Audio
Icon iPhone battery pack combines visual bliss with bona fide utility
Oh, sure — Mophie’s Juice Pack Air may be quite the effective device when it comes to rejuvenating a dead iPhone, but what it sorely lacks is a dash of the atypical. Essential TPE has done the world one better with the introduction of The Icon, or what’s better known as the most incredible iPhone battery pack in the history of iPhone battery packs
MSI rolls out GT660 gaming laptop with Dynaudio sound system
We caught sight of this one back around CeBIT time , but MSI’s just officially dropped some fuller details on the GT660. The HD16-incher will be powered by a quad core Intel i7 CPU, a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and a standard 500GB hard drive
SMK-Link’s Notebook USB Audio Station tilts your laptop with speakers
On one hand, it’s just a laptop docking station. On the other, it’s probably the most useful laptop docking station this side of Toshiba’s dynadock V . SMK-Link ‘s simply titled Notebook USB Audio Station was just released, bringing a universal (Mac and PC) design that actually goes above and beyond the call to a product segment that’s typically a snoozefest
Switched On: Thunder in the cloud
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. With each passing day it becomes less of an insult to say someone’s head is in the clouds, as more and more people begin to outright rely on web sites and applications like Facebook, Google Docs, Flickr, Farmville, YouTube and Hulu. Among these popular services are Slacker and Pandora, two internet radio services that have grown tremendously since becoming available as smartphone apps, and which have recently completed the three-screen trifecta by being offered on connected televisions.
Engadget Podcast 198 – 05.29.2010
How many executives does it take to screw in a light bulb? Fewer than you would think! How many screens do you need to coordinate your digital life with the cloud
Bose simplifies surround sound setup with Lifestyle systems, charges dearly for it
So, you’ve got a few options here. Do a little research and piece together your own surround system, hire a voyeur from Geek Squad to do it for you, or just hire a live-in technician to handle both present and future issues.
