| Sony sets US pricing for 55-, 65-inch HX950 HDTVs: $4,499 and $5,499 Sep 5th 2012, 23:10  We had to wait an extra week for the US details, but Sony has revealed Stateside pricing for its new top of the line HDTVs at CEDIA 2012. The 55- and 65-inch BRAVIA XBR-HX950 HDTVs have pricetags of $4,499 and $5,499, respectively and the press release promises immediate availability online, at Sony stores and through "select" retailers although we heard they may arrive in force around the same time as the 84-inch 4K monster. The press release also has all the specs for these refreshed versions of the old HX929 champ, which bring along all the local dimming, Gorilla Glass and connected TV features we've come to expect without any additional surprises, although we suspect that won't slow down orders from any fans of the monolith TV style with $5k or so burning a hole in their pocket. Continue reading Sony sets US pricing for 55-, 65-inch HX950 HDTVs: $4,499 and $5,499 Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD Sony sets US pricing for 55-, 65-inch HX950 HDTVs: $4,499 and $5,499 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Verizon: we will have multiple Windows Phone 8 handsets Sep 5th 2012, 22:11  Looks like WP8 is going to get a lot more love from Verizon Wireless than WP7 ever did. Big Red's Chief Marketing Officer Tami Erwin informed CNET that several Windows Phone 8 devices will make their way the network before the end of Q4 2012. That means that the HTC Trophy will no longer be the sole Microsoft-powered mobile, and according to VZW COO Marni Walden, there might even be a Nokia handset or two on Verizon's network in the future -- no word whether the either of the new Lumias will make the cut. As for the hardware slated to show up in the next few months, Verizon's not telling who's making them just yet or when they will officially debut. But, it's good to know that folks will have the option of using Microsoft's new super-speedy OS on Verizon's lightning quick LTE network this year. Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile Verizon: we will have multiple Windows Phone 8 handsets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  CNET | Email this | Comments | | This is the Modem World: I'm giving up absolutely nothing Sep 5th 2012, 22:00 Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.  She looked at me, then at my phone and back at me. She was not pleased. Her eyes darted around the restaurant. They surveyed the other husbands, boyfriends and fiancés: Were they too ignoring their dates, checking sports scores, texting their buddies? Is my husband a jerk or is this a social pandemic? "What would happen if your phone didn't exist and you had to talk to me?" "But I am talking to you." "No, you're looking at your phone." "Right now, I am saying words to you. How is it that I am not talking to you at this very moment?" I wasn't going to win this with semantics. No, I lost the moment I decided it was an appropriate time to grab my phone. And, to be fair, I was being a jerk. We were at a nice dinner and I should be into her, not my email, sports scores or Reddit. So I put the phone away. I promised to not take it out for the rest of the night, a promise I kept. And we had a lovely evening. Continue reading This is the Modem World: I'm giving up absolutely nothing Filed under: Cellphones, Misc This is the Modem World: I'm giving up absolutely nothing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Sony's 84-inch 4K Bravia KD-84X900 goes up for pre-order tomorrow for $25,000 Sep 5th 2012, 21:46  That stunning and gigantic Bravia that Sony unveiled at IFA, well, we finally have pricing and availability for this potential TV king. The 84-inch Bravia KD-84X900 will go up for pre-order tomorrow, September 6th, for the jaw-dropping price of $25,000 (let us know when you've stopped hyperventilating). The edge-lit panel wont' be delivering full HD passive 3D entertainment to living rooms until later this fall, however. While orders can be placed less than 24 hours from now, shipments will have to wait until some undetermined day in November. Well, at least that should give you a few months head start on paying this monstrosity off... before the repo men eventually show up to take it off your hands. Continue reading Sony's 84-inch 4K Bravia KD-84X900 goes up for pre-order tomorrow for $25,000 Sony's 84-inch 4K Bravia KD-84X900 goes up for pre-order tomorrow for $25,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | |
