Peek goes Twitter and is now available at Blockbuster
Peek, the tiny non-smartphone smartphone dedicated to email and messaging, is now available at Blockbuster stores across the nation. Peek buyers will also receive one month free of Blockbuster Total Access, a Netflix-like service that lets you rent DVDs and BR disks by mail or in-store. You can also refer a friend and get a $15 Blockbuster gift card.
The Pronto costs $59.99 with $14.99/month service. The Classic costs $19.99.
In related news, it seems the company has created a new version of the hardware with dedicated Twitter access. We’ve seen images of the box, above, and we’re asking for more info right now.
Sonos 3.1 software update out now, let the smug music tweeting begin
It’s October 27th which means Sonos is pushing the 3.1 system software out to its distributed home audio systems. With it comes a slightly tweaked, user interface (color icons! heh) for CR200 owners as well Twitter integration for whatever that’s worth to ya (don’t worry, it’s free). Still no sign of the iPod touch / iPhone app but it’s expected to pop on iTunes shortly.
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Sonos 3.1 software update out now, let the smug music tweeting begin originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 12:46pm by Thomas Ricker
Topics: 3.1, SoftwareUpdate, software, software update, sonos, twitter, update
Xbox Live update preview program now rolling out
Xbox 360’s resident spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb wants you to know that the Xbox Live update preview program is now officially a go, with the first wave of registered participants getting automatically prompted to update upon sign-in (you should also receive an email, but apparently they’re behind on the notifications). More people are said to be getting the update “in the coming days,” so don’t lose hope yet — not that waiting for Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm integration, and 1080p instant-on streaming should cause ultimate despair, but we digress. The only thing you don’t get is the Halo Waypoint preview, which doesn’t join the preview fun until next week.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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Xbox Live update preview program now rolling out originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2009
at 11:28pm by Ross Miller
Topics: 1080p instant on, 1080pInstantOn, HaloWaypoint, LastFm, Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox Live, Xbox360, XboxLive, XboxLivePreviewProgram, face book, facebook, halo waypoint, last.fm, twitter, xbl, xbox 360, xbox live preview program
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Squirrel project revealed… as the Square iPhone Payment System
Remember the Square iPhone Payment System we told you about back in August? If you’ll recall, the device — which involves an iPhone app and associated dongle — enables an iPhone or iPod touch to become a kind of mini credit card reader, allowing payments to be taken on the spot, no matter where you are or how big (or small) the transaction may be. When we’d first reported the device, word on the street was that it was only being alpha tested around New York City, and there wasn’t much else to say. Now, we may have a little more insight on just where this device is headed, and who’s behind the project.
Jack Dorsey, the man who all but built Twitter in a matter of two weeks, has been working on a half-secret start-up project since around May. His new venture — dubbed, funnily enough, Squirrel — is based around the concept of using the iPhone as… yep, a portable, personal cash register; essentially the exact device which Square has created. And that’s no accident. In the images we ran of the Square system, you can see a domain name on a receipt: squareup.com. Squareup.com is the domain of the Square System (obviously), and a casual investigation into the site’s WHOIS profile reveals registrant info that points to an office in San Francisco, and a contact email address which reads… billing@paybysquirrel.com. Square, squirrel, square… are you getting it? So the cat, er, squirrel appears to be out of the bag. Now the question is whether or not Dorsey and co. can turn this fairly obscure piece of tech into the kind of firestorm which Twitter has become — and who knows, maybe there’ll even be a business model this time.
[Thanks, Little Birdie]
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Squirrel project revealed… as the Square iPhone Payment System originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 17th, 2009
at 1:54pm by Joshua Topolsky
Topics: CreditCard, JackDorsey, SquareIphonePaymentSystem, SquareUp, StartUp, bank, banking, credit card, dongle, features, iPhone, jack dorsey, payment, payments, square, square iphone payment system, square up, squirrel, start up, start ups, startups, twitter
Verizon confirms: Palm Pre hitting Big Red “early next year”
Oftentimes a picture shouts a thousand words. Other times it belts out precisely a dozen. Straight from Verizon Wireless’ official Twitter account comes this, a confirmation that the Palm Pre we knew was coming to Big Red, well, is coming to Big Red. If you can hold off through the tempting holiday rush, you’ll find Palm’s first-ever webOS device on VZW “early next year.” Huzzah!
[Via Boy Genius Report]
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Verizon confirms: Palm Pre hitting Big Red “early next year” originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 17th, 2009
at 12:41pm by Darren Murph
Topics: Palm pre, PalmPre, VerizonWireless, cdma, confirmed, palm, pre, smartphone, twitter, verizon, verizon wireless, webos
