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Motorola and Android: Xoom Tablet Pricing Announced

Motorola and Android

For those of you anxiously awaiting the Motorola Xoom tablet, you don’t have that much longer to wait.  While you can’t pre-order one yet, you’ll most likely be able to do so within a week.  But the good news is you finally know how much you’re going to have to scrounge up if you want to get your hands on one of these snazzy Honeycomb tablets.

The 32 GB 3G version will be available from Verizon and will cost a whopping $799 without any applicable discounts or deals.  The Wi-Fi only version will be available starting at $600.00.  And if you want to wait a little while, the Xoom will be 4G capable sometime later this year.
That’s not cheap but if you remember the iPad sticker shock upon release, you’ll see that this Xoom pricing falls right in line.
As for specs, the official word is that the final retail models will sport a 1 GHz dual core Tegra 2 processor.  There’s a 5 MP camera (for you shutterbugs out there) “complete” with 720p recorder—which is a little disappointing.  However, the Xoom will support full HD (1080p) video playback.
The Xoom also comes with 32 GB of onboard storage and a battery that’s rated for 10 hours of consecutive use.
It still seems a bit pricey to me but if you want more specs or to stare at some pretty pictures until this thing hits store shelves,  head on over to Motorola for all the details.

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ReSound Alera Bluetooth Hearing Aid Can Hook Up With TV and Mobile Phones


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Most of hearing aids available up until now is only capable of assisting the elders to hear spoken words clearly. With this new ReSound Alera hearing aid, users can also hook up with TV or cell phone wirelessly via a mini transmitter box that will transmit the TV / mobile phone sounds directly into the hearing aid. This is very convenient for those who have hearing problem, especially they don’t have to sit close to the TV to get a louder sounds.
ReSound Alera use 2.4GHz wireless technology, which mean it has a long range of operation, plus a stronger, clearer, stable signal to give the wearer a satisfactory sound quality. As for the battery life, it can work continuously for 138 hours per charge. No pricing and availability data available yet.
Most of hearing aids available up until now is only capable of assisting the elders to hear spoken words clearly. With this new ReSound Alera hearing aid, users can also hook up with TV or cell phone wirelessly via a mini transmitter box that will transmit the TV / mobile phone sounds directly into the hearing aid. This is very convenient for those who have hearing problem, especially they don’t have to sit close to the TV to get a louder sounds.
ReSound Alera use 2.4GHz wireless technology, which mean it has a long range of operation, plus a stronger, clearer, stable signal to give the wearer a satisfactory sound quality. As for the battery life, it can work continuously for 138 hours per charge. No pricing and availability data available yet.

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ElectroHub Universal Wireless Charging Can Charges Up To 6 Devices At Once

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ElectroHub is one of the device that will be showed off in CES 2011 Expo next year. What’s great about this Wireless charging device is the capability of charging up to 6 devices at once, and those devices require no special case like what you should have with the wildcharge orDuraCell SmartPower myGrid. Instead, ElectroHub will come with a special ElectroHub battery that come in two common size of AA and AAA.
From the first appearance, it looks like a bathroom scale or digital kitchen scale with glossy surface. However, it’s really not one of them, and the glossy surface is the spot that you should place your gadgets for recharging (with the ElectroHub batteries installed).
According to CNET, ElectroHub wireless charger will be available in the first quarter of 2011 after showing of the device at CES 2011. You can expect to pay $39 for this ElectroHub wireless charging system which has come with a pair of ElectroHub batteries.

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Warpia StreamHD Can Stream 1080p Contents Wirelessly From PC to HDTV

Streaming content from PC To HDTV might not be a new stuff, but the ability to stream ‘wirelessly’ any 1080p full HD content from PC to your HDTV is indeed a news.
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Warpia recently unveiled their device called StreamHD that could stream any content from your computer directly to your HDTV in full HD 1080p setting.
There are two devices that will come along with the package. One dongle for your PC (via USB) and another one via adapter/receiver that has a HDMI port, digital audio port and headphone port.
Warpia StreamHD can stream wirelessly in the range of 30 feet, but I’ve no idea if this device can stream through wall or not.

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Nicon Wifi Enabled head fone

Nikon Wifi-enable UP300x Headphone
Nikon Corporation in Japan has introduced their latest Media Port UP. It is a wifi-enabled multimedia playback headset device. Nikon combine the display screen, headphones, mobile A/V player, Wi-Fi capability, high-capacity memory, and power source in one compact device. The device is priced around $587, available in the high performance UP300x and the basic UP300.The UP300x comes with built-in motion sensor that allows hands free operation (volume adjustment, etc…). It features up to 8GB of flash memory, Wi-Fi b/g, USB port, and two Sanyo eneloop rechargeable batteries and supporting the WMV9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 video files, and MP3, AAC, WMA9 audio files. The unit is compatible with HTML 4.01, JavaScript, Flash Version 7, other media contents are downloadable from Nikon’s service.Unfortunately, they are only available in Japan.




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Sony PSP 2 by Tai Chiem

Designer Tai Chiem has come out with the PSP 2 design. This concept comes with OLED display that can be rolled up when not in use. It features an electric charge powering the display, stereo speakers on either side double as a jog wheel and camera control. Nice work but I’m sure that it is not going to happen, for PSP I mean, could be useful for other devices maybe to come in that shape. More pictures after the break.







Sony just barely updated the PSP but designer Tai Chiem is already thinking about the next iteration. His design calls for a flexible OLED display that can be conveniently rolled. An electric charge powering the display stiffens it while providing near bezeless prime real estate for gaming. Stereo speakers on either side double as a jog wheel and camera control. He also envisages Sony finally implementing two joysticks. Pipe dream or not, it’s sexy and lives up to its name; it don’t get any more portable than this.Designer Tai Chiem










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Google's Nexus One Phone Review

"GooglePhone", the Nexus One has been officially unveiled byGoogle (in chagrin with HTC) at its much talked about Android Press Event earlier today.It is the first time Google has designed and sold its own consumer hardware device.The phone, termed by Google as a "superphone".


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The unlocked Nexus One would set you back by a cool USD 529, (Rs.25,000) which seems to be a good price for the phone of this calibre. That by the way sure does not look like the price at which the Nexus One will arrive officially in India! That said, the current iteration of the phone does NOT support the 3G bandsthat will be operational in India (hopefully, this year). However, Google has confirmed that more localized versions of the Nexus One is on the anvil -- so we have that bit covered.
For now, we leave you with a few Google's Nexus One Phone Photos and tid bits about the device.


Google's Nexus One Phone Phone Specifications



Physical Dimensions


Height 119mm

Width: 59.8mm

Depth: 11.5mm

Weight: 130g with battery; 100g without battery


Storage


Flash: 512MB

RAM: 512MB

SD card: 4GB Micro SD card included (expandable to 32 GB <>)


Camera, photos, videos


5-megapixel camera

Mechanical autofocus

2x digital zoom <>

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s GPS reciever


Cellular & wireless


UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps up to 5.76Mbps

GMS/EDGE (850/900,1800,1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Blutooth


Location <>


AGPS receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer


Display <>


3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen, WVGA AMOLED
screen with <> contrast ratio and <>ms response rate


External buttons and controls


Physical power key

Physical volume up/down key

Tricolor, clickable trackball

4 illuminated softkeys (Back, Menu, Home, Search)

Haptic feedback

Teflon-coated back cover


Connectors and sensors


Dock pins

3.5mm, 4-connectors, stereo headset jack

Earpiece

Speaker

Microphone

Second microphone for active noise cancellation

SIM card slot

Micro SD card slot

Micro USB port

Proximity sensor

Light sensor

Tricolor charging and notification indicator LED


Processor


QUALCOMM QSD 8250, 1GHz


Platform


Android mobile technology platform 2.1



Google's Nexus One Phone Photos

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The Apple iPad starting at $499

ipadAfter nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple's finally unveiled the iPad. It's a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitivetouchscreen IPS LCD display, and it's running a custom 1GHz Apple "A4" chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It'll come in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes, and it's got the expected connectivity: very little. There's a 30-pin Dock connector, a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, 802.11n WiFi and optional 3G, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. There's also a keyboard dock, which connects underneath in the portrait orientation, support for up to 1024x768 VGA out and 480p composite out through new dock adapter cables, and a camera attachment kit that lets you import photos from your camera over USB or directly through an SD reader. The device is managed by iTunes, just like the iPhone -- you sync everything over to your Mac. As expected, it can runiPhone apps -- either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen -- but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK, which is available today. The 3G version runs on AT&T and comes with new data plans: 250MB for $14.99 and an unlimited plan for $29.99 a month contract-free. Activations are handled on the iPad, so you can activate and cancel whenever you want. Every iPad is unlocked and comes with a GSM "micro-SIM," so you can use it abroad, but there aren't any international deals in place right now -- Steve says they'll be back "this summer" with news on that front.

It starts at $499 for 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB. Adding 3G costs a $130 per model, so the most expensive model (64GB / 3G) is $829. The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.

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