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  • Sony Ericsson’s Cedar, Yendo are official: candybar and an Android-free X10 mini clone

    Sony Ericsson’s Cedar, Yendo are official: candybar and an Android-free X10 mini clone

    If the phone on the left looks familiar, it should -- it looks a heck of a lot like the Android-powered X10 mini, sharing the 2.6-inch touchscreen and some of its UI cues -- but alas, this bad boy isn't running Android. Instead, Sony Ericsson is branding this fairly low-end dumbphone as the rumored Yendo with Walkman branding, a 2 megapixel cam, and FM radio; interestingly, it lacks 3G, instead offering one of two dual-band GSM / EDGE choices in ten colors. On the right, you've got the Cedar, bringing back what's quickly become a dying form factor as of late -- the simple candybar -- with a 2 megapixel cam and VGA video capture at 30fps, 3G, a 2.2-inch display, and 3.5mm headphone jack available either in black with silver accents or red accents. Both will be available in the third quarter, though the Yendo has been slapped with the "selected markets" label, so we suspect it'll be the harder to find of the two.

    Sony Ericsson's Cedar, Yendo are official: candybar and an Android-free X10 mini clone originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Ceramic seed grenade calls chia pet a wuss

    Ceramic seed grenade calls chia pet a wuss

    My wife loves to grow flowers. It's difficult here in Nevada, and I'm usually a little less then supportive of her projects (I get really tired of trays of plants strewn throughout the house in the early spring). Here however, is a seed distribution device I can get behind.

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  • mTouch: An affordable multi-touch web table

    mTouch: An affordable multi-touch web table

    It's hard out here at Disrupt for gadget geeks, but we just got lucky. Merel Technologies is showing off a very cool multi-touch web table that uses gesture recognition, object recognition, and multi-user multi-touch to create a new way to interact with media and kiosk apps. The best thing? It costs $3,200 for the 32-inch model and $4,200 for the 42-incher and they're available now. The table is made by Merel Technologies in New York and it uses a stacked multi-touch layer along with an LCD TV to display the interface. A built-in PC runs the whole thing and you can tear it down to create a coffee-table sized device. You can also customize colors. Click through for our hands-on video.

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  • Dell Streak official: exclusive to O2 UK (update: launches on June 4)

    Dell Streak official: exclusive to O2 UK (update: launches on June 4)

    Let's all feign surprise now, as Dell has just gone official with its worst kept, though perhaps sexiest, secret ever. The former Mini 5 has been christened the Streak and is launching at the beginning of next month. The UK will be getting the first bite at this cherry, with the rest of Europe following soon thereafter and the US a disappointingly distant third with a launch "later this summer." If you've been living under a (Round) Rock, this is Dell's big foray into the smartphone market: a 5-inch supersized Android handset, housing a 1GHz Snapdragon, a 5 megapixel cam, 16GB of built-in memory (expandable to 48GB via MicroSD) and a customized UI. Curiously, Dell's opting to market the Streak as "the ultimate portable tablet pc" and would prefer that this device, albeit fully equipped to carry out cellular calls like a phone, not be called a smartphone.

    We got a chance to play with it during a briefing in London recently, and frankly, aside from the snazzier paintjob, there's nothing new to report. Just like the prototype unit we've previewed to exhaustion, the device on hand was running Android 1.6 and Dell's skinning team hadn't yet laid on the goodies that we've been promised. The battery is the same 1,530mAh cell as before, and we even managed to get the browser to crash in the exact same fashion that our own Streak exhibits on occasion. Now that's consistency. We're not being told the specific Android version that the Streak will ship with, but a couple of flavors are being mulled over right now. Till we get more info, we suggest sitting back, relaxing, and perusing the gallery below for the roaring red number that's currently on show. It won't be available at launch -- you can have any color so long as it's black -- but "a range of colors and designs" will swiftly follow to sate any aesthetic concerns. Video and full press release after the break.

    Update: The Carphone Warehouse listing for the Streak shows Android 1.6 as the OS with an "OTA upgrade available soon." Pair that with word direct from Dell that Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1 are coming "later this year," and you can connect your own dots [Thanks, Azza].

    Update 2: O2's website now has a precise date for us: June 4.

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    Dell Streak official: exclusive to O2 UK (update: launches on June 4) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 May 2010 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile getting fuchsia BlackBerry 8520 on May 19?

    T-Mobile getting fuchsia BlackBerry 8520 on May 19?

    If this rumor came true, it'd be just about the least shocking phone-related event in recent memory; both RIM and T-Mobile have reputations for releasing devices in multiple colors, and the Curve 8500 series is no exception. Anyhow, the story goes that T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be graced with a third color -- fuchsia, which doesn't look nearly as shocking as it sounds -- on May 19, joining the black and white versions already available in the lineup. We'd probably still take a Bold 9700 over this, but you know what the 8520 has that the 9700 doesn't? A fuchsia version, that's what.

    T-Mobile getting fuchsia BlackBerry 8520 on May 19? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 May 2010 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The AERIAL7 Phoenix cans mixes DJ functionality with iPhone compatibility

    The AERIAL7 Phoenix cans mixes DJ functionality with iPhone compatibility

    If you are looking to get a little more “Boom Boom Pow” sound and “Ouu Ouu Oww” styling from your iPhone headphones, Aerial7’s new Phoenix headphones are ready to soup your earholes. The new Phoenix line has all the comfortable padding and quality drivers (44mm) of modern on-ear speakers in addition to an urban range of colors and some nice practical features.

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  • Nokia wants you to make an Ovi app out of your Twitter feed, launches Ovi App Wizard

    Nokia wants you to make an Ovi app out of your Twitter feed, launches Ovi App Wizard

    To anyone who’s ever written a line of code, pre-canned/auto-generated apps are the scourge of the App Store world. For anyone who just wants to be able to say “Me? There’s an app for that! LOL!” without having to dedicate their lives to waging war against semi-colons and pouring through documentation, however, they’re a god [...]

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  • Marvin M103: A crazy cheap automatic chronograph

    Marvin M103: A crazy cheap automatic chronograph

    I haven't written about Marvin yet but these guys make some striking, classic pieces at prices that are actually astounding. Take this <A HREF="">old girl here, the M103. This is a Valjoux 7750 chrono movement with day and date register and it costs $1,790. This is the same movement that is in almost every watch you see out there including a lot of the stratospheric $6000+ brands. The watches are assembled in Switzerland and shipped out of the U.S.A.

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  • Duroflash LED road lights effectively replace flares

    Duroflash LED road lights effectively replace flares

    Forget about roadside flares. You don't need them anymore now that there's a gadget that can do the same thing. The Duroflash LEDs are simple little lights that do the same job but better. They're waterproof, super bright, available in several colors, and can support up to 20,000 lbs. But they're a bit pricey, and so chances are you're not going to see your local police officers using these if there are budget issues. Each one is $180. Yeah, pricey. But at least their storage case doubles as a recharging station. Simply take one out and it turns on. Plug it back in, it turns off and resumes recharging. That's nifty, but the high starting price might make some companies resistant at first. Click through for a quick video demo.

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  • The 4 signs your HDTV isn’t properly configured

    The 4 signs your HDTV isn’t properly configured

    HDTV is probably the greatest thing to ever happen to the human race. It’s too bad then that a lot of us are ignorantly watching poorly set-up HDTVs. You owe it to yourself to ensure that you’re getting every ounce of enjoyment out of your expensive boob tube. There are a few common problems HDTV owners face [...]

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  • Leaked: HTC Incredible caught in its Verizon colors, specs confirmed

    Leaked: HTC Incredible caught in its Verizon colors, specs confirmed

    Verizon's not going to be too happy about this one. From everyone we've spoken to, they really wanted to keep details surrounding the Android-powered HTC Incredible underwraps for a while longer. That's understandable, given that the Incredible blows their current flagship Android device, the Motorola Droid, to smithereens on just about every count. Alas, all it takes is one device to slip into the wrong hands -- and fortunately for us, it has! A bunch of new shots of the HTC Incredible (with brand new, Verizon-brand-friendly colors) have just leaked out, and a gaggle of spec details came with it.

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  • Adobe releases Photoshop.com Mobile editor for Android developers

    Adobe releases Photoshop.com Mobile editor for Android developers

    Adobe this morning announced that third-party developers now have access to the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor, allowing them to make it a part of their applications. The news comes four months after the company released Photoshop.com Mobile for Android, enabling users to easily edit and share their photos. That app got an upgrade, too. Amusingly, Adobe also takes a bit of a swing at Apple for not being able to provide such tools to iPhone app developers.

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  • The long wait for a toilet speaker is over

    The long wait for a toilet speaker is over

    A tiny speaker shaped like a toilet may already exist but the thought of searching Google for “USB Toilet Speaker” just makes me want to crawl back into bed. It’d be a new low for my career. Oh, who am I kidding? I just searched and it already exists. In several colors, even.

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  • Full Metal Case: Exovault billet

    Full Metal Case: Exovault billet

    According to Answers.com, a billet is "a small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture" or "a small ingot of nonferrous metal." I didn't know that. I also didn't know that you could get an iPhone case crafted out of such a material. But the Internet, my friends, holds many wonderful secrets. And you can, in fact, get a beautiful metal iPhone case manufactured out of brass or aluminum.

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  • New NEC chip helps make cell phone displays viewable outdoors, saves power

    New NEC chip helps make cell phone displays viewable outdoors, saves power

    If you've ever got upset about not being able to view what your cell phone screen displays while you are outside your house, NEC's new color-compensation chip is probably good news for you. The chip, which is specifically made for LCDs for mobile phones, helps to make them easier to view in bright outdoor settings.

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