Tech News » north http://www.techcaoz.com aggregate tech and gadget news with related videos Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 HTC Hero passes through halls of FCC, comes out with stamp of approval http://www.techcaoz.com/7586/htc-hero-passes-through-halls-of-fcc-comes-out-with-stamp-of-approval.html http://www.techcaoz.com/7586/htc-hero-passes-through-halls-of-fcc-comes-out-with-stamp-of-approval.html#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:42:30 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/htc-hero-passes-through-halls-of-fcc-comes-out-with-stamp-of-approval Right now at BGR headquarters, one of the phones on our “want list” is definitely the HTC Hero — especially after checking out all that delicious HTC Sense UI goodness . After getting some of that typical Europeans-get-it-first jealousy out of the way, we were happy to hear the device is headed stateside later this year but the question remained… Which carriers would be scoring this bad boy? The government body partly responsible for making or breaking our gadget dreams, the FCC, has given the HTC Hero its stamp of approval for North America and the related filings indeed tout WCDMA 850/1900. ]]> Right now at BGR headquarters, one of the phones on our “want list” is definitely the HTC Hero — especially after checking out all that delicious HTC Sense UI goodness . After getting some of that typical Europeans-get-it-first jealousy out of the way, we were happy to hear the device is headed stateside later this year but the question remained… Which carriers would be scoring this bad boy? The government body partly responsible for making or breaking our gadget dreams, the FCC, has given the HTC Hero its stamp of approval for North America and the related filings indeed tout WCDMA 850/1900.

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/7586/htc-hero-passes-through-halls-of-fcc-comes-out-with-stamp-of-approval.html/feed 0 Fujitsu brings M2010 netbook to North America, packs in few surprises http://www.techcaoz.com/6799/fujitsu-brings-m2010-netbook-to-north-america-packs-in-few-surprises.html http://www.techcaoz.com/6799/fujitsu-brings-m2010-netbook-to-north-america-packs-in-few-surprises.html#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:14:03 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/fujitsu-brings-m2010-netbook-to-north-america-packs-in-few-surprises You know the basic rundown by heart by now, and Fujitsu doesn't stray far from the 10-inch netbook script with its newish M2010 "mini-notebook." The big "killer" features on display here include standard Bluetooth, three USB ports, a 50 second Windows XP start up time and a digital microphone. The $450 pricetag includes a 3 cell battery rated at 2.5 hours of computing, and you can nab a 6 cell to double your pleasure for $129. Fujitsu is aiming this one at educational markets, and is touting some beefed up build quality for handling the wear and tear, but we're not sure there's anything here that justifies the pricetag or the totally average weight and thickness. The single configuration should be available now online and at select retailers. ]]> You know the basic rundown by heart by now, and Fujitsu doesn’t stray far from the 10-inch netbook script with its newish M2010 “mini-notebook.” The big “killer” features on display here include standard Bluetooth, three USB ports, a 50 second Windows XP start up time and a digital microphone. The $450 pricetag includes a 3 cell battery rated at 2.5 hours of computing, and you can nab a 6 cell to double your pleasure for $129. Fujitsu is aiming this one at educational markets, and is touting some beefed up build quality for handling the wear and tear, but we’re not sure there’s anything here that justifies the pricetag or the totally average weight and thickness. The single configuration should be available now online and at select retailers.

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/6799/fujitsu-brings-m2010-netbook-to-north-america-packs-in-few-surprises.html/feed 0 BIS 2.7 sounds so… http://www.techcaoz.com/6674/bis-27-sounds-so%e2%80%a6.html http://www.techcaoz.com/6674/bis-27-sounds-so%e2%80%a6.html#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:08:06 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/bis-27-sounds-so%e2%80%a6 It seems our friends in Waterloo have been busy cooking up an update for BlackBerry Internet Service as a Knowledge Base article and a user guide for BIS 2.7 have both popped up on the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center website. As you may recall, the current incarnation of BIS, BIS 2.6, launched in North America on March 21st of this year and brought with it improved user support, a way to change signatures on device, IMAP integration for Gmail and the ability to display password characters when logging into ones BIS account. Not being one to shy away from outdoing itself, BIS 2.7 looks to add some revolutionary new features such as an improved Help screen, a new close option for the Email Settings app as well as support for Thai and Indonesian character sets. Mmm hmm. ]]> It seems our friends in Waterloo have been busy cooking up an update for BlackBerry Internet Service as a Knowledge Base article and a user guide for BIS 2.7 have both popped up on the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center website. As you may recall, the current incarnation of BIS, BIS 2.6, launched in North America on March 21st of this year and brought with it improved user support, a way to change signatures on device, IMAP integration for Gmail and the ability to display password characters when logging into ones BIS account. Not being one to shy away from outdoing itself, BIS 2.7 looks to add some revolutionary new features such as an improved Help screen, a new close option for the Email Settings app as well as support for Thai and Indonesian character sets. Mmm hmm.

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/6674/bis-27-sounds-so%e2%80%a6.html/feed 0 Spotify Releases Taster Of Android App, With iPhone To Come http://www.techcaoz.com/5745/spotify-releases-taster-of-android-app-with-iphone-to-come.html http://www.techcaoz.com/5745/spotify-releases-taster-of-android-app-with-iphone-to-come.html#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 09:57:01 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/spotify-releases-taster-of-android-app-with-iphone-to-come Spotify , the streaming music service which is gradually gathering a large fan-base in Europe, and is poised to launch in the US, has been plotting a mobile version for a while. It recently hired a head of mobile and the speculation was that it would come out with an iPhone app first after releasing a teaser video. But today it’s released video of an Android app it’s being demoing to people at Google I/O . The Android app is still very much a work in progress and subject to minor changes, but it gives a pretty good overview of their thinking. ]]> Spotify , the streaming music service which is gradually gathering a large fan-base in Europe, and is poised to launch in the US, has been plotting a mobile version for a while. It recently hired a head of mobile and the speculation was that it would come out with an iPhone app first after releasing a teaser video. But today it’s released video of an Android app it’s being demoing to people at Google I/O . The Android app is still very much a work in progress and subject to minor changes, but it gives a pretty good overview of their thinking.

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/5745/spotify-releases-taster-of-android-app-with-iphone-to-come.html/feed 0 iriver’s T-DMB-packin’ B30 portable media player emerges http://www.techcaoz.com/5237/irivers-t-dmb-packin-b30-portable-media-player-emerges.html http://www.techcaoz.com/5237/irivers-t-dmb-packin-b30-portable-media-player-emerges.html#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 03:19:52 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/irivers-t-dmb-packin-b30-portable-media-player-emerges Check it, North Americans -- yet another PMP that'll never arrive here in this form. The T-DMB-equipped B30 just popped up over on iriver 's Korean website, complete with an FM tuner, 2.8-inch QVGA display, a microSD expansion slot, 4/8/16GB of inbuilt memory, white / black / silver color options, USB 2.0 connectivity, a user-selectable equalizer and a list of supported file formats too lengthy to cover in this space. Furthermore, we're told that the battery is good for 40 hours on audio and 5.5 hours with video, and while a ship date has yet to be revealed, we're expecting 'em to go for around $155, $183 and TBD from least capacious to most. [Via PMP Today ] Gallery: iriver's T-DMB-packin' B30 portable media player emerges Filed under: Portable Audio , Portable Video iriver's T-DMB-packin' B30 portable media player emerges originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 21:34:00 EST. ]]> Check it, North Americans — yet another PMP that’ll never arrive here in this form. The T-DMB-equipped B30 just popped up over on iriver ’s Korean website, complete with an FM tuner, 2.8-inch QVGA display, a microSD expansion slot, 4/8/16GB of inbuilt memory, white / black / silver color options, USB 2.0 connectivity, a user-selectable equalizer and a list of supported file formats too lengthy to cover in this space. Furthermore, we’re told that the battery is good for 40 hours on audio and 5.5 hours with video, and while a ship date has yet to be revealed, we’re expecting ‘em to go for around $155, $183 and TBD from least capacious to most. [Via PMP Today ] Gallery: iriver’s T-DMB-packin’ B30 portable media player emerges Filed under: Portable Audio , Portable Video iriver’s T-DMB-packin’ B30 portable media player emerges originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 May 2009 21:34:00 EST.

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/5237/irivers-t-dmb-packin-b30-portable-media-player-emerges.html/feed 0 Daimler Takes A 10 Percent Stake in Tesla Motors. Where’s My Electric Benz? http://www.techcaoz.com/3797/daimler-takes-a-10-percent-stake-in-tesla-motors-where%e2%80%99s-my-electric-benz.html http://www.techcaoz.com/3797/daimler-takes-a-10-percent-stake-in-tesla-motors-where%e2%80%99s-my-electric-benz.html#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 15:32:49 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/daimler-takes-a-10-percent-stake-in-tesla-motors-where%e2%80%99s-my-electric-benz Silicon Valley electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors got another shot in the arm today from German auto giant Daimler, which took a 10 percent stake in the company and expanded its partnership with Tesla to equip future Mercedes-Benz vehicles with electric lithium-ion batteries. Mercedes has been testing Tesla’s batteries in a fleet of 100 smart cars, and is already moving into limited production. But with this agreement, Mercedes now expects to roll out its first battery-powered Mercedes-Benz in 2010, and ...]]> Silicon Valley electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors got another shot in the arm today from German auto giant Daimler, which took a 10 percent stake in the company and expanded its partnership with Tesla to equip future Mercedes-Benz vehicles with electric lithium-ion batteries. Mercedes has been testing Tesla’s batteries in a fleet of 100 smart cars, and is already moving into limited production. But with this agreement, Mercedes now expects to roll out its first battery-powered Mercedes-Benz in 2010, and …

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]]> http://www.techcaoz.com/3797/daimler-takes-a-10-percent-stake-in-tesla-motors-where%e2%80%99s-my-electric-benz.html/feed 0 The mysterious case of the non-existent white DualShock 3 controller http://www.techcaoz.com/3021/the-mysterious-case-of-the-non-existent-white-dualshock-3-controller.html http://www.techcaoz.com/3021/the-mysterious-case-of-the-non-existent-white-dualshock-3-controller.html#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 11:46:28 +0000 admin http://www.techcaoz.com/the-mysterious-case-of-the-non-existent-white-dualshock-3-controller For over a year you've had Sony's blessing to cradle a black DualShock 3 in your twitchy little fingers, and though that matte covering makes for a perfect primer base should you care to go the RustOleum rattle-can route, that's still the only color Sony has approved for the US. It's the only color , Sony repeats, even when presented with the image above, which pretty clearly shows a white DualShock 3 safely encapsulated within North American, bi-lingual packaging -- and a Walmart receipt...]]> For over a year you’ve had Sony’s blessing to cradle a black DualShock 3 in your twitchy little fingers, and though that matte covering makes for a perfect primer base should you care to go the RustOleum rattle-can route, that’s still the only color Sony has approved for the US. It’s the only color , Sony repeats, even when presented with the image above, which pretty clearly shows a white DualShock 3 safely encapsulated within North American, bi-lingual packaging — and a Walmart receipt…

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