Clarification Archive

  • X-Tube: Hanwa’s USB dongle makes PCs DTS-compatible

    X-Tube: Hanwa’s USB dongle makes PCs DTS-compatible

    Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Vacuum tubes are usually used in tube or valve amplifiers (electronic amplifiers) to boost the power of a signal. The technology has been around for decades, and vacuum tubes seem to be pretty enough for Hanwa Japan to announce [JP] the X-Tube today, a USB dongle that looks like one of those tubes and allows you to upgrade your computer with DTS sound.

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  • Google’s Nexus One lacks multitouch

    Google’s Nexus One lacks multitouch

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Our buddy Tnkgrl just had a sit down with Google and HTC's lovedroid, the Nexus One. She "wasn't allowed" to take pictures or video but she came away with plenty of detail. The biggest point of clarification might not be what's included in the handset, but what's missing: multitouch. She confirms, "no multitouch support in the browser or in Google Maps," just like Verizon's Droid (but available on its European Milestone brother). The unit she tested included a 4GB microSD card, 1400mAh battery, worked on T-Mobile's 3G only (AT&T is limited to EDGE data), and was "super snappy! Faster than the Droid." She also noted "gold contacts" along the bottom edge presumably for a docking port thus jibing with whispers of a Nexus One Car Dock accessory. Now hit the read link for all the details if you still have the strength.

    P.S. We should probably clarify that while the Google Apps tested don't respond to multitouch, the OS and hardware are presumably multitouch capable. See our previous exhaustive analysis of this topic if you're wondering why.

    Google's Nexus One lacks multitouch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Ericsson’s Satio gets new firmware but not yet back on sale, Aino never affected

    Sony Ericsson’s Satio gets new firmware but not yet back on sale, Aino never affected

    Posted on December 1, 2009 | No Comments
    We've got an old-fashioned Sony Ericsson-gate developing this winter with some clarification and new information on two of the company's highest-end phones of the season, the Aino and Symbian-powered Satio. First up, as we've updated in our original post, the Aino was never pulled from shelves -- we've been able to confirm this with Sony Ericsson spokespeople directly, which also satisfactorily explains why it was never pulled from the US SonyStyle site. Secondly, good news for Satio owners affected by the phone's issues: there's a new firmware out there for unbranded units, which suggests that units that are already in the field might not need to be recalled despite Sony Ericsson's admission that the power-down problem can't be fixed over the air. For what it's worth, we've been in touch with Carphone Warehouse today and they haven't yet put it back on sale -- so it's hard to say just how closely related the new build is to the most damning problems facing the phone right now. Owners who've upgraded: what have you noticed so far?

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    Sony Ericsson's Satio gets new firmware but not yet back on sale, Aino never affected originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sprint Drops Call Forwarding Fees With Google Voice In Mind

    Sprint Drops Call Forwarding Fees With Google Voice In Mind

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    As the endless brouhaha ringing from all corners of the Internet has proven, AT&T (or Apple, or whoever takes the blame in the end) really dropped the ball on this Google Voice thing. Whether it was rejected outright or shelved indefinitely, competing parties have been quick to play on their delays. First, Palm essentially put third-party [...]

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  • HP prettifies Mini 110 with three-dimensional design by Tord Boontje

    HP prettifies Mini 110 with three-dimensional design by Tord Boontje

    Posted on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
      If you follow the Dutch design scene as closely as I do, you’ll be thrilled to hear that the one and only Studio Tord Boontje has created “the industry’s first three-dimensional PC surface technology” and worked it into HP’s Mini 110 netbook line. Okay, I’ll admit that I don’t actually follow the Dutch design scene as [...]

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  • Flip camcorder, iPod nano video quality compared

    Flip camcorder, iPod nano video quality compared

    Posted on September 13, 2009 | No Comments
    The folks over at NewTeeVee took the “Flip SD,” as they called it – no real clarification if it was the bigger Flip Ultra or smaller Flip Mino camcorder – and did a side-by-side video quality comparison against the new iPod nano. You’ll recall that during the Apple presentation last Wednesday, Jobs and company took [...]

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  • RIM CEO: “SurePress is here to stay”

    RIM CEO: “SurePress is here to stay”

    Posted on May 27, 2009 | No Comments

    In a scandalous, but not entirely shocking turn of events, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis has declared from the stage of D7 in no uncertain terms that "SurePress is here to stay." The trouble is, there's no clarification of what he means by that, since the Storm 2 we've been toying with quite obviously lacks a click-screen mechanism. Our best shot-in-the-dark guess is that RIM has developed some alternative to a physical click that may or may not duplicate the functionality adequately, while hopefully removing some of the frustration experienced by the physical click of the Storm. What is clear is that apparently whatever face-saving technology that turns out to be, Mike and co. plan on calling it SurePress.

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    RIM CEO: "SurePress is here to stay" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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