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Companies already rated: Apple, Adidas, Gap, Hanes, Hasbro, HP, Levi’s, Nestle, Nike, Puma, Skechers, Timberland, and Wal-Mart.
The official debut of Sprint 4G is coming to San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Silicon Valley and other cities throughout the Bay Area on Dec. 28.
I’m writing this post tethered to my iPhone 4, which is connected to AT&T’s 3G. Works decently, but for $45 per month I am limited to just 2GB of data. I just turned on tethering tonight so I don’t know how soon I’ll burn through 2GB, but I’m thinking it’ll be pretty soon and way before one month is up. It is quite convenient since all I need is my iPhone.
But 4G sure is tempting. If I were to use Sprint I’d be paying 33% more: $60 per month. But the additional $15 gives me a lot more: 5GB of 3G data and unlimited 4G. With Sprint’s 4G I won’t need to worry about going over my data limit.
Early next month I’ll be going to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Unfortunately, AT&T is notorious for having terrible connectivity during CES. I might not be able to connect at all if nothing has improved since CES 2010.
I might have to get Sprint’s 4G, which is already available in Las Vegas. Since AT&T requires a data plan with an iPhone I’d still need to pay $15 per month for 250MB on top of the $60 for Sprint’s 4G. That’s getting a bit expensive, but 10x 3G speeds… is very tempting. The cheap (and slow) way to go during CES would be to turn off 3G on my iPhone and go 2G, which should probably work.
SPOILER ALERT: less than 10 percent of those asked said they’ll buy a 3D television in the next year.
Another 15 percent polled said they might buy a 3DTV, but that’s not so promising when over 60 percent said they they definitely won’t buy a 3DTV. And when only narrowed down to North America, just 3 percent of North Americans say they plan to buy a 3D set in the next year.
I’m no fan of 3D myself, especially since it isn’t good for kids. Read Dvorak: 3D Bad For Your Eyes.
Test Freaks has a bunch of monitor reviews and currently the Eizo FlexScan SX2262W has the highest aggregate “Freak Score” of 9.9 out of 10. Here’s what the experts had to say about the SX2262W:
The screen provides 1,920 x 1,200 resolution so it will be good for watching high-definition video. The 12ms response time is a bit below average, so it probably won’t be ideal for gamers who like to play high-speed action games, but its image quality and versatility will make it a good choice for design and photographic work.
With its premium price of $1700, this monitor won’t be an impulse buy. However Eizo’s five-year warranty ensures your investment should be well protected. Serious photographers will find the professional-level image quality and array of advanced screen adjustments this monitor offers will meet the majority of their needs, now and in the future.
The Eizo FlexScan SX2262W isn’t for everyone, but if you’re serious about color it should be on your short list.
Apple today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week. The new Apple TV offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows, stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and MobileMe, all on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99. iTunes users are now renting and purchasing over 400,000 TV episodes and over 150,000 movies per day.
I’m thinking of getting an Apple TV: my fantasies of a minimalistic home is just not realistic with three kids, especially with a hundred or so DVDs littered everywhere. I know it will take a very long time but I plan to transform these DVDs into streamable files on iTunes. Then I’ll hide the DVDs and take a small step toward realizing my minimalistic dream home.
And it’s okay that Apple TV can only stream H.264 video at 720/30p: we only have DVDs and that’s our old Toshiba’s limit anyway.
HP will introduce three models of the PalmPad at CES, with minor hardware differences distinguishing them. All three will run a new iteration of the WebOS operating system, version 2.5.1; they’re collectively a spin-off of the never-released HP Slate.
Specs: 1.25 pounds, USB 3.0, dual cameras (3MP back, 1.3MP front) both with LED flashes, mini HDMI, Sprint 4G, thinner and rounder than the iPad. At least one will have a 9.7-inch display.
Engadget doubts:
Firstly, we’ve heard a number of times that HP wasn’t planning to release a tablet until later in 2011, and to wait this long to simply slap webOS into the HP Slate’s shell seems almost foolish. What’s more, repurposing the Slate means HP either ported webOS to Intel and threw battery life out the window, or completely swapped out the Slate’s Intel-based internals for an ARM chipset without changing the exterior design at all. Needless to say, both options seem like completely inefficient and muddled ways to get a tablet onto the market.
Looking at the new Palm Pre 2 it seems HP might keep things more or less the same: streamline the same external design a bit and reengineer the internals.
Magic Shutter is a cool photo app by Anistar Studio. $3. Photos are limited to around one megapixel.
To be clear, that means Microsoft has sold 1.5 million phones to mobile operators and retailers to put on their shelves, not 1.5 million phones activated by customers.
We’ll just have to see how many of those 1.5 million WP7 phones people actually buy.
The Dodocase is about as close to perfection as iPad cases get. The materials are beautiful, and the craftsmanship is spectacular.
The DODOcase (kickback link) is hand-crafted in San Francisco. I don’t own an iPad, but if I did I would want a DODOcase to protect and adorn it.
The LW9500 and LW7700 are two new sets that use new “nano” LED backlighting technology, a higher quality image over edge-lit options. The screens will range from 47 inches to 60 inches with a 240Hz panel for the LW7700, 480Hz for the LW9500.
LG is probably moving to smaller LEDs that allow for more to be crammed into the back. That would enable even more localized dimming resulting in better contrast. Thickness would probably be reduced, too.
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