For those of you who have rugrats in the backseat and need something to occupy their minds in order to quiet their mouths, here’s some good news. Sirius’ Backseat TV system has now started shipping from select Sirius retailers. It’s compatible with most of the aftermarket or factory-installed video monitors, and has an integrated FM transmitter/AUX output to provide audio.
With multi-zone operation available, you can now entertain your kids with some cartoons, giving your aching ears a break while you enjoy some music up front with Sirius Satellite Radio. The Sirius Backseat TV SCV1 will cost you $299.99.
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Written by Conner Flynn on March 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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One of America’s largest telecommunications network, Alltel Wireless, has announced the launch of its small business customers SalesNOW, a contact, activity and deal management software designed for the BlackBerry and the Web. Alltel is said to be the first U.S-based carrier to support this service. SalesNOW utilizes the functionality of the BlackBerry to provide customers with the ability to manage their sales data in the palm of their hands.
Using this application, professionals can track and manage their contacts, deals, activities and e-mails as well as access and share information with their entire sales team. Furthermore, customers can also perform these activities on their BlackBerry or on the Web through an individual, secure SalesNOW account.
Additionally, SalesNOW enhances administrative time management and productivity by giving users the ability to update graphical reports and dashboards, which allows professionals to focus on building quality customer relationships.
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Written by Mobi on January 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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MobiTV announced that its mobile TV application is now available for the BlackBerr Pearl 8130 smartphone. With the broadest collection of live TV and other video/music content for mobile users, this is good news for Pearl users who were missing out the feature. The CDMA phone, which is compatible with EV-DO networks, did not have a full mobile TV app until now.
BlackBerry 8130 users can purchase MobiTV through either their wireless provider or through www.mobitv.com. It is also available on Handango. The TV application is on display at the CES 2008 in booth 30333 South Hall 3.
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Written by Sandeep on January 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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RIM has had such a great year in 2007 that it is being reported that they are increasing its job count to 1000 employees in their Las Colinas Offices, this is a increase of more than 860 plus new employees, as before there was only 104 employees.
“Research in Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said the company is looking to fill professional services jobs, research and development positions and technical support jobs.”
GoRim!.
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Written by Paul on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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According to the BoyGeniusReport a new phone from Rim is on its way in early 2008 called the Blackberry 8110. It is expected to be a GPS phone and feature SD Card Slot, 2MP Camera, Video recording and 3.5mm Head Phone Jack. Design of the phone is expected to be totally different to the recently released pearl phones and it is expected to be carried by T-mobile, will keep a eye out for it.
Written by Paul on January 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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America’s largest network, Alltel Wireless is planning to have the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone available in time for the holidays. With this news, customers’ wireless experience becomes much easier and more productive.
The Pearl 8310 is designed to give users exceptional mobile experience with powerful communications and multimedia capabilities. This includes text messaging, scheduling meetings, playing music, doing emails and even surfing the internet. All these are included in this sleek smartphone.
Alltel Wireless will be offering the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate at Alltel retail stores nationwide and online at www.shopalltel.com.
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Written by Ken B on November 22nd, 2007 with no comments.
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I was skeptical when I unpacked the mAudio xSession Pro mixer and audio controller. It looked cool, but when I picked it up I realized it was incredibly light. My worries were soothed when I plugged it into my computer, installed the software, and wound up making some incredible mixes, all within minutes. It was a little easier for me to get used to since I’m a DJ, but even someone with no experience behind the turntables could plug this into a PC, import some music to a playlist, and get a party started with minimal effort. It may not take a lot of skill to use, but I was pleased to see that it did take some skill to use well. Even so, by the time I was finished with the review unit, I was so pleased that I had already begun shopping around for one.
After I unplugged the mAudio xSession Pro for the last time, I resigned myself to buying one. I found myself plugging it back in over the past couple of months just to play with it some more, hoping that I’d find something terribly wrong that would color my perspective, but I’m all out of snark. The xSession Pro is a fabulous mixer–you won’t see professional DJs spinning major parties or club gigs with one of these anytime soon, but you might start seeing them show up next to the main turntable setup or devices like them next to a laptop near the main mixer.
Since I’m a DJ, getting acquainted with the xSession Pro was a bit easier for me than it would be for most. At the same time, the controls are so straightforward that anyone of any skill level can be up and running and playing with the effects and features within minutes. Torq, mAudio’s mixing software that comes with the xSession Pro, is very easy to use, and all the features on the mixer are duplicated onscreen. If you’re like me and used to spinning vinyl, you can tell the software to respond to the mixer as if it were connected to turntables. If you’re used to mixing CDs, you can select that as well.
The mixer itself has all the basic controls you’d expect on a two-channel mixer: a crossfader, volume controls for each channel, pitch controls (since you don’t actually have turntables), and knobs to control the gain and the EQs. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the software and the mixer both support built-in effects such as flange and strobe. After playing around with the effects, I found myself having so much fun that I decided to record what I was doing.
Some DJs would laugh at a tool like the xSession Pro and how easy Torq makes putting a mix together. You can beat-match and sync up two tracks in your playlist with a single click, even if the two songs are drastically different–a skill that DJs who are used to turntables and analog mixers spend years perfecting. The xSession Pro and the Torq software make it so easy to create mixes and line up tracks that I can easily see the most purist of DJs rejecting it outright. At the same time, because the Torq software integrates so well with your existing music collection, it’s a must-have for iPod and laptop DJs looking for an easier way to mix without carrying a ton of records or CDs around.
Another pleasant surprise from mAudio was that Torq can play and mix your iTunes music. Torq snags your iTunes library as soon as you install it, and you can drag in any music from anywhere on your hard drive to your playlist. I had some difficulty importing songs that were stored on my downstairs PC across my home network, but if you have your shared computers mapped as drives in Windows, you won’t have a problem.
The xSession Pro and Torq are winning hardware and software, respectively, but combining the two into the same package makes the bundle even more impressive. Torq is remarkably well-designed mixing software, and while you won’t replace a studio-quality recording app with it, it’s more than enough for someone who just wants to record a few mixes here and there for their friends to hear, or to get started as an amateur DJ.
I had a chance to chat with some folks from mAudio at DigitalLife and grill them on the product. They helped me understand the target market for the xSession Pro, and why it felt kind of flimsy at first: The device is aimed at amateur and at-home DJs, people like me who would use it to supplement their turntable setup, or someone who wants to be a laptop DJ in their spare time using an MP3 collection or music purchased at iTunes.
The xSession Pro gets its power over USB, so you don’t need tons of cables–one USB cable and a free port on your computer is all that’s required. It’s plastic and portable, though not meant to be dragged around to stadium venues or used by DJs whose names inspire thousands to line up for hours; mAudio has a world of professional products for that. The mAudio xSession Pro is supported on Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, and retails for about $125.95, but I found it on a couple of sites for as low as $99.
Written by Alan Henry on November 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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Just a quick note to all Sansa Connect owners who have not updated their firmware in a while: Your player does more than it used to. You now have video playback! Also, you can now do an artist search in the Get New Music tab when perusing Yahoo! Music selections (the initial exclusion of this feature was something I may have whined about a few months back).
The video specs look like this: 320 by 240 resolution at 30 fps, and it plays only MPEG-4. Since we no longer have our Sansa Connect inhouse (yes, even analysts have to return the toys when they’re finished), we’ll have to rely on you, intrepid Connect owners, to tell us whether these features work well and increase the value of the device. Apparently, simply connecting to the Internet gives the player its upgrade automatically, so you may already have the firmware and not realize it–though it’s hard to miss: Your “Photo” section is now called “Photo and Video.” Let us know how it works!
Written by Gearlog on November 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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