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Sunday, September 04, 2011

drag2share: LG Thrill 4G officially arrives at AT&T for $100, fairy tales can come true

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/04/lg-thrill-4g-officially-arrives-at-atandt-for-100-fairy-tales-ca/

C'mon, admit it -- you didn't really think the LG Thrill 4G would ever be released, did you? After several weeks of unexplained delays, the AT&T-branded Optimus 3D is truly, honestly available on the carrier's website for sale at a respectable $100. The device, announced at CTIA 2011 in March, isn't hiding anything we didn't already know: it's got a 1GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4 CPU with 512MB of RAM, Froyo, a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 display, 1080p video capture and dual 5MP rear stereoscopic cameras to add the extra dimension. So if you've been waiting for this phone to get the green light, it's time to stop idling at the intersection.

LG Thrill 4G officially arrives at AT&T for $100, fairy tales can come true originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: The Birdy Is a Super Simple Budgeting Site That Records Your Purchases Via Email [Personal Finance]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5836887/the-birdy-is-a-super-simple-budgeting-site-that-records-your-purchases-via-email

If you appreciate the need for budgeting and tracking your spending but you find typical financial software too tedious, give The Birdy a try. This webapp makes recording your spending really easy by asking you to reply to its daily emails.

Each day, The Birdy will send you an email asking what you bought that day. Reply with one purchase per line, including a description and tags like this: "$10 lunch #food #work" then The Birdy will record it in your account. That's it!

You can also add purchases via the website.

It's a great app if you're prone to forgetting to track your purchases, use mostly cash to buy things, and/or don't want to use services like Mint that connect to your accounts.

The Birdy

You can follow or contact Melanie Pinola, the author of this post, on Twitter.

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drag2share: Google Voice Gets Full Honeycomb Support [Blip]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5837113/google-voice-gets-full-honeycomb-support

Engadget reports that Google just planted the latest version of Google Voice into the Android Market, fully optimized to work with Honeycomb. Took them bloody long enough, no? [Engadget]

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Saturday, September 03, 2011

drag2share: Jarre AeroSystem One's music makes the audiophiles come together

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/02/jarre-aerosystem-ones-music-makes-the-audiophiles-come-together/

We've all got that one friend who just cannot believe you'd listen to 128kbps MP3s. Well, forget the rent, slap a handful of Benjamins down, slot this AeroSystem One next to your IKEA furniture, and then continue to play those low bit rate tracks -- it should drive'em nuts. Designed with a decidedly anti-regressive approach to sound quality, Jarre's lamp-like audiophile rig is the Lady Liberty of digital music, accepting not only all generations of Apple's iPods and iPhones, but also tunes recorded in any digital format. The stainless steel and toughened glass-made sound system, measuring about three and a half feet tall and weighing about 32lbs, pumps up those iTunes jams with the aid of two 30W satellite speakers and one 60W subwoofer. Oh, and that cost? Yeah, the sound of this music's gonna run you 799 Euros (or $1,135), but hey -- a month or three of ramen never hurt anybody. Right?

[Thanks, Nick]

Jarre AeroSystem One's music makes the audiophiles come together originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Toshiba FlashAir WiFi SD Card will make your Eye-Fi's water

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/02/toshiba-flashair-wifi-sd-card-will-make-your-eye-fis-water/

Eye-Fi's wireless cards push photos straight from digital cameras without cables, but what if you want to pull some pics back the other way? Toshiba's solving that problem with the two-way FlashAir, an 802.11 b/g/n enabled 8GB SD Card that can also exchange data directly with compatible devices. If pushing photos to a camera isn't your bag you can always always use FlashAir as a mountable wireless drive in your SD-enabled tablet. Sales won't begin in Japan until February 2012 and the price is rumored to be around $90 -- close to that of the equivalent Eye-Fi.

Toshiba FlashAir WiFi SD Card will make your Eye-Fi's water originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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