Archive of posts tagged sync

Episode 1015

29 January 2010, 8:26 am

Suunto SPOT Watch
Microsoft SPOT Watch
Link: MSN Direct    Amazon
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
From 2003, the SPOT Watch used Microsoft’s SPOT technology to collect and display information via MSN Direct about traffic conditions, stock reports etc.  Dick got an implementation of the SPOT watch technology by Suunto, which was later returned.  These watches are no longer [...]

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Episode 1010

22 January 2010, 8:28 am

LG Super Multi-Blue Player BH100
Blu Ray/HD-DVD Dual Player
Link: Amazon     LG Press Release
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Announced only 3 years ago at CES 2007, LG’s Super Multi-Blue Player BH100, which could play both blu ray and HD-DVD discs, was intended to avoid the problem of the format war.  It (along with the BH200 the following year) has [...]

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Episode 998

6 January 2010, 2:38 pm

B & W Zeppelin Mini
iPod Speakers
Link: Bowers & Wilkins
 
Dick actually won this gadget, by leaving his name card in a fish bowl at a press event.  It’s the Zeppelin Mini by Bowers & Wilkins (or B & W), a smaller and squarer version of the Zeppelin, only 12.6″ (w) x 6.8″ (h) x 4″ (d).  [...]

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Episode 957

10 November 2009, 2:37 pm

Ford SYNC
Voice-Activated Automation for Car Accessories
Link: SyncMyRide
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SYNC is a technology developed by Microsoft, first announced a few years ago at CES, and now comes with most of Ford’s 2010 models.  It’s a voice activated system that operates many of the accessories or tasks that one commonly finds necessary in a motor car.  It gives you [...]

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