FastMac U-Socket delayed due to safety redesign, now going for $20 And here you were thinking
this thing had vanished into the never-ending Lairs of Vaporwareville. Lucky for you, the gents and gals over at FastMac have been hard at work caving to the
also never-ending list of demands from the UL and various other safety agencies. That means that the utterly brilliant U-Socket is indeed still on track for mass production, but it'll be slightly redesigned and stacked with a few bonus features by the time it hits the market. According to an update sent out to loyal pre-orderers (which can be seen in full after the break), the USB sockets have been relocated as a compliance measure, but now, they're of the
SuperSpeed variety. Each one is also capable of 10W power (read:
iPad-friendly) and it also smokes the EPA's Energy Star requirements. The modifications have pushed the expected ship date back to October, and the original $9.95 price has been bumped up to $19.95 -- though the company is quick to point out that each one is made in the US of A, and those who got in early will have their orders honored. An extra Hamilton for USB 3.0 and 10W charging? We're still as sold as ever.
[Thanks, Brian]
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Radio Shack stores getting WiMAX upgrades ahead of Evo launch? While there's certainly plenty to love about HTC's
EVO 4G, that 4G in the title is certainly one of the major draws. We're guessing it'll be a little easier to sell the things if customers can experience the wonders of WiMAX for themselves, so that's probably why RadioShack is (according to our tipster) installing these Clearwire WiMAX repeaters in at least some of its stores ahead of the
May 30 June 4 launch of the phone there. This will effectively turn The Shack into 4G hotspots and, while we're not sure of the range of these bad boys, this is a good thing even if it extends the reach of WiMAX just a few feet further into our lives. Another picture after the break.
Update: Oops, the phone is of course
launching on June 4. It's 4G that's going live in this tipster's home city on May 30.
[Thanks, Markus]
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Android 2.2's Froyo goodness hitting the Nexus One already? (update: confirmed!) 21diggsdigg Sometimes it's good to be the chosen child, the special one, and in the eyes of Google the
Nexus One is that special phone -- at least
for the moment. As such it seems to have been given a special treat: access to
Froyo,
earlier than expected.
TechCrunch's MG Siegler is reporting that his handset received Android 2.2 overnight. So far we're not hearing too many other reports of folks seeing this update, but that could be thanks to everyone sleeping off a week of
exciting announcements. Sound off in comments if you're waking up to this frosty, low-calorie snack.
Update: We're not sure how this is being rolled out, as hardly anyone is seeing updates, but via
Droidnytt we found a
number of
reports on
Twitter that people are indeed seeing the update.
Update 2: Count us among the lucky few who just received the OTA Froyo update, to our original T-Mobile-based device.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it
Looking for the most gargantuan laptop money can buy? How's about the biggest laptop that the
least amount of money can buy? Toshiba's Satellite P505 -- a machine we
spotted briefly at CES this year -- has now been put on sale over at Microsoft's own webstore, complete with an 18.4-inch LCD (1,680 x 945), a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB SATA hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, a DVD SuperMulti drive, ExpressCard slot, integrated memory card reader, NVIDIA's GeForce 310M (512MB), four USB 2.0 sockets and a beastly 12-cell Li-ion battery. Best of all, you can pop in a coupon (see the links below for details) in order to score this behemoth for $689, or just $687.95 more than freedom. Hop on
past the break if you need an explanation.
Update: Seems that code down there has expired -- anyone got an alternate?
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LG Ally release pushed back a week for reasons unknown
You remember those
Android 2.1-powered
LG Allys that were supposed to
go on sale with Big Red earlier this week? Yeah, well, they didn't, and Verizon's site is still showing them as pre-orders. We're not sure what's going on there, but pre-orders are being extended through the 26th with sales commencing on the 27th; folks that have already pre-ordered the phone are apparently getting emails explaining the situation and letting them know that they'll be "the first to receive the phone upon initial availability on or after May 27th." The "or after" part there seems to be giving them a loophole in case they need another delay -- so this could be a last-minute software issue, supply problems, some sort of wacky marketing stunt, or a stunning heist involving the theft of every Ally that has been imported to the United States thus far. Your guess?
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How would you change Canon's EOS Rebel T2i? Canon just recently sold its
20 millionth digital EOS camera, so there's a better-than-average chance that the company's
EOS Rebel T2i made up a bulk of those final sales leading up to the milestone. If you've been shooting (and shooting... and shooting) with your new T2i over the past few months, we're interested in hearing how exactly you'd like to tweak things. Is the 1080p movie mode living up to the hype? Would you change the body design in any way? Happy with the kit lens? Wishing you would've sprung for a full-frame cam instead? Would you have preferred the option to get a
Harlequin edition? Go on and speak out below -- we've heard that these things have been hard to come by, so we're
sure a few of you are cradling one in your left arm right now.
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Editorial: Engadget on Google TV Google made a big splash into the home entertainment world yesterday with the announcement of
Google TV -- particularly because it's partnered up with some major names like Sony, Intel, Logitech, Best Buy and Dish Network. That's a lot of industry momentum behind a platform that's trying to achieve what many believe to be impossible: marry the television to the internet. Will Google finally be the one to pull it off? To be honest, the Engadget staff is nowhere near agreement on this, so we're just going to let everyone speak for themselves -- read on!
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Shipping HTC EVO 4G ROM released into the wild Can't wait to get your hands on an
EVO 4G? Then it looks like you can now at least settle for the next best thing that's not actually anything like the real thing: the final, shipping version of the EVO 4G ROM. That's just been released into the wild courtesy of Conflipper, and is ready to be downloaded for use however you like -- and at your own risk, of course. Hit up the source link below for the download link, and let us know in comments if you manage to work any magic with it.
[Thanks, Marcos]
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MSI rolls out Wind U160DX netbook with 15-hour battery 36diggsdigg It may just seem like yesterday that MSI was introducing its
Wind U160 netbook at CES, but the company's now already back with an updated model in time for
Computex: the Wind U160DX. While it's outward appearance remains mostly the same, the netbook's internals have been upgraded across the board, including a new Atom N455 processor, some DDR3 memory, MSI's own "
Turbo Drive Engine" and, last but not least, a 15-hour battery (aided in part by MSI's ECO power management system). Still no word on pricing or availability for this one, but we should be hearing more about it soon enough at Computex, and you can get a closer look at it right now courtesy of
Engadget Spanish at the link below.
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Google TV: everything you ever wanted to know Google made some waves yesterday when it announced the
new Google TV platform, backed by major players like Sony, Logitech, Intel, Dish Network, and Best Buy. Built on Android and featuring the Chrome browser with a full version of
Flash Player 10.1, Google TV is supposed to bring "the web to your TV and your TV to the web," in Google's words. It's a lofty goal that many have failed to accomplish, but Google certainly has the money and muscle to pull it off. But hold up: what is
Google TV, exactly, and why do all these companies think it's going to revolutionize the way we watch TV? Let's take a quick walk through the platform and see what's what.
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HP Compaq Airlife 100 review roundup: a little too dumb for a smartbook As of last month, there were still
no solid plans to ever bring HP Compaq's
Airlife 100 smartbook to US soil, and judging by the first reviews surfacing across the pond, the company should probably consider keeping it that way. In a land already saturated with increasingly powerful netbooks, highly capable smartphones and a blossoming selection of tablets, the actual
need for a so-called smartbook is questionable at best. For those still interested in paying near-netbook prices for this (
on contract with a carrier, no less), you should probably first take a gander at the reviews linked below. Put simply, the Airlife 100 just wasn't a contender, and it had issues handling basic tasks like playing back HD videos and loading the full Gmail experience. 'Course, Android 1.6 is looking
severely dated right about now, so we can't say we're shocked to hear so much negativity. The design itself was universally praised, but when you can snag a Crystal HD-equipped netbook (sans a data plan agreement, to boot) for just a few Euros more, it's hard to justify locking yourself into something far less intelligent.
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The Engadget Podcast, live at 5PM EST! It's been a huge week of tech news and the boys are all in New York to talk about it... in separate locations connected over the internet, of course. Won't you join us live at five? The chat room below is open, so settle in and get comfy!
P.S.- And hey, don't forget that Ustream has
Android and iPhone apps if you're out and about and can't join in on the Flash-based fun below.
Update: Okay, that was probably our wildest -- and best -- podcast ever. Special thanks to Engadget HD's Ben Drawbaugh for stopping by, and to all of our Ustreamers for being awesome. Don't worry if you missed it, the regular podcast post will up shortly!
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Android 2.2 coming to Nexus One, open source community 'in the coming weeks' Why, thanks
Google! Just a day after wrapping up a rather monumental
Google I/O event in Northern California, the company's official show Twitter account has belted out a tidbit that just about every attendee was wondering about. According to the outfit,
Android 2.2 (yeah, that's Froyo for the inexperienced) will be "made available to OEMs and the open source community in the coming weeks," and it'll be hitting up the HTC-built
Nexus One in the "next few weeks." That's music to our ears, and if you're unsure what kind of impact this will have on your own life, feel free to take a deep dive into
this right here.
[Thanks, Alex]
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AT&T follows Verizon, jacks up ETF on netbooks and smartphones There's the
good kind of follow-the-leader, and then there's this. While the world
cheered as all four major US wireless carriers
implemented prorated early termination fees, we can all hang our heads accordingly for this one: AT&T has just followed Verizon Wireless' march into the
dark, evil corners of contractland by
adjusting ETFs higher for netbooks and smartphones. In an email sent out to select customers, the carrier notes that beginning on June 1st (that's less than a fortnight away), customers who select "advanced, higher-end device[s], including netbooks and smartphones, will have an ETF of $325, reduced by $10 for each month during the balance of the service agreement." That's up significantly over the $175 ETF that affects all of AT&T's handsets today, though still $25 less than VZW's plan. The silver lining -- if you could call it that -- comes with this point: customers "who are buying basic and quick messaging phones will have a
lower ETF of $150, reduced by $4 for each month during the balance of the service agreement." Naturally, existing contract customers won't see any immediate change, but you can bet you'll be nailed with the new terms once you head in this summer to pre-order that
iPhone 4G. The full memo is posted after the break -- so much for "rethinking possible," huh?
Update: AT&T has published an "
open letter" explaining the changes. Thanks, Daniel!
[Thanks, L.]
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Nokia N8 launching August 24, we hear; Amazon Germany taking €470 pre-orders We know, we know, you were banking on taking an
N8 with you when you go summering in Cape Cod in July, but that might be a tall order because we're hearing from a trusted source that August 24 has been pegged as the big release date for Nokia's
Symbian^3-powered beast. Pricing had already been announced at €370 ($465), but if you're interested in shedding an extra hundred for no apparent reason, Amazon Germany is now officially taking pre-orders for €469.50 ($590) in black -- just one of the five N8 shades Espoo will be pushing around the world. We think we'd recommend holding off on signing up for Amazon's enticing deal here, quite honestly -- especially considering the magnetic attraction we've got to that totally unapologetic orange version.
[Thanks, Al]
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Android 2.2 Froyo: everything you ever wanted to know Since its
initial launch on the T-Mobile G1 in October of 2008, Google's
Android operating system has evolved rapidly -- perhaps more rapidly than any other operating system in recent memory -- to become one of the most important and prolific smartphone platforms in the market today. Its latest incarnation, announced at
Google's I/O conference in San Francisco this week, began life as codename "Froyo" (continuing its tradition of naming new versions as desserts in alphabetical order, starting with Cupcake) to officially become
Android 2.2. Don't be fooled by the mere 0.1 boost in the version number over 2.1 Eclair, though -- this is a huge upgrade that represents the most user-friendly, compelling, and feature-complete version of the little green guy to date. Read on for our full look!
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HTC 'Vision' finally bringing high-end QWERTY to Android? For a company with as rich of a reputation for landscape QWERTY sliders as HTC has, you'd think they'd be tripping over themselves to release a truly high-end Android phone with a keyboard, but not so much -- the closest they've come so far would be the midrange
myTouch 3G Slide, and that puppy ain't even out yet. We broke the news last night about three seemingly new names for upcoming HTC devices --
Vision, LED, and Glacier -- and Dutch site
Tweakers.net is now reporting on a user agent profile for the Vision that lists the device featuring that mythical holy trinity: WVGA display, QWERTY, and Android. Furthermore, they've got the director of HTC Benelux on record saying that they're planning more Android phones with keyboards -- so that's a Good Thing to hear at a time when huge slates seem to be stealing the show in every segment of the market. With the
Nexus One,
Desire,
Droid Incredible, and
EVO 4G all alive and well, we think these guys would be well-served to play with other form factors for a minute or two, yeah?
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Google TV: Who is the competition and what are they saying about it? The
Google TV has landed and is already sending ripples through the marketplace, but what about all the companies already
blending internet and TV? Whether they are already planning to work with the new initiative (Rovi), even more firmly staking a claim on their existing technology and vision for the connected TV (Microsoft, Yahoo), sounding like it's an option for the future (Samsung, VIZIO, Boxee) or already working on their own Android on TV projects (People of Lava, MIPS) each one should tell a little bit about where this market is headed in the coming months and years. Read on for their statements -- and a quick breakdown of what each is bringing to the table in case you weren't already running a network cable to your HDTV years ago.
Update: Now with reactions from Roku and
PlayOn!
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Toshiba brings texture to touch (video) Reach out and touch whatever screen you're reading this on. What if, instead of feeling the glass or plastic beneath your finger, you could experience the
texture of a brush, woodgrain, or even a stone? Well, Toshiba's working on just such a project, which operates on the basis of a film affixed to, say, a smartphone's touch panel -- electrical currents are sent through this layer, and your digits are shot up with the simulated sensation of touching those various surfaces. Senseg, the company behind this tech, has been around since 2008, but perhaps this recent prototype demo is a sign that things might actually start going places. It's not like there'll be a shortage of imaginative uses for such precise tactile feedback. Video after the break.
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