Filed under: Portable Video

MediaFLO is about to cut loose for AT&T customers and we’ve got video to prove it. After the break you’ll find Mobile TV running on LG’s new $300 (2-year, after $100 rebate) Vu, one of just two Mobile TV compatible handsets launching on AT&T May 4th — the other being the $200 (2-year, after $100 rebate) Samsung Access. Performance looks reasonably snappy when scrolling through the channel guide although some of the exclusive PIX and CNN Mobile Live content is not yet available. S’ok, AT&T has three more days to throw the big blue switch on the broadcast TV service which includes a $15/month unlimited Mobile TV access plan. Hear that Verizon? AT&T’s about to step all over your portable TV game in the US market.

[Via MyFoxUtah]

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Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

There’s a ton of upcoming laptops and devices based around Intel’s Atom processor, and it looks like all the early interest is causing that best of all possible problems for the chipmaker: it’s gotten too many orders. Intel told the WSJ that it’s planning on producing “millions” of Atom chips this year, but that it’s “seeing better-than-expected demand” as production begins and that it’s “we are working quickly to address it.” Still, it looks like manufacturers are expecting a shortage to last for a while — ASUS predicted that supply would be constrained until the third quarter during its quarterly conference call, for example — and various Chinese trade publications have reported the same. That’s definitely not encouraging news, and with AMD’s Puma and VIA’s Isaiah nipping at Atom’s heels, Intel might want to kick things into a higher gear.

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Check it — Gigabyte has just revealed details about a swank new user interface for its GSmart mobiles, and it has been coined Smart Touch. Sadly, multi-touch gestures aren’t supported, but it does handle dragging / dropping and gives users oodles of customization options. Comically enough, the note on the new UI actually admits that it “works like [the interface on the] iPhone,” but it claims to be superior due to its tight-knit integration and more “useful and interesting features.” Sure, alrighty. We’ll let you be the judge on this one — jump on past the break for an excruciatingly long demonstration vid.

[Via the::unwired]

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Ready to have your brain blown out through the top of your head? Look above — you’re staring at the heretofore unseen BlackBerry clamshell, the Kickstart. The Boy Genius snagged a handful of photos of the device (which apparently he’s known about for “a while”), and has decided to share his good fortune with the rest of the world. The phone sports a Pearl-esque keyboard, typical trackball navigation, and apparently utilizes both an internal and external LCD screen. No word on specs, carriers, or a release date, but BGR is saying this puppy is due before the end of the year. You’ll know more when we know more!

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Pink Floyd’s 2-story blowup pig survived 31 years, but sadly it did not survive Coachella ‘08.
On Sunday night during the closing performance of the festival, Roger Waters set his pig free for the Coachella audience but the pig with Obama written on his belly had a different plan and flew away. On Monday Coachella organizers offered a $10,000 and 4 free tickets for life for his return. Tuesday morning two residents found what was left of him on their driveways according to The Desert Sun.

“Interesting he’d land in a country club,” said Susan Stoltz, who found the plastic pig heap in her driveway. She had no idea what it was until she read Tuesday’s Desert Sun.
Believe it or not, Stoltz said she was wearing a Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” T-shirt as she read the paper and realized what she had.
“If I’m lyin’ I’m dyin’,” Stoltz said with a southern twang.

How ironic is that? Both couples will split the $10,000 reward and 4 tickets for life. The Desert Sun says that they are donating the money to youth musical programs in the area.
No word from Roger Waters about the find, but hopefully he will contact Susan Stoltz who is obviously a big fan!!!
BTW it is not known what brought the pig down, but I wonder if Hillary Clinton supporters had something to do it with? LOL!

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Next Monday the writers of CSI will write an episode of Two and a Half Men and on Thursday the writers of Two and a Half Men will write for CSI. While I don’t know much about what the writers of CSI are planning for 2.5 Men, looks like Chuck Lorre will be getting his revenge on one of his past leading actressed. Although he says it is based on a fictional character, some of the leading ladies he has worked with are known as such divas that it makes them look fictional. Could the sitcom diva be the first one he worked with Roseanne Barr or since her name is Annabell could it be Cybill Shepard or maybe it is a combination of all of them…Roseanne Barr, Cybill Shepard, Brett Buttler, Jenna Elfman and Jon Cryer. Hopefully it will be clear when we see CSI: 2.5 or is it Two and a Half CSI Men? Either way, I can’t wait to see how it all turns out. It will be the first CSI episode I have seen since K-Fed was on!

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless

If you’ve done anything other than mash F5 (or similar) at Hercules’ website the past few seasons, you’ve likely forgotten all about that sub-$100 Mobile DJ MP3 that surfaced over a year ago. For whatever reason, the thing is just now shipping, but we suppose obnoxiously late is better than never, right? Dubbed the world’s “first wireless digital mixing mini-controller,” it’s available as we speak in black or white hues for $99.99. Release is posted in full after the jump.

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Aussie star Hugh Jackman had to thank a paparazzi photographer for helping him find his lost son on a California beach. The actor was relaxing in Malibu with kids Oscar, eight, Ava, two, when Oscar disappeared.

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Vin Diesel has stopped chasing bad guys long enough to endorse the president of the Dominican Republic for re-election. Diesel appears in a Dominican campaign commercial urging a vote for his friend, President Leonel Fernandez.

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

It rains every day and the birds won’t shut up — yeah, spring’s here, and Samsung’s celebrating by dressing up the T10 in this fetching black and purple floral number. Details are scarce, as the “La Fleur Special Edition” of the well-regarded PMP isn’t official yet, but we’d expect to see it pop up rather soonish.

[Via PMP Today]

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American Pie star Jason Biggs has married actress Jenny Mollen at a simple ceremony in Los Angeles. The couple wed at City Hall on April 23rd - without family or friends in attendance.

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Filed under: Home Entertainment

Personally, we can only imagine what a $300,000 speaker setup sounds like. But you — we know you’re eager to pick up the Epilogue Speaker System (previous edition shown) and rub it in the faces of everyone else, right? Regardless of whether you answered that truthfully or not, Goldmund (those same cats who actually had the nerve to create a $17,000 Blu-ray player) has introduced the latest version of the aforesaid system, which will now be built specifically for integration into the Goldmund Media Room. Pretty though they may be, we have a sneaking suspicion you won’t be getting much bang for your buck with these — but then again, what do our virgin ears know, anyway?

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Senate candidate Al Franken, dogged by accusations that he failed to file tax returns in California, said Tuesday he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003. Most of the income at issue was from speeches and other paid appearances by the comedian-turned candidate, who said he got bad advice from his accountant but takes responsibility for the errors.

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Legendary actor Ian McKellen has confirmed he will revive his famed role as wizard Gandalf in the movie adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. McKellen, who has appeared as Gandalf in all three Lord Of The Rings films, had made no secret of his desire to land the part - even though Peter Jackson would not be directing.

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Pop star Jessica Simpson credits boyfriend Tony Romo with reigniting her failing career - because he helped her feel at ease in her own skin. Simpson has felt competitive with her past loves - former husband Nick Lachey and singer/songwriter boyfriend John Mayer - but has overcome her relationship anxiety with the football star.

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Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio

Something’s really wrong with the world if more than a few months pass by without a new iPod alarm clock from iLuv, so we suppose everyone’s a-okay for a few more months now. Announced today, the firm has introduced its first pair of HD Radio clocks, and sure enough, one of ‘em plays nice with Cupertino’s darling. The i169 would be that player, which offers up a mostly black motif, dual stereo speakers, remote, iPod dock, AM / FM / HD Radio reception, an auxiliary input and dual alarm settings for good measure. As for the currently available i168, it provides most everything you read up there sans the iPod compatibility, but then again, it only demands $89.99. What about the i169, you ask? It’ll set you back a cool $169.99 when it lands in “early May.” Full release waiting after the break.

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Something’s really wrong with the world if more than a few months pass by without a new iPod alarm clock from iLuv, so we suppose everyone’s a-okay for a few more months now. Announced today, the firm has introduced its first pair of HD Radio clocks, and sure enough, one of ‘em plays nice with Cupertino’s darling. The i169 would be that player, which offers up a mostly black motif, dual stereo speakers, remote, iPod dock, AM / FM / HD Radio reception, an auxiliary input and dual alarm settings for good measure. As for the currently available i168, it provides most everything you read up there sans the iPod compatibility, but then again, it only demands $89.99. What about the i169, you ask? It’ll set you back a cool $169.99 when it lands in “early May.” Full release waiting after the break.

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Filed under: Laptops

We’re still hearing reports of MacBook Air overheating woe, well after an EFI update in April that was meant to address some of those problems. While hot computers are nothing new, the MacBook Air starts shutting down cores and offloading processes when things get bad, which means users are faced with aggravating stop-start freezing until they can manage to cool the computer off — or just put it to sleep and let it “rest.” Apparently some people have traced this back to the age-old misapplied thermal grease problem, but that’s hardly a solace for the average consumer trying to convince Apple to fix this thing for them. We took a MacBook Air that was acting up into the Genius Bar and Apple claimed it couldn’t reproduce the problem, though we have heard cases of Apple replacing the computer for users. We’d be curious to know just how many Air users are having trouble, and if the X300 is experiencing anything similar, so let us know in the comments.

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Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe continued their Amazonian assault on fashion by stopping by the Jimmy Choo Launch Event today in Australia. Hopefully these photos will restore your eyesight after the Amy Winehouse post. My peepers healed so much I actually grew a third one. No, wait, that’s a zit. I really need to stop cleaning my face with a Whopper. Holy shit, I think it blinked. Somebody tell The Geekologie Writer to meet me in the bathroom. STAT! Oh, and also tell him I don’t need the Hooker Disintegration Ray this time. But keep it primed and set on “Whoops! Forgot you were in the trunk.”