Withings WS-30 Wi-Fi scale arrives for $130, adds Bluetooth

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smart Home, Wireless / WiFi,

Withings has announced the availability of its new WS-30 Wi-Fi scale in the US. The new scale can be set up using just your smartphone over Bluetooth, rather than requiring you to tether it to a PC or Mac whenever you want to make changes. As would be expected, the Wi-Fi scale can send your weight, BMI, and body fat % data to a ton of different services of your choosing, making it easy to keep on top of those metrics and have them tracked over time. The scale is great for the whole family, as it can recognize up to eight different users. You can order the Withings WS-30 now for $130.

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Amazon Prime now available for $7.99 per month

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Hot Deals, Internet,

Amazon Prime is the best deal in tech, and now Amazon aims to make it's two-day shipping, Kindle Lending Library, and instant movie and television streaming service a bit more accessible with an alternate price structure. Amazon customers now have the option of paying $7.99 per month for a Prime membership, which some may find more palatable compared to the yearly $79 lump sum pricing. Obviously, paying for a year up front offers a 20% savings, but we're sure many will opt for the monthly payment interval. Some are calling this a direct shot at Netflix and Hulu, each of which also offer instant streaming of television and movies, however, both lack any sort of shipping option (or retail store,) or monthly ebook lending library.

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Nokia Lumia 920 $99.99, Lumia 820 $49.99, both launch Friday

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Microsoft,

After a ridiculously long wait, it's finally been announced that AT&T will be selling launching the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Windows Phones this Friday, November 9th, with pre-orders starting tomorrow. Pricing has also been revealed, and things are looking good there as well, with the flagship 920 costing $99.99 with two-year contract, and including a wireless charging dock. If you'd prefer the 820, that one will sell for $49.99 on contract. Now that the pricing is public, anyone planning on picking up one of the new Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices?

Microsoft Xbox SmartGlass app now available for iOS

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Games, App Updates, Free Apps,

Microsoft's My Xbox Live companion app for iOS has just been updated with new functionality and a new name: Xbox SmartGlass. What does it do? Well, you can now use your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch as remote controls and keypads for the Xbox 360. This includes dual-screen experiences as well. The app is available now, and is not yet compatible with the new 4-inch Retina display. Xbox SmartGlass for iOS is free.

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Microsoft working on Xbox Surface, a 7-inch gaming tablet

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Handhelds, Microsoft, Rumors, Video Games,

Among the smaller tablets of the world like the iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD, and Nexus 7, Microsoft's platform is nowhere to be found. Sure, the company just launched Surface a couple of weeks ago, it's first first-party tablet device, and it has the Surface Pro on the way too…but what about the smaller form factor? Well, it turns out that Microsoft is working on it's very own 7-inch tablet, the previously-uncovered Xbox Surface.

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Bleeding Edge TV 460: We talk with Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi about Nespresso U

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Home Entertainment, Household, Podcasts, Videocasts, Videos,

In this episode we chat with Padma Lakshmi, host of the hit reality cooking competition, Top Chef. Top Chef Seattle is set to begin tomorrow on Bravo, and Padma talks with us about what it's like to host the show, some of the odder moments, and what made shooting in Seattle interesting. She also gives us some cooking and fall entertaining tips, and demonstrates the Nespresso U coffee maker. Padma even tries to school me on fall season entertaining tips so that I can up my game. Check out the full interview in this episode!

Don't forget to vote for Bleeding Edge TV in the 2012 Podcast Awards--we're nominated in the People's Choice and Best Video Podcast categories!

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Halo 4 Limited Edition

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Microsoft, Video Games, Men, Teens, Under $100, Under $250, Under $500,

Halo 4 launched today, and is downright amazing. If there's a gamer in your life who didn't already pick this one up, do them a favor and grab them a copy of this Limited Edition version, because this one is good enough to make it into our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. What sets the Halo 4 Limited Edition apart from the standard version? Well, a lot. Read on, but just remember that these are going to go fast. We don't expect to see the Limited Edition version in stock for more than a few more days:

• Spartan-IV “Recruit” In-Game Armor
• Spartan-IV “Prime” In-Game Armor Skin
• Assault Rifle “Prime” In-Game Weapon Skin
• “Prime” In-Game Emblem
• Xbox LIVE Avatar “Recruit” Armor
• Cryo-Tube Xbox LIVE Avatar Prop

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Facebook for iOS updated to version 4.1, brings new camera and chat features

Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, Free Apps,

Facebook, the biggest social site, has now updated their native iOS app. Version 4.1 includes a variety of features, such as the ability to share multiple photos, a new swipe feature to message friends from anywhere within the app, image filteres (similar to Facebook-owned Instagram,) and the gift giving functionality. One feature that has finally been restored is the ability to make albums.

Sadly, for many who updated, it has not been without some setbacks as users, myself included, are encountering sign-in errors and news feeds being blank. Users have voiced their complaints to Facebook and, ironically, taken it to Twitter to make themselves heard. Gear Live advises waiting to update until Facebook submits another version to fix the issues that are currently affecting users. 

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Guest Post: On the storage capabilities of the iPod touch

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

The following article is brought to you, and sponsored, by Argos:

The iPod Touch from Apple comes with various storage capacities. An 8GB iPod Touch will store 1750 songs, 10,000 photos or 10 hours of videos. A 32GB iPod will store 7000 songs, 40,000 photos or 40 hours of video. A 64GB iPod Touch will store 14,000 songs, 90,000 photos or 80 hours of video. These storage details are obviously based on if you were to completely fill your iPod with just music, or just videos, etc. The 5th generation iPod Touch is available with either 32GB or 64GB storage capacity, and these storage details still apply.

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iA Writer 1.4 brings responsive design, Retina display optimization

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, PC / Laptop, Software,

iA Writer, our text editor of choice for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone, has been updated today to version 1.4 for Mac. The update brings:

• Responsive design: resize the windows to change the font size
• In-app preview panel
• Optimized for Retina displays
• Formatted QuickLook preview
• Standardized Find and Replace
• Selection-sensitive word count

The responsive design aspect is a nice touch. iA Writer is currently on sale for $4.99 on the Mac, and 99 cents for iPhone/iPad. We highly recommend it.