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The new Apple TV in action.

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It might just be for the for the hobbyists, but Apple announced on Thursday that version 3.0 of its Apple TV software is now available for download.

According to Apple, the free software features a redesigned menu that the company hopes …

Originally posted at The Digital Home

An Apple patent design shows what would happen if its iPod Shuffle and Bluetooth headset mated.

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In a future where we’re all walking around wondering how our iPod brain implants came to exist, historians can point back to this Apple patent application from 2008 …

Konarka's solar panel on a Neuber mailbag.

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Konarka Technologies announced this week its Power Plastic flexible solar panels are going to be being used in carrier bags and possibly shade structures in the Middle East and Africa.

The company made a deal to supply its solar …

Originally posted at Green Tech

Looking for a compact, feature-packed MP3 player that’s as good for the car as it is for the gym?

Newegg has a refurbished 8GB Zune player for $69.99 shipped with a free leather case and Microsoft Zune Car Pack.

So let’s do some math. A new Zune …

Originally posted at The Cheapskate

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Wednesday saw the launch of a new version of DoubleTwist, the iTunes-like desktop music client that also syncs with Amazon’s music store and was founded by Monique Farantzos and Jon Lech Johansen (aka notorious hacker DVD Jon). While we don’t cover every piece of software that …

On Thursday, Sprint hosted an online chat with its customers and its vice president of consumer marketing, David Owens, who revealed some of the carrier’s plans for upcoming smartphones.

During the hour-long session, Owens answered questions on a variety of topics, ranging from service plans to community to, of …

Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast

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While we’re sure there are more accessories to come, two add-ons that will be readily available when the Motorola Droid launches on November 6 are the Multimedia Station and Phone Holder for Droid. Verizon announced their official pricing on Thursday with each device costing $29….

Originally posted at Android Atlas

Live stats overlay a game streamed to the NBA League Pass mobile app.

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Not about to be outdone by baseball, pro basketball is getting in on live streaming to mobile phones.

The National Basketball Association will announce its first set of applications that let fans watch games live on a mobile device Thursday. NBA League Pass Mobile will be available for download for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android phones starting Friday, the third day of the league’s regular season. BlackBerry users will have to wait a bit longer, the league saying that application will arrive “by the end of the year.”

The NBA follows Major League Baseball, which introduced its iPhone- and iPod Touch-compatible live streaming application in July, and a beta version of an Android app Wednesday.

The NBA’s application will cost $39.99 and let users watch up to 40 live games per week via their smartphone, though local TV blackout rules will still apply. The app also has an option to watch some games on demand for up to two days later and comes with game alerts and live stats.

Currently there is not added benefit if customers are already subcribers to the NBA’s League Pass TV package. But bundling the two is something the league is looking at for the future, said Bryan Perez, senior vice president and general manager of NBA Digital.

Besides the live streaming app, the NBA already has its Game Time and Game Time Lite apps on Apple’s App Store, the Android Market, and BlackBerry App World. The Lite version is free and comes with scores, stats, standings, and team schedules. The $9.99 Game Time includes some on-demand video, game highlights, live game alerts, stats, and access to an NBA Twitter feed.

Perez said the league has made an aggressive push into mobile this year, mostly because it knows who its fans are.

“We have one of the younger demographics of the major sports leagues,” he said. “As we look to the future of our fan base, they’re consuming content in a much different way, and in many ways the mobile phone is the connection to the world for the youth market. If we want to cultivate fans and be innovative, we need to follow our fans where they’re going.”

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Watching ice cubes melt is much more fun when you speed it up. iPhone app Timelapser lets you do it right on your phone.

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Time-lapse movies can be a complicated affair, and quite often involve either a lot of special equipment, and/or post-processing skills. For just a buck though, you can use the recently released Timelapser app (link opens in iTunes) to turn your iPhone into a tool that can do this time-bending filming technique using nothing more than the onboard camera.

Timelapser's interface tells you how long your movie will be, and how many shots it's taken.

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Depending on what model of phone you have you can use the app to take a picture anywhere from every three seconds to once per half hour. All the while it grabs each frame and stitches it into a movie that’s saved on the phone, and that can also be e-mailed to friends.

Of course if you really want to cook with gas, you’ll need an iPhone 3GS, which lets you speed up how fast the phone can take shots. Alas, with my lowly 3G I was limited to taking a shot every six seconds. Owners of the original iPhone have to step it down to eight seconds.

The app has a wealth of settings that let you pick things like how large the video’s resolution is, how many frames per second it should be, and how long you want the delay to be before it starts shooting. This can be useful if you’re propping up your phone somewhere and need time to set up your scene. Users can also use the app just to take a series of photos one after another which get saved in your phone’s camera roll.

As I noted when I checked out the IP Camera app, which can turn your iPhone into a networked security camera, the very best way to use this app is with one of Apple’s fancy docks. You can also just prop it up with whatever you may have laying about the house, but with the dock you get the benefit of…

Originally posted at Web Crawler

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On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless officially announced that its first Google Android device, the Motorola Droid, would hit streets on November 6 with a price tag of $199.99. Of course, to get that price, you need to sign up for a two-year contract and deal with …

Originally posted at Android Atlas

LG Helix

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Cricket and LG announced the LG Helix Wednesday, making it LG’s first AWS-capable handset. It’s a pretty basic phone with a 2-inch color display plus a small external display. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and voice commands.

The Helix will …

Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast

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Nintendo has taken the wraps off a new version of the DSi handheld that sports larger 4.25-inch dual screens. The portable gaming unit will be considerably bigger than current and previous DS and DSi models. It will be dubbed the DSi LL in Japan where it …

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A lot of attention has been lavished on the Motorola Droid today–and rightfully so–but it’s merely the “cornerstone” of Verizon’s Droid family. HTC’s Droid Eris is gonna be the cheap stepbrother, at 99 bucks.

Though it’s been speculated that the Droid Eris will run …

Yes, we actually have the Motorola Droid in the house, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. We dish about Verizon’s new Android phone and what it means for the Android platform in general. We also talk about the latest Sony Ericsson phones and go over the …

Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast