Gadgets Blog

A quick recap of gadget blogs and news around the Net:

• Singapore Airlines gets iPhone/iPod docks and 15.4-inch LCD screens - Gizmodo
• Blackberry to soon sync to your Apple iTunes music - Engadget
• iDial iPhone Retro Application takes you back in time - Ubergizmodo
• Airwolf replica is now on eBay - OhGizmo!
• LED gloves puts light on your fingertips - Technabob
• Coupon queen spends $10 a week on groceries for family of five - Boing Boing
• Microsoft introduces the TouchWall computer - CNET

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Canon Deal: Canon 12 x 36 Image Stabilizer II
• Buy TV Shows: HBO TV Series Now Available on iTunes
• Computer Shopping: Dell Coupons Expiring Today!
• iPhone Rumor: New iPhone to Have Bigger Screen?
  

Movies, music, television shows and now more television with exclusive HBO shows.

Apple and HBO announced today that they will now be selling HBO’s most popular shows in the Apple iTunes store. HBO joins an already impressive list of movies and television shows sold in iTunes and is sure to bring more popularity to the store by bringing such shows as The Sopranos and Sex and the City. Some other notable shows listed are The Wire, Deadwood, Rome and Flight of the Conchords.

Curious about the price of these HBO shows? Well, there is a slight price variation. For shows Sex and the City, The Wire and Flight of the Conchords, they are going to run for about $1.99 an episode. For The Sopranos, Deadwood, and Rome, they are $2.99 an episode. Customers also have the opportunity to purchase entire seasons of each of the shows.

To check out HBO television shows on Smarter, click here.

To go to Apple and download iTunes, click here.

Source: Gizmodo

If you thought Google Maps and iTunes was something to rave about on your new iPhone, then you haven’t seen anything yet.

Remember when E.T. said he wanted to “phone home,” well, it looks like Apple is going to make it possible.

Due out this September, the new iPhone, iMartian, will finally allow those who want to, to call Mars.

Now I know what some of you are thinking. Why would you need to call Mars? But I’m thinking exactly how the guys at Apple are: Why not!?

Jared Johannson of Louisiana picked up a trial version of the iMartian as part of a select group to test out the new iPhone and had this to say about it.

“I swear, I dialed “11” and a number and someone up there (pointing up) picked up,” said Johansson. “Yep, that’s right. It was mostly static and clicks and a few beeps in there, but I know I heard him breathin’ and speaking a few words of English in there. Well, maybe not English, but it was something.”

But while he may be happy with his new discovery, some other iPhone customers aren’t as excited about the out of this world reception.

“I don’t care if they can reach Pluto with the iMartian,” said AT&T user Mallory Swanson of Toluca Lake. “I want to know why I can’t get reception to my mother’s house across the street with my iPhone. “More bars” means nothing if the bars don’t work!”

When Apple was contacted about the iMartian’s new out of this world discovery, their office released this official statement.

“We know that the public will really love the new iPhone, the iMartian. Although not everyone will be able to pick up a transmission, at least they have the ability to try. But, if you buy our new, upgraded model, the iGhoul, for an extra $100 due out next fall, you’ll probably be able to reach the dead. But you won’t know until you buy one. You win some, you lose some.”

And one more thing: April Fools!

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• High School kid builds a wooden bicycle - Neatorama
• Apple iTunes video rentals last longer than 24 hours - Macworld
• NASA to go from space shuttles to brain surgery? - i09
• Toyota’s new system looks out for sleepy eyes - Jalopnik
• Wiimote complete sports package - Gizmodo
• Double amputee walks again with the help of Bluetooth - CNN

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save $300 off HP Pavilion Notebooks $1199 and Up
• PlayStation 3 to be Released in Ceramic White Color
• Get $200 off an 80-hour TiVo Series2 DVR
• Best Buy Sold Infected Digital Frames, Still No Recall

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Bid on this “Fastlane” car on eBay - Autoblog
• Nyko creates the wireless Nintendo Wii nunchucks - Kotaku
• Speed Racer trailer - Jalopnik
• Is Sega working on a Dreamcast II - Gizmodo
• Get your own Flux Capacitor - OhGizmo!
• Dell is moving into Best Buy - Engadget
  

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save $200 on Dell Inspiron Notebooks $899 and up.
• iTunes movie prices go up to $15
• Take 10% off everything in the Philips Direct Store
• Nintendo Wii Lego Zapper

So rumor has it, Apple is going to hike their movie prices up to $15 in their iTunes Store in order to lure in more movie options and titles. And after taking a peek into iTunes a few minutes ago and seeing some titles priced at just that, the rumors appear to be true.

Although this price jump would still save people a few bucks from buying a DVD, which usually vary around $18 to $20 for a new DVD, it is a price raise nonetheless that consumers I’m sure won’t take a liking to.

According to a report by Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield, Apple is raising the average selling price of the movies in the iTunes Store in a bid to gain extra support for their service.

Also, stores such as Walmart have threatened to reduce or end support for studios who sell their movies on iTunes because they heavily undercut their business and studios have been reluctant to sell their movies on iTunes because of this as well. So in an effort to lure more movies from studios such as 20th Century Fox, Apple is said to be raising their prices up a bit to try to make everyone happy.

To read the full article at Electronista, click here.

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Marky Mark Walhberg to star in the movie adaption of the video game Max Payne - Variety
• Great Deals at Best Buy Black Friday - Gizmodo
• Fan raps about the soon-to-be released Verizon Voyager phone - Wired
• The Escalade goes Hyrbid - Crave
• Dude, where’s the Dell guy? - New York Magazine
• Apple and Starbucks integration has begun - Engadget

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save money and get more on a PS3 at Dell.com
• Now you see me, now you don’t
• Pound Puppies control riots?
• Alvin and the Chipmunks movie trailer
• Top Gun: High speed, low passing jets video

If the main reason why you wouldn’t buy an iPod is because you couldn’t afford any songs for it, well it looks like you’ve run out of excuses.

Now at the Apple Store online, you can get a 2GB Apple iPod PLUS 500 songs for only $149.00. That is practically a steal considering songs on iTunes run for .99 cents a piece.

Click here to get a new iPod today. Also, while you are there, check out the other iPod sizes and options you can pick up.