Thursday, September 09, 2010

T-Mobile G2 comes out from hiding, pre-orders begin later this month

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/t-mobile-g2-comes-out-from-hiding-begins-pre-order-this-month/

At last, T-Mobile just went official with its G2 QWERTY slider. As expected, this Android 2.2 device ships with Qualcomm's MSM7230 Snapdragon silicon optimized for T-Mobile's HSPA+ network with an 800MHz CPU and second generation application co-processor. Other specs include a 3.7-inch screen, 4GB of internal memory with pre-installed 8GB microSD card (supporting up to 32GB cards), Swype keyboard, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and 720p HD video capabilities. Oh, and web browsing is supported by Adobe's Flash Player. Look for this successor of the T-Mobile G1 to go up for pre-orders sometime later this month.

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ARM reveals Eagle core as Cortex-A15, capable of quad-core computing at up to 2.5GHz

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/arm-reveals-eagle-core-as-cortex-a15-capable-of-quad-core-compu/

Way to take the wind out of our sails, ARM -- no sooner does your dual-core Cortex-A9 finally ship, do you reveal an even more powerful smartphone, smartbook and server-slaying beast. The Cortex-A15 MPCore picks up where the A9 left off, but with reportedly five times the power of existing SOCs, raising the bar for ARM-based single- and dual-core cell phone processors up to 1.5GHz... or as high as 2.5GHz in quad-core server-friendly rigs with hardware virtualization baked in and support for well over 4GB of memory. One terabyte, actually. Like we'd heard, the ARMv7-A "Eagle" chips are destined for Texas Instruments, but ST-Ericsson and Samsung as also named as "lead licensees," so we fully expect to see some badass silicon powering a Galaxy when the 32nm and 28nm parts ship in 2013. Press release and video after the break, replete with ARM partner companies fawning over the new hotness. We can't really blame them.

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Lessons in Bell Curves: 15-inch laptops still king, despite wealth of portable alternatives

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/lessons-in-bell-curves-15-inch-laptops-still-king-despite-weal/

Jimmy Eat World didn't concoct the masterpiece that is The Middle for nothing, you know. In yet another example of the middle muddying up the waters for everyone else, DisplaySearch has found that the vast majority of systems sold in America fall into the 15.6-inch category, despite the fact that many offer no gain in resolution over 12- and 13-inch ultraportables with 1,366 x 768 panels. The reason? For one, supply and demand. The sheer quantity of 15-inch machines on the market pushes prices south, and on days like Black Friday, rarely is any size as discounted as the tried-and-true 15-incher. The numbers here would show an even greater difference if the tablets were yanked, but what's made clear is just how little interest is being shown by the masses to the outliers. In fact, Laptop found that MSI is officially putting the kibosh on its plans to ship the 13-inch X360 stateside, and a number of other manufacturers are mulling similar decisions (though "off the record"). So, are you helping to jumble up the middle, or are you a loud-and-proud 5-percenter?

Lessons in Bell Curves: 15-inch laptops still king, despite wealth of portable alternatives originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Droid 2 R2-D2 boot animation, live wallpapers leak out at light speed

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/droid-2-r2-d2-boot-animation-live-wallpapers-leak-out-at-light/

Not willing to wait for the genuine R2-D2 edition Droid 2 later this month? Then it looks like you can now get the next best thing -- the Star Wars-themed boot animation and live wallpapers from the phone have already been dug out from the recently leaked ROM and made available for download. Those include the Millennium Falcon flying through an asteroid field, the always exciting jump to lightspeed, an interactive R2-D2, and everyone's favorite: the space slug. Head on past the break for a pair of videos, and hit up the links below to check out the rest (and download them).

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Elocity A7 goes up for pre-order on Amazon with Android 2.2, Tegra 2, and a $370 price tag

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/elocity-a7-goes-up-for-pre-order-on-amazon-with-android-2-2-teg/

Galaxy Tab? Who needs that overpriced prima donna? Here's the tablet the economical among us have been waiting for. Alright, so the Elocity A7 didn't elicit the highest of praise when it made its cameo on The Engadget Show, but let's congratulate its makers on achieving a pair of feats. Firstly, StreamTV has managed to get its Froyo tablet listed for pre-order on Amazon -- which is no mean feat in itself, just ask Notion Ink -- and secondly, it's done so at an even lower price point than promised, with an encouraging $370 tag. Even if you're like us and not entirely blown away by its performance, you've got root for this little slate to complete the narrative and start selling -- if for no other reason than that it might incite others to stoop to the same price point.

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Nokia Mobile TV Headset acts as a TV antenna for your unreleased Symbian^3 device

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/nokia-mobile-tv-headset-acts-as-a-tv-antenna-for-your-unreleased/

Okay, so Symbian^3 is still just a glint in our eyes, but that launch date is fast approaching and here's a neat little accessory to keep up excitement for the platform: the Mobile TV Headset. You know how most phones use the cord of your earphones as an FM aerial? Well, this thing does the same, only with DVB-H teevee signals, piping them straight through into your USB-on-the-go-equipped Nokia handset. It comes with channel-changing, call-receiving, and volume controls, and will set you back €40 ($51) before taxes in Q4 of this year.

[Thanks, Maximus]

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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

QuickPay announces ROAMpay credit card swiper for Android, BlackBerry, iOS

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/quickpay-announces-roampay-credit-card-swiper-for-android-black/

We've seen our fair share iPhone-based credit card payment systems, but we both know that those aren't the only handsets people do business with. ROAMpay from QuickPay Merchant Services is a device agnostic card swiper with apps available for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. Actually, it seems to be a virtual cash register as well, letting you log cash transactions (and generate receipts for 'em) as well as offering real-time authorization for Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express (as long as you have a QuickPay account, of course). Ready to get into business? Hit up the source link. Otherwise, we have a fantastic video (and some pretty swell PR) for you after the break.

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Mushroom announces durable PortaBella wireless bonding device, continues adorable naming scheme

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/mushroom-announces-durable-portabella-wireless-bonding-device-c/

Mushroom announces durable PortaBella wireless It's okay if you've never heard of wireless broadband bonding. The technology hasn't exactly caught on, even if it gets us all excited in our download place. The basic idea is to take a suite of wireless broadband adapters and plug them all into a single router, aggregating their power like shotgun modems did in the dial-up days. Mushroom Networks is the leader in this space and it has announced a new, "heavy duty" version of its PortaBella bonding device, joining its Porcini and Truffle models. The new PortaBella combines the connections of up to four wireless modems, even from different carriers, and works at temperatures ranging from 4 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit -- which sadly doesn't quite meet the extremes experienced on an average day at the Engadget Lunar Outpost. It seems our heavenly bloggers above will have to keep sharing that single modem for now.

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Quo's latest Mac clone to feature Asetek liquid cooling, Core i7

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/quos-latest-mac-clone-to-feature-asetek-liquid-cooling-core-i7/

We just got off the phone with Quo Computers founder Rashantha De Silva. Remember him? Last spring, amidst all the hoopla surrounding Psystar and Apple, he announced the opening of a walk-in Mac clone shop in The Golden State. Since then, Psystar may have bitten the dust, but it looks like De Silva and co. are still in business... for now, anyway. Their newest (they haven't even had time to update the website), the Quo maxQ2, will feature an Intel Core i7 3.6GHz CPU, 12GB of RAM, a 240GB SSD, a 1TB HDD, and an Adobe Mercury Playback Engine-compatible NVIDIA 285 GTX GPU. In addition, this bad boy will come equipped with an Asetek liquid / copper cold plate cooling system, and believe it or not, it'll run OS X, Linux and Windows 7. Prices start at $3,765, and it should go on sale starting September 15. For about 18 minutes, or an hour and 18 minutes if Apple's lawyer crew just so happens to be at lunch.

[Thanks, John Mayer (really!)]

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Eye-Fi starting up a developer program, will have some APIs open for business this fall

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/08/eye-fi-starting-up-a-developer-program-will-have-some-apis-open/

Pardon us as we coin the term "apportunity" to describe the upcoming developer program Eye-Fi has just announced. Developers will able to tie their apps / applications / sites into Eye-Fi features and services through the web, including accessing an Eye-Fi card for photos and video, changing settings on the card, and uploading to online sharing sites through Eye-Fi channels instead of directly connecting to each site. It all sounds very promising in a niche, people-who-use-WiFi-SD-cards sort of way, and we look forward to the results as Eye-Fi starts giving out API keys in phases, beginning this fall.

Eye-Fi starting up a developer program, will have some APIs open for business this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BugMeNot Lite Now Provides Anonymous Login Credentials in Chrome [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5632170/bugmenot-lite-is-a-chrome-extension-that-provides-anonymous-login-credentials-with-a-click

If you don't want to bother signing up for a site to gain access, there's not need to visit anonymous login sites. BugMeNot Lite takes care of that for you, providing multiple credentials with just a click.

BugMeNot, a Firefox favorite, has now come to Chrome. It lives in the omnibar and shows up on account login screens. It automatically detects where you are and clicking it's icon (or, alternatively, pressing Control + I) will automatically fill in the login and password information for you. For logins, you'll be able to choose from a list and each will have a percentage next to it that will show you how successful the credentials have been. After a successful or unsuccessful login attempt, you can report the results through BugMeNot to help keep the feedback up-to-date and accurate.

BugMeNot Lite [via #tips - Thanks purveyoroffoma!]

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SeePU Monitors Android CPU, Memory, and Network Utilization [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5632748/seepu-monitors-android-cpu-and-memory-utilization

SeePU Monitors Android CPU, Memory, and Network UtilizationAndroid: Like traditional utilization meters for desktop computers, SeePU offers you a peak into your Android phone's heavy lifting with CPU, memory, and network monitoring.

SeePU puts monitoring meters in your Android phone's notification are. You can monitor the CPU usage, RAM usage, and network activity. You can adjust the frequency the monitor is updated, how the data is displayed—just CPU or CPU and RAM combined, upload and download or combine network activity, etc.—and if SeePU will start at boot.

SeePU Monitors Android CPU, Memory, and Network UtilizationYou may not need to constantly monitor your Android phone but for those times you're trying to get the bottom of a lagging interface or abnormally high wait times, it helps to see when the load on your phone is peaking. SeePU is a free application and works wherever Android does. You can download it by searching for SeePU in the Android Market or scanning the QR code to your right.

Have a favorite tool for monitoring your Android phone? Let's hear about it in the comments. For more monitoring apps make sure to check out previously reviewed JuiceDefender and Watchdog.

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Nikon Coolpix S80 Point-and-Shoot: 14.1MP with a 3.5" OLED Touchscreen [DigitalCameras]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5632463/nikon-coolpix-s80-point+and+shoot-141mp-with-a-35-oled-touchscreen

Nikon Coolpix S80 Point-and-Shoot: 14.1MP with a 3.5" OLED TouchscreenThe Nikon Coolpix S80 takes up where the S70 left off: bumping the megapixels up to 14.1 (from 12.1), upgrading the 3.5" touchscreen to OLED, and rounding some corners for a decidedly sleeker (like .7" thick sleek) look.

The S80's touchscren will let you draw and stamp right on your pictures, just like recently announced S1100pj projector-cam, and it carries over the S70'S 5x optical zoom and 720p video capabilities. Like the S8100, it uses Nikon's EXPEED C2 processing engine.

The S80 will be available this fall for $329 in red, gold, blue, black, pink, and silver/brown. [Nikon]

NIKON'S NEW COOLPIX S80 TOUCH SCREEN DIGITAL CAMERA DELIVERS FUN AND FUNCTION IN A FASHION‐FORWARD DESIGN

MELVILLE, NY (September 8, 2010) – Integrating stylish design with intuitive operation, Nikon Inc. introduces the new COOLPIX S80, equipped with a beautifully bright 3.5‐inch ultra high resolution organic LED (OLED) touch screen with an enhanced interface for a more enjoyable user experience.
With a user‐friendly interface, the COOLPIX S80 gives the photographer easy touch control over the camera's key functions for smooth operation, including touch shutter shooting, zoom and playback. To help users better compose their photos, the S80 employs tab‐type graphics to maximize screen space without cluttering it with icons. When the camera is rotated for vertical shooting, display tabs and controls also automatically rotate for smoother shooting.

The large 3.5‐inch ultra high resolution (819,000‐dot) OLED touch screen display delivers clear, rich image reproductions, bright vivid colors and excellent contrast. With a wide viewing angle (approximately 180 degrees), brightness control and an anti‐reflection coating, the S80's touch screen display makes it easy to compose, view and share photos and HD (720p) movies.

"Our consumers not only rely on our compact digital cameras for beautiful photos and brilliant technology, but also as a reflection of their personal style," said Bo Kajiwara, director of marketing, Nikon Inc. "The COOLPIX S80's slim, sophisitcated design, touch screen technology and excellent features make it fun for consumers to capture high quality images and share their memorable moments."

Measuring 0.7‐inches, the surprisingly thin COOLPIX S80 can be slipped in any pocket or bag for unbeatable portability. Sliding the lens cover turns the camera on and off, while creating a sleek, modern look. Available in six colors as bright as the OLED touch screen display, the S80 is not only a compact digital camera, but it's also a fashion statement.

With the COOLPIX S80's intuitive touch screen, creativity is at the user's fingertips. The S80 lets users add their personal touch to photos with the Paint function, giving them the ability to write or draw on images during playback. The Retouch Menu lets users easily adjust images in‐camera with the touch of a finger by choosing from a wide range of functions, including Color Options, Soft Focus, Selective Color,
Cross Screen, Miniature Effect and Fish‐eye Effect. In playback mode, the user can even add moving stamps for an animated effect. In addition, the S80 features a new rating function that allows users to rate their photos with up to five stars and sort images according to their rating.

The S80 is equipped with a built‐in slide show function, allowing the user to playback photos to pre‐set music for an enjoyable sharing experience. The COOLPIX S80 also features HD (720p) Movie with optical zoom and stereo sound available during recording. An HDMI output enables easy playback on an HDTV for big‐screen viewing of photos from a recent vacation or HD video from the latest family gathering.
Packed into the super slim COOLPIX S80 are must‐have features like a 14.1‐megapixel CCD sensor and 5x Wide‐Angle Optical Zoom‐NIKKOR ED glass lens (35‐175mm, 35mm equivalent) to help the user capture beautiful landscapes and allow them to get close to the action. The S80 helps reduce camera shake with a 5‐Way vibration reduction (VR) Image Stabilization System that includes Optical and Hybrid VR, Motion Detection, ISO settings up to 6400 and Best Shot Selector, which automatically takes up to ten shots while the shutter‐release button is pressed, and then selects and saves the sharpest image. The S80 employs Nikon's EXPEED C2™ image processing engine to ensure outstanding image quality.

To further help users take better photos, the COOLPIX S80 includes 17 scene modes and the Easy Auto Mode, which automatically recognizes the shooting situation and adjusts camera settings accordingly for great photos in any environment. For outstanding portraits, the S80 features Nikon's Smart Portrait System, which incorporates a series of automatic functions including In‐Camera Red‐Eye Fix™, improved Face‐Priority AF, Smile Timer, Blink Warning, Blink Proof and Skin Softening to flatter even the most camera‐shy subject.

Availability and Pricing
The COOLPIX S80 will be available in fall 2010 for $329.95* MSRP in a choice of stylish colors including red, black, blue, pink, gold and silver/brown.

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This Article Was Fully Composed On Google's New Automatic Writing System [Google]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5632729/this-article-was-fully-composed-on-googles-new-automatic-writing-system

This Article Was Fully Composed On Google's New Automatic Writing SystemFrom now on, instead of using the usual two dozen baboons to randomly write Gizmodo's articles, I am going to use Google Scribe, a new Google Labs application that suggests the next word or group of words as you write.

In fact, this whole article was fully composed in Google Scribe. It saved quite a bit of typing. What is more: The sentence on the image above was fully composed by Google Scribe itself, after I typed the first letter. I only kept choosing options at random until it was done.

This Article Was Fully Composed On Google's New Automatic Writing System

This is going to be such fun. Soon, the Internet will write and read itself with no human intervention whatsoever.

Good. [Google Scribe]

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Toshiba's CEVO-Engine is Cell on steroids, with an ultra-bright LED LCD to burn your eyeballs into submission

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/07/toshibas-cevo-engine-is-cell-on-steroids-with-an-ultra-bright/

Toshiba will be happy to tell you that its upcoming CEVO-Engine, which launches early next year in a "sub-€5,000" TV designed by former B&O-fave design firm Jacob Jensen Design, is the best thing ever, but it takes some work to figure out just exactly why that's the case. We did some digging, subjected our eyeballs to the display's brilliance, and have our full thoughts on the new tech after the break.

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