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LunchCast – CES 2012, NEST

dkull — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:20:43 +0000

$250 Nest smart learning Thermostat for your home.

Visit NEST

dkull — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:10:06 +0000

Goalzero -- Solar power
Ford Fusion 2012 plug in hybrid -- 100MPG
HeroHD -- Hd Cameras
Liquid Image -- HD Cameras
Contour -- HD Cameras
Nest -- Thermostat $249
WinWatch -- Apps on your watch, works with your droid $299
Power2u -- Plug with USB ports
SpareOne -- Emergency phone -- 10 hours talk time, last 15 years
bluetooth sound -- freedomMic -- Scoche
Mophie -- Battery case for your iPhone -- $80
One laptop per child -- $100 -- Gave 2.5 million laptops to kids in 3rd world countries
Crankable -- Rechargeable. OLPC
laptop.org
Mophie -- Battery pack for the iPhone, and iPad via the Juice pack
SkunkJuice -- Earbuds -- Magnetically share the same audio source
Ozaki -- PTZ wifi camera for iPad, iPhone $399 MSRP

dkull — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:40:05 +0000

Apple: “Lets talk iPhone” event begins today at 10:00am PST.
iPhone4s
Tim Cook appears on stage wearing jeans. The event takes place in Apples town hall. Apples store images has the Sprint logo on it.
250 million IOS devices sold
500 thousands apps in the App Store
140 thousand iPad specific apps
Scott Forestall talking now:
Actual postcards mailed for $2.99 in the U.S. from your iPhone
Notifications, pull downs, text messages, calendar, mail like Android phones now
Twitter messaging, iMessage, location based reminders
Auto focus, without tapping on screen.
Photo editing
Find my friends
IOS 5 and iCloud will be available October 12th
Watch / pedometer, track you runs without sensor
16 new watch faces -- Nano 8gb version
ipod touch can use imessage, icloud, comes in white now 8gb $199
And now, the next iphone -- 55 minutes in…
iPhone 4s, looks like the 4
a5 chip, ARM, 7x faster graphics, unreal engine, dual core cpu
infinity blade2 release 12/1/11
two antennas, can auto switch if held wrong
No 4g data, HSDPA, world phone, CDMA, GSM. We think this is faster.
8 Mega pixel sensor for the camera 3264 x 2448
Backside illumination (BSI)
43% faster capture
f.24 aperture
Siri -- voice assistant with speech, tells you where to eat, set alarm clock
Reminders / calendar events
Phone comes in white
Available Oct 14th, $19916gb , $299 32gb , $399 64gb

dkull — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:35:26 +0000

You can pre-order the new Kindle Fire

7″ Multi-touch Display

Pre-order now to be released November 15th

Movies, apps, games, music, reading, cloud-accelerated web browswer

Wifi Only

May suggest waiting for the 10″ screen if you want to watch movies, however

this is great for on the go.

8 hours battery

Web Browser supports flash natively.

Web Browser -- SILK -- Rendering in the cloud, based on webkit

dkull — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:00:52 +0000