That floor looks mighty familiar, huh? That's because it is. Just days after Mr. Dave Zatz treated us to
an unboxing of the 2Wire-built MediaPoint Blockbuster movie set-top-box, here comes yet another gift from the same den. The recently announced
Neuros LINK was said to practically be a full-on computer, with the whole kit weighing some 15-pounds. Initial reports are that
Hulu content played back beautifully in full screen, so yeah, that's a thumbs-up. We know why you're really here, though, so give the read link a visit for the gallery of photographs.
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Comments We heard from TiVo's PR firm regarding that mysterious "
Available in High Definition" menu pick discovered yesterday under Amazon's streaming Video on Demand service. The message says,
"The Amazon HD link pulled in screengrabs has already (or soon will be) removed. TiVo is continually testing different screen presentations and options for subscribers, but at this time we have nothing to announce, and don't expect to making an announcement on this subject in the near future."
If you accept the spin at face value (which we never do) then we shouldn't expect to see HD streaming of Amazon videos in the hours ahead. But for TiVo to admit that it tests its user interface in such a haphazard way on its production service offering really has us scratching our heads. We guess it's easier for TiVo to quell an irate customer services organization than to suffer the wrath of a business partner whose cards they just potentially revealed.
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TiVo: Uh, please ignore that Amazon HD menu thing, we're just testing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apparently that whole "slap an LCD on the side of a tower" thing is going alright for NextComputing. The NextDimension RVE is a bit more humble than the CinematographHD, though it should be able to handle even the most strenuous video editing tasks. Aside from the 17-inch 1,920 x 1,200 resolution panel plastered on the side, the "portable" tower houses single or dual 2.5GHz quad-core Intel processors, up to 4GB of RAM, up to 1.28TB of RAID storage, NVIDIA GeForce / Quadro FX graphics, a leather handle for portability and an extensive array of input / output sockets. The entire package measures in at 5.69- x 11.44- x 16.8-inches and weighs "just" 22-pounds -- too bad it'll take $6,380 to get one to your door.
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NextDimension RVE portable video editing machine packs an LCD on a tower originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments We at Engadget will always have a special place in our hearts for
Street Fighter, and if you can't help but agree, you might be unable to resist picking up one of these.
Mad Catz has introduced a new pair of joysticks for Sony's PlayStation 3: the Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition and the Street Fighter IV FightStick. The first will only be available in "very limited quantities," and it'll pack the exact Sanwa joystick and 30-millimeter buttons found in the official Street Fighter IV arcade machine; the latter is a more commoditized version with a more vanilla 'stick and plain jane buttons. Both devices are scheduled to ship on February 20th of next year, with pricing set at $149.99 and $69.99, respectively.
[Via
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Mad Catz Street Fighter IV joysticks surface for PS3 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The
ibiza Rhapsody was one of those curious devices that spent so long in development that by the time it saw the light of day, the rest of the world had moved on to bigger and better things. Sure, we liked the device in theory (WiFi, Bluetooth, and support for Rhapsody and AOL Video are all good things), but its Gameboy-esque looks and mere 30GB storage pretty much guaranteed that it would never be a hit. Unfortunately, a quick look at Haier's new, "sportier" PMP doesn't give us much reason to reconsider the device. Aside from a rugged and weather-resistant new look (is "uglified" a word?), all it seems to offer us is diminished storage capacity. But wait -- all you ever wanted was a plastic orange MP3 player? Then it looks like you're in luck -- the 4GB model sells for $179, while the 8GB size will set you back a cool $199.
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Haier's Ibiza Rhapsody Sport plays audio and video, fails to impress originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Good OS' latest operating system was just announced this week, but already some cool cat with a video camera and some serious credentials has managed to record a sneak peek. Quite honestly, the instant-on
gOS Cloud system isn't all that amazing to watch tick, but if you're looking for a brief glimpse at what's apt to be fleshed out at CES, head on south of the break.
Continue reading gOS Cloud instant-on OS shown on video
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gOS Cloud instant-on OS shown on video originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Having developed the first diode device back in the 80s, Kodak knows a thing or two about OLEDs. So it's no surprise (ok, maybe a little) to see them rolling out the world's first
7.6-inch OLED photo frame. CNET got its hands on the $1,000 device considered a "vanity piece" at that price. It offers "brilliant color" as you'd expect and "sharp" 800 x 480 pixel images on the thin OLED panel pushing a 30,000:1 contrast ratio. The WiFi panel connects to Flickr and Kodak's own photo sharing service (if you must) but will not transfer images from Macs direct to the frame -- PCs are apparently fine. Mac users will have to resort to USB drives, SD cards, or Kodak's on-line gallery for image transfers. The frame itself, is touch-sensitive (not the display) and features audio-in and audio-out jacks for musical slideshows. Check out CNET's first look in the video after the break.
[Via
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Continue reading Video: First look at Kodak's 7.6-inch OLED photo frame
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Video: First look at Kodak's 7.6-inch OLED photo frame originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments 
Some things are best tested by others. Say, for example, the guy who first drank from a cow's mammary organ or the equally daring person who took the point from the knife above to the display of his new
BlackBerry Storm. In either case, the results are tasty. See for yourself in the video after the break.
[Thanks, Mike]
Continue reading BlackBerry Storm vs. knife blade... Fight!
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BlackBerry Storm vs. knife blade... Fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We'd argue that 7-inches is bordering on UMPC / MID territory, but given that Coby's PoqetMate-7 is expected to boast a full QWERTY keyboard and a chassis like that of most traditional laptops, we suppose it'll pass. Reportedly, the company is looking to enter the increasingly crowded netbook market next March with the aforementioned PoqetMate-7 and PoqetMate-9, with the youngin' checking in at just $99.95. So, what will a nickle under a Benjamin buy you? A miniaturized laptop with a Chinese-sourced Loongson processor, though specifications outside of that are still under wraps.
[Via thegadgetsite]
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Coby prepping sub-$100 7- / 9-inch PoqetMate netbooks originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments You know what we could really use right now? A chunky slab of XP running on a device that is simultaneously too big for our pockets but less functional than a netbook. Oh, what's that Trigem, you've got that? Suweet. Meet the LLUON Mobbit PS400, an Atom Z520-powered
UMPC MID with a 4.8-inch (1,024 x 600) touchscreen LCD, 2 megapixel camera, 1GB memory, choice of 30GB hard disk or 16GB SSD, WiFi, and Korean WiMax (WiBro) and digital television (T-DMB). Here's the interesting part: the price. According CNET, it will cost "around" $411 (600,000 won) when it ships in January -- that's a lot of kit for that price (the
similarly-speced R50A from ASUS costs over $1,800). If true, then the Mobbit looks to have finally achieved the
pricing goal set by Microsoft and Intel for these UMPC-class devices way back in early 2006. Add the RAM- and touch-friendly Windows 7 OS and we might finally be home... albeit 3-years (too?) late.
[Via
Akihabara News and
CNET]
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Trigem's Atom-based LLUON Mobbit crashes below the $500 UMPC sweet spot originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments You know the
supposed Guitar Hero: World Tour keyboard that never materialized? If you were
really looking forward to that, get ready to have your hopes dashed on another mystery instrument that will probably also never come to be. According to Harmonix, that extra port on the back of the updated drum kit -- which
previously was said to be for a second kicker -- is
actually for something that's totally
not a second kicker. What exactly will fill that port, though, the company isn't saying. Speculation is rife about another nebulous keyboard peripheral, but if you ask us our money's on a high hat, or maybe that other fundamental aspect of the drumming experience yet to be captured in the silly plastic instrument game genre: the triangle.
[Via
N4G]
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Mystery port on 'Rock Band 2' drum kit gets even more mysteriouser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Sure, you'll have to bide your time until
at least January to get your hands on a proper beta of
Windows 7, but why sweat out the wait for
Redmond's latest and greatest when you can get a taste of the experience in naughty, low-res web video today? Video after the break.
Continue reading Mr. Blurrycam sneaks a peek at Windows 7's new boot video
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Mr. Blurrycam sneaks a peek at Windows 7's new boot video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Look, we know haphazardly stapling an iPod dock onto nearly any product can cause almost-paralyzing fits of hyperbole amongst marketing personnel, but Scosche's description of its sad little reviveLITE nightlight charger as "cordless" because it plugs directly into the wall might take the cake. Oh, wait -- you know what
actually takes the cake? It's priced at a delightfully insulting $40. Yeah, we'll stick with the monster under the bed, guys. At least it respects us.
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Scosche vomits out reviveLITE "cordless" iPhone charger / nightlight combo originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he
proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199
Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't
totally delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither one is scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with
Kogan, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance?
[Via
iTWire]
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Kogan intros world's second Android phone: Agora / Agora Pro originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The baby Jesus in the manger continues to be too enticing a prospect for some sticky-fingered pranksters, apparently. We've seen
GPS tech harnessed on a small scale in the past to stave off such thievery, but now the counter-attack is going national. LightningGPS and their partner BrickHouse Security have announced that any
house of worship or school can rent and use their GPS devices (and hidden cameras!) free of charge throughout the holiday season to protect the baby G and his family, the menorah, and uh... Santa. Nice to see they're covering all the religious bases here.
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Baby Jesus and Co. get free GPS devices this holiday season originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments These days people are looking everywhere to find new, cheap, and plentiful sources of electricity, and while you wouldn't call it
new, the ocean is certainly cheap and plentiful. Plentiful too are the people attempting to convert its
motion into power by
tapping its waves or
extracting its heat. But what about lesser waters moving at a leisurely 3 knots? Those lazy flows make up the majority of all currents and are exactly the target of VIVACE, a series of tubes (seriously) that relies on vortex induced vibrations (the VIV) to create clean aquatic energy (the, uh, ACE). The idea is that the cylindrical shapes create turbulence in slow-moving water, oscillating up and down in electricity-generating ways. It's all the brainchild of Michael Bernitsas, a professor at the University of Michigan, and is partly funded by the US Department of Energy -- your tax dollars at work, you eco-pioneer you.
[Via
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VIVACE generates big power from small currents originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We don't get out too often (blogger skin burns easily); the closest to the great outdoors we come is squinting longingly through windows gone opaque thanks to lack of cleaning. We'd nearly resigned ourselves to a life lived of dim illumination, but now have new hope thanks to Winboni, an award-winning prototype robot from four mechanical engineering students at Michigan State University. The 5 x 5-inch bot uses a fan to stick to the window (not unlike like Takara Tomy's wall-climbing
AeroSpider, makes a
great gift), and relies on two AA batteries to motor itself around the window, scrubbing all the while. We definitely like the concept and its promise of extra light for our dwellings, but until this thing can find a way to get from one pane to the next without us having to get out of our chairs we'll sadly have to keep squinting through the grime.
[Via
The Raw Feed]
Continue reading MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards
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MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
January 2009 will mark the first anniversary of Apple's switch in positioning Apple TV from something that transferred computer-based content to a PC to a video vending machine that allowed direct ordering over broadband. In doing so and cutting a few dollars off the price, the company became the leader in a small category of products exclusively focused on displaying networked content. However, it's been far from alone there. The installed bases of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, which offer similar functionality, far exceed those of Apple's little box. Recently the long-delayed
SlingCatcher came out of the gate, which -- with a little finagling on a PC screen-- can display virtually any video content available via broadband on a television using its SlingProjector technology.
Vudu, a startup that had launched a similar a la carte device, has pushed deeper into the custom installation channel as of late. And CinemaNow, which had partnered with HP on its MediaSmart televisions and standalone device, was recently purchased for $3 million by Sonic Solutions. The acquiring company likely has designs on using the service to support its at-home DVD burning technology QFlix.
And on the low-end from Roku -- the roots of which were as a developer of PC-stereo bridging products -- has come a nondescript box that streams movies from Netflix for $99. A year before MovieBeam finally had its plug pulled, its receiver device was available for even less than that.
Continue reading Switched On: Blockbuster box boxes blocks to bust
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Switched On: Blockbuster box boxes blocks to bust originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It just been a few short days since it finally
closed the deal with Sprint, but
Clearwire is already out there busily rebranding its newly-acquired WiMAX assets, with Portland, Oregon first to get the new "Clear" WiMAX service, which the company humbly describes as "like lightning, but faster." To get in on that, you'll have to fork over between $30 and $50 a month (for unlimited service), or ten bucks for a 24 hour pass, with Clear's own USB modem setting you back an extra $50 (a desktop modem is also available for $5 a month). Somewhat interestingly, the company is also promising to offer WiMAX-ready laptops "soon," but it unfortunately isn't providing any further details on those just yet. Hit up the link below to check the exact availability of the service, and look for it to hit Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Grand Rapids, Michigan in the not too distant future.
[Thanks, Stephen K.]
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Newly-dubbed "Clear" WiMAX service hits Portland, Oregon originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments If MSI's suite of
Winds are just too cramped for your gorilla-sized hands, maybe the marginally larger
EX300 will do the trick. The 13.3-inch laptop tips the scales at 4.5-pounds and includes a Core 2 Duo P7350 CPU, ATI's 256MB Mobility Radeon HD3450 GPU, WiFi / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a 3-in-1 card reader and a 2.0-megapixel webcam. You can claim one now at a variety of fine e-tailers for $999. Full release is after the break.
Continue reading MSI ships $999 13.3-inch EX300 laptop
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MSI ships $999 13.3-inch EX300 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Is bigger always better? JVC's new LED display in
Times Square doesn't have the size of
Walgreens or
Toshiba (and lets be real, no one is touching
Dubai) but it is the first one in proper 720p (1280x720) resolution, no scaling or head tilting necessary here. After calling the crossroads of the world home since 1979, the new improved board lit up yesterday at 19 x 34-feet, capable of displaying 60fps with a mere 8mm pixel pitch ensuring things look good even close up. You can thank the same Clear Channel Spectacolor and D3 LED folks that were behind the Walgreens installation for this 12,500 lb screen, and we suppose you can also blame them for not letting us play some Call of Duty on it as well. Check the
gallery or if you're in the area just take a walk over for a new and better look.
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JVC turns on the first 720p billboard in Times Square originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Not even a full day after hearing that the
Windows Vista / Server SP2 beta would be breaking loose for select individuals tomorrow, in flies word that a Windows 7 beta could be out and about as early as next month. Granted, this conjecture is far less written in stone, but on the official MSDN Developer Conference website we're told that "all attendees will receive a
Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD." The events are scheduled to run from December to January, and given the whole "attendees at events scheduled for December will have DVDs mailed to them when they become available" coupled with the line we quoted before, it's a pretty safe bet that next month is it. Hang tight, Windows lovers -- your first real peek into the wide world of WinVII could be just around the bend.
[Via
PC World]
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Microsoft Windows 7 beta due out in January 2009? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Peek's kinda-sorta email-only handheld is one of the more polarizing devices to hit this year. On one hand, anyone who cares that much about email in their pocket probably already owns an email-capable handset; on the other, those satisfied with their pay-as-you-go phone may seriously be interested in adding this to their arsenal. Regardless of your take on things, we figured you should know that it's available for "today only" at $49.95, clearly setting the bar for a Cyber Wednesday in years to come. 'Course, that $19.95 per month data requirement isn't going anywhere, but half a Benjamin might be worth it just to crack this sucker open and test your hacking skills.
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Peek handheld: $49.95 for "today only" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Fujitsu Siemens has been showing off its
AMILO Sa 3650 and
AMILO GraphicBooster add-on for a few months now, and we even recently saw the combo put to the
Crysis test, but it looks like both are now finally, actually rolling out to the general public. In case you missed it, the laptop itself is a 13-inch, AMD-based number (your choice of Turion X2 or Athlon X2 processors), with an ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card, up to 4GB of RAM, and either and either a 250GB or 320GB hard drive. The GraphicBooster add-on, which currently only works with the Sa 3650, is based around an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 graphics card, and promises a 470% increase in graphics performance over the laptop's built-in graphics. No word on prices just yet, unfortunately but both the laptop and the GraphicBooster add-on will apparently be available at some "specialist retailers" this month.
[Via
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Fujitsu Siemens rolls out AMILO Sa 3650 laptop, GraphicBooster add-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Okay, so
Denon wares aren't exactly "cheap," but you can't knock it for trying to innovate. Despite that fact that about eight people on this Earth still care about their beloved
SACD /
DVD-Audio collections, Denon has developed a Blu-ray player specifically for them. The DVD-A1UD is hailed as the world's first universal BD deck, and it features a black (shown after the break) or silver motif, SD / SDHC card slot, DivX support, HDMI 1.3, 1080p60 / 1080p24 output, internal decoding of DTS-HD Master Audio / Dolby TrueHD, 7.1-channel analog outputs, Denon LINK and all sorts of sophisticated pixel / audio restoration technologies. Better still, users who buy in can look forward to a Profile 2.0 update in the near future. Not surprisingly, the decked-out player will ship in Japan next month for a patently astounding ¥546,000 ($5,860), so you'll probably be stuck dreaming about it unless your ship rolls in.
[Via
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Continue reading Denon's DVD-A1UD: world's first universal (SACD / DVD-A) Blu-ray player
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Denon's DVD-A1UD: world's first universal (SACD / DVD-A) Blu-ray player originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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With
nearly every company (
seriously,
basically all of them) rolling out a
tiny projector, it's getting pretty hard to stand out from the crowd -- and Adtec's two new MP15A Series projectors don't look like they're going to push the envelope in any way. Specwise, they're going to be nearly identical to the
rest of the bunch, with 15 ANSI lumens, a 200:1 contrast ratio, and VGA 640 x 480 resolution, and they'll boast an LED lamp with about a 20,000 hour life. The two models -- the 15AW is white, 15AB is black -- will be available in December and January, respectively, but only in Japan. No word on a possible release in other, pico-starved areas of the globe yet.
[Via
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Adtec announces two adorable, tiny projectors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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RIM no doubt got a boost of confidence from AvianResearch's sales numbers a few days ago, but it looks to be in a bit of a gloomier mood today, as it has been forced to slightly lower its third quarter profit and revenue outlook. Apparently, instead of the previously forecast revenue of $2.95 to $3.10 billion, RIM now says it's expecting to rake in just $2.75 to $2.78 billion, with its adjusted earnings now expected to be 0.81 to $0.83 per share, and not $0.89 to $0.97 per share, as previously forecast. According to RIM's Jim Balsillie, the company is laying most of the blame on "product launch timing, general economic conditions and foreign exchange volatility," but it has nothing but good things to say about the Storm, which it says has "experienced particularly strong momentum in recent weeks." It further added that the Storm's first day of sales drew a record number of new net subscribers for the company, and that it also managed to pull in a record number of weekly net subscribers additions in the last week of the third quarter. Those interested in such things can look for the final numbers to be released on December 18th.
[Via mocoNews.net]
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RIM lowers third quarter outlook, touts Storm sales originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It looks like the kids at Buffalo are hard at work making sure that all of you netbook-lovin' Engadget readers aren't stuck with the minimal storage that has plagued early adopters of the solid state drive. In addition to their recent
Eee PC-compatible SSDs, the company is now offering 16GB and 32GB drives for Dell's Inspiron Mini 9. Due out sometime this month, the 16GB should set you back ¥5,300 ($57), or you can shell out ¥9,400 ($101) for the 32GB.
[Via
Slashgear]
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Buffalo unveils 16GB and 32GB SSDs for Inspiron Mini 9 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments What's more challenging than buying a tech gift for your finicky son? Buying one for your ultra-picky daughter. It's tough enough just raising a daughter who's a nerd, let alone knowing exactly what direction to go come present-presenting season. Luckily for you gadget-savvy (or not so gadget-savvy) moms and dads out there, the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide exists, and will transport you to the magical phantasmagoria of money-sucking goodness that we like to call "shopper's delight." Read on for all the info (and be sure to check out our other guides
right here).
Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2008: for daughter
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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: for daughter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments The soap opera of would-be Mac cloner Psystar was already full of shady twists and turns, but there's a possibility Apple's legal team thinks there's some truth to a few of the wilder conspiracy theories out there -- a paragraph tacked on to an amended version of the complaint filed in California says that Apple believes people or corporations "other than Psystar are involved in Psystar's unlawful and improper activities." That could mean just about anything, of course -- we've always thought Psystar was being a little
too cocky, and no one's ever figured out how a fledging company that couldn't even
hold on to a credit card processor could retain such a
hotshot law firm -- but chances are Apple's just covering its ass in case it wants to sue the major investors of Psystar individually or even the OSx86 hackers that
unwillingly enabled the company's dubious business. Either way, with all of Psystar's
antitrust counterclaims dismissed and Apple adding new DMCA claims to its lawsuit, we've got a feeling things are about to go boom in Florida pretty soon -- if machines really are
still shipping, this is probably your last chance to grab a piece of (
semi-functional) history.
[Via
Daring Fireball]
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Apple amends Psystar complaint, says someone's behind the curtain originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Last time we heard from Jeffrey Stephenson he had crafted an art deco-styled casemod that, spiritually at least, brought us back to the
watery confines of Bioshock. He's back with another classic-looking device, dedicating this one to Ingraham Cabinet Co., creator of many a fine walnut-ensconced radio case in the WWII era. His Ingraham case mod is similarly walnut-clad (though veneered) with a hand-built basswood frame layered atop an otherwise mid-grade mini-ITX SilverStone case. The focal point is a finely polished chrome knob on the front that Harley riders might recognize from an Arlen Ness catalog, perched atop a final retro flourish: a
Firewire 400 port. Inside (pictured below) things are rather more modern: a VIA VB8001 mobo, a (rarely seen in the wild) 1.6GHz
Nano processor, 4GB of DDR2 memory, a 64GB SSD, and not a single vacuum tube.
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Comments Seriously, we feel a little more street just by lookin' at these things. The followup to the smashing over-the-head
Beats headphones are here, and yes, they deliver sound so big, you'll think you've got speakers in your ears (Dre's words, not ours). They also feature what's touted as the planet's first "tangle-free earphone cable," in-ear noise isolation and a trio of cone tips to ensure the most comfortable fit for every gangster's ear. Get your "ding ding dong... ring-gading ding ding dong" on in one to two weeks for $149.95. Holla.
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Dr. Dre-approved Monster Beats in-ear headphones roll deep for $150 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments We've got a bone (or three) to pick with this one, so we'll just get right down to the beating. For starters, anyone who can't recognize the striking similarity between this handset and Vertu's
Ferrari Ascent Ti is obviously wearing Samsung-tinted glasses. Aside from the complete lack of originality, the Ego GT-S9402 also lacks a 3G radio -- an omission that's simply inexcusable given the estimated €1,200 ($1,513) price tag. Oh sure, there's a measly 1GB of inbuilt storage, tri-band GSM connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera (with LED flash), an FM radio module, Bluetooth 2.0, dual SIM slots and a microSDHC expansion slot, but for over a G, we expect something more than mid-range specifications in a "liquidmetal" alloy chassis. Color us emphatically unimpressed.
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Samsung Ego GT-S9402 luxury phone shames the word "luxury" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments By our calculations, December isn't exactly "near" June, but it seems
the rumors from
long, long ago were at least somewhat factual. Without any fanfare whatsoever, Amazon has quietly fired up
its MP3 store over in the UK, marking the first time the e-tailer has sold jams outside of the United States of America. The page doesn't look all that dissimilar to the one we Americans have grown used to, and of course, every one of the three million 256kbps MP3 files are DRM-free. At first glance, we're already seeing some tasty singles for £0.59 ($0.86) and whole albums for £3 ($4.39). Looks like it's about time to open that digital wallet, UKers.
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Amazon's DRM-free MP3 store goes international with quiet UK opening originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Right, so Intel's 3.73GHz
Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 is fast enough for the vast majority of PC users across the globe, but not for Japanese overclocking enthusiast duck. Oh no -- duck decided to pair the chip up with ASUS' ROG Rampage II Extreme motherboard, which facilitates hardware-based OC'ing, in order to reach a top speed of 5510.09MHz. The point of the exercise? Just to say he could, not to mention set the bar for
OC Team Italy to try and demolish.
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