Like a lot of people, I need to exercise more, and like a lot of geeks, I have turned to a gadget to increase my interest in exercise. Based on Todd’s use of the Fitbit, I picked one up at the beginning of the summer, but frankly, while I am walking more I haven’t developed a daily routine. Perhaps I have the wrong gadget? If that is the case, Striiv is bringing a gadget to market that may be more appealing.
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Rovio has teamed up with Gear4, a U.K based accessory maker, to launch Angry Birds speakers sometime in September this year. The speaker will come in three different designs, each with the docking capability and the price is speculated to range between $89.99 — $129.99. After the huge success of Angry Birds on different platforms, Rovio and Gear4 are planning to expand the accessory range of the franchise to be compatible with all kinds of smartphones and tablets.
As I was reading an article on Boy Genius Report about Roku being available at Best Buy, the thought occurred to me that Best Buy has become the primary brick-and-mortar gadget store in the United States. Best Buy seems to be constantly making announcements about how they are exclusively selling one gadget or another.
It may have started sooner, but I first noticed this trend when Google announced the Nexus S. Having learned from the Nexus One that people want to be able to see phones in person before buying them, Google teamed up with Best Buy to sell the Nexus S. Best Buy remains the exclusive retailer for the Nexus S, and they are also selling the Sprint Nexus S 4G.
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AT&T spent millions in the 1980s imploring us to “reach out and touch someone.”
The 1990s saw us reaching down to type on our computer keyboards and phones.
And, now, scientists and academics report we’ve come full circle, 21st century style. We still want to reach out, but forget ‘someone,’ we want to touch screens.
PURE – a British Consumer Electronic startup, is trying to put a new face on Internet Radio by offering Sensia – a new radio gadget with color touchscreen interface that lets users access social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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