Sub $299 NVIDIA Tegra 3 Tablets To Launch Six Months After Release?

A number of manufacturers have recently released details about their new NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered tablets, which include Asus with the new Transformer Prime, and a few others.

Many of these Tegra 3 tablets are expected to retail for around $499 plus, but now according to NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsus Huan, we could possibly start to see cheaper Tegra 3 tablets around 6 months after the release of the first ones.



According to Huan, he thinks that we will see the price of Tegra 3 tablets drop to around $299 a couple of quarters after the release of the first ones, and considering the Transformer Prime will launch next month that should mean we could see the cheaper tablets around the middle of next year.

We suspect that cheaper Tegra 3 tablets would be good news for Android, whether the manufacturers will be able to deliver Tegra tablets around the $299 mark remains to be seen.

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Apple’s Siri Used To Control Your House Temperature (Video)

We recently head that Apple’s voice activated virtual assistant, Siri, had been cracked and was capable of running on virtually any device, which include Google’s Android devices.

Now developer and iPhone hacker @plamoni has been working to get Siri to work with other connected devices, and has created a proxy server which allows him to set up Siri with some new functions, one of which you can see working in the video below.






As you can see from the video, Siri has been used to control the house temperature, and this was done by teaching Siri some new commands that allow it to interact with a thermostat with built in WiFi.

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Tascam iM2 High Quality iOS Stereo Microphone Unveiled

Today Tascam have unveiled their latest iOs creation in the form of the new Tascam iM2 iOS Stereo Mic, designed to be used with the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The small Tascam iM2 microphone connects to your Apple devices dock/sync port and is equipped with a pair of condenser microphones. The same ones which are included in Tascam’s high quality best-selling DR-series recorders and can handle up to 125dB SPL sounds.





The condenser microphones can be adjust over 180 degrees and uses the Tascam iM2 integrated microphone preamp and analog-to-digital converter for low noise and premium audio quality. The new Tascam iM2 also includes a stereo limiter to tame sudden loud sounds and you can adjust the microphone level easily using a dial on the side of the device.

Its also fitted with a USB port to provide power for longer recording sessions and comes with its own PCM Recorder application which will soon be available to download for free from the Apple iTunes App store. The Tascam iM2 iOS Stereo Mic is now available to purchase for around $80.

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Galaxy Nexus Headed To Bell Canada December 8th

Whilst we are still waiting for some sort of official announcement from Verizon on when the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus will launch in the US, Canadian Android fans will be please to know that Bell Canada has confirmed they will start selling the Galaxy Nexus from the 8th of December.

Bell will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $159.95 when you sign up to a new three year contract and the minimum plan will cost you $50 a month, there are also other options available for an additional cost.



You can find out more information about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Bell over at the Bell website, we wonder if Verizon Wireless in the US will be the last company to announce when they will start selling the new Galaxy Nexus.

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Activision Bans 1600+ Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Users

As Activision explained when they launched their new game Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3, there would be no toleration of cheating, hacking or the use of exploits by users.

In response to that statement this week Activision have backed their statement and announced that already 1600+ users have been banned due to attempts to cheat, hack, or use glitches within the game to obtain an unfair advantage over other players.



MW3 community czar Robert Bowling explains:

“any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch in [Modern Warfare 3] will not be tolerated.”

“Reporting [cheaters] in-game through [Modern Warfare 3] goes directly to our security team, who issues the bans directly after verifying,” Bowling noted. “Every ban unique to the level of douchiness of the offense. The greater the douche, the greater the length. PermaDouche possible.”

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Google Nexus S Gets Android 4.0 ICS Port (Video)

We saw a couple of videos earlier of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Samsung Galaxy S II and the LG Optimus 3D, and now we have a video of Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Google Nexus S.

It looks like most things are working on the device including WiFi and 3G, it would appear at the moment the only thing which isn’t working is the video camera.






If you own a Google Nexus S and want to put Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on your device, you can find out details on how its done over at the XDA Developers.

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