T-Mobile looks to go back-to-back, offers Angels fans tablet rentals

Looking to enhance that in-person baseball experience with one more technological distraction? Well, the wait is over, thanks to T-Mobile and its new tablet rental program at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. The company will not only offer the slates to patrons, but it’ll also push out customized content to enhance the superfan’s game-day stat overload — something we’ve seen before over at Safeco Field . Fans get to choose between a T-Mobile G-Slate or a Samsung Galaxy Tab , and the rental will only set you back a cool Hamilton, which is likely easier on the wallet than a decked-out hotdog. In addition to the tablet, you’ll also get your game-day program, a library of magazines for browsing between innings, T-Mobile TV and network access. So if you’re the casual baseball fan who scored free tickets, you can work on your Cut the Rope skills for a few hours… looking up to catch the home run jacks, of course. Continue reading T-Mobile looks to go back-to-back, offers Angels fans tablet rentals T-Mobile looks to go back-to-back, offers Angels fans tablet rentals originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:58:00 EDT

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BOSS’s Micro BR-80 digital multitrack and field recorder fits the band and studio in your hand

Who needs a recording studio — or even a full band — for that next demo? Grab your guitar, BOSS’ latest portable Micro BR digital recorder and a fistful of ego for a do-it-yourself session that only a mother could love. The BR-80 lets you record two tracks at once and offers eight tracks of playback along with 64 virtual tracks to mix and master any epics you’re dreaming up. For hookup, it’s packing aux and 1/4-inch inputs, a headphone out, and even a USB port to interface with a computer. You can also record using its onboard stereo field mics if you lose your cables at a gig. Inside, it’s packing four and six-string COSM effects, DNA from its VE-20 to spice up your vocals, and eBand options. There’s support for WAV and MP3 formats, but better yet, SD cards up to 32GB giving you a whopping 550 hours of recording time to lay those burnin’ licks down

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BOSS’s Micro BR-80 digital multitrack and field recorder fits the band and studio in your hand

Panasonic Raboo UT-PB1 e-reader gets official, acts more like a tablet

Panasonic already took its UT-PB1 e-reader out for a step-and-repeat at the e-Book Expo Tokyo this year, but kept some important details under wraps. Now the tablet e-reader is ready for its official coming out party. The 7-inch, color touchscreen Raboo UT-PB1 is set to launch in Japan on August 10th, retailing at about

Toshiba Thrive review

This isn’t the first time Toshiba has showed up fashionably to a party. Back in 2009, long after most every other consumer electronics maker big and small had jumped on the netbook bandwagon, the company belatedly released its first mini, the NB205 . And it was fantastic. So we were optimistic when the outfit finally got around to releasing the Thrive , its first Android tablet for the US market. Surely, we thought, it’s learned a thing or two from everybody else’s mistakes. And in that regard, at least, this 10-inch tablet doesn’t disappoint. It has full-sized USB and HDMI ports, an SD card slot, and a removable battery — all features you’d sooner find on a laptop.

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Google ‘winding down’ Labs, likely due to meddling older sister

Google Labs , that breeding ground for the wacky, sublime, and sometimes useful experiments that Mountain View’s scooter-loving employees are so fond of, is getting ready to “wind down.” The software giant announced today that the experimental forum for testing out potential features is being sidelined, in order for the company to focus on bigger picture ideas. Some of the more useful experimentation for properties like Calendar and Gmail will stick around, as will the Labs experiments that eventually made their way into the Android market. Google has promised to keep us all in the loop during the transition, so perhaps we can pick up a few secondhand test tubes for our own collections. Google ‘winding down’ Labs, likely due to meddling older sister originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Panasonic reveals Lumix FZ47 superzoom, lets you shoot 1080i video with full manual control

Sure, these days nearly all digital cameras can shoot video, but only a small handful give you the power to manually select aperture and shutter speed while doing so. The Lumix FZ47 is Panasonic’s latest high-end point-and-shoot to sport this functionality , providing full control over both video and still photo capture with its Creative Control mode. The 12.1-megapixel superzoom can shoot 1080i HD at 30 fps, though it’s notably lacking in the 1080p department. There’s also a 3-inch LCD, 24x Leica zoom lens with a 25mm wide-angle focal length, and an option to shoot 3.5-megapixel stills while recording video. For photographers wiling to settle for a good deal less power, Panasonic also just announced its entry-level Lumix LS5, which includes a 14.1-megapixel sensor, optical image stabilization, and 720p video, all powered by a pair of AA batteries. The $400 FZ47 will ship next month, while the LS5 hits stores in November, with pricing yet to be announced. Jump past the break for the complete rundown from Panasonic.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo review

Not every smartphone needs to be a Samsung Galaxy S II. There’s plenty of room in the market for a reliable workhorse that delivers smooth productivity and media without maxing out your credit limit. The Xperia Neo aspires to precisely this grounded ambition, selling for

Google+ app for iPhone now available

Google promised that iPhone users would soon be getting a Google+ app of their own, and it’s now here. Not surprisingly, it looks a lot like the Android app , including views of your main stream, individual circles and nearby users, as well as support for the Huddle group messaging feature. It’s not a universal app, though, so iPad users are still left out for the time being, as are those with an iPod touch, for yet reasons unknown. Google+ app for iPhone now available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

How would you change Nokia’s E7?

Hard to believe the last great Communicator was launched but a few months back, huh? In the time since, Nokia has bestowed upon us the first image of its forthcoming WP7 handset , rolled out the MeeGo-based N9 and flaunted the dev-only N950 . That said, Symbian’s still claiming a staggering piece of the market from a global perspective, and even though Elop and co. have largely given up on it for their future smartphones, we’re pretty certain at least a few of you sprung for the oh-so-gorgeous E7. So, now that you’ve had a few months to put it through its paces, what say you? Would you change the keypad in any way? Is that panel dense enough for you? Would you have preferred a different OS

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Russia’s RadioAstron telescope finally set to launch, blanket space with its radio eye

Considering all the space nostalgia we’ve been swimming in recently, it’s somewhat appropriate that a Cold War-era telescope is gearing up to make its maiden voyage, after more than three decades of development (and delays). The Russian mission, known as RadioAstron, will finally become a reality on Monday, when a radio telescope launches from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome before soaring into orbit some 350,000 kilometers away from the Earth. At just ten meters in width, the craft’s antenna is small in comparison to other radio ‘scopes, but its reach can be dramatically expanded when combined with signals from those on the ground. This technique, called interferometry, will effectively create the largest telescope ever built, covering an area nearly 30 times the Earth’s diameter and allowing RadioAstron to capture interstellar images in 10,000 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope . There remains, however, one major hurdle — because the spacecraft collects data at about 144 megabits per second, it must constantly transfer information to antennas on the ground. Problem is, there’s only one antenna capable of receiving RadioAstron’s signals and, unless others are constructed soon, a healthy chunk of its observations could be lost. How do you say “buzz-kill” in Russian?

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