Archive for November, 2008
November 25, 2008
Oh noes, here we go again. At the risk of becoming RED’s marketing pawn, we’d be remiss to the gadget community by ignoring Jim Jannard‘s latest attention begging tease. Titled simply, “Big Change…,” Jannard writes, “New announcement on Dec. 3rd. Everything has changed… just as we promised.” This comes after revealing “several nice breakthroughs” related to Scarlet and EPIC in the REDUSER forums. JJ then amps up the hype by calling the November 13th announcement of RED’s Digital Still and Motion Camera (DSMC) system “insignificant” by comparison. Ok Jim, we’ll be at your beck and call. But you’d better show up on the 3rd with something priced more competitively to Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II if you expect us to consider your modular SLR / HD video camera anything other than a novelty for the consumer or prosumer markets. In other words: please, with sugar?
[Thanks, Ben H.]
Filed under: Digital Cameras
RED making “Big Change” announcement on December 3rd originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 25, 2008
[Thanks, Christian]
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Peripherals
Able Planet headphones cancel out bothersome noise of life so you can get into your game originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 24, 2008
Hey, look. We know what it’s like trying to buy a gadget or some other related piece of technology for the man in your life. It’s scary, and weird, and you never know if you’re doing the right thing until it’s too late. But that’s where Engadget (and our Holiday Gift Guide) comes into play. We take all the guesswork out of this experience so you can sit back, kick your feet up, and let the thanks just roll on in.
Of course, if you’re simply trying to figure out what you want to beg, cry, and gently ask for this year, think of this chapter as a kind of cheat-sheet for the forthcoming festivities. Read on to get the scoop.
Continue reading Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: for him
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: for him originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
November 24, 2008
Motorola’s only — yes, only — touchscreen phone in the US market is on sale with Verizon, offering VCAST TV, two touch-sensitive surfaces (you’ll just have to read the hands-on to find out exactly what that means), and a 3.5mm headphone jack, among a host of other lustworthy features. But is the total package any good? Head on over to Engadget Mobile for the scoop on the Krave ZN4!
Filed under: Cellphones
Motorola Krave ZN4 hands-on over at Engadget Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s no secret that OLED gurus have had the toughest time improving the life of blue luminance to match the lifespans of its red and green counterparts, but a team of South Korean scientists have purportedly stumbled upon (or developed, as it were) a breakthrough “true blue” material that can “accelerate the development of next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.” Up until now, scientists have been able to create highly efficient green and red OLED materials, but the inability to make a true blue OLED material was really holding things back. So, now that this little hurdle has been hopped, how’s about we get some big screen OLED HDTVs out to the people?
[Via OLED-Info, image courtesy of Universal Display]
Filed under: Displays
South Korean scientists claim development of “true blue” for OLED displays originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 23, 2008
You really never know what you’ll run across when sifting through PDF’s on Dell’s website, so we’re not at all flabbergasted to hear that an all new machine has popped up courtesy of a completely random Product Safety, EMC and Environmental datasheet. The heretofore unheard of Inspiron 1425 now has its very own safety sheet on the outfit’s official site, and it seems that two variants are listed (FT01 and FT02). Tipster SalientPilot rightfully points out that this machine looks to be just a hair slimmer and lighter than the existing Inspiron 1420, and given the November 18th “effective date,” it sure smells fresh. Obviously, we’ve no clue if or when the Round Rock powerhouse will get around to doling out the official goods on this elusive machine, but we’d say this is probably reason enough to hold off on that impending 1420 purchase until we see what’s what. [Warning: PDF read links]
[Thanks, SalientPilot]
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Filed under: Laptops
Dell’s Inspiron 1425 leaked: like the 1420, but slimmer? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
November 23, 2008
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Filed under: Cellphones
Meizu M8 Flash demo hits the scene, looks mighty familiar originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 23, 2008
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$49.95, Creative Fatal1ty MZ031 Gaming Headset
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November 23, 2008
When reviewing the G1 we found a lot to like, but a lot to dislike too. We knew that some of its shortcomings, like the missing headphone jack, were sadly permanent (free adapters notwithstanding), but hoped that it would just be a matter of time before some enterprising soul (with an enterprising compiler) would take care of another complaint: the lack of multi-touch. Lo and behold now is that time and Ryan Gardner is that coder, author of a little app that proves the inability of the G1 to accept a two-finger salute is not a hardware limitation. You can see for yourself in a video after the break, and once Ryan is done cleaning up his code he pledges to post that, too (don’t forget those comments, man). Okay, so being able to cover your screen with red and yellow splotches isn’t going to convert any spoiled iPhoners, but we’re thinking the rest of you developers out there should be able to pick up this ball and run with it. So make with the running, already.
Continue reading G1 multi-touch a reality, integrated headphone jack still just a dream
Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Handhelds
G1 multi-touch a reality, integrated headphone jack still just a dream originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 22, 2008
So Nokia has a 40-odd percent stake in the world’s handset market. You know where that insanely high number isn’t coming from? Japan, where the Finnish giant holds less than a 1-percent share of phone sales as it competes against domestic models from Sharp, NEC, Fujitsu, and others who’ve traditionally ruled over FOMA with an iron fist. We think that we can probably chalk that up to the simple fact that Nokia doesn’t produce many (okay, any) wide VGA flip phones with one-seg TV tuners, but they’re thinking bigger — way bigger — to the tune of a self-branded MVNO that’d operate on NTT DoCoMo’s expansive network. A Japanese paper is reporting that the virtual network will launch next spring, initially with high-end models designed to establish name recognition in a market where it currently has none; Vertu is just starting to set up shop over there, so we’re assuming they don’t mean ridiculously high-end, but high-end in the sense that the spec sheets won’t get laughed right out of town.
[Via Unwired View, thanks Robin of Loxley]
Filed under: Cellphones
Nokia tying up with NTT DoCoMo for Japanese MVNO? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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