drag2share: LG's thin and mighty P330 laptop surfaces at Korean retailer

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/lgs-thin-and-mighty-p330-laptop-surfaces-at-korean-retailer/

Remember that LG 13.3-incher we covered back when it was warm? The one that had everything going for it except precise release info? Well, it's finally dragged itself out of the factory and onto the shelves of a Korean retailer. Unfortunately, the Core i7 processor has been replaced by an i5-2435M running at 2.4GHz, but that's hardly a deal breaker -- and it's possible a higher specced variant will eventually see daylight too. The other key credentials are all intact: an NVIDIA GeForce GT555M taking care of the visuals, a 40GB / 640GB SSD and HDD combo for snappier performance, and an IPS display built into an all-metal 1.7kg (3.6-pound) chassis. The price is listed as ₩1,364,000, which converts to a hefty $1,220 -- but we wouldn't be surprised if LG takes that down to below the MBP threshold when the product comes stateside.

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drag2share: Siri may pose 'competitive threat' to Google, Eric Schmidt tells Senate subcommittee

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/siri-may-pose-competitive-threat-to-google-eric-schmidt-tells/

Back in September, Google chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt sat down before a Senate antitrust subcommittee to discuss his company's competitive practices. As you would expect from anyone in his situation, Schmidt spent much of his time defending Mountain View's position atop the search industry, and cited several competitors as evidence of its fair play. The exec's list of "threats" featured some of the usual suspects, including Bing, Yahoo and Amazon, as well as Siri. "Even in the few weeks since the hearing, Apple has launched an entirely new approach to search technology with Siri, its voice-activated search and task-completion service built into the iPhone 4S," he wrote, pointing to a handful of publications that characterized Apple's voice assistant as a "Google Killer" and Cupertino's "entry point" into the search market. "Apple's Siri is a significant development -- a voice-activated means of accessing answers through iPhones that demonstrates the innovations in search," Schmidt explained. "Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information." Granted, it's not terribly surprising to hear Google talk up its competition -- especially before a panel of politicians devoted to rooting out anti-competitive practices. Yet Schmidt's comments do mark a noticeable shift from the stance he assumed last year, when he denied that Apple and Facebook posed a "competitive threat" to Google's search operations. As he admitted, "My statement was clearly wrong." Check out the full hearing at the source link below.

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drag2share: 7 Hotels With Million-Dollar Views Of The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/hotels-with-views-of-macys-thanskgiving-day-parade-11-11

The famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a sight worth seeing -- if you can manage to shove your way through the crowds to get a peek, that is. If you book one of these hotels along the parade route, you could watch the giant balloons and floats from the comfort of your hotel room.

Be warned, though -- many rooms will cost more than three times the normal rates.

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Mandarin Oriental, New York

Average Price: $1,026/avg. per night
Pearls: Rating: 5.0 Pearls
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan

The Mandarin Oriental is the best choice in the city for luxury travelers who want to celebrate Thanksgiving in style. Premier Central Park View rooms and suites on the 43rd to 54th floors have superb parade views through floor-to-ceiling windows, and guests who book the "Thanksgiving Extra Fun Day" package can watch from the 6,000-square-foot ballroom. (The package also includes a gift of pumpkin taffy, spiced pumpkin seed candy, heirloom apples, sparkling cider, and a third night free).

Park Central Hotel

Average Price: $239/avg. per night
Pearls: Rating: 3.0 Pearls
Location: Midtown West, Manhattan

The massive 935-room Park Central Hotel has parade view rooms at a number of different price points, ranging from the Partial View Select rooms to the Full Parade View rooms. (The partial view rooms are usually corner units, while the more expensive options face 7th avenue.) Guests who book parade-view rooms receive a $100 credit towards the hotel's restaurant, City House.

Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers

Average Price: $325/avg. per night
Pearls: Rating: 3.0 Pearls
Location: Midtown West, Manhattan

The Sheraton's whopping 1,750 rooms have shabby interiors, but those facing 7th Avenue on the 5-20th floors will have great views of the parade. Standard rooms cost a steep $750 for the night of the 24th, but will drop off to $500 for additional nights.

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drag2share: Motorola Corvair 6-inch Android 2.3 tablet outed, destined for the home automation set?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/05/motorola-corvair-6-inch-android-2-3-tablet-outed-destined-for-t/

There are plenty of WiFi-connected remote control apps for tablets, dongles for IR control and even an IR blaster built into Vizio's tablet, but here's a Motorola slab purpose-built for the coffee table. The Verge has received several pics of the Motorola Corvair (and its packaging), a "dedicated controller for the connected" ...something, which is apparently in testing with unnamed cable companies right now. It's a 6-inch tablet running Android 2.3, that the box shows working as a remote control and apparently mirroring its display on the TV screen. Other notes indicate it's optimized for low cost, packs a healthy 4,000mAh battery, and can communicate with other devices via IR or Zigbee's RF4CE spec (where's Android@Home?). That would line it up perfectly to tie in with home automation systems like the one Motorola and Verizon just launched, as well as potentially provide a sweet platform for content discovery. The only downside? Unless Moto goes against type, this will probably never see retail and we'll have to wait on our cable company to figure out a way to charge extra for one and slap their own ugly software on it -- here's hoping that's not the case.

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drag2share: Dell Latitude S tablet available for pre-order, might just arrive before Christmas

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/05/dell-latitude-s-tablet-available-for-pre-order-might-just-arriv/

Serving as further evidence that the stylus really is back, Dell's coy enterprise slate, the Latitude S is now available for pre-order with an estimated delivery date of November 29th and an $859 price tag. If your too impatient to wait for Windows 8, this one's sporting Microsoft's seventh generation, weighs a hefty 816g -- nearly twice as much as the BlackBerry PlayBook -- and contains a 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z670 processor. If you like your tablets with a little extra heft and something extra to poke around with, hit the source link below.

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