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  • Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXLVII: these Adidas don’t go on your feet

    Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXLVII: these Adidas don’t go on your feet

    Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Nothing says "I occasionally don a $200 jogging suit and plod through prominent areas of Central Park where my Greco-Roman form has the best chance of being noticed by onlookers" like carrying an Adidas-branded phone in your pocket. Bonus points for a metal-look "Sports" badge glued to the inside of the hinge. But ouch... minus 15 points for it being an unlicensed product, my friend -- who do you think you're fooling with this thing? Actually, whether it be the streets of Shenzhen or New York City, we don't think the average individual would suspect that this was a ripoff from the outside -- it's actually pretty convincing and tasteful -- but the multicolored lights on the keypad might give it away when you flip it open. Your years of athletic achievements, poof! Gone just like that in a cloud of illegal branding.

    Keepin' it real fake, part CCXLVII: these Adidas don't go on your feet originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Swype to debut on the Verizon Samsung Omnia II

    Swype to debut on the Verizon Samsung Omnia II

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    A little over a year ago, Swype announced at TechCrunch50 2008 that they were going to “change how the world inputs text on screens”. By allowing the user to type words by tracing a path between its letters rather than tapping them out one-by-one, Swype claims to speed up typing on a mobile handset while [...]

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  • LG GD910 Watch Phone review

    LG GD910 Watch Phone review

    Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments

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    You're not how much money you have in the bank, you're not the car you drive, you're not the contents of your wallet, you are not your freaking khakis - oh, who are we kidding, if you're reading a site such as this, you're all about your khakis. To sate that "look good, feel good" need in all of us, LG has brought out the ultimate in techie chic: a watchphone. This is not just any watchphone though, this is a £500 ($808) droplet of Orange-tinted exclusivity that straddles your wrist and demands onlookers' attention. Do the consumer in you a favor and come along to Engadget Classic where we have the full scoop on the GD910.

    LG GD910 Watch Phone review originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Daily Crunch: Manipulation Edition

    Daily Crunch: Manipulation Edition

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple performance update weighs in at around 300… kilobytes? That can’t be right Self-Cleaning Monitor Hey, Google: Check out this ultra-fast book scanner

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  • Keychain speaker actually not a bad idea

    Keychain speaker actually not a bad idea

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    If you’re sick – SICK!!! – of not being able to play your music collection at a moment’s notice for a group of onlookers, and you have a set of keys that grant you access to various secure locations then you, my main man, might want to look into this $11 MP3 Earphone Speaker.

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  • Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) with MotionPlus

    Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) with MotionPlus

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Short Version: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 with the Wii MotionPlus accessory is the closest you can get to a true golf simulation for $60. The already-great series gets a nice boost this year with true one-to-one motion sensing, addictive online play, and a bevy of other new features that easily justify the purchase. Long Version: [...]

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  • Matrix-like wall of iPhone Apps

    Matrix-like wall of iPhone Apps

    Posted on June 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Today at Apple's WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple had a bunch of Cinema Display monitors mounted together on a wall showing what looked to be some sort of pulsating canvas. But a closer look revealed that it was actually a huge collection of icons for many of the apps available in the App Store, arranged by color. Apparently, when someone purchased one, that app's icon would pulsate, creating the effect. While it wasn't quite real-time, nor was it entirely representative of all the more than 50,000 apps in the App Store, the visualization was pretty damn cool. Prettier than the Google Holodeck and it gave off less heat. Not surprisingly, onlookers were mesmerized by the pulsating apps. Check out the pictures below and watch the video. It reminded me a bit of the lines of code falling down that the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar would see when trying to look into the The Matrix — only with fart apps.

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