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- Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video)
- Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video)
- App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week
- Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango
- Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet
- Eldar Murtazin gives RIM six months to win back customers, says Nokia is selling its soul to Microsoft
- Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th
- Engadget's 2012 CES Preview
- Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chairmen of the board
- Mineways offers up 3D-printed models of your Minecraft creations
- FilmOn finds another way to put live TV on your mobile, but it's still awkward
- Galaxy Note gets early CyanogenMod 9 port, for those in a rush (video)
- Nintendo sold four million 3DS consoles, 4.5 million Wiis in US last year
- Synaptics promises better touchscreens with SignalClarity and Design Studio 4
- Xcom Global revolutionizes global data: one MiFi to serve 195 countries
- HTC Flyer Honeycomb update starts rolling out for 3G tabs in the States (Updated: WiFi models too)
- China to get its first 3D TV channel within weeks
- Tritton's latest Bluetooth headset lands at the FCC, hopes to find refuge with PS3 owners
- ClockworkMod Tether serves free Android USB tethering, no root required
- Samsung outs revamped Galaxy Ace Plus: bigger screen, worse resolution
- Gympact iPhone app offers cash rewards to gym-goers, penalizes inattendance
- Kyobo eReader receives initial review, comes up short despite Mirasol display
- Wilson Electronics introduces the world's first LTE signal booster ahead of CES
- Samsung's Smart TV SDK reaches 3.0 with support for USB controllers, payment and ads
- Tranquil PC ships MMC-12: a 1.5-inch thick, fanless HTPC
- Vizio flashes a sleek new HDTV design in Rose Bowl ad, we'll see more at CES (video)
- Etymotic revamps its ETY-Kids3 in-ear headphones, kid-safe volume, now with iPhone controls
- Transcend's StoreJet Cloud packs inbuilt WiFi, streams media to iOS devices
- Acer and Lenovo reportedly eying Windows 8-based tablet launches in Q3 2012
- Internet Explorer holds onto top browser crown while Chrome and Firefox tussle over second place
- Red's Scarlet-X 4K camera gets video review: you've never needed $11,700 so badly
- HP Spectre teaser video: fantastically thin laptop, shrouded in mystery
- Ask Ziggy: the Windows Phone 7 counter to Apple's Siri (video)
- RIM puts BlackBerry Playbook on massive sale; Android Market shoehorned onto rooted units
- Retrode 2 retro gaming adapter brings SNES / Genesis support to your PC for $85
- MAME gets Chrome Native Client port, is awesome case study
- New Year reveler crafts Kanye-approved EL Wire glasses: light up as the bass pounds (video)
- Apple gearing up for 'media-related announcement' later this month?
- Belarus limits use of 'foreign' websites, while Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in eateries
- Engadget: now available in Google Currents!
| Luminch One: an Arduino lamp you control with the wave of a hand (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:23 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| App downloads top 1 billion during the holiday week Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:39 AM PST  Why are these touchscreen-tickling titles familiar, you ask? Three of the four have been proving their mettle on other mobile platforms. GeoDefense Swarm and Tamagotchi are currently available in the iOS App Store; Age of Zombies is available in both the Android Market and iOS App Store; and Bullet Asylum has been in the works for some time -- we were treated to a video preview last summer, which you'll find below. No word yet on release dates, but the foursome's mere presence on Microsoft's site makes us think that we won't have to wait all that long before initiating the download sequence. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hackers planning homespun anti-censorship satellite internet Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:15 AM PST  SOPA is making ordinary, decent internet users mad as hell, and they're not gonna take it anymore. Hacker attendees of Berlin's Chaos Communication Congress are cooking up a plan to launch a series of homemade satellites as the backbone of an "uncensorable (sic) internet in space." Like all good ideas, there's a few hurdles to overcome first: objects in lower-Earth orbit circle the earth every 90 minutes, useless for a broadband satellite that needs to remain geostationary. Instead, a terrestrial network of base stations will have to be installed in order to remain in constant contact as it spins past, at the cost of €100 ($130) per unit. The conference also stated a desire to get an amateur astronaut onto the moon within 23 years, which we'd love to see, assuming there's still a rocket fuel store on eBay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:52 AM PST  However, he saves most of his ire for the Nokia-Microsoft partnership, claiming that Nokia executives have lost their ability to sensibly judge the state of the mobile world. With apparently the "most valued" engineers and developers leaving the good ship Nokia, the shuttering of Nokia's own Ovi sync services are apparently talismanic of a shift closer to Microsoft. Murtazin thinks that Nokia CEO Elop has only two aims while at the helm; to ruin the company's chances of recovering in the mobile market and increasing Microsoft's own share and influence in the same sphere. He also reckons a Microsoft buyout of Nokia is still plausible, and while we're sure you've been reading Eldar's missives with a hefty side of salt, it would make for an even more interesting 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the Transformer Prime January 12th Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:16 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Last year's CES brought us a flood of devices with dual-core mobile processors and the innovation that was the LapDock (and we all saw how that panned out for Motorola). This year, we'll likely witness the introduction of superphones with quad-core CPUs and other stellar specs like HD displays and 12+ MP cameras. We're looking forward to gazing upon the first handsets with custom ICS skins, and NFC will be littered all over the place. And watch out for Windows Phones this year -- it's quite possible we'll find the platform finally blessed with dual-core and LTE-enabled handsets.Sony Ericsson will finally show off the long-rumored Xperia Arc HD and it may actually have a bigger brother, complete with a larger Reality display and more horsepower. Motorola is expected to debut the LTE-laden Droid 4 QWERTY slider on Verizon, and we've heard whispers that there may be more additions to the RAZR lineup en route -- we wouldn't be surprised to see a GSM / HSPA+ version show up on AT&T. Nokia should begin its massive US comeback tour (unless you count the Lumia 710 on T-Mobile, that is) with one or two new high-end devices on AT&T and / or Verizon. Also, be on the lookout for the LG Revolution 2 -- an Optimus LTE / Nitro variant -- to pop up on Big Red's 4G lineup, as well as an AT&T-blessed Samsung Galaxy Note. Pantech will come out of hiding by offering up an LTE smartphone and tablet on AT&T, and we're sincerely crossing our fingers that we'll get a sneak peak at some of Sprint's upcoming LTE devices as well as the ASUS PadFone with Tegra 3, though we're not expecting it to show up until MWC in February. If all of this happens, we'll definitely be happy campers in Vegas this year. -Brad Molen
 If your end-of-year holiday plans didn't involve giving someone the gift of tablet computing, you'll probably have a chance to make up for the oversight after CES. You see, though now's as good a time as any to take the tab plunge (the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, anyone?), a boatload of higher-specced, lower-end and smaller-sized slates are literally just around the bend. We'll also finally see availability and pricing officially announced for a couple of well-known, but still unreleased tablets that've passed through Team Engadget's curious hands. Think you can hold out for January's dizzying array of industry revelations? We promise the innovation will be well worth the wait.If 10-inches is just too much kit to grip one-handed on-the-go, look for the coming market to be flush with the more manageable 7- and 8-inch form factors that manufacturers have recently begun to adopt. Quad-core tabs will also be on the rise, as an increasing number of OEMs embrace the Tegra 3 SoC. And there'll be no escaping Google's new crown jewel, Ice Cream Sandwich -- that OS will be slathered on a wide array of upcoming slates shipping across a variety of price points, including those from major players and as-yet-unestablished brands. In fact, 2012 could very well prove to be the year ICS takes the category crown, abolishing the barrier to entry with affordability and ubiquity, all while finally unifying Android's scattered ecosystem. Oh, you'll still see the top companies introducing tablets with Honeycomb pre-installed, but those instances should be few and, really, it's all just an effort to rush products out to market -- not a clueless industry misstep. So stay tuned: CES and its Pandora's Box of revelations is only a week away. -Joseph Volpe
 Desktops tend to come and go at CES without so much as a whimper, and honestly, we've seen nothing to show that this year's show will be any different. We'd love to be proven wrong, of course, but unless some far-flung company trots out some crazy new design, it'll be yet another round of speed-bumped CPUs, GPUs and bragging rights over who has the most USB 3.0 ports. In all seriousness, we're expecting a decline of new desktops at CES. Conversely, there ought to be a continued surge in the release of new laptops. Desktops are becoming more and more of a niche product, but for gamers who need the best, we're counting on at least one or two workstations with RAIDed PCIe SSDs, four GPUs linked together and a pair of overclocked Core i7s. All for a cool million dollars, give or take a few thousand. -Darren Murph
 This might be a good time to remind everyone that all those wispy laptops we've been calling Ultrabooks are mere placeholders, filling a need for pinch-thin PCs until the real thing comes along. Not that that's stopping laptop makers. Even though it could be months before we see "full-fledged" models packing Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge chips, a raft of ultraportables are about to make their debut at CES. Think of it as this year's netbook (or e-reader or Android tablet): all of the major brands that have yet to release one are likely to do so in Vegas, as are scads of smaller players you might not have heard of. All we're saying is, if you've been looking for an impossibly thin-and-fast laptop for less than $1,000, well, you might want to put your comparison shopping on hold until after the show wraps.And don't be surprised if you see companies hewing to a very loose definition of "Ultrabook." In addition to the usual suspects (13-inch screens, solid-state drives, sub-$1,000 price), we're expecting a crop of larger machines with 14- and 15-inch screens and... optical drives. The idea, we're told, is to make these $1,000-plus machines more palatable to mainstream consumers -- folks who still like to burn discs once in a while, or who won't be convinced they're getting a good deal unless there's a DVD burner. What we're going to see, then, is a second tier of so-called Ultrabooks that reek of Intel's marketing hype, but are actually nothing more than good old-fashioned thin-and-lights (often very attractive thin-and-lights, but thin-and-lights nonetheless). Don't say we didn't warn you. -Dana Wollman
 At CES 2009, it was e-book readers as far as the eyes could see -- last year, however, the space was largely eschewed for the impending tablet explosion. This year's show will likely be no different in that regard. The industry is currently dominated by a handful of companies that are on their own release schedules and will likely have little to no presence in that space at the show. Amazon, which recently announced its latest slate of Kindle devices, will not be in attendance. Kobo's presence will likely be minimal, if the company is there at all. Barnes & Noble has announced its presence at the show, but this will likely be limited to the Pepcom Digital Experience show. There's some possibility that Sony will announce a reader amongst its perpetual deluge of CES products, but given the release of a new flagship product in the space over the summer, there's not likely to be a lot of fanfare around the reader line this year. Most likely we'll be see some much smaller companies dominating the space this year, with a focus on budget readers and perhaps color screen devices. -Brian Heater
 What's your New Year's resolution? How does 20 megapixels sound? Or perhaps 20.12? Digital imaging is without question one of the toughest categories for marketing departments -- how do you convince consumers to replace a camera that already has a double-digit megapixel rating, a long zoom lens, dozens of scene modes and a compact, pocketable design? Well, you add even more features, of course. Social media, map integration and beefier scene mode selections will likely dominate point-and-shoot lineups in 2012, along with the standard (and often unnecessary) crawl to outdo last year's resolutions, perhaps with the promise of shaving a millimeter off the waist line, to boot. If a slim profile isn't what you're after, we're also overdue for some DSLR cams, so you'll want to keep an eye on that space as well. 1080p will also dominate the space at this year's CES, and despite a boost in the video capabilities of our beloved still snappers, the camcorder lives on -- for one more year, at the very least. Ironically, improved still image quality will be a theme for motion cams in 2012, along with some fancy new lens tech aimed at improving stabilization. Camcorders are still flying off the shelves, we're told, and are clearly still producing enough revenue for manufacturers to justify the expense of developing new lines. We won't see many new standard-def models this year, though they won't be discontinued just yet -- SD cams remain popular enough for retailers to keep them on the shelves, thanks to lower pricing and other incentives. We'll need to wait another week before camera makers reveal exactly what's in store for 2012, but with PMA now folded into everyone's favorite CE show, there will definitely be plenty of cams on-hand to capture those desert antics this year. -Zach Honig
 The video game world's big shows have already come and gone, but that doesn't mean the industry is going to be completely silent at CES. Although we don't expect to see much from console gaming's big three (after all, they already brought their A-game to E3 and the Tokyo Game Show in 2011), Vegas is a great place to spot innovative startups, awesome accessories and glorious crapgadgets. PC gaming and peripherals will be CES 2012's gaming bread and butter, but we wouldn't rule out a few console-centric surprises either. Surely we'll get another look at Razer's Blade, if not the vaporous Switchblade. We also hope to see at least a few new Tegra 3 slates give the Transformer Prime a run for its (and your) money, and we wouldn't be surprised to see a slew of three-dee laptops trying to push the edge of semi-portable PC gaming, possibly with something fresh from AMD, Nvidia or Intel in their pockets. Nyko, Razer, Mad Catz, Cooler Master, Penguin United and other accessory outfits will likely be on site as well, flaunting new PC cases, battery packs, controllers, headsets and other peripheral delights. -Sean Buckley
 Each year CES has more and more cars on the floor -- and we're not just talking about the ones with ridiculously large chrome wheels and trunks full of woofers. Last year Ford unveiled the Focus Electric at CES and, while we're not sure we'll be getting a wholly new car this year, the company will have the Evos concept, a cloud-connected car with gull-wing doors and one of those fancy concept car interiors that will never make it to production.Audi and NVIDIA will be making an announcement together -- not a surprise since the German marque had a big presence last year, talking up its Tegra-powered dashboards. This year we're expecting to see more and better graphics in the center stack, but it's surely more advanced smartphone integration that will make the most and biggest waves. Ford, Cadillac, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Tesla and plenty of others will be there showing off what will be a slew of fancy new ways to get music and media from your smartphone to your car stereo. Your commute will be more engaging in 2012 than ever before. -Tim Stevens
 Speakers, headphones and audio-wares get announced year-round, but CES is generally where you'll find sound and the latest technologies converge. One of the biggest areas to gain steam since 2011's show has been wireless -- with the clear popularity of cloud-based streaming services like Spotify and Google Music, it's now become easier than ever to get very good sound quality by accessing your music from anywhere there's a connection. While not directly related to plugging into your speakers per se, cutting the cord with wireless audio devices has also increased this year. As predicted, AirPlay has seemed to take off for iOS, DLNA on Android is still kicking with loads of Android-focused wireless docks recently hitting the scene from companies like Phillips and Bluetooth-enabled speakers have certainly proven their worth. So, what does it all mean for CES 2012? Well, now that wireless audio has its feet firmly planted, you can surely expect it as more of a focus and not a subset of entire product lineups. Furthermore, it's a likely a safe bet that Bluetooth 4.0 will make its way into smaller devices that wouldn't have been as likely to support wireless audio in the past due to power constraints. Of course, we'll also expect to see the latest and greatest in noise-cancelling headphones, gaming headsets and portable media players, not to mention a bevy of new gear that's been out on across the globe finally making their official US debuts. Audiophiles who are also gadget freaks should have a lot to love this year. -Joe Pollicino
 This year's CES finds many giants of the HDTV industry in a precarious position, as some of the newer TV features highlighted during the past few years -- namely connected TVs and 3D -- have failed to translate into major sales drivers. As always however, there's the hope of new technology that will reignite buyer interest in the segment, and leading the way this year will likely be large OLED displays from the likes of LG and Samsung. Both have been working on the technology for several years but this time around we expect to see production-ready super-thin, energy efficient screens in sizes of 55-inches, although the questions of when they will come to market and at what cost have yet to be answered. Another direction we expect to see some move in is higher resolutions. While Sony and JVC have dipped a toe into 4K projection, Toshiba is already first out of the gate with a 4K TV on sale overseas featuring autostereoscopic (no glasses) 3D that we saw in prototype form last year and figure will come to the US shortly. Will other manufacturers immediately follow? It seems likely, although at around $10k for a 55-inch screen, it could be a while before these are available at your local big box retail store.As far as current tech, we hardly expect connected TVs or 3D to just fade away -- both will probably be pitched as bigger and better than ever, and for many of the same reasons. Manufacturers with active shutter 3DTVs have banded together (finally) on a standard for glasses. That, combined with additional content from ESPN, an end to pack in exclusivity for Avatar's 3D Blu-ray, movies like Transformers and Hugo coming to the home and the 2012 London Olympics may be enough to push it from frequent punchline to solidly-developing niche. We should find out shortly whether Eric Schmidt's prediction of a huge 2012 for Google TV is accurate, although rumors from Samsung could push most of the big Google TV news out until after the show in Las Vegas is over. This also leaves in question what happens to many manufacturers' own connected TV platforms, and the potential of crossplatform apps. Comcast and Time Warner both showed off cable TV without the box thanks to networked displays last year but it was nowhere to be seen in the real world -- we'll keep an eye out for another demo. At this point we'll be surprised if more companies don't go the Vizio route and slather their product lineups big and small with extra features, although the question of battles at the cheap end is as interesting as the question of who will win in high end display quality. Sharp and Panasonic have been pushing the bar there and neither will stop in 2012, although we expect the battleground to shift to extremely large (70-inch+) display sizes. Of course, we haven't even touched on competing network streamer add-on boxes like Roku and Boxee, the continued growth of phones and tablets as second screen options or voice and gesture control technology -- it's going to be a very busy week. -Richard Lawler
 It'll be what we're not seeing that looks likely to be the major trend for household tech -- namely wires. We're expecting to see broader (and closer to retail) takes on inductive charging. We're talking more convenient ways to wirelessly top up your phone, possibly integration into your car and home -- all in a way that's far more subtle than that black industrial mat of yesteryear. We'd expect to see it seeping into many more devices beyond smartphones. Leave those remotes on your coffee table as it charges the batteries for you. Or, how about inductive pans perhaps? What seemed conceptual last year could get much nearer to reality in 2012. Similarly, with the staggering uptake of smartphones, expect plenty of Bluetooth and other wireless accessories that tie your phone to your home -- like baby monitors that can be viewed and listened to wherever you have reception -- and the introduction of even more smart appliances integrated around your home. Add into the mix even more unusual household appliances from the likes of Samsung and LG, and whether it's a vacuum that automatically trails the user, hovers for effortless cleaning, doubles as an air conditioner or all of the above -- heck, we're willing to be thrilled by a cleaning appliance if it's got something new to show us. We'll be getting into CES's every nook and cranny to find all the dirt on our future (hopefully robot-managed) home. Let's just hope there's a clever way of cleaning that dirt up afterwards. -Mat Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial Post report suggests RIM's Balsillie and Lazaridis may be out as chairmen of the board Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST  Nothing is official just yet, but Canada's Financial Post is reporting that RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis may soon be relinquishing their positions as co-chairmen of the company's board. According to the paper's sources, RIM board member and former TSX Group head Barbara Stymeist is the leading candidate to replace the duo. Notably, the report makes no suggestion that there would be any change to Balsillie and Lazaridis' status as co-CEOs, as some have also been pushing for, although it would still be a fairly big change for the company. As the paper notes, Balsillie and Lazaridis have long resisted previous attempts to divide the Chairmen and CEO roles and, if appointed, Stymeist would be the company's first ever independent chair. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mineways offers up 3D-printed models of your Minecraft creations Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST Sure, those gigantic tributes to Italian plumbers look great on your PC screen, but sometimes you want something a little more tangible. That's exactly what Mineways lets you do. Yep, it's another demonstration of why we all need a 3D printer in our life, although this Minecraft-friendly software can also export your models across to 3D printing site, Shapeways, which will do the whole printing slog for you. Sure, it'll cost you, but it's likely to be a mere fraction of your own 3D printer. The Mineways program is based on the open-source mapping tool Minutor and creates both a data and texture file ready to pinged across to the Shapeways site. You can also attempt to reclaim some money from those many hours sunk into Minecraft by selling your creations on the site. Check the source below for tutorials, more examples and the latest version of the model exporter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FilmOn finds another way to put live TV on your mobile, but it's still awkward Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galaxy Note gets early CyanogenMod 9 port, for those in a rush (video) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:57 AM PST  [Thanks, Bart] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nintendo sold four million 3DS consoles, 4.5 million Wiis in US last year Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:26 AM PST  Nintendo 3DS Crosses 4 Million Mark Driven by Fast-Selling Software Nintendo 3DS Sells More in Its First Nine Months Than Wii Did REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whether they were on the go or at home, whether they played in 2D on the TV or in glasses-free 3D in their hands, gamers of all ages celebrated the holidays with Mario™ and Zelda™. Super Mario 3D Land™ and Mario Kart™ 7 for the Nintendo 3DS™ system not only became the fastest-selling titles in the history of their respective franchises when they launched, but they are now also the first Nintendo 3DS titles to sell 1 million units each in the United States. On the console side, The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword, which also broke launch records, became the 45th Wii™ title to sell more than 1 million units in the United States. "One of the strongest software lineups in our history helped Nintendo have a great holiday season and to close 2011 with a full head of steam," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Not only have the new Mario and Zelda titles already broken records, but with strong reviews and satisfied customers sharing their positive experiences, all three are also shaping up to be the latest long-tail titles from Nintendo. Couple that with a massive first- and third party lineup in the first part of the year and the prospects for 2012 are extremely promising." Nintendo sold more than 12 million total hardware units in the United States in 2011, marking the fifth year in a row that the company has accomplished that feat. This includes more than 4.5 million units of Wii, more than 4 million Nintendo 3DS systems, and more than 3.4 million units of the Nintendo DS™ family of systems. This brings the installed base for Wii and Nintendo DS to 39 million and more than 51 million, respectively. With a strong lineup of software on the horizon, including new installments in the Mario Party™, Pokémon™ and Kid Icarus™ franchises, as well as third-party games such as Resident Evil® Revelations from Capcom and METAL GEAR SOLID® 3D Snake Eater from Konami for Nintendo 3DS, that momentum should continue into the first quarter of 2012 and beyond. In addition to the milestones reached by new software, two evergreen Nintendo titles celebrated milestones as 2011 drew to a close. Mario Kart Wii™ passed 11 million units sold and New Super Mario Bros.™ for the Nintendo DS family crossed 10 million total units sold. Remember that Wii and Nintendo 3DS feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wii or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synaptics promises better touchscreens with SignalClarity and Design Studio 4 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST  Synaptics Introduces Highest Performing ClearPad Touch Solutions with SignalClarityTM Technology Synaptics Design Studio 4 offers mobile OEMs a comprehensive touch solution that enables flexible customer engagements Santa Clara, CA – Jan. 3, 2012 – Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, today announced that Design Studio™4 (DS4), Synaptics' ClearPad™ development solution embedded with patented SignalClarityTM Technology, is available for customer engagements. Synaptics DS4 offers the most advanced and comprehensive touch system in the market and accelerates the ClearPadTM development cycle by empowering customers to evaluate the performance, optimize their touch experience, and efficiently implement their custom ClearPadTM sensor solution. SignalClarityTM Technology drives improved tracking accuracy, finger separation, and environmental and electrical noise robustness, for an unmatched user experience. Synaptics combines industry-leading ASICs with DS4 and SignalClarityTM Technology to offer a complete capacitive touch sensor solution. SignalClarityTM Technology provides a dramatic improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio for greatly enhanced touch detection and noise immunity. The best-in-class performance, in presence of noise, enables Mobile OEMs to support inexpensive chargers, work with multiple display types, and enable system designers to optimize the touch experience to deliver their product to market quickly. The SignalClarityTM technology works with multiple display configurations including discrete sensors, sensor-on-lens, on-cell, and in-cell stackup solutions. Synaptics has leveraged their industry-leading system-level engineering expertise, gained by delivering over one billion devices to the market, to develop the industry's most complete touch solution with advanced tuning capabilities including performance in the presence of noise, production test support, industry's first wireless debug support, diagnostics and sensor tools. With DS4, customers are enabled with a flexible engagement model and can leverage Synaptics global technical support team to help design a custom ClearPadTM solution that differentiates their product in the marketplace. Synaptics DS4 includes the addition of powerful built-in performance diagnostic and test capabilities which were developed by leveraging the company's highly successful history as the industry first ClearPad touch solution provider. The rich array of diagnostic views and performance evaluation tools help provide immediate feedback on potential design configurations resulting in faster time-to-market and greater flexibility in the development of custom ClearPadTM solutions. The built-in test capabilities provides custom generated production test limits and customer accessible test logs which further expands Synaptics' best-in-class mass production capabilities. "The addition of SignalClarityTM technology and DS4 are great examples of our ability to offer complete capacitive touch solutions to our customers," said Kevin Barber, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Synaptics. "Synaptics DS4 allows our customers to efficiently integrate our industry leading combination of ClearPadTM touch sensors, firmware and software to quickly deliver leading edge solutions to the marketplace." For up to the minute Synaptics news, follow @SynaCorp on Twitter. For more information on Synaptics' products and solutions please visit www.synaptics.com . About Synaptics Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) is a leading developer of human interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications, and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, tablets, and mobile phones. The TouchPad™, Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality, and industrial design. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. www.synaptics.com. # # # Synaptics, ClearPad, Design Studio and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xcom Global revolutionizes global data: one MiFi to serve 195 countries Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST  For those unaware, Xcom's service -- which we reviewed back in 2010 -- works a bit like this. If you're in the US, you hit its website and select your travel dates as well as the nations you're planning to travel through. If you select the Global Travel Plan, you'll get a single device shipped to you before you depart. It'll serve up data from local 3G networks in the countries you travel through, and once you're home, you pop the device back into a prepaid envelope and carry on. Yeah, you could argue that scrounging up a local SIM in every place you go is more affordable, but the ease of use here can't be overlooked. We'll be giving the new plan a go in some of the world's most far-out locales in the coming weeks, so be sure to keep an eye out for our results. Till then, hit the source link for a PDF of every supported nation as of January 2012. XCom Global Expands Coverage to 195 Countries and Offers a Single Device Global Travel Plan Option – International travelers can now connect from just about anywhere in the world via the company's wireless Internet Access rental services – SAN DIEGO, Calif. – XCom Global, Inc., a leading provider of low cost wireless Internet access rental services for international travelers, announced today that it has expanded its coverage to a total of 195 countries. In addition, itineraries that include multiple countries can be covered with a single device using the company's new Global Travel Plan option. XCom Global's newly formed alliance with iPhone Trip allowed it to extend its reach and create the single device Global Travel Plan. "We want to be able to keep our customers connected no matter where their travels take them," said Seiji Nishimura, founder and CEO, XCom Global, Inc. "We are really close to achieving our goal with this latest addition of over 130 countries." http://xcomglobal.com/coverage/ XCom Global's high-speed Internet access rental service provides international travelers unlimited data usage and the freedom to wirelessly roam abroad at fixed rates starting at $12.95/per day in 195 countries. Bundled with the Unlimited aXcess plan, the XCom Global's MiFi Hotspot rental unit enables instant access to a personal mobile hotspot, so travelers can stay connected wherever they are. Up to five WiFi-enabled devices can use the unit simultaneously allowing the MiFi Hotspot to be shared with traveling companions and saving on multiple usage charges. http://xcomglobal.com/devices/ The Europe Travel Plan is a single device solution for those traveling to multiple countries within the European continent. The new Global Travel Plan provides a single device solution for those with multiple-country travel plans – including, but not limited to, European destinations. To keep the process quick and easy, travelers simply provide their itinerary and XCom Global recommends the best plan to fit their needs. About XCom Global, Inc. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., XCom Global, Inc. is a leader in providing easy access to low cost, high-speed, wireless Internet access rental services to international business and leisure travelers. The company offers broad worldwide coverage at rates substantially below standard international roaming charges. XCom Global is a U.S. subsidiary of an established Japanese company that has been in the forefront of providing travelers with innovative wireless communications services for over 14 years. For more information, please visit www.xcomglobal.com or call Toll-Free at 877-520-8242 or contact us at info@xcomglobal.com. In addition, get updates and travel tips by connecting with us on Facebook and Twitter@xcomglobal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HTC Flyer Honeycomb update starts rolling out for 3G tabs in the States (Updated: WiFi models too) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:41 AM PST  Updated: A number of tipsters have also written in to let us know that they're receiving the Honeycomb update on their WiFi-only Flyers as well -- both here in the US and in the UK. [Thanks, Logan] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| China to get its first 3D TV channel within weeks Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:12 AM PST  Half a billion TV set owners could soon have the perfect excuse for an upgrade: a new 3D channel that has already started broadcasting on a trial basis and is due to launch officially over the Chinese New Year. Operated by China Central TV and a handful of local stations, it'll transmit 4.5 hours of free-to-air fuzzy red and green content each day, which can be picked up by anyone with a hi-def set-top box and a 3D TV. They won't have to watch it on a 71-inch 21:9 panel, but it'll certainly help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tritton's latest Bluetooth headset lands at the FCC, hopes to find refuge with PS3 owners Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:31 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ClockworkMod Tether serves free Android USB tethering, no root required Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:58 AM PST  Not content to provide us with ClockworkMod Recovery and other fine hacks, Koush just made a free USB tethering app available for Android aptly called ClockworkMod Tether Alpha. While it's not the first app to bypass paid tethering plans, it supports unrooted phones and works with Linux, Mac and Windows computers. Just enable USB debugging on your phone, download the appropriate installer for your desktop OS of choice, then connect both devices via USB and you're all set. The installation process creates a virtual network adapter on your computer and pushes a matching APK to your phone. A proxy is used to avoid detection by the carriers. We tested the app on a late-model MacBook Air running OS X Lion and an AT&T-branded Samsung Captivate Glide -- along with a couple other handsets -- without much success (as documented in the screenshot above). Then again, based on the discussions following Koush's Google+ post (source link below), the app appears to work for many folks and continues being tweaked on an hourly basis. Clearly your mileage will vary, but let us know in the comments how it's working out if you've installed the app. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung outs revamped Galaxy Ace Plus: bigger screen, worse resolution Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:01 AM PST  Samsung clearly didn't spend the holiday season kicking back listening to Dick Clark, or else it wouldn't be able to show off the revamped edition of the Galaxy Ace: the Galaxy Ace Plus. Unimaginative names aside, the budget blower gets a speed bump, to last year's minimum spec -- 1GHz processor, five megapixel camera, 3GB internal memory, HSDPA and a 3.65-inch HVGA (320 x 480) screen (really, Samsung?). You'll get the same combination of Gingerbread and TouchWiz, so you might have to go elsewhere if you wanna upgrade to ICS. The cheapie phone will go on sale this month in Europe, Russia, Latin America, Asia, Africa and China, we guess retailing in the same bracket as its predecessor. Head on past the break to read all about it in a combination of words and punctuation we like to call a press release. Update: The phone's resolution hasn't changed in the update, but the screen size has, which means the pixel density is now worse than before. Play and Share Faster and Smarter with the GALAXY Ace Plus January 3, 2012 New addition to Android-powered GALAXY portfolio delivers style, power and versatility SEOUL, Korea – January 3, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the introduction of the Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus. As an enhanced version of the widely popular GALAXY Ace, the GALAXY Ace Plus is the smartphone for trendy and sociable young professionals. The GALAXY Ace Plus will be available in Russia starting from January 2012, and will be gradually rolled out to Europe, CIS, Latin America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, the Middle East, Africa and China. "Samsung Mobile is opening 2012 with the introduction of the Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus, which will help enhance the GALAXY brand following the huge success of the GALAXY S, GALAXY SII, GALAXY Ace and GALAXY mini. The GALAXY Ace Plus benefits from the Android™ Gingerbread platform and Samsung services, which provide a better mobile experience for more consumers," said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. "In 2012, we will continue to make every effort to create an easy and fun mobile experience by expanding our incredibly popular GALAXY smartphone range, which is now one of the most recognized and successful mobile brands in the world." Style and power with expanded features Building on the previous GALAXY Ace style heritage, the GALAXY Ace Plus is a stylishly designed smartphone contained in a modern and minimalist casing with rounded edges, featuring an affordably-sized 3.65'' HVGA display. The phone has been designed to be simple yet elegant. The GALAXY Ace Plus is backed by an impressive 1GHz processor and HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity, providing all the versatility and browsing performance that today's busy and sociable young professionals need. WiFi 802.11 functionality offers lightning-fast speeds for browsing, downloading and video streaming. Application startups are faster with virtually no lag time, even while multitasking. Additionally, an impressive 2GB of shared storage capacity for multimedia content and up to 1GB of direct storage for applications-more than any smartphone in its category-allow users greater content freedom and usability. Running on Android Gingerbread and featuring Samsung's TouchWiz user interface, the GALAXY Ace Plus allows users to handle mobile tasks faster and more efficiently. New music playback functionality features a play progress bar and the ability to view music tracks in folders. Call features allow users to reject calls with text messages or add unwanted callers to a black list log. For added productivity, users also have the option of using ThinkFree, a tool that enables viewing and editing of Office documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDFs, while on the move. The GALAXY Ace Plus enables users to stay connected through Samsung's Social Hub, Music Hub and ChatON services. ChatON, connecting all phone users-across any phone platform-into a single community using phone numbers instead of usernames and passwords, provides an easy instant messaging, group chatting and sharing of content in multiple formats-images, video, voice, contacts, calendar-to make messaging simpler and more intuitive than ever. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gympact iPhone app offers cash rewards to gym-goers, penalizes inattendance Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:31 AM PST  How does the app know when you've stayed true to your vow? It's easy enough: you have to check-in to the gym using the app and stay for at least 30 minutes in order for your visit to count. The negative motivation seems to be working so far: according to GymPact, the startup saw a success rate of 90 percent in its six-month Boston-area trial. Unfortunately, iOS is the only platform the program is currently available on, but the company says it's working on an HTML5 web app that would allow check-ins from any smartphone. Now, if only there was an app to keep us from going to the Drive-Thru immediately after we leave the gym... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyobo eReader receives initial review, comes up short despite Mirasol display Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:22 AM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilson Electronics introduces the world's first LTE signal booster ahead of CES Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:00 PM PST  Love Verizon's LTE but just can't seem to get bars of service in your office or home? Wilson Electronics has announced the Sleek4G-V, which the company claims is the world's first 4G mobile signal booster. We haven't found any contenders to the claim, but either way the signal enhancer is bound and determined to beef up your high-speed data. In addition to providing Verizon-specific LTE, Wilson promises 2G / 3G connectivity for all major US carriers (iDEN capabilities excluded) just in case you need to actually, y'know, make calls on your phone. While it's designed primarily for outdoor use, an optional accessory kit can be purchased to make it work indoors quite soundly. Listed for $150, the Sleek4G-V should make its way to retailers by the second quarter of this year. Check out the press release for all the details. Wilson Electronics Introduces the World's First 4G Mobile Signal Booster at 2012 International CES New Sleek 4G-V boosts voice and data communications on 2G & 3G Networks, as well as Verizon Wireless™ LTE LAS VEGAS – Jan. 9, 2012 – Wilson Electronics (www.WilsonElectronics.com), manufacturer of North America's top-selling line of cellular signal boosters, announced at 2012 International CES the world's first 4G mobile signal booster, the Sleek® 4G-V. In areas with Verizon Wireless™ LTE service the Sleek 4G-V will ensure a strong LTE signal as well as conventional 3G or 2G signals. Benefits include fewer dropped connections and no-service "dead zones," faster data transfer rates and improved battery life for wireless devices. The Sleek 4G-V is on display at the Wilson Electronics booth #35219 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, level 2, through Jan. 13. The device, with an MSRP of $149.95, boosts all LTE, 3G and 2G cellular signals on 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands. Designed for use in a vehicle, the Sleek 4G-V can also be used indoors with the purchase of an optional accessory kit – perfect for boosting signal to 4G wireless hotspots like the Verizon JetPack.™ "Verizon Wireless customers who use LTE-enabled phones and data devices can now enjoy the same benefits of Wilson boosters that others on 3G networks have long enjoyed," said Laine Matthews, Wilson's director of business development. "For those troubled by a weak signal, the Sleek 4G-V provides a strong, reliable connection so they can connect with confidence." In areas not served by Verizon Wireless LTE, the Sleek 4G-V will amplify any existing signal on 800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands. This allows the user to enjoy a strong, reliable cellular signal even when no 4G service is available. The Sleek 4G-V delivers more than 20 times the power of a typical cell phone, but weighs only three ounces (85 grams) and measures just 2.5 by 4.5 by 2.5 inches (6.4 x 11.4 6.4 cm). Simple, do-it-yourself installation is done in a matter of minutes. The Sleek 4G-V will be available in the second quarter of 2012 from most Wilson resellers. It is designed for ideal use with a Bluetooth headset or other hands-free device. Additionally, like all Wilson signal boosters, the Sleek 4G-V features very sophisticated cell tower protection technologies developed over more than a decade of research and development. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung's Smart TV SDK reaches 3.0 with support for USB controllers, payment and ads Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:48 PM PST  Samsung Electronics to Enrich Smart TV Ecosystem by Supporting App Developers Samsung Electronics is to release SDK (Software Development Kit) 3.0 for smart TV application developers in a bid to enrich the smart TV ecosystem. SDK 3.0, which is scheduled to unveil on Jan 5, is compatible with mobile devices and TV sets and adds features like app advertisement and payment. SDK 3.0 also supports various input devices from remote controller to USB mouse, keyboard and game controller. Samsung has been continuously working on enhancing the smart TV ecosystem. In particular, Samsung initiated the Samsung Developers Forum in 2009 for Samsung Smart TV application developers. The SDF has now grown into the industry's biggest TV app developer forum with 25,000 developers in 140 countries. In part of its efforts of enriching the smart TV eco system, Samsung expects SDK 3.0 would help app developers smoothly move into TV app development and also invigorate the TV app market with its advertisement platform. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tranquil PC ships MMC-12: a 1.5-inch thick, fanless HTPC Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:33 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vizio flashes a sleek new HDTV design in Rose Bowl ad, we'll see more at CES (video) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:55 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etymotic revamps its ETY-Kids3 in-ear headphones, kid-safe volume, now with iPhone controls Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:01 PM PST  IT'S A NOISY WORLD; MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS HEAR FOR A LIFETIME Etymotic's ETY·Kids™ Safe-Listening Earphones for Apple Products Debut at International CES 2012, Booth # 4014 Las Vegas - January 3, 2012 - Today's tech-connected kids live in a high-def world. They are bombarded by sound from music players, game consoles, tablets and in-vehicle entertainment systems. Studies show that overexposure to loud sounds leads to hearing damage seen later in life. Beginning January 30, parents can take steps to help their kids hear for a lifetime with Etymotic's ETY·Kids™ Safe-Listening Earphones for Apple products. The ETY·Kids3 headset, which features three-button control and a mic designed for use with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, will be available for purchase at BestBuy.com and select Best Buy stores, Amazon.com, Etymotic.com and authorized retailers worldwide. Sound heard through ETY·Kids earphones will not exceed safe levels, so parents can rest easy. Even at the maximum volume setting on portable players, kids can listen safely for up to four hours per day. And because ETY·Kids earphones block background noise, and provide high-definition sound quality, kids will be able to hear every detail, and won't complain that the volume is too low. "Most parents understand that earphones can pose a real threat to hearing health, but are unsure how to manage their kids' listening time or material," said Mark Karnes managing director of consumer products for Etymotic. "Our goal is to provide a peace-of-mind solution for concerned parents who want to establish good listening habits while children are young." ETY∙Kids are available in two versions - the ETY·Kids3 three-button control headset with mic designed to work with Apple products, with an MSRP of $79; and the ETY·Kids5 universal earphone that works with any portable device, with an MSRP of $49. The ETY·Kids3 headset will feature AWARENESS! for Etymotic, an app that "listens" to users' surroundings and mixes any noise louder than normal background sounds directly into the earphones, so kids can hear traffic, announcements or any other important sounds while they are listening. Both products provide clear, high-definition speech and music reproduction and come with kid-friendly eartips to ensure a seal that blocks outside sound. Etymotic is showing the ETY·Kids3, along with the ETY·Kids5 and a range of other products that promote hearing wellness and sound quality at International CES 2012, booth 4014. The company will feature an interactive demo at the booth that shows the difference in sound quality and volume when music is heard through standard Apple earbuds and the ETY·Kids3. ETY∙Kids was recently awarded the PTPA (Parent Tested Parent Approved) Winner's Seal of Approval. PTPA Media has North America's largest volunteer parent testing community, with over 40,000 parents participating. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transcend's StoreJet Cloud packs inbuilt WiFi, streams media to iOS devices Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:16 PM PST   | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acer and Lenovo reportedly eying Windows 8-based tablet launches in Q3 2012 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:14 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internet Explorer holds onto top browser crown while Chrome and Firefox tussle over second place Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:21 PM PST Both Net Applications and StatCounter have released their figures for browser market share for 2011 and it makes for largely unsurprising reading. Internet Explorer's full share has dropped but it still maintains the top spot -- a 52 percent share according to Net Applications and 39 percent according to StatCounter. Meanwhile, second place remains tantalizingly within reach for Chrome, which has made headway catching up with Firefox, whose growth had apparently stalled during 2011. According to Net Applications, Firefox held a 21.8 percent share of browser users this month, while Chrome reached 19.1 percent, up just under 8 percent and capping off a second year of impressive growth. Meanwhile, StatCounter pegs Google's browser at second place for the end of the year, claiming 27.3 percent versus the 25.3 percent share grabbed by its vulpine rival. Unsurprisingly, the Windows Team Blog takes a different slant on recent browsing trends, trumpeting that its latest version, Internet Explorer 9, continues to grow on Windows 7. This is, however, balanced out by a corresponding drop in the users of its predecessor, IE 8. Better luck next year, eh, Microsoft? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Red's Scarlet-X 4K camera gets video review: you've never needed $11,700 so badly Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HP Spectre teaser video: fantastically thin laptop, shrouded in mystery Posted: 02 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST  Update: If we had to guess, we'd say it's the Envy Spectre -- a machine that passed through the FCC's database around a week ago. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ask Ziggy: the Windows Phone 7 counter to Apple's Siri (video) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 02:46 PM PST  [Thanks, Alex] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RIM puts BlackBerry Playbook on massive sale; Android Market shoehorned onto rooted units Posted: 02 Jan 2012 02:29 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retrode 2 retro gaming adapter brings SNES / Genesis support to your PC for $85 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 02:00 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAME gets Chrome Native Client port, is awesome case study Posted: 02 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST We've already seen MAME burn brightly (and briefly) on iPads across the world and now it's been delicately ported across to Chrome's Native Client. Admittedly, the graphics may not stand up against recent gaming wares seen on Google's new platform, but it's still able to cope with the likes of Pac-Man. Managing to turnaround the whole project in a mere four days, Google engineer Robert Muth branded the brief exercise as "relatively challenging" and has noted down all the deep and meaningfuls in a full case study, available at the source below. For anyone unwilling to dip their toes into Native Client waters, however, there's still plenty of power pellets to be downed online. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Year reveler crafts Kanye-approved EL Wire glasses: light up as the bass pounds (video) Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:59 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apple gearing up for 'media-related announcement' later this month? Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST  So, knowing what it won't entail... what will be talked about? According to unnamed sources, Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue is reportedly involved. For those unaware, Cue is responsible for a sizable chunk of Apple's media units, not the least of which include the App Store, iBookstore, iTunes Store and iCloud. Sadly, details outside of that are few and far betwixt, but you can bet we'll be keeping an ear to the ground for more -- even if it's smack-dab in the middle of a Sony CES keynote. Cough. Update: TechCrunch is reporting that it'll focus on the publishing sector, with no new hardware whatsoever on tap. Update 2: Clayton Morris has chimed in and confirmed that it'll be related to iTunes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belarus limits use of 'foreign' websites, while Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in eateries Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST  In a land a bit closer to the equator, it seems as if officials have their heads in a far more sensible place. Kuala Lumpur -- already home to one of the world's most lust-worthy airports and some of the most accessible / affordable mobile data plans -- will soon mandate that all new restaurants provide WiFi to their customers. And by "WiFi," we mean "access to the entire internet." According to the New Strait Times, the rule will be enforced as early as April, applying to eatery owners operating on premises larger than 120 square meters. We're told that existing owners will be forced to comply when renewing their license, and while the waves won't have to be given away for free, they'll be encouraged to charge no more than a "reasonable fee." Furthermore, the government is considering dipping into its own pockets in order to extend gratis WiFi to public facilities in the city, likely as a follow-up plan to the expiring WirelessKL contract. As if going to wander through Batu Caves and the colorful streets shown above weren't enough reason to visit Malaysia... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Engadget: now available in Google Currents! Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:59 AM PST  Currents is available for both iOS and Android platforms, and while Google's limiting the official downloads to accounts based in America, there's a decent chance you can use Google's own search engine to find an APK to sideload. Give it a look if you're clamoring for a more subtle design (just hit 'Add' and look in the Science & Tech category), and while you're at it, have a gander at Engadget Distro, too. Enjoy! |
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