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  • iPod Touch 4G Comes to Life

    Posted on September 7, 2010 | No Comments
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  • The Parrot AR.Drone iPhone-controlled drone finally gets a price

    The Parrot AR.Drone iPhone-controlled drone finally gets a price

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    The Parrot AR.Drone might be the coolest iPhone accessory ever made. It's a four-propeller drone equipped with two cameras controlled by the movement of an iPhone. But is it worth it's $300 price tag? Yeah, it actually is. We played around with it at CES and have to say that it's an awesome device with so much potential for fun and profit.

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  • Morpho Smart Select: New image software selects best shots automatically

    Morpho Smart Select: New image software selects best shots automatically

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan-based Morpho announced [JP, PDF] "Morpho Smart Select" today, a piece of software that makes it possible to pick the best shot out of a set of pictures taken with a digital camera. Morpho Smart Select makes the decision based on a number of different factors, including color contrast, position of the object or person in the image, the smile of a person and focus.

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  • Murata develops world’s first waterproof, ultra-thin piezoelectric speakers

    Murata develops world’s first waterproof, ultra-thin piezoelectric speakers

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Kyoto-based Murata has developed the world's first piezoelectric speaker that not only is waterproof but also ultra-thin (0.9mm). The devices are meant to be mainly used with mobile phones, which makes sense, given that almost 25% of the 50 latest cell phones released (on the Japanese market, at least) are actually waterproof.

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  • By The Numbers: The iPhone 4 vs EVO 4G

    By The Numbers: The iPhone 4 vs EVO 4G

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    The Android vs iPhone fight is officially on. The EVO 4G fired the first shot last Friday when it launched nationwide on Sprint. The Android nation rallied behind the 4G super phone, which finally gave them a reason to be proud of their mobile platform of choice. They loudly pointed out all the EVO 4G's iPhone-killing specs: huge 4.3-inch screen, 4G hotspot mode, dual cameras, and cheap mobile plans. But the new iPhone is finally official after months of leaks and it's ready to fight although it's not exactly fair. The fourth generation iPhone isn't just going up against one phone. Nope, the EVO 4G is just Android's flavor of the month. A more powerful and sexy Android handset will likely steal its attention by the end of the summer and the iPhone 4 will have to stand against that model as well. Here we are anyway, though. It's time to let the two hottest phones on the planet stand toe-to-toe on specs and capabilities. Forget the user experience and all that nonsense. This is about screen resolution, network access, megapixels and all the fun stuff that forum users will be spouting off about for months.

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  • Steve Jobs makes a video call

    Steve Jobs makes a video call

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    The future has officially arrived, ladies and gentlemen: El Steve just made a video call to Jony Ive as part of his famous "One more thing" sequence of the Apple WWDC.

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  • FaceTime video calling added to iPhone 4… and it’s WiFi-only

    FaceTime video calling added to iPhone 4… and it’s WiFi-only

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
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    Digg this!That front-facing camera on the new iPhone 4 and a flood of leaks were a dead giveaway -- the new FaceTime app brings video calling to the iPhone. Unfortunately, it's WiFi-only at the moment, as Steve says Apple needs to work with carriers to support it on 3G. The FaceTime app is pretty cool -- you can flip the image between the front and rear cameras and between portrait and landscape orientation, and the video call system is built on open standards like SIP, H.264, and AAC so it'll work with other video calling apps as well.


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    FaceTime video calling added to iPhone 4... and it's WiFi-only originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sprint officially kicks off sales of the HTC EVO 4G

    Sprint officially kicks off sales of the HTC EVO 4G

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    "History will be made across the nation as anxious customers get their hands on America’s first 3G/4G wireless phone, HTC EVO 4G, packed with industry-leading features." A little over the top right there, but anyway: you can now purchase the HTC EVO 4G at Sprint.com, Sprint retail stores, at RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart. The device sells for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new line activation or upgrade.

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  • Keepin’ it real fake: N8 available now, only not from Nokia

    Keepin’ it real fake: N8 available now, only not from Nokia

    Posted on May 30, 2010 | No Comments
    Well, it was bound to happen: a flagship device released as a KIRF (for the second time) well ahead of its official launch. Unfortunately, that's what happens when you delay a product that already leaked months in advance. The $99.20 "N8-00" might share its name and stylings with Nokia's imminent Symbian flagship but that's where the similarities end. This Chinese N8 packs a 3.3-inch touchscreen (resistive, no doubt), a quad-band GSM radio, pair of VGA cameras (ha!), 2GB of MicroSD blah blah blah... hey, let's be honest, the specs don't really matter do they? This "Nseries" device, like all KIRFs, will be sold to poseurs who want to look the part before quickly discarding it for the next trend. Picture of the backside after the break.

    [Thanks, Arnout and everyone who sent this in]

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    Keepin' it real fake: N8 available now, only not from Nokia originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 May 2010 06:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • UPenn students invent Manhacks

    UPenn students invent Manhacks

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Sweet Jupiter’s Loins! Look at this thing. It’s a quad rotor flyer with 20 independent cameras designed to blow through windows and sneak around tight spaces nary a whisper. I’m not sure what’s scarier – the device itself or the sounds it makes. The folks at the GRASP Lab at Penn created this robot. You may [...]

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  • Ask Engadget: best smartphone without a camera?

    Ask Engadget: best smartphone without a camera?

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from James' best bud, who would love to own an EVO 4G... if not for that 8 megapixel camera that's strictly against protocol. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
    "I have a friend who's taken a job in a security field and the employer doesn't allow cameras on cellphones. He's currently happy with an iPhone 3GS and would definitely consider an Android device but is having trouble finding a decent phone with no camera. The only caveat is that for whatever reason he doesn't want a BlackBerry. Does anyone else make a decent smartphone sans camera? Thanks!"
    This is a fairly common question, actually, and despite the fact that few phones are made any more sans a camera, many organizations refuse to allow them. We'd hate for your friend be stuck with a dumbphone, so here's hoping our readers can drop some knowledge below. Otherwise, we suggest he / she just mail in a two-week notice -- Sent from their iPhone, of course.

    Ask Engadget: best smartphone without a camera? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 22:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nikon D4x concept looks boxy, unlikely

    Nikon D4x concept looks boxy, unlikely

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Nikon's next generation D4x should be arriving in the next year or so, and it's always fun to speculate what it will look like. I doubt this is even close, honestly. It is fun to see what industrial designers can come up with when they play though. Keep in mind this is not a actual Nikon design, but rather a speculation on what direction they could go in.

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  • The PSP 2 will be ‘[expletive] powerful’

    The PSP 2 will be ‘[expletive] powerful’

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    There will be a PSP 2. No, not some sort of halfway sequel, à la the PSP Go, but an actual, holy smokes PSP 2. That's the rumor, and you'd have to assume that's the case. But the specifics of the rumor, today's incarnation of the rumor, that is, is that the device will be "[expletive] powerful." That's pretty powerful!

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  • Video: Sony’s NEX3 and NEX5 up and close

    Video: Sony’s NEX3 and NEX5 up and close

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    We've spent a couple of posts covering Sony's new flagship digi-cams NEX3 and NEX5 in the last days, but now we have a good video that not only summarizes the main features again but also shows the cameras actually being used. And you can catch a glimpse of the cool-looking HD camcorder mock-up we covered yesterday, too.

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  • The official Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 commercial shows off the dummy proof interface

    The official Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 commercial shows off the dummy proof interface

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    There's no doubt that the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 are hot cameras. They mate interchangeable lens with a very slim body that houses a low-noise 14.2MP sensor. But apparently the user interface has been reworked to be a lot more user friendly. We first got wind of this yesterday when the NEX-3 leaked, but now the official commercial gives us a quick taste of the interface. (0:15 mark) We definitely like what we're seeing. This camera is bound to be the coolest kid in school.

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