two internal hard drives which total out at 640GB of storage, a 512MB nVidia 9650M GS card for graphics, Wireless-N Wi-Fi, an HDMI out as well as a DVD writer with Blu-ray reading capability.
While technically a laptop, the 8920G would certainly fall into the desktop replacement category, but it should make a nice portable semi-portable HD movie player. Of course all these high-end specs will not come cheap, expect to pay nearly $3,000 for one of your own.
Via [Trusted Reviews]
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Birds are meant to fly free and not kept in a cage, at least that’s my personal opinion. Still, if you’re one who owns a pet bird, I’m sure you have your reasons. What happens if you want to take a vacation or go out of town for a couple of days and want to bring Tweety with you? Well, there is the PetPocket transportable birdcage that comes with a removable bottom tray and a couple of toy hanging loops from the top. Capable of holding up to medium-sized birds, you’ll then be able to travel in peace knowing that your feathered friend is near you always. The PetPocket will retail for $30. I suppose if you add a wire mesh around, you’ll be able to transport hamsters as well…
Source: Cool Hunting
by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 8:36PM
It’s hard enough for Motorola’s handset division to go about its business these days without losing talent, but losing executives to Apple’s iPhone team? That’s just a straight-up slap in the face, and Moto’s not gonna take it lying down. The We Generation has filed suit against Michael Fenger, the dude running its handset business for the EMEA market for six years until March this year, when he quit to take up a posh job as Apple’s veep of global iphone sales. That isn’t a problem in itself — businessfolk switch teams all the time — but it seems Mr. Fenger had an agreement in place not to work for a competitor inside of two years following his departure. Moto claims he “was privy to the pricing, margins, customer initiatives, allocation of resources, product development, multiyear product, business and talent planning and strategies being used by Motorola” (not to say that data’s worth much more than the paper it’s written on these days) and wants over a million bucks back plus a court order banning him from working for Cupertino for those promised two years retroactively to March 31. Note to current execs still out there in Schaumburg: better start righting that ship you’re on, because you ain’t getting on a more buoyant one without a fight.
[Via CNET]
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