Sony launches EX300, EX500, and EX700 Bravia TVs in Japan

Your HDTV comparison list just got a little longer, with Sony announcing a big long line of new Bravia LCDs of all shapes and sizes. Lowest end is the EX300, with 22-, 26-, and 32-inch models that all sport 1,366 x 768 resolutions, a suite of silly colors (white, pink, brown, and black), and prices ranging from ¥70,000 – ¥90,000 ($770 – $990). The EX500 is a ¥130,000 ($1,400) 40-inch, 120Hz, 1080p model, while the EX700 models range from 32- to 52-inches and will set you back between ¥120,000 ($1,300) and ¥300,000 ($3,300). The extra money nets you LED backlighting, luscious thinness (22mm), and networkability, which means YouTube and DLNA streamability, plus widgets and all sorts of other goodies. All are scheduled to hit Japan on February 25, and all will surely make their way across the pond eventually — except maybe that pink one.

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Stantum multitouch Slate PC prototype hands-on

We’ve had a few run-ins with Stantum before, and never came away less than impressed. This time they sent us their Slate PC concept, which is actually a hacked-up Dell mini 10. The 10-inches of real estate don’t seem to hamper Stantum’s multitouch, ultra-sensitive and pressure-simulating resistive touchscreen technology one bit. Unfortunately, with stock Windows 7 on here we’re not sure this makes much more of a compelling use-case for a “slate” computer than we’ve seen already littering the halls of CES. Read-on for our full impressions and a video tour.

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Stantum multitouch Slate PC prototype hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Quanta working on 3.5-inch smartbook-as-phone, hates our thumbs

Without pictures or firm form factor details, it’s hard to tell exactly what Quanta is driving at here (or who it’s driving at it for), but the concept of a “computer in an iPhone form factor,” as Quanta Chairman Barry Lam so tactfully puts it, doesn’t fill us with much hope for usability. At least it probably won’t look as terrifying as this modded Dell netbook pictured above. Quanta says it’s building a “smartbook” device with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, with voice calling and web browsing the primary functionalities. We’re not really sure what even qualifies this as a “smartbook” if it’s really in an iPhone form factor, but perhaps it’s to run some sort of full-featured OS. Unfortunately, Moblin and Windows seem out, because there’s Qualcomm and ARM under the hood. If this is indeed in some sort of fold-up form factor, our greatest fear is another Viliv N5 or UMID mBook BZ experience — we just don’t think we could relive that sort of pain.

Quanta working on 3.5-inch smartbook-as-phone, hates our thumbs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TruTouch 2000 promises to detect intoxication with a finger scan

TruTouch Technologies has been working on various non-invasive means to detect intoxication for quite a while now (like the rather elaborate TruTouch Guardian pictured at right), but it looks like it’s set to simplify things even further with its new TruTouch 2000 device, which has apparently passed though clinical tests with flying colors. Like the Guardian, the TruTouch 2000 uses near infrared light to detect possible intoxication, but it’s apparently able to do that by simply scanning your finger instead of your entire forearm. Quite the leap, to be sure, but TruTouch says that the device is able to ‘produce accurate results in less than 15 seconds,” and that it packs a built-in biometric identification system to ensure the test results are legit. No timeline for an actual deployment of the device just yet, but it looks like TruTouch has its eye on applications far beyond the expected law enforcement uses — including even vehicle safety systems, and “Alcohol Point-Of-Sale Liability Reduction Systems.”

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Eureka’s EMP cannon destined for the Marines? (video)

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Wi-Fire long-range WiFi adapter gets updated Mac software

We didn’t run into too many problems with the existing Mac software for the Wi-Fire WiFi range extender in our brief time with the device, but it looks like hField Technologies has decided to make Mac users’ lives a bit easier nonetheless, with it now releasing an updated version for OS X. Among other things, version 2.0 now finally includes an icon that sits in the menu bar for easy access, and fully revamped connection manager that sports a decidedly more Apple-like appearance. Unfortunately, you’ll still have to wait a bit for an 802.11n upgrade, but the software update is at least free, and available to download right now.

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enigmWordSvenska (reference)

enigmWordSvenska 1.0

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Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

Description:

enigmWordSvenska anagram är den snabbaste på webben. Detta verktyg är ett kraftfullt hjälpmedel för korsord, spel välkända skrivelser som Boggle, scrambble, etc. ..


Med detta verktyg kan du upptäcka nya ord och även kontrollera stavningen av ord som finns i listan över standard ord som används till ord.


Du kan få ord från 2 till 15 tecken som standard verktyget automatiskt infogar ett wildcard, eller två jokrar.


Orden är omedelbart skickas av servern på skärmen. Jokrarna är i färg.

Servern skickar 50 ord om möjligt.

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enigmWordDansk (reference)

enigmWordDansk 1.0

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Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

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enigmWordDansk

Assistent Hurtigt, effektivt og let at bruge for alle de ord, spil som crossword puzzles, Scramble, Tekstombryd, Boogle, og scrabble.

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enigmWordNorsk (reference)

enigmWordNorsk 1.0

Category: Reference
Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

Description:

enigmWordNorsk anagram er den raskeste på WEB. Dette verktøyet er et effektivt hjelpemiddel for kryssordløser, spill godt kjent av brev som Boggle, scrambble, osv.

Med dette verktøyet kan du oppdage nye ord og også sjekke stavingen av ord som er i listen over vanlige ord som brukes av spillere av ord.

Serveren sender 50 ord hvis mulig.

Du kan ha ord 2 til 15 tegn som standard dette verktøyet setter automatisk inn et wildcard, eller to jokere.

Ordene blir umiddelbart sendt av serveren på skjermen. Brevene ble lagt i farger.

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enigmWordSuomen (reference)

enigmWordSuomen 1.0

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Price: $0.99 (iTunes)

Description:

enigmWordSuomen anagram on nopein Webissä. Tämä työkalu on tehokas tuki ristisanatehtävä palapelit, pelit tunnettu kirjeillä kuten Boggle, scrambble, jne. ..

Tämän työkalun avulla voit löytää uusia sanoja ja tarkistaa oikeinkirjoituksen sanoja, jotka ovat luettelossa standardin sanaa käytetään pelaajien sanoja.

Sanat voi olla 2-15 merkkiä, oletuksena työkalu automaattisesti lisätä yhden tai kaksi merkkiä.

Palvelin lähettää 50 sanaa, jos mahdollista.

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