Motorola's Sanjay Jha hints at a 7-inch tablet before the end of the year, foresees tablet prices dropping

Motorola's CEO Sanjay Jha had hinted once before that there would be a family of Motorola tablets, but speaking at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today, he promised that those other Moto tablets would hit before the end of the year. Naturally, Jha wasn't talking specifics, but we're betting that next tablet is a 7-incher -- he mentioned that 7-inch form factor a number of times and said that size was more "fun" and "portable." Similar to what he said on the Moto earnings call, he implied that the 10-inch size was more for professionals. Jha also spent a bit of time talking about pricing, and stated that he expects the price on the Xoom and other tablets to come down in price in the second half of the year, especially as component prices decrease. So, how's the Xoom doing at that $599 starting price? Well, it's only been a couple of days, but he assured the interviewer that "sales have started relatively well."

Motorola's Sanjay Jha hints at a 7-inch tablet before the end of the year, foresees tablet prices dropping originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kinect Hack Lets You Impersonate An Octopus Impersonating Humans

The student game developers behind PC puzzler OctoDad have hacked Kinect to let players act out the secret struggles of a digital octopus.

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How Do I Pair My Phone to a Bluetooth Device?

Bluetooth technology allows for hands-free mobile phone use, as well as for listening to music and audio files stored on your Android phone (not to mention a proliferation of Borg sightings). Pairing your smartphone with a Bluetooth headset or other device increases your phone's usability.

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Epic Makes Unreal Engine More Realistic for Small Devs

Epic Games has created award-winning series like "Gears of War" and "Unreal Tournament," as well as a popular proprietary development platform. That platform, Unreal Engine, doesn't only appear in Epic titles, though. The company has allowed other developers to license it -- for a fee. Now, it's opening up that platform to independent developers with no upfront cost.

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Fido can stand under my Dogbrella ella ella ay ay ay

If you have a dog, you have stood in the rain with him while he does his business. No big deal for you, if you have an umbrella, but what about Fido? If you want to avoid wet dog smell, get your pooch his own umbrella – the Dogbrella. It’s a 29″ diameter canopy (think [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/02/25/fido-can-stand-under-my-dogbrella-ella-ella-ay-ay-ay/

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Did Xoom Whiff It on WiFi?

Since it was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last January, the Motorola Xoom tablet has been hailed as the strongest challenge yet to Apple's iPad. However, it faces two possible obstacles to widespread acceptance: Its price, and its lack of a WiFi-only version. The Xoom has both 3G and WiFi capabilities, and it's offered at a price of $800 without a carrier contract.

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Weekly Links ? Did you miss anything on The Gadgeteer this week?

If you don’t subscribe to our daily email newsletter or our RSS feed, you might have missed one of our reviews or news items. Don’t worry, you can catch up fast by checking out this handy list of everything we posted this past week. Reviews Samson Zoom H1 Handy Recorder Review Roku XD|S Media Player [...]

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How an Adorable Pig Could Take Down the Internet [Video]

Oh, how I love the Onion! It constantly creates fantastic nightmare scenarios detailing how the world as we know it could be destroyed—or in this case, how a cute piglet could take down the Internet. More »

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Transphorm promises brickless laptop chargers, power savings aplenty

Stop us if you've heard this one before. A mysterious startup company operates in secret for a number of years, raises millions in funding from some of the biggest players in the industry (in this case, Google and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), and announces a breakthrough technology that promises to change everything. In this case the startup is a company called Transphorm, and the breakthrough is a gallium nitride technology that promises to improve AC/DC transformers. While that might not sound like the most exciting thing in the world, the company's CEO says that it could not only drastically reduce the electricity wasted by electronics that currently rely on silicon components, but significantly reduce the size of the components as well. One prime example there is laptop charger bricks, which Transphorm says could be reduced or even completely eliminated by building the necessary components right into the laptop itself. The company also sees a huge opportunity with electric cars, and especially data centers, which is one of the first markets it will be targeting. Of course, complete details are still fairly light at the moment, but the company is promising to unveil its first products in just two weeks, and you can be sure we'll be watching.

Transphorm promises brickless laptop chargers, power savings aplenty originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Inhabitat's Week in Green: SunPower supplants Ford, lava power, and the airlifted eco shelter

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

This week Inhabitat saw geothermal power projects pick up steam around the world as Iceland eyed liquid magma as an energy source and the UK sought to tap geothermal reserves under Newcastle. We also saw scientists develop a stretchable solar-powered sensor that can detect the drop of a pin, and we were impressed by a brilliant system that uses algae to treat wastewater and generate fuel in one fell swoop.

We also showcased several innovative examples of high-tech architecture - Wales' futuristic newport transit station and a massive green-roofed innovation hub that is set to become Botswana's first LEED-certified building. Solar-powered structures were a hot topic as well as we took a look inside SunPower's incredible renovated headquarters, learned about the new location of the 2011 Solar Decathlon, and showcased a photovoltaic-powered alpine eco shelter.

Finally, this week we got set for the start of spring by sharing our five favorite green gadget gardening tools and a rainwater recycling system that comes complete with a solar pump. We also spotted a chic cradle-to-cradle raincoat that will fend off impending showers and a natty wool iPad cover that will keep your tablet cozy in blustery weather.

Inhabitat's Week in Green: SunPower supplants Ford, lava power, and the airlifted eco shelter originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Full-duplex transmission could double speed of wireless networks

Stanford University researchers have announced a breakthrough that could nearly double the throughput of wireless networks. The & antenna cancellation& technology has already been demonstrated in office settings and, once perfected, will add little cost to Wi-Fi equipment, according to the university....

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Get Your Xoom to Play Nicely with Your PC

Analysis: Here's how to fix the failure to communicate.

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Hardware Roundup

Video: Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Review @ XbitLabs AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Performance Review @ [H} Motherboards and Chipsets: ECS A890GXM-A2 Motherboard Review @ OCC MSI XPower: an LGA1366 Mainboard from “Big Bang” Series for Gamers and Computer Enthusiasts @ XbitLabs Memory and Storage: Vertex 3 240GB @...

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