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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

#smcnyc Social Media Club NYC w/ Caroline McCarthy and Samir Balwani talking about new features in twitter and facebook (and privacy)

Beautiful Air Purifier Doubles As A Smell-O-Vision Display [Concept]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5541225/beautiful-air-purifier-doubles-as-a-smell+o+vision-display

The Twilight air purifier concept design has a slender, sheet-like OLED display which allows you to view videos or images while your air is cleaned of impurities, cooled down, and filled with a pleasant fragrance to match what you're watching.

Sure, the unit looks beautiful and like it could blend with most decors, but how long until you encounter a video that you really don't want to sniff? [Design Blog via Unplggd]

MSI brings Core i5, GeForce 310M to 15.6-inch CX623 multimedia laptop

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/msi-brings-core-i5-geforce-310m-to-15-6-inch-cx623-multimedia-l/

Nah, it's no Core i5 ULV-powered X series, but MSI's latest does use a Core i5 processor and does have an X in the model name. Mind-blowing, right? The outfit's latest 15.6-incher is a multimedia powerhouse, humming along with a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 310M GPU, twin DDR3 RAM slots (plenty of space for 4GB), a 1,366 x 768 resolution display, six-cell battery, 1.3 megapixel webcam and a pair of stereo speakers. There's also a 320GB or 500GB SATA hard drive, 4-in-1 card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI / VGA outputs, twin USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA socket, audio in / out, Ethernet and a "film print coating" over the palm rest area to minimize wear. Mum's the word on a price and release date, but we suspect we'll know a bit more on both of those points when we touch down at Computex in a fortnight.

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Android 2.1 becomes most used version, just in time to be obviated by Froyo

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/android-2-1-becomes-most-used-version-just-in-time-to-be-obviat/

Rejoice, oh Android lovers. Thy OS of choice has finally graduated to the point where its latest variant is also the most used -- a statistic that is likely to last for only a day given Google's intent to reveal Android 2.2, or Froyo, at its I/O conference tomorrow. For the first time since El Goog's been keeping these platform version stats, 2.1 has risen above 1.5, the previous incumbent, having grown from 32.4 percent on May 3 (chart after the break) to 37.2 percent on May 17. This rapid ascension can only be expected to accelerate with more devices getting their Eclair permissions slips, and let's not forget that Google will be trying its hardest with 2.2 to make upgrades easier for phone makers to implement. Onwards and upwards we go.

[Thanks, Chris D]

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Sanyo brings short-focus projector into the third dimension, may never look back

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/sanyo-brings-short-focus-projector-into-the-third-dimension-may/

Sanyo's been a relatively large player in the short-focus / short-throw projector game for awhile now, so frankly, this was inevitable. As everyone (and their third cousin, in fact) races to jump on the three-dee bandwagon, the aforesaid company has just pumped out its first 3D short-focus PJ. The PDG-DWL2500J doesn't boast the most amazing of specs -- the native resolution sits at just WXGA -- but it can project a 3D image from a distance as short as 2.4 centimeters. It also touts a maximum projection size of 110 inches, and it can be installed vertically or horizontally depending on your mood. There's also an HDMI socket, Ethernet port, 16:10 aspect ratio, 2,500 lumens of brightness, a single 10-watt speaker and a price tag that'll probably make you spit out your morning coffee. Word on the street has it that this one will launch next month in Japan for ¥450,000, and if that $4,868 conversion follows it stateside, you can bet only a handful will be lined up to drag one home.

Gallery: Sanyo PDG-DWL2500J 3D short-focus projector