Monday, November 28, 2011

More bad news for brands - Switching to Private Label Products is Accelerating and Irreversible (data, pics) - http://bit.ly/tVm2FV

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Posted by Augustine at 6:06 PM

drag2share: Toyota's Insane Concept Car Has Giant Touch-Screen Doors [Cars]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5863017/toyotas-insane-concept-car-has-giant-touch+screen-doors

Toyota's Insane Concept Car Has Giant Touch-Screen DoorsMeet the Toyota Fun-Vii, a futuristic concept car that Toyota's president described as "a smartphone on four-wheels." Smartphone screens have certainly been growing, from 3.5-inches, to 4-inches, to 4.5-inches but holy crap, is this the logical conclusion?

Toyota's concept of the future is a whimsical one, where people would get out of their cars and use the giant touch screen to do some internetting. Also, do you know how expensive body work already is when someone side-swipes your parked car? Now imagine adding the cost of a gigantic, curved, back-lit touchscreen. Kill me now. Maybe you could subsidize the cost by making the side of your car into a mobile billboard.

Toyota's Insane Concept Car Has Giant Touch-Screen DoorsBut you know what, screw reality. Ignoring all of the obvious impracticalities, the Fun-Vii is beautiful. I hate seeing concept cars that look just like the shit we have already. We need more sci-fi in our future, not because things like this are great ideas, but because they are creative, and they inspire a sense of awe and possibility. Don't you want to live in a world were wild ideas like this are practical? I sure as hell do. [PhyOrg]

Image credit: AP/Koji Sasahara

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Posted by Augustine at 3:27 PM

drag2share: AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/28/atandt-officially-adds-lg-nitro-hd-to-its-fold-on-december-4th-for/

This may take a bit of steam out of LG's announcement this Thursday night, but AT&T has gone ahead and clicked "submit" on its press release for the LG Nitro HD, its version of the Optimus LTE. As we were expecting, the new arrival on AT&T's network offers a 4.5-inch HD (1,280 x 720) IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060 CPU, LTE and an 8MP camera with a 1.3MP front-facing cam. The device, measuring 10.4mm thick, should be showing up in stores and online December 4th for $250 with a two-year commitment. So, did AT&T just steal LG's thunder here, or should we be expecting something completely unrelated? Full presser's after the break.

Continue reading AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250

AT&T officially adds LG Nitro HD to its LTE fold on December 4th for $250 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:26 PM

drag2share: MacBook Air Owners Unite! Here Is The Solution To All Our Peripheral Woes (AAPL)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/macbook-air-docking-station-2011-11


If you have a MacBook Air and a second monitor, you probably have a morning routine similar to mine.

I come into the office and I set it on a plastic stand. Then I root around the back of my desk (or under it) and find the cord that attaches the Air to my monitor.  Then I do the same thing four more times for my power cord, ethernet cord, earphones, and USB hub.

Did you know we don't have to live this way? 

Or rather, soon, we won't?

That's because a guy named Kitae Kwon has designed something called the LandingZone – a really handy docking station for MacBook Air users.

You snap your laptop into it, and BOOM!, it's hooked up to your monitor and the rest of your peripherals.

It's a literal snap, people.

Here's a demonstration video:

The LandingZone doesn't actually exist in production yet because it's just a Kickstarter project. Kwon says he needs $50,000 to change that. So far he has $12,000 or so.

Contribute $139 toward the goal, and you get one once Kwon starts producing them at scale.







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Posted by Augustine at 11:30 AM

drag2share: Motorola XT928 coming to China Telecom next month for 'demanding customers'

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/28/motorola-xt928-coming-to-china-telecom-next-month-for-demanding/

Motorola bestowed an early-week treat upon the Chinese market today, with the XT928 -- a nominal RAZR relative and ostensible addition to the Droid X line that we spotted earlier this month. Powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, this Android 2.3 device boasts a 4.5-inch, 1280 x 720 HD display, supports 1080p HD playback and features a 13 megapixel rear-facing camera, along with a 1.3 megapixel shooter up front. The dual-mode, dual-standby handset is also coated in Corning Gorilla Glass to guard against nasty scratches and comes packed with 1GB of RAM. The XT928 will be available in China this December at an unspecified price, though there's no word yet on if or when it'll hit the US. For more details, head past the break for the full PR.

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