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Coming Soon: iPod Connectivity on Airplanes
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Apple, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
As if iPods weren’t ubiquitous enough (and we mean that in a good way), by mid-year select airlines will have iPod seat connections that will keep your little buddy powered and charged during the flight. Even better, using the dock connector port, you will be able to display the video content from the iPod on seat-back screens. It’s all about synergy, as many airlines are currently improving and increasing their in-flight entertainment options. Apple is currently working with Delta, US Airlines, United, Continental, and others, with even more airlines on the horizon.
Read More 
| Cheapflights via Macminute
Gallery: Coming Soon: iPod Connectivity on Airplanes
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Horntones FX-550 Customizes the Sound of Your Car Horn
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Mods / Hacks, Transportation,
We live in a society that loves to customize it’s cell phones and cars. Well the folks at Horntones have ingeniously taken that notion a step further: in April look for the Horntones FX-550, a clever $150 USD device that lets you to customize the sound of your horn using almost any standard audio file. The dashboard-mounted device stores hundreds of different sounds; some are pre-loaded, and more can be downloaded from Horntones.com. Here’s the fun but scary part: you can create your own tones in MP3 or WAV format. Yes, you can have any sound or song clip as your horn, whether it’s naughty, nice or just flat-out obnoxious. A USB thumb drive transfers the sounds from your computer to the player, which never has to leave your car. You can even create your own themes, utilizing the 8 preset buttons on the player. Could be fun, or a complete nightmare on the roads if this actually catches on.
Read More | Horntones via Gizmag
Gallery: Horntones FX-550 Customizes the Sound of Your Car Horn
Car Kit is Pink All Over
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
How thoughtful of us to have found the winner of the Pink Panther car auction and you more hideously pink accessories to go with it. The award winning gift of the year includes a cell phone recharger, an ice scraper, protective gloves, an air freshener, a mini-torch, a steel hammer, and jump leads (in a pink bag, of course.) The Car Kit comes in a case small enough to stow under your seat or in your glovebox, and is available online from The Pink Toolbox Company for £29.99 (~$58.50,) who have a penchant for all things pink.
Read More | The Pink Toolbox Company
Gallery: Car Kit is Pink All Over
Nielsen Studies DVR Viewing Habits
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment, Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
Ratings company Nielsen recently completed a study on DVRs and mobile video viewing. The company focused on sample households who owned DVRs during three weeks in January and has come to these conclusions:
- The majority of DVR viewers watch in groups.
- Viewers will sit through more commercials when watching programs that are closer to the original air date.
- Mobile viewing is still a mostly niche market.
At this point, only 19% of households own a mobile video device, whether it is a portable DVD player, video iPod, or video enabled cell phone. Those that utilize iTunes spend 95% of playback time in audio, rather than video.
Read More | B & C
Gallery: Nielsen Studies DVR Viewing Habits
eBay Auctions Off Pink Panther Car
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Transportation,
Our eBay auction of the week award goes to the hideously colored Pink Panther Car designed by Hollywood’s Jay Ohrberg. Originally used in the opening and closing credits of the 1960’s cartoon, it is being offered with the gimongous price tag of $146,210.00. Now located in Britain, the car is 23 x 6-feet and powered by a 7 litre engine that its present owner claims has less than 10 miles on it.
Here’s what we’re wondering. With so little usage put upon the vehicle, why does its description state “the brakes would need attention (master cylinder)?” We’re thinking that it comes from sitting mostly unloved in the soggy United Kingdom for 4 decades. The bidding is set to end February 19th with its first and only bid of $146,490.00 on the block.
Read More | eBay
Gallery: eBay Auctions Off Pink Panther Car
The Bleeding Edge 140: Planet82 SMPD Camera Chips
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, CES, CES 2007, Features, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution
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Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 140: Planet82 SMPD Camera Chips
Vodafone to Team with Google in Map Making
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Google, GPS, Transportation,
We told you so. Now that Nokia is offering free GPS downloads to its customers, Vodafone, the planet’s largest mobile phone network operator, has decided to get with Google to develop a map system for other cell phones. The service will also include local listings in what Vodafone’s marketer Frank Rovekamp refers to as its “mass-market access to exciting services.” We don’t know if we would call it exciting. We just like the concept of not having to pay for a separate GPS device when we get lost.
Read More | USA Today
Gallery: Vodafone to Team with Google in Map Making
The Bleeding Edge 138: Econolite Explains New Traffic Signal Technology
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos,
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Read More | The Bleeding Edge
Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 138: Econolite Explains New Traffic Signal Technology
Nokia Now Has Free GPS
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
Nokia is now offering free GPS navigation and mapping system for anything from cell phones to handhelds. After downloading the application, you can select maps from 150 countries and 15 million points of interest. The catch here is that smart2go is just a basic service, and to get the full-blown program you must pay a weekly or monthly fee. Nokia plans on releasing the program on all new models. We are just happy to know that with competition so hot these days between manufacturers, GPS will probably become standard on all mobile devices and cell phones in the near future.
Read More | Nokia
Gallery: Nokia Now Has Free GPS
The Bleeding Edge 132: DATZOO FixDAT
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2007, Design, Features, Misc. Tech, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos,
|Download| - iPod-formatted H.264
|Download| - Apple TV High Resolution
|Download| - MPEG-4
Read More | The Bleeding Edge
