According to the company, the SlingPlayer Mobile app "takes full advantage of the iPad's high-resolution display for amazing video quality." In addition, the application features a program guide optimized for the touch-based iPad interface.
The SlingPlayer iPad app only works with the new Slingbox PRO-HD and Slingbox SOLO units. Older Slingboxes, including the Classic, TUNER, AV and PRO do not have the capability to stream content at a desired resolution, according to the SlingPlayer Mobile Team. To that end, SlingPlayer is offering $50 discount for those upgrading to newer Slingboxes.
In addition, iPhone SlingPlayer Mobile app owners can use their app on the iPad in "compatibility mode" at no extra cost. However, the content will not have the higher iPad-quality resolution.
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Asustek' Eee Note To Ship in Taiwan This Week, U.S. Next Year Article ContentsAsustek' Eee Note To Ship in Taiwan This Week, U.S. Next Year
Asustek has officially announced that its Linux-based Eee Note EA-800 will be available this week in Taiwan for about $230 US. Yet the budget-minded, note-taking e-reader probably won't make it to the U.S. or many other countries in time for this year's holiday season.
Asustek's new Eee Note EA-800 is not to be confused with its Eee Reader DR-900, already for sale in the company's native Taiwan for practically $400 U.S. Like the pricier Eee Reader, the new Eee Note comes with a stylus for taking on-screen notes. However, its 8-inch monochrome LCD touch screen is one-inch smaller than the e-paper screen used in the Eee Reader.
Due to the difference in screen technologies, the Eee Note will reportedly run on batteries continuously for only about 10 hours with its WiFi b/g turned on, and 14.5 hours with it off. In comparison, thanks to its e-paper screen from Sipix Imaging, the Eee reader will go for up to two weeks without a recharge.
Despite its lower pricetag, though, the Eee Note is outfitted with 4GB of flash memory for internal storage, in contrast to only 2GB for the Eee Reader. Each device also features a microSD slot for additional internal storage and a Micro-USB port for recharging or syncing to a PC.
A Wacom-enabled Screen
The Eee Note sports an anti-glare 768-by-1024 grayscale display for use with a snap-in, dockable Wacom digital stylus offering 256 levels of pressure sensitivity.
Also included is a mono speaker, an integrated microphone, a 3.5 mm headphones socket, and a 2 megapixel camera. The camera can be used to take pictures of text and images, and then the user can annotate the pages on the device's LCD touch display.
Suitably, the Eee Note will be bundled with software for reading, writing notes, recording lectures, and listening to music, as well as special content from local partners in various countries.
With the Eee Note, Asustek is in step with a still prevailing downward price curve on monochrome readers, being spurred in large part by competitive pressures in an increasingly populated product market.
Availability
Unless they live in certain areas of Asia, though, consumers probably won't be able to pick up an Eee Note for themselves or as a holiday gift this year.
Following availability this week in Taiwan and soon afterward in Hong Kong, the reader is slated to ship in European countries such as Germany, Italy and Russia just before or after the turn of the year, and in the U.S. and China during the first quarter of 2011.
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The LG Quantum was released less than a week ago on the 15th of November by media and tech giant LG, yet it has already garnered a flood of attention from offline and online users interested in how this new smart phone stacks up to the already expansive range of smart phones offered in the United States, including the iPhone4 by Apple. The LG Quantum is designed as a middle of the road smart phone, which means it is not meant to directly compete with high end phones such as the iPhone4. Nonetheless, people are curious about how the two phones compare, and the short comparison is that while the iPhone4 offers more features than the LG phone, it also costs more, which may or may not justify purchasing it over the Quantum.
The first step to comparing both smart phones is to compare how much of a dent they will each make in your wallet if you purchase one, the other, or both. It is available on the AT & T network, and if you take advantage of every rebate and discount offered by AT & T and LG, then you will not end up paying too much for it.
In comparison, if you want to bring the iPhone4 home, you will either have to fork a bit more money depending on the version you want. If you buy the 16 GB version, the iPhone4 actually costs the same as the LG Quantum, which also comes with 16 GB of memory in its default configuration. Therefore, if memory is the only thing that's important to you, you will probably want to go with the iPhone4, since it offers additional features the LG Quantum just can't compete with.
However, if you don't want to use Apple's device or if you aren't a fan of the iPhone's operating system, iOS 4, you will be better suited with the LG Quantum no matter what. If you buy it, the Quantum comes with a lower resolution screen compared to that of an iPhone4. The iPhone4's touch screen display is 3.5 inches in size and comes with a whopping 960 x 640 resolution that few, if any, other smart phones currently on the market can compete with. In comparison, the Quantum comes with a 3.5 inch display, but the resolution it offers is not nearly as high as that of the iPhone4.
Both smart phones come with a healthy set of accessories provided by their respective manufacturers and 3rd party retailers both on and off the internet. With the LG Quantum, accessories are likely to be cheaper, that is because Apple products are usually a bit more expensive. You can buy a case, chargers, extra batteries, screen protectors, and other devices to help enhance your productivity and ability to get work and play done while you are on the road.
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