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Posts on ‘August 6th, 2007’

Verizon planning Q4 update to FiOS TV 2.0

If you like gadgets you need my RSS feed. It keeps you up-to-date on all the gizmos you love!Filed under: Fiber

Though some of you may still be more comfortable referring to FiOS TV 2.0 as the Interactive Media Guide (IMG), Verizon will reportedly be dishing out a “maintenance release” at the end of this [...]

HTC “Polaris” live pic?

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It’s about time that HTC’s Artemis gets kicked to the curb and its replacement may well be the hot little set pictured above. Dubbed the Polaris — we’ve heard rumblings and rumors since way back — it stands out with Windows Mobile [...]

TiVoToGo v2.5 supports Vista / DivX, release imminent

Filed under: DVRs, Others, Cable, Fiber, OTA

Don’t look now, but TiVo is apparently gearing up to unleash TiVoToGo version 2.5 to the masses any moment. The firm’s webpage has already been updated to show the v2.5 graphic, yet the download link still takes you to the existing build. Nevertheless, TiVoPony has unveiled that the forthcoming [...]

Avago Technologies develops hybrid, touch-sensitive controller

Filed under: Misc, Other hardware

A Korean company called Avago Technologies has just announced a new control unit for remotes, video games, phones, and media players called the AMRS-2325. The small, touch-sensitive pad is a multi-faceted input device with a catchy name, which allows control to vacillate between an iPod-like scroll-wheel, a game joystick, or a [...]

Review: Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset

Since the iPhone’s release, we’ve received several Bluetooth headsets for review. Today I tackle Apple’s own $129 iPhone Bluetooth Headset, a svelte and stylish model that’s likely the simplest on the market–in terms of both its ease of use and its functionality.
In the box
One thing to point out up front: Apple’s $129 price tag gives [...]

Think President Bush is in the favorites list?

From Time magazine photographer Chris Usher comes this photo of Presidential adviser Karl Rove tapping on an iPhone (presumably his?) in landscape mode, which probably means he’s using MobileSafari.
Rove was photographed during President Bush’s visit to the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. (By the way, everyone here at Macworld sends our best to our [...]

Fujitsu intros 231-inch display for outdoor advertising

Filed under: Displays

We’ll admit, Fujitsu’s latest Super Frontech Vision LD is most certainly not cut out for your living room, but regardless of the paltry 512 x 288 pixel resolution, any single screen that measures 231-inches is worthy of our attention. This widescreen behemoth was designed to garner lots of looks from potential customers, and [...]

Latest Yamaha receivers boast HDMI 1.3a / Ethernet / 1080p upscaling

Filed under: Media streamers, Receivers

Shortly after Sony unveiled its newly revamped ES lineup of AV receivers, along comes Yamaha with a powerful new duo of its own. The RX-V3800 (140-watt x 7) and RX-V1800 (130-watt x 7) each support lossless Dolby Digital TrueHD / DTS-HD and feature Yamaha’s Cinema DSP processing engine, video upscaling to [...]

HDTV Listings for August 6, 2007

Filed under: ABC, CBS, The CW, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, HBO-HD, HDNet, INHD, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Showtime-HD, Starz, TNT-HD, Universal-HD, Listings
What we’re watching: A rerun of The New Adventures of Old Christine can lead us into a new episode of The Closer tonight.
Our traditional high-def listings continue below.Here are some other HDTV programs showing on selected networks [...]

Pogue, you’ve done it again!

David Pogue, the man, the myth, the legend.
First he blows the roof off by being one of the first people to review the iPhone. Then he follows it up with two hilarious videos, one spoofing the pre-launch iPhone secrecy, the next a “My Way” musical parody. (If we know anything about David, a longtime Macworld [...]