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Nokia Demo Their Explore and Share Super Speedy Wireless Transfer Device

by Jay Garrett on February 28, 2010

Nokia are working on a super swift wireless data transfer technology that they’ve dubbed: Explore and Share.

Nok’s Helsinki branch of their Research Center took the concept for an outing at a Nokia Store where Jyri Hämäläinen presents an impressive show and tell.

In the video he walks you through a live example of how it can be used, including wirelessly transferring a Bruce Springsteen album onto a phone in less than 10 seconds.

As Jyri explains, it could be used to fill a device you’ve just bought with stacks of apps, tunes, and the likes within minutes of purchasing your new Nok.

Explore and Share is based on new radio technology and as you’ll see in the vid the system comes in two parts – the ‘writer’ which you place your mobile on and a touchscreen monitor where you make all your choices.

The neat thing is that the writer will automatically recognise which device has been plonked on it and will offer a customised selection for you based on the handsets capabilities and possibly your previous purchases.

Watch and marvel at the 10 second album transfer:

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Cosplaying Kirsten Covers Vapours Classic

by Jay Garrett on February 25, 2010

Ok – I tried sharing this on my Facebook page but apparently there’s some naugtiness in the vid so you have to be over 18.

All I could see was some anime nudity at 0:25, 0:52, 1:25, 2:39 and 3:25.

If you’re innocent (and reading my blog????), at work or under 18 skip past those parts.

This isn’t a bad cover of ‘Turning Japanese’ but it is made more palatable because Kirsten Dunst is dressed up as the “Akihabara Majokko Princess” complete with blue wig, magic wand and cute outfit.

Enjoy :)

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10 Billion iTunes Downloads! Bands Missing in Mass Music Market.

February 25, 2010 Click to read more →
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It’s happened!
10,000,000,000 songs have been sold through iTunes.
So, who’s top of the iPops then?
Guitarists, look away now as there’s not much evidence of axe-weilding amongst the 20 most-downloaded iTunes songs of all time.
The only ‘real’ bands spotted in the charts are Coldplay (in at 5 with Vida la Vida) and Plain White Ts (in [...]

Misa Digital Guitar – Future Rock!

February 2, 2010 Click to read more →
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If you’ve been brought up with playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero then you may be surprised to discover most guitars have strings.
Most……?
Well this bad boy uses a large touchscreen to get you shredding.
The Misa Digital Guitar is the work of Sydney-based designer Michael.
It has 24 frets and a large multifunctional touchscreen which hooks-up to [...]

Evertune Bridge – Automatically Keeps Your Guitar Tuned

January 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Evertune Bridge looks pretty natty.
I’ve had many instances when one of my 6-string wielding brethren have suffered string slippage and ended-up playing not-so-sweet music.
Well axe victims, here’s an answer for all those guitarists who can’t afford to employ a stage-side guitar tech that’ll helpfully swap their nasty mistuned instrument for a lovely, clean and [...]

Klipsch Light Speakers – Wireless Light Bulb and Speaker Combo Plugs into Light Fittings

January 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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The future is now!
Who hasn’t dreamed that they could do away with speakers that clutter the floor or wall but still have music piped into every room?
Well, the Klipsch LightSpeakers could be for you my friend.
These speakers screw into your light fittings and before you say: “Great; I get sound but no light” these also [...]

TC Electronic RH450 and RS210 – Bass Amp 2.0 User Review

January 3, 2010 Click to read more →
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The time had arrived. One of my bands, Subset, is getting busier and busier and the fact that I no longer have my ’71 Karmann Ghia Coupe to transport me and my bass rig about meant that I had to look at a more portable solution than my Hartke and SansAmp rig. I [...]

Rad Blaster – The OLED Packing Pocket Boombox

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking for a present that’s urban, street and retro cool?
Check out The Rad Blaster
So – it does exactly like most other MP3 players do. It plays those choice cuts, record sounds and store files.
The difference with the Rad Blaster is it does all that and it’s shaped like a ghetto blaster or [...]

INQ 3G Socially Active Phone Now Available in UK – Loves iTunes

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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The INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’?
Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100.
The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen.
There’s great news for those that get [...]

Boxee Box – Possibly the Funkiest HD Network Media Streamer

December 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve been messing around with the cool n quirky Boxee software and am digging how it works and does its thing.
I know it’s been out for a while but the reason for this interest is the equally funky looking custom media player that they’ve just unleashed.
What this Boxee Box will do, apart from being great [...]

iTunes Moving to The Cloud – Freeing up Your Hard-Drive

December 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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Apple is looking to acquire audio streaming company Lala – if they get the deal then this could free up all of that prime real-estate on your various hard-drives if, like me, you have 50 days or more’s worth of constant music sat in digital audio form.
The move could also improve your music’s [...]

Mewbox – On the Go Music Downloads on Android

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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Mewbox – not a new dry cat food or a mash-up of Robbie Williams’ failed 2006 album and a Danish alternative rock band.
Mewbox is actually a new music download service that originally launched with the Archos 5 Android slate but has now gone live for all Android phones.
This means that whether you’re going to [...]

Myspace Music Launched in UK to Take on Spotify and Last.FM

December 3, 2009 Click to read more →
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MySpace has launched a UK version of MySpace Music and are prepared to take on the sonic streamers such as Spotify and LastFM with the brag that it holds “the most comprehensive catalogue” on the internet.
Myspace has buddied up iTunes and will enable DRM-free MP3 downloading as well as offering free streaming access to entire [...]

Microsoft Zune Really Coming to the UK at Long Last

November 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Zune coming to UK?
Yeah – that’s what I thought when I was told this.
I reckoned that these very shores were going to get a taste of the MP3 player that was designed to take on Apple’s iPod.
Ok, so almost four years later the Zune only owns 2% of the US MP3 market – a [...]

Stone Age Cranberry DVD will Last Another 1,000 Years – DiamonDisc

November 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ok – so this is actually new tech and not something from when flint knapping was actually a life-or-death skill to have.
There’s a new company going by the name of Cranberry who is selling a DVD made from high-tech stone (yes, stone) that will store data for up to 1,000 years.
That obviously dampens the [...]

Sony PSPgo Possibly Getting Huge Colour Range

November 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Sony PSPgo! hasn’t really taken the gaming scene by storm has it?
Perhaps a slew of pretty colours may persuade you.
A Destructoid reader, Artimecion, was surveyed by Hall & Partners Europe for their opinion of a proposed range of colourful PSPgo’s.
The large gallery of potential PSPgo flavours was actually part of a much longer survey [...]

Music Cage – Let Your Tunes be as Wire-Free as a Bird [Nendo Design]

November 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is one of those beautifully simple designs.
The Music Cage comes courtesy of the Japanese brand Nendo.
Music Cage is a wireless speaker that allows you to listen to music from a computer or Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone without having to run cables to it.
In fact the only cable it does need is the one to [...]

Google Audio – Search, Stream and Buy Music – One Box

October 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds as though Google will definitely be parading out a new rival to Spotify, Napster and the like.
Word on the web is that Google is in talks to shore up content from major music labels ahead of launch.
Nothing has been confirmed, but one tipster has called the service Google Audio, and it will launch [...]

3 Brings Free Spotify Premium with HTC Hero – 2 Year Contract!?!

October 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s an exciting day for 3 as it’s launching the network’s first Android phone.
The familiar face of the HTC Hero will be seen in 3 stores from November, and comes with the added bonus of a free Spotify Premium account.
The Hero will cost you 100 notes up front and then monthly payments of [...]

iTunes LP Lets the Indie Labels in

October 13, 2009 Click to read more →
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iTunes LP ruffled plenty many feathers when US Indie label, Chocolate Lab, claimed Apple was keeping the new album artwork format for the majors only citing an incredible $10,000 production fee for iTunes LP.
An Apple spokesperson has announced that it’s “releasing the open specs for iTunes LP soon, allowing both major and indie labels to [...]

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