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Friday, March 05, 2010

Phantom Camera. 1000 Frames Per Second. Scary People. Dogs. [Digital Camcorder]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/nVmyRU787ks/phantom-camera-1000-frames-per-second-scary-people-dogs

Seriously, nothing shows better the power of the 1000fps Phantom camera than a scary masked man cracking a watermelon open with a baseball bat. But it freaks me out. Now I need some dogs catching treats.

These Phantoms are amazing. What would you film if you had one of them? [Barzart]

enTourage eDGe Dualbook Reviewed: Half eReader, Half Netbook Not Quite There Yet [Tablets]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/956nVl2cuBI/entourage-edge-dualbook-reviewed-half-ereader-half-netbook-not-quite-there-yet

enTourage eDGe Dualbook Reviewed: Half eReader, Half Netbook Not Quite There Yet The innovative, if slightly bonkers, enTourage eDGe has been reviewed by Laptop, and as I suspected they had a few issues with the design. They found the half ereader, half netbook too heavy, with the number of options overwhelming.

Part of the lure to a dualbook like the eDGe is that it's got so many features—but it sounds like enTourage has been too generous here, with Laptop pointing out that "it's overkill for consumers mainly interested in surfing the Web, or simply reading eBooks."

There are only 200,000 titles in enTourage's ebook store, with only around half of them being best-sellers. It does have access to over 1 million of the Google Books, but there are no newspapers or magazines available just yet either.

Ultimately, Laptop seemed pleased with the dualbook, awarding it three out of five stars, but slight issues with the resistive touchscreen, fast-draining battery, and limited app store options made them conclude it's probably best to wait until the next version—or at least until enTourage has a more polished offering. [Laptop]

Android Game Vacuum Pays Out In Cold, Hard Cash [Android]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/kvu5yLgUh6E/android-game-vacuum-pays-out-in-cold-hard-cash

Android Game Vacuum Pays Out In Cold, Hard Cash Ask any gambler, and they'll say there's no point in playing unless there's money to be made. Winning points—it's fun, but child's play. Vacuum is billing itself as being the first Android game to offer cash prizes.

It was a finalist in the Android Developer Challenge, finishing in the top 20 for arcade and action games, but under a different name. It's essentially a racing game in a never-ending tunnel (sounds like most of my bad dreams, if I'm honest), but if you do well, there's a chance you can win some actual money from the developers.

They haven't said exactly how much will be on the table, but the first competition will start on April the 1st (maybe it's all a big April Fool's joke?), with the app hitting the Market on March 20th so you've got a few days of practice up your sleeve. [Door-6 via AndroidandMe]

ASUS O! Play HD2 spotted, spec'd, explained

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/asus-o-play-hd2-spotted-specd-explained/

While we weren't able to see the "wealth of cloud infotainment" touted in the official release, we did get a chance on the CeBIT show floor to see up close and personal ASUS' new O!Play HD2 media server. The design's a beaut and it's actually quite small in form factor. As for precisely what's running under its hood, the local ASUS rep was pretty mum -- what we do know is that it's HDMI 1.3 compliant and also boasts Composite / Component / Optical outputs and USB 2.0 / eSATA inputs, card readers for CF, SD, and Memory Stick, and that coveted USB 3.0 PC link. We'll try to dig deeper on a return trip, but in the meantime, check out our images and video below!

Gallery: ASUS O! Play HD2 hands-on

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Mio's Tegra-powered Moov V780 puts maps, 720p video, and the interwebs on dashboards

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/mios-tegra-powered-moov-v780-puts-maps-720p-video-and-the-int/

We're not suggesting playing a 720p vid while at the wheel, but Mio's Moov V780 -- or "premium PND," as they call it -- sure is a jack of all trades. We spent sometime playing around with the 7-inch tablet at the company's CeBIT press conference and came away surprisingly impressed with the entire experience. It's tapered edges and smooth plastic back remind us a lot of the Dell Mini 5, though Mio's gone with a NVIDIA Tegra chip (we were told Tegra 2, but our friends at jkkmobile sneaked a peak at the device's console and discovered it was apparnetly rocking the progenitor Tegra chip, at least on the show floor) and created a nice 3D user interface on top of Windows CE. Though it doesn't support multitouch, the capacitive screen made flicking through the coverflow-like interface a breeze and the virtual keyboard was a pleasure -- those who wish to use the device to fire off e-mails can always pick up the carrying case pictured above. So yes, overall we definitely like the Moov V780 and its Internet tablet/PND capabilities... but not enough to pay the 599 euros the company expects to sell it for. Perhaps the video below will convince you, but for now we'll be waiting for this one to drop in price when it starts shipping this summer.

Gallery: Mio Moov V780 hands-on