Friday, June 17, 2011

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Latest News Jun 17, 2011

Panasonic Announces Rugged Toughbook Android Tablet for Business

Panasonic has a line of rugged Toughbook computers designed for business use, and they have announced they are adding an Android tablet to the line. The enterprise-grade tablet will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this year.  In addition to it’s rugged build, it will have a bright, daylight-viewable screen.  An active stylus will allow mobile workers in sales, customer service and mobile point-of-sale environments to capture signatures on the device's 10.1" XGA multi-touch display.  Security features are built-in from the hardware level.  Features offered on the Toughbook Android tablet include satellite-based GPS, full-shift battery life, professional-grade accessories, and optional embedded 3G/4G mobile broadband connectivity.   ...

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Apple Settles Patent Lawsuit with Nokia

You might have heard almost 2 years ago Nokia  sued Apple for Patent Infringement. Well, 20 months later they settle and Nokia agrees to license its patents to Apple. How much you ask? We may never know but we can be sure it was for a lot of money. According to some sources, the settlement is enough to cushion Nokia while it transitions from Symbian to Windows Phone7. ...

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Veto Pro Pac XXL-F Tool Bag Review

Veto ProPac XXL-F tool bag. Seriously. The LAST tool bag/box/kit you will ever need.

I know you have one.   Those clunky, metal, red toolboxes.  That iconic American symbol of craftsmen, workmen, and Do It Yourself-ers everywhere.   Those expensive, heavy, red-paint-chipping, heavier-than-cement-crack -your-shin-on-it dead weights that holds a mish mash of tools and accessories that, once in, you can never find again. ...

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iBamboo Speaker for iPhone 4

The iBamboo speaker is another innovation seeking funding through Kickstarter.  It’s a speaker exclusively for the iPhone 4 that is literally a piece of foot-long bamboo with a carved iPhone dock opening.  That’s it.  There are no cables, no batteries, no need for electricity whatsoever.  Once the iPhone is placed in the dock, the bamboo acts as a natural stereo amplifier for the phone’s native speaker.  The sound quality is actually better than expected, though it seems intended more for classical and instrumental music as evidenced by the inventor’s ...

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Protect Your Western Digital My Passport Drive with the Rugged Nomad Case

The Nomad case is designed to protect your Western Digital My Passport external drive.  The polycarbonate enclosure has a elastomer cushion lining, and it’s designed to protect your drive from water, dirt, and even a 7-foot drop.  The Nomad has a ring at the top so you can clip it to your laptop bag.  There’s a USB cable opening that lets you use your drive while it stays safe in the Nomad.  You can purchase the ...

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Everything is better with bacon, even your wallet

Here at The Gadgeteer, we love our wallets. Especially wallets that are unusual, yet functional. I don’t think you can get much more unusual than a wallet made of bacon. ...

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Angry Bird Speakers

Gear4 offers a line of Angry Bird cases for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.  They’ll soon be adding a line of external speakers to their Angry Bird line ...


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Deal of the Day – Dell Alienware m11x 11.6" Core i3 ULV Gaming Laptop with 1GB GeForce GT 335M

Today's LogicBUY deal is the 11.6" Dell Alienware m11x Core i3-330UM ULV gaming laptop with 1GB GeForce GT 335M discrete GPU for $699 ...


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Next Generation Portable Gaming – PlayStation Vita

Sony announced on June 7, 2011, their next portable gaming system, PlayStation Vita.  Vita means “life” in Latin.  The Wi-Fi model will be available for $249 or $299 for the 3G/Wi-Fi version.  AT & T will be Vita’s exclusive 3G partner. The Vita has a 5″ multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) (960�544 pixels) as its front display and has a multi-touch pad on the rear.  The PS Vita allows game play like never before, featuring three-dimension-like motion through finger motions of push and pull, trace, push and pull, and grab. PlayStation’s Vita has two analog sticks which create a larger genre of games for the portable gaming experience. It will also have 6-axis motion sensors and dual front and back facing cameras.  This device is supposed to run on a quad core ARM Cortex A9 processor. Vita will be preloaded with a new application called “Party”, which enables the user to engage in voice or text chat  while online gaming and also when playing different games, or even performing different applications, like surfing the internet.  PS Vita will also come with an application called “Welcome Park”, which is a user’s guide to accustom them easily to the features of Vita and to easily learn the three-dimension-like  finger motions on the PS Vita. ...


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