Yamaha on Tuesday revamped its Aventage home theater receivers with an increased focus on mobile. The entire line, the RX-A710, RX-A810, RX-A2010, RX-A1010, and RX-3010, now has complete support for both iPhone remote control as well as front USB ports to play music directly from iOS hardware. Android is also finally getting support and will […]
Gaming accessory maker Turtle Beach teamed with publisher Activision on upcoming, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3-themed gaming headsets for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s PS3, and PCs. They include the virtual 7.1-channel, programmable XP500-based Ear Force Delta that adds the custom paint, travel case and unique sound presets. The Ear Force Bravo uses the PX3 […]
Mobile video consumption is a rapidly developing market. Although many mobile video products have only recently launched, providers are experiencing significant growth in usage rates. According to In-Stat survey results, nearly two-thirds of smartphone owners have watched video on their device, while nearly 86% of tablet owners have done so. While the propensity to watch […]
RIM started off Tuesday morning with an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook. The 1.0.7 update brings deeper support with the recently updated Bridge app on phones and can now take in ZIP files from e-mail. While paired up, the tablet can extract the files to work on them with the PlayBook’s larger screen. More control […]
Nokia’s Sea Ray prototype has been given its first real hands-on outside of controlled conditions. The Windows Phone 7 hardware is using what’s believed to be the gold master version of Mango, including a new “7” boot screen. Despite suspicions that it might go buttonless on the front like the N9, the three usual WP7 […]
Amazon has launched its Kindle app for HP’s TouchPad tablet. Although the title was already listed on the webOS tablets using a placeholder, users can now go to the App Manager and download an update to obtain the actual app. Users can take advantage of the same basic functionality that is available in the Kindle […]
Toshiba has acknowledged a bug plaguing its just launched Thrive 7-inch Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet. Toshiba says that it is working on a fix for the bug, which is causing its Thrive tablets not to wake up from sleep mode. “We’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix,” a Toshiba spokesman said […]
Samsung took its phone line in an atypically upscale direction Tuesday by showing the Galaxy R. The design is a relative of the Galaxy Z and has the same 4.2-inch Super LCD but an almost HTC-like focus on build quality. Rather than the thin plastic of the Galaxy S II, it uses a brushed-metal back […]
Bluetooth and cell phone accessory maker Jabra has announced a new, no-installation-required Bluetooth speakerphone called simply Drive that connects to up to two devices (such as a phone and GPS unit) and requires no setup, speaks its own status messages and streams audio from a GPS device or smartphone in addition to acting as a […]
Deskew Technologies’ new app for musicians, Scorecerer, is a desktop and iPad companion app combination that allows performers to scan sheet music (a library of public-domain music is also available), sync it to an iPad and flip pages using either a swipe or an optional Bluetooth foot pedal. The app also allows handwritten annotations and […]
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