Monday, April 20, 2009

Samsung's 10.1-inch N120 netbook now on sale

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/samsungs-10-1-inch-n120-netbook-now-on-sale/


Samsung's long-awaited (okay, so we made that part up) N120 netbook has finally transitioned from "might ship someday, maybe" to "oh, I'm definitely shipping." Consumers interested in the 10.1-inch, 2.8 pound netbook can surf over now to Amazon and order one up in black or white for the not-totally-tantalizing price of $465.99. If you've forgotten what all that buys you, here's a rundown, and feel free to say it with us in unison: 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows XP Home, a 1,024 x 600 resolution panel, 6-cell battery, a 3-in-1 multicard reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and an Ethernet jack for good measure. Oh, and there's a "2.1-channel" sound system, for whatever that's worth.

[Thanks, Chuckles McGee]

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Samsung's 10.1-inch N120 netbook now on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:12 AM

LG GC900 Viewty Smart, now more official than ever before

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/lg-gc900-viewty-smart-now-more-official-than-ever-before/

Okay, now it's official. After a misstep late last week, LG's ready to pull the trigger for reals on the Viewty Smart, the follow-on to one of its more successful high-end feature phones in recent memory. Pretty much every major feature has been improved or revamped over the original Viewty, including bumps to WVGA display resolution, an 8 megapixel camera with claimed ISO 1600 sensitivity (we'll see about that), DVD-quality video recording, LG's recently-introduced S-Class user interface concept, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, integrated WiFi, AGPS, and 1.5GB onboard with microSD expansion theoretically to 32GB. What's more, LG has somehow smushed this all into a package just 12.4mm thick, which makes this just about the most desirable non-smartphone on the planet -- on paper, anyhow. Look for it to start hitting European carriers next month, with availability elsewhere to be announced later on.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Posted by Augustine at 7:12 AM

Washington DC announced as first MPH mobile TV market

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/washington-dc-announced-as-first-mph-mobile-tv-market/

In the 22 city-strong foot race to get a live MPH-based mobile TV network up, running, and available to anyone who wants it, it looks like Washington DC's poised to come out on top. Raleigh has already deployed a handful of transmitters for the benefit of bus-goers, but the Open Mobile Video Coalition has announced that Washington DC's local CBS, PBS, NBC, and Ion affiliates plus a Fox-owned independent will all be ready to roll with MPH transmissions by late summer; of course, what remains to be seen is what sort of hardware will be ready to take advantage of the tech by then. We can likely count AT&T and Verizon out for offering MPH-enabled handsets seeing how they're still trying to figure out how to profit from their MediaFLO-based networks, so T-Mobile and Sprint's decisions to take a wait-and-see approach to the mobile TV phenomenon may really end up working in their favor here. Moving beyond the phones, it's said that Dell will be showing some sort of netbook this week with an integrated MPH tuner at the NAB show in Vegas this week, while Kenwood has in-car solutions in the works. As long as the broadcasts stay free -- which by all accounts they will -- the standard has a fighting chance at relevancy, assuming hardware comes to the table.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:12 AM

RAmos RM990 iOne2 PMP looks surprisingly desirable

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/ramos-rm990-ione2-pmp-looks-surprisingly-desirable/


RAmos definitely isn't the most respected name in PMPs here in the US, but as of late, it's done a commendable job of staying relevant... at least on the design front, anyway. The firm's latest concoction, which goes by RM990 iOne2, is a touchscreen-heavy media player that's clearly not anorexic. Specs wise, we're told that it features a 3-inch WQVGA touch panel, haptic feedback, a built-in accelerometer, 4GB of internal storage and support for a whole gaggle of file formats. Not bad for the low, low asking price of just 399 yuan (around $58), but it's hardly worth a trip to Shanghai.

[Via PMPToday]

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

We Are Hunted Digs up the Web's Most Popular Tracks [Music]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/fYzWLW90YEU/we-are-hunted-digs-up-the-webs-most-popular-tracks

Looking for some new tunes? We Are Hunted is a music aggregator that pays attention to what people are actually listening to, not what the radio plays.

We Are Hunted scours the internet, peeking into the playlists of Last.fm users, Twitter rolls, torrent search engines, music blogs, and dozens of other sources to get a feel for what people are actually listening to at any given moment. Every day a list of the top 100 songs is published; you can also dig down into the last week, month, and year. A quick spin through the daily and weekly archives of We Are Hunted yields a pile of new and talented artists, and it's an excellent departure from life on the commercialized Top 40 charts. If you've got a favorite way to find new music online (MixTape.me, perhaps) or just want to share a song you found via We Are Hunted, sound off in the comments below.



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