Tag archive: Iris

Android users with App envy may be interested in the latest Siri Contender from a startup named Tronton. The company launched Cluzee on Tuesday, labeled as a “talking intelligent personal digital assistant,” and the app has began to create some buzz. Cluzee is a free download, 19M in size and is available for those Android devices running 2.1 or above. Productivity is the keyword in the company's statement and demonstrating video.… Read More

BlackBerry smartphone might have a lot of things working in their favor—QWERTY keyboards, strong support for mobile push messaging, decent hardware, and now an Apps Store—but a top-flight mobile Web browsing experience just hasn't been one of them. But now there's some hope on the horizon for BlackBerry fans: RIM has just made a deal to acquire Torch Mobile, makers of the well-regarded Iris mobile Web browser, with… Read More

Apple may have been the first out the gate with selling DRM-free music tracks via its iTunes Plus offering—and Amazon.com quickly announcing plans to follow—but now MusicNet has announced it will offer over one million DRM-free music tracks to its partners. MusicNet—the music unit of the newly-named MediaNet Digital—is the service provider behind a number of digital music download servers that, well, that… Read More

The Zune, Microsoft’s next combined hardware/software service has launched and is now available in an impressive 30,000 retail outlets, arguably the most aggressive attempt to take market share from Apple to date. Apple has responded by cutting deals with a number of airline carries to exclusively support iPods for in-flight entertainment. What makes this particularly interesting is that in both cases the two companies appear to be… Read More

At the pre_CES New York Press Preview today, Panasonic began showing off its first LCD home theater projector to offer 1080p resolution. The trippingly-named PT-AE1000U features an all-new optical system, next-generation non-organic C2Fine LCD panels for improved black level performance, and an improved version of Panasonic's Dynamic Iris. The PT-AE1000U offers a brightness of 1,100 lumens and the highest contrast ratio of any… Read More

Sony has completed its SXRD line of high-defition televisions with the KDS-R60XBR2 and KDS-R70XBR2, new 60- and 70-inch rear-projection televisions which sport full 1080p native resolution, HDMI inputs, and integrated CableCARD slots. “Consumers and critics alike understand the performance and value of Sony's Grand WEGA HDTVs,” said Philip Abram, vice president of marketing for Sony's television group in the United… Read More

The new DSR-PD170 builds on the legacy of its predecessor model, the DSR-PD150, the overwhelming choice of video professionals in applications ranging from corporate and educational production to ENG/EFP, television and independent cinema production. “The DSR-PD170 distinguishes itself with the addition of several performance and ergonomic enhancements, many of which are the direct result of customer feedback,” said Robert Ott,… Read More