Archive for January, 2010
January 26, 2010
Today’s Nexus One may be the hottest keyboard-free Android smartphone on the market today, but it doesn’t exactly have the hottest network support. That looks like it’ll be changing soon thanks to Walmart of all places, which has put up a “Coming Soon!” page for the Nexus One, listing an impressive suite of wireless bands including 1xEvDO for 3G on Sprint and Verizon and UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900 for 3G on AT&T. Could this finally be the network-agnostic smartphone (or smartphones, as the case may be) that Google has wanted, or is it just a case of some optimistic web admin letting his fingers do the walking when writing up this teaser? We’re leaning toward the former, but there’s also a rumor of a $99 price when purchased at Walmart, and we’re having a hard time swallowing that one — if only because the Droid went for $188 there at launch.
Walmart greeters will soon welcome you to a Nexus One with Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T 3G? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 26, 2010
This special blend of a huggable lights will glow with mesmerizing roses to charm the heart of your loved one, where it is known as dlight UrHeart for obvious purposes. Specially commissioned for Valentine’s Day, there will only be 50 of these available, so you know you can be one of 50 couples worldwide when you go down on one knee and pull out a ring. Here’s a hat tip – it works best in a candle light environment, so make sure those reservations for a fancy restaurant are already in place! dlight UrHeart will come in pink and ivory colors, where they number 35 and 15 sets, respectively. If you pre-order before the end of this month, it will retail for $159 – otherwise the price goes up to $179 from February onwards, while stocks last.
Permalink: dlight UrHeart set to sell well this Valentine's Day from Ubergizmo | Hot: Nexus One Review
We know it’s a really busy week, but we wanted to take a moment and remind all of you that there’s still time left to nominate your favorite gadgets of last year for the 2009 Engadget Awards!
For your voting (and nominating) pleasure, we present the sixth annual Engadget Awards! The premise is simple: 2009 may have slipped through our fingers, but all the memories of gadgets-past are still with us (some in a more favorable light than others). Here’s your chance to sound off on what you loved in 2009, and tell us what you’re psyched about for 2010.
This year we’ve got 24 categories up for grabs, with 48 total awards to be decided. All finalists for Engadget Awards are reader-nominated, and the editors of Engadget will then select the best of those nominations (usually somewhere between 4-6 devices or technologies) as finalists.
There are two awards per category, Reader’s Choice (voted on by you!), and Editors’ Choice (selected by us). The vote will take place in a few weeks once the nominees are picked, and winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
You can find all the info and nominees on a landing page we’ve built this year which should make it easier to get all your selections in (and vote once we’ve picked the finalists). Just click right here.
You’ve got until 11:59PM ET on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 to get your entries in. Now, go nominate, or use the handy list after the break!
Continue reading Reminder: nominate your favorite gadgets in the 2009 Engadget Awards!
Filed under: Announcements
Reminder: nominate your favorite gadgets in the 2009 Engadget Awards! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 25, 2010
Suhyun Kim has a special place in her heart for deaf people as well as the hearing impaired, and hopes that they will be able to find technology as enjoyable as we do. Her concept of the Visual Sound cellphone is pretty plausible as current technology would enable such a device, but we’re still not too sure on its accuracy since the Visual Sound will convert voice input to text and vice versa. A couple of pillars that scroll sideways can expose the roll-out display, making it easy to stash away when you’re done. In order to communicate, all you need to do is feed text onto the touchscreen display and it will be converted to voice simulation for the person on the other end of the line, and vice versa. Guess communicating this way is the last resort, as holding a video call via 3G using American Sign Language (ASL) might be the more efficient method.
Permalink: Visual Sound cellphone from Ubergizmo | Hot: Nexus One Review
January 25, 2010
Having trouble reading the fine print on that contract that was just handed out to you? Well, the Wireless Page To TV Magnifier will be able to come to your aid. Shaped like a computer mouse, you just have to run it over the document, and it will send the enlarged image to the base station, which should be plugged into your television, in real time. Magnification ranges from 10X on a 14-inch screen to 28X on a 32-inch TV, thanks to the device’s 655 x 488 pixel handheld scanner. Would you use it over the traditional giant magnifying glass? It’s up to you, but if you want to use it, you’ll need to shell out $149.95 to pick it up.
Permalink: Wireless Page To TV Magnifier from Ubergizmo | Hot: Nexus One Review
January 24, 2010
It’s probably not the clock you need to build if being punctual is your modus operandi, but it’s sufficiently nerdy nonetheless. One Nirav Patel — which may or may not be related to our own Mr. Patel — decided to hand craft his own “sleep remaining indicator,” which utilizes a slowly rotating servo, a laser beam and a timer in order to work its magic. Put simply, the beam gets shorter and shorter as one’s wake-up time draws near, but oddly enough, you’ll never be able to see its awesomeness if you’re actually sleeping. Quite the conundrum, no?
Laser-based ‘clock’ shortens beam as wake-up time draws closer originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
January 24, 2010
Amazingly, these waves of Crapgadgets tend to showcase some sort of mini-trend. Oftentimes it’s a certain fondness for USB overkill, while other times it just feels like gaudy is the new black. This go ’round, however, we’re looking at a veritable cornucopia of lameness. Eager to drop a Jackson to enjoy one of the most non-ergonomic wooden mice to ever see the light of day? Now you can. There’s also the common issue of not being able to see text in a book while in pure darkness, but rather than just flipping a light switch or changing time zones to locate the sun, there’s a wearable necklace to do the trick. Believe it or not, the list just keeps on getting better, with a machine gun-styled USB drive, heart-shaped telephone and a USB scent flower rounding things out. Dive into dumpster below if you dare, and drop your vote for the worst of the worst in the poll below.
Read – USB bamboo mouse
Read – Wearable hands-free light
Read – Machine gun USB drive
Read – USB guitar speaker
Read – Heart-shaped telephone
Read – USB scent flower
Read – Steering wheel Bluetooth mount
Crapgadget: ‘no rhyme or reason’ edition originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 24, 2010
So Rogers and HTC have worked with the kind of hustle you don’t normally see from carriers or manufacturers to fix a rather dangerous glitch in their branded versions of the Dream and Magic causing calls to 911 to fail with GPS enabled — and needless to say, you’re going to want to apply the upgrade on the double. Why? Well, the problem’s so dangerous that Rogers has taken the unusual step of vowing to disable internet access altogether for anyone failing to apply the “mandatory” patch by 6AM today (but don’t worry, you should get it back as soon as you’ve upgraded). For their troubles, affected customers will be credited one month’s worth of data — and Magic owners will be delighted to discover that their phones have magically received HTC’s Sense UI as a result of this whole ordeal. All’s well that ends well, right?
Rogers rolls out fixes for 911 problems with Dream and Magic, cuts off data for non-upgraders originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 24, 2010
Filed under: Handhelds
Sungworld’s Android MID fights the future originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
January 23, 2010
Maemo’s already pretty open as open platforms go, but what’s better than a single open platform on your open phone? Two open platforms, of course, creating a vortex of pure, unadulterated openness the likes of which the world has never seen. Hacking is par for the course with Nokia’s N900, so it comes as no surprise to see that a motivated individual has managed to get his unit set up in a trick dual-boot configuration with Maemo on internal storage and Android on a separate partition loaded from the microSD card. He says it’s “proof of concept” for the moment — but to steal his words, “its [sic] real and it could be spectacular.” We couldn’t agree more, and as much as Nokia loves its own code, we can’t help but think this precisely the sort of tinkering the N900 was made for. Check video of the magical boot after the break.
Continue reading Android dual-boot could make Nokia N900 jack of two trades
Android dual-boot could make Nokia N900 jack of two trades originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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