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Welcome to the next Engadget {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 12:36PM Congratulations, Engadget. As a former AOL employee (I started working for AOL when AOL was still charging by the minute and stayed over 10 years), I hope your entire staff is immune from AOL's downsizing. Your site, CNET's news.com, multichannel.com, and my own sites, - OULinks.com - and - OUSportsNews.com -, are my passions. (I have also started a new site TechOK.org to promote tech in Oklahoma.) Keep up the great work! -- John Hite, retired, Oklahoma City
Is a new TiVo imminent? {Engadget HD}
Nov 19th 2009 12:03AM I think that Bluetooth 3.0 will be a likely candidate to replace IR and RF remote controls in the future.
http://www.planetanalog.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=217200899&printable=true
Samsung has a fantastic remote control based on 802.11n.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/06/samsungs-led-tv-couple-packs-a-7-inch-tablet-remote-for-streami/
Since Bluetooth 3.0 is an amalgam of Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11n, it is 8 times faster than Bluetooth 2.0 (and I believe it is faster than 802.11n alone).
I think it is possible that all smart devices (smart phones, HDTV's, cable boxes, TIVO's and computers) might incorporate Bluetooth 3.0 in the future.
---- John Hite, retired, Oklahoma City
Is a new TiVo imminent? {Engadget HD}
Nov 17th 2009 3:10PM Add these features to the new TIVO (and all new cable boxes) wish list:
-- Bluetooth 3.0
-- Light peak connection
-- ATSC M/H local reception
-- IPTV menu/guide
If computers, HDTVs, computer monitors, smart phones, smart cable boxes and TIVO's were standardized with these systems, the synergies would be terrific. Think of using your phone as a very smart remote control that will take your video & audio with you - to the kitchen & other rooms, tethering your computer & cable box to your phones, enabling multiple 802.11n connections to one mobile phone & a myriad of other uses. -- John Hite, retired, Oklahoma City
CyberPower adds USB 3.0 and SATA 6G to entire Gamer Xtreme desktop line {Engadget}
Nov 17th 2009 11:34AM Perhaps a better alternative would be industry adoption of both Intel's light peak technology and Bluetooth 3.0. If computers, smart phones and smart cable boxes were standardized with both systems, the synergies would be terrific. Think of using your phone as a very smart remote control that will take your video & audio with you - to the kitchen & other rooms, tethering your computer & cable box to your phones, enabling multiple 802.11n connections to one mobile phone & multiple other uses. -- John Hite, retired, Oklahoma City
Unused Adamo XPS prototypes reveal touchscreen trackpads, key-less keyboard {Engadget}
Nov 8th 2009 12:03AM I'll bet we see a lot of multitouch lcd or amoled touchpads in Windows 7 laptops and netbooks. Hopefully we'll see desktop keyboards again with built-in touchpads - however this time they'll be multitouch led's. We'll also see all kinds of multitouch mice substitutes - configured as led touchpads or mice/led--touchpad hybrids. I know I want one, if it proves workable and reliable. -- JohnH_in_OKC.
