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Project Fi now works with LG's newest phones and Moto's affordable G6
In spite of recent additions, Google's Project Fi hasn't had great device choices. You've hadto buy a Pixel if you want a high-end phone, and the most affordable modern option has been the mid-tier Moto X4. No more -- Project Fi now supports three more third-party phones that fill in some huge gaps in the experimental carrier's roster. You can now use LG's G7 ThinQ and just-unveiled V35 ThinQ, for starters. They're not cheap at $749 and $899 respectively, but they do give you a viable choice if you feel the Pixel 2 is long in the tooth (or just prefer LG's self-branded designs).
LG V35 ThinQ hands-on: Modern brains but last year’s looks
LG's flagship V30 has been on the market for well under a year, and it -- somehow -- has already spawned two sequels. The first, an AI-infused redux called the V30S ThinQ, only recently became available for pre-order in the US. The second, which LG just revealed today, takes many of the features found in the new G7 and packs them into a very familiar body. Say hello to the V35 ThinQ: it's a dead ringer for last year's V30, with a few modern niceties tucked away inside.
LG G7 pre-orders start this week at Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon
If you've decided that the LG G7 ThinQ is more appealing than its major rivals, you now know when and how you can get it in the US. Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are all beginning pre-orders this week, starting on May 24th for Verizon and the 25th for its rivals. The notch-happy smartphone will officially launch across the carriers on June 1st. Pricing, however, is a different story -- the G7's cost varies signifcantly between networks.
Bose simplifies surround sound setup with Lifestyle systems, charges dearly for it
So, you've got a few options here. Do a little research and piece together your own surround system, hire a voyeur from Geek Squad to do it for you, or just hire a live-in technician to handle both present and future issues. Whatever you settle on, you can pretty much rest assured that it'll be cheaper than forking out for one of Bose's hilariously overpriced Lifestyle systems. In typical Bose fashion, the company is introducing a new trio of 5.1 rigs (the V35, V25 and T20), each of which utilize a new "Unify" technology that is said to make "connecting speakers and sources, programming remotes, and accessing content easier and faster than ever before." And by that, they mean "we'll show you pictures of the connectors on your television screen." Each setup comes with a handful of tiny, cube-like speakers and a surely unimpressive Acoustimass bass module, and if you're hoping to find detailed specifications -- you know, things like RMS, impedance, frequency response range and other vital audio statistics -- we wish you the best of luck. Oh, but here's a few figures that are being handed down: $3,299, $2,499 and $1,999. Yeah, those are the MSRPs in order of mention, and amazingly, we aren't kidding.
SanTech announces Santa Rosa T34, V35, and X36 laptops
Santa Rosa continues its relentless march into laptop hardware with the Italian company SanTech announcing that it has a whole line-up of machines running on the new chip and ready to go. The bottom end machine is the T34, which has a 13.3-inch display, a Core 2 Duo clocked at 1.8GHz, and a 256MB GeForce Go 8400M video card. Running on Vista, the T34 comes with 1GB RAM, has a multi format DVD burner, either a 5400RPM 160GB hard drive or a 7200RPM 100GB drive, 802.11n, Bluetooth, and a 2-megapixel webcam. The V35 simply ups the screen size to 14-inches, but drops the graphics card down a notch to the slower GeForce 8000M model. The X36 moves the screen estate up to 15.4-inches, the processor to 2.4GHz, and the graphics card up to a GeForce Go 8600GT with 512MB of video ram, but the hard drive space stays at 100GB along with the other specs from the T34. All of these models come with 1GB of Turbo Memory cache, but you probably won't be too excited about that. Unfortunately, the only information that we have on pricing or availability is that the models will probably be limited to Italy. Lets hope you're all booked up for a trip to Tuscany this summer then.[Via Electronista]
