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Onkyo Remote App For Android Can Control Your Home Theater Systems

HiFi and well known audio manufacturer Onkyo is going to release of their first Android app, which allows users to control a number of its home theater systems. This app will be available in August and will be free to download from the Android market. The Remote App for Android will be compatible with all of Onkyo’s network A/V receivers released in 2011, as well as with the TX-8050 stereo network receiver. Checkout more details bellow in the press release.

Sandisk’s New Ultra Solid State Drive Hands-on To Retailers

The SanDisk Corporation a global leader in flash memory storage solutions announced that its latest offerings, the Ultra SSDs. The drive’s up to 280 megabyte per second (MB/sec)1 sequential read and 270 MB/sec sequential write speeds deliver fast data-transfer rates; up to 3 Gb/s random speeds surpass other SATA II SSDs and enable faster system boot and application launch times. The drive comes in 60 gigabyte (GB)3, 120GB and 240GB capacities carrying MSRPs of $129.99, $219.99 and $449.99, respectively. Checkout more details bellow in the press release.

Bang & Olufsen Introduce BeoSound 5 Encore Digital Music System

Bang & Olufsen just lunched their new BeoSound 5 Encore Digital Music System. The more affordable $3,350 BeoSound 5 Encore carries over the svelte 10.4-inch LCD and scroll wheel toting controller from its predecessor. Now you can choose your favourites among the 13,000 international radio stations that BeoSound 5 Encore gives you access to. And when your guests can no longer keep their hands from the crafted aluminium wheel and their eyes from the crisp LCD screen, they can swiftly browse through a slew of album covers, music tracks or radio stations together to select yet another perfect song or mood. Interaction is intuitive, instantaneous, and seamless. BeoSound 5 Encore is available for purchase in all Bang & Olufsen showrooms in August 2011. For now checkout the press release bellow for more.

Avatar Kinect Hits Xbox Live

The Kinect Fun Labs Gadget is available as a free download for all Xbox Live Gold members and even non-paying Live members can try it out during a limited trial that runs until September 8th. The new chat tool joins a handful of other mini applications offered by Microsoft as part of its Kinect Fun Labs, which launched last month and Microsoft plans to add Kinect Sparkler to that collection of apps, $3 software that tracks hand movements to write with light on a 3D virtual canvas. Those looking to try something else a little different with Kinect will also be able to download the Kinect Sparkler 3D finger painting application…………….

Virgin Media Delivers 1.5Gbps Internet

Virgin Media is redefining what’s considered a fast broadband connection this week as it starts to roll out Internet connections that boast 1.5Gbps download speeds and the fastest broadband connection you can currently get in the UK is 100Mbps with most people only having access to a service that can handle 20Mbps. The testing involves using the new DOCSIS-2 standard to implement the speeds, which are around 240 times faster than current average broadband connections and it allows Virgin Media’s network to provide a future-proved platform with near infinite capacity………………

Toshiba Thrive 10.1-Inch 16 GB Android Tablet Review

The Thrive Tablet by Toshiba, powered by Android 3.1, Honeycomb, offering a better way to browse the web, enjoy e-books and HD videos, play games, listen to music and more. Complete, convenient and customizable, it’s everything a tablet can and should be, with a gorgeous 10.1” diagonal high-res multi-touch widescreen display, features you can personalize and speedy performance so you can multitask your way through your digital life with ease. This is an Amazon’s product review. Checkout more details bellow.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX55 16.2 MP Slim Digital Camera

Sony Bring New Cyber-shot DSC-TX55 16.2 MP Slim Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 3.3-Inch OLED touch screen. See pictures in a whole new way with the Sony DSC-TX55 camera. Viewing vivid colors on the 3.3-inch OLED touch screen brings photos to life. With 3D still image, amazing Intelligent Sweep Panorama HR mode, superb low light function and full HD video, viewing your pictures just got a lot more exciting. This camera is now available in Amazon for pre order. Checkout more details and the press release bellow for more.

HTC Salsa Replaced Facebook Button In China For Weibo Smartphone

Well this Smartphone may look like a HTC Salsa at first glance, if you look closer you’ll find there is a familiar little blue button has been replaced with one for Sina’s Weibo social networking service. The very first Weibo smartphone HTC Weike is a custom version of HTC Salsa. This Smartphone is baked-in Sina Weibo integration and other Sina web services like music and photo album. Considering that Weibo has around 150 million total users, and 50 million active monthly users.