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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Porsche's Compass Watch Makes Me Wish I Needed a Compass More Often [Desired]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5824044/porsches-compass-watch-makes-me-wish-i-needed-a-compass-more-often

The compass-in-a-watch concept isn't exactly a breakthrough in functionality, but my goodness is Porsche Design's P'6520 compass watch pretty. Its black titanium case splits in two, with the Swiss movement timepiece on the top half and a removable liquid compass on the bottom.

The compass is viewed through mirrors on the compass face and the bottom of the watch half, and it works in both hemispheres. It's also waterproof to 50 feet. No word on the pricing just yet, but expect it to cost about what you paid for your car. [Porsche via uncrate]

Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/23/pix-star-fotoconnect-hd-is-a-10-inch-digiframe-ripe-for-regiftin/

Are you ready to meet your next regift? This is the Pix-Star FotoConnect HD, a 10.4-inch, 800 x 600 digital photo frame with a WiFi radio inside. This little display can pull in pics from Picasa,
Facebook, Smugmug, Shutterfly, Flickr, and MobileMe amongst others, and show off images sent straight to a special e-mail address. It may seem like every other digiframe, but it does have one unique feature -- support for UPnP and DLNA. That means any pictures stored on your home network can easily be beamed to it as well. If you want to be the original gifter, instead of the regifter, you can pick one up now for $189 at Pix-Star.com and Amazon. You'll find the full PR and an additional pic after the break.

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Vizio Tablet tiptoes into retail, starting at Costco

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/vizio-tablet-tiptoes-into-retail-starting-at-costco/

We know it's been a long wait since CES, but after getting pawed at by both Blake Griffin and yours truly, the Vizio Tablet is starting to show up in stores right about on schedule. Frequent Engadget commenter DaHarder took a step away from the Disqus box and snagged this tablet at a local Costco store for $329 ($20 off the regular price), an achievement also unlocked by the folks at Mobileslate. According to their reports you may have to ask around to find out if the VTAB1008 is actually in stock but it may be lurking along with its $40 Accessories Kit, while it's already showing in stock on the Vizio online store. Impressions so far suggest a "budget" tablet experience above that of the flood of craptablets with decent hardware and battery life, but a software experience behind the top of the line slates due to the custom UI, small internal storage and RAM and slower single core Marvell CPU. Our review is yet to come, but if there's around three bills burning a hole in your pocket and you've just got to have an Android tablet with integrated IR blaster, we're not seeing too many other options available.

[Thanks, DaHarder]

Vizio Tablet tiptoes into retail, starting at Costco originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo's 7-inch IdeaPad caught by Mr. Blurrycam?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/lenovos-7-inch-ideapad-caught-by-mr-blurrycam/

We spied a mystery FCC listing just the other day, filed under a no-name company but bearing some unmistakable Lenovo markings. Now we have another unidentified device bearing the same branding and, according to our friendly neighborhood tipster, this is the company's 7-inch IdeaPad, which might be (internally) dubbed the A1-07. It's said to be powered by a TI OMAP3621 processor (which also drives the Nook Color), features a 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen, a Broadcom GPS unit, 3G wireless with a SIM slot, and room for a microSD card as well. A 3,700mAh battery supposedly keeps things juiced, both front- and rear-facing cameras are on offer, and it's all wrapped in a glossy plastic styling that makes it look a little like a TouchPad with some bare metal highlights. It also features three buttons up front that we're hoping don't mean it's been relegated to Android 2.x. Now, the image above (and the second one, below) have obviously been crudely modified to hide something, and we can't be sure of what we're looking at here, but it's interesting enough for us to pass these along. Have a gander and let us know what you think in comments.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

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Lenovo's 7-inch IdeaPad caught by Mr. Blurrycam? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG Thrill 4G up for pre-order today at Radio Shack, ahead of August 7th launch?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/lg-thrill-4g-up-for-pre-order-today-at-radio-shack-ahead-of-aug/

The LG Thrill 4G was announced at CTIA four months ago , but wasn't given its rightful time in the sun due to a much larger elephant in the room. Now the phone's launch is quickly approaching, however, and the AT&T-branded Optimus 3D is ready to get some glory. We were sent not one, but two separate emails this morning from Radio Shack insiders with a few details about the retail chain's rollout of the device. As it turns out, visitors to The Shack can be offered the opportunity to reserve a Thrill -- supposedly gearing up for an August 7th launch -- starting today with the purchase of a $50 gift card. According to the screenshots sent to us, the Thrill can be all yours for $80 with a two-year contract ($550 if you exhibit a fear of commitment). We're hesitant to declare August 7th the official launch date, since history has shown that resellers don't always get handsets at the same time as corporate outlets do. If you find any success reserving one today, however, we'll be ~~thrilled~~ elated to hear about it.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

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LG Thrill 4G up for pre-order today at Radio Shack, ahead of August 7th launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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