Saturday, August 08, 2009

HTC Fiesta: definitely Android, headed for AT&T

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/htc-fiesta-definitely-android-headed-for-atandt/

Months and months after the telltale signs appeared over at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, we've now got further confirmation that HTC's as-yet-unpeeped "Fiesta" will indeed be an Android handset. The good folks over at Cell Passion "stumbled upon" the UA Profile for this bad boy, also known as the HTC T5252, and here's what we know: the phone will boast a QVGA display, and a numeric keypad (read: non-QWERTY). Did we mention that internal HTC linking indicates this puppy is headed to AT&T? Yeah, we're definitely getting one -- to go with our super stylish, tricked-out Ford of the same name.

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HTC Fiesta: definitely Android, headed for AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia RX-51 tablet captured in the wild

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/08/nokia-rx-51-tablet-captured-in-the-wild/

Not long at all after that mysterious Nokia RX-51 passed through the FCC comes shots from Indonesian message board Kaskus of the tablet-like device in the wild. The blurred box shot and the label behind the battery clearly say RX-51 prototype, and the design is unmistakably similar to the rumored press photo for the Maemo 5-powered Rover from back in May. We can't help but notice the 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens and, more importantly, SIM card slot and an ear piece, which would be perfect for placing calls on, say, T-Mobile's network. Few more shots after the break, and hit up the read link for the gallery of photos.

[Via Mobile Bulgaria; thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Nokia RX-51 tablet captured in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Friday, August 07, 2009

Sadly This Is Not the PS3 Slim [Japan]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/VOR4kVyls-g/sadly-this-is-not-the-ps3-slim

I really thought—hoped, really—this sliver of black plastic was the Japanese PS3 Slim. It's not.

It's a wireless router from Logitec—not Logitech, which is known as Logicool in Japan—that's 7mm thin at its skinniest point, ballooning out to 24mm at its fattest. Except for its uncanny Sony style, it seems fairly unexceptional, but man, it got me good for a second. [Akihabara News]

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week [Roundups]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/qyDgVOOSLjY/our-favorite-lifehacker-posts-of-the-week

This week the 'hack has burglary tips, BSOD tips, a few Gmail tips and a way to make a cheap tilt-shift lens with toilet parts.

• BlueScreenView troubleshoots your blue screen of death. Displays your last BSOD so you can Google for a solution
• Firefox's director talks about Firefox and Chrome
• How to block ads in Gmail with a simple signature. (Or you can just use a Firefox plugin and block that part of the page)

• A burglar's advice on hiding money
• Google Chrome is going to get cloud-based synchronization
• Five best PDF readers

• Make a cheap tilt-shift lens with plumbing parts
• Top 10 hardware fixes and upgrades
• Gmail removes "oh behalf of" for good

• Bypass cellphone voicemail instructions—all of them—with one key combo
• The computer cabinet office

3D Printing Now Available in Stainless Steel, Adamantium Next? [Printing]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/OLVRFekPPJA/

When Jay Leno replaced car parts, he could only print plastic molds in 3D. Life's easier now, because mold's are unnecessary in the creation of custom desk kitsch and car parts as 3D printing got a stainless steel upgrade.

21 days and $10 per cubic centimeter is all you need after you send a CAD design to Shapeways, a company who began offering 3D resin and plastic printing quite some time ago. There are specific size and detail guidelines to keep in mind due to models being printed in layers, but based on the moebius strip complete with moving parts, those guidelines can't be all that limiting. What's going to be your first 3D steel print? [Shapeways via PopSci via CrunchGear]

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GadgetTrak Security System Catches iMac Thief With Startling Precision [Crime]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/1sN0l9-xqnY/gadgettrak-security-system-catches-imac-thief-with-startling-precision

GadgetTrak, an anti-theft tracking system, claimed its first victory, and we're pretty impressed. An iMac was stolen two weeks ago, and the thief wasn't clever enough to reformat. Big mistake: GadgetTrak managed to find his location and took his photo.

After two weeks, the thief made the mistake of connecting to the internet, and GadgetTrak collected tons of info. It triangulated his longitude and latitude via WiFi (and provided a link to the location on Google Maps!), his IP address, WiFi networks in range, and the username, and even took a photo of him with the iMac's built-in webcam. The iMac and two other stolen laptops were traced to a tattoo parlor in Brooklyn and recovered.

Of course, the system only works if the thief neglects to reformat the hard drive and connects to the internet, but we'd be willing to bet that that's not as uncommon as you'd think. It's a pretty great system, as long as thieves don't figure out how to work around it. [GadgetTrak]

Eee PCs rumored to ship with Moblin in October, Chrome OS on the horizon

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/eee-pcs-rumored-to-ship-with-moblin-in-october-chrome-os-on-the/

How about a minor spy story to kick-start your weekend? According to our man Sascha at netbooknews.de, a "safe source" who shall remain nameless but who most certainly has ties to Stasi (or, at the very least, owns a trench coat) has divulged some choice nuggets: The first Eee PC pre-installed with the open source OS will hit the market in October, and the company is currently considering the possibility of making this an option for all its notebooks at some point in the near future. And if that weren't enough to stoke your dreams of an Operating System Renaissance, the company is also reportedly working "closely together" with Google to deploy the Chrome OS on its machines at some point in the not-too-distant future. All rumors and innuendo, sure, but interesting -- and, as we've seen the company play with Moblin in the past, certainly not a shocker. As always, we'll keep our ears to the ground, and we'll keep you posted.

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Inventec Rainbow marries traditional good looks with a Tegra heart of gold

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/inventec-rainbow-marries-traditional-good-looks-with-a-tegra-hea/

Unlike Mobinnova's slightly "edgier" take on the "smartbook," Inventec's new Rainbow device is decidedly more netbook-ey in the looks department. Specs are nothing new, of course, with an NVIDIA Tegra 600 chip, 256MB of RAM, 256MB of flash memory, 10-inch 1024 x 576 screen and Windows CE 6.0 (which has been outfitted with Firefox for the occasion, along with other NVIDIA-prepped apps). We're happy to see an edge to edge keyboard here, and despite the low-end specs, it's still nice to know this little number will be capable of nabbing 3G data (HSPA or EV-DO), GPS and DTV. Rainbow can purportedly handle 6 hours of continuous 720p playback, stream video over 3G for 4 hours, and is rated at a rather silly 240 hours of "standby." We're not exactly sure when the Rainbow is supposed to start shipping, but if none of this is striking your fancy, there's always Rainbow 2, which is supposed to hit in the first half of next year.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

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Inventec Rainbow marries traditional good looks with a Tegra heart of gold originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola Morrison engineering sketches emerge, has Android written all over it

Motorola Morrison engineering sketches emerge, has Android written all over it

Okay, so maybe there's not literally any text penciled in on these drawings, but if you've been looking for multiple angles of Motorola's sure-to-be-forthcoming Morrison, these are about as good as it gets. Not surprisingly, the design here seems pretty conventional; for all intents and purposes, it's just a QWERTY-packin', full touchscreen slider smartphone with all the makings of a sub-$100 (on contract) Android offering. Hit the read link if you're eager for more, and go on grab another handful of patience while you're at it.

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Motorola Morrison engineering sketches emerge, has Android written all over it originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Benq updates E-series monitors with auto-calibration sensor, fresh styling

Benq updates E-series monitors with auto-calibration sensor, fresh styling

Having recently refreshed its G-series of monitors, BenQ is back for more with an update to its pricier E-branded panels. The pair of new models come with the SensEye 3 auto-calibration sensor, which corrects contrast, color and clarity according to the mode you choose. Set for worldwide availability this month, the 21.5-inch E2220HD and 24-inch E2420HD both come with 1920 x 1080 resolution on 16:9 displays, 300 nits of brightness, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, and a "class-leading" 11 ports that include four USB, two HDMI, a DVI and a VGA input. The external redesign is highlighted by a side-mounted power button, sure to appeal to -- well, just about anyone. Click through for higher resolution shots, including a close-up of that Vaio TT-inspired button.

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Benq updates E-series monitors with auto-calibration sensor, fresh styling originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile's TouchPro2 spotted in the wild, $299 contract price bandied about

T-Mobile's TouchPro2 spotted in the wild, $299 contract price bandied about

Well, would you look at that? With just five days to go before T-Mobile becomes the first carrier here in the States to offer up HTC's Windows Mobile-equipped Touch Pro2, it seems the handset has found its way underneath an undiscriminating camera. There's also a shot or two in the gallery that portrays the tilting / sliding handset alongside Samsung's Behold, so be sure to give 'em all a good look as you look for spare pennies in the run-up to August 12th. Oh, speaking of which, we've also got good reason to believe that it'll launch for $299 on contract and $599 with no strings attached, so we hope you're kosher with sizable premiums.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

Gallery: T-Mobile's TouchPro 2 spotted in the wild, looking just like you thought it would

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Dell quietly launches trio of widescreen LCD monitors, waits for you to notice

Dell quietly launches trio of widescreen LCD monitors, waits for you to notice

As has annoyingly become the norm with Dell LCDs, the outfit has seemingly just thrown three new ones onto the world's platter tonight with nary a peep from its press line. Up first is the 23-inch ST2310 (shown above), a slick widescreen panel with a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution, narrow bezels, a curved rear, DVI / VGA / HDMI inputs, 250 nits of brightness, a useless 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, five millisecond response time and audio in /out ports for good measure. The 22-inch E2210H and 20-inch E2010H (shown after the break) both tout an all-business motif, with the former pushing a Full HD native resolution and the latter handling just 1,600 x 900 pixels. The whole trio looks to be available right now, with retail marks set at $229, $199 and $139 in order of mention.

Read - Dell ST2310 monitor [Via LogicBuy]
Read - Dell E2210H monitor [Via LogicBuy]
Read - Dell E2010H monitor [Via LogicBuy]

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Astak's $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle 'a run for its money'

Astak's $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle 'a run for its money'

Last we heard from Astak, it was quietly peddling some off-the-wall Mentor e-book reader based on a drab OEM model that every other no-name reader manufacturer uses. Now, however, it seems the company has a bit more pep in its step (though it's still copying others, this time the BeBook), as it has proudly proclaimed that the new 5-inch EZ Reader Pocket PRO is primed to "give Amazon's Kindle a run for its money." With Adobe's blessing, the device is able to support over 20 open file formats along with DRM-laced PDF files; also of note, a sure-to-be-controversial text-to-speech feature can read back documents aloud. The six-ounce device will be available in a half dozen hues, and within you'll find a 400MHz processor, 512MB of memory, an SD expansion slot, 8-level grayscale E-ink screen, a replaceable battery good for 8,000 page turns per charge and an MP3 player that can operate in the background. Sadly, no wireless connectivity is baked in, but the $199 price point is definitely tantalizing. Anyone looking to get in on a pre-order before it ships later this month?

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iRex readying wireless e-reader while Plastic Logic's own snags $299 price point

iRex readying wireless e-reader while Plastic Logic's own snags $299 price point

Who says the world stopped reading decades ago? With CES 2010 looming ever closer, it looks as if 2010 may end up being the year of the e-book reader. Amazon's got a few Kindles out, Sony's now vying to compete on price, Hearst is doing whatever it's doing, Plastic Logic is jumping in early next year and even iRex is purportedly hoping to issue a consumer-centric alternative. Speaking of those last two, we're hearing that Plastic Logic's long-awaited entrant into the e-book reading world will "be launched in the US at the beginning of next year at a similar price to the Kindle, which starts at $299," while a UK launch is expected in late 2010 or early 2011. As for iRex, the mockup you see above portrays a wireless device with an expansive 8.1-inch display, inbuitl 3G, a full touchscreen and a fall 2009 release date. 'Course, we're also hearing that this one will hover well above the $300 mark, so it's certainly not aimed at the budget-minded bookworms. So many syllables, so little time...

[Thanks, Tom]

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Read - Plastic Logic pricing

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