Microsoft's SideWinder X4 reviewed: a decent choice for the budget gamerMicrosoft's anti-ghosting claims were recently put to the test by the good folks over at
Tom's Guide, and if you've been holding off on pulling the trigger to make sure it really lives up to the hype, you can finally cut loose and part ways with your hard-earned Greenbacks -- maybe, anyway. For those unaware, Microsoft designed the
SideWinder X4 to handle up to 26 key presses at once (it's a "pro gamer" thing, we're told), but it also allows for macro recording and profile / mode switching. According to the critics, the X4 is a step backwards in terms of design, particularly when compared to the flagship
SideWinder X6 (which can be had for around $40 right now). Essentially, they could only really recommend it for those that actually
do have ghosting issues when gaming, though they confess that said crowd is a relatively tiny one. But hey, don't take our word for it -- hit the source link and discover the truth for yourself.
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Haleron's 7-inch iLet Mini HAL costs $199, ships March 1
Want a tablet computer sans all the brand loyalty drama and eye-opening prices?
Haleron's got just the thing for you with its iLet Mini HAL. Its humble spec brings only a 600MHz VIA CPU and 128MB of DDR2 RAM to the table, but it runs Android 1.6 and if all you want is a tablet to access the web with, do you really need more? Additionally, the onboard 2GB of flash storage is augmented with 10GB of cloud storage and the cheap expandability that's on offer via flash memory cards or USB drives. The iLet Mini HAL costs $199 with shipping starting next week, and we've been reliably informed that there'll be no additional charges no matter how many poor
Space Odyssey jokes you decide to make.
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Shuttle's XS35 nettop is 3.3cm thin, too nice to hide behind your HDTVNettops keep getting better, and thinner too if Shuttle's latest is anything to go by. It's the XS35, a 3.3cm thin affair packing a a dual-core Intel Atom D510 at 1.6GHz and
Ion 2 graphics with HDMI output for easy connectivity to your high definition display of choice. Somehow the company has also found room for five USB ports, VGA and discrete audio outputs, an Ethernet jack, and a card reader. It's passively cooled, so the only noise you'll hear will be the spinning platters of its 2.5-inch hard disk or the spinning of an optical disc, which yes somehow fits in there too (making it perfect for watching your
Thunderbirds DVD collection). No price yet but it'll be on display at
CeBIT in just a few days and shipping sometime in the second quarter of this year.
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Dell Mini 5 to be the vanguard of 'a family of tablets'Well isn't this good to know. The
Mini 5 isn't even coming out for
at least another month, yet already we're hearing Dell has big plans for what's to follow.
Wired has the dish straight from Neeraj Choubey, GM of Dell's tablet division, that there will be "a family of tablets" which will "scale up to a variety of sizes." It appears there will be a common feature set throughout the forthcoming portfolio, so it's likely going to be Android all the way, while Choubey also shared his company's intention to bundle "inexpensive data plans" with the new devices -- indicating a belief that carriers will accede to such ambitious ideas. And speaking of network operators, in a separate interview with
Laptop, the loquacious gentleman has confirmed that Dell's
working with AT&T on bringing the Mini 5 to the masses. Good to know, indeed -- now how about a release date?
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Tesla launches Roadster lease program for wannabe eco-ballersAin't got a hundred large to dump on a new
Tesla Roadster? Fret not, as the outfit famous for producing the world's first commercially viable electric supercar now has another option for you to ponder: leasing. For those unfamiliar, it's somewhere in between buying one outright and swiping one while the salesperson's not looking, and it'll require just over $12,000 up front along with 36 payments of $1,658 in order to temporarily own the car of your dreams. Of course, that's just a model scenario based on a Roadster with an $111,005 MSRP, though the somewhat snazzier
Roadster Sport is also included in the deal. Come to think of it -- if you get in on a lease now, there's a good chance that the
Volt you pre-ordered will finally be in stock by the time you bid your Tesla a fond farewell.
Right, Ed?
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Robotic Surgical Simulator lets doctors sharpen their skills by operating on polygonsThese days you wouldn't jump behind the controls of a real plane without logging a few hours on the simulator, and so we're glad to hear that doctors no longer have to grab the controls of a
da Vinci surgical robot without performing some virtual surgeries first. The Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University of Buffalo School of Engineering have collaborated to create RoSS, the Robotic Surgical Simulator. Unlike our
Ross, who works odd hours and covers
fuel cell unveils with innate skill, this RoSS allows doctors to slice and dice virtual patients without worrying about any messy cleanups -- or messy lawsuits. We're guessing it'll be awhile before consumer versions hit the market, but just in case we've gone ahead and put our pre-orders in for the prostate expansion to Microsoft Cutting Sim 2014[TM].
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Dell's Broadcom Crystal HD Mini 10 now shipping to beta Flashers worldwideDell's refresh of the
Mini 10 didn't
exactly knock our socks off when we got a chance to spend some
quality time with it last month, but it did prove to be a solid performer and did as advertised, playing back 1080p content with aplomb -- so long as you did it within a player that could make the most of a
Broadcom's Crystal HD accelerator. Now you have a chance to try it out for yourself, with Dell announcing the machine is shipping and, at $409 with a six-cell battery and a 250GB hard drive, it won't break the bank either. Just steer clear of Quicktime for movie playback and get the most recent
Flash beta on there pronto, yeah?
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Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?The progression of ever-faster notebooks seems to have dwindled, but the quest for thinner and lighter goes on. Acer is said to be finding the balance between those two goals with its next suite of thin performers, starting with a range of mid- and high-end portables based on Intel's
Calpella series of processors, the
Nehalem spin-off that we haven't heard much about lately. Sizes are said to be 13-, 14-, and 15-inches, all will be manufactured by Wistron, and all said to be one inch thin at their thinnest point -- hopefully not much thicker elsewhere if they want to turn heads. These higher-performing machines will eventually phase out Acer's
CULV offerings, which apparently have had unimpressive sales thanks to a perceived lack of performance by consumers. We can't imagine
where they got that idea...
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Symbian^4 makes video debut, fails to wowMaybe it's the lack of a
banging soundtrack, but we're finding ourselves somewhat underwhelmed by these first video appearances by the
highly anticipated Symbian^4 user interface. What we're shown is a now familiar layout for touchscreen devices, with a trio of home screens that can be customized with widgets and live information trinkets such as a clock and a weather app. It is,
as promised, very touch-centric, but it is by no means revolutionary. Both videos are titled as mere "first glimpse" offerings, however, so the eternal optimist in us likes to believe that there'll be plenty
more to get excited about as we move closer to that early 2011 launch. See them after the break and let us know what you think.
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Two PowerBooks spliced into one epic snowboard (video)We don't know that this requires much more explanation than the title. A couple of rad dudes from the German-speaking parts of Europe have taken up tools against their old titanium
PowerBooks G4s and produced the righteous bit of snow-surfing kit you see above. It was done for a competition asking for creative ways to re-utilize old gear, though judging by all the flopping and crashing that ensued in their tests, this isn't exactly
useful. See it on video after the break, and if it really catches your fancy, the PowerBook snowboard can be found on eBay, though no one has been mad enough to bid for it yet.
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PMA 2010... and that's a wrap, folksWe had a great time in Anaheim this past weekend checking out the Photo Marketing Association's trade show spectacle. Hundreds of cameras and thousands of pictures later, we're finally back and getting settled. Let's take a look back at all that we saw this week, and then kind of wrap up a few loose ends.
GE's 'Create by Jason Wu' camera collection unveiled, we go hands on Joby Gorillapod Magnetic flexible tripod hands-on Nikon CoolPix 'Style' and 'Life' series hands-on Pentax's rugged W90, ultra-zoom X90 now all but official Samsung TL500 and TL350 hands-on Samsung PMA roundup: hands on HMX-U20, eyes on AQ100 and SL605 Sony Alpha ultra-compact concept hands-off: leaves much to the imagination Sony's ultra-durable DSC-TX5 hands-on: ice, ice, babySigma trio espied at PMA, COO expresses interest in supporting 'mirrorless camera systems' PMA 2010... and that's a wrap, folks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Boxee Beta arrives on the Apple TVFinally completing the circle again after the beta launch last month,
Boxee has made its latest version available for the
Apple TV. Available via an updated Launcher for those already running the Alpha version or ATVUSB-Creator for everyone else it should bring the facelifted UI and features Windows, OS X and Ubuntu users have been enjoying. Getting some 1080p oomph out of your set-top box will be difficult however, with no support for the
Broadcom Crystal HD add-on "yet" and while performance has improved h.264 playback may still be limited even in this new version. Mash the read link and follow instructions to get moving, but feel free to bounce any thanks or issues towards the forum posters, XBMC coders and the rest of the posse who made this update possible.
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LG GW990 shows up on video, competes with HTC HD2 for camera's attentionWhen people say the
smartphone market is growing, they don't usually mean literally, but looking at the massive popularity of
HTC's HD2 whopper, and the anticipation surrounding
Dell's Mini 5 and
LG's GW990, it's pretty safe to say there is a market for oversized and overpowered (is there such a thing?) handsets. The Moorestown-powered GW990 has made another video appearance, this time showing off its multi-screen functionality and not altogether smooth pinch-to-zoom skills. We're reminded this Mobile Internet Device (a title that's
inscribed on its case) will run Moblin (now known as
MeeGo), before a HD2 is whipped out for a showdown between super-sized smartphones. It's really quite a sight. After all that excitement is done, the video continues on to take a look at the forthcoming
GT540 Android handset and
Mini GD880, giving you all the more reason to click past the break for a viewing.
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Viliv's S10 Blade netvertible priced at $699 and upThere's hardly a shortage of tablet news these days, but
Viliv is managing to cut through somewhat with its relatively robust
S10 Blade. Introduced (and toyed with) at CES this year, the Atom-powered device is now up for pre-order at
Dynamism (sort of, anyway), with the big reveal being the heretofore unannounced starting price: $699. We get the feeling that some of the more well-appointed units will end up costing far more than that, but at least you know you can get 10.3-inches of resistive multitouch action into your life for less than a carbon fiber Mustang hood. Or pretty much anything else that cost over seven Benjamins.
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SolidAlliance's Crazy Earphones v2: because ear fungus sellsJapan's
SolidAlliance earned a warm place in our collective nerd bosom long ago for the sheer lunacy of the products it creates. Today it's offering round two of its
Crazy Earphone collection that includes some kind of mushroom (that
is a mushroom, right?), the ol' Katana blade or arrow through the head trick, and a parasitical, conjoined ear if you want everyone to think you've been subjected to a tragic cloning experiment. Spec-wise your ¥2,000 (about $22) will take home a pair of in-ear buds with 20 ~ 20,000Hz frequency range assisted by a 10-mm driver. Not that it matters: there's no chance in hell that you're buying these for performance reasons.
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Smartbook Logo is neither a logo nor a smartbook, actually a 3G-equipped CULV laptop We're ready to hand out our first award for
CeBIT 2010. The most confusing product of the year ribbon goes to German company
Smartbook, who's decided to produce a portable computer with a shell design and 3G connectivity that... isn't actually
a smartbook (or what we understand the term
to mean anyway). Instead of capitalizing on the built-in marketing appeal of its name, Smartbook AG staunchly persists in believing it's a
real laptop maker, and is readying a new thin-and-light machine to prove just that. To be known as the Logo, this will be an Intel CULV-powered 11.6-incher, with a 1366 x 768 resolution, Windows 7 Home Premium and a stingy 1GB of RAM on board. In other words, the
Acer Timeline 1810T, only a few months later and priced to (never) sell: €699 ($944). Boy, we've heard of corporate hubris before but this is getting silly now.
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ATI's six-screen Eyefinity madness reviewed, fatal flaw foundAlong with its introduction of the
HD 5830, ATI announced the
HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 card yesterday, which predictably comes with six DisplayPort outputs and enables that hallowed six-screen gaming overload that the Eyefinity branding has been about
since the beginning. Some lucky scribes over at
PC Pro have been treated to a live demonstration of what gaming at 5,760 x 2,160 feels like, and their understated response was to describe it as "far more immersive." No kidding. They did raise the spectral figure of those monitor bezels, however, pointing out that bezel correction -- where the image "behind the bezel" is rendered but hidden making the overall display look like a window unto the game world -- habitually obscured text and game HUD elements. In their view, the sweet spot remains a triple-screen setup, and we're inclined to agree (particularly if they look
like this). For those interested in getting their multi-monitor gaming up and running, we've linked an invaluable guide from
HardOCP below, which breaks down how much you can expect from ATI's current
HD 5000 series of cards, and also provides a video guide to setting your rig up.
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Pixel Qi has 'several more' partners since CES, is working on new form factors There's nothing, nothing, we love more than
talkative CEOs. And though this may not be a case of some
brash smack-talking, we still appreciate Mary Lou Jepsen giving us a fresh update on the development of those delectable
Pixel Qi displays. As you already know, CES provided us with our first opportunity to see one
in person (in the shape of the
Notion Ink Adam) and we were left highly impressed with the versatility and responsiveness of the hybrid display. Since then, Mary Lou and company have recruited a few more partners and, while production of the 10-inch units is ramping up
as expected, new form factors are also being contemplated. She still won't tell us any names, but we're excited by the possibility of (relatively) pocketable Pixel Qi devices -- how does a
Dell Mini 5 with a 40-hour battery life sound?
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Survey says: Android users mostly male, webOS not just for women, iPod touch for kidsJump down off that
scud missile and holster your brew Droid owners, the stats are in for smartphone gender preferences. The numbers reported above are based on a AdMob survey of 963 total respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users in english speaking countries. According to the data collected between 5 February to the 16 February, men make up a whopping 73% of all Android device users. Even webOS, that smartphone OS from Palm that's supposedly aimed at the ladies carries a 58% male to 42% female preference, almost exactly the same as the iPhone. While it would be easy to suggest that Verizon's
overtly machismo advertising campaign for Droid (one of the
most popular Android handsets) helped skew the demographics, it doesn't explain why its Palm ads
targeting women failed to skew the webOS numbers. Perhaps it's an unspoken man on robot love that we all recognize as truth but choose not to discuss openly for fear of reprisal? Or maybe it's a lack of recognition for what Asian marketing geniuses figured out long ago: a device has to be
pink and
glittery with just a
touch of lace to woo the more fickle tastes of the female demographic. Uh, yeah.
Also of interest is the Age by Platform data that shows 78% of iPod touch users are below the age of 25 compared to 25% of iPhone users and 24% of webOS and Android users. In fact, 65% of the platform are just 17 years of age
or younger. That would explain the demand for all the biscuit floating apps. See the chart after the break.
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White space 'Smart City' network goes up in Wilmington, North Carolina
White space internet just took another step on its long, vaporous journey: in addition to the
916-person trial in tiny Claudville, Virginia kicked off last year, Spectrum Bridge just launched its first large-scale "Smart City" network in Wilmington, North Carolina. If you'll recall, white spaces are the bits of spectrum in
between TV frequencies, and a whole host of heavy hitters including Microsoft and Google pushed the
FCC to open them up for data usage after years of lobbying and
comically failed tests. Wilmington was selected for the big trial since it was the first community to
switch completely to DTV broadcasting, and the city's using the new network for a variety of infrastructure tasks, including traffic camera monitoring, free WiFi in city parks, and remote wetlands monitoring stations. There's also more to come, including medical uses and more broadband for schools as time goes on. We're assuming
NAB is totally SulkyFace5000 right now, but we've got to hand it to the
White Spaces Coalition -- after all that talk, they've finally gotten up and running in a larger community. Anyone in Wilmington care to chime in and tell us how it's working?
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Samsung's new 3DTVs get an early eyes-on, through $150 shutter glassesFirsthand impressions outside the CES crucible are flowing in following the worldwide launch of Samsung's
new LCD 3DTVs. UK publications have gotten up close with production versions of the new HDTVs,
TechRadar observed the
Monsters vs. Aliens Blu-ray disc
packed in with the new displays over there plus the
2D-to-3D conversion feature, reporting the latter worked better on sports footage of ice skaters but caused "disconcerting" effect on news broadcasts. A video preview from
Which? (embedded after the break) gives a good look at the new remote and managed to clear up one of the early worries about new display by confirming the 3D effect continued to work even from a wide viewing angle. For those who have already
pressed the buy button, taking advantage of that effect will of course require 3D glasses. While Samsung's already promised multiple models a lone battery powered pair for adults has appeared for preorder on Vanns for $150, which despite the relatively reasonable cost of the displays could make group viewings very expensive for the early adopter. While that may not be out of the price range for
some, we'll keep an eye out for pricing info from the competition -- and looking for cheaper 3rd party alternatives. Check out their impressions and decide for yourself how much a
3D World Cup experience is worth.
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Ask Engadget: Best no-frills portable media player?We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's
Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Cam, who don't need no stinkin' app store for his next digital audio player. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at
ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
"I'm getting quite sick of my Sansa Clip, with it deciding when and when it doesn't want to work. I'm looking for a new PMP. The only requirement is that it has at least 4GB of storage, and supports FLAC files. Expandable memory would be cool too."
We appreciate the brevity, Cam. In your spirit, we'll skip the usual coaxing and just demand that those with lovable gym-certified PMPs drop some knowledge in comments below. And... go!
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Palm boss Rubinstein sends letter to employees, talks turnaroundThere's very likely a little unrest inside Palm's corporate walls today on news that the company's
falling a little short of its financial expectations, so CEO Jon Rubinstein has wasted no time firing off an all-employee letter explaining the sitch while trying to calm some nerves in the process. As analysts had feared, Rubinstein clearly isn't pleased with the way the company's launch on Verizon has gone -- but he's already got a plan in place involving some 200 "Brand Ambassadors" deployed to Verizon stores to help get reps the straight dope on Palm products and a refreshed ad campaign across several mediums. Is it enough? That remains to be seen, but in the meantime, he's quick to note that they've got around $500 million in cash in the bank just for a rainy day like this. There's an all-hands meeting scheduled for after Palm's earnings call next month -- would be interesting to be a fly on the wall for that, wouldn't it?
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Sprint confirms Pre and Pixi webOS 1.4 update coming tomorrow (update: full changelog!)Just hours after we wrapped our mitts around what looked to be Palm's
official webOS 1.4 changelog, along comes this: confirmation from none other than Sprint itself. According to a post on the carrier's official forums by Sprint Admin 'izzyks,' both the
Pre and
Pixi will see the long-awaited webOS 1.4 update hit sometime tomorrow evening. As always, users will see an OTA alert when the new files are ready for consumption, and you can find a full list of the fixes and changes just beyond the break.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Seems the post was yanked! The message, in its entirety, is after the break.
Update 2: We just snagged the full changelog from an internal Sprint document, which is also tucked below. For the spec hounds, the webOS version will be 1.4.0, while the Sprint Configuration will sit at 2.3 and the Build at 195.
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Microsoft Hohm SDK is available to third parties, first devices to hit this summer
There are already plenty of solutions for monitoring your power consumption, particularly with Google's relatively recent
PowerMeter ecosystem, but if you want to do things the Microsoft way,
Microsoft's Hohm is about to get third party device friendly. An SDK has been recently released to manufacturers, and we're supposed to expect the first compatible products by the summer. Interestingly, Microsoft has also mentioned that it "might" even get into the game of energy hardware at some point. The end game is to feed back information and control to utilities to be able to load balance energy demand (charging up that fancy electric car of yours overnight instead of at 7pm, for instance), though that sort advance might be as much as a decade out.
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HTC Supersonic (or Incredible) spotted on video?It's impossible to say with certainty what we're looking at here, but by all appearances, this is likely the first time most of you (and all of us) have seen HTC's so-called
Supersonic on video. As a refresher, this is the phone rumored to be rocking Android, WiMAX, and pretty much every other spec line item you could possibly want for a date with destiny on Sprint later this year -- and while you can't make out much from the 40-second video, you can clearly make out the red earpiece grill we've seen in past pictures, suggesting that this isn't the similarly-equipped
Incredible we've heard of for Verizon. Anyhow, care to get dinner and a movie
sometime this Summer, Supersonic? Follow the break for the full video.
Update: ...and that was quick! Video's been pulled, but if it's any consolation, there's not much more to it than the screen grab above. We'll leave the video after the break just in case it comes back online.
Update 2: New video posted after the break! Yay! Also, commenters have astutely noted that there appears to be some sort of nav pad at the bottom of the phone, something the Supersonic lacks -- so perhaps this is the Incredible after all, or a third Android superphone out of HTC. Clearly, we're not complaining if that's the case.
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AIST shows off see-through display prototype on videoFace it, folks -- the days of windows being just windows are behind us. Before long, our panes will double as widget displays or makeshift televisions, and AIST has the
prototype to prove it. The demonstration seems to utilize technology that's far different than that seen in Samsung's
iceTouch PMP, but it's certainly no less exciting. According to
DigInfo, AIST is developing florescent glass suitable for excitation by near-UV LEDs, and by combining this [borosilicate] glass with LEDs, it's possible to obtain transparent, flat light sources." Better still, we're told that the prevailing thought is that this here technology could be used to develop see-through displays as well as "light sources and displays that use solar cells without modification." Anxious to see what a transparent LCD could do for you? Hop on past the break, mash play and let your imagination run absolutely wild.
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It's the end of February, where's your JooJoo?Call us optimistic, but we pictured February 25th rolling around with us laying on a couch and watching some Olympic ice dancing clips on the JooJoo's 12-inch screen. Ah, but here we are about to cross off the last few days of the month and the only thing we've got in our hands are some tissues and hot cocoa. Promising to ship units to those who pre-ordered in December within 8-10 weeks, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan told us just a month ago that it was
on track to ship before the end of February. However, when we called them up to see what the deal was we were told they'd have a shipping update for us by the first week in March. Additionally, when asked if there were delays with production or shipping the first units to customers we got the never fun "no comment." We're going to go ahead and assume there's been some sort of delay -- perhaps JooJoo primary investor CSL has been too busy updating the
BlueBerrry KIRF line with an optical pad to write out the check for the manufacturing costs. Okay, that's unlikely, but we'd love to hear if any of those that pre-ordered have heard differently or anything at all.
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Raidon announces HyBrid Disk SSD / hard drive combo
Not interested in piecing together your own hybrid SSD hard drive with something like SilverStone's
HDDBOOST kit? Then you might want to consider waiting for Raidon's upcoming HyBrid Disk drive, which promises all the same benefits with none of the hassle (apart from actually installing it in your computer, that is). Complete details on this one are still a bit light, but you will apparently be able to remove the SSD and use it on its own if you like, and then have its contents automatically backed up when you put it back in its enclosure. No word on pricing just yet either, but Raidon says the drives will first be available in an internal, 3.5-inch version in April, with an external version following later in the year.
Raidon announces HyBrid Disk SSD / hard drive combo originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ASUS Eee PC 1018P, 1016P and 1015P prepping for a CeBIT debutLooks like there won't be a shortage of new laptops and netbooks next week at
CeBIT, and if
Blogeee is to be believed ASUS will be showing up with at least three new 10.1-inch Eee PCs. The most exciting of the bunch seem to be the executive-aimed 1016P and 1018P, which will both apparently have an aluminum chassis and 14 hours of battery life. The .7-inch 1018P is said to be the thinnest netbook ASUS has ever created, and sport an integrated fingerprint reader and USB 3.0.
Uh, USB 3.0 in a netbook? We don't see why not. Finally there's the 1015P, which seems to just be an refresh of the
1005PE with a matte display and a wider touchpad. It sounds triple E exciting, but we promise to find out more on these little guys next week when we are live in Deutschland.
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Nintendo's Dunaway: no Wii successor 'anytime soon'
Miyamoto may have been
dropping hints about some new Nintendo hardware recently, but it looks like a true Wii successor isn't among the options in the short term. That's according to Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway, who told
GameSpot during the company's just-concluded Media Summit that she doesn't see a proper Wii follow-up coming "anytime soon." She further went on to note that even though the Wii now has a larger installed based than the PS2 did at the same point in its life cycle, the Wii "still has a lot of room to grow," adding that "we'll have it [a successor] ready when we think the time is right."
Nintendo's Dunaway: no Wii successor 'anytime soon' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HP Mini 210 HD edition reviewNetbooks for all! We're convinced that's the motivational saying plastered to the wall in the HP lab where the company births Minis for everyone but your pet fish. But of all the company's Pine Trail offerings, we're most excited about the $425 Mini 210, which has a 10.1-inch HD screen and a Broadcom Crystal Accelerator chip that promises decent HD video playback, even with Flash. With an attractive new thin design, improved chiclet keyboard and that
promise to handle high-def content, the Mini 210 has the potential to kick the others to the curb. Given the issues we had with the
Broadcom-powered Dell Mini 10 and HP's newer touchpads, though, we had to put on the glasses and take a closer look. Join us past the break for the full review, will you?
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Sharp PB20ZU gets FCC approval -- is this 'Pure' from Microsoft's Project Pink?The puzzle pieces are all fitting together now, aren't they? Just a few days after
regulatory passage of the PB10ZU from Sharp -- a device that could very well be the pebble-shaped
Turtle -- we're now seeing a separate filing for the PB20ZU. The label document isn't terribly detailed here, but if you squint your eyes, you can definitely see how this lines up perfectly with the concept of a landscape QWERTY slider which is exactly what
Project Pink's rumored second phone, the
Pure, is expected to be. Despite Microsoft's blowout announcement at
MWC earlier this month, there was nary a mention of Pink or the Danger-influenced hardware and software said to surround it, so we're expecting to see this stuff soon -- especially now that we've got FCC certification under our belts.
CTIA, perhaps? Notably, this phone rocks CDMA with Bluetooth and WiFi, so if it sees duty on an American carrier -- which it almost certainly will -- it's gotta be either Verizon or Sprint. Stay tuned.
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The Engadget Podcast, live... now!An interesting week, and while we're all waiting for Josh to return to the country of his birth and the live
Engadget Show on Saturday, we thought we'd pump out a quick podcast for you all to some up all the crazy happiness. Join us after the break!
Update: And we're done, thanks for listening! For those who missed out, we should have the highly edited, censored and boring version posted tomorrow.
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AT&T announces expanded availability of 3G MicroCellIt may not be the news that folks in some
particularly problematic areas have been waiting for, but AT&T has now announced that it's finally expanded availability of its 3G MicroCell beyond its initial testbed cities like Raleigh and Charlotte. The new markets apparently include some additional areas of North Carolina, along with new parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and San Diego, plus the addition of Las Vegas -- the only entirely-new market of the bunch. Hit up the link below to punch in your zipcode for exact availability, and all the necessary details to get "five bars in your own home." And if you're curious about exactly what this whole
femtocell thing is about, be sure to check out our
impressions of the device.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Samsung makes Skype for new LED lit HDTVs officialPanasonic and LG won't be the only ones with
Skype-enabled HDTVs, though we
peeped it in the specs earlier, Samsung has officially announced its new
7000 and
8000 series televisions will also include access. Accessible through the embedded
Samsung Apps service, it appears it will work with the new HD video processing webcams just like the others, so users can log in to or create an account with the remote then make video or voice calls away from the PC. We heard at CES those cameras could run as high as $200,
check out the CES 2010 demo from Panasonic to see if couch videoconferencing is worth the additional expense.
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Sprint promises 'many' new 4G markets in 2010; New York, SF included
With
LTE onslaughts from Verizon and AT&T (not to mention countless carriers around the world) drawing near, Sprint's wasting no time beefing up its WiMAX network ahead of its competitors' 4G launches in an effort to give
WiMAX the best chance it can. Without giving a hard figure, the company says that it expects to launch WiMAX service in "many" markets this year, with several notables among the lot: Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC are all called out by name. SF and the Big Apple in particular will be huge wins -- assuming the deployments go smoothly -- thanks to abnormally high concentrations of geeks (including yours truly, of course) that will immediately appreciate faster wide-area broadband. They're not listing dates just yet, so it's unclear just how soon we can expect these to light up.
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ZMP RoboCar G soon to be available to researchers You may not be able to buy Honda's sci-fi-styled
3R-C electric three-wheeler anytime soon, but it looks like you will be able to get behind the wheel of
ZMP's new RoboCar G this year -- if you're a researcher interested in working on next-generation vehicles, that is. According to the company, the vehicle will be available on a limited basis starting in November, and it will be able to be equipped with a whole range of sensors that will either help the driver, or let it be operated as a computer-controlled "robot vehicle." No indication of a price, or any word of availability to the general public -- although you may just be able to talk your into getting one for yourself if you can foot the bill. Exceedingly brief video after the break.
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Keepin' it real fake, part CCLVI: BlueBerry gets upgraded with optical padYou see, this isn't our first run-in with
BlueBerry. Nay -- this is a firm that has shadowed Waterloo's moves for some time, so when it came time for the real thing to make the transition from trackballs to optical pads, the Shenzhen doppelganger naturally had to follow suit. The result is this here BlueBerry 9500, a device that looks more like a Bold 9500 grafted to a Nokia
E72 than it does a
Bold 9700 -- but hey, for folks torn between their Finnish and Canadian loyalties, this might be the perfect solution. The impressive spec sheet includes a TV tuner (complete with 9-inch retractable antenna), dual SIM support, and WiFi, and -- most importantly -- the optical pad is said to be "decent." Check out the gallery for a couple more shots -- just don't expect any
App World access with this one.
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Sony exec says PSP Go 'confused' consumers, might have been too expensive
Well, we've already heard some rumors that Sony was considering a
relaunch of sorts for the
PSP Go, and it looks like at least some execs from the company are now starting to speak publicly about why such a move might be necessary. In an interview with
IndustryGamers, SCEA Senior Vice President of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer admitted that the PSP Go did "confuse" customers, and that the "higher price point didn't help matters any either" -- not exactly the sort of thing you hear Sony say every day. Does that mean we'll be seeing updated hardware or a lower price anytime soon? Dyer unsurprisingly wouldn't say when pressed, adding only that Sony is "going back and re-communicating" with consumers.
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