Archive for September 5th, 2007
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Meizu's second generation M6 is now official. The M6 Mini Player SL (as in SLim) is just 7.3-mm thin yet still manages to increase the viewing angle of the the original's 2.4-inch display. The new M6 is also said to produce better audio quality thanks ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless
Remember Sony Ericsson's MBW-150 Bluetooth watch with AVRCP remote control and tiny OLED display? No worries if you don't; June's announcement was forever-ago on a technology timeline. Well, as of now it's FCC approved which puts retail decisions back into the ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: AnnouncementsAlright everybody, round six of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:Gold - Zonbu PC (Linux)Silver - TiVo Wireless G USB network adapter (Series2)Bronze - Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Digital CamerasIf it feels like we've been here before, you're not losing it. However, it sounds like Olympus' much-anticipated E-1 followup may be (finally) arriving sooner rather than later. DPReview has reportedly "received official word" that Olympus will be launching the E-1's successor -- currently codenamed the EP-1 ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Wireless
Welcome to HD LocationFree; Sony just announced their 1080i-capable LocationFree Home HD gear. The LF-W1HD pushes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 formatted video between the wireless receiver / transmitter pair. While the receiver does support a single HDMI-output, the transmitter does not so HDMI signal transmission is a no-go. It's ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Displays
Toshiba is hoping that even folks relying on a projector for business purposes still want to sneak it home after 5, and judging by the decent specs bestowed upon the TLP-WX2200U, this one looks to fit that mold. The 6.2-pound 3LCD machine touts a 1,280 x 800 native ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
Hot off the French press, we bring you brand-spanking-new pictures of Palm's next smartphone: the Centro. Here you see the new entry in its natural habitat, running the tired, tired Palm OS, with what appears to be zero changes in either looks or functionality. Come on guys -- ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Here's some tantalizing news for those still refusing to choose sides in the perpetual format war. Turns out, LG seems to be readying its second HD DVD / Blu-ray standalone player for a fall release, and unsurprisingly, it's likely to be dubbed the BH200. Reportedly, this ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
It's probably not shocking to anyone that the Zune hasn't exactly lived up to the high hopes Microsoft had for it, and at the recent Citigroup technology conference in New York, Mindy Mount -- corporate vice president and CFO of the firm's entertainment and device division -- noted that she'd ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Hot on the heels of those blurry, low-quality photos of the upcoming HP iPAQs, come these shiny new pics sure to have waiting fans foaming at the mouth. As you can see, the new handhelds are definitely a reality, and now we've got details on added models to the lineup, ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
You may or may not be a fan of Best Buy's "aggressively-priced" Insignia line of store brand consumer electronics, but with the pre-release hype over other DAPs reaching ridiculous levels, it's certainly refreshing to see the new Pilot and Sport (pictured top and bottom, respectively) ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsNot too long ago, we reported on a case brought to the Minnesota Supreme Court wherein a defendant in a DUI case asked (and was allowed) to view the source code of the breathalyzer machine which was used on him. Well, there's a new chapter in this ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Laptops
When Lenovo throws a party for the ThinkPad, does IBM get invited? We'd certainly hope so, considering it was the venerable US computing giant which first released the 700C back in 1992, and only gave up its claim to the name a mere two years ago with the ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Robots, Transportation
Having already proven their worth on the land in various Grand Challenges, robots are now setting out to conquer the open seas, with the first Microtransat Challenge now getting underway in the Irish Sea off Aberystwyth. From the sound of it, however, this year's competition is ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Anyone who's the least bit into digital photography knows that Sony is coming out with two new DSLRs -- the Flagship and Advanced Amateur models -- sometime in the future, but other than a few in the wild shots and rumored specs, we still don't know much ...
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