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Waterproof Nano Watch Concept Will Keep Your Nano High And Dry

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:59:30 +0000

Hey, broham, hitting the waves today? You better go pledge $49 to get the Proof Nano case, a case that turns your Nano into a waterproof watch. Designed by the folks at Boombotix , the watch will completely protect your Nano and even supports a small Bluetooth adapter that will stream tunes to your wireless headphones automagically. The Kickstarter project will be funded at $17,000, so get cracking. You can also pledge $99 to get the watch and all of the connectors, including the Bluetooth dongle, and $149 gets you a Bluetooth speaker as well. The Proof is IP68 water resistant and includes a waterproof headphone adapter. The Proof is constructed for durable polyurethane coated with a thick silicone wrapping. The touch screen on the iPod Nano retains full functionality with the use of an ultra thin polycarbonate lens. The strap on the Proof is made of ultra thick, yet flexible silicone. With this engineering, we’ve managed to create an IP68 grade seal to protect the nano up to a 3m depth. With The Proof, say goodbye to water damage or impact casualties and say hello to doing everything you love with the convenience and control of your music right on your wrist. Project Page

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Steve Jobs’ Credo: “I’ll Know It When I See It”

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:20:56 +0000

Steve Jobs was a tweaker, Malcolm Gladwell writes in a New Yorker book review of the Steve Jobs biography. He took existing technologies and perfected them, obsessing about everything from the title bars at the top of windows in the Mac OS to the color of paint in his factories. This obsessive quality was part of who he was and extended to his personal life as well. He spent two weeks deciding what kind of washing machine to buy for his family. Gladwell notes that tweakers who perfect inventions often bring about more progress than the original inventors: Jobs’s sensibility was editorial, not inventive. His gift lay in taking what was in front of him—the tablet with stylus—and ruthlessly refining it He was an editor in the sense that he saw his job as making hard choices on behalf of consumers. (Other product-oriented CEOs following in his footsteps, such as Jack Dorsey , also see their role as that of an editor). Jobs was really good at saying “No,” , as I’ve written before: One of Jobs’ greatest talents was as an editor, selecting what not to include in a product. It was that ability which helped him save Apple from going off in 18 different directions and do a few things better than any other company. In order to do so, he went through countless choices himself, typically rejecting a long line of options from those presented to him by the people who worked for him until he found perfection. He didn’t always know what he wanted until it was placed before him. “I’ll know it when I see it. That was Jobs’s credo” Gladwell writes, “and until he saw it his perfectionism kept him on edge.” Crunchbase STEVE JOBS APPLE Person: Steve Jobs Website: Companies: Pixar , NeXT , Apple Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple and formerly Pixar. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California to Joanne Simpson and a Syrian father. Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California then adopted him. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. One semester later, he had dropped out, later taking up the study of philosophy and foreign cultures. Steve Jobs had a deep-seated interest in… Learn more Company: Apple Website: apple.com Launch Date: January 4, 1976 IPO: November 7, 1980, NASDAQ:AAPL Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with… Learn more

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Barnes & Noble Officially Unveils The 7-Inch Nook Tablet

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:08:35 +0000

In late September, Amazon unveiled a $199 tablet called the Kindle Fire. Obviously this left a massive divide in the market between the much pricier iPad 2 and the new Kindle Fire , which Barnes & Noble has this morning responded to. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I’m pleased to introduce you to the Nook Tablet. B&N CEO Willian Lynch made sure to note the Nook tablet’s superior (fully laminated) display isn’t the only feature that is “better” than the Amazon Kindle Fire. He also touted the fact that the Nook tablet offers almost twice the RAM, along with in-store support that just isn’t possible with Amazon. The 7-inch Nook Tablet looks much like a thinner (less than a pound) and lighter Color , but has innards that couldn’t be more different. Under the hood you’ll find a dual-core 1GHz processor courtesy of Texas Instruments, along with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (including a microSD slot supporting up to a 32GB card). When Nook cloud isn’t available, all that storage will certainly come in handy. But that’s not to say that Nook cloud won’t be involved — the new Nook tablet has the same Nook cloud support you’ve grown accustomed to. But the real differentiator between this and the Kindle Fire will be the amount of content available, which B&N contends should be no trouble. The book seller touts 2.5 million books, thousands of apps, and deals with Hulu Plus and Netflix for our video lovers. Oh, and speaking of video, the tablet also supports video playback in full 1080p HD, although the Netflix app will only play video in 720p. All those books and videos galore mean strong battery life is a must — luckily B&N promises at least 11 hours. Past that, there are plenty of other fun features to keep things interesting, including “Read & Record,” which lets parents record children’s stories so that kids can have their parents voice reading them to sleep at times when parent and child can’t necessarily be together. Angry Birds is also in tow. The Nook tablet will begin to arrive in stores at the beginning of next week for $249. Meanwhile the rest of the Nook line is getting some price drops: the Nook color has been dropped down to $199, and the more basic Nook Simple Touch has gone from $139 to $99. Click to view slideshow.

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With 4S Now Tops Among Big 3, Apple Grabs 52% Of Industry Profits; Doles Out Huge Bonuses

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:14:19 +0000

As you’ve likely heard, there’s been a lot of upside that’s been reported of late when it comes to Android’s mobile OS. Thanks to Nielsen , we’ve heard that, yet again, Google’s mobile OS is leader among mobile OSes, now accounting for 43% of U.S. smartphones, up from the 39% in July. Which I love to hear, while Apple’s iOS remained at 28 percent over the same period, placing it in a far-off second place. Of course, Apple has a little bit of vertical integration going on, and in spite of their lagging well behind Google in mobile software market share, iPhones are used by a full 28 percent of smartphone customers, making them top manufacturer for yet another quarter. Hardware leans significantly in Apple’s favor. So while the iPhone made up a relatively small 4.2% of the mobile handsets shipped in Q3 2011, it seems that Apple is now accoutning for over half of the industry’s profits. Yep. According to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley , of the top eight cell phone vendors across the globe, Apple owns over 52 percent of the total operating income. And while that may seem impressive, that number is down from 57 percent in the second quarter. In comparison, Samsung owns 29 percent of profits among the top vendors, up from 18 percent last quarter, while HTC accounts for 9 percent, RIM comes in at 7 percent, with Nokia at 4 percent. Though Apple’s 52 percent share of the operating profits of the top eight vendors is impressive in spite of the relatively small percentage of iPhones shipped, Samsung’s meteoric rise is certainly worthy of note. According to Walkley, Samsung gained 11 points of value share thanks largely in part to the Android Galaxy S II, while RIM and Nokia continued to slip. Of course, while most groan over RIM’s future, at least Nokia is making a play at Windows Phone, hoping that its play into the U.S. market can turn a sinking ship around . That being said, the analyst (and firm) found that Apple’s new iPhone 4S was the top selling phone for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon (the three largest carriers in the U.S.), with the iPhone 4 — in spite of its next-in-line now being sold — remaining a top selling model for each of those carriers. As 9to5Mac says , the phones get older, the margins seem to get better. And with the popularity of these phones increasing, Walkley projects that Apple may ship as many as 29 million iPhone handsets in Q4 2011. And that’s not all, as this succession of SEC filings shows , Apple’s executives are now reaping the rewards of a strong fiscal year (in which the company passed the $100 billion mark in revenue). The company awarded 1 million shares of stock to seven top execs, which will see bloated wallets for those of that remain with the company through 2016. The recently promoted SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue received 100,000 shares of stock in the form of a restricted stock units. 25 percent of Cue’s shares turn into freely tradable stock in September 2014, with the remainder vesting in September 2016. Each of the remaining six executives received 150,000 shares of restricted stock, with 50 percent vesting in June of 2013 and the remainder vesting in March of 2016. Based on the current price of Apple stock, that works out to a payday of approximately $60 million each for the execs who received the 150,000 shares. (Which includes: Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President, iOS Software, Bob Mansfield, Senior Vice President, Hardware Engineering, Peter Oppenheimer, Senior Vice President and CFO, Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing, Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Jeff Williams, Senior Vice President, Operations.) While Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook wasn’t mentioned in these new filings, he was awarded 1 million shares of stock upon his appointment as CEO, with 50 percent vesting in August 2016 and the remainder vesting in August 2021 (should Cook remain an employee of Apple). So, while Google continues to rise in mobile software, it seems that thanks to Apple’s hardware and its dominance around the world thanks to the iPhone 4 (and now the 4S), both Apple and its executives are cashing out. Thanks to Alistair Israel for the image Crunchbase APPLE Company: Apple Website: apple.com Launch Date: January 4, 1976 IPO: November 5, 1980, NASDAQ:AAPL Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with… Learn more

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European Commission Launches Investigation Into Samsung’s Litigation Tactics

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:12:23 +0000

In this week’s news from the front lines , the European Commission has decided to initiate a preliminary investigation of Samsung’s litigation tactics with regards to its standards-essential patents. While Apple’s accusations against Samsung have been centered around its own intellectual property, Samsung’s counterclaims both in Europe and here in the States are based on its own 3G wireless-related patents. Because said patents are standards-essential patents (and thus, available to any company to license under FRAND licensing terms), Samsung’s use of them in a court setting may be seen as “egregious,” or at least that’s how Apple’s putting it. The European Commission’s statement on the matter doesn’t offer up much meat, but confirms that an investigation is indeed underway: The Commission has indeed sent requests for information to Apple and Samsung concerning the enforcement of standards-essential patents in the mobile telephony sector. Such requests for information are standard procedure in antitrust investigations to allow the Commission to establish the relevant facts in a case. We have no other comments at this stage. Something worth noting is that though the wording may be misleading, Samsung is the only party under investigation here. Even though the Commission has requested information from both Apple and Samsung, the investigation is clearly concerned with “the enforcement of standards-essential patents in the mobile telephony sector.” Apple hasn’t filed any suits or complaints over any such patent thus far. In fact, as Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents points out, Apple wasn’t even in the biz when UMTS/3G was created. No, this investigation is directed at Samsung, and could be devastating to Samsung’s case. If the Commission finds Samsung guilty of abusing FRAND licensing terms, it may force the South Korean company to withdraw a large majority of its complaints against Apple. Within a court filing with the Northern California court system, Apple had this to say about it: Samsung’s efforts to coerce Apple into tolerating Samsung’s imitation have not been limited to the counterclaims here [in California]. Samsung has launched an aggressive, worldwide campaign to enjoin Apple from allegedly practicing Samsung’s patents. Samsung has sued Apple for infringement and injunctions in no fewer than eight countries outside the United States. Indeed, Samsung’s litigation campaign and other conduct related to its Declared-Essential Patents is so egregious that the European Commission recently has opened an investigation to determine whether Samsung’s behavior violates EU competition laws. Apple brings these Counterclaims In Reply to halt Samsung’s abuse and protect consumers, the wireless telecommunications industry, and Apple from further injury. Well, them’s fightin’ words if I’m not mistaken. But Samsung is playing it cool, reports Webwereld.nl . They’ve denied any abuse of FRAND terms and made specific mention of the fact that this is “preliminary,” and nothing more. Well, at least not yet. Samsung has at all times remained committed to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing terms for our wireless standards-related patents. We have received a request [for information from the] Commission and are cooperating fully. Note that this is a preliminary investigation and the European Commission has not yet determined whether to conduct a full investigation. This isn’t the first time that FRAND terms have been an obstacle for Samsung. In October, a judge in the Hague Court in the Netherlands said that Samsung wouldn’t win its injunction because the patents it was enforcing were standards-essential patents. This time, however, an investigation has ensued. Crunchbase SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS APPLE Company: Samsung Electronics Website: samsung.com Launch Date: November 4, 1969 Samsung is one of the largest super-multinational companies in the world. It’s possibly best known for it’s subsidiary, Samsung Electronics, the largest electronics company in the world. Learn more Company: Apple Website: apple.com Launch Date: January 4, 1976 IPO: November 4, 1980, NASDAQ:AAPL Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with… Learn more

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Control Your TV From Your Couch With The Xoom 2 And Dijit

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:24:40 +0000

We knew that at least one of the new Xooms would be able to double as a (rather large) remote control, but Motorola surprised us yesterday when they revealed that both of the Xoom 2 models feature IR transmitters. With their new tablets, it looks like Motorola may be looking to wage a war for control of your couch. Having an IR blaster is great and all, but it’s worthless without some software to control the thing. That’s where the pre-loaded Dijit app comes into play. Dijit has enjoyed a bit of notoriety with its iOS app, and an Android version comes preloaded on both versions of the Xoom 2. The setup seems harmless enough: just enter your zip code so the app can pull down the correct channel guide information, and select your television from the included list. Once the app’s “learning” process is over, you’ll be able to control your television in between reading pages of Tolstoy. Dijit’s other main focus is on creating social experience around watching television. If you’re, say, watching a riveting episode of Top Gear, you can tie your Facebook and Twitter accounts into Dijit to share details or recommend episodes to other users. It’s sort of like GetGlue, but geared specifically toward television: Dijit takes your media-related conversations, and connects them with the very act of using your TV. Folding a remote control into something as cumbersome as a tablet seems counter-intuitive, and it isn’t even a new concept — the 8-inch Vizio tablet managed a similar feat. Still, the notion of having one device eventually being able to control everything around me ( even the the blinds ) is undeniably cool, even if the desire for one does paint me as being a bit lazy.

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Siri, Why Are You So Underwhelming?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:36:14 +0000

When Apple first unveiled the iPhone 4S , there was one feature that left every jaw in the room on the floor. Her name is Siri . Scott Forstall demoed the personal assistant at Apple’s media event, and the entire presentation went off without a hitch. Then, as expected, Apple released their commercials , which were equally impressive. In short, everyone and their brother was amped for Siri. Then the iPhone 4S was released. Save for some battery life issues and my own mini-rant on Siri’s gender and humility , there really weren’t many complaints. Now, however, I find myself more bothered by my own expectations than anything else. Why? Because Siri isn’t perfect, and perfect is what I expected. Let me pause right here to say a few things: First, I realize that my complaining about Siri’s limitations is a strictly “first world” problem. Secondly, this post shouldn’t be taken as a poor review of Siri. Sure, she has shortcomings, and like just about any app or software feature, she makes mistakes. But I love her, and I can safely say that won’t change. In fact, I use Siri as much as possible, which is kind of the problem. The disappointment can all be traced back to the hype, which began with Apple’s demo. I don’t blame Apple for this — I guess it’s just a product of success — but with each new capability introduced, hope grew. If she can create reminders, she can edit them, right? Wrong. If she has access to the weather app, calendar app, clock, text, music, and the list goes on, she should have no trouble adding a contact to my phone, right? Wrong. If she can tell me the weather, she should be able to add a new location to my weather app, right? Wrong. What about playing TV shows? She’s already hooked up to iTunes, so she’ll surely play an episode of Friends for me, right? Nope, still wrong. OK fine, but Yelp… Yelp is baked right into Siri, so she has to at least be able to launch the app on my phone… right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. But Apple never said she’d be able to do that. And Siri is still in beta, technically, so there’s a good chance that she’ll be able to do much more in the coming months. But that doesn’t change my disappointment. Siri gave me hope — a feeling that we were truly jumping into the future, where a voice on a mobile computer could help me in almost any way. Not that it’s Siri’s fault, but this just isn’t the case. Then, the commercials aired. Seeing that guy send and receive texts while he jogs and plays his music hands-free… Sold. I mean if he’s outside (near the waterfront, no less), on a jog, on his headphones, and Siri can understand everything he’s saying, then the voice recognition must be top-notch, right? Well, not wrong, but not right either. Siri misunderstands me all the time. Maybe I mumble, or maybe it’s because I’m talking to her like I would talk to any human personal assistant. (That is, if I were ever powerful enough to have one.) But that’s what Apple promised right? Forstall said in the demo that it’s not about the words, it’s about the meaning. I should be able to ask about the weather in whatever way I’d like, but the more creative I get, the less intuitive Siri becomes. When asked, “Should an umbrella be a part of my outfit today?” Siri responded by saying, “Call Amanda Algiere paramountcy today.” In a way, this is still an intuitive response. She couldn’t understand me, so she took to problem solving. I have a Brittany Algiere and an Amanda Boyd in my phone, so Siri pulled from that in her answer. Then again, she thought she heard me say “paramountcy,” too. In any case, I didn’t get the answer I was looking for. Whatever happened to “it just works?” Then, there’s the issue of efficiency. One of the big capabilities of Siri is her ability to read and transcribe texts and emails. It sounds basic, but messaging is one of the primary uses of any phone, so getting these things done hands-free is a huge deal. But I noticed two things about her text transcription. The first is that I can type faster than Siri transcribes in almost any case. I can also read faster than I can be read to — by Siri or a human makes no difference. Maybe I’m just totally awesome and text-obsessed, but I’m thinking this holds true for most people. The second thing I noticed loops back to miscommunication and misunderstanding. The whole point of using Siri to send a text is because either my hands are full, or I’m in a rush and need to get that text on its way now. If Siri misunderstands me the first time around — even if she gets it right on the second try — it’s slower than if I had typed the message myself. More than once, I’ve stood outside a train station while I was late waiting for Siri to get it right. It’s a total bummer to say the least. Past that, we then have to account for Siri’s use of the network. Siri doesn’t work without a connection, plain and simple. But when do I need her most? When I’m out and about, on the move, and need my hands for what I’m doing. It’s on the move that your network connection, in general, is roughest. In other words, Siri fails most when you need her the most. Which sucks. These are Siri’s shortcomings, but I can accept them. In fact, I welcome them, as long as Siri keeps setting reminders for me. As I’ve tried to state numerous times throughout the post, I love Siri, and she’s only going to get better and better. If you really think about it, the possibilities with Siri are endless. GigaOm’s John Wilson wrote a great piece on just that , outlining the advancements that could be made to the 911 system and health care in general courtesy of Siri. No doubt Apple will push Siri as far as she can possibly go, tapping into a ton of popular apps, and eventually being able to do just about anything. But our current Siri is just a piece of that — incomplete. That’s the thing about the disappointment Siri brings with her — in the end it’s my fault. She’s a direct step into the future, and any one step into the future leads to a thousand more. Just look at Joseph Marie Jacquard’s punched-card power loom. In 1801, way before any form of a computer existed, his system of reading punched cards to perform certain actions laid part of the ground work for binary code, the foundation of computing as we know it today. But no one expected the loom to transcribe texts for them. Siri is a massive step into the future, and so our hopes and dreams for her are equally larger than life. That said, disappointment is sure to follow. She’s like a birthday party — not quite what you’d hoped for. Feel free to cry if you want to. Crunchbase APPLE Company: Apple Website: apple.com Launch Date: January 4, 1976 IPO: November 2, 1980, NASDAQ:AAPL Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with… Learn more

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Venuelabs Is Launching VenueRank, A “Klout For Storefronts”

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:34:32 +0000

Venuelabs , a company which got its start as Valuevine before a pivot in early 2011, is launching a new service called VenueRank this week at the Geo-Loco conference in San Francisco. VenueRank, simply put, operates somewhat like a “Klout for storefronts,” as it allows brands with multiple stores to compare those against each other or against their competitors using a single, at-a-glance score. Although comparing VenueRank to Klout helps to wrap your mind around the product’s offering, it’s doing it a disserve. Klout is still in its early stages of development, and there’s too much emphasis on its ego-boosting side effects instead of its more practical use cases. Unlike Klout, VenueRank’s potential end users, in this case brands, don’t need any convincing of the service’s worth. The company has been working with approximately 500 brands during beta tests, and is now running VenueRank on 68,000 storefronts across 7 countries. Current customers include Ruby Tuesday, Jaguar, Aspen Dental, Little Caesar’s, Red Robin, Precision Tune Auto Care, Roto-Rooter, Interim Healthcare and many others. To determine a store’s ranking (its “VenueRank”), the service looks at a number of factors, such as local community engagement, size, growth, reach and sentiment. These are determined through social media analysis, which includes things like Facebook and Foursquare check-ins, Facebook “likes,” online comments and tips, plus user reviews from sites like CitySearch, Yahoo Local, Bing Places and more. The rankings are displayed on an online dashboard which also supports custom views and email alerts. Brands can compare different stores individually, groups of stores, or even their own stores against the competition. And when examining the analytics provided, brands can drill down into the data to see the exact details of who checked in and when, who liked it, who commented, what the reviews say, etc. Venuelabs is partnered with Saepio , PlayNetwork , and has just added GroupM , WPP’s consolidated media investment management operation, which will integrate VenueRank’s local storefront analytics into its own offerings. It also has a number of agency partnerships in the works for next year. At launch, VenueRank will be available on a subscription basis, where pricing is determined by the number of locations. Since its pivot, Venuelabs has seen 30% month-over-month growth, it’s now reporting. The company is now a team of 10 (6 full-time), including CEO Neil Crist and CTO Pete Mannix. It’s currently lightly funded, with $450,000 raised from local angels. Crunchbase VENUELABS Company: Venuelabs Website: venuelabs.com Launch Date: January 3, 2009 Funding: $100k Venuelab’s mission is to connect brands to their local customers, by transforming social media and location-based consumer content into actionable business insight. Venuelab’s storefront analytics software provides specialized capabilities specific to brick & mortar, multi-location, retail & restaurant, and franchise brands. Founded in 2009, Venuelab’s proprietary technology tracks customer sentiment at more than 60,000 storefronts in seven countries. Learn more

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Speakal iKurv iPhone speaker dock looks futuristic

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:23:33 +0000

Tired of all the similar, boring-looking iPhone/iPod docks available on the market? Well the folks over at Speakal (the company behind the iHog ) have come up with a new dock that can spice up the décor of any room. Called the iKurv, this iPod/iPhond docking station speaker system features two large speakers connected in a tube, with an adjustable glowing blue stripe that’s reminiscent of some futuristic-looking spaceship. The iKurv delivers 20 watts of audio and has a dock that’s compatible with the iPhone, iPod, iPod touch, and features auxiliary input for your regular audio devices. There’s even a video output cable which will let you connect the dock to your TV to play music over what you’re watching/playing on the screen. The iKurv is available now in black for $79.99 (introductory price – regular price at $89.99) with additional colors (white, yellow, green, pink and blue) coming soon. Purchase it from Speakal’s website or Amazon . Speakal iKurv iPhone speaker dock looks futuristic , By Ubergizmo . Top Stories : Galaxy S2 Review , Droid Bionic Review ,

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