Is This The iPod AV?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Portable Audio / Video, Rumors,

Okay, something tells me that MacShrine has hit the jackpot with this one. We know, we were all almost duped by the Attack of the Show fake, resulting in our mega-disappointment in Steve Jobs last announcement. However, when MacShrine posted the images that we have in this post, they were served with a cease and desist from Apple. That is normally an indication that you are showing something that they don’t want you to be showing. In the image above, you see what we believe to be called the ‘iPod AV’ docked in the iPod Hi-Fi. I am still not overly excited to see the scroll wheel integrated onto the screen itself, but maybe if I stopped eating cheese puffs while licking my fingers, it won’t be so bad. We have a couple more pictures of the (supposed) device, after the jump.

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Cingular To Become AT&T Wireless Again

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News,

While it isn’t officially official just yet, all signs point to AT&T acquiring BellSouth to the tune of $67 billion. The two companies currently jointly run Cingular Wireless, which happens to be the largest wireless provider in the US. With the purchase, gone will be the Cingular Wireless and BellSouth brands. So all you AT&T Wireless subscribers who were re-branded into Cingular customers, it’s time to go back. Of course, the potential benefit here is that AT&T can offer a bundle of discounted services, since they offer more than just wireless phone service. The downside to all this is the cutbacks that will take place. AT&T claims that they will eliminate 36,000 positions between 2006 and 2008, stemming from both the original Cingular merger, and the new acquisition.

(Thanks, Benjamin!)

Read More | NY Times

‘The Outfit’ Demo Available On Live Marketplace

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, THQ, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace,

For those of us who wait with baited-breath for new playable content to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace, we can now breath easy while we download the latest demo. The Outfit demo is available in all Xbox Live regions, which rocks because this one is multiplayer (up to 8 people) if you are an Xbox Live Gold subscriber. Silver members get to play as well, but they get an offline experience. Here are some level details:

Name: Estate Assault
Game Type: Strategic Victory
Overview:
•After a coordinated offensive - Allied Command has commandeered a French villa just across the river from the Axis HQ.
•Choose your side (Allies or Axis) and squad leader to play (3 from either side; 6 total) and lead your squad into battle to destroy the enemy’s HQ, while defending your own.
•Capture strategic points located throughout the map to earn Field Units (F.U.s) – that can be used on the fly to call in Destruction on Demand™ - air-dropped into the action at any time. Everything can be called in from tanks, jeeps and half-tracks to squad reinforcements, machine gun nests, anti-tank guns and even air-strikes on enemy positions.

This one weighs in at 440.89 MB.

Read More | Major Nelson

Samsung SGH-i310 8GB Smartphone

Posted by John Goulden Categories: Smartphones, Microsoft, Portable Audio / Video,

It seems one can barely turn around before a new cellphone has been released to supplant an older model.  In this case, Samsung is releasing their SGH-i310 with 8GB of memory and Windows Mobile 5, to replace their 3GB model the SGH-i300.  With it’s whopping 8GB it can hold 2,000 songs and has dedicated keys for music playback functions.  Music features aside, the phone also has a 2MP camera, Bluetooth with A2DP support, a microSD memory card slot, and EDGE. 

Scheduled for release to the European market in the second half of 2006, there’s a good chance that the phone will make it’s way over the big pond and land here in the US.  After all, it has EDGE support, and here in the US, that means Cingular.

Read More | Chosun via Digital Tech News

The Bleeding Edge 004: Wicked Lasers, Gillette Fusion, Wireless Network Music Player, Vaja PSP Case

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Features, Misc. Tech, Mods / Hacks, Product Reviews, Video Games, Videocasts,

This week we bring the pain as we set up a Wicked Laser playground (geeky Light Saber fight included!), put the Gillette Fusion against an old-school razor, show off a homebrew wireless network music player, and more:

THE WIRE
AOL Raises Broadband Pricing
MacBook Pros Finally Arriving

HEAD TO HEAD
We take the Gillette Fusion Power and put it against a traditional old-school razor to see which is truly the best.

HIGH SCORE
If you are looking for some protection for your PSP, we take a look at the Vaja i-Volution leather PSP case.

GIZMATIC
If you want to see something that is just cool, we have it. We show off a couple of Wicked Lasers, setting up a couple of different environments to display how awesome lasers can be.

Here’s how to get the show:
|iTunes| - Subscribe to our iTunes video feed
|RSS| - Subscribe to our video RSS feed

|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264 (Mirror)
|Download| - XviD
|Download| - MPEG-4 (Mirror)
|Download| - PSP
Length: 30:08

IMPORTANT: We are surveying the listeners of our podcast to see what it is that people like, and more importantly, what they don’t like. It is anonymous, and just takes a couple of minutes. If you have the time, we would appreciate it! As always, feel free to let us know what you think in the comments.

The Bleeding Edge 004: Wicked Lasers, Gillette Fusion, Wireless Network Music Player, Vaja PSP Case

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Features, Misc. Tech, Mods / Hacks, Product Reviews, Video Games, Videocasts,

This week we bring the pain as we set up a Wicked Laser playground (geeky Light Saber fight included!), put the Gillette Fusion against an old-school razor, show off a homebrew wireless network music player, and more:

THE WIRE
AOL Raises Broadband Pricing
MacBook Pros Finally Arriving

HEAD TO HEAD
We take the Gillette Fusion Power and put it against a traditional old-school razor to see which is truly the best.

HIGH SCORE
If you are looking for some protection for your PSP, we take a look at the Vaja i-Volution leather PSP case.

GIZMATIC
If you want to see something that is just cool, we have it. We show off a couple of Wicked Lasers, setting up a couple of different environments to display how awesome lasers can be.

Here’s how to get the show:
|iTunes| - Subscribe to our iTunes video feed
|RSS| - Subscribe to our video RSS feed

|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264 (Mirror)
|Download| - XviD
|Download| - MPEG-4 (Mirror)
|Download| - PSP
Length: 30:08

IMPORTANT: We are surveying the listeners of our podcast to see what it is that people like, and more importantly, what they don’t like. It is anonymous, and just takes a couple of minutes. If you have the time, we would appreciate it! As always, feel free to let us know what you think in the comments.

Kotohana Mood Sensing Flowers

Posted by John Goulden Categories: Misc. Tech,

The mood ring of the future has finally arrived, although with a slight twist.  With the original mood ring, it would change colors to indicate your current emotional state (uh-huh, right).  The Kotohana Flowers don’t detect your emotions, but rather the emotions of the person holding the other flower cluster.  See, the flowers come as a paired set, and each cluster of three changes color based upon the emotions of the person holding it’s twin.  The flowers work using an emotion recogntion engine called Sensibility Technology (ST) that recognizes emotion in speech patterns.  A small microphone is hidden in the flowers to detect happiness (yellow), sadness (blue), excitement (red) and calmness (green).  The technology, developed by NEC and SIG will be shown at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany.

Read More | Pink Tentacle

So, Where Are Those ExpressCard EV-DO Solutions?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Broadband, Smartphones, PC / Laptop,

Remember all those rumors that started spreading as soon as Steve jobs announced the MacBook Pro, stating that ExpressCard EV-DO devices might be available right around the time that the MacBook Pro hits retail? Turns out we still have yet to hear any news on which companies are close to finalizing an EV-DO card for the new Apple notebook (as well as the Windows laptops that use the Core Duo chip from Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, etc.) One thing is for certain - we know of a lot of people that are holding off on the upgrade to the MacBook Pro from their PowerBook, pending the release of some sort of EV-DO solution. Here’s to hoping that we hear something next month at CTIA. MacBook Pro owners - how are you getting around the whole ExpressCard issue in the meantime?

Video: My Sony PSP Unboxing Ceremony

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Video Games,

Way back when I got my PSP, I videoblogged the Unboxing Ceremony. Months later, this is still one of the most popular pages on TinyScreenfuls.com, and I continue to get emails (and even phone calls - my cell number is posted on my blog) from people telling me they enjoyed it.

Huh. Never would have predicted that. 😊

So, for your enjoyment, here it is: You can download the video directly at this link (WMV, 35MB, 10 minutes), and it’s included as an enclosure in this post, so if you subscribe to the Unboxing.com feed in a podcast-aware aggregator, like iTunes, you will get it (and future audio/video content) automagically.

Enjoy!

Xbox Platinum Hits Drop To $10

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Hot Deals, Xbox,

This is utterly absurd - new copies of Xbox Platinum Hits have just received a nice price drop. You can now pick up any of the following games for a mere $10 USD. That is so not a bad deal:

• Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Bethesda Softworks)
• Enter the Matrix (Atari)
• Fuzion Frenzy (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Shrek 2 (Activision)
• Soul Calibur II (Namco)
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon (Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3(Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (Ubisoft)
• Tony Hawk’s Underground (Activision)
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 (Activision)
• True Crimes: Streets of LA (Activision)
• MechAssault (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Counterstrike (Microsoft Game Studios)