Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Take note, Zune dudes and dudettes: the Zune Originals engraving — which has heretofore been relegated to the 4GB and 8GB flash versions of Microsoft’s new player — is now available on the big daddy, the 80GB. That’s right — now text, wild graphics, and combinations of the two can be emblazoned upon your media player, serving as a testament to your original and inimitable personality till the end of time. Did we mention it’s free? Motor over there and check it out, right this second.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Filed under: Cellphones
The European mobile phone community was rocked by the news today that DVB-H (or Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) is set to become the new standard for mobile TV across the Union. The technology — a superset of DVB-T — has been spearheaded by Nokia, and this move is meant to help widen the system’s audience. Though the move has been opposed by some EU states, such as Germany and Britain, the standard is being pushed through. “DVB-H will be published by the Commission in the list of official EU standards,” said an EU executive, adding that, “As a result, all EU Member States will have to support and encourage the use of DVB-H for the launch of mobile TV services, thus avoiding market fragmentation and allowing economies of scale and accordingly affordable services and devices.” So much for our fledgling standard, DVB-X (the X is for extreme).
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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
iSuppli — the market research firm that keeps us up to speed on exactly how much each iPod pads Steve’s wallet (among other things) — has recently published its list of top players in the 2007 semiconductor market, and lo and behold, AMD isn’t even in the top ten. It’s noted that while Intel’s chip revenue is expected to rise 7.7-percent in 2007, AMD’s sales are predicted to sink some 22.7-percent for the year. Of course, AMD had only risen into the upper echelon of this list for the first time last year, but now it has fallen back to 11th, trailing the likes of Samsung, Toshiba, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, Sony, NXP, Intel and Texas Instruments. If you’re interested in seeing the details behind the numbers, be sure and hit the read link below. Oh, and please do keep the fanboy comments respectable, will ya?
[Via PCWorld]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
IPEVO, better known for its Skype-related offerings, is gearing up to unveil its PoV handheld webcam at the Taipei Computer Show, but thankfully, it went ahead and uploaded most all of the nitty gritty onto its website for us to pore over. Apparently, the device is designed to enable users to easily show others “what they see,” and it features a VGA (640 x 480) resolution, adjustable focus, automatic white balance, a built-in microphone and USB 2.0 connectivity. You can also perch this bugger on your desk or desktop monitor, but c’mon, where’s the fun in that? No word on a price or release date just yet, but those tidbits should be readily available next month.
[Thanks, Roy C.]
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