Digital Foci unveils 8″ digital photo book

Have you ever found yourself staring at your wallet and a photo frame for hours on end…motionless…just the cells in your head spinning out of control trying to figure out how to get item 1 into item 2?  Well I have some good news for you.  You can take a break and give your head some much needed rest as the good folks over at Digital Foci have already done all the heavy lifting and will announce at the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) show between March 3-5 their answer to your life problem: The Photo Book.  Basically, the Photo Book is like a digital wallet…don’t try fitting it in your pocket though…it’s a tad too big.  What kind of things does the Photo Book have?  Well come on inside…

17″ MacBook Pro’s begin arriving

If you are one of the lucky folks that have been able to order one of Apple’s new 17″ MacBook Pros you have most certainly been bummed about the shipping delay.  However reports are coming in that the 17 inchers are starting to make their way to their new homes.  Two readers (123free and UFOGoldorak) over at MacRumors have reported getting their 17″ MBP’s already…slightly ahead of Apple’s (delayed) claimed February 19th shipping date…early is never bad people.  What’s nice is that UFOGoldorak has already put up some prelim benchmarks of the new hotness (a 17″ MBP with a 2.93GHz proc, 4GB RAM and Nvidia 9600 GT graphics card)  against an older 15 ” MBP with a 2.4 GHz proc, 4GB RAM and Nvidia 8600 GT.  The new hotness definitely leaves the ‘ol geezer in the dust.  Benchmarks for the geeksters is right here.  Enjoy!  If you ordered a 17″, send in some pics and let us see it!

Source: MacRumors

Sony’s Xperia X1 getting 4 new panels

And we’re not talking flanel panels either.  These are high quality all digital panels.  Woo hoo!  Complete and utter ridiculous non-sense aside, the 4 new panels will consist of: CNN, Skype, Mytopia, and “On-the-road”.  Of course with the CNN panel you will be getting the latest in news coverage including everything form sports to weather.  The popular “civillian journalism tool” i-Report will also be included so little ‘ol you can be the big journalist you’ve always wanted to be.  The Skype panel will make identifying which of your Skype friends are online as well as access to them only one click away.  The Mytopia panel will allow the gamers of the crowd who need to kill some time or just simply like to play games the option of doing so.  Bingo and Poker were two of the options mentioned although there are many more to choose from.   And last but certainly not least is the oddly named “On-the-road” panel.  This panel is responsible for brining HUGE icons to your screen which in turn will allow you to control such tasks as music playback, UI navigation, and call handling.  Beyond these 4 panels mentioned above, Sony has many more available at Sony Fun.  Stop by and see if they have they have that special app to make you go ga ga for the X1!

Source: Slashphone

LG: “1 Android phone by June…2 more by end of year”

Until now, the only Android device in the U.S. has been HTC.  They were in fact the first manufacturer to debut the mobile OS.  Times are a changin’ as more manufacturers announce their own plans to bring the open source goodness to their handsets.  Today, LG has announced that by June we will see an Android packin’ LG handset…AND…two more by year’s end!  How about that.  LG makes some simply drop dead gorgeous phones…HTC eh, it’s more hit and miss.  It will be interesting to see what LG can come up with to wow us all.  As for any other specs you only have  your imagination to conjure up the crazies that float around in there.  Have fun!

Source: Engadget, PDA Blog *pic*

Aaron Greenburg proclaims red rings slain…

What can I say, I have a poetic side from time to time and thought I would share it with you.  It’s the least I could do.  According to an interview between Edge and Aaron Greenburg, the basic underlying message is that the whole RROD fiasco with Microsoft and the Xbox 360 is finished.  Not finished as in no more cases, but finished as in Microsoft has improved their repair techniques so that their are far fewer second timers.  For some words to mentally chew on concerning the whole interview come on inside!

SEVEN making a new home on Android

When Android was announced by Google, the mobile world was taken by storm…at some times a slow rumbling storm but a storm none the less.  People had high hopes back in those early pre-android days.  Fast forward and Android is definitely a player in the mobile market.  However it isn’t perfect and still has a long way to go before it can claim to be even *close* to perfect.  However, one of those hurdles has been knocked down today as SEVEN announced they are now supporting Android.  So what does this company named after a number mean for you and your Android device?  Step inside dear reader!

Sidekick Blade (2009) gets spied!

Sidekick loyalists have reason to celebrate today as well as a small fix for those shaking hands and leaky mouths of yours.  The Sidekick Blade (a.k.a. Sidekick 2009) has been spied.  The good folks over at HipTop3 have been kind enough to share said image to the world.  One big update to the latest and greatest from Danger is the addition of 3G.  Now the Sidekick has a legitimate stance in the feature phone arena!  Well that’t it for now.  Stay tuned for more info soon.

Source: Boy Genius, HipTop3