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- Nikon Coolpix S1000pj hands-on at IFAWe're still curious to see how well the integrated projector in Nikon's Coolpix S1000pj does under real-world lighting and usage conditions, but it sure seems pretty in the controlled environment of the company's IFA booth. The crew from Engadget Spanish say the novel cam is a lot thinner than you'd expect -- check out the video and a gallery of sample shots after the break.
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Nikon Coolpix S1000pj hands-on at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Сохранить на memori.ru - Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 looks to squash major pain pointsAs QWERTY-equipped Nokias go we're having a hard time taking our eyes off the N900 (and the E72, come to think of it) -- but it might be worth keeping the N97 hanging around on the back burner, because Nokia certainly hasn't moved on yet. In fact, the company is crafting a rather hefty new update that'll be available next month, and on video, it seems to directly address a few areas that should immediately make the phone more usable, chiefly kinetic scrolling which makes lists behave in a way that's more natural and obvious for a full-touch device. There's also a smattering of bug fixes and performance improvements, more stock widgets available, alternate keyboard characters are now available via long press, and amazingly, they've managed to do all of this while still leaving more phone memory available. We'd venture to say it's still not an "N900 killer" by any stretch, but it's definitely a new lease on life. Follow the break for a video demo of the new firmware in action.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 looks to squash major pain points originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Palm Pre rumored to be dropping to $150 on September 8th
We've already seen the Palm Pre dip below its $199 list price during a few limited, occasionally inadvertent sales, but it looks like it could soon be dropping well under the $200 mark for a slightly longer period of time -- at least if a purportedly legit leaked document is to be believed. According to PreCentral, the doc comes from someone working at a Sprint "indirect partner retail dealer," and quite clearly indicates that "indirect partners" will be able to sell the Pre for $149.99 (after a mail-in rebate) between September 8th and October 31st, 2009. Presumably, Sprint itself would also be offering the Pre for the same price during that time and, if the HTC Hero's $179.99 price tag on Sprint is any indication, there seems to be at least a decent chance that the price drop could eventually become a permanent one. Either way, we won't have to wait too long to see how this one pans out.Filed under: Cellphones
Palm Pre rumored to be dropping to $150 on September 8th originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Nokia's RD-3 modem boldly boasts LTE, and no, you can't have one
Nokia makes out its just-announced RD-3 data modem to be the dream of every road warrior: global GSM / EDGE, global HSPA, global LTE -- a twenty-plus year heritage of technologies in the GSM family tree compressed into a single device, powerful enough to get you service from a dusty GPRS cell site in some of the world's harshest landscapes or Verizon's LTE trials in Boston and Seattle just the same. The only problem is that you can't have it. The RD-3 is instead being reserved for carriers and infrastructure firms building out LTE networks around the globe as they march toward commercial availability in 2010, at which point Nokia (and others) will presumably have newer, better modems available for us lay folk to enjoy. In the meanwhile, though, it's alright: go ahead and drool.Filed under: Wireless
Nokia's RD-3 modem boldly boasts LTE, and no, you can't have one originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Philips CushionSpeaker examined, found to be ok cushion, decent speaker
It's not every day that someone attempts to redesign the humble laptop cushion, but Philips has done just that with its new CushionSpeaker which, somehow, someway manages to combine a cushion and a speaker. As our pals at Engadget Spanish found out first-hand at IFA, that combination actually delivers mostly as promised, but not without a few trade-offs. The good news is that speaker does seem to be of reasonable quality, and should be an improvement over most laptop speakers (the retractable USB cord is also a nice touch). On the downside, while the cushion is apparently suitably cushiony, the hard plastic surface isn't exactly the most conductive to keeping your laptop in place -- such are the perils of innovation. Hit up the link below for a closer look, and look for the CushionSpeaker to be available sometime soon (in Europe, at least) for €69, or just under $100.Filed under: Peripherals
Philips CushionSpeaker examined, found to be ok cushion, decent speaker originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We really can't think of a trinity unholier than that of Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, and Monster Cable, who (protestations to the contrary) is not the only entity legally entitled to use the word "monster." Or "cable," for that matter. That said, our fair Lady has been going for broke with the elaborate costumes and set designs -- at least that's what we hear during our regular slogs through the Gaga fansites and forums -- so perhaps it's no surprise that she seems to be shilling extra hard lately. And for the fruit of this evil menage we need look no further than Heartbeats, her very own signature line of headphones. First, some product details: these bad boys feature a jewel-shaped earpiece that "literally doubles as a high-tech fashion accessory or attractive piece of jewelry," and they're available in October for prices ranging from $99.95 to $149.95. But the best part? Well, for that you'll have to dip into the PR:
In the deepest hour of the night, I confess to myself three things; I would die if I was forbidden to write, forbidden to love, or forbidden to fashion. Heartbeats embody the trinity of my human-being, with one additional vow: that SOUND matters. Wear Heartbeats, love each other, and celebrate the art and lifestyle of music.
Right. If you're morbidly curious, please feel free to hop on down to the ga-ga-gallery below.
Update: Yes, we're still convinced that Monster Cable is pure evil -- but as always we reserve the right to stick our two cents in whenever we feel that something is too upsetting / hilarious to pass up. And we're sure you agree that this product is nothing if not upsetting / hilarious!Filed under: Portable Audio
Headphone shocker! Lady Gaga, Beats by Dr. Dre and Monster Cable join forces originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Update: LG tells us that the Etna will be available in Germany "before Christmas."
[Via MobileTechWorld; thanks Whois]Filed under: Cellphones
LG Etna Android phone sneaks onto the scene at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - MSI's 24-inch, 1080p AE2400 enables multitouch identification of barnyard animalsAll-in-one computers never die, they just keep getting wider -- and touchier, in this case. MSI's latest is the AE2400, a 24-inch, 1920 x 1080 panel with an integrated Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 graphics, doing all it can to make use of the multi-touch support in Windows 7. The machine is set to hit retail sometime in the months contained within the year 2010 at a price of roughly $1,000, which seems like a good enough deal to us, but you may think differently after watching the smudge-riddled video after the break.
[Via Cloned in China]Continue reading MSI's 24-inch, 1080p AE2400 enables multitouch identification of barnyard animals
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MSI's 24-inch, 1080p AE2400 enables multitouch identification of barnyard animals originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Apple approves officially-licensed Commodore 64 emulator for iPhone
Well, it's almost certainly not a signal that Apple is opening the door to emulators of all sorts on the iPhone, but the newly (and finally) approved Commodore 64 emulator is still a fairly notable first for the platform -- representing not only the first officially-available emulator, but perhaps the first app that actually runs code (even if it is a couple of decades old). In this case, that first bit apparently wasn't too big a point of contention for Apple, considering that the app had all the necessary licensing rights lined up, but the second issue was, and ran right up against a clause in the iPhone 2.0 SDK that prevented apps from containing their own executable runtimes. As it happens, the key to bridging that divide around that was none other than iPhone 3.0, which contains a new feature for in-app purchases that the C64 emulator will take advantage of to let folks purchase additional games, rather than load arbitrary game code downloads. Interestingly, while this newly-approved version of the emulator also no longer exposes a BASIC interpreter, Manomio has added a note to the app that it "should be resolved in a future update," although it's not quite clear if that's just wishful thinking or not. In the meantime, you can grab the app right now with five bundled games for $4.99.Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Software
Apple approves officially-licensed Commodore 64 emulator for iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Engadget's back to school giveaway part 2: win an Xbox 360 prize pack!
We told you when we unveiled our back to school guide that we'd be giving away a bunch of gear, remember that? Well, here we are, ready to deliver. So what do we have in our bag of goodies this time? Let's just say our winner is going to be one happy camper. Microsoft's Xbox 360 team have graciously handed over some gear for one lucky reader, including an Xbox 360 Pro, and Xbox LIVE Gold Membership, 1600 MS Points, XBLA Codes, a Chatpad, and a Trial Netflix Membership. Sounds great, right? So read the rules after the break (seriously, they've changed -- read them!) and submit a comment to be entered! Good luck.
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Engadget's back to school giveaway part 2: win an Xbox 360 prize pack! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - NAVIGON dizzies with navigation options, then gets us pointed in the right direction againDo you like having a plethora of navigation choices, Jefe? You'll love NAVIGON's offerings unveiled at last week's IFA, then, a suite of devices that spans from the low end to the high, all featuring pedestrian navigation -- in case you don't already look enough like a tourist. The most affluently wealthy sightseers will be nervously clutching the 8410 or 8450 Live models, both of which offer 5-inch capacitive displays made of honest to gosh glass, Real City3D offering "photo-realistic" navigation, and optional DVB-T reception to catch some Simpsons re-runs when you get lost. On the next step down are the 4.3-inch 6310 and 6350 Live, which lose the glass screen, fancy rendering (though certain landscapes and buildings are still 3D), and digital tuner. Next are the 3.5-inch 2400 and 2410, which sport up to four hours of battery life when wandering untethered around the city, while the 1400 and 1410 models round out the lineup on the low-end. The two Live models, the 8450 and the 6350, offer wireless traffic, weather, and even speed camera updates across 32 nations in Europe; a tidy bundle for those exploring the continent, but at €79.95 ($115) per year you're certainly paying for it. On the hardware side prices start at €129 ($185) for the 1400, then run all the way up to €499 ($715) for the 8450 Live.
Filed under: GPS
NAVIGON dizzies with navigation options, then gets us pointed in the right direction again originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - HP dm1 and dm3 ultraportables leaked, Pavilion dv8 to pack Core i7? Update: Mini 311 has ION!Eager HP fans have been doing some digging around and have uncovered details on the company's Fall updates. Heading the pack will be the 18.4-inch dv8, set to feature a quad-core Core i7 720QM CPU, 640GB of storage and 4GB of memory. The processor formerly known as Clarksfield has 6MB of onboard cache and can be Turbo Boosted to 2.8GHz, which should do justice to the gargantuan screen size and included Blu-ray drive. If, on the other hand, you want to be able to move your laptop, there's the CULV-powered 11.6-inch dm1 or 13.3-inch dm3 (pictured). Both will come with 1366 x 768 glossy displays, while the dm3 will also offer a cheaper AMD Neo flavor. Another three models, a TM2 tablet and Mini 210 and 311 netbooks, are also known by name if not spec. While the usual pinch of salt is advisable, a Dutch website already has the new laptops listed in its price comparison engine, corroborating the specs and the expected arrival alongside Windows 7's October 22 release.
Update: We've also come across the specs for the Mini 311. Apparently, it'll be an 11.6-inch NVIDIA ION machine, with the Microsoft-mandated Atom N270, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD spec and a six cell battery. See it in the flesh after the break.
[Via Liliputing and Notebook Spot]
Read - HP Softpaq update reveals new models
Read - Pavilion dv8 listing - €1,426.81 / $2,040
Read - Pavilion dm3 listing - €677.11 / $968
Read - Pavilion dm1 listing - €481.89 / $689
Read - Mini 311 specsFiled under: Laptops
HP dm1 and dm3 ultraportables leaked, Pavilion dv8 to pack Core i7? Update: Mini 311 has ION! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Aiptek's tiny PenCam HD Trio camcorder looks more like a highlighterPeoples' pants must be getting smaller, because so too are pocket camcorders shrinking down. Despite not making any dubious "world's smallest" claims, Aiptek's latest is one of the most slender we've seen that's able to shoot high-def video, and quite possibly the first with a 1.1-inch OLED screen on the back for previewing what your footage might look like on a First Class Forever stamp. It'll shoot video at 720p30, capture 5 megapixel stills, and record them both to 4GB of internal memory -- good for about two hours' worth of footage. You can upload to YouTube straight from the camera's (Windows-only) software, or spin it to your TV through the integrated HDMI port. It sounds like quite a nice little package, and while we wouldn't expect the video quality to knock anyone's proverbial socks off, given the brand we wouldn't expect a shockingly high price, either. But, that we can't say for sure, nor when these will be available.
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Aiptek's tiny PenCam HD Trio camcorder looks more like a highlighter originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Buffalo stuffs 500GB into ultraslim HD-PVU2 portable hard driveWith a few external hard drive outfits pushing out 640GB models this past week, a simple half-terabyte edition now seems mildly inadequate. That said, Buffalo's latest gets brownie points for being almost impossibly thin. The HD-PVU2 lineup is barely thicker than the 2.5-inch HDD within, with 320GB and 500GB versions available. Both black and white flavors will be shipped out to stores, and as expected, they'll get all the juice they need through USB 2.0. Check 'em out soon (assuming you can locate one) in Japan for ¥10,500 ($112) and ¥15,330 ($164), respectively.
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Buffalo stuffs 500GB into ultraslim HD-PVU2 portable hard drive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Injectable brain gel may save soldiers' lives, zombify them, or bothWhen they start selling brain fertilizer, you'll know you're living in the crazy century. Didn't Nostradamus predict that? The ongoing Military Health Research Forum is discussing the use of an injectable hydrogel for the treatment of traumatic brain injury, which -- unlike our ability to do push-ups -- is no joke. The fertilizer part comes from the gel's ability to stimulate the growth of neural stem cells within the brain, which are then capable of repairing damaged nerves and preventing the spread of harm to other cells. "Brain tissue regeneration" might not be the wisest name for it, but tests on rats have shown sustained functional recovery, and we understand that with enough Igors on the job, this could be put into use within the next three years.
[Via Digg]Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Injectable brain gel may save soldiers' lives, zombify them, or both originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Epson's Endeavor Na02mini-V netbook won't excite manyEpson's Endeavor Na01 shipped with an astoundingly predictable set of specifications last November, and lo and behold, the unit's successor has a BOM that's equally guessable. If you're not in the mood for playing games (and be honest, you aren't), we'll inform that this bugger touts a 10.1-inch display, 1,024 x 600 resolution, 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor, 1GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive, WiFi, a trio of USB 2.0 sockets and a multi-card reader. It's also sporting one of the classier cases out there, and the built-in VGA / Ethernet ports are also handy. The included Li-ion isn't anything special, but we're told an extended cell that offers up ten hours of life should be coming soon; for those who can hardly wait, it should be ready to purchase this November for ¥39,800, or just north of $427 at current exchange rates.
[Via Engadget Korea]Continue reading Epson's Endeavor Na02mini-V netbook won't excite many
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Epson's Endeavor Na02mini-V netbook won't excite many originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Spotify launches on iTunes App Store and Android Market, premium members onlyAs expected, Apple has blessed Spotify's streaming subscription music application with a home in its iTunes App Store. Additionally, the app is also making a first, less ballyhooed appearance on the Android Market. The free app allows you to stream any of its nearly 4 million tracks over WiFi or 3G and syncs playlists for playback while disconnected. It's available exclusively to Spotify Premium members in the UK, Sweden, Spain, France and Norway -- only the iPhone app is available in Finland. Great, so does that mean Rhapsody is next? Magic i-ball says all signs point to yes. Video overview of each app after the break.
P.S. We're seeing reports that the iPhone app won't play music in the background. The fix? Android.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Spotify launches on iTunes App Store and Android Market, premium members only originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать Сохранить на memori.ru - Epson's EH-TW5500 and EH-TW4400 flagship projectors seen hanging out with high contrast blacks, GermansIt's that time again: the end-of-year rush to launch the best and brightest home theater projectors for the holiday cocooning season. Epson's casting its 2009 lot with the EH-TW5500 and EH-TW4400 3LCD projectors featuring Full HD (1920x1080) resolutions, a 1600 ANSI lumen brightness, and quiet 22dB operation. The TW4400 (aka, Home Cinema 8500UB as it will be known Stateside) touts a 130000:1 contrast while the TW5500 (aka, Pro Cinema 9500UB) ratchets the hyperbole up to 200000:1 -- that's about double the claim of Epson's previous high-enders that already featured excellent black performance. To be fair, Epson makes some of, if not the best, home theater projectors for the money thanks to its D7 C2Fine LCD panels manufactured in-house. Other specs include 12bit video processing, improved frame interpolation and 4-4 pull-down, x.v. color mode, 2.1x optical zoom with horizontal/vertical lens shift, and a range of inputs including 2x HDMI, YUV, and RGB.
We gave the TW5500 an eyes and ears-on here are IFA in Berlin in a finely-tuned home theater setup and came away extremely impressed with the image -- enough so that we'd be tempted to layout the €3,299 European asking price (€2,799 for the TW4400) come November if only we had the space to let this baby shine. But let's wait and see what the competition has in response when CEDIA kicks off later this week -- it's best to be informed and 3 grand ain't exactly chump change.
Read -- Press Release
Read -- Art Feierman's opinionFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Epson's EH-TW5500 and EH-TW4400 flagship projectors seen hanging out with high contrast blacks, Germans originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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