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  • Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    If you needed more proof that touchscreens are becoming ubiquitous, look at these new vending machines Coca Cola is planning to set up in all over Japan by year-end. They feature 46-inch LCD touch panels (1m high, 57cm wide) instead of buttons or knobs.

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  • Microsoft’s Oprah moment: You’re all getting Xboxes

    Microsoft’s Oprah moment: You’re all getting Xboxes

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Although there was plenty of news coming out of Microsoft today, the most interesting move is their decision to begin shipping the brand new XBox - it's basically the old XBox with 802.11n Wi-Fi, a 250GB hard drive, and Kinect support - the same week they announced it. It's not quite same day, but it's close. However, another treat came when they announced all the media at their press event will be getting XBox 360s immediately and that they would be showing up at their domiciles and places of business posthaste. These sort of giveaways are common at developer events (well, actually just Google IO) and I suspect they'll become more popular in the coming months. Gear is so cheap to build and ship that it almost makes sense to blanket the evangelists with it. Whereas the old model of "selective releases" works for some products - Apple, in particular excels at this - the XBox team is dealing with an entrenched base of hardware users who will be loathe to swap out their old XBox, provided they're not RRODed. Update: Now with video!

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  • Poll: Will you buy the new Xbox 360?

    Poll: Will you buy the new Xbox 360?

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    It's slim, it's black, and it's Kinect compatible (whatever that means.) But will you shell out another $300 or so for the new model? I probably will, mostly because my XBoxen are all dead.

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  • Motorola Droid 2 fully exposed?

    Motorola Droid 2 fully exposed?

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    And finally, the puzzle pieces are coming together. There's been a lot of confusion the past few weeks about these two new models for Verizon in Motorola's pipeline, but by all accounts, this seems to be the A955 Droid 2 in its entirety -- the true successor to the original Droid, of course, and a distinctly different product than the more slate-like Xtreme. It looks like Moto has killed off the Droid's major pain points, giving the new model a more tactile keyboard and eliminating the nearly useless d-pad; the shiny bezel around the top half is a matter of personal opinion, but we don't think we mind it from the blurry shots we've seen.

    As specs go, we're looking at a faster 750MHz OMAP core -- probably similar to the 720MHz silicon quoted in the XT720's data -- along with a 3.7-inch display, 8GB of internal storage paired with an 8GB microSD card in the box, and a 5 megapixel camera. What's missing is an HDMI port and Froyo -- current test units are said to be running 2.1, so hopefully we'll see a 2.2 upgrade in the near term. So, Droid owners: is this the golden ticket to get you to shell out another couple hundred dollars? As a bonus, follow the break for alleged video of the Droid 2's boot sequence, which shows a reworked version of the scary red droid eye we're accustomed to.

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    Motorola Droid 2 fully exposed? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Mac Mini Rumor #4,578

    Mac Mini Rumor #4,578

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The Mac Mini has its fair share of rumors and the latest is really just more of the same. Apparently there is a worldwide Mac Mini shortage, which leads some so-called pundits into thinking a new model is coming soon. But to their credit, they're probably right. The Core 2 Duo Mac Mini is ripe for a refresh.

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  • Samsung Messager Touch comes to US Cellular for $50, still features odd spelling

    Samsung Messager Touch comes to US Cellular for $50, still features odd spelling

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Look, Samsung, we understand that "Messager" is probably trademarkable in ways that actual English words are not -- but it seriously still looks like a typo to us every time we type it, just as the original Messager did almost two years ago. Anyhow, the new model is distinctly different (and cooler) by swapping out the numeric keypad for a full 2.6-inch touchscreen with TouchWiz. It also gets a 2 megapixel camera, Blueooth, voice recognition, and microSD expansion up to 16GB, and it's available today for $49.95 after mail-in rebate in "black and vibrant eye-catching blue" (you be the judge on that one). Follow the break for the full release.

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    Samsung Messager Touch comes to US Cellular for $50, still features odd spelling originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 24 May 2010 13:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Geocachers take note: The Garmin GPSMAP 62 is the handheld you’ve been waiting for

    Geocachers take note: The Garmin GPSMAP 62 is the handheld you’ve been waiting for

    Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
    >Details are bit light right now as this thing is anything but official. GPSTracklog managed to dig up some details about the upcoming replacement to the beloved 60CSx and it seems to bring a whole bunch of new features to the form factor.

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  • Confirmed: AT&T’s Pixi Plus launches June 6

    Confirmed: AT&T’s Pixi Plus launches June 6

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    We said it was coming on June 6, and we weren't lying -- the Pixi Plus, that is, rife with GSM compatibility for AT&T's airwaves. The Pre Plus is already available (with a free Touchstone thrown in, no less), but if you're looking for something a smidge smaller with a little less horsepower, you might be holding out for this one. For what it's worth, we're hearing that the Touchstone promotion won't apply to the new model -- largely because it'll sell for $100 less on contract, if we had to guess -- so be sure you come packing enough cash on the 6th if wireless charging is your secret, irrepressible passion.

    [Thanks, Jacob M.]

    Confirmed: AT&T's Pixi Plus launches June 6 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 18 May 2010 18:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • A look at the next iPhone, as it leaks across the Internet

    A look at the next iPhone, as it leaks across the Internet

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Today, Gizmodo won at the Internet, and all it took was $10,000. That’s the current price being whispered amongst the blogging circles as what was paid for a prototype of the next iPhone — yep, next, as in the one that isn’t announced yet — purportedly found on the floor of a bar in San [...]

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  • Robovie-R Ver. 3 to make life for the elderly and disabled easier

    Robovie-R Ver. 3 to make life for the elderly and disabled easier

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Robovie is one of the most famous robot brands in Japan (we last covered the iPod touch-powered robovie mR2 in March), and major Japanese robot maker Vstone's flagship series is to get a significant upgrade soon. Just like the mR2, this new model, the Robovie-R Ver.3, was jointly developed by Vstone and Japan’s Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR).

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  • Flip goes off-mission, releases lumpen Flip SlideHD

    Flip goes off-mission, releases lumpen Flip SlideHD

    Posted on April 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember when Flip was all about video cameras in your pocket? Well those days are gone thanks to the lumpen, misshaped SlideHD. The new model has a landscape screen that "slides" up so I can put the device on the table and rock out with my sad-eyed friends to some video of us guys sitting around playing Russian Roulette with an empty gun at my last house party. According to current reports it's much to large to fit comfortably in your pocket but you can put it in your iPad Man Bag, when and if you buy one.

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  • Nap Vieeb Plus II: Wearable doze prevention device

    Nap Vieeb Plus II: Wearable doze prevention device

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you constantly in danger of falling asleep while working or driving? Alarm clocks, watches or your cell phone are of no help? Then the oddly named Nap Vieeb Plus II [JP], offered by a Japanese company called Takanoha, might be the right thing for you. The Nap Vieeb Plus II is a simple earpiece alarm gadget whose first version was released about four years ago.

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  • BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    We've covered plenty of electric bicycles from Japan in the past, but let's be honest: Most of them are really ugly, for example these (technically interesting) models Sanyo introduced three weeks ago. But this new Panasonic e-bike, the BE-ENV [JP], looks rather cool and is something I could see the younger (and male) population actually using, too.

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  • Jet Hitter: New Baseball robot allows solo practice

    Jet Hitter: New Baseball robot allows solo practice

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Baseball robots are nothing new (there's even a dedicated Wikipedia article on them), but that didn't stop Japan's Meiji University and Yokohama-based metal recycling company MRC [JP] to come up with the so-called Jet Hitter [JP].

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  • iPhone OS 4.0 Looms, But When Will We See It?

    iPhone OS 4.0 Looms, But When Will We See It?

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Apple has set the standard that once every year they will release a new version of the iPhone. It stands to reason that this year will be no different, with a new model likely coming sometime this summer. But arguably just as important as Apple's hardware refresh is the accompanying software refresh that comes with it as well. And that's why it shouldn't be surprising at all that whispers of iPhone OS 4.0 are starting to grow. But this year, the timeline appears a bit off. As AppleInsider reported today, iPhone OS 4.0 is likely to deliver multitasking support. If true, that will make it perhaps the most important OS upgrade for the platform yet. However, in reporting the news, AppleInsider also notes that the software, "remains under development and reportedly has a quite 'way to go' before it's ready for prime time." Looking back at the iPhone OS SDK history you'll notice a constant: Apple has released the beta builds in March the past two years. We're already well into March this year, and so far, no word about Apple being close to doing the same.

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