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- 160GB PS3 'Drake's Fortune' bundle caught in the wild
Filed under: Gaming
Hey, pal -- remember that 160GB PS3 Drake's Fortune bundle we told you about back in August? Well thanks to the totally awesome skills of one intrepid reader, we now know that they're available for purchasing pleasure at your local Best Buy (and other spots, we like to imagine). From what we can tell based on that extremely blurry photo you see, the package will sell for a holiday-destroying $499.99, so you'd better hope grandma drops a big check on you this season.
[Thanks, Nasser]160GB PS3 'Drake's Fortune' bundle caught in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Gaming
The phones at Engadget HQ have been ringing off the hook with reports that the incredible Sam's Club Black Friday Wii deal spied the other day was, in fact, not all that it seemed. Apparently, due to a Photoshop disaster or related incident, someone swapped out the actual deal price ($425) for an amazingly low $224. We'd say this was a closed case, save for the fact that the page carrying the updated "correct" information is now down, and all we have left is a paltry Google cache link. If anyone out there in magical, mystical Internetville knows more, feel free to drop us a line.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Sam's Club Black Friday Wii deal too good to be true? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks
Filed under: Laptops
You know good and well you were instantly jealous of the multi-finger gesture support announced for those minty fresh new Mac laptops, and if you're finally ready to ditch that envy you've been harboring and just get even, have a look. Without even resorting to gangsterism, users of pre-October 2008 Apple laptops can get the four-finger Exposé and Application Switching working -- all's that required is the install disc from a unibody MacBook, a little tweak of the registry and a pinch of patience. We can't say for sure how far back this hack will go (we're guessing your PowerBook G3 is out of luck), but we do know that it works just fine with a January '08 MacBook Air. Give it a go if you're a risk taker, but don't blame us if your atoms start to melt.
[Via MacRumors]Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Cellphones
As one astute tipster's pointed out, the XPERIA X1a is now available for pre-order on the Best Buy site. Now that the phone's really, finally, almost here are you totally psyched? Or have you been too busy playing with your G1 to notice? Like we saw last week, the phone will retail for $799.99 in its unlocked form, and there's no word yet on pricing with a plan. Order now and they claim you'll receive the phone as soon as November 28th. So... what are you waiting for?
[Thanks, Ian]Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1a available for pre-order at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
When we first laid eyes upon the slick box pictured above, we were struck with an eerie feeling of déjà vu. Now, it all makes sense. After receiving an all-but-completely-dead MacBook, one particular modder decided to rip the motherboard out, break out the soldering iron, throw in a few replacement parts and shove everything into a Macally G-S350SUA aluminum hard drive enclosure. Wanna know why? Because he had a peek at this -- a Mac Pro Mini mod that popped up here in March. Talk about taking inspiration and improving upon it.
[Via Hack-A-Day]MacBook innards crammed into makeshift mini Mac Pro tower originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Handhelds
Remember just a few days back when the HTC MAX 4G AKA the world's very first GSM / WiMAX handset was announced? Well, some pretty sweet footage of the device -- which boasts 8GB of flash memory, GPS, WiFi, triband EDGE and WIMAX support -- has surfaced, and we have to say it doesn't look too shabby. The video's in Russian -- because you can only get the phone on Scartel's Yota network in... you guessed it, Russia, but from the sounds of it, the demonstrator is stoked. Check it out after the break.
[Via wmpoweruser]Continue reading Video: HTC MAX 4G is touched, talked about (in Russian)
Video: HTC MAX 4G is touched, talked about (in Russian) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Handhelds
If you're looking to drop nearly $2,000 on a UMPC, well, first of all, you're nuts, but second of all, you're in luck, 'cause the Asus R50A is shipping at €1,475 ($1,878). They weren't kidding when they said it would be above $500, but for the price you'll be running Windows Vista on a handheld with a 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor, a gig of RAM, a 32GB SSD hard drive, a 5.6'' screen at 1024 x 600, three USB ports, a microSD slot, a wireless keyboard, and an external DVD reader / writer. Connectivity options include 802.11 b / g WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G. These specs aren't all that different from what you'd find in a netbook (save for the SSD), except you're paying more than twice as much and you get to look like you're playing games on a GP2X while you're using it on the train. Maybe it's supposed to be a status symbol?
[Via Pocketables]Asus R50A finally arrives, jacks your wallet in the process originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Desktops
Listings for Intel's new Core i7 processors popped up on NewEgg for a couple hours yesterday before getting pulled back into the pre-launch ether -- a cruel tease to desktop PC hardware aficionados counting down the nanoseconds till that red letter day, November 17th. We knew it wouldn't last, but we're glad of the error, 'cause now we've seen pricing info which should reflect what we'll be paying next week. The 2.66GHz 920 was listed at $319.99, the 2.93GHz 940 at $599.99, and the 3.2GHz Extreme 965 at $1,069. Benchmarks have shown even the 920 besting top-of-the-line Core 2 Quads, so the entry point is alluring, but if you're a True Gearhead we expect you'll embezzle a grand to afford the Extreme chip.[Thanks, Staff]Intel Core i7 listings show up on NewEgg to tease you, then split originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
DARPA's been running a blood pharming program for quite awhile now, but it's gotten a real kick start this week with the announcement of a partnership with Cleveland-based biotech company Arteriocyte. Arteriocyte, it seems, has developed a Nanofiber Based System, or NANEX, a technology that enables the production of red blood cells without a donor. The two companies hope research will eventually lead to an "in theatre" blood-making machine for the military. So, if there's no donor, where do the progenitor cells come from? Well, that's a little hazy at this point, though Arteriocyte developed the NANEX using "blood of the umbilical cord" (stem cells), but we don't know what will fuel the final product. Personally, we hope they can squeak out a way to do it using the less controversial "blood of the dragon."
[Via CNet]DARPA teams up with Arteriocyte to create ominous-sounding blood pharming machine for the military originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Kmart's unloaded some fresh deals upon us today, proving that no matter how completely weak the economy is, come Black Friday (which now encompasses the entire month of November) we'll probably buy up whatever's on sale. They have a few legitimate bargains, certainly, peppered in amongst the tripe, including a 2GB Element MP3 player for $22.99, a 19-inch Sony Bravia M Series LCD HDTV for $374.99, and a GE A835 digital camera for $79.99, all for your consumin' pleasure. The sale starts Sunday, and runs through the actual Black Friday, or until the economy collapses and we move to a bottle-cap-based currency, whichever happens first. Simply not enough bargains for you? Hit the read link for the full rundown.
[Via I4U News]Kmart publishes next wave of Black Friday-style deals as world ends originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - TouchDiva: the greatest entertainment device you've never heard of
Filed under: Household, Networking
Now, we're sure that everything's on the up and up here, but the lack of information about the TouchDiva from any source other than the makers of the TouchDiva gives us pause, especially as the product's apparently launching on December 1st. Regardless, here's what we've gathered: the device is a 15.4-inch touchscreen unit you install in your home, and, via the magical wonders of the internet, you get all the music your heart could ever desire, free of charge -- besides the
$75$13 monthly subscription fee, of course. The Danish manufacturers claim to have "agreements with the four major music companies in the world (Warner, EMI, Sony-BMG and Universal)," giving them access to over 2 million songs. Housed inside the unit are two 125W ICEpower (Bang & Olufsen-manufactured) amps, and the Diva itself has just two buttons -- an on / off, and a reset, giving it a pretty stark exterior. As you can probably imagine, it's um, not cheap -- in fact, you're going to have to cough up$6,000$1,100 if you want one, and you'll have to live in Europe, where the device is (supposedly) about to go on sale.
Update: As a few commenters have pointed out, the prices are in Danish Kroner, and we've updated to reflect that.
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[Thanks, Soren]TouchDiva: the greatest entertainment device you've never heard of originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Walmart Black Friday doorbuster deals leak out early, we'll sleep in
Filed under: Displays, Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
If you skipped Walmart's pre-Black Friday festivities pat yourself on the back, as -- despite its lawyers hard work C&Ding unauthorized early ad postings into oblivion -- CNNMoney reveals the "doorbuster" highlights probably not worth getting trampled for this year. Between 5-10 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving the already-discounted Magnavox Blu-ray player drops from $198 to $128 (a BDP-S300 might still be a better value), 50-inch Samsung plasma of unspecified resolution is only $798 (720p, bet on it), and Xbox 360 + Guitar Hero III & wireless guitar pack (all the real plastic guitar aficionados have moved on to Rock Band 2) drops in for $199. Slightly lower profile are a $398 HP desktop PC and $175 gas grill but c'mon, we all know it's the high definition (it'll be a lonely holiday without the suddenly too-good for us Vizio) that will have you shivering outside your local retailer with the soccer moms and other deal hunters.
[Thanks, Jason]Walmart Black Friday doorbuster deals leak out early, we'll sleep in originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Switched On: Riding Shotgun in a traffic jam
Filed under: GPS
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
Often, a shotgun is used at the beginning of a dash, but not so in the world of connected GPS devices, where Telenav launched its Shotgun portable navigation device days after Dash decided to exit the hardware business with its pioneering Dash Express.
Unlike Dash, Telenav was no newcomer to the guided navigation space, being a leading provider of turn-by-turn navigation services to cell phones. Its customers include Sprint and AT&T, and consumers can subscribe to the service directly through Telenav -- even if their carrier doesn't support it -- as long as their smartphone does. The product is free to download, but carriers charge a subscription fee for unlimited use, or offer it on a per-diem price. Because it is designed for an inherently wireless device, Telenav software includes features such as traffic notification, which is a premium feature in portable navigation devices.
In addition to physical advantages such as the large screen, the Shotgun has at least one important advantage over Telenav's cell phone services. Since its maps are local, the device continues to route even when you drive outside of cellular coverage areas. But there's at least one holdover from its cellular heritage that Telenav needs to shed on the Shotgun -- an unceasing, bright blue LED signaling wireless connectivity, which is hugely distracting to the driver, especially at night. Perhaps a bundled strip of black duct tape will do in the meantime.Continue reading Switched On: Riding Shotgun in a traffic jam
Switched On: Riding Shotgun in a traffic jam originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - How would you change Canon's EOS 50D?
Filed under: Digital Cameras
If the Nikon D90's questionable 720p movie mode did nothing for you, or if you're a self-proclaimed Canon fanboy through and through, there's at least a sliver of a chance you bit on the EOS 50D. Now that you've had a solid month to flex that shutter finger and pore over the results, how are you liking things? Experiencing a huge dose of buyer's remorse? Absolutely elated with the low-light performance? Did you find enough extras to warrant the upgrade from a D40? We're just looking to hear how you really like / dislike Canon's latest mid-range DSLR, and more importantly, how you'd do things differently if given the keys to the company's R&D lab. Get to spoutin', won't you?
How would you change Canon's EOS 50D? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Oblong's g-speak: the 'Minority Report' OS brought to life
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
If you've been waiting for that Minority Report-style interface to really come to fruition, you can finally exhale. One of the science advisors from the Steven Spielberg film -- along with a team of other zany visionaries -- has created an honest-to-goodness, real-world implementation of the computer systems seen in the movie. Dubbed g-speak, the mind bending OS combines "gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels," to deliver what the creators call "the first major step in [a] computer interface since 1984." There are some things that need to seen to be understood, so watch the video after the break, and prepare to have your mind thoroughly blown to bits.
[Thanks, Jamie]Continue reading Oblong's g-speak: the 'Minority Report' OS brought to life
Oblong's g-speak: the 'Minority Report' OS brought to life originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - AMD says it's "ignoring" netbooks, will focus on ultraportables
Filed under: Laptops
It seemed earlier this week that AMD's new Conesus chips would take on Intel's dominant Atom platform in the netbook market, but it sounds like that was just wishful thinking -- according to CEO Dirk Meyer, the chipmaker is "ignoring the netbook platform" in favor machines "above that form factor." AMD says that it's seeing high return rates on netbooks, a phenomenon it's chalking up to an unsatisfactory user experience on smaller machines. Of course, that doesn't quite jive with the sales numbers being posted by Acer, ASUS, and HP -- and although return rates are indeed higher for Linux machines than for XP, we're puzzled as to why AMD cares about anything other than raw chip sales to OEMs, since we were under the impression that that's how AMD makes money. Of course, really smart companies don't just sell what people want, they convince people to want what they sell, and that seems to be AMD's tactic: it says that the higher-powered, dual-core Conesus with ATI RS780M graphics will deliver a full-featured user experience that more people will spring for, even if it's in a slightly larger package. We'll see if this strategy plays in the market -- while we'd love to see a machine like the Inspiron Mini 12 with some real horsepower in it, it's hard to argue with a $280 Atom-based Eee.AMD says it's "ignoring" netbooks, will focus on ultraportables originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Lenovo's ThinkPad USB Portable Secure hard drive will make you look, feel more important than you are
Filed under: Storage
This anonymous, yet nefarious looking device -- Lenovo's ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive -- has a passcode system that uses a physical keypad (see photo), which should be handy for you always on-the-go, James Bond types. In fact, the tiny unit (3 x 5-inches), which is designed to pair up with ThinkPad laptops, can have up to 10 unique user IDs, and an admin account, enabling the whole family to be in on the encrypting-action. We hear the "Vault" (as they like to call it) will be available by month's end, and that the 160GB model will be $180, while the 320GB will run $219. All we need to do now is find some data worth protecting...
[Via I4U News]Lenovo's ThinkPad USB Portable Secure hard drive will make you look, feel more important than you are originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now listed at €429 for Spain, up from €279
Filed under: Cellphones
Well, it looks like folks in Europe (or Spain, at least) already sold on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic could be in for a bit more than they bargained for, as the phone is now listed on Nokia.es for €429 (or just under $550) which, even given the now weaker Euro, is quite a leap from the €279 price for Europe that Nokia first announced just over a month ago. That still gets you an unlocked phone, however, and your choice of red, blue, or black colors, though it'll no doubt give some folks cause to reconsider the increasingly plentiful touchscreen phone options out there these days.
[Thanks, Radek]Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now listed at €429 for Spain, up from €279 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Engadget Podcast 118 - 11.14.2008: Cellphone freakout edition
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You knew we'd be back, right? It's that time again, ladies and gents: Engadget Podcast time. This week, thrill to the delectable sounds of your hosts -- Josh, Paul, and Nilay -- as they cover all things smartphone. Excite your senses with discussion of BlackBerry wishes and G1 dreams. Hear insight and outrage on the Fuze, X1a, iPhone 3G, and more. And the best part? It's entirely cholesterol and MSG free!
Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay Patel
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02:02 - RED's Digital Still and Motion Camera System now official
04:24 - Verizon schedules Storm for November 21 release, $199.99 on contract
13:05 - AT&T BlackBerry Bold hands-on
26:40 - HTC Fuze now for sale on AT&T's web site
32:53 - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 review
37:00 - HTC MAX 4G officially announced, world's first GSM / WiMAX phone
39:53 - Windows Mobile 6.5 confirmed by Steve Ballmer, might solve half your problems
49:10 - Apple's new iPod chief ordered to stop working
52:17 - Epic Android bug interprets your typing as system commands
57:15 - iPhone 3G overtakes the RAZR as best-selling domestic handset
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1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com.Engadget Podcast 118 - 11.14.2008: Cellphone freakout edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Robots
Rovio owners have been able to control their all-seeing sentry bot from their iPhone (or any other internet-connected device) from day one using WowWee's browser-based interface, but one enterprising individual apparently found that a tad lacking for his taste, so he decided to take things one big step further by building his own full-fledged iPhone / iPod touch app. In addition to giving you a larger view of the Rovio's webcam feed, the app achieves the inevitable by letting you use the iPhone or iPod touch's accelerometer to control the Rovio, which should let you give your Wiimote a rest for a while. Better still, the app is free -- you know where to get.New app turns iPhone / iPod touch into Rovio controller originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - BlackBerry Storm comes to Vodafone today -- take cover immediately
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Just how badly do you want a Storm? Badly enough to pull up your long-established roots, fly for half a day, and take residence in a foreign land thousands of miles from home? For Americans who absolutely cannot wait another week for RIM's first touchscreen device to launch on domestic soil, that's the only option; for Brits on Vodafone, though, heaven is but a single shop trip away. The BlackBerry Storm has now officially launched in the Old Country and can be had for as little as zilch on a Voda plan, so do let us know how your experiences go, yeah? Your yankee friends thank you in advance.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]BlackBerry Storm comes to Vodafone today -- take cover immediately originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Northrop Grumman's weaponized laser on sale now, definitely won't hug you
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
The last time we heard anything about Northrop Grumman's development of a weaponized laser system, they were telling us that the "hardest part was over," and it looks like they weren't exaggerating. According to today's PR released by the 4th largest defense contractor in the world, the units, dubbed FIRESTRIKE, are now "ready for sale." In case you haven't been following every detail of the story, the FIRESTRIKE is a solid-state laser (think raygun), which weighs 400 pounds, has an Ethernet interface, and can be chained together with up to 7 other identical modules to create a 100 kw beam. The unit's obviously not very portable, and we don't have any information on its price, but we're going to go ahead and assume we can't afford it. Enemies of Engadget: you're safe, at least for now.
Northrop Grumman's weaponized laser on sale now, definitely won't hug you originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Keepin' it real fake, part CLXVI: the Sany Ericssan X1 with Wyndowz Mobil
Filed under: Cellphones
Strategic advantages Sany Ericssan holds over Sony Ericsson:
- A quarterly sales volume measured in the hundreds is considered a rousing success.
- Neither Sany nor Ericssan have any intention of pulling out of the joint venture.
- "Outsourcing" of industrial design saves time, money, and staff.
- None of those pesky Windows Mobile licensing fees to worry about.
- GPRS data speed isn't a problem -- it's a way of life.
Keepin' it real fake, part CLXVI: the Sany Ericssan X1 with Wyndowz Mobil originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Matrox Iris GT smart camera brings Windows CE to Atom-land
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. Gadgets
Matrox's new Iris GT "smart camera" doesn't mark the first time that the Atom processor and Windows CE have run into each other, but it's certainly one of the most interesting encounters, even if it's one that most folks likely won't see first hand. Apparently, the camera is intended to be used in various "machine vision" applications, like locating and reading barcodes or measuring the geometry of 2D objects, but we think you'll agree that it has one other, not quite official use written all over it: robot eye. The camera's specs certainly seem to make that a possibility, and include that ever-present 1.6GHz Atom processor, 256MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage, a gigabit Ethernet port, and USB 2.0 and RS232 ports, not to mention accommodations for a number of interchangeable lenses -- it's even dust-proof and "washable." No word on a price just yet, but Matrox says it'll be available sometime in the first quarter of next year.
[Via jkOnTheRun]Matrox Iris GT smart camera brings Windows CE to Atom-land originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Circuit City's Black Friday deals leak, no word on if it'll be open to sell things
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays, Misc. Gadgets, Home Entertainment
Okay, so maybe Circuit City only formally closed 155 of its retail locations, but let's put it this way -- if we're up at 3:00AM and looking at which store to camp in front of, we're picking the one that, um, isn't bankrupt. All that aside, five pages of mildly delectable Black Friday deals have leaked for the company, giving you a full fortnight to think things over and handpick the bargains that you'll be hunting for. Of course, savvy online shoppers like yourself aren't apt to find anything here too fantastic, but we'd wager that even a $7.99 laptop sleeve is a far better value than a $12 Guns N' Roses CD.
Circuit City's Black Friday deals leak, no word on if it'll be open to sell things originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Verizon's Samsung Saga shows its face, as anticipated
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Nothing new or unexpected here: just like we said a few days ago, the Samsung Saga, one of the bluest handsets in recent memory, is now available online at Verizon. Also filed under "things we already knew," the globetrotting GSM and CDMA-enabled smartphone with EV-DO is selling for $199.99 (with a 2-year contract and one of those mail-in rebates we all know and love), though apparently you won't be able to walk into a Verizon store and pick one up in person until December 1st. Hit the read link for more granular details should you really, really want them.
Verizon's Samsung Saga shows its face, as anticipated originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Xpod Active Sound speakers put your pocket change to use
Filed under: Portable Audio
These new Xpod Active Sound speakers now available in Korea (and apparently only Korea) likely won't win many points for sound quality, but they at least forge a bit of new ground in pocket change usage, and that's got to count for something. The speakers are also small enough to toss into a bag or pocket and forget about 'em until you want to share a song or, say, a podcast, with someone, and they pack a built-in rechargeable battery that can be topped off using any available USB port. They also shouldn't cause too much heartache if they should mysteriously go missing someday, as they only cost the rough local equivalent of $17, although you can expect to pay a bit more than that if you plan on importing them.
[Via technabob]Xpod Active Sound speakers put your pocket change to use originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Legacy Entertainment's Atari-style joystick isn't as old as it looks
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
There are plenty of reasons to return to the classics: maybe they're better than the currents, maybe it's an ironic move (like listening to Kajagoogoo and wearing giant eyeglasses), or maybe you're just aged and yearning for old-timey days. Regardless, Legacy Entertainment's classic controller looks exactly like an Atari joystick, but it's Windows / OS X / Linux compatible, and connects via USB. The company assures us that it runs with "nearly any emulator," so you and your friends should be 80's-style partying in no time, if that's what you're into. $14.99 and it's yours -- if you have any moola left after you buy that tubular car-phone-looking Bluetooth handsfree.
[Thanks, Silver Serpent]Legacy Entertainment's Atari-style joystick isn't as old as it looks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Akai's EWI USB wind instrument now shipping, to reveal your inner Kenny G.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We've certainly seen no shortage USB-friendly MIDI devices lately, whether they be instruments or hacks, but it's been a long, long time since one caught our eye that brought your breath into the equation. Akai's latest, the EWI (that's "eee-whee" if you can dig it) USB is now shipping for $499, enabling you to simulate anything from a flute to a trumpet at a price about $200 less than the company's other electronic wind instruments. It even comes with a complete software recording suite, meaning getting this EWI installed should be easier than playing a chromatic scale on a slide flute. Mastering the sweet, soulful strains of "Silhouette," however, might be a little more complicated.
Update: Rollins wrote in to let us know these things are going for just $299 online. Those "Sentimental" fantasies just got that much more accessible!
[Via musicradar.com]Akai's EWI USB wind instrument now shipping, to reveal your inner Kenny G. originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Moshi's IVR Alarm Clock accepts voice commands, harbors own primary directives
Filed under: Household, Robots
The Moshi IVR (Interactive Voice Responsive) Alarm Clock is a chatty one. Instead of those perfectly reasonable physical buttons which have been providing us with additional five minute segments of sleep since time immemorial, the Moshi IVR wants to talk you through your morning. To activate a command, just say "Hello Moshi." Moshi will most likely mutter something threatening under its virtual breath, and then ask you "Command Please," to which you can instruct the clock to tell you the time, set the alarm, inform you of the temperature and a bunch of other things. Sounds great, and we doubt Moshi will be able to murder you in your sleep without any life support systems or pod bay doors under its dominion, but we still fear the prospect of attempting to reason with a too-smart-for-its-own-good alarm clock during one of those dreaded "before noon" hours of the day. Moshi IVR is available now for $50.
Moshi's IVR Alarm Clock accepts voice commands, harbors own primary directives originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Canadian Zune undercuts American price, hip checks into boards
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
There was a time, not so many years ago, when smug Americans could scoff at the currency of our neighbors to the north, saying "That's what, fifty cents?" at any Canadian price whilst laughing heartily. Naturally we American's aren't quite so giddy these days, and while the US dollar is regaining some traction versus its northern neighbor that doesn't explain this Canuck second-gen 8GB Zune's price discrepancy. It's selling at Future Shop (which is like Best Buy, eh?) for just $99 CAD -- that's $82 US, and over $50 less than we can find it at any other reputable 'Merican retailer. It is a limited time offer, however, going back up to $149.99 CAD in just six days. So, you'd better hurry up and take off to the great white north -- Future Shop doesn't ship international, don'cha know.
[Thanks, evil-m0nkey]Canadian Zune undercuts American price, hip checks into boards originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Microsoft debuts Microsoft Store in apparent attempt to sell stuff
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Hard to believe that a company the size and stature of Microsoft hasn't had an online store to call its home -- not even a quirky collection of "Bill Gates is my homeboy" CafePress t-shirts and mousepads. The newly launched Microsoft Store solves that, however, with its many store-like properties. Therein you can find all sorts of Microsoft products, like software, peripherals, games and professionally-printed "Bill Gates is my homeboy" t-shirts.* What's particularly notable is that Microsoft is jumping into electronic software distribution here, meaning in addition to traditional physical purchases you can buy a bit of software and download it right there on the spot. Downloaded software can be re-downloaded for as long as Microsoft provides mainstream support -- about 5 years in most cases. We'd prefer forever and always, but we suppose that will have to do. The store is live now, and we'd suggest you head on over before we make some drastically ill-advised enterprise software impulse buys.
*This isn't true.
[Via ZDnet]Microsoft debuts Microsoft Store in apparent attempt to sell stuff originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - bluDANGLE makes wireless earpieces a little less wireless
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Wearables
What's cooler than wearing your Bluetooth headset wherever you go? Wearing it clipped to a lanyard wherever you go, that's what -- especially when that lanyard is made from 8 inches of 25 pound tensile strength magcord (i.e. elastic). That's the power of bluDANGLE, a curiously capitalized name for what is basically just a clip that turns your wireless device into a wired one, swinging in the breeze whenever you're not actually making a call. Normally we celebrate any attempt that encourages people to remove their earpieces when not in use, but we're not entirely sure having the thing dangling from your lapel is any less pretentious (check out the vid below and you tell us). But hey, for just $19.99 with a lifetime warranty who are we to complain? Makes a great stocking stuffer for your family's Bluetooth guy (or gal)!
Continue reading bluDANGLE makes wireless earpieces a little less wireless
bluDANGLE makes wireless earpieces a little less wireless originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - American Airlines getting in on that cellphone boarding pass fad
Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation
American Airlines has joined its peers at Continental in offering boarding pass barcodes that you can download to and display on your BlackBerry, iPhone, G1, or whatever have you. Presently the airline is only offering the option on domestic, non-stop flights departing from O'Hare -- LAX and Orange County will start on the 17th. Some eastern yanks might be asking, "What, no JFK or Logan? Where's the east coast love, AA?" Don't get too bent out of shape, boys and girls -- tech-savvy business travelers love their BlackBerries, so we could see this pop up just about everywhere before long.
[Via Mobilitysite]American Airlines getting in on that cellphone boarding pass fad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Europe also getting a taste of OLPC sugar on Monday
Filed under: Laptops
The OLPC, Give One Get One program is heading to Europe on November 17th -- the same day the deal kicks off in the US. Thanks to the Amazon hook-up, 27 EU nations as well as Switzerland, Russia, and Turkey can grab an XO laptop at a cost of about £268 / €313. That's one XO running Sugar (not XP) for you and one for a child in a developing nation... other than your own.
Europe also getting a taste of OLPC sugar on Monday originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - ASRock's Instant Boot: 0 to Vista in 4 seconds
Filed under: Desktops
ASRock has a ploy to sell more of its motherboards: Instant Boot. The BIOS update for select MoBos promises to boot XP or Vista systems 10 times faster than standard PCs -- in other words, about 3 to 4 seconds from a full shutdown. ASRock achieves this minor of miracles through manipulation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface that Microsoft manipulates for its sleep and hibernate modes. At the risk of oversimplification, ASRock appears to add the processing baggage to the backend of the shutdown process, essentially rebooting the OS and then dropping it into a suspended state ready to instantly pop on the next time you hit the power button. Pretty smart actually. Here's the catch: the system you're using must be limited to a single user account without any password protection -- a definite no-no for corporate environments. See what happens when Hugo and George steal Dad's camcorder after the break.
[Thanks, Daniel]Continue reading ASRock's Instant Boot: 0 to Vista in 4 seconds
ASRock's Instant Boot: 0 to Vista in 4 seconds originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Image Scanning Sequencer goes portable, turns light table doodles into creepy murmurs
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Those MAKE kids sure love their Arduino, and today's creation has a fun musical bent. The Image Scanning Sequencer -- a portable followup to the similarly-dubbed Image Scanning Sequencer -- has a strip of photo cells that can trigger MIDI notes based on what they're picking up. The darkness of the detected "note" sets the velocity of the note, and the location sets the pitch. The Arduino sits in between, making all the magic happen. If this all sounds completely meaningless and pointless, you're probably right, but check out the video after a break for chance at making sense of it all. And simulated whale noises.
[Via MAKE, thanks Manny]Image Scanning Sequencer goes portable, turns light table doodles into creepy murmurs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Mgestyk Fusion: the Force is 6-degrees strong with this one
Filed under: Gaming
Everyone and their grandma loves the Wii. But even Nintendo's new dual-axis MotionPlus struggles in 3D space due to limitations presented by the sensor bar. Mgestyk thinks it can do better by marrying its interesting gesture processing technology to the sensor data received from devices like the Wiimote. Mgestyk Fusion replaces the sensor bar with a 3D camera and image processing to translate yaw, pitch, roll, forward/back, right/left, and up/down motions from the Wiimote connected to a PC over Bluetooth. Sure, it seemed to work reasonably well at slaying clones in the video, but we're more interested to see how it holds up to the live scrutiny of a public demo when it makes an appearance at the Montreal International Games Summit next week. Until then, you'll have to feed your awkward, down-in-the-basement, lightsabering fantasies with the clip posted after the break.
Continue reading Mgestyk Fusion: the Force is 6-degrees strong with this one
Mgestyk Fusion: the Force is 6-degrees strong with this one originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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