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Rock Band played with a flute, awesome redefined (video)

Vladislav Savov — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:32:00 +0000

Maybe we’re just overreacting to a rhythm video game played with real musical skill, but this one’s not to be missed. What we have on hand here is a flute, a rather quirky girl, and a microphone-equipped copy of Rock Band, which accepts aural tones as well as button mashes for input. The result of this eclectic combination is a 98% accuracy score, but how she gets there is the truly awesome part. Video’s after the break, and be patient — action doesn’t pick up until a minute into it, but once it starts you’ll be glued till the end.

[Via Switched]

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Dell Mini 9 modded into motion sensitive, touchscreen tablet (video)

Joseph L. Flatley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:33:00 +0000

True, this ain’t the first Dell Mini tablet hack we’ve laid eyes on — but what we do have here is a pretty sweet mod by MyDellMini forum member “rock99rock” (must be his confirmation name). In addition to replacing his Dell Mini 9 display with a touchscreen kit, our man re-jiggered an ActionXL motion sensing controller to allow the screen to rotate as you rotate the device. Not bad, eh? Hit that read link for some real radical instrucciones — but not before checking out the enthralling video after the break.

[Via Liliputing]

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T-Mobile to myFaves: ‘Good day, sir; I said good day’

Chris Ziegler — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

T-Mobile is now offering unlimited voice for little enough cash through its Even More promo these days that it’s officially bidding myFaves adieu, spelling out the final chapter of one of the better-known plan packages in the US wireless biz. It won’t go away completely — the myFaves app will apparently continue to be offered as a convenient, cutesy way to access five frequent contacts and existing subscribers won’t be kicked off their plans — but for new subscribers, Even More is being billed as the spiritual successor. For the record, unlimited voice through Even More Plus starts at $49.99, so the price is definitely right — but more importantly will this end up meaning that we lose the beloved silkscreened myFaves logo on the back of virtually every T-Mobile handset sold today?

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Motorola Motus gets FCC approval, Sholes Tablet looking legit

Chris Ziegler — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:11:00 +0000

Whenever a Moto with triband HSPA hits the FCC, we’re naturally going to end up scouring the documentation — what can we say, it’s in our blood — and today we’ve found a model claiming to be the rumored Motus. As a refresher, this is a device we’d heard would rock the Android midrange with a 5 megapixel AF cam, 3.1-inch QVGA display, and HSPA for a Q1 ‘10 release, so it’s not much more than a tweaked CLIQ as far as we’re concerned — but the big news here might actually be that the Motus filing adds legitimacy to the leaked roadmap where we’d originally heard of it. That document made mention of a “Sholes Tablet” that takes the already-high-end DROID / MILESTONE further upmarket with an 8 megapixel cam and xenon flash, and as you can imagine, we’ll be listening to our friends at the FCC pretty intently over the next few weeks to see if we can catch that one sliding through.

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Litl Easel Webbook gets the extensive hands-on treatment (video)

Joseph L. Flatley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:19:00 +0000

Wait a minute — you say you’ve been longing to get your hands on an overpriced netbook that you can use upside-down? Well, kids, the time is drawing nigh. Mere days after the Litl Easel Webbook went official we’ve become privy to a lengthy video of the bad boy in action. Indeed, things are as you expected: a 1.6GHz Atom-based machine running a proprietary web-optimized OS, this guy has been specially designed, in the words of the company’s CEO, to do away with “the computery stuff.” To that end, users will see no icons or folders in the desktop. Such tried-and-true stalwarts of computer interface design have been eschewed for “web cards.” Indeed, you won’t be able to overlap or resize windows at all, at all: unless you’re in easel mode, in which case you scroll through cards one at a time with a wheel. But there’s more! Users may “liberate the photo” in a manner not unlike a digiframe the fraction of the cost, thanks to the device’s integration with several photo-sharing services (including Shutterfly and Flickr). Still curious? I bet you are. Hit up the video after the break and prepare to have all of your dreams fulfilled (well, maybe not).

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HTC ‘carefully looking’ into netbook category, wants to add ‘unique value’

Darren Murph — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:00 +0000

Oh, HTC — never one to dodge the chance to keep us on edge, are you? Half a year after we heard that the self-proclaimed “quietly brilliant” company was working on an Android netbook with T-Mobile, HTC’s own CEO Peter Chou confessed during a recent interview that those very wheels were still turning. During the frenzy that was the HD2 launch, he quipped that his company was still “carefully looking into [the netbook] category and how it can be part of that,” noting that nothing was official yet due to its desire to really add “unique value” rather than punching out another “me-too” machine. ‘Course, if Intel really does revamp its Atom lineup at CES, we’d say this is just about the perfect time for the company to come out swinging — after all, you know you still find yourself dreaming about the Shift from time to time.

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Samsung pays Qualcomm $1.3 billion to secure wireless licenses

Vladislav Savov — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:11:00 +0000

Samsung and Qualcomm have wrapped up a cross-licensing deal with ten figures of US currency in it, which will permit the Korean giant to continue producing 3G- and 4G-enabled wireless devices for the next 15 years. In exchange, Samsung is letting Qualcomm make use of its own 57 patents on mobile technology and splashing out a further $1.3 billion as a down payment. Further royalty payments are involved, but not detailed, but just as a reference point, that’s more than the new Dallas Cowboys stadium and its ultra-huge scoreboard cost to build. The move is a renewal of the two companies’ current arrangement and Samsung has boldly claimed the terms of the new contract are more favorable to it, but we get the feeling the champagne will be flowing in San Diego this week.

[Via MobileTechWorld]

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Stealth’s rugged LPC-395F Mini PC: it’s like a caged monster, but weak

Darren Murph — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:14:00 +0000

Stealth Computer has been kicking, shoving and blasting ruggedized PCs out of its labs for years on end, and the latest mini PC is amongst the smallest we’ve seen to still sport such a hardcore shell. The LPC-395F is a fanless rig with integrated removable storage, featuring front-loading removable media slots (for HDDs and flash media), a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, a metal chassis and an overall size of just 6.54- x 6.18- x 1.89-inches. As for ports, you’ll find twin gigabit Ethernet sockets, four USB 2.0 connectors, DVI and RS-232; there’s also an inbuilt WiFi module and room for 2GB of RAM, while the OS that arrives is totally your call. The base configuration checks in at $795, but you’ll probably end up paying well north of a grand when everything’s said and done.

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Elusive Xbox 360 802.11n wireless adapter appears in the UK

Nilay Patel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:34:00 +0000

Microsoft might be playing cat-and-mouse with the Xbox 360 802.11n adapter, but it looks like the jig is up in the UK — we just got this shot of it sitting on an ASDA store shelf. Still no word on Stateside availability, but surely we can’t all keep on like this forever, can we?

[Thanks, Daniel]

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Latest iControlPad prototype bulks up, gets handled on video

Nilay Patel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +0000

It’s been a while since we last got an update from ZodTTD on his iControlPad iPhone controller accessory, but this latest prototype looks like it was worth the wait. The controls have been moved from the sides of the phone to a more comfortable-seeming bottom placement with dual analog sticks and rear-mounted triggers, and the whole thing’s gotten bigger and badder — there’s even an internal battery for charging your phone as you play. ZodTTD says actual shipping hardware is coming soon — just make sure you change that default root password if you decide to jailbreak and grab one, mkay?

P.S.- ZodTTD says another video featuring psx4iphone and a “pretty sweet Wipeout XL demo” is coming shortly on his YouTube channel, we’ll keep you updated.

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