TouchTV comes to LG Smart TV, iPads: catch news clips at home, on the go

If you swing past your local Best Buy and pick up one of those new-fangled LG Smart TVs , you’ll find TouchTV’s news-clip collection platform available inside. That way you’ll be able to watch the trendiest (or at least the most watched) current-affairs clips without having to wait the twenty seconds or so before your rolling news channel of choice displays similar. TouchTV also announced today an iPad app that’ll let you grab those newsy clips from your Apple-based slate of choice. The app’s available gratis from the store (link below) and we’ve got the official words and pictures from the company about both products after the interval. Jose Andrade contributed to this report. Continue reading TouchTV comes to LG Smart TV, iPads: catch news clips at home, on the go TouchTV comes to LG Smart TV, iPads: catch news clips at home, on the go originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Researchers turn your smartphone into a virtual projector

Pico projectors are an easy way to increase the screen real estate of your mobile phone, but what if you’d rather not carry one around in your pocket or bulk up your phone’s slim profile with a slip on solution ? Well, a team of intrepid researchers may have come up with an elegant solution to your problem that can work with any smartphone and external display: virtual projection. The system works by using a central server that constantly takes screenshots of the external display and compares them with the images from the phone’s camera to track its location. It then replicates what’s on the handset’s screen, while allowing you to add multiple image windows and position and rotate them as you see fit. Additionally, multiple users can collaborate and virtually project pictures or videos onscreen at the same time. Intrigued? See it in action for yourself in the video after the break. Continue reading Researchers turn your smartphone into a virtual projector Researchers turn your smartphone into a virtual projector originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:37:00 EDT

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Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association’s eerily similar Wireless SD card standard, says his IP is being violated

Yuval Koren is not pleased. For those unaware, he’s the CEO of Eye-Fi , the company that has practically written the rules on embedding WiFi into SD cards . If you blinked last week, you probably missed the SD Association’s announcement that it had created a new Wireless LAN SD standard that would effectively give just about anyone the ability to add Eye-Fi abilities to their SD cards. As it turns out, Eye-Fi’s none too pleased about it, and Koren has gone so far as to publicly admit that the standard is seriously infringing upon highly valuable Eye-Fi technology. To quote: “As [the SDA's standard is] currently written, essential Eye-Fi patented technology would be violated by anyone implementing this draft specification.” Bold . He goes on to explain that his company has invested “tens of millions of dollars and several years to create unique technology that lets people wirelessly transfer photos and videos directly from their camera and mobile devices,” and calls the SDA protocol “flat out misrepresentation.” He’s effectively calling for the SD Association to either pony up and license Eye-Fi’s tech, or scrap the “standard” and rewrite it using something else altogether. The full letter is posted up after the break, with absolutely no elation to be found. Continue reading Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association’s eerily similar Wireless SD card standard, says his IP is being violated Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association’s eerily similar Wireless SD card standard, says his IP is being violated originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:39:00 EDT

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FCC Fridays: January 20, 2012

We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings , be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we’ve gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week . Enjoy! Continue reading FCC Fridays: January 20, 2012 FCC Fridays: January 20, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Apple iTunes U hands-on (video)

Would you like to make more money? Sure, we all would, and a great way to do that is to get a better education. There was a time when you had to go to schools or rely on shady mail-order diplomas. Now you can use your iPad and get the same thing with the new iTunes U app . It’s an extension of the existing iTunes U service, which has been around for about four years despite few people knowing anything about it. This new apps should change that. Join us for a full exploration of why. Gallery: Apple iTunes U hands-on in New York City Continue reading Apple iTunes U hands-on (video) Apple iTunes U hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:06:00 EDT.

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Apple’s iBooks 2 e-textbooks pack tons of info, take up tons of your iPad’s memory

Apple just got done unveiling its new iBooks 2 platform , letting us in on its plan to revamp education (in part) through its fancy new e-textbooks . These digital volumes look beautiful and come at a relatively meager monetary cost ($14.99), but a quick perusal of the textbooks available in iTunes reveals they’ll take a sizable chunk of your iPad’s memory. The current lineup of eight texts range in size from 800MB to 2.77GB, so folks looking to grab a full semester’s worth of materials may have to carry an extra iPad or three to get the job done. Not an ideal solution, but a few Apple slates are still easier to schlep across campus than those massive texts you’re used to, right? Apple’s iBooks 2 e-textbooks pack tons of info, take up tons of your iPad’s memory originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

ZTE reaches for the sky, aims to double phone shipments in 2012

Talk about a New Years Resolution: ZTE’s head of handset strategy Lv Qianhao, in an interview with Reuters , mentioned that in 2012 his company expects to double the number of smartphone shipments made last year, as well as expand its Windows Phone efforts. While we’re not completely certain as to what that specific number was, Lv stated that it far exceeded its target of 12 million. Regardless of how much it shipped last year, we can’t imagine it would be terribly easy to double it, but it signifies ZTE’s intent to grow and expand in markets like the US and China. This news seems to coincide with the company’s plans to introduce high-end LTE-capable smartphones in the US market in the middle of this year. Does this mean the OEM will be pushing hard to gain more acceptance from stateside carriers? If it results in new top-notch devices coming into the market, then we sure hope so.

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LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet coming first to South Korea

You’ve already seen this little guy in the wild , but LG has gone ahead and made its first LTE tablet very official — ladies and gentlemen, meet the Optimus Pad LTE. The 9.3mm thin slate packs a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm CPU and an 8.9-inch 1280 x 768 IPS display, along with an 8 megapixel camera on the rear and a 2 megapixel option up front. Users can expect an SD card slot that supports modules up to 32GB, and there’s also HDMI connectivity and DLNA certification for good measure. It’s powered by a 6,800mAh battery, but out of the gate, it’ll ship with Android 3.2 — no word on when the latest Pad hopes to grab a bite of Ice Cream Sandwich. The Optimus Pad LTE’s scheduled to arrive first in LG’s home territory of South Korea, but for those interested in a more complete rundown, be sure to check the PR after the break. Gallery: LG Optimus Pad LTE Continue reading LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet coming first to South Korea LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet coming first to South Korea originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Coby unveils its family of Ice Cream Sandwich slates, we go hands-on (video)

It’s hard to tell whether CES 2012 beat out last years show for tablet numbers, but there were plenty of slabs less likely to throttle your wallet in 2012. Coby has leapt onto that very bandwagon, with a whole slew of tablets. Several, but not all, made their first appearance at this year’s CES and we were itching to see how they would stack up against some very price-savvy devices. We were informed (several times) that these were still prototypes, but user experience differed substantially between models. Budget tablet fans can check out our impressions and a brief video summary of the Coby clan right after the break. Gallery: Coby Ice Cream Sandwich tablet family hands-on at CES 2012 Continue reading Coby unveils its family of Ice Cream Sandwich slates, we go hands-on (video) Coby unveils its family of Ice Cream Sandwich slates, we go hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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CES 2012: interview roundup (video)

The Engadget stage was home to many an interview at this year’s CES . Many, many interviews. Given the deluge of guests we hosted in Las Vegas this year, you could be forgiven for not keeping up — for throwing up your hands in exasperation and making a sandwich to heal the hurt. You could , but you won’t. That’s because this year, we thought it’d be a good idea to corral all of our CES 2012 interviews into one big metallic box, and hand-pick only the plumpest, juiciest and most eyebrow-arching ones for your enjoyment. We then took those select few and put them in a smaller, spotlit box, which was affixed atop the aforementioned metallic box with a butterfly shaped bow and maybe some duck fat. Add some mood lighting, a splash of bourbon, and voil

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