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Guitar/headphone interface for iPhone

By Jimin Brelsford

The slew of music recording / creation apps for the iPhone all share the same weakness. They rely on the internal microphone, and a recording quality microphone it is not. The Guitarbud from PRS Guitars gives you a direct input into your iDevice without taking away headphone capability.

It’s a simple, yet effective little cord. All [...]

DARPA looking to develop iPhone and Android apps, App Store

By Joseph L. Flatley
Sure, in the past we’ve got a hearty chuckle out of initiatives that involved Redfly terminals and Clippy variants, but the question remains: how can we get cutting-edge tech into the hands of soldiers faster? We’ve recently come across some RFIs for DARPA projects aimed at developing apps and an App Store for Android and the iPhone OS, with two in particular — Mobile Apps for the Military (DARPA-SN-10-27), and Transformative Apps (DARPA-BAA-10-41) — catching our eye. The agency is calling for apps for battlefield, humanitarian, and disaster recovery missions, including command and control, mission planning, surveillance, reconnaissance, and language translation. Of course, if you start taking commercial smartphones out to the field there’s the small matter of network coverage — if you thought that getting a reliable connection in midtown Manhattan was an issue, what about downtown Kabul? Looks like DARPA also has plans for a military that brings its own towers with them, light-weight mobile base stations that could create a “secure mobile tactical network … compatible with commercial smartphones.” What do you think? Looking to help your country out, make a bit of money, or maybe a little of both? Check the links below to start your lucrative career as a military contractor. And tell ‘em Engadget sent you.

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DARPA looking to develop iPhone and Android apps, App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GuitarBud plug cable system

By Ubergizmo

GuitarBud plug cable system

Check out the GuitarBud plug cable system which allows you to hook up your electric guitar into your iPhone, making it work with a bunch of compatible apps. Among them include working in tandem with Voice Memos to record a quick riff, while you can always take advantage of several apps for guitar player on the iPhone such as JamAmp that simulates a guitar amp, tuner and training tool simultaneously. Other apps that will play nice with the Guitarbud include StompVox, Riff Raters, GigDaddy, iStrobosoft, Rectools Pro and Guitar FX Deluxe. Interested? The Guitarbud will go for £29.95.

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Google Maps adds bicycle directions, turns out its nothing like ‘Quicksilver’

By Joseph L. Flatley
Enthusiasts have had plenty to cheer about with the convergence of electronics and bicycling over the years, from bikes that pedal themselves to the various devices and apps that assist them with their training. And for those of us who just want to get from one place to another? Google Maps has added bicycling directions to its walking, car, and public transport options — with travel times calculated to include things like the number of hills and fatigue over time. But that ain’t all! The company has also partnered with Rails-to-Trails to provide information on bike trails in more than 150 cities. According to Google, thousands of miles of trails in the US have already been added to the map, with more to come. For the time being, however, only those planning trips in their home or office need apply: while available on the web, those using a Google Maps smartphone app are being excluded for the time being. So much for “mobile first,” guys. Video after the break.

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Google Maps adds bicycle directions, turns out its nothing like ‘Quicksilver’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Apps Marketplace opens for business, for business

By Nilay Patel

Google’s certainly made some enterprise inroads with Google Apps, and now it’s opened the door for other cloud-based service providers to build on that success: it’s launching Google Apps Marketplace to sell third-party web apps that integrate with the Apps suite. The apps are sold as a subscription, with both monthly and annual pricing, and the billing is all handled by Google. Since it’s all targeted at the enterprise, the apps themselves are pretty dry — we’re talking notables like Intuit Online Payroll, eFax, and TripIt — but it’s pretty easy to see how Google could build a similar consumer-level marketplace into Gmail and Google Calendar sometime in the future. And then? Skynet. Video after the break.

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Google Apps Marketplace opens for business, for business originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Opens The Google Apps Marketplace

By Ubergizmo

Google Opens The Google Apps Marketplace

It looks like Google has placed further commitment to its online app store business, as it has just officially announced the Google Apps Marketplace. This is targeted at customers who are currently using the Google Apps service, and the apps featured in the Google Apps Marketplace will be able to integrate well it, making things less disjointed within companies. Installed apps, with administrator approval, will be able to interact with calendar, email, documents and contact data, providing a productivity boost. Another benefit of this centralized system is that users won’t have to remember passwords for various accounts, nor worry about the hassle of syncing and sharing data. Currently there are already more than 50 companies selling applications in the Google Apps Marketplace. It looks like we’ve taken one more small step into the world of cloud computing. Video after the jump.

Official announcement.

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eBooks Now Outnumber Games In The App Store

By Ubergizmo

eBooks Now Outnumber Games In The App Store

If you needed additional information to convince you that eBooks are getting more and more popular, just check out the latest stats from Mobclix, a mobile device advertising agency. Now it seems that the number of eBook apps have outnumbered games for the first time, with 27,000 eBook apps compared to 25,400 games. The number of new eBook apps introduced over the last month also outnumbers that of games, at 158 versus 71. With the advent of the iPad, do you think that the gap will be further widened, or will the large screen of the iPad help increase the popularity of games in the App Store?

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Samsung puts price tags on its next receivers, soundbars and Blu-ray HTIB systems

By Richard Lawler

There’s more than just HDTVs on the way from Samsung this year, it’s also picked today to reveal the price and ship dates for its Samsung Apps-equipped Blu-ray HTIB systems (HT-C7530W pictured above and all due in March or April) and HDMI 1.4-equipped 3D passthrough compatible receivers. Even though the cool kids are already on to HDMI 1.4a, that should be good enough to pass through 3D video and handle audio all in one cable so if you’re planning a whole home theater revamp before Avatar comes home in 3D (whenever that is) you’ll probably want to grab one with the feature. Other than the 7.1 channel HW-C770BS for $549 shipping this month, there’s also a $499 HW-C900 model with multi-zone and video upscaling features for $499, though when it will arrive is still TBD.

Samsung puts price tags on its next receivers, soundbars and Blu-ray HTIB systems originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Meizu MStore open for business, Mr. Jelly on sale now for 29 cents

By Joseph L. Flatley
We have some news on the app store that Meizu announced for the M8 a while back. The official name is apparently MStore, and it is indeed open for business with its first paid app, Mr. Jelly, going for about 29 cents (we believe it’s a productivity tool for managing your, um, jelly). If that sounds familiar, it is — the game is a port of an iPhone App Store gem. Regardless of its somewhat KIRFish nature, we do wish Meizu (its app developers) all the best. Now, when are we going to get Super Monkey Ball for this thing?

Meizu MStore open for business, Mr. Jelly on sale now for 29 cents originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP shows off Flash on their slate

By Ubergizmo

HP has uploaded a brand new video of its Windows 7 slate device that features Adobe’s Flash running in full glory, taking a direct jab at the iPad simultaneously. This clip parades the tablet’s ability to run Flash for sites such as Hulu as well as AIR for out-of-browser apps like Pandora radio. According to the presenters in the video, the right hardware will boost Flash’s capability on the slate device, and a sole battery charge ought to have it run for hours and hours on end, even where HD video is concerned.

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Infiniboard To Offer Vertical Scrolling On The iPhone

By Ubergizmo
Infiniboard To Offer Vertical Scrolling On The iPhone

If you own a jailbroken iPhone and are looking for a new app to test out, you might want to check out Infiniboard, which has just appeared on Cydia. This little app allows you to scroll through your iPhone app pages vertically, instead of the default and boring horizontal scroll. It certainly looks like a useful feature if you have a lot of apps, though we don’t expect to see something like this built into a future version of the iPhone OS. Would you want to be able to scroll vertically on your iPhone, or is horizontal good enough for you? Video of it in action after the jump.

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Windows Phone 7 Series demo video reveals new apps, screens

By Donald Melanson
Microsoft may be saving most of its Windows Phone 7 Series news for MIX the week after next (at least that’s what we’ve heard whispers about), but it looks like it’s still dishing out a few more details beforehand, as evidenced by a short demonstration Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel gave to CNET. Nothing major like a confirmation of HD2 support, but we do get a glimpse of a few apps we haven’t seen before (including a flashlight, level, and weather app — all supposedly “trivial” to build thanks to XNA and Silverlight), and a look at some new screens for various applications we have seen, including a better look at the Xbox Live hub. Head on past the break to check out the video for yourself.

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Windows Phone 7 Series demo video reveals new apps, screens originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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