Monthly Archives: September 2015

Smart fortwo cabrio to roll into dealers in February 2016

Smart fortwo cabrio to roll into dealers in February 2016

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Smart has been peddling its tiny little fortwo car for a while now with a bit of success. The car is very small and is designed for city dwellers who need a tiny car that is easy to maneuver and park in tight city areas around the world. Drivers who are looking for a small, quirky ride with good fuel efficiency also choose the little car. The new smart fortwo cabrio is set to land early next year.

The official world premier for the cabrio will happen in September at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. Order banks will open for the car in mid-November with the first models hitting dealer showrooms in February 2016. It’s strange to roll out a drop top car when it’s still firmly winter in much of the world.
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Sony Wena smartwatch puts traditional face on a smart band

Sony Wena smartwatch puts traditional face on a smart band

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Over in Japan Sony has its own crowdfunding platform called First Flight that launched back in July. It’s rather like the other funding sites we are more familiar with, Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Sony is using First Flight to drum up early orders for a new smartwatch that it plans to make called Wena. That very strange name stands for “wear electronics naturally.”

One Wena watch looks like a normal watch with three small dials inside the larger face and no LCD. The Wena offers three features including a NFC wallet that is compatible with Felica standards in Japan. It gives notifications via vibration and a customizable LED light on the band. The Wena watch also tracks activity via an app only for iOS devices.
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Google’s Android Wear for iPhone app gets official

Google’s Android Wear for iPhone app gets official

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Google is making its Android Wear smartwatches iPhone compatible, announcing an iOS app for what has hitherto been Android-only companion devices. The new app will give iPhone users an alternative to Apple Watch for their wearable needs, handy for those who’d like a circular display, a different form-factor, or simply a cheaper option than Apple’s own smartwatch.

Android Wear was announced back in March 2014, and since then a number of models with a variety of screen sizes, shapes, and prices have been launched.
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Xbox One Elite bundle features new controller, 1TB hybrid drive

Xbox One Elite bundle features new controller, 1TB hybrid drive

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Microsoft has just announced the new Xbox One Elite bundle. The package still just includes the console hardware and a single controller, but both have been revamped with a number of improvements. As the name implies, the Elite bundle includes the new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller that was first unveiled at E3 in June, which features customizable buttons and analog sticks. But the console itself also has a feature: a 1TB solid state hybrid drive (SSHD).
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Helix wearable cuff and Bluetooth headphones mix fashion with tech

Helix wearable cuff and Bluetooth headphones mix fashion with tech

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Wearable devices are on the market in droves today with many of them combining multiple functions into one device. The Helix is a wearable cuff that also brings with it wireless Bluetooth headphones. The wearable cuff is the case for the headphones that unplug and deploy out of the wearable.

The earbuds go into the ears and have Bluetooth tech to make them wireless. The Helix cuff is flexible and is designed to do nothing but hold your headphones for you. It offers no smart features or fitness tracking capabilities.
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ThinkGeek’s Tesla Watch is steampunk-chic

ThinkGeek’s Tesla Watch is steampunk-chic

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Not interested in a smartwatch, but still desire something cool and unique for your wrist? Well, if you’re into the look of leather, brass, and rivets that defines steampunk, you’re definitely in luck today.

ThinkGeek’s new Tesla Watch not only features a winding key for setting the time, but two vacuum tubes on top with LEDs that can be activated with a switch. While these features may not add much functionality to a watch, the same could be argued about reading emails from your wrist.
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2016 Ford Explorer Platinum edition gets 500W Sony audio

2016 Ford Explorer Platinum edition gets 500W Sony audio

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Ford has announced a new trim level for the 2016 Explorer. The new trim will make the 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum the best-appointed SUV that Ford has offered to date. Among the niceties that the Platinum version of the new Explorer will offer are leather wrapped interior and a 500W Sony audio system. The Explorer Platinum will be powered by the 3.5L EcoBoost V6.

Ford plans to have the Explorer Platinum in dealer showrooms by September. Ford promises that the Explorer Platinum builds on the popular Explorer Sport adding new levels of luxury and craftsmanship inside the car along with the performance of the Sport version.
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Samsung Gear S2 details released in full [UPDATE: more images]

Samsung Gear S2 details released in full [UPDATE: more images]

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Three versions of Samsung’s newest smartwatch, the Gear S2, have been revealed today. Each of the three, the Samsung Gear S2, Gear S2 classic, and Gear S2 3G will come with round faces and Tizen for their software platform. While the Gear S2 and S2 classic will come with Wi-fi connectivity, a Gear S2 3G version will also be released with the same specifications save a slot for a 3G SIM card. Each of these devices will also come with Bluetooth 4.1 and NFC, and will be released likely by the end of the year.
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Android Wear’s iOS victim isn’t Apple Watch, it’s Pebble

Android Wear’s iOS victim isn’t Apple Watch, it’s Pebble

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Android Wear has been updated to work with iOS, and while some suggest it’s the Apple Watch that’ll suffer, we’re thinking Pebble. The smartwatch that took hold a couple years ago with its super-simple interface, physical buttons, and most important of all – iOS integration from the get-go. Being the only smartwatch in the world worth a second glance was great for Pebble when it launched. Now things are different. Now there’s competition, and Pebble really, truly looks like it’s behind the times.
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LG G Pad X 10.1 released to AT&T with 4G LTE

LG G Pad X 10.1 released to AT&T with 4G LTE

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AT&T will be releasing the LG G Pad X 10.1 with 4G LTE data speed to their network on the 4th of September – this Friday. This device works with relatively modest specs, including a 10.1-inch full HD display (that’s 1080p), and 32GB of internal storage. The big promotion point for AT&T and LG on this device is its inclusion of the DirecTV app on the device right out of the box – though, technically, you could just download the app from the Google Play app store on the tablet you already own, really.
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Metal Gear Solid V PC disk is just a Steam installer

Metal Gear Solid V PC disk is just a Steam installer

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Purchasers of the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain physical edition have found that their disks do not contain the actual game. Instead, the install disk contains an 8.78 MB version of Valve’s Steam installer. While this is not the first time this sort of situation has happened, it is the first time many Metal Gear Solid fans have seen such a disk without actual game files. Some of them are displeased.
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Apple and Cisco team up to make iOS enterprise fit

Apple and Cisco team up to make iOS enterprise fit

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iOS is one of if not the best mobile operating system, but so far its primary focus has been consumers. But some of those consumers are also employees, business men and women, enterprise workers, and the such. And that is one market where Apple is trying to make some headway. Strengthening its push towards the enterprise, Apple has struck up a deal with Cisco, one of the industry’s leading networking and collaborative services provider to integrateiPhones and iPads more deeply into users’ enterprise lives and workflows.
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R2-D2 car charger puts the droid in your cupholder

R2-D2 car charger puts the droid in your cupholder

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Can’t get enough of Star Wars’ most lovable blue-clad droid? We recently detailed the new R2-D2 Bluetooth speaker, which is a realistic replica of R2-D2’s head. Now there’s a new companion to add to your R2-D2 fondness, and this one comes in the form of a car charger. The charger hails from ThinkGeek, which designed the product itself. As always, it is officially licensed, and even better — it’s available as of now.
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New Nintendo 3DS launches in U.S. on September 25

New Nintendo 3DS launches in U.S. on September 25

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After questions and speculation and outcries and impatient waiting, Nintendofans located in the U.S. will be able to get ahold of the smaller New Nintendo 3DS starting next month. Earlier this year, Nintendo announced the larger of the two new models in the US, but was careful to avoid giving any explicit statement either way about whether the smaller unit would be arriving in North America. Now the video game company has made an official statement, saying the device will be available starting September 25.
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17 of the Fastest Camaros of All Time

17 of the Fastest Camaros of All Time

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1. 2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO SLP ZL1

Quarter-mile time: 11.0 seconds

The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SLP ZL1 is one of the fastest Camaros of all time. The car can go from zero to 60 MPH in 3.1 seconds, and runs the quarter-mile in 11.0 seconds. The car is powered by a 16-valve V-8 engine that is 7009 cc / 428 cu inches, and it is rated at 724 lb-ft of torque and 750 horsepower. The car was manufactured with a six-speed manual transmission, and it can break from 70 MPH in 159 ft. For those who like to hug the corners, the car can hold the road up to 0.9 g’s before the back-end of the auto starts to become unstable making it one of the most enjoyable Camaros to drive.
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