Acer has confirmed it will release its first self-branded smartphone in Q1 2009. The handset will be co-developed by Acer’s own original smartphone R&D team and their counterparts from E-Ten, the company acquired by Acer back in September.
E-Ten, it has been revealed, will focus on real-time stock tracking devices, a return to its original 1990s form. Meanwhile Acer will take the lead in smartphone development, with chairman JT Wang predicting the segment will be a significant growth area for the company over the next 3-5 years.
No specifications, pricing or geographical availability details have been released by the company. However during the takeover Acer did confirm that the device would be Windows based, presumably meaning Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS. Representatives from the company have previously suggested that, carrier partners depending, the first devices will be launched in Western Europe and Russia.
Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Written by Chris Davies | Source: http://www.slashgear.com
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Acer and News and Smartphones and WINDOWS MOBILE and archive.
Accessory manufacturer Incipio have announced a microphone attachment for the iPod nano 4G. Bizarrely named Lloyd, the microphone snaps onto the base of the iPod and allows you to access its onboard sound recorder. There’s also a pass-through headphone connector.
Incipio claim Lloyd is designed to “reduce wind and breath tones”, though it’s unclear whether that means it has any sort of active noise reduction. More likely they’re referring to the physical design of the microphone itself.
Since it only requires connecting to the headphone socket, not the docking connector, it can be pivoted out of the way when you need to recharge or sync (with the cable; obviously you’d need to take it off to dock the iPod). The Incipio Lloyd is available now, in black and white, priced at $17.99.
Press Release:
Introducing Lloyd, Incipio’s Microphone Adapter for the iPod nano 4G
Incipio introduces Lloyd, a microphone adapter for iPod nano 4G. Lloyd unlocks the powerful voice recording capabilities already installed on the iPod nano 4G. This clean and simple solution allows you to use your nano 4G as a personal assistant and note taker. Lloyd is a state of the art, high quality microphone adapter designed to help reduce wind and breath tones while recording.
Whether conducting an interview, taking lecture notes, or capturing the sounds of life happening around you, simply attach Lloyd to your iPod nano 4G for immediate voice recording capabilities. Lloyd’s built-in headphone jack allows you to listen by connecting your headphones or external audio source while on the go. This compact microphone adapter fits easily into any purse or pocket and can even remain on the nano 4G at all times. (Simply rotate to charge)
Features
• High quality microphone
• Designed to reduce wind noise and breath tones
• Built-in headphone jack plugs right into your existing headphones
• Fits perfectly on the bottom of the iPod nano 4G
• Compact and portable
Lloyd can be purchased online for $USD17.99 at www.myIncipio.com. Colors: classic black or soft white.
“We’re excited to be offering a unique solution based product that won’t break the bank. Lloyd will allow you to use your existing headphones while still being able to capture recordings in a small, clean elegant package.”, said Andy Fathollahi, President of Incipio Technologies, Inc.
ABOUT INCIPIO: Continually fusing fashion with function, Incipio has grown to become a leader in the device industry, manufacturing cases and accessories. Founded in 1999 by a group of gadget obsessed designers, Incipio prides itself in designing and developing award winning products that support a wide range of mobile phones, MP3 players, notebook computers and smart phones. Incipio products are available directly online and in dozens of countries around the world with distributors and retailers in the US, Canada, Asia, UK, EU, Australia and Latin America. Incipio Technologies, Inc. is a privately held firm based out of Irvine CA., with offices in Hong Kong and Tennessee.
[via Coolest Gadgets]
Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Written by Chris Davies | Source: http://www.slashgear.com
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Accessories and Apple and archive and iPod and incipio and microphone.
If you’re looking for a way to give the sound on your iPod Touch an extra boost, check out these portable speakers that appear to poke out of the sides of your media player.
With their ear-like appendages, these Green House SPA-214ct speakers do look a little bit goofy (or like some other Disney character with big ears), but they do put the speakers in just the right location to provide decent stereo sound.
When not in use, the speakers rotate out of site and hide on the back of an acrylic case that envelops your Touch. The speaker also acts as a stand for your device thanks to a clever hinge mechanism that swings into action when the speakers are stowed.
A built-in rechargeable battery can be juiced up via your USB port, and you’ll get about 8 hours of sound on a single charge.
While the speakers are officially designed for the iPod Touch, you might be able to get it to work with an original iPhone too, but you’ll need to flip into Airplane Mode to use them. Originally available only in Japan, the guys over at Dynamism have brought these to the States for $59.99 (USD).
Written by technabob | Source: http://technabob.com/blog
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Apple and Audio and Media Players and Speakers and acrylic and case and iPhone and iPod Touch and japan and sound and stand.
A mobile advertising platform is claiming to be able to offer Flash adverts on the iPhone, although the method by which they do so is unknown. Greystripe offer advertisers standard IAB-format flash adverts and “tailgate” games, in which promoted content is added into downloadable content.
According to Greystripe, they now have a number of “Flash creation tools” for the iPhone which can offer advertisers “all of the creative power of Flash” on the handset. This seems to be differentiated from the in-game adds, which presumably merely resemble true Flash titles. However the company’s exact methods are unexplained.
Apple has long been criticised for not including support for Flash on their cellphone. Various rumors have circulated about the readiness of a suitable client by Adobe, held back by Apple themselves.
Press Release:
Flash Finally Launches on the iPhone via Advertising Units by Greystripe
Online IAB Standard Flash Ads and New “Tailgate” Games Can Be Instantly Extended to iPhone Audiences
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Greystripe announced that they will now be offering advertisers the ability to target the iPhone audience for the first time through rich media ads including Flash IAB medium rectangles and game-in-game (or “tailgate”) ads. The largest ad-supported applications and games network has made marketing to the iPhone mobile audience turnkey for agencies, digital media buyers and brands by supporting online ad servers like Google’s DoubleClick and Microsoft’s Atlas.
“Greystripe’s rich media ads performed extremely well for us,” said Michelle Mayorga, Mobile Director at Rock the Vote, a Greystripe advertiser. “Advertising in the iPhone with highly engaging ads was perfect for our mission to build the political power of young people because the iPhone reaches a highly targeted demographic.”
In an effort to make it easier for the online media buyer to purchase mobile, Greystripe has brought creative power to the iPhone with Flash creation tools. Each of Greystripe’s new ad formats are focused on consumer engagement:
GS.Impact – offers all of the creative power of Flash on an iPhone, allowing brands to extend any online advertising campaign directly into mobile
GS.Tailgate – offers the ability to create miniature advertiser-branded games in Flash and place them before, during or after existing iPhone games
Actions for all of Greystripe’s ad formats include branding, click to YouTube, iTunes, maps, App Store, data, call, audio, survey and canvas.
“Mobile has long been in need of a scalable advertising model and Greystripe’s new ad formats resolve that issue on the iPhone,” said Michael Cai, Director of Digital Media and Gaming at Parks Associates. “Using the iPhone’s revolutionary platform, Greystripe has solved the serving, reporting, third-party tracking and, best of all, ad creation problems that have plagued the mobile advertising industry since inception.”
An April 2008 Screen Digest report forecasts that the market for rich media advertising on mobile will reach $2.79 billion by 2012. The report also states that mobile game ad formats will provide a valuable source of innovative marketing opportunities for brands aspiring to connect and interact with their customers1.
“Greystripe is looking to address the lack of advertising standardization in mobile by committing to IAB online formats,” said Michael Chang, CEO and Co-founder of Greystripe. “We have made it easy for advertisers by removing barriers to execution. Brands like Jeep, RadioShack, New Line Cinema, Rock the Vote and Yahoo! have seen strong results.”
1http://www.screendigest.com/press/releases/press_releases_29_04_2008/view.html
About Greystripe
Greystripe is the rich media advertising platform for mobile. Greystripe’s product suite enables brand advertisers to communicate their brand message with a unique mobile audience, publishers to gain advertising revenue by serving ads through their games, and consumers to play high-quality games for free. Greystripe’s in-game advertising system is protected by a broad array of patents pending and currently serves ads into more than 900 game titles from 100 publishers supporting over 1,400 handset models. Greystripe reaches millions of mobile game players by powering over 120 Catalog distribution partners, through its online portal GameJump.com, on the mobile Web at wap.gamejump.com, and through the iPhone App Store. Greystripe was named an AlwaysOn Global 100 winner in 2008, Red Herring Global 100 winner in 2007 and the Under the Radar Best in Show: Mobility winner in 2006.
Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Written by Chris Davies | Source: http://www.slashgear.com
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Apple and News and archive and iPhone and iphone 3G.
While the computer industry is feeling the hurt from the slow economy Apple is quietly gobbling up market share in America and growing its user base. With the number of Mac users growing many manufacturers are starting to release more products that are compatible with the Mac OS.
SanDisk announced today that its Cruzer Enterprise secure USB flash drive is the first flash drive to fully support the Mac. The new support for Mac OS X allows IT pros to issue Mac users secure flash drives that function correctly in the Mac environment. The Enterprise drive uses hardware-based USB encryption to put mandatory access control on all files transferred to the flash drive to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.
The drives also support Windows environments allowing the use on both systems as need. The drive can be initialized on Mac or Windows system sand provide log in and shut down access to encrypted storage, change and manage passwords, change contact information, and launch online support. The drives come is 1, 2, 4, and 8GB capacities.
SanDisk
Written by Shane McGlaun | Source: http://www.slipperybrick.com
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Apple and Cruzer and SanDisk and mac.
"Canoe" by Canadian artist Peter Fleming is a 20 foot long trough of water resembling a canoe where a gunwale tracking mechanism endlessly paddles forward and back inside the boat. The entire piece is solar powered and was originally built from aluminum, gussets, and bolts so that it was fully collapsible. Check out the link below for some video clips (Quicktime) of it in action.
Canoe - Indoor Version
Read more |
Permalink |
Comments |
Read more articles in Arts |
Digg this!
Written by Jonah Brucker-Cohen | Source: http://blog.makezine.com/
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Arts.
MAKE spent the day in a marathon 8 hour session laser etching tons of gadgets at the Gizmodo gallery! The gallery was a showcase of high tech as well as retro devices, it was also for a good cause - Toys for Tots. Congrats to Brian Lam, Chris Mascari and their team for putting together a great show, it's going on until Sunday, so if you're in NYC pop by.
Read more |
Permalink |
Comments |
Read more articles in Events |
Digg this!
Written by Phillip Torrone | Source: http://blog.makezine.com/
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Events.
The Nintendo Wii continues to dominate the sales charts and sell so well that most people who want one can’t find it. Odds are the Wii is at the top of many holiday wish lists this Christmas season. If you have been lucky enough to get your hands on a Wii, you will need some accessories to go with it. One such accessory is a charge station for the remotes.
Nyko has announced a new accessory called the Charge Station Quad for Nintendo Wii that will retail for $49.99. The device has spots for four Wii Remotes and includes new rechargeable batteries and battery doors to allow the Wii Remotes to be recharged.
The cradle can charge all four Wii Remotes at once and features LED charge indicator lights, four NiMH rechargeable battery packs, a six-foot long power cable and four rubber Wii Remote battery covers to provide grip.
Nyko
Written by Shane McGlaun | Source: http://www.slipperybrick.com
on December 5th, 2008 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Nyko and Wii remote and nintendo and wii.
« Older articles
No newer articles
