Apple updates YouTube details
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Apple UK finally updated what went on their US website pretty quickly. Finally, the YouTube announcement goes online, showing the interface change and the June timeframe, which could mean the end of June. I quite like the idea of YouTube content, as I find myself viewing something specific, then having a quick browse, it all adds up to be some good entertainment. Only one small problem, what about the videos unsuitable for kids? hmmmmmmmLabels: Apple News
Lacie Launch 2TB Ethernet Big Disk
Lacie have made a new larger capacity Ethernet Big Disk available for purchase. In its new 2TB, yes, you read that right 2 terrabyte form, the drive is in stock at £669. Having been a long time Mac user, I have always liked Lacie products for their superb build quality, so this new drive is well worth a look. It offers Gigabit ethernet, and full support for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. Of note for Mac users, AFP and Bonjour is supported, plus you get a USB2 port for extending the capacity further, or photo sharing with compatible digital cameras. I must admit, I want one.Labels: Mac Peripherals, PC Peripherals
Steve Jobs talks Apple to Walt Mossberg
Another great video from the All Things Digital conference, with Steve Jobs talking to Walt Mossberg… you even get a glimpse of the iPhone, which Steve confirms will ship at the very end of June.
Labels: Apple News
Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Talk at All Things Digital
The All Things Digital (D5) Conference featured some great product announcements, including a slew of new things from Apple. This video (courtesy of D5) is great, with Steve Jobs & Bill Gates answering some very interesting questions from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Enjoy !
Labels: Apple News, General News, PC News
Geekanoids Seeking Tech Writers
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Over the next six months we are looking at developing the Geekanoids website even further, trying to bring an even wider mix of editorial and reviews to our readers. There is only so much my small team can do, so to deliver the quality we want, we need you!
If you have a passion for Apple kit, or a real technology or gadget addiction, and you feel you have the ability to contribute a small amount of time to this website, then please get in touch.
Let us know what you have done previously, maybe link us to some of your previous work. The final requirement would be to submit a small article (something not previously written) about a new piece of kit that has just entered your life.
This is a non-paying gig at the moment, so please take this into consideration before you apply. However, it will attract exposure for your work, along with the love and satisfaction of being able to contribute to Geekanoids. Send your applications via email to geekanoids@gmail.com
Labels: General News
160GB BTO Apple TV on 1st June
Not content with one, two, or three announcements, in a fourth, Apple today also announced that it is offering a new Apple TV build-to-order option with a 160GB hard drive. The new larger hard drive offers four times the storage for up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each.* Apple TV is easy to connect to a broad range of widescreen TVs and home theater systems and comes standard with HDMI, component video, analog and optical audio ports. Using high-speed AirPort® 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking, Apple TV can auto-sync content from one computer or stream content from up to five additional computers right to a TV without any wires.**Pricing & Availability
Apple TV, which includes the Apple Remote, is available through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple TV has a suggested retail price of £199 (inc. VAT). Apple TV with a 160GB hard drive will be available 1st June for a suggested retail price of £269 (inc. VAT).
Labels: Apple News
YouTube Comes to Apple TV
Apple today announced that it’s bringing the Internet’s most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV™. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user’s widescreen TV. Using Apple TV’s elegant interface and simple Apple Remote, viewers can easily browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube in the comfort of their living room.“This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it’s really, really fun,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV is bringing it directly from the Internet onto the widescreen TV in your living room.”
Thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV at launch in mid-June, with YouTube adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalogue is available this Autumn. With Apple TV’s stunning interface and simple Apple Remote, users can easily navigate through YouTube’s familiar video browsing categories or search for specific videos. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favourite videos.
Apple TV seamlessly integrates with iTunes® to wirelessly play a user’s favourite content from a PC or Mac® on their widescreen TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. Apple TV users can choose from over 500 movies and 350 TV shows in near DVD quality; over five million songs; 5,000 music videos; 100,000 podcasts; and 20,000 audiobooks from the iTunes Store (www.itunes.co.uk). Users can enjoy their favourite music on a home entertainment system and view slideshows of their photo albums on a widescreen TV. Television shows and feature films are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country.
Labels: Apple News
Palm Launches Foleo
Just when you thought things were coming to a quiet end at Palm… well, maybe that is a bit strong, what I really mean is that for Palm to move forward, they needed to do something special. Well, take a look at the Foleo, due this Summer for $499 (UK price TBC), this little device offers web, email, and photos on the move. This new device looks very interesting, with Bluetooth and Wifi built-in. If the 10-inch screen is good and the browser has good support (currently labeled up as Thor), this could be the business person or bloggers best friend. More details when we have them on UK pricing.**UPDATE** Runs under Linux, and the browser is Opera, so looking pretty good. Let's hope the UK pricing stays £299 or under.
Labels: General News
iTunes U - Learn with your iPod
A double whammy of big news, with Apple also announcing the launch of iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.co.uk) featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT.“iTunes U makes it easy for anyone to access amazing educational material from many of the country’s most respected colleges and universities,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “Education is a lifelong pursuit and we’re pleased to give everyone the ability to download lectures, speeches and other academic content for free.”
“From its earliest days, Stanford has sought to serve the public by sharing the knowledge generated by our faculty and students,” said Stanford Provost John Etchemendy. “Our partnership with Apple and iTunes U provides a creative and innovative way to engage millions of people with our teaching, learning and research and share the experience of intellectual exploration and discovery that defines our university.”
Created in collaboration with colleges and universities, iTunes U makes it easier than ever to extend learning, explore interests, learn more about a school and stay connected with an alma mater. Content from iTunes can be loaded onto an iPod® with just one click and experienced on-the-go, anytime, making learning from a lecture just as simple as enjoying music.
The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalogue, adding new education content to over five million songs, 350 television shows and over 500 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. Television shows and feature films are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country.
Labels: Apple iPod, Apple News
Apple launch iTunes Plus
Apple today launched iTunes Plus—DRM-free music tracks featuring high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings—for just 99 pence per song. iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalogue of outstanding recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane and more than a dozen of Paul McCartney’s classic albums available on iTunes for the first time.iTunes will continue to offer its entire catalogue, currently over five million songs, in the same versions as today—128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM—at the same price of 79 pence per song, alongside the higher quality iTunes Plus versions when available. In addition, iTunes customers can now easily upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to iTunes Plus tracks for just 20 pence a song and £2.00 for most albums.
“Our customers are very excited about the freedom and amazing sound quality of iTunes Plus,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We expect more than half of the songs on iTunes will be offered in iTunes Plus versions by the end of this year.”
“This is a tremendous milestone for digital music,” said Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI Group. “Consumers are going to love listening to higher quality iTunes Plus tracks from their favourite EMI artists with no usage restrictions.”
With the release of iTunes Plus, customers can now download tracks from their favourite EMI artists without limitations on the type of music player or number of computers that purchased songs can be played on. iTunes is also offering customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to the iTunes Plus versions. EMI music videos are now also available in iTunes Plus versions with no change in price. iTunes Plus songs purchased from the iTunes Store will play on all iPods, Mac® or Windows computers, widescreen TVs with Apple TV™ and soon iPhones, as well as many other digital music players.
The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalogue with over five million songs, 350 television shows and over 500 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. Television shows and feature films are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country.
With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as integrated podcasting support, iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod® and the ability to turn previously purchased songs into completed albums at a reduced price, the iTunes Store is the best way for PC and Mac users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.
Labels: Apple iPod, Apple News
Firefox Reaches 25%
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
People are switching to Firefox fast as ever, while IE's share drops every day!via w3counter.com read more | digg story
Labels: General News
Video of the Intel Metro Laptop
Friends at AeroXperience got this great video of Intel's ultra-ultra-ultra thin concept laptop, the Metro, with lots of footage of the e-ink lid display in action. My opinion "Nice looking laptop, shame about the Vista, shame about the external e-ink display."via gizmodo.com read more | digg story
Labels: PC News
Pandora Will Launch Wifi Internet Radio Device
Pandora made a pre-announcement of an upcoming Wifi music player to be built by SanDisk and powered by Zing. The working prototype that CTO Tom Conrad demo’d tonight was physically similar to the Sansa Connect device launched last month with Yahoo, although it was slightly longer and thinner. Pictures included.via techcrunch read more | digg story
Labels: Music Technology
Cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates
Malaysian cinemas have found a powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates -- military-style night-vision goggles. After showing people to their seats, trained ushers are strapping on the goggles and scanning darkened cinemas around the country to spot anyone trying to make illegal copies of movies...via Reuters read more | digg story
Labels: General News
ModBook Shipping Soon
I covered the ModBook details when they were originally announced. This encouraging update came to my attention on the engadget website.Apple needs to create an ultra-portable like this! Maybe with Multi-touch?
via engadget read more | digg story
Labels: Apple News
First Review: $499 BoxTV Home Theater Projector
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Can you really get a good home theater projector for $499? That's the promise of the BoxTV Home Theater Projector, a 640x480 LCD unit that we've seen advertised in some places on the Web for $349. Hey, that's cheaper than a replacement bulb on most other home theater projectors.via gizmodo.com read more | digg story
Labels: General News
Apple’s Lesson for Sony’s Stores: Just Connect
RETAIL is supposed to be hard. Apple has made it seem ridiculously easy. And yet it must be harder than it appears, or why hasn’t the Windows side of the personal computer business figured it out?via nytimes.com read more | digg story
Labels: General News
Belkin Wireless G Print Server Review
Saturday, May 26, 2007
The Wireless G All-in-One Print Server at first glance looks like a very useful offering from Belkin. The ability to plug in any USB printer, even one with a scanner built-in and use it on a wireless network seems like a real boon. I just hope that this product lives up to expectations, where so many other offerings seem to fall over themselves at the first or second hurdle.The unit itself is very compact and comes supplied with everything you need, except a USB cable (which you should have for your printer anyway). The install CD is really easy to use and allows you to set up the little unit, in my case, under 10 minutes did the job. After running the install CD, configuring the print server and wireless setting, it was connected to my wireless network. I installed my Epson R1800 printer drivers, attached it to the print server and voila, I could print to the R1800 over my wireless network.
Because you install the standard printer drivers, all the usual options you would expect to see if hard-wired are available. And, although I was testing this with a standard inkjet printer, it is claimed (and I have no doubts) to work with multi-function devices, supporting both scanning and faxing, in addition to printing.
In addition to printing wirelessly, which is absolutely fantastic, the unit also sports a memory buffer. This frees up your computer a lot quicker, as queueing is handled by the print server, rather than in your computer's memory.
So, all in all, I was impressed. For such a small price you get fast wireless printing, ease of set-up, all in a very neat package. Well done Belkin, this product certainly gets my vote.
Product: Wireless G All-in-One Print Server
Price: £59.99
Supplied by: Belkin UK
Contact: +44 (0)1933 35 2000
Labels: PC Peripherals, Reviews
Bamboo Tablet from Wacom
Friday, May 25, 2007
Wacom have released a rather natty graphics tablet for the masses, called Bamboo. This new tablet can be yours for under £70 in the UK and offers a good resolution, 512 levels of pressure sensitivity, and a new scroll type area for zooming in and out of images. It also features express buttons for assigning shortcuts. Check out the full review here soon.**UPDATE** Good news, our Bamboo review unit is winging its way to us now, so expect to see a review by Mid-June.
Labels: Design
Mobile post with Sony K810i
Thursday, May 24, 2007
This photo was taken with the Sony Ericsson K810i and uploaded via its Photo Blogging feature. I was very keen to try this out and I may well use it in the future when reporting from some events.
Labels: Digital Photography, Mobile Phones
Upcoming - Traps Drums Review
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
We love bringing you alternative reviews here on Geekanoids. When we last reviewed the Roland HPD-10 the feedback we got was phenomenal, with literally hundreds of emails coming in. It is always nice to step away from the screen, do something a little energetic, whilst still keeping that creative edge.I am very excited to let you all know about the forthcoming review of Traps Drums A400 Drum Kit. This leading edge technology allows the A400 kit to deliver big drum sound in a flat compact package. Never having tried this type of drum before I really cannot wait to bring you the lowdown. Expect to see a review here around mid-June, in the meantime check out the Traps Drums website.
Labels: Music Technology
Commodore to return with Gaming PC's
I grew up with Commodore computers, some 25 years ago I had a Commodore 64, simply awesome in its day. Yes, I admit I was torn between Atari and Commodore, but the Amiga then led the way to my Desktop Publishing exposure, owning both an A1200 and A1500, before switching over to the Mac…Well, Commodore are back, launching with an interesting array of custom painted gaming PC's with a pretty good spec. Quad core processors, 4GB RAM, dual NVidia GeForce 8800 graphic cards, and a custom C-kin paint job, things look really promising. Check out the website here.
Labels: PC News