Leaving Las Vegas: Farewell to CES 2014
We came. We saw. We got punched in the head. Some of Engadget's New
York-based editors took longer to get to Las Vegas than those traveling
in from Hong Kong or Tokyo, thanks to winter storms that caused the
cancelation of thousands of flights. But ... Read More ...
How would you change Motorola's Droid RAZR M?
Before it became the cuddly face of Google's handset business, Motorola
had a knack of knocking out sweet hardware at low prices. The RAZR M,
for instance, combined a svelte body, 4.3-inch display and a nippy
Snapdragon S4. When you factor in the $99 ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Audio roundup
Imagine the footsteps of thousands and thousands of people. Now add in
hundreds of booths showing loud promo videos, playing music and giving
demos over microphones. That is the literal sound of CES. The
theoretical sound of CES will come from some ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Cameras and digital imaging roundup
As in years past, CES wasn't the premier showcase for groundbreaking
digital imaging products, but we still saw our fair share of
photo-centric updates. Of course, with manufacturers highlighting a wide
array of 4K televisions, it wasn't surprising ... Read More ...
Tell-all explores the Wii U's development problems
It's no secret that some game developers dislike the Wii U --
performance issues, limited internet features and relatively slow
console sales have made it tough for companies to justify support. But
have you ever wondered what, exactly, went wrong? ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Gaming roundup
Gaming is once again a thing at CES! Since splitting from the Consumer
Electronics Show in 1995 and creating E3, the game industry has sat out
much of the past 20 years. Between last year's big news from Valve and
this year's reappearance of Sony's ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Mobile roundup
While this year was predictably quiet for smartphones, we weren't
expecting it to be this quiet. Only a small sliver of companies
announced new handsets at the show, and the ones we saw -- with the
exception of the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact -- didn't ... Read More ...
Albatross One: flying Row 44's amphibious in-flight WiFi test plane
Every manufacturer needs to test its gear throughout the product cycle,
and if in-flight connectivity is what you're peddling, frequent trials
and partner demos can be tremendously costly for even the best-funded
operations. For satellite internet ... Read More ...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: Navia, $100 prosthetic limbs and a controlled nuclear meltdown
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting
green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.As most of the US bundled up and tried to stay warm during last week's unprecedented "polar vortex," the ...
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Jelly Bean claims 59.1 percent of Android device share as KitKat inches forward
Google has released its first Android device share data for 2014, and
it's now clear that many users are flocking to a newer OS version...
just not the latest version. While the shiny new KitKat release did
climb to 1.4 percent of active devices in ... Read More ...
Smartphone concept incorporates LiFi sensor for receiving light-based data
The lights are now dimmed throughout the many halls of CES, and none
are more perturbed by darkness than the folks at Oledcomm. Illumination
is the company's specialty, after all; or, more specifically, LiFi
technology, which facilitates high-speed ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Laptops roundup
It wasn't exactly a banner year for laptops at CES. Hell, the "Best of
CES" award for PCs ended up going to a desktop, and was nearly upstaged
by an all-in-one running Chrome OS. Still, that didn't stop some
companies (especially Lenovo) from ... Read More ...
Engadget HD Podcast 380 - CES Special #2 - 1.9.14
It's time for a rundown of all the best in HD news from CES this week
and it's a heckuva long list. Ben Drawbaugh joins Richard Lawler to hash
it out and discuss whether 4K has matured enough to settle in for the
long haul. LG, Sony, Samsung and ... Read More ...
Hands-on with Sennheiser's HD6, HD7 and HD8 DJ series headsets
Sennheiser, long a staple at CES with its stellar audio goods didn't
disappoint this year by launching a new line of DJ headsets. The HD6
MIX, HD7 DJ, and HD8 DJ sets priced from $280 for the low end, $329 for
the HD7 DJ and $389 for the HD8 DJ. ... Read More ...
CES 2014: HDTV & home theater roundup
Every year, CES is filled wall to wall with flat-screen televisions and
the things that plug into them. 2014's show brought its own variations
to that theme. Curved TVs, OLED TVs, Ultra HD TVs or some combination
popped up wherever we looked, and ... Read More ...
CES 2014: the Engadget interviews
Coming into CES 2014, we knew there would be some recurring themes at
the show: wearables, connected cars, home automation and 3D printing
would all have a major presence on the show floor. So, we were sure to
talk to some of the biggest names in ... Read More ...
The Onewheel self-balancing, single-wheeled skateboard comes to CES, we take it for a spin (video)
It's hard not to do a double-take when first laying eyes on the
Onewheel. After all, it is a single-wheeled skateboard that uses an
electric motor, accelerometers, gyros and a microcontroller to give
riders a smooth, self-balancing ride. The ... Read More ...
SmartThings shows off the ridiculous possibilities of its connected home system
Sure, we had to hop in a cab and take a rather expensive ride out into
the boonies. But we had no option -- SmartThings had no official
presence on the CES floor. Thankfully, the 45 minutes we spent in
transit were not wasted. The company rented a ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Auto roundup
While some categories at this year's International CES were a little
quiet, the same cannot be said for autos. 2014's show floor was filled
with car stuff, not simply from the major vendors at the show, but also
from the acres of companies selling ... Read More ...
CES 2014: Household roundup
Alongside the TVs and tablets, CES is also home to the future of...
homes. LG had smarter washing machines and robot vacuums that you can
turn on by texting with everyday language, while Samsung introduced an
entirely new ecosystem: one it's inviting ... Read More ...
Beats Music is launching January 21st -- here's a sneak peek
That's Beats' new streaming service. No surprise, of course. Seems like
the Jimmy Iovine / Dr. Dre's red headphone-pushing company has been
eyeing the space since the World Class Wreckin' Cru days. Last month,
the company offered up a bit of ... Read More ...
Caption contest: Mr. Marinator fuses meat, marinade, motion... and madness
Bombing on a home shopping network near you. ... Read More ...
Feedback Loop: Ducking autocorrect, Steam Machines, 12-inch tablets and more
Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting
discussions happening within the Engadget community. There's so much
technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a
lot of great ideas and opinions that need ... Read More ...
Researchers develop tiny windmills that can power your gadgets (video)
Portable solar chargers aren't so out of the ordinary anymore, but
minuscule windmills that can charge your phones? Now, those are
something new. A couple of UT Arlington researchers, Smitha Rao and J.C.
Chiao, have developed wind turbines so small ... Read More ...
Native Union's Jump charging cable can juice up your devices on the go
It only took a little over 24 hours for Native Union's Jump, a charging
cable with a built-in battery pack for juicing up on the go, to reach
its funding on Kickstarter. Still, the company hasn't abandoned its
booth here at CES to go out and ... Read More ...
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