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  • NTT DoCoMo, KDDI launch their endless Summer 2010 collections

    NTT DoCoMo, KDDI launch their endless Summer 2010 collections

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Surprise: Japanese carriers are announcing literally dozens of phones at once. Okay, look, that's not a surprise at all, but bear with us, because there are a few shining jewels in here amongst the seemingly endless array of WVGA displays and one-seg tuners from NTT DoCoMo and KDDI au, both of whom have announced their Summer 2010 collections of handsets this week. Of note, two of the models from DoCoMo -- the Fujitsu F-06B and Sharp SH-07B are capable of shooting 1080p video, while KDDI's SH008 from Sharp, S003 from Sony Ericsson, and CA005 from Casio all feature sensors of 12 megapixels or larger. Several of the devices can also be used as WiFi hotspots, and Hitachi's trick Beskey for KDDI has interchangeable keypads that change the shape of the keys, not the layout -- a bit superficial, perhaps, but we're all about choice. DoCoMo is also launching a handful of smartphones: the Lynx SH-10B from Sharp (not to be confused with the old Atari handheld of the same name) that features Android atop a 5-inch touchscreen, Toshiba's 4.1-inch T-01B Dynapocket with WinMo, and RIM's plain old BlackBerry Bold 9700. Don't get us wrong, it's still quite a haul, but we can't help but feel that the gap between Japan's wireless scene and the rest of the world is closing fast.

    NTT DoCoMo, KDDI launch their endless Summer 2010 collections originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 19 May 2010 00:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Atari and Cryptic anger the people who bought Star Trek Online at launch

    Atari and Cryptic anger the people who bought Star Trek Online at launch

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember Star Trek Online? Yeah, it came out waaaaay back on February 2nd of 2010. Well, it's Cryptic's game, but it's published by Atari, and since there maybe hasn't been the level of interest everyone was looking for, they are running a sale. It's a pretty good deal too, since you get the game for $10 off (which isn't so bad) and you an additional 60 days of free gameplay (which is the frustrating part). That's a total of 90 days of free play, including the 30 days that come with the purchase of the game. That seems really unfair to the players who pre-ordered or bought the game when it first came out.

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  • Relive the early days of gaming with this 1983 review of Frogger for Atari

    Relive the early days of gaming with this 1983 review of Frogger for Atari

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh how we love the Internet. This review of the now-classic Frogger was first published in issue number 24 of Compute! in 1983. It's a fantastic look back to the simple times when Atari ruled the gaming world.

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  • Cellphone inventor says they’ve become ‘too complicated,’ rock-n-roll too loud

    Cellphone inventor says they’ve become ‘too complicated,’ rock-n-roll too loud

    Posted on November 6, 2009 | No Comments

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    You know that smartphone you love, that ultimate expression of handheld convergence that some would call a mobile computer? It's crap. Or so says octogenarian, Martin Cooper, former lead engineer at Motorola said to have invented the handheld cellphone -- really, his name is on the "Radio telephone system" patent and he's credited with making the very first private handheld cellphone call from a busy New York City street on April 3rd, 1973. Well Marty doesn't like those newfangled handsets. In fact, according to our sterling Mr. Cooper, "Our future I think is a number of specialist devices that focus on one thing that will improve our lives." Words uttered this week during a conference in Madrid. Imagine it: a future where we carry a portable radio, film camera, wind-up watch, Kaypro luggable computer, HP calculator, and Atari handheld... oh wait, that was the eighties.

    Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • R2D2 features 8 consoles, projector

    R2D2 features 8 consoles, projector

    Posted on September 23, 2009 | No Comments
    And here we see one of the most useful implementations of an astromech droid to date. Modder Brian De Vitis gutted a novelty R2D2 beverage cooler and somehow managed to stuff eight old-school consoles inside. And – AND! – there’s a built-in projector. Very nice.

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  • 8-bit Trip: Stop-motion LEGO + Nostalgia + Chiptune

    8-bit Trip: Stop-motion LEGO + Nostalgia + Chiptune

    Posted on August 23, 2009 | No Comments
    If this video doesn’t warm the swollen-shut cockles of your adult heart, then you didn’t grow up in the eighties. I, for one, was awash in a sea of Atari, NES, LEGO, and Pac-Man. The stop-motion footage in this video apparently took 1500 hours to put together, which is pretty amazing considering the final product [...]

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  • Old-timey grenade-shaped Atari controller brings us back

    Old-timey grenade-shaped Atari controller brings us back

    Posted on August 14, 2009 | No Comments
    If the action couldn't happen on screen then it surely could happen off screen. This odd, made-in-Denmark controller was called the Terminator and was shaped like a very realistic grenade - complete with pin. I remember the old style "stick" controllers with the triangular head so I guess this is similar. You'd hold this in your hand and move the top with your thumb. Sadly you'd also probably look like you were ready to blow up the computer lab, a sad side effect of these frightened times.

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  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game demo now available (Xbox 360)

    Ghostbusters: The Video Game demo now available (Xbox 360)

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Yahtzee may not have liked it, but here’s your chance to find out! The demo from Atari is now available for the Xbox 360. Game Demo via Larry

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  • Good Times (get it?): Clocks made from Atari cartridges

    Good Times (get it?): Clocks made from Atari cartridges

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    atariCombine your longing for the good old days of early video gaming with your obsessive need to be on time, and you've got yourself a series of clocks made from old Atari cartridges selling for $20 apiece.

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