Created by LaughPong, viewers are urged to call your senator and tell them “NO on PIPA”(or SOPA for that matter).    While you’re on hold and wondering what SOPA means around the world, check this out.

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We here at Life Unwired have been watching the SOPA/PIPA movements in the House and Congress closely.  While SOPA looks to continue to receive its beating while down, PIPA is still a real threat.  Sites like reddit are shutting down completely during the day tomorrow.  Some have considered this a foolish act (bad for business) but the action taken by reddit is certainly admirable.  We are remaining open tomorrow but have implemented our own protest ala Hellobar, if you will.

Got a website?  Show your support!

Hellobar – Anti-PIPA

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Problems with your ASUS Transformer Prime after updating to ICS?  Some in the XDA developer forums were posting about their screens freezing and their devices rebooting at random times.  Issues like these tend to be memory issues however Gary Key (ASUS Technical Marketing Manager) has created an official thread to help figure this problem out.

Having problems with your Prime?  Check this thread out.

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Acer has finally announced their next Iconia Tab, the Acer Iconia Tab A200.  The Android tab will go on sale on January 15th with Honeycomb 3.2 installed however owners can expect Ice Cream Sandwich in February.  The new slate will feature a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 1280 x 800 10.1 inch screen and either a 8GB or 16GB storage selection.  The 8GB version will run you only $329.99 and the 16GB will go for $349.99 which I will be will be their bread and butter.

Acer Expands Popular Tablet Lineup with Iconia Tab A200, a Full-Featured HD Tablet at an Attractive $329 Price

Acer America today announced availability of the Iconia™ Tab A200, the latest addition to Acer’s line of full-featured Android tablets. The new 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A200 is a portable activity hub for gaming, e-books, movies, music, photography, social networking and more. Offered at the attractive price of $329.99, the Iconia Tab A200 will be available to U.S. customers on January 15.

The new Acer Iconia Tab A200 tablet enables customers to interact with and enjoy technology in ways that are both truly natural and exciting. Loaded with the latest edition of Android™ Honeycomb™ 3.2 operating system, the Iconia Tab A200 is user-friendly and extremely interactive with resizable app widgets and fun features the whole family can enjoy. The Iconia Tab A200 also comes with a free upgrade to Android 4.0 (known as Ice Cream Sandwich), which will be available in mid-February.

“The Acer Iconia Tab family of tablets is an excellent example of Acer’s ability to deliver high-performance, full-function mobile devices at unbeatable values,” said Eric Ackerson, senior product marketing manager for Acer America. “Acer brings the Iconia Tab A200 to consumers at an affordable price, without making sacrifices on key tablet features such as expansion, connectivity to other devices, HD displays and cameras.”

High-Quality Performance for Hours of Fun
Sleek and easy to hold, the Iconia Tab A200 weighs 1.5 pounds. The tablet is wrapped in a slim, titanium gray-colored casing, with an eye-catching patterned back side, which is soft to the touch. On the front, the A200 showcases a beautiful HD multi-touch display featuring crystal-clear 1280 x 800 resolution for an outstanding viewing experience.

Made especially for multimedia enjoyment, the Iconia Tab A200 packs hardware and apps for loads of fun. The tablet provides an enhanced level of performance with its NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 dual-core mobile processor and integrated GeForce™ GPU that allows users to enjoy HD gaming, 1080p video, Flash-based applications, faster browsing and multitasking.

Gamers of all ages will enjoy the preloaded Tegra Zone Android app, which allows users to search and download the best Android games that are optimized for NVIDIA Tegra powered tablets. The Iconia Tab A200’s fast gaming experience is also supported by a six-axis motion sensing gyroscope, essential for high-precision gaming so actions and animations are more correctly performed.

Users can enjoy up to eight hours of cable-free battery life¹, providing endless hours to surf the web, watch movies, play games and read e-books, far from the nearest electrical outlet. The Iconia Tab A200 comes pre-loaded with apps like Kindle for countless reading selections and Netflix for instant delivery of movie and entertainment titles. One tap on the Android Market allows users access to thousands of downloadable apps.

Packed with Practical and Fun Features
Offering superior expansion and connectivity, the Iconia Tab A200 has a full-size USB 2.0 port for hooking up other devices and a MicroSD slot and micro-USB port for passing data. A two megapixel front-facing web camera enables face-to-face chats or quick snaps for still photos. For an enhanced social networking experience, the Iconia Tab A200 includes Acer SocialJogger, which consolidates Facebook, Twitter and more into one spot.

The Iconia Tab A200 improves multitasking with the unique interactive Acer Ring interface, allowing users to customize their tablet experience by putting their most commonly used applications into one easy spot. Users can launch the ring by tapping the double circle located in the system bar, opening a series of key apps, settings, bookmarks or contextual menu options. The tablet also features Screenshot, which quickly captures web images, articles, Google Maps and even smiling faces from video calls. Screenshot can be used in any app for maximum convenience.

Acer clear.fi is installed on the Acer Iconia Tab A200 to connect with any other DLNA-compliant device to quickly and easily share digital media. Clear.fi automatically connects all Acer devices on a network (smartphones, notebooks, desktops, HD media plays and storage devices) and gathers and organizes media files by type (video, music, photos, pre-recorded TV).

Affordable Pricing Starting at only $329.99
The Acer Iconia Tab A200 will be available in the U.S. on January 15 at national retail stores. The Acer Iconia Tab A200-10g16u with 16GB of memory² has a manufactuerer’s suggested retail price of $349.99, while the Acer Iconia Tab A200-10g08u with 8GB of memory³ has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $329.99.

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“It’s suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps – our promises made, and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures – or closed ourselves down, for fear of getting hurt. Because that’s what New Year’s is all about: getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about ‘what if’ and start embracing what would be. So when that ball drops at midnight – and it will drop – let’s remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight but all year long.” – New Year’s Eve (2011)

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As we previously discussed, Intel is in the middle of preparing to release their new 32nm processing chip called Medfield.  This chip will compete directly with other mobile processors such as Apple’s A-Series and NVIDIA’s Tegra processor.  This is the first true System on Chip (SoC) design built for mobile devices and looks to pose quite a threat amongst it’s competitors.

Luckily for those of us who cannot wait, VR-Zone is reporting the first benchmark scores of the “Medfield Tablet Platform“.   The platform consists of an Android Honeycomb tablet with an x86 processor core running at 1.6GHz and 1GB of RAM.

So what are the scores you ask?

Using Android’s benchmarking tool Caffeinemark 3, the Medfield scored an impressive 10500.  Compared with the Tegra 2 score of 7500, the Snapdragon MSM8260 score of 8000 and the Samsung Exynos score of 8500, Intel scored quite well.

Benchmarks are unfortunately just benchmarks however so it will remain to be seen how Medfield will fare in real world testing.  Power consumption would trump processing ability hands down so we’ll stay tuned for the official release of this exciting new chip from Intel.

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For you jailbreakers, the long awaited untethered jailbreak is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod devices using the Redsn0w application.  To get started, you must follow the next 3 uncomplicated steps closely:

1. Download Redsn0w on your PC or Mac.
2. Run the application, click on “Jailbreak” and check “Install Cydia”.  Follow the instructions which include putting your device in to DFU mode.
3. Enjoy!

Bonus Steps (If you need to unlock as well.)

It’s important to note that this does not work for the iPhone 4S at this point.  Currently supported devices are as follows:

• iPhone 4 (GSM or CDMA)
• iPhone 3GS
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G
• iPad 1

Are you jailbreaking?  Why?  Why not?  Tell us in the comments.

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We’re going to slide in one more video to end the week!  Speaking for myself, this is the most anticipated movie of next year.  Not The Avengers…not the new Underworld…not even Men In Black 3.

The Dark Knight Rises is the finale of a wonderful round of Christopher Nolan renditions of this comic-based hero.  Anne Hathaway will be playing Catwoman and Tom Hardy will be playing Bane, while a third (SPOILER ALERT) possible villain in Marion Cotillard’s character Miranda Tate will also appear.

If you are allergic to goosebumps, please do not turn up your speakers and refrain from watching the following trailer.

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As the week winds down, it’s always fun to wander about the interwebs for some entertainment.  This week we have come across a Star Wars flash mob that took place in Times Square.  This is a marketing stunt for the Star Wars: The Old Republic game which was just released.  What starts off as characters in full costume from both sides of the force engaging in a lightsaber duel is suddenly enveloped by a bunch of plain clothed onlookers armed with their own lightsabers.  The fight doesn’t ever take place though as the “mob” freezes in fighting position until a predetermined time passes in which they all just leave like nothing happened.  Surprisingly Howie Mandel was not available for questions after the event.

Check out the video below!

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For any of you not in the know, Buffer is an awesome service that helps you share anything via Twitter on a pre-set schedule and sends them out automatically.  Their web browser plugin is by far the easiest sharing tool you can find.  It easily integrates with Google Reader as well so while you are reading a story, you simply click the Buffer plugin icon and the title and link to the article are all right there to send out immediately or on a pre-set schedule.

Today Buffer finally comes to the iPhone with the same simplicity as it’s current web app.

You can manage your Buffered tweets right on your device as well as add new ones.  You can look at your tweets that were already sent out and view the analytics as in how many clicks you received and your reach at the time.  You can also install the bookmarklet to Safari for easy queuing of your mobile browsing shares.

As for the iPad version?  Joel Gascoigne, co-founder of Buffer, tweeted:

“it’s just for iPhone right now but we’re excited to start building for iPad too ”

If you haven’t tried Buffer yet, there is no better time than today to get signed up.  If you have already experienced Buffer on the web and you have an iPhone, get over to the App Store now and get your Buffer on!

Buffer – App Store

Buffer – Android App Market

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