Dell Mini 10 Getting GPS and Wi-Fi Positioning
Dell announced today that the Mini 10 will be getting GPS and Wi-Fi positioning. The GPS chip along with the Wi-Fi will be used to calculate your position. The Mini 10 will be the first system to offer the GPS built-in. The initial release will support Windows XP and Vista with support for Windows 7 coming soon.
I’m excited that GPS will be an option now. More and more services are going location aware and a netbook being an extension to your smartphone makes sense for it to have the same capabilities. Hopefully people can get it working under OS X when it comes out. Then I’ll be all over buying one.
Windows 7 Guided Tours
Microsoft has released some Apple Style guided tours for Windows 7. It’s a great way for consumers to see the new features in action. Not everyone downloads the betas or searches the Internet for the new features.
(via istartedsomething)
Video: HTC Hero/Sense UI Walk-Through
The HTC Hero looks like an awesome phone. The Sense UI looks really impressive especially with the contact/social network integration. From what some other sites where saying is that Sense will not be available on the first Android phones. I’m hoping this shows up on Verizon since that is my carrier.
(via Crunch Gear)
Windows 7 up for Pre-Order
Amazon has Microsoft Windows 7
Boxee for Windows and New Features
Boxee has released a version for Windows. The biggest news is probably their partnership with MLB.TV. You can now stream MLB.TV content through Boxee. You have to have the subscription but it will put a really nice interface to the online content. They also added Digg and Tumblr to their content sources. They made a nice move with going with MLB.TV but it’s still a subscription service. I’m sure they are trying with other major content providers but I’m worried after the MLB.TV subscriptions they might only be able to pull out deals with other subscription services. The video below is with TechVi, Ben Drawbaugh and Dave Zatz. They talk about the future of Boxee and their opinions on other content providers. I like listening to those guys talk tech.
DirecTV Launches TV Apps
DirecTV has launched a new service called TV Apps. It’s widgets for you TV. The program is in public beta right now. It will work with any receiver with Internet access. You can choose from many different widgets like weather and sports scores. You can manage your widgets online. I was surprised by the number of widgets already on there. You can even get a Twitter widget if you want. Any new services should launch with twitter capabilities, right?
(via DBSTalk)
HP LX195 Windows Home Server Plus 1TB Hard Drive for $375
Newegg
has the HP LX195 Windows Home Server for $375 with free 1TB hard drive. That makes it a really good price to get an entry level Windows Home Server. It is compatible with Time Machine backups for all you Mac fans out there. The deal ends on 6/25 so you don’t have much time to get the free 1TB hard drive with it.
Popcorn Hour C-200 Pricing and Video
The Popcorn Hour C-200 is official now. But not available yet. I’m on the sign up list to be notified when it’s available. I wish they would send me one to at least play with. My last videos I did of the original Popcorn Hour A-100 had almost 100,000 views on YouTube. That should at least get me a demo yet, right? The C-200 is priced at $299. Not terrible since you can just add a Blu-Ray drive to it. The video above is just the unboxing, no UI shots. I’ll notify everyone when I hear it’s available. My guess is there will probably be another wait list of a couple months.
Video: 6 HD Pocket Camcorders Compared
Pure Creative, Kodak, Sony, FlipHD compared on features. I wish they would have shown sample videos from each camera. I currently have the Kodak Zi6 and it has been great. It has the 60fps and 30fps option like the video says. It also has a macro switch for closeup shots of whatever I want. That macro switch is important if you plan on recording computers screens which I couldn’t accomplish with the original flip. With the compressed HD on all of them it probably comes down to features as the one you pick.
Homer Simpson Voice on TomTom GPS
TomTom has released the Homer Simpson voice for their GPS. Pretty cool to show off but if you really wanted to get somewhere he would probably annoy you. It would still provide some entertainment as your traveling down the road. Click the link above to hear a few samples.
