March 11th, 2010
Dr. Dre has spent more time co-signing high priced laptops and headphones over the last few years than he has releasing music and that trend will continue for the time being. Hewlett Packard has signed on the good Doctor as one of the celebrity faces for the companies “Lets Do Amazing” ad campaign.
A source tells the Wall Street Journal that the $40 million dollar campaign will work to reintroduce HP as more than a company that makes printer.
Dre will be joined by Flight of the Concords star Rhys Darby and photographer Annie Leibovitz as one of the many celebrities to be featured in the ads which will begin to run this weekend.
Now if we could only get Detox.
Tags: dr. dre, HBO, Hewlett Packard, laptops
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March 3rd, 2010
Here is the second Sanctioned by Mister Cartoon mobile phone, the MOTO(TM) VE440. Available this week in select stores and online, the limited edition handset features artwork and pre-loaded digital content designed by legendary tattoo and graphic artist Mister Cartoon, along with two exclusive tracks Snoop Dogg.
The phone was designed by Cartoon in conjunction with SA Studios.
Hit the jump for more images and information on how you can win a Sanctioned phone. After the jump »
Tags: metropcs, mister cartoon, mobile phone, snoop dogg
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March 1st, 2010
Earlier today Canon sent out a friendly reminder about the firmware upgrade 2.0.3 for the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera that will be coming this month. 2.0.3 meets the demands of both professional movie producers and aspiring filmmakers alike by adding 24p video acquisition and changing the 30p video frame rate to 29.97 to comply with TV production standards. In addition, audio capability is enhanced for professional use, adding manual audio level control, and increasing the audio sampling frequency to 48KHz from 44.1KHz.
Tags: canon, firmware upgrade, SLR
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February 6th, 2010
Earlier this week Motorola announced the March release of the Devour. The Devour will be the first device on the Verizon network to use Motorola’s Android powered content delivery service, Motoblur.
Hopefully this will get the last of you Sidekick owners to finally graduate to a grown up phone.
Check out the key features below:
* Touch-sensitive navigation pad
* 3.1” capacitive touch screen
* Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talk™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™ with Google Maps Navigation.
* Android Market™ gives users access to more than 20,000 applications.
* Happenings Widget – MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts and photo updates from popular social networking sites to the Happenings Widget on the home screen. Customers can flick through the latest updates and fire back responses using the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
* Universal Inbox – MOTOBLUR gathers texts, social network messages and e-mails into one home screen widget for quick response.
* Back-Up and Security – Contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up automatically on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. The portal also allows customers to use the phone’s fully integrated aGPS to help locate the phone if misplaced. Remote wipe easily clears information from a lost device.
* 8 GB microSD™ card pre-installed
* Bluetooth® profiles supported: A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP
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Tags: android, motorola, smartphone, verizon
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February 1st, 2010
CES 2010 was all about 3D displays and the best showcase of the revamped technology requires Glasses, a 3D LED TV and a Blu-ray player playing a 3D Blu-Ray dic.
Panasonic’s Advanced Authoring Center now offers studios and filmmakers Blu-ray 3D image processing, interactive programming, as well as authoring and disc certification services, which are capable of making Blu-ray 3DTM Discs commercially available as early as Spring 2010.
We’re not sure if people will ever embrace wearing 3D glasses in their homes to watch television but Panasonic will be providing the technology for those that do.
Tags: 3D, 3D Blu-ray disc, Panasonic
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February 1st, 2010
The iPad won’t be released for a few more weeks but many 3rd party companies are already revealing accessories for the device.
iLuv unveiled their creative graphic designed cases and a line of sleeves for Apple’s new iPad late last week The new products range from casual fabric cases to leather cases to silicone cases.
They will also offer a line of protective water resistant neoprene sleeves for new iPad owners starting in February. The sleeves will feature two front cover pockets for accessories and a secure lip. The entire line of new Apple iPad accessories will be available starting in February.
More images After the jump »
Tags: Apple iPad, iPad accessories
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January 28th, 2010
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The homie DJ Skee had Rihanna on his show yesterday after the iPad was unveiled so naturally he asked her what she thought about it. Check out the above vid to see what Matt Kemp’s main one had to say.
Props: The Mansion
Tags: Apple iPad, DJ Skee, Kiss FM, Rihanna
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January 27th, 2010
Today was the day all tech heads and Apple fan boys/girls had been waiting for. The rumored Apple iPad was officially announced and we must say it does live up to the hype.
You have probably been inundated with information on the iPad so we’ll stick to the basics.
Price: Starts at $499 for 16gb, $599 for 32gb and, $699 for 64gb (additional $130 bucks more for 3G)
Availability: Wi-fi iPad will hit stores worldwide 60 days from today with the 3G models to follow 90 days from today.
Service: $14.99 per month for 250MB per month and $29.99 per month for unlimited (which is really probably 5GB Unlimited).
Battery Life: Built-in 25Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music.
Display: 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology. 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi).
Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip
The entry level price is great compared to competing netbooks or E-readers. We are somewhat disappointed that it is working on the current iPhone OS which prevents multitasking and there is no built in camera so that means no Skype video chat (though you can buy a camera and attach it to the USB port).
The iBook store/function is going to destroy all the ebook readers on the market. Reading books in color with back lighting is something that clearly separates the iPad from the Kindle and wannabe Kindles.
The functionality of being able to read newspapers alone might save the print newspaper industry.
Overall Steve Jobs said that this is the most advanced technology that Apple has ever introduced and though it is essentially a big ass iPod Touch on many levels we’d have to agree that he is right.
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January 27th, 2010
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Terry McGraw CEO of publishing company McGraw Hill let news of the Apple Tablet slip yesterday on CNBC.
The expected announcement of the Apple Tablet happens later today at 10AM PST in San Francisco.
We will see just how much of the spotlight McGraw actually stole.
Props: Techxav
Tags: Gadgets, technology
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January 25th, 2010
We brought you the news of the introduction of the Beats By Dr. Dre Spin Beats headphones by Monster during CES a couple weeks back. Here is a more detailed look at the Beats Spin, which is designed to be more of a pro set than the original Beats.
Hit the jump for photos and in depth info.
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Tags: dr. dre, headphones, hip-hop
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