Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Apple announces 'Special Event' for October 23rd -- we'll be there live!

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/16/apple-ipad-mini-launch-announced-official/

Apple announces iPad mini launch event for October 23rd  we'll be there live!

Apple has just invited members of the press to attend a product launch on October 23rd, where we assume the long-rumored iPad mini will be unveiled. The event will go down merely weeks after Apple took the wraps off of the iPhone 5 (and strangely enough, the Foo Fighters played their last show for the foreseeable future). It's quite unlike Apple to throw two product parties in the fall, but if an entirely new iPad is being revealed, it may be a scenario that becomes more familiar in years to come. At this point, we're left with far more questions than answers: will the iPad mini really ship with a Lightning port, while the Retina iPad -- which was only introduced in March -- continues to ship with the "old" Dock Connector? Will Apple really continue to refresh its two iPad products at different intervals? Will the (presumed) AT&T iPad mini actually include mobile hotspot functionality?

And while we're at it, is Apple really going to throw a "one more thing" into the mix by bumping its 13-inch MacBook Pro into Retina territory? After all, tossing "little" into the invite could allude to a smaller iPad and an update to an already-! small la ptop. We'll be there to bring you the blow-by-blow as it happens, so feel free to go ahead and take next Tuesday off. We'll sign the approval form.

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Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 review: a competent Transformer competitor running Android 4.0

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/16/lenovo-ideatab-s2110-review/

DNP Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 review

It's taken nearly half a year for Lenovo's transforming IdeaTab S2110 to go from CES reveal to retail shelves and it's arrived barely unchanged. But despite the initial fanfare, the company chose to slip this slate into the marketplace quietly, ahead even of its official launch at IFA. In that time, ASUS managed to announce and ship a new hybrid tablet of its own, the Transformer Pad TF300 -- a keyboard-optional rival offering the same 10-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS display and Android 4.0 experience, along with a quad-core Tegra 3.

While Lenovo's offering may not come with four cores or an unskinned version of Ice Cream Sandwich, there is a very contemporary dual-core S4 inside, clocked at 1.5GHz and buffered by! 1GB of RAM. Alongside that, the tab's also outfitted with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter and 5-megapixel rear camera capable of 1080p video capture. Other specs include radios for WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, a battery rated for up to 10 hours of browsing (augmented to 20 hours when connected to the dock) and either 16GB or 32GB of built-in storage. At $430 for the base model alone, it's already positioned as a higher-priced alternative to the TF300. Add the dock and full storage, and you're looking at a cool $580. So, will this be a case of "too little, too late" for Lenovo? Can the S2110 lure undecided customers away from cheaper similarly specced offerings? Read on as we attempt to answer all that and more.

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Intel reports Q3 earnings, revenue holds steady at $13.5 billion

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/16/intel-reports-q3-earnings/

STUB Intel Reports Q3 earnings

Hot off the heels of a slightly disappointing Q2, mega chip-maker Intel's Q3 results are in. Good old Chipzilla managed to wrangle $13.5 billion in revenues with a net profit of $3 billion. While Intel's latest figures reflect a profit of about 5.1 percent sequentially, the company is still taking a dip year over year of around 19 percent. "Our third-quarter results reflected a continuing tough economic environment," said Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO. Happy to take progress in any form during a trying economy, the company's fourth quarter strategy will highly focus on the success of ultrabooks, phones and Intel-powered tablets. While its recent gains may be somewhat slim, last we checked, a win is a win.

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32GB Nexus 7 surfaces on Staples' business portal, roughly matches 16GB model's price

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32GB Nexus 7 surfaces on Staples' business portal, roughly matches 16GB model's price

What appears to be a 32GB Nexus 7 has already been spotted in Japan, and now a screenshot reveals that the slate has been listed on Staples' business-centric storefront. Staples Advantage pegs the tablet at $248.37, placing it on par with the current 16GB model. If a Nexus 7 with beefed-up storage and a price tag similar to the one above does materialize, Google could put one of the current models on the chopping block to maintain its two SKU offering. The retailer also lists an October 18th availability date, but we're not holding our breath for such a quick reveal.

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Scoopinion Recommends Articles Based on Your Reading Habits and Browser History [Chrome Extensions]

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Scoopinion Recommends Articles Based on Your Reading Habits and Browser HistoryChrome/Firefox: Finding new stories online in the sea of options can be a bit difficult. Scoopinion is a browser extension and webapp that analyzes your reading history, and recommends new articles based on what you read.

Scoopinion works behind the scenes, and analyzes where you spend the most time reading. It then takes that data, looks at other users with similar tastes, and recommends new stories to you. The longer you use it, the more applicable your recommendations should get. If you prefer, you can also remove stories from the recommendations to improve what you see in the future. Scoopinions does track everything you do, so it's not the most private extension around, but if you're looking for some new reading material it's worth taking a look at.

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