Scottish company REVO announced its latest digital radio, the AXiS with built-in iPod/iPhone dock and a touchscreen. The AXiS is capable of receiving DAB, DAB+ digital radio and FM radio with RDS. It can also access over 13,000 internet radio stations with integrated WiFi connectivity.

The AXiS has built-in dock for iPod and iPhone, supporting all iPod/iPhone models. It features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 8 Watt class D amplifier, NXT Balanced Radiator speaker technology, ability to stream music from PC or Mac and digital alarm clock function. It offers 3.5mm headphones jack, and AUX-in connector as wellas iPod/iPhone composite video output.

The REVO AXiS is priced at GBO199.95.

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• Revo Domino Digital/Internet Radio with iPod dock
• Revo iBLIK RadioStation iPod dock/DAB/DAB+ Radio
• Revo IKON – Internet Radio, DAB Radio, iPod/iPhone Dock
• Revo Pico RadioStation DAB/DAB+/Wi-Fi Radio
• Revo Heritage DAB/Internet “Renaissance Radio”

In the market for a Sony shooter or two? The company’s upcoming lineup can’t seem to stay off the internet, which lucky for you serves as a great source for planning holiday gift plans. First up the Alpha A55, pictured above with an apparent articulating display. According to the DChome forums, there’s a 16.7 megapixel APS CMOS sensor, a translucent mirror, 15-point AF, 1080 / 60i video, 10fps continuous shooting, an ISO range of 100 to 25,600, dual memory card slots (we’d guess SD and MemoryStick), and an eventual retail price of $900 to $1,000. Also pictured on the site is the A33 — with an unmoving display — spec’d at a reported 14 megapixels, ISO range of 100 to 12,800, and 1080i video. The expected launch is August 24th, but bear in mind this all is just a rumor for now — keep your wallet and check and don’t do anything rash, k?

Sony Alpha A55 makes articulating cameo, A33 and some rumored specs tag along originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh, Justin Timberlake. Why does he insist on confusing us? Known BlackBerry user (plenty of photographic evidence to back this one up) JTimbs recently got our hearts all a flutter when he tweeted — about Entourage, no less — from the Twitter for Android app. Wait, what? Android? Yes, that’s right. So, of course we’ve spent the last hour doing ‘research’ on the internet searching desperately for photographic evidence. What did we find? Just a photo culled from the top of Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings — but this is no BlackBerry, friend. No, they’ve got it all wrong, if you ask us. Timberlake, known Sony spokesperson, appears to be holding an Xperia X10. Of course, that raises an even more troubling question — Twitter for Android works only on devices with OS 2.1 and above, so the X10 running its current version of 1.6 wouldn’t cut the mustard. Unless Justin is getting special treatment from Sony with an Eclair device? Our heart just skipped a beat.

Update: Just to clarify, Timberlake’s tweet did not come from the X10’s Timescape app. As you can see right here, those tweets are identified as coming from “Sony Ericsson X10.”

[Thanks, Trucker boy]

Celebrity Nerds: Justin Timberlake — secret Android lover? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests are increasingly being marketed to the public via television, print ads, and the Internet. These home genetic tests provide access to a person’s genomic information without necessarily involving a doctor or insurance company in the process.

Onkyo HT-RC260

Onkyo ships two new home theater receivers, the HT-RC260 and the more advanced HT-RC270. These 7.2-channel system include 3D-ready HDMI 1.4a interface for single-cable connection to most modern AV components. They feature Onkyo’s WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology) amplifiers with new three-stage inverted Darlington circuitry for high dynamics and low distortion and the Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels.

Onkyo HT-RC270

The Onkyo HT-RC270 is THX-Select 2Plus Certified and sports Audyssey MultEQ for a superior room equalization setup. It is also fully network capable, with DLNA 1.5 and Windows 7 compatibility for PC audio and Internet radio via Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, Mediafly, Slacker, vTuner, and Sirius Internet Radio.

The Onkyo HT-RC260 and HT-RC270 have suggested retail prices of $499 and $849 respectively, but you can get the RC260 from Amazon for $349.99 and the HT-RC270 for $581.35.

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• Onkyo TX-SR806 and TX-SR706 THX Home Theater Receivers
• Onkyo TX-NR807 and TX-SR707 AV Receivers
• Onkyo HT-S7200 and HT-S6200 7.1-channel Home Theater Systems
• Onkyo HT-S6300 and HT-S7300 3D-Ready Home Theater Systems
• Onkyo HT-S5200 and HT-S3200 HTiB Systems