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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

drag2share: Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-k800-intel-medfield-smartphone-hands-on/

Well it looks like we have a surprise guest at Showstoppers tonight. Lenovo just dropped by with its just-announced K800 -- the first Intel-powered smartphone to see the light of day. The beastly 4.5-inch 720p device sample that the company had on-hand is running a highly modified version of Android, and while the interface may not look familiar, the overall app experience shouldn't be much different from what you're used to. The official spec list includes a 1.6GHz Intel Medfield processor, Android 2.3, a TFT display and an 8 megapixel camera with a maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200. For now, the K800 is compatible with WCDMA HSPA+ and was running on AT&T's 3G network -- there's no word of LTE on this version, which seems logical considering that the 4G network is a bit hard to come by in Lenovo's native China, where the device is expected to launch first. Naturally, there's also 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS connectivity. We'll be bringing you more on what's undoubtedly the hottest gadget of the evening in the days to come, but jump past the break for an early look at the world's first Medfield smartphone.

Gallery: Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on

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Update: With no access to Android Market, our benchmarking abilities were somewhat limited. We did manage to run SunSpider on the K800 though, which yielded a score of 1,971 -- just a hair faster than the 1,985 that we saw on the Galaxy Nexus.

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drag2share: Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/lenovo-ideacentre-a720-all-in-one-hands-on-video/

Lenovo announced the IdeaCentre A720 at CES: an all-in-one touchscreen desktop that transforms into a surface-like device by just pushing the display down. The 27-inch, 10-point multitouch display is a little bit wider than a finger and connects via a moveable armature to the base where the various ports are -- including HDMI in and out. The surface's response was still a little flaky, but with half a year ahead of them we hope Lenovo will nail it. Feel free to watch us play Pong with elastic bands and poke at bugs.

Gallery: Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one hands-on

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drag2share: FXI's Cotton Candy gets a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich and Ubuntu, we go hands-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/fxis-cotton-candy-gets-a-taste-of-ubuntu-we-go-hands-on/

This petite stick of USB-HDMI actually houses a ARM Corex A9 dual-core processor and is capable of running its own OS. But then, you knew that already, right? So what's new? Well, it's now capable of running both Android Ice Cream Sandwich and we've got Ubuntu running on the show floor. The dongle can connect to these operating systems through the USB connection and while Cotton Candy itself has no internal memory, it can all be stored on micro-SD. There's still the Ubuntu hiccups that are to be expected, but the prototype device still deals out a Firefox browser and the usual Ubuntu niceties. Marvel at Gingerbread-powered Angry Birds on a MacBook, or widescreen Ubuntu and ICS. They're all in our gallery after the break.

Gallery: FXI's Cotton Candy runs Ubuntu hands-on

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drag2share: Boxee Box Live TV dongle hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/boxee-box-live-tv-dongle-hands-on-video/

Boxee is here at Showstoppers, where they've put the Boxee Box Live TV dongle on full display. Initially announced back in November, this tool pipes coaxial signals through to a user's Boxee Box, allowing users to connect their antennas to a Box and stream select channels at no monthly fee. The system also features Facebook integration, allowing you to see what shows your friends are watching, with their profiles displayed under each show within the sidebar menu. It won't return search results for live TV programming, but Boxee is looking to incorporate this feature into future versions. The Boxee Box Live TV dongle is priced at $50, and should begin shipping by the third week of January. For more details, check out our full gallery below, followed by our hands-on video after the break.

Gallery: Boxee Box Live TV dongle hands-on

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Boxee Box Live TV dongle hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: BenQ brings XL2420T and XL2420TX gaming monitors to North America

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/benq-xl2420t-xl2420tx-gaming-monitors-to-north-america/

BenQ's XL2420T and XL2420TX gaming LCDs have been around the block a time or two, but the outfit's taking advantage of this week's Consumer Electronics Show to launch 'em both here in North America. The range is available across quite a few screen sizes (17-, 19-, 21.5-, 22-, 23- and 24-inch), with pricing hitting around the $500 to $600 mark. A bit pricey at first blush, but what'd you really expect for a monitor that's certified as NVIDIA 3D Vision 2-ready? Exactly.

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drag2share: Moboplay: allegedly the world's smallest 1080p media player... allegedly

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/moboplay-allegedly-the-worlds-smallest-1080p-media-player-a/

At only 60mm by 64mm the Moboplay from HSTi is impressively tiny. Even more impressive is that this diminutive package is able to playback full 1080p video, in a variety of formats, on your TV via HDMI. There's a USB port and an SD card slot up front for loading media from, but you can also plug in the company's Wireless Media Stick for streaming videos straight from your phone, tablet, NAS or other connected device. Check out the gallery below.

Gallery: Moboplay

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drag2share: Microvision PicoMagic touch interactive projector eyes-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/microvision-picomagic-touch-interactive-projector-eyes-on/

We're often resistant to pico-projectors purely because we've been there, you know? That's why this interactive kit from Microvision is so special. We took a quick look at the prototype of the forthcoming Touch Interactive projector, which senses the interruption pattern of its laser light (think: radar) in order to calculate where you're controlling the device. It makes gesture-based presentation capable without the sort of complicated Kinect setup we've shown you before and, if it works as well outside of the demo environment, (due to arrive at the end of this year) then we'd be pretty impressed with the results. Take a look at the very short video (it's a limited demo at this point) that we've got for you after the break.

Gallery: Microvision PicoVision Touch Interactive Eyes-On

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Microvision PicoMagic touch interactive projector eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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drag2share: Hands-on with Verizon Novatel MiFi 4620L Jetpack (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/hands-on-with-verizon-novatel-mifi-4620l-jetpack-video/

We just got hands-on with one of Verizon's JetPacks, the Novatel MiFi 4620L. At about the same size and thickness as previous endeavors, the quad-band 4G LTE unit boasts a gimmicky OLED display that apparently makes interfacing with the unit easier. We weren't convinced, but we did like its removable 1500mAh battery, which can be swapped for a more potent (but not included) 3000mAh unit. Its final party trick is the ability to relay location coordinates over WiFi to up to 10 devices (like say a tablet) that support GPS streaming. We couldn't get the Novatel rep on hand to confirm pricing or availability, but we got the sense this little guy will ship soon.

Gallery: Hands-on with Novatel's Jetpack MiFi 4620L

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drag2share: Polaroid SC1630 Android HD smart camera hands-on, is it a cameraphone or a phonecamera?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/polaroid-sc1630-android-hd-hands-on-is-it-a-cameraphone-or-a-ph/

The camera modules in smartphones continually improve, and these days there are phones like the iPhone 4S and the Nokia N9 who can take snapshots as good -- and sometimes better -- than point-and-shoots. Polaroid's known for making cameras, but its newest device, a rebrand of the Aigo A8 we saw at CES last year, flips the script by taking a 16 megapixel point-and-shoot and shoving an Android phone inside.

The Polaroid version's called the SC1630 Android HD Smart Camera, and its packed with 850/1900/2100MHz WCDMA and 850/900/1800/1900 GSM radios, along with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and an FM antenna thrown in for good measure. The SC1630 sports an 800 x 400 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, while underneath there's 512MB of built-in storage and 512MB of RAM, along with proximity and G-sensors, micro SIM slot, Micro USB and a 2.5mm headphone jack. As we said above, the camera is a 16 megapixel unit, with aperture of F3.1 - F5.6, 3X optical zoom and 5X digital zoom, a max shutter speed of 1/1400 and ISO tops out at 3200. It's got geotagging and anti-shake support as well, and can shoot videos in 720p. Scheduled to arrive in April for $299, the device still has a few kinks to be worked out and there may be some changes to that hardware before it makes it to market. Here at CES 2012, we got a chance to lay hands on the phone and speak with Emanuel Verona, Polaroid's Executive VP and COO about the company's first Android offering, so read on past the break for our impressions and his thoughts.

Gallery: Polaroid SC1630 Android HD Smart Camera hands-on