Sunday, October 31, 2010

Nintendo says no Wii price cut coming in 'near future,' might want to re-think that

Remember the halcyon days of motion gaming? When the Wii was selling to everyone a http://f.ast.ly/f2BAH

Verizon nabs Samsung Continuum, Zeal and Motorola Citrus on November 11th, according to gushing leak?

Someone's found their way into an internal database and pulled out details on thre http://f.ast.ly/fkhhE

Verizon nabs Samsung Continuum, Zeal and Motorola Citrus on November 11th, according to gushing leak?

Someone's found their way into an internal database and pulled out details on thre http://f.ast.ly/fkhhE

Logitech unveils wireless solar keyboard K750, does away with batteries for good

When Logitech first introduced wireless peripherals, we'd be lucky if our alkaline http://f.ast.ly/f64nV

Inhabitat's Week in Green: reach for the stars, safer kids and sexier cars

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green develop http://f.ast.ly/fjvQC

Deltenna's WiBE rural broadband device: swans and geese now free to browse

At last, progress. We've heard whispers of "rural broadband expansion" thrown from http://f.ast.ly/f253h

ViewSonic G-Tablet pops up in Sears weekly ad, mistakenly claims to be the ViewPad 10 at Sears' website

Did ViewSonic's 10-inch tablets catch your eye? We've got good and bad news. The g http://f.ast.ly/yKVQk

ViewSonic G-Tablet pops up in Sears weekly ad, mistakenly claims to be the ViewPad 10 at Sears' website

Did ViewSonic's 10-inch tablets catch your eye? We've got good and bad news. The g http://f.ast.ly/yKVQk

Interactive fiction meets interactive typewriter, pilfers the kingdoms of Zork

You are standing in an open field as usual, or perhaps you're likely to be eaten b http://f.ast.ly/fdY5S

T-Mobile's Galaxy Tab available for preorder at Amazon, costs $699 unsubidized

We played devil's advocate with Verizon's $599 Galaxy Tab, but it looks like the T http://f.ast.ly/y3VFh

T-Mobile's Galaxy Tab available for preorder at Amazon, costs $699 unsubidized

We played devil's advocate with Verizon's $599 Galaxy Tab, but it looks like the T http://f.ast.ly/y3VFh

Sagem reveals Binder white label e-reader, SFR's version comes with free 3G

Heard of the FnacBook, Telecom Italia eBook or Thalia Oyo? It's looking like they' http://f.ast.ly/ytkxj

Better Place's electric taxis coming to SF Bay Area, thanks to $7 million grant

San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto, California were all too happy to endorse Be http://f.ast.ly/fN52b

Better Place's electric taxis coming to SF Bay Area, thanks to $7 million grant

San Francisco, San Jose and Palo Alto, California were all too happy to endorse Be http://f.ast.ly/fN52b

MSI brings graphics switching action to 15.6-inch FX600MX laptop

MSI stops short of calling the graphics switching technology within the FX600MX "O http://f.ast.ly/fe7Mj

Hundred Year Starship Initiative plans to put people on Mars by 2030, bring them back by... well, never (video)

For a while now, there has been a conversation going on in certain circles (you kn http://f.ast.ly/fkrTK

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Apple Store is down, nobody here but us chickens

Could it be a Verizon iPhone? The white iPhone 4? Perhaps a surprise Core i3 ULV i http://f.ast.ly/fJ9UF

Microsoft buys Canesta, continues camera-based domination of our interfaces

It seems that Microsoft's taken the camera to heart following its dismissal of the http://f.ast.ly/yTYdd

Entourage Pocket Edge reveals itself on the Home Shopping Network

We're still trying to understand why Entourage has chosen the Home Shopping Networ http://f.ast.ly/fe4CT

HP Envy 14 Beats Edition no longer available with Dr. Dre endorsed headphones, results in price drop

The differences between the HP Envy 14 Beats Edition and the plain ol' Envy 14 hav http://f.ast.ly/ywMef

HP Envy 14 Beats Edition no longer available with Dr. Dre endorsed headphones, results in price drop

The differences between the HP Envy 14 Beats Edition and the plain ol' Envy 14 hav http://f.ast.ly/ywMef

Apple sues Motorola right back over six patents

What, you didn't think Apple was just going to sit around and take it after Motoro http://f.ast.ly/frqp3

HTC Desire HD vs. EVO 4G... fight!

By now you've probably read our Desire HD review and you've seen how HTC's latest http://f.ast.ly/fYLax

HTC Desire HD vs. EVO 4G... fight!

By now you've probably read our Desire HD review and you've seen how HTC's latest http://f.ast.ly/fYLax

Sprint CEO claims WiMAX is here to stay, says Clear's LTE trials were for potential multi-mode phones

Sprint and Clearwire have characterized LTE as complimentary to WiMAX time and aga http://f.ast.ly/fSj8b

OnStar's MyLink smartphone apps now available on Android and iOS

Looking to spend a little quality time with your ride this weekend? If you just pl http://f.ast.ly/fdxJY

Engadget Podcast 217 - 10.30.2010

Best Engadget Podcast Ever? Worst Engadget Podcast Ever? Is there really even a di http://f.ast.ly/f2e8d

Unlocked GSM Palm Pre 2 to be 'available direct from HP,' Gorilla Glass on the front

We've been toying with a Palm Pre 2 for a few weeks now, but given that it's not " http://f.ast.ly/yWAMu

MSI intros 15.6-inch FR600 3D laptop, complete with embarrassing eyewear

If there's a party, MSI's going. And if there's a bandwagon, MSI's onboard. It's w http://f.ast.ly/fkPBw

Energizer Qi wireless charging base station spotted in the wild

It's taken quite awhile to go from christening to shipping, but Qi looks just abou http://f.ast.ly/fL4tc

Canon PowerShot G12 scores predictably glowing review

If it's a pocketable PowerShot and its name begins with 'G' you can be pretty sure http://f.ast.ly/f6FUw

Friday, October 29, 2010

How would you change Motorola's Droid 2?

You've already told us (and the world, we might add) how you'd change just about e http://f.ast.ly/fYr8K

Microsoft loosens up, enables Windows Phone 7 apps to run beneath screen lock

We felt that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 was a product that would be perpetually e http://f.ast.ly/f6quw

Sprint CEO thanks iPad for uptick in Overdrive demand

Well, wouldn't you know it? Seems that tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign may actu http://f.ast.ly/fdKyx

Steorn peddles Orbo development kit, snake oil optional

With Steorn's track record, you'd think that the company wouldn't be in such a hur http://f.ast.ly/fj3Yd

iPhone locked for early 2011 on Verizon, says Fortune

Though Verizon famously turned down the original iPhone before Apple ultimately si http://f.ast.ly/fL3uq

CrystalRoc Galaxy Tab: 5,700 Swarovski crystals, zero shame

We can only assume that Stuart Hughes will eventually one-up it with a gold-plated http://f.ast.ly/fBwnK

Transparent material developed that's twice as strong as Kevlar, infinitely weirder

Scientists in Israel have developed a transparent material with "the hardest organ http://f.ast.ly/fRHT8

Sony earnings call entertains PlayStation Phone, reveals tablets are on the radar

Earnings calls aren't usually that interesting, and that's doubly true when trying http://f.ast.ly/fj2Rt

Android 2.1 starts rolling out to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 line this weekend

Doesn't get much more "late October" than this, does it? Sony Ericsson has announc http://f.ast.ly/fY6kf

Verizon's new rebate form shows two Droid 2 Globals, Samsung Continuum, and more

Carrier rebate forms have a fun tendency to reveal unannounced hardware, since the http://f.ast.ly/fFpWg

ITRI shows off 6-inch FlexUPD AMOLED, hybrid 2D/3D display, makes lots of promises

Hey, remember when Taiwan's ITRI said that flexible TFT-EPD displays would be read http://f.ast.ly/yTnKx

ITRI shows off 6-inch FlexUPD AMOLED, hybrid 2D/3D display, makes lots of promises

Hey, remember when Taiwan's ITRI said that flexible TFT-EPD displays would be read http://f.ast.ly/yTnKx

Sony posts $852m profit: PS3, PC sales up

Sony got itself back in black with a $293m profit last quarter courtesy of improv http://f.ast.ly/fjTGx

Sony posts $852m profit: PS3, PC sales up

Sony got itself back in black with a $293m profit last quarter courtesy of improv http://f.ast.ly/fjTGx

HTC Trophy review

Why yes, yes it is another Windows Phone 7 device review. Not that we're complaini http://f.ast.ly/yw3wV

58-inch Table Connect for iPhone multitouch surface easily dwarfs your iPad

Think Hyundai's 70-inch multitouch table concept is hot stuff? Have a gander at th http://f.ast.ly/f2VwW

58-inch Table Connect for iPhone multitouch surface easily dwarfs your iPad

Think Hyundai's 70-inch multitouch table concept is hot stuff? Have a gander at th http://f.ast.ly/f2VwW

Future Sonics debuts Atrio Special Edition professional earphones

Looking for some earphones below a $999 reference set of buds but above the mid-ra http://f.ast.ly/feCeq

Cowon's capacious X7 media player gets the hands-on treatment, longs for WiFi

Cowon's X7 still hasn't made its stateside debut, but apparently it's out and abou http://f.ast.ly/fBAYM

AOC goes ultraslim with new sixpack of LED-backlit monitors

Tired of looking at the same, aged, lifeless pixels day-in and day-out? Now you've http://f.ast.ly/y33u3

Intel, Samsung, Toshiba form consortium aiming for 10nm chips by 2016

There isn't much to say here, so let's just get on with the facts: Intel, Samsung, http://f.ast.ly/ywMV4

Driverless electric van cruises 8,000 miles from Italy to China without stopping for directions

They made it. The team from Visilab, which left way back in July, has arrived in C http://f.ast.ly/fY8Yd

WiFi-only Galaxy Tab stops by the FCC for tea

$599 is a bit pricey for a seven-inch tablet, and while you can get $200 off that http://f.ast.ly/yvQ2r

Mount Everest now 'wired' for Internet, ready for Starbucks

TeliaSonera subsidiary Ncell has just completed installation of a 3G base station http://f.ast.ly/fBkUn

Acer Liquid Metal gets official in the UK with Android 2.2 and Breeze UI

After seeing the handset leaked, Acer just made its Liquid Metal handset official. http://f.ast.ly/fda4e

ASUS lays out Armdroid and Wintel tablet plans, we already feel overwhelmed

Leave it to ASUS to blast out an entire series of tablets that saturate the market http://f.ast.ly/yK24L

IDC: Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest mobile phone vendor globally as Nokia, LG, and Sony Ericsson struggle

Can you remember the day when Apple's audacious plan to sell 10 million iPhones in http://f.ast.ly/fBup5

LaCie slams 3TB drives into d2 USB 3.0 and LaCie 2big USB 3.0, ups performance numbers

Do you have The Need? For Speed? Yeah, so do we, and it just so happens that LaCie http://f.ast.ly/ycL2t

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Quirky Contort contorts around your excess cabling, doubles as 4-port USB hub

Quirky's community has just outed another nifty peripheral that might just come in http://f.ast.ly/yKAwU

HTC HD7 has hidden microSD slot, user-replacable card?

We thought the Samsung Focus was the only Windows Phone 7 launch device that could http://f.ast.ly/yWGb2

Ask Engadget: Google TV, Apple TV, Roku, or something else?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for ans http://f.ast.ly/fY27E

Sunflex Snakebyte Premium Remote XL+ does integrated MotionPlus, third-party style

It looks as if we've located the proverbial "ugly stick": behold the Snakebyte Pre http://f.ast.ly/fMyKf

Verizon's tiered data plans go live, including $30 for a smartphone buffet or $15 for 150MB

It's October 28th, and Verizon's full suite of data plans have changed just as for http://f.ast.ly/f8BVn

Medtronic debuts tiny lead-less pacemaker at TEDMED 2010

There are two pacemakers in the picture above. There's the typical clunky, stone s http://f.ast.ly/fSFya

Lockheed Martin begins laboratory testing of HULC robotic exoskeleton

We already knew that it was ready for testing, and Lockheed Martin has now announc http://f.ast.ly/ywDPF

Lockheed Martin begins laboratory testing of HULC robotic exoskeleton

We already knew that it was ready for testing, and Lockheed Martin has now announc http://f.ast.ly/ywDPF

Dean Kamen unveils revamped bionic arm and water machine, LED light bulb powered by Cree

Segway inventor Dean Kamen just stole the show at TEDMED 2010, with both a far-rea http://f.ast.ly/yKmXG

Dean Kamen unveils revamped bionic arm and water machine, LED light bulb powered by Cree

Segway inventor Dean Kamen just stole the show at TEDMED 2010, with both a far-rea http://f.ast.ly/yKmXG

HTC HD7 is hitting T-Mobile November 8th for $200... but it's hitting Amazon for $30 less

Yes, true: T-Mobile announced last week by way of Twitter that it would be retaili http://f.ast.ly/fdMqq

Aperion's Zona wireless bookshelf surround system frees up your sound studio

Aperion Audio's Home Audio Link is already enabling content speaker owners to enjo http://f.ast.ly/f6RFe

Aperion's Zona wireless bookshelf surround system frees up your sound studio

Aperion Audio's Home Audio Link is already enabling content speaker owners to enjo http://f.ast.ly/f6RFe

Attempts to play Kinect early can result in headaches, nausea, and an acute lack of Xbox Live

Our friends at Joystiq are reporting that receiving an early Kinect unit or a Kine http://f.ast.ly/fJRCR

The Engadget Podcast, live at 6:30PM EDT!

With meetups and Engadget Shows and all the high fashion model parties we've been http://f.ast.ly/f892s

Phosphor World Time E Ink watch review

They may not be the highest-function watches you've ever seen, but Phosphor's line http://f.ast.ly/fRpeV

OCZ amps up performance on RevoDrive X2 PCIe SSD: 740MB/sec, up to 120k IOPS

Blink, and you've probably missed it. Just four short months after we saw OCZ Tech http://f.ast.ly/fNJkL

Motorola Droid Pro coming in a cameraless version for security-conscious businessfolk?

Traditionally, cameraless versions of smartphones designed for high-security work http://f.ast.ly/fSRRF

NC State gurus find 'Goldilocks' of DNA self-assembly, look to improve drug-delivery vehicles

We're guessing that most Wolfpackers in the greater Raleigh area are in full-on ta http://f.ast.ly/fNg92

Verizon sends $25 million settlement to FCC, credits customers $52.8 million for wrongful data fees

Did we say Verizon would dole out $90 million in credits? It seems we spoke too so http://f.ast.ly/fY48J

Microsoft announces a record first-quarter revenue of $16.20 billion, $5.41 billion in profit

Microsoft just beat analyst expectations, announcing $16.20 billion in revenue for http://f.ast.ly/ywcX2

Nook Color processor revealed: ARM Cortex A8-based TI OMAP3621

Barnes & Noble provided most of the specs for the Nook Color when it launched http://f.ast.ly/fBqkQ

Northrop Grumman's CaMEL 'bot features one .50 caliber gun, loads of class

When the dream factory that is Northrop Grumman needed to up the "wow factor" at i http://f.ast.ly/fjRrq

BlackBerry Torch coming to AT&T in two fresh colors next month

Allow us to clarify, the colors are "fresh" as in "new," not as in "The Fresh Prin http://f.ast.ly/fLAGd

Dell Venue hits the FCC: is this the Thunder's new name?

Yes, that's right, just "Venue," not Venue Pro -- and from a glance, it looks to u http://f.ast.ly/f84Ka

Nexus Two does (or doesn't) exist, is (or isn't) being released this year

After going most of the year with very little noise on the Nexus One's successor - http://f.ast.ly/fSeWB

320GB PlayStation 3 to retail without Move tag-along for $350

Hate moving your body? Sony's been selling a 320GB PS3 bundled with a Move control http://f.ast.ly/yWrnn

Kindle for Windows Phone 7 revealed, due 'in the coming months'

As sure as the sun, Amazon's just announced it'll be bringing Kindle to the Window http://f.ast.ly/fJS2H

Motorola's mobile unit posts first operating profit in a long, long time

As a whole, Motorola is no stranger to profit... thing is, Moto won't be "whole" f http://f.ast.ly/yc7gr

Motorola's mobile unit posts first operating profit in a long, long time

As a whole, Motorola is no stranger to profit... thing is, Moto won't be "whole" f http://f.ast.ly/yc7gr

Bang & Olufsen rolls out 32-inch BeoVision 10-32

It's still a long way from the more budget-friendly model you may have been hoping http://f.ast.ly/fBJPQ

Eking's S700 E-notepad launches 'the era of color digital reading' with a stylus... and a dream

The kids at Eking don't always take due credit for their handiwork (they're usuall http://f.ast.ly/yWkF7

Samsung Galaxy Tab notches a fifth American carrier, coming to US Cellular

Milking this one for all it's worth, eh Samsung? In what's easily becoming the mos http://f.ast.ly/fRyGS

Tivoli Audio fails to deviate with Model 10 clock radio, still celebrates Tin anniversary

So, what's a company to do when turning the big one-oh? The same thing that it alw http://f.ast.ly/fRtaE

HP Palm quietly debuts new HP Palm logo

We don't know how this one slipped past us, but somewhere in the past few weeks (o http://f.ast.ly/fRddc

11.6-inch MacBook Air cleared to remain packed through security, but we'd remove it anyway

Really, TSA? Are you honestly so stoked to disappoint? If you'll recall, the Ameri http://f.ast.ly/ytVgs

Sony's Peter Dille thinks the PSP could use a cellular data connection, iPhone gamers 'aren't satisfied'

Peter Dille -- Sony's Senior Vice President of marketing at SCEA -- sat down for a http://f.ast.ly/freLF

Liquavista displays get flexible, 'unbreakable,' still rather theoretical (video)

The next generation of display technology is still that, next, but despite being a http://f.ast.ly/ywLBW

Garmin Approach S1 is the GPS watch for golfers, sends that caddy back to the shack

Pack a lob wedge or extra utility iron? Punch and run or flop and drop? Crush a fi http://f.ast.ly/fRJb4

Garmin Approach S1 is the GPS watch for golfers, sends that caddy back to the shack

Pack a lob wedge or extra utility iron? Punch and run or flop and drop? Crush a fi http://f.ast.ly/fRJb4

Eye-Fi gets social with the Eye-Fi View online picture portal

Yeah, we know. E-mail is like so 1999. Kids today are all about their tweets and t http://f.ast.ly/fLP5m

iPad now on sale from Verizon Wireless and AT&T

You didn't forget did you? Today's the day that the WiFi-only iPad makes its inaug http://f.ast.ly/f2W4F

Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5

Struggling to decide how on Earth you'll fit a gargantuan 15-inch laptop into your http://f.ast.ly/fN3sW

Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5

Struggling to decide how on Earth you'll fit a gargantuan 15-inch laptop into your http://f.ast.ly/fN3sW

Nintendo posts first net loss in fiscal first half in seven years

After three years of record earnings, the mighty house that Mario built is reporti http://f.ast.ly/y3Jje

MeeGo v1.1 for handsets is out, let the N900 dual-booting begin (video)

Following hot on the heels of the PR 1.3 update for the N900 comes the official Me http://f.ast.ly/fYN58

Droid 2 update begins with promise of better battery life and more

We've receive a number of reports that a 2.3.20 software update for Verizon's Droi http://f.ast.ly/fY7pA

iBuyPower revamps Gamer Mage / Paladin desktops with Radeon HD 6800 GPUs

You're already sold on ATI's new Radeon HD 6800 series, but your existing motherbo http://f.ast.ly/fkQyk

HTC Mecha leaked on HTC Sense

We've been hearing the hushed whispers of an HTC Mecha handset for a few months. N http://f.ast.ly/fkD9K

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Verizon FiOS field trial introduces XG-PON2 to the lexicon, shows 10Gbps capabilities

Verizon's FiOS footprint may be on an expansion hiatus, but that's not to say the http://f.ast.ly/f8UtC

Nikon debuts Android-powered stereoscopic picture frame, 2D to 3D conversions for a monthly fee

2D to 3D conversion techniques -- whether cinematic or otherwise -- don't have us http://f.ast.ly/fkQaV

China's Tianhe-1A is world's fastest supercomputer, plans to usurp the West now complete

It happened. China just passed the US and the world with the reveal of the world's http://f.ast.ly/fRc6y

Bluetooth module for Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras hits the FCC

This one's still a bit mysterious, but what appears to be a Bluetooth module for O http://f.ast.ly/yTDmT

Bullet Train Express Platform: a $99 home for your Apple keyboard and Magic Trackpad

You're a dude (or dudette) that likes to be prepared, right? It's the Boy Scout mo http://f.ast.ly/fFDFT

FTC accepts Google's privacy apology, lets Street View off the hook

When Google admitted its Street View cars had collected sensitive data after all, http://f.ast.ly/yELwJ

Google exec calls Android acquistion its 'best deal ever'

It's easy to forget at this point, but Android wasn't a Google creation. Google bo http://f.ast.ly/yERF2

Google exec calls Android acquistion its 'best deal ever'

It's easy to forget at this point, but Android wasn't a Google creation. Google bo http://f.ast.ly/yERF2

Microsoft 'Tags' 2 billion real-world objects with its phone-friendly barcodes

Microsoft might be late to the cameraphone-able barcode game, but it appears to be http://f.ast.ly/fekuc

Vuzix Wrap 920AR dev bundle available 'nowish' with clear AR glasses 18 months away

When we got our hands on the Vuzix Wrap 920AR at CES we saw a promising piece of g http://f.ast.ly/yWC5p

Sprint fails to impress Wall Street with Q3 2010 earnings, still notches 644k net adds

Sprint certainly isn't out of the woods yet, but at least it's picking up customer http://f.ast.ly/fjV5L

Sprint fails to impress Wall Street with Q3 2010 earnings, still notches 644k net adds

Sprint certainly isn't out of the woods yet, but at least it's picking up customer http://f.ast.ly/fjV5L

Sony Ericsson Z-System: the PlayStation Phone's gaming platform?

A bumper crop of circumstantial evidence surrounding the Android-based PlayStation http://f.ast.ly/fJfvx

T-Mobile myTouch redubbed 'myTouch 4G,' landing on November 3rd

Ooh, Sprint's just going to love this. T-Mobile just announced the launch details http://f.ast.ly/feYAu

Apple, Gemalto working on integrated SIM for next iPhone?

Moving from regular SIMs to micro SIMs for the iPad and iPhone 4 was a fairly user http://f.ast.ly/fJaW9

Walgreens now selling $100 Maylong M-150 Android tablet

Kmart may have been the first department store to get into the cheap Android table http://f.ast.ly/fkK2c

'Steeper' project aims to boost electronics' power efficiency by 10x, eliminate vampire power

A research project with the lofty goal of reducing electronics' power consumption http://f.ast.ly/yxSVW

iMainGo X portable speaker doubles as a case, looks like a cassette

It's hard to say what exactly Portable Sound Laboratories is going for with its la http://f.ast.ly/yHxAg

Palm Pre 2 for Rogers in the wild

Curious where Palm model number P102UNA -- the North American UMTS variant of the http://f.ast.ly/ymMBW

HP contracts 5 or 6 new Palm devices for 2011?

Underwhelmed by the feeling of sameness with the Pre 2? Well, you may or may not b http://f.ast.ly/yxhrL

Munk Bogballe debuts Classic Bespoke luxury laptop line: $7,000 and way, way up

With a name like Munk Bogballe, it has to be pricey... right? Right. 2.5 years aft http://f.ast.ly/yXPRc

Passport IQ GPS throws a radar detector into this law evading mix

You know we've seen our share of GPS units, the occasional radar detector, and eve http://f.ast.ly/ymrR8

UI Centric cancels Macallan UI project for Windows 7 tablet

Waiting for a Windows 7 tablet PC with the page-turning Macallan UI on board? Don' http://f.ast.ly/yhvRp

Sennheiser expands gaming headset line, brings the top-shelf PC 360 Stateside

Sennheiser is well known in the slightly more budget-conscious wing of the audioph http://f.ast.ly/y5HEd

Sprint's Hesse commits to phasing out iDEN

Echoing sentiments of Sprint's senior VP of networks from last month, CEO Dan Hes http://f.ast.ly/yqgn2

HP Envy 17 3D laptop now available starting at $1599

If you've been kept awake at night wondering when the HP Envy 17 3D laptop would f http://f.ast.ly/yVmr5

University of Chicago, Cornell researchers develop universal robotic gripper

Robotic hands are usually just that -- hands -- but some researchers from the Univ http://f.ast.ly/y4mq4

The PlayStation Phone is still real

By now you've seen our photos of the PlayStation Phone, and likely you've also hea http://f.ast.ly/yuevH

Adonit Writer adds one more option to the iPad folio + keyboard barrage

We weren't too fond of the AIDACASE KeyCase Folio, but we should've known a flood http://f.ast.ly/yQhPg

ExoPC Slate review

Of all the Atom-powered, Windows 7 tablets we've seen over the last year and a hal http://f.ast.ly/yAPeH

HTC Desire HD review

Did you know that the word "jumbo" originated from the name of an African elephant http://f.ast.ly/yhM35

Powercast and Microchip fire up interest at a distance with wireless power development kit

We're sure if you asked Powercast nicely it'd tell you a whale of a tale, about ho http://f.ast.ly/yybvf

BlackBerry Bold 9780 finally official, hitting T-Mobile on November 17th for $130

After what feels like an eternity of leaks, RIM has finally (finally!) come forwar http://f.ast.ly/yqhx4

Bus that travels over traffic longs for US embrace, designer seeks stateside collaborators

Can't imagine this one's left your collective conscience, but just in case: back i http://f.ast.ly/ypmuh

Huawei S7 gets Best Buy listing for $299.99, not shipping until November 7th

Huawei's Ideos S7. We loved it in June (resistive touchscreen notwithstanding), Ex http://f.ast.ly/ymKhP

ASUS gets in on the touch mouse craze with the puck-shaped WX-DL

Pity the poor fools who show up to the next LAN party with a mouse that doesn't ha http://f.ast.ly/yqfbF

Samsung Galaxy Tab hitting T-Mobile USA on November 10th, price remains elusive

America's number four carrier just landed a launch date for Samsung's Froyo-based http://f.ast.ly/yCVfS

Elecom's rotating USB memory card reader tries not to block your ports

It's still not a substitute for a built-in memory card reader in a laptop, but Ele http://f.ast.ly/yhRAk

Navigon MobileNavigator finally hits American Androids, includes augmented reality POI view

We got our first taste of Navigon's MobileNavigator for Android way back at CES la http://f.ast.ly/ysBuu

Acer tablet PC line launching on November 23rd, priced from $299 to $699

Not much more to tell you that you didn't already pick up from the headline. Acer http://f.ast.ly/yDne6

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC getting Tegra 2 treatment ahead of March launch?

More from DigiTimes this morning and its chatty sources within NVIDIA and Taiwanes http://f.ast.ly/yA22d

Razer debuts Anansi MMO gaming keyboard, dares you to ever leave your basement

And you thought you were set after procuring one of the many Naga mice on the mark http://f.ast.ly/yABrQ

MacBook Air upgrade kit bumps capacity to 256GB, turns old module into USB 3.0 SSD

Sure, the only remotely user-replaceable component on the 11.6-inch MacBook Air ar http://f.ast.ly/ybQGL

OnLive MicroConsole TV Adapter clears FCC with ZigBee surprise

Well, well, look at what we've got here. It's the promised OnLive MicroConsole TV http://f.ast.ly/y5uQM

Actroid-F: the angel of death robot coming to a hospital near you (video)

It's been a few years since we checked in with Actroid, a bot we first saw way bac http://f.ast.ly/ybTwh

DBM Energy's electric Audi A2 completes record setting 372 mile drive on a single charge

116 miles in an electric vehicle? No problem. But you'll quite literally be pushin http://f.ast.ly/ypxeU

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Garmin navigation to be an Android exclusive for ASUS, headed to Apple and RIM app stores

Details of the Garmin-ASUS breakup are slowly being revealed. We now know that ASU http://f.ast.ly/yk2uP

The PlayStation Phone

It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real -- but we assure you, the http://f.ast.ly/yyyGp

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 sees public beta release

We knew good and well it was coming, and here it is. Microsoft has today introduce http://f.ast.ly/yyLTk

Apple delays white iPhone 4 into spring 2011

Let's just be honest, Apple: white stuff is impossible to manufacture. In fact, sc http://f.ast.ly/y4Jcr

MacBook Air review (late 2010)

The MacBook Air has never exactly been a simple product to review. Since the lapto http://f.ast.ly/yaJk4

Office 2011 for Mac is available today.docx

There are plenty of free, paid, web-based, desktop-bound, cross-platform, or uni-p http://f.ast.ly/y58PV

T-Mobile launching data tethering / wireless hotspot plan on Nov. 3rd for $14.99?

T-Mobile said it was "working to deliver" hotspot support to T-Mobile G2 users, an http://f.ast.ly/yx888

Live from Barnes & Noble's 'Very Special Event'

To think, it's been just over a year since Barnes and Noble's Nook was officially http://f.ast.ly/yS5fD

Nook Color first hands-on!

Sure, the lighting's not great and its only a mock-up at this point, but that's Ba http://f.ast.ly/yausN

iDOS emulator hits the App Store, gets pulled in record time

You know what they say. You snooze, you miss out on a DOS emulator in the Apple Ap http://f.ast.ly/yQsma

Barnes & Noble Nook Color revealed

Barnes & Noble just unveiled its all-new Nook Color, an Android tablet fronted http://f.ast.ly/yxpJr

Latest Ben Heck Show helps you build your very own Portal Shirt

Considering that you're an avid viewer of The Ben Heck Show, we're assuming this i http://f.ast.ly/yGbaP

Vimeo launches Couch Mode, full screen browsing for the TV

If you're the type who likes to regale your guests with silly viral video clips on http://f.ast.ly/yHhEs

Nokia's Savander: 'the Symbian Foundation will exist as an open source movement and we will use it'

The veracity of The Register's information regarding the Symbian Foundation's futu http://f.ast.ly/yx99m

Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review

We live in a world full of fabulous idle distractions -- a million TV channels, vi http://f.ast.ly/ya9P2

Apple now offering free iPad engraving

Been holding off on an iPad until you could put just the right two-line message on http://f.ast.ly/y4kcm

Keio University developing 'olfactory printer,' AromaRama due for a resurgence

We're not entirely sure why people keep trying to bring back Smell-O-Vision, altho http://f.ast.ly/yhfkQ

China's Shanghai-Hangzhou rail line opens, hits record breaking speed of 262mph

High speed railways, particularly in Asia, have been soaring at around 200 miles p http://f.ast.ly/ymJhx

Rock Lock protects your guitar from theft, runs at least one roadie out of a job

Let's set the scene: you let that last Bm chord ring out, the crowd roars in the b http://f.ast.ly/ykfQd

BlackBerry PlayBook demoed courtesy of RIM's Mike Lazaridis and Adobe's Kevin Lynch

RIM has now uploaded the full video of its PlayBook's brief stint in the limelight http://f.ast.ly/ybAwa

Vodafone Australia creates giant Android mascot, sets it free on the streets of Sydney

In the States it's almost voting time and the posturing has certainly come to a fe http://f.ast.ly/yAukx

Nokia Siemens Networks sees 825Mbps over traditional copper, Phantom DSL claims 'the future'

Look, it's not easy nor cheap to lay an entirely new network infrastructure -- jus http://f.ast.ly/ypqSA

Western Digital stuffs 1TB HDD into Live Hub networked media streamer

WD's no stranger to the media streaming game, but things apparently just got serio http://f.ast.ly/y9JX5

The Blaze Blink Now saves you from Computer Vision Syndrome, is always watching

Big Brother is watching you, and you'd better remember. Forget for just a moment a http://f.ast.ly/yXBFf

White iPhone 4 evidence shows up in Apple Store app's update?

So, you may or may not have noticed that this morning, Apple updated its own Apple http://f.ast.ly/yVNPN

Epson shoves a Core i7 processor in a chunky nettop, will build it to your specification

Tiny desktops? Good. Wimpy processors? Bad. Epson's Endeavor ST150E? Possibly the http://f.ast.ly/y4JTF

Nissan Leaf launches in Europe, takes us for a drive

26,000 people can't be wrong, right? That's the current tally of Leaf pre-orders t http://f.ast.ly/yUR5F

Ality's backlit WeeBoard: yet another bantam RF HTPC keyboard

Quite frankly, you've probably got more mini keyboard options than you need, but g http://f.ast.ly/y9Lue

Yamaha PDX-31 iPod / iPhone speaker dock: too sexy for your 90s era living room

Truth be told, there's precisely no reason for the world to ever see yet another i http://f.ast.ly/yhsNt

Google Instant showing up on some Android devices in beta form?

If you believe the good readers of Droid Life (and there's no reason why you shoul http://f.ast.ly/yfweS

Sanyo glams up Eneloop batteries for fifth anniversary

How do you celebrate half a decade as the world's best loved and most efficient re http://f.ast.ly/yCg7Q

Monday, October 25, 2010

N900 can run unmodified webOS games, what can your Linux-based phone do?

Ah, standards. Palm and Nokia know what we're talking about, which is why they sup http://f.ast.ly/yuNEb

iOS 4.1 glitch lets you bypass lock screen to access Phone app, photo album (video)

Your iPhone's passcode entry can't block everything, it seems -- at least not with http://f.ast.ly/yy3y8

BlackBerry PlayBook Simulator Beta hands-on

Sure, you might have to be at Adobe's MAX conference to actually hold a PlayBook i http://f.ast.ly/yCDJ9

Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac moves to public beta

That didn't take long, did it? The promised beta of Windows Phone 7's Mac-friendly http://f.ast.ly/yARNb

Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0 showcased in new commercial

It's hard to tell if the ad embedded after the break is purely official, but it de http://f.ast.ly/yq3hU

Verizon's Galaxy Tab won't have Skype, NFL Mobile, or V Cast video apps at launch

Looks like that plan to bring NFL content Verizon tablets is on hold, at least for http://f.ast.ly/ykg3k

Adobe confirms Flash Player 10.1 is coming to BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and more

We've already known that Adobe would be bringing Flash Player 10.1 to Windows Phon http://f.ast.ly/ySjsQ

No custom ringtones for Windows Phone 7? (video)

We just sat through an eight minute long video of someone at Pocketnow sampling ev http://f.ast.ly/ypPnP

Microsoft says it's 'doubling down' on PC games

Well, it looks like the forthcoming launch of Microsoft's browser-based Games for http://f.ast.ly/yHg6c

Daiwa House enlists Moggle for remote control crawlspace inspections

Apparently Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House offers crawl space inspections as part http://f.ast.ly/ySUFE

LG Optimus T hitting T-Mobile on November 3 for $30

Look out, dumbphones of the world: your days may really be numbered now that we've http://f.ast.ly/yQctd

Jolicloud prepping a netbook of its own

What do you do if you're the maker of a popular netbook operating system? Create y http://f.ast.ly/y5858

BlackBerry PlayBook demoed in the flesh at Adobe MAX, Air-based SDK launched

RIM's PlayBook just got real -- quite literally -- at Adobe's MAX conference today http://f.ast.ly/ySdYT

Symbian Foundation winding down operations?

2010 hasn't exactly been a banner year for Symbian, with Symbian^3 getting lipstic http://f.ast.ly/ygNUJ

The Engadget Show - 014: Aaron Woodman, Windows Phone 7, Google TV, Macbook Airs, Palm Pre 2, Halloween Costumes, and more!

Get ready humans, because we have an all new, amazing Engadget Show fresh out of t http://f.ast.ly/yyVJW

Kindle books outselling print 2 to 1 for Amazon's top 10 bestsellers, and other relatively positive sales figures

Amazon has its own applied theory of special relativity, in the sense that we neve http://f.ast.ly/yQWTq

HTC 7 Pro squares away its FCC approval?

So, here's what we know: a Windows Phone from HTC just earned its FCC wings, it's http://f.ast.ly/ybVuL

Samsung to unveil new Android device November 8th

Two weeks. That's how long you'll have to wait before Samsung Mobile officially sh http://f.ast.ly/yamHy

Asus officially walks away from Garmin-Asus partnership

Chalk another up to the rumor mill. Just as we'd heard, the Garmin-Asus partnershi http://f.ast.ly/yfr7E

Galaxy Tab for Sprint confirmed for November 14th: $400 with two-year contract

Well, that didn't take long. After hearing this morning that Samsung's Galaxy Tab http://f.ast.ly/ymksP

Panasonic's Power Loader Light slims down, stays out of fights with aliens

Panasonic's full-size Power Loader exoskeleton certainly has its place, but there http://f.ast.ly/yQBjD

RIM announces PlayBook simulator and SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS

We know you're all partyin' up a storm at the Adobe MAX conference, but just in ca http://f.ast.ly/yqpM2

Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 reviewed, deemed a worthy W1 successor for slightly less early adopters

Early reviews of Fuji's FinePix Real 3D W1? Not so hot. However, a year later the http://f.ast.ly/yUpRx

Ubuntu 10.10's multitouch Unity UI demoed on Dell, makes multitasking look easy (video)

Want to see how multitouch works in Maverick Meerkat's Unity UI, but don't have a http://f.ast.ly/ytdyR

Barnes & Noble launching Nook Kids this week, set to be the Nook Color's killer app?

Say what you want about the current spate of e-books, few will do anything to hold http://f.ast.ly/yXWqR

Wi-Fi Direct certification begins today, device-to-device transmission starting soon

So, Bluetooth -- last fall didn't end up being as frightful as you had probably im http://f.ast.ly/yteAu

VLC downsized to fit on the iPhone and iPod touch, now playing in the App Store

If you like your players orange and portable but don't have a tablet, you may be i http://f.ast.ly/yabKQ

EVO 4G picks up stylish Powermat induction charger (video)

This isn't your father's Powermat. The company who's name is synonymous with induc http://f.ast.ly/ybLuu

More details emerge of supposed PSP2 with backside touch controls, HD screen, hot personality

About a month before this year's Tokyo Game Show, we started hearing new reports o http://f.ast.ly/yUC5U

Samsung Galaxy Beam projector smartphone helped to light up the lives of the Chilean miners

Did you hear the one about the trapped Chilean miners? Turns out they were a littl http://f.ast.ly/yurkT

The 3D cellphone lands in India for $97, no glasses required

It's not every day that you hear about an autostereoscopic 3D cellphone launching http://f.ast.ly/ymDRE

Recycle old gadgets (and make a buck or two) with eBay Instant Sale

You might already hawk your valuable old gadgets on eBay, but the auction house wa http://f.ast.ly/y5RMT

Ortustech unveils world's smallest Full HD display, puts Retina to shame

Ever heard of Ortustech? Probably not. But you have heard of Casio, right? Ortuste http://f.ast.ly/ySXPp

PSP Go price cut to $200 in Japan

Sony just slashed ¥10k off the price of the PSP Go in Japan (effective startin http://f.ast.ly/y95RC

Pioneer and Buffalo announce first 128GB BDXL optical disc burners for PCs

The dream of burning 128GB of PC data onto a single optical disc just took a step http://f.ast.ly/y54ku

Galaxy Tab WiFi-only model hitting Best Buy for $499.99, Sprint 3G model on sale November 14th?

We knew it was coming, now the WiFi only Galaxy Tab looks to have leaked with pric http://f.ast.ly/ypx5Q

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Acer Liquid Metal S120 spotted running Android 2.2 on AT&T bands in FCC

Rumors of a 3.6-inch 800 x 480 Liquid Metal handset from Acer have been heating up http://f.ast.ly/yygEy

Google revises internal privacy practices, appoints director of privacy

Google's run into quite a number of privacy concerns in the past, and things hit s http://f.ast.ly/yDwA7

Nook Color revealed by overzealous screen protector?

Barnes & Noble's done a pretty decent job of keeping a supposed Nook Color hid http://f.ast.ly/yGXCw

Inhabitat's Week in Green: solar paper planes, Denmark's flaming tower, and used coffee power

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green develop http://f.ast.ly/ySFkr

Windows 8 about two years away, according to Microsoft Netherlands

When will Microsoft bring Windows 8 to market? 2012's looking like a safe bet -- n http://f.ast.ly/ya5F8

Reckless Racing review (iPhone)

Developed by Swedish firm Pixelbite and released just a few days ago by EA and Pol http://f.ast.ly/y9Gye

Notion Ink founder claims Adam tablet will go 15+ hours on a charge

The Pixel Qi and Tegra 2-packing Notion Ink Adam has long been one of our favorite http://f.ast.ly/yC4Ym

Exclusive: future LG Android phone for Verizon sports LTE

We were just handed this image with very little detail other than the fact that we http://f.ast.ly/yxVTv

ASUS Eee PC 1015PW peeks out of hiding with dual-core Atom, royal purple shell

Can you keep track of all the different variants of ASUS' Eee PC netbook? It's not http://f.ast.ly/ysENj

EFO's iPazzPort grows a touchpad and laser pointer, tickles our fancy

What exactly is a fancy, anyway? As we ponder that, and other far-fetched meanings http://f.ast.ly/yh7C2

Fauxhawk robot exterminates wasps, is something of a fashion victim

When Professor Sekine of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, heard that his fri http://f.ast.ly/yap3C

Viewsonic VX2258wm 22-inch multitouch display hits stores in Europe

It looks like the folks at Viewsonic never got the memo that people don't want tou http://f.ast.ly/yQ3Qx

Father-son team build Samus Aran arm cannon for Halloween

Looking for a little inspiration for your Halloween costume? Then you might not wa http://f.ast.ly/ypeqq

Saturday, October 23, 2010

HTC Knight surfaces for Sprint with Android and a sliding hinge of some sort?

What do we know about the picture above? Not much more than meets the eye -- this http://f.ast.ly/yVNcE

Nissan Leaf goes 116.1 miles in first anecdotal test, with the air conditioning on

If there's one thing we've learned from years of toying with technology, it's neve http://f.ast.ly/ykxbd

OTECH F1 handset holds four SIM cards, enables you to live a quadruple life

So look, you feel pretty special toting around that dual-SIM phone, right? Being a http://f.ast.ly/yU8Fx

The Engadget Show: live with Microsoft's Aaron Woodman, Windows Phone 7, Google TV, and costume contest!

Good news, we worked out our streaming issue! So keep your eyes tuned to this post http://f.ast.ly/yaXsf

NVIDIA lists unannounced GTX 580 graphics card on its page, quickly puts it back in hiding

What's this, a bit of intrigue from NVIDIA? The company is due for a refresh on it http://f.ast.ly/yUATh

Man with bionic arms dies after car crash

Otto Bock's mind-controlled bionic arms let Austria's Christian Kandlbauer work, p http://f.ast.ly/ygBHc

Power Gig's full-size, handmade guitar / controller now on sale for $250

Ah, ha! There it is! Way back in March, we had a sit-down with folks from Seven45 http://f.ast.ly/yCE8T

MSI brings Core i5, GeForce GT 425M to 15.6-inch GE603 laptop

It looks about like every other MSI 15.6-incher out there, but for those who prefe http://f.ast.ly/ymebb

The Engadget Show returns today! With Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest!

Attention all humans and empathetic robots: The Engadget Show is back in a big way http://f.ast.ly/ymRNx

Ballmer: next release of Windows will be Microsoft's 'riskiest product bet' (video)

Windows 7 might be a massive commercial success and an undeniably rock solid piece http://f.ast.ly/yyaw7

Matt Richardson MacGuyvers a Google Reader pedal out of just these items, zero duct tape (video)

The definition of a good friend is someone who, if you say to them "Gee, I'd reall http://f.ast.ly/y4x4p

Pantone's CAPSURE tells you what color anything is, easily separates salmon from rose

For web designers, tools that give instant color codes from anywhere on their disp http://f.ast.ly/y9AJh

Nikon Coolpix S80 gets reviewed: loads of style, short on substance

Nikon's Coolpix S80 sure seemed like a worthy successor to the S70 on paper, but P http://f.ast.ly/yH6Bd

Friday, October 22, 2010

Alaska Airlines fires up in-flight WiFi between Anchorage and Fairbanks, promises more in 2011

It's hard to say if Alaska Airlines' relationship with Row44 has fizzled, but unli http://f.ast.ly/yBxvr

Maingear slides out Clutch-13 and Clutch-15 gaming laptops

If we didn't know any better, we'd easily mistake Maingear's newest duo as the sex http://f.ast.ly/ysNFJ

How would you change Amazon's Kindle DX Graphite?

We both know you didn't need a Kindle with a 9.7-inch display, but you went and di http://f.ast.ly/yP2Gs

Google catches giant Gingerbread man, mounts on front lawn (video)

Cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo. That's not just a list of Android iterations, it's http://f.ast.ly/y9mx5

Samsung Focus review

Even though we've seen a torrent of Windows Phone 7 devices, we couldn't leave you http://f.ast.ly/ySU6G

Dell Venue Pro gets Expansys listing: £499.99 for November 8th

Don't take this as the gospel, but online retailer Expansys has gone ahead and lis http://f.ast.ly/ybL8c

Amazon announces 14-day lending feature for Kindle books, newspapers and magazines for Kindle apps

Nook users can already lend ebooks they've purchased to others, and it looks like http://f.ast.ly/yUqQd

TechRestore offers MacBook Air matte screen replacements for $249

The new MacBook Airs may have a lot of things going for them, but a matte screen u http://f.ast.ly/yhNLW

Speedlink Cue does the multitouch hybrid mouse thing

Honestly, while Apple's Magic Mouse is a bit of a pioneer in its application of a http://f.ast.ly/yHhmG

Android 2.3 'next major release,' says anonymous Google engineer

Who knew a support thread on corporate WiFi login issues would lead to anything we http://f.ast.ly/yXsEH

The Engadget Show returns, tomorrow! With Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest!

Attention all humans and empathetic robots: The Engadget Show is back in a big way http://f.ast.ly/ysyLP

AT&T transitioning to LTE-friendly SIM cards

There's precisely zero doubt that AT&T will be supporting LTE waves in the not http://f.ast.ly/ysYtD

LG Optimus 7 review

If last night's cameo showing off the official Twitter client for Windows Phone 7 http://f.ast.ly/yPXDd

Sony pulls the plug on cassette Walkmans in Japan, makes epic mixtape

A cassette Walkman may now be nothing more than a puzzling artifact to some, but f http://f.ast.ly/yH3Xq

Report: Twenty percent of peak downstream Internet used for Netflix?

If you're anything like us, you're both smart and incredibly good looking. Also, y http://f.ast.ly/yDrhD

Apple responds on missing Flash in new MacBook Airs, says get used to it

The other day, we reported on the fact that those tiny new MacBook Airs are shippi http://f.ast.ly/yuqcP

Verizon adds fewer customers than AT&T in Q3, race for first place gets tight

By subscriber count, Verizon had vaulted into first place by a pretty comfortable http://f.ast.ly/yg7jC

Zotac introduces upgraded Zbox HD-ID40 nettop

Zotac just rolled out a couple of Zbox nettops last month, and a few more the mont http://f.ast.ly/yUCYa

New androgynous International Docking System Standard Interface works both ways in space

There's nothing more embarrassing than trying to dock with your cosmonaut compatri http://f.ast.ly/yheUd

Sony Google TV booted into recovery mode, are we days away from a root? (video)

If it's running Android it has a root, and if it has a root some modder will find http://f.ast.ly/ykhm4

Google to beta test 1Gbps fiber internet service at Stanford's Residential Subdivision

Right after having a giant Christmas tree as your mascot comes the next best reaso http://f.ast.ly/y4JFs

iMovie blocks studio names in new trailers

Perhaps its testament to the quality of the iMovie '11 trailers that Apple is bloc http://f.ast.ly/yU84D

Hulu Plus dropping to $4.95 per month? That's what she said.

It's only rumor for now, but Peter Kafka over at All Things D has sources telling http://f.ast.ly/yUfBn

ASUS Eee PC 1015PN gets official, will do 1080p in a pinch

It was rumored back in August for a September release and, though it did miss that http://f.ast.ly/yagJj

Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace relaunches in your browser on November 15

Microsoft just announced that its new Games for Windows Marketplace online PC game http://f.ast.ly/yBSUY

Apple fixes FaceTime for Mac security flaw, not your Wolverine complex

That was quick. The FaceTime for Mac beta security flaw has been shutdown by Apple http://f.ast.ly/ybSqp

BlackBerry Bold 9780 starts leaking all over the place

Pick your poison: Vodafone Netherlands? T-Mobile UK? A shop associated with Orange http://f.ast.ly/ykTmQ

Garmin-ASUS collaboration said to be ending in January

It was hinted at back in September, now the Chinese-language Economic Daily is rep http://f.ast.ly/ys8Px

Nookcolor.com domain snapped up by Barnes & Noble, hints at Nook Color device

At some future point in time, when the technology finally allows it, all ebook rea http://f.ast.ly/yQd7c

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sharp quits the PC business reminding us that Sharp still makes PCs

It's no secret that Japanese consumer electronics companies are having a tough tim http://f.ast.ly/ysswV

Official Kinect TV ads feature smiling actors, very large rooms, little else (video)

If you're a fan of videos featuring commercial actors mugging for the camera and j http://f.ast.ly/ym9XS

Ask Engadget: best 30-inch LCD monitor out there?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for ans http://f.ast.ly/yaasc

ATI Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 reviewed, deemed worthy of the midrange

AMD's Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 graphics cards are here, but they might not be wh http://f.ast.ly/yCpsf

Rock Band 3 Fender Mustang Pro guitar review

Next week's Rock Band 3 launch marks a giant step for the franchise, with the pro http://f.ast.ly/yU6xJ

AngelBird's PCIe SSD solution brings breakneck speeds, achievable prices, 'incremental awesomeness'

PCIe SSD solutions tend to be two things: stupidly fast and stupidly expensive. Wi http://f.ast.ly/yH4Jk

HP Slate 500 unicorns its way into e-tailers with product code, leaked documents

We'd heard the HP Slate finally had a date with destiny (and corporate pocketbooks http://f.ast.ly/yhXGe

Atheros Hybrid system merges WiFi with powerline networking in one tidy bundle

Network routers are increasingly becoming our portals to the world, and the latest http://f.ast.ly/ym5Uk

Official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7 goes live

Surprise of surprises! On the day that Europeans finally got to dig into the Windo http://f.ast.ly/yDxc7

HP Slate 500 finally (finally!) official, rings up at $799

Nope, you're not dreaming, but feel free to pinch yourself, rub your eyes or take http://f.ast.ly/ypfSp

Live from the Engadget reader meetup in NYC

We're having a party, where are you? If you happen to be in the NY area, feel free http://f.ast.ly/yB37M

Boeing installs 50Mbps eXConnect broadband on 737

Cathay Pacific has already promised that it would bring 50Mbps in-flight broadband http://f.ast.ly/yCfp8

BlackBerry Style first hands-on!

Yes, folks, it's true: Engadget's capable of scooping itself at its own reader mee http://f.ast.ly/yy7ty

GE introduces 'hybrid' bulb with both halogen and CFL elements, instant-on meets efficiency

We're pretty okay with waiting the second or so it takes a typical CFL to light up http://f.ast.ly/yhTqj

New 11.6-inch MacBook Air ripped to pieces, exposing proprietary parts

The entire world saw the 13-inch MacBook Air exposed to the elements before it was http://f.ast.ly/yVd2F

Barnes & Noble prepping new Nook with full color touchscreen?

Yeah, the Nook already has one color screen, but its primary display is depressing http://f.ast.ly/yUSUM

Exclusive: Mad Catz Cyborg Rat 9 review

In a world full of the shapely blobs we call computer mice, the Cyborg Rat stands http://f.ast.ly/yySxr

PlayStation Move shipped one million units its first month in the Americas

We've got some hard numbers from Sony on how the PlayStation Move is doing in the http://f.ast.ly/yqDg3

Samsung Galaxy Player 50 shown off in lengthy ad, already on sale in France

We got a pretty good look at Samsung's Android-based Galaxy Player 50 at IFA last http://f.ast.ly/ymx2C

Apple's Mac App Store Review Guidelines posted -- will Photoshop make it in?

No surprise that Apple's new Mac App Store has a similar set of rules and regulati http://f.ast.ly/yCGg5

Acer's Liquid Metal spotted in the wild, chilling with two mystery friends

The last we heard about Acer's Liquid Metal smartphone, an Android 2.2 unit with a http://f.ast.ly/yXv9S

V-Moda's metallic Vibrato earbuds get Kevlar cable, in-line iPhone remote

It's been a hot minute since we've caught wind of a new set of V-Moda earbuds that http://f.ast.ly/yHWWV

Dell marketing makeover simplifies brands, kills off Adamo altogether

We knew something was going on with Dell's branding with the resurrection of the X http://f.ast.ly/ykCFe

Lumigon T1 with ICEpower amplifiers officially unveiled, to arrive 'by the very end of this year'

Just as promised, Denmark-based Lumigon has finally lifted the curtains over its m http://f.ast.ly/ysXEA

Barnes & Noble Nook goes on sale at Walmart next week

We still don't know what Barnes & Noble is announcing at its "very special eve http://f.ast.ly/y4wps

Students get their hands on Microsoft's Adaptive Keyboard, adapt it to their nefarious ways (video)

When Microsoft announced its Adaptive Keyboard, backed by an LCD not entirely unli http://f.ast.ly/yp2FY

Samsung's new SyncMaster monitors: DisplayPort, 16:10, tres European

If you find the typical 16:9 display ratio to be too upsetting or distracting for http://f.ast.ly/ypmkF

Windows 7 moves 240 million copies in its first year

Can you believe it's only been a year since Windows 7 hit the market? So much has http://f.ast.ly/yA6kQ

Samsung's new SyncMaster monitors: DisplayPort, 16:10, tres European

If you find the typical 16:9 display ratio to be too upsetting or distracting for http://f.ast.ly/ypmkF

PSA: FaceTime beta endangers your Apple ID password and security questions

Worried about local hackers? Like leaving your laptop behind in the coffee shop wh http://f.ast.ly/ybdRb

Samsung comes clean with Galaxy S Froyo upgrade dates: all carriers in November

The Android 2.2 upgrade situation on the Galaxy S has been a veritable rollercoast http://f.ast.ly/ymHtF

ITU lays down law: WiMAX 2, LTE-Advanced are 4G, everyone else is a buster

Fleshing out what constitutes a 3G versus a 4G wireless technology is like trying http://f.ast.ly/y54k4

First all-robot surgery performed at McGill University

A team of surgeons at McGill University, including the da Vinci robo-surgeon and a http://f.ast.ly/yfJ2H

Winamp comes to Android, one of our childhood dreams is realized

Here's a blast from the past: Winamp, that mainstay media player of college dorms http://f.ast.ly/ykQHS

Stephen Elop: Nokia's first MeeGo device 'will be a 2011 event'

No more wondering or speculation, Nokia's CEO just announced on the Q3 earnings ca http://f.ast.ly/yQ6fD

AT&T clocks up 2.6 million net new wireless subscribers, bigger profits in Q3

AT&T's balance sheet just keeps looking happier and happier every quarter. In http://f.ast.ly/yGRqV

Nintendo Wii Remote Plus is just $39, gets included in shiny new red bundle

We've been waiting for it to get more official in more places, and Nintendo's fina http://f.ast.ly/yqS92

Motorola Defy makes a splash on T-Mobile this November 3rd for $99

T-Mobile USA's tweet pretty much says it all -- the Defy is nigh -- and you'll be http://f.ast.ly/yVUTp

Nokia ends talk of Symbian^4, adopts HTML5 in Qt framework

Things are turning upside down in Espoo today. Besides, earnings and reported job http://f.ast.ly/ys2Wj

Eigenharp controls WiFi lamp with a little Arduino assistance (video)

We've already seen what the Eigenharp (and smaller Eigenharp Pico) can do on its o http://f.ast.ly/yCUav

AT&T announces pay-as-you-go international data packages for laptops

It may not be a substitute for an international MiFi rental service, but AT&T http://f.ast.ly/ykWGV

Tachyon announces 720p Tachyon XC HD helmet cam, excites us with a Picatinny rifle mount (video)

Iron sights? Only for newbs. Holo sights? Much nicer -- at least until someone pul http://f.ast.ly/ysXqm

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Marshall Headphones joining your JCM 900 on November 15

Details are few and far betwixt right now, but a legendary name in guitar amplific http://f.ast.ly/yXJws

Dell XPS resurrected with NVIDIA graphics, HD webcams and JBL audio

It's baaack. Okay, to be fair Dell's XPS brand never really went away -- there's b http://f.ast.ly/yV4ee

HTC 7 Mozart review

Out of all the Windows Phone 7 launch partners, HTC's obviously been the most hard http://f.ast.ly/yUaTy

Joby tempts the argonauts with Switchback headlamp / lantern

Call us crazy, but we're guessing that the Joby you knew last year will look nothi http://f.ast.ly/ymjEk

Apple TV hacked to run weather app

Well, that didn't take long. Greenpois0n jailbroke the the new Apple TV just yeste http://f.ast.ly/ygpay

Super Twario goes where Tweetdeck fears to tread: Game Center (video)

As if the up-to-the-minute reports on your friends, family, and @davidgewirtz were http://f.ast.ly/yx4DY

Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event roundup

Oh dear, you missed it? Don't fret, we've got links for you. So many links. Apple http://f.ast.ly/yQP6g

Apple quietly updates MacBook Pro with optional 2.8GHz Core i7 processor

Sure, Apple's "Back to the Mac" press conference was all about software and a mani http://f.ast.ly/ysk5s

Lenovo's ThinkCentre M75e destop range introduced, complete with business socks

They ain't much to gawk at, and they certainly won't satisfy your craving for tomo http://f.ast.ly/ySFCD

HTC HD7 review

The screen that just keeps on going meets the OS that refuses to fit on a single d http://f.ast.ly/ySxW5

Samsung Omnia 7 review

We knew Samsung's been in the Windows Phone 7 game pretty much since day one, but http://f.ast.ly/yg9LF

HTC Surround review

Of all the Windows Phone 7 launch devices, AT&T's HTC Surround is likely the m http://f.ast.ly/yAp4H

Windows Phone 7 review

Have you been looking for the definitive review of Windows Phone 7? Well look no f http://f.ast.ly/ybG2U

Shocker! CVS Lookbook e-reader reviewed, sucks

Well, we didn't exactly have high hopes when we got first glimpse at the CVS LookB http://f.ast.ly/ypRQv

Editorial: Why the Galaxy Tab's price makes sense

Alright, I was wrong. On the Engadget Podcast I said that Samsung is capable of na http://f.ast.ly/yyvWU

MacBook Air: all substance, no Flash

Amusingly enough, you know what's missing from the new MacBook Air models? Adobe F http://f.ast.ly/ymY6x

Windows Phone 7 now on sale... in New Zealand

Well played, New Zealand. Hobbit-infested scenery, Flight of the Conchords, the fi http://f.ast.ly/ybJdE

HTC 7 Mozart and Samsung Omnia 7 on sale tomorrow at 7am on Orange UK

We knew Windows Phone 7 was scheduled to land first internationally, but it's alwa http://f.ast.ly/yGxkX

MacBook Air (11.6-inch) first hands-on!

Look, all we can tell you is that is one of the tiniest, thinnest, most lust-worth http://f.ast.ly/yDURG

Apple introduces 11.6-inch MacBook Air, available today for $999

Hoo boy, our tipster was spot on with this one, Apple's adding an 11.6-inch siblin http://f.ast.ly/ypRAK

Apple's new MacBook Air

Apple asked itself what would happen if an iPad and a MacBook Air "hooked up." Ben http://f.ast.ly/ybs9G

MacBook Air (13-inch) first hands-on!

We just spent some quality time with the new 13-inch MacBook Air, and it certainly http://f.ast.ly/yU7Sb

New MacBook Airs come with Software Reinstall USB drive

What's a MacBook Air to do in the case of a software emergency without an internal http://f.ast.ly/yXgJ3

App Store for OS X 10.7 unveiled

Given its success with the iPhone / iPod touch's App Store, we can't say an OS X v http://f.ast.ly/y4U3L

Apple announces iLife '11, $49 upgrade or free with every new Mac, available today

There you have it. Shockingly enough, iMovie, iPhoto, and GarageBand have all been http://f.ast.ly/y5SNU

OS X 10.7 Lion announced

As expected, Apple today offered a preview of Mac OS X 10.7, a.k.a "Lion," which S http://f.ast.ly/y4rbu

FaceTime coming to OS X, beta available today

We just spotted the FaceTime logo, or a version of it, lurking in the OS X dock du http://f.ast.ly/yuqtv

Boxee Box shipping November 10th in US and Canada

And with that, the long (long!) wait is (just) about over. Boxee just announced th http://f.ast.ly/ybvyn

Live from Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event

Check back at the times below!07:00AM - Hawaii10:00AM - Pacific11:00AM - Mountain1 http://f.ast.ly/yUM3R

Tegatech Tega v2 review

We haven't seen many -- okay, any -- Windows 7 slates from major manufactures (i.e http://f.ast.ly/yCaBd

The Apple Store is down

Oh man, the Apple Store is down, guys. Do you think that means Apple might be abou http://f.ast.ly/yu3CU

Android 3.0 due to start hitting tablets in December ahead of January launch

A holiday tradition? Making things out of gingerbread, and Google is doing its par http://f.ast.ly/yBqa4

AlphaUi Back-Type keyboard for tablets will never catch on, but we wish it would

You know, traditionally we try to be thankful for stuff like slim device profiles http://f.ast.ly/ya7mP

Microsoft's Phil Spencer rains on Sony's 3D parade, thinks 3DS has potential

Is 3D gaming on the verge of completely revolutionizing your world? If you're a ha http://f.ast.ly/yb9Ss

Mercedes' new Media Interface Plus is smartphone-friendly, Bluetooth-equipped, and Pandora-ready

Mercedes has a new $298 accessory available now that adds another level of smartph http://f.ast.ly/y5ta8

Screen Grabs: Dell Streak recruited into NCIS:LA for some undercover duty, fights evil Adamo XPS

Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's mo http://f.ast.ly/yPAcu

Verizon to sell Galaxy Tab starting November 11 for $600, world schedules chucklefest for same day

Crazy, right? With the impossible-to-ignore iPad 3G starting at just $629 (and the http://f.ast.ly/yfCCr

Sprint invites Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 and Inspiron 11z into the dual-mode 3G / WiMAX league

It's been a good long while since a Dell Mini 10 with WiMAX crossed the FCC, but i http://f.ast.ly/yB8DY

Motorola prepping 4G USB modem for LTE networks, doesn't say which ones

Motorola is definitely tossing its hat in the LTE mobile broadband ring -- it just http://f.ast.ly/yBDu2

Samsung Omnia 7 takes on HTC's HD7 and 7 Mozart in battle for WP7 supremacy (video)

The alternative headline for this post was "a visual tour of the phones Americans http://f.ast.ly/yaCwM

T-Mobile G2 overclocked to 1.4GHz, starts blitzing benchmarks (video)

Well now, that didn't take very long. T-Mobile's G2 (aka the HTC Vision) has been http://f.ast.ly/ym95W

Apple.com reveals iLife upgrade, reaffirms MacBook Air refresh

Ah, it's good to see Apple can leak its announcements ahead of time just like the http://f.ast.ly/yahbQ

Lenovo says no Android tablet in US until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 tablet, period

If you happen to be enthusiastic about Lenovo, tablets, and your American residenc http://f.ast.ly/yPYSK

11.6-inch MacBook Air detailed

So, we've just been discussing the rumored, and long overdue, MacBook Air refresh http://f.ast.ly/yfufH

Man traps himself in toilet trying to retrieve cellphone, has time to re-evaluate life priorities (video)

When we say this chap was trapped in the toilet, we don't mean he was stuck in the http://f.ast.ly/yVXsK

iHome's iA100 iPad stereo speaker system now on sale for $199

Took 'em long enough, huh? iHome's iA100 was actually introduced way back in July, http://f.ast.ly/ySGS5

AMD demos next-gen Llano Fusion APU, promises consumer availability in 2011

2011 can't come soon enough, particularly if you're AMD. The company has been atte http://f.ast.ly/ykjFu

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

AT&T Connection Kit marries Bug Labs with 3G, whatever crazy gizmo you dream up

Creative spirits that know their way around an Eclipse project (and, optionally, a http://f.ast.ly/yQ5T6

Google's wardriving days are over, says Canadian privacy commissioner

When Google's Street View cars glide through your neighborhood next, you can leave http://f.ast.ly/yB89N

TerreStar makes it official, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Teetering no longer. According to Reuters, satellite phone maker TerreStar has fil http://f.ast.ly/yXdmm

Palm Pre 2 hits FCC in CDMA and North American GSM flavors

So the Pre 2 has been announced for SFR in France and Verizon in the States, along http://f.ast.ly/UGKbA

ASUS' ultra-thin RT-N6U router hits FCC, adherence to diet in question

It's a pretty long trip down memory lane for us to return to ASUS' ultra-thin RT-5 http://f.ast.ly/y2DMh

DJ Hero 2 now available for purchase, Beck still wondering about royalty checks

You seriously can't make this stuff up -- in what can only be assumed is a nod to http://f.ast.ly/Utscg

Micron introduces V100 LCOS projector, WQVGA in an 8.5cc package

Projector-phones are still a rare commodity, despite the array of tiny projectors http://f.ast.ly/yLE7E

Intel announces plans to spend up to $8 billion on U.S. factory upgrades

Apple and Google may be sitting on their piles of cash, but Intel sure is dipping http://f.ast.ly/yN4LT

Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event is tomorrow at 1PM ET / 10AM PT -- we'll be there live!

What will happen tomorrow? A new version of OS X? Tiny MacBook Airs? Verizon iPhon http://f.ast.ly/UnQRf

The Engadget Show returns this Saturday, October 23rd with Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest!

Attention all humans and empathetic robots: The Engadget Show is back in a big way http://f.ast.ly/UTGB9

Barnes & Noble holding a 'very special event' next week

Can you believe it's almost been a year since the Nook was announced? The reader w http://f.ast.ly/UsKqE

webOS 2.0 review

When it comes to webOS 2.0 (now actually called HP webOS), it almost felt like we' http://f.ast.ly/y6DqH

How much will a gold Vertu Constellation Quest set you back? About $27K, turns out

Feeling that Constellation Quest, but think it'd look a little better in brilliant http://f.ast.ly/yekeS

How much will a gold Vertu Constellation Quest set you back? About $27K, turns out

Feeling that Constellation Quest, but think it'd look a little better in brilliant http://f.ast.ly/yekeS

PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment out now for $20, still blindingly beautiful

Our inexplicable love affair with the PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment (appare http://f.ast.ly/yeVQP

webOS 2.0 review

When it comes to webOS 2.0 (now actually called HP webOS), it almost felt like we' http://f.ast.ly/y6DqH

Mophie Juice Packs for iPhone 4, iPad en route to Apple Store

We have some details for you on Mophie's upcoming Juice Pack Universal line. Ready http://f.ast.ly/yYwp7

Verizon rolls out 3G Network Extender for $250

Samsung had signaled Big Red's intention to replace its old, non-3G Network Extend http://f.ast.ly/UvyJ5

Power mad modder rips the keys out of his Epic 4G, calls it a gamepad (video)

Sometimes a mod is more than just a mod: it's a manifesto. When Phawx over at Brai http://f.ast.ly/UWPen

Windows Embedded Automotive hits version 7, powers Nissan Leaf, takes MyFord global

We know how patiently you've been waiting for this day, but it's here. It's really http://f.ast.ly/yYQwe

Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup

We've already seen a number of Galaxy Tab accessories, and checked out a few first http://f.ast.ly/UnFHT

Xbox.com getting a major overhaul: browser-based avatar editor, WP7-connected web games

Well, it looks like the Xbox 360 dashboard isn't the only thing getting an overhau http://f.ast.ly/yJ2N6

Symbian boss steps down effective immediately

Citing "personal reasons," the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executiv http://f.ast.ly/U3PPS

Vertu Constellation Quest shows up at the FCC, running Symbian and looking pleasantly outrageous

Ah, Vertu, where would we be without you? Richer, to be sure, but so very bored. V http://f.ast.ly/yRKKX

iPhone-controlled Acutouch HT-9500 massage chair now available

Have you been struggling to come to terms with your non-iPhone-controlled massage http://f.ast.ly/y8XMG

MSI WindPad tablet design concepts rendered, available in your choice of innie or outie

It's a bit odd to see a gadget go from sitting in your hand to sitting in the outp http://f.ast.ly/yMvc9

KDDI tacks solar panel onto biblio Leaf SP02 e-reader

Haven't seen enough of KDDI's fall 2010 product line? Good. The company has just o http://f.ast.ly/yRkPT

Palm gets official with webOS 2.0 and Pre 2: hitting France on Friday, Verizon 'in the coming months'

And just like that, the rumor mill smirks. HP has just come clean with a device th http://f.ast.ly/yMd3E

Western Digital ships 3TB Caviar Green 3.5-inch hard drive for $239, 2.5TB for $189

You know that 3TB hard drive that Western Digital slapped into its range of My Boo http://f.ast.ly/UWLJt

TweetDeck CEO continues backlash against Jobs

Steve Jobs' amateur sleuthing last night brought up that gorgeous TweetDeck chart http://f.ast.ly/yMGMa

Brammo introduces the Enertia Plus electric motorcycle with double the range (video)

The Brammo Enertia has the honor of being one of the first electric motorcycles re http://f.ast.ly/yYvTP

BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB variant confirmed, strapped to a 5,300mAh battery (video)

You already know most of the spec sheet delicacies that RIM has in store for its P http://f.ast.ly/yLJFv

Samsung Wave II has its Super Clear LCD tested against Galaxy S Super AMOLED display

Well, "tested" might be a strong word, but the living legend that is Eldar Murtazi http://f.ast.ly/y2bKX

Samsung Galaxy Tab costs €730 from Vodafone.de, €300 if bought with a two-year data plan

You can kind of tell we're growing ever closer to the Galaxy Tab's promised Novemb http://f.ast.ly/UGPsF

Andy Rubin responds to Steve Jobs with a coded tweet

It's common knowledge that the first words uttered by any nerd are "hello world." http://f.ast.ly/yYKjr

dSolar panels for Mindstorms bring green power to your Lego creations

When society collapses and the national energy infrastructure goes to pot, at leas http://f.ast.ly/yrbpG

Dell's Inspiron 15R Alloy Edition makes the wrong kind of waves

An "Alloy Edition" laptop sounds like something that should look pretty decent, ri http://f.ast.ly/UnsBM

HRP-4C dances and sings her way into the Uncanny Valley (video)

AIST's HRP-4C fashion robot has dramatically improved since we first saw "her" str http://f.ast.ly/yejkC

NEC introduces 23-inch MultiSync EX231W LCD monitor, complete with DisplayPort

NEC's new MultiSync EX231W may not be the sexiest LCD of all time, but it's still http://f.ast.ly/U39Ut

AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850 officially pictured, coming this Friday

AMD said it's bringing the new heat this week, but, in a classic act of showmanshi http://f.ast.ly/yNch6

Monday, October 18, 2010

AT&T offering a free month of Zune to folks who buy a Windows Phone 7 handset this year

We already knew AT&T was giving away ilomilo and a free month of U-verse Mobil http://f.ast.ly/yeS7u

T-Mobile myTouch 4G ROM leak includes teaser video, speed-enhanced moniker

We always thought it was peculiar that T-Mobile's third myTouch phone would be sim http://f.ast.ly/UvFT9

iPhone 3,2 rumored to be in near-final testing phase, cue the CDMA speculation

Apple's all aglow with its fiscal triumphs, but that's nothing new. Here's somethi http://f.ast.ly/yNsmh

Bose enters single-ear Bluetooth headset market with expected swagger and price tag

"It's not every day you see a company release a Bluetooth headset" is something we http://f.ast.ly/yNY8W

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, is calling it quits

Microsoft has just announced that Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie is leaving th http://f.ast.ly/Up3Rr

Steve Jobs drops knowledge on earnings call: calls out Google and RIM, says 7-inch tablets are 'DOA'

Steve Jobs hit today's earnings call with the power of words. In a tone that could http://f.ast.ly/UtG8J

Verizon's tiered data plans hitting October 28, smartphones still getting unlimited option?

We'd told you back in July that Verizon would migrate away from unlimited data and http://f.ast.ly/UEYSN

Droid 2 Global ads now running on Verizon's 800 number

Whoever said being on hold was a bad thing? Verizon customers who call in and get http://f.ast.ly/UcSwT

Android-based Archos 43 PMP up for pre-order, should ship out soon

Archos swore up and down that this one was set to ship in "mid-October," which mea http://f.ast.ly/y26kn

Apple's Q4 earnings are out, records set for revenue, earnings, and sales

Another Apple earnings report, another winner quarter for the company. Apple says http://f.ast.ly/U32xB

MakerLegoBot is made of Lego, makes things out of Lego, is so meta it hurts (video)

Building things out of Lego? Lots of fun. Building a thing out of Lego that itself http://f.ast.ly/yesLY

Smartphone Coaster keeps your eyes on the prize, even while you eat

From the parallel universe known as "you've got to be kidding me" comes yet anothe http://f.ast.ly/UGDCF

HTC HD7 versus Desire HD: battle of the 4.3-inchers

Come October 21, European smartphone buyers will be faced with the enviable choice http://f.ast.ly/UTjXn

iPhone-controllable LED strip lets you take the rave with you for $300

The iPhone can do many things, but "hypnotize passers-by with a dazzling array of http://f.ast.ly/UThyn

Sony Ericsson brings 16 megapixel Cyber-shot S006 cellphone to KDDI

KDDI may have done its best to bury it amongst the few dozen other phones it annou http://f.ast.ly/yMYdJ

Dell trots out eight new LED-backlit LCD monitors, promises 21.5-inch multitouch IPS model

We had a hunch that Dell's latest quartet of LCD monitors would be making the shor http://f.ast.ly/yrnUh

Toyota Prius PHEV preview: three days in plug-in paradise

The future of modern transportation awaits us. By 2012 we expect to have multiple http://f.ast.ly/y29y6

The Altaz 3.5-inch Internet Clock Radio tells you the weather, 'provides endless entertainment'

"Endless entertainment from a clock radio?" you say, cynically sipping on your tea http://f.ast.ly/UpbYQ

NTT Japan builds a USB box for sharing with the cloud

This unassuming black box, the N-Transfer, has one purpose and one alone -- to sti http://f.ast.ly/yrcsg

Flexible, implantable LEDs look set to start a new body modification craze

LED lights are cool, you're cool, why not combine the two, right? We doubt that's http://f.ast.ly/UpAN8

Microsoft to spend one billion dollars advertising Kinect and Windows Phone 7

Microsoft's serious about making Kinect a success. A $500 million kind of serious. http://f.ast.ly/y2hYD

Wii Remote Plus hits Europe on 5 November

While we've already seen it get official in Japan, Europe is first from the gate w http://f.ast.ly/y8gLn

Samsung Galaxy Tab up for pre-order at Carphone Warehouse for £530

We continue that elusive hunt for an official Galaxy Tab price with the most relia http://f.ast.ly/UWBuW

Sony said to be outsourcing production of high-end LCDs, Foxconn and Wistron getting the nod

Potentially bad news this morning for fans of high-end Sony HDTVs. The company, st http://f.ast.ly/yFYFs

Samsung Galaxy Tab redesigned for KDDI, hitting Japan in late February as SMT-i9100

Japan's KDDI is in the midst of its biannual hardware refresh and in among its new http://f.ast.ly/UTqsN

HyperMac will stop selling MacBook charging cables on November 2 -- Apple wins, you lose

Uh oh, HyperMac just announced that it will cease the sale of MacBook charging cab http://f.ast.ly/UshS8

Microsoft Kinect will work just fine for seated gameplay

One of the major points of confusion related to Microsoft's new controller-less Xb http://f.ast.ly/U3HCR

Dell Studio XPS 14, 15 and 17 packing NVIDIA Optimus lunch for imminent launch?

It would seem Dell's suffered another of its signature pre-release leaks, as the f http://f.ast.ly/yNTmb

Sprint promises WiMAX in NYC on November 1, LA on December 1, and San Francisco a few weeks later

The fact that Sprint and Clearwire have teamed up to deliver WiMAX to New York, LA http://f.ast.ly/UcUtg

Sunday, October 17, 2010

T-Mobile to intro $10 data plan for smartphone data lightweights?

It's getting pretty clear that T-Mobile is rethinking its mobile data strategy, wh http://f.ast.ly/y66sv

Pleo Reborn detailed by Innvo CEO, one lucky fan finds and buys the tiny dino (video)

Innvo Labs wasn't sharing a single detail about its new Pleo at CES last year, but http://f.ast.ly/Usnqm

Inhabitat's Week in Green: the world's largest laser fired, icy roof tiles admired, faucet lamps inspired

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green develop http://f.ast.ly/UsfLA

Pandigital takes a second shot at digital reading with the Novel Personal eReader

Second time's got to be the charm, eh Pandigital? No, we weren't exactly the bigge http://f.ast.ly/yJtxs

Shinobii's table tennis bat for Wii hitting shelves soon for $70

Remember that prototype Wii tablet tennis controller that was reviewed (and adored http://f.ast.ly/yFHy5

Advent Vega tablet won't come with Android Market, might get it as part of Gingerbread update (video)

Lack of Google's official app store has been a thorn in the side of would-be Andro http://f.ast.ly/UEM6j

Motorola asks court to invalidate Apple patents, preempt another lawsuit

The smartphone intellectual property wars are seriously heating up, as Motorola si http://f.ast.ly/UwRNh

Canon's 35x SX30 superzoomer reviewed: dazzling specs don't trump sub-par performance

The more things change, the more they stay the same, and though Canon's PowerShot http://f.ast.ly/UwrGb

DivX TV launched on LG Blu-ray players, mixes up the internet-to-TV wars a bit more

We've already lost count of all the internet TV platforms that launched this fall, http://f.ast.ly/yrJhS

Friday, October 15, 2010

Eizo rolls out 17-inch FlexScan T1751 multitouch monitor

Eizo may not be aiming this one directly at average consumers, but there's nothing http://f.ast.ly/yMaE6

How would you change RIM's BlackBerry Torch?

It's the first BlackBerry to ship with BB OS 6, and it's the first to boast both a http://f.ast.ly/yrYAS

Is this the new MacBook Air?

We just received this shot of what is purportedly the inside of the new MacBook Ai http://f.ast.ly/y2RCH

CyberPower gets diminutive with LAN Party EVO SFF desktop family

Look out, Shuttle -- CyberPower's getting all up in your territory with its new LA http://f.ast.ly/UW5Uy

MSI gets official with 17.3-inch FX700 and FR700 multimedia laptops

June was a lifetime ago, we'll give you that, but surely you can't forget those 16 http://f.ast.ly/UKd6m

RockYou Rocked By Layoffs As It Switches Focus To Social Games

RockYou, a social network app developer that also has an advertising branch, has h http://f.ast.ly/yMur2

And Now a Folksy Update From Carol Bartz, Massive Outage Relegated to “PS”

Talk about burying the lead. For your Friday reading pleasure, the latest memo fro http://f.ast.ly/U7U9W

Maybe Dave McClure Should Just Use UberCab

There is a very excited startup out there called Baydin that is about to close it& http://f.ast.ly/Uwph6

iPhone 4, EVO 4G Powermats arrive at Best Buy

Well, ain't this exciting! If you own an iPhone 4 or EVO 4G, it looks like the tyr http://f.ast.ly/yJswp

CTL 2goPad SL10 review

Last time we left off in the tale of Windows 7 tablets, we'd taken a look at Netbo http://f.ast.ly/U79Vr

The Engadget Podcast, live at 2:00PM ET!

Woah, it's an early one! Well, late if you think Thursday is the "official" day fo http://f.ast.ly/UTNQH

Borders enlists BookBrewer for its e-publishing portal, 'Time Cube' guy asks where to sign up

We guess that Barnes & Noble can't have all the fun, huh? You'll soon have ano http://f.ast.ly/Und95

Iomega serves up adorable 1.8-inch External USB 3.0 SSD pocket drives

Some might say that you have somewhat of a problem when calling a solid state driv http://f.ast.ly/yLnfp

Nintendo patent application describes a grocery list app, takes the DS shopping

If your pocket or purse makes room for a smartphone there's a good chance you've s http://f.ast.ly/yNWwy

Lesance GSN801GAW gaming laptop packs 18.4-inch LCD, oodles of ugly and serious muscle

Is it actually possible to construct an 18.4-inch gaming laptop that isn't unsight http://f.ast.ly/UshkX

MindScape's Karotz continues the proud Nabaztag lineage

It's been a while since we've heard anything on the Nabaztag front. Violet, the co http://f.ast.ly/yrFrY

Garmin's $23 Chirp wireless beacon brings geocaching thrills to Oregon, Dakota GPS units

Looking for an avenue to join millions of others in geocaching, eh? We know, there http://f.ast.ly/UnEX4

Turkey's $1 million humanoid SURALP robot gets a coming out party (video)

Yet another country has a walking humanoid robot to call its own, joining the illu http://f.ast.ly/yJMgQ

Hammacher Schlemmer's tablet-controlled 'Emotive Robotic Avatar' captures your heart, nest egg

Yeah, it's almost time for the holidays, and smart busy-bodies are already checkin http://f.ast.ly/UEg8E

Canon's 60D impresses reviewers, but a challenger approaches (video)

Canon's prosumer line just got a little better, with the 18 megapixel, 1080p recor http://f.ast.ly/UWNWE

Lexmark intros Genesis all-in-one printer with camera-based scanning, we go eyes-on

You've probably seen quite a few flatbed scanner bars in your lifetime, but the $4 http://f.ast.ly/Usq3g

Nikon D7000 sold at Best Buy a little early, gets unboxed immediately

Best Buy's been a naughty retailer again by letting some people purchase Nikon's D http://f.ast.ly/Uwc9J

Galaxy S Android 2.2 Froyo update begins to trickle out

Based on breathless reports we're seeing on Twitter and in the XDA-Developers' for http://f.ast.ly/yrvsw

Shocker! Cellphone touchscreens are dirty

If you have even the slightest inclination towards Mysophobia then please, do your http://f.ast.ly/yYjMK

Robotic curtain tries to guard your privacy, save on fabric (video)

Of all the things that could potentially be roboticized, we can't say a curtain wo http://f.ast.ly/UTX58

Google's driverless car drives interest in driverless cars (video)

Self-driving cars are hardly new. We've seen dozens of automatic vehicles over the http://f.ast.ly/y8sGY

AMD launching next generation of Radeon graphics cards next week, shipping by end of the year

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Ask Engadget: best gaming graphics card for under $150?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answ http://f.ast.ly/yN5YD

AMD sees a tablet chip in its future, and an end to the core-count wars

AMD told us that it wasn't terribly interested in the iPad market, and would wait http://f.ast.ly/UnRtg

Nokia's ex-MeeGo chief lands at Palm?

It looks like design heads at Palm and Nokia have more or less swapped roles, as A http://f.ast.ly/y2cY7

Belkin's Conserve Gateway checks in with the FCC, may be at your utility company

Belkin just got official with its Converse Gateway wireless energy monitoring syst http://f.ast.ly/yMLny

Keepin' it real fake: Magic Mouse and iPhone converge into iPhonc

Do you dream at night? Do you stare at your ceiling pondering questions that no ot http://f.ast.ly/UcsKM

Palm Pre 2 coming to Verizon?

It seems like we're getting closer and closer to the arrival of the Palm Pre 2 and http://f.ast.ly/UpYFB

Dell reaches $100 million settlement in SEC fraud case

Dell announced back in June that it's set aside a $100 million reserve fund for a http://f.ast.ly/yrx8j

Droid 2 Global appears in Verizon employee training system

We'd been wondering if the Droid 2 Global was just a beautiful figment of our imag http://f.ast.ly/Uw5H5

Dell Streak, HTC Surround, white Samsung Fascinate, and Taylor Swift-ified white SE X10 coming to Best Buy exclusively

We've got a little more detail on those four new pre-orderable phones up in Best B http://f.ast.ly/yFwUq

SMK-Link PadDock 10 review

It's funny that the most interesting iPad accessories so far have been the ones th http://f.ast.ly/yRg8U

NextComputer Vigor Evo rugged PC shipping with three displays, 11TB storage

NextComputer has a line on the types of PCs we will always lust over, yet we'll ne http://f.ast.ly/U3fgA

SteelSeries celebrating Cataclysm with new WoW MMO gaming mouse

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Viewsonic rolls out 24-inch V3D241wm-LED monitor with 3D glasses

We've yet to see the full wrath of Viewsonic's ambitious 3D plans, but the company http://f.ast.ly/yRSES

Nokia N8 review

The first time Nokia's N8-00 popped up on our radar was way back in early February http://f.ast.ly/UEyhp

Stuart Hughes strikes again with world's most expensive, diamond covered iPhone 4

We've already established that if you're filthy rich, you probably don't want the http://f.ast.ly/yLuDA

Skype 5.0 for Windows busts out of beta, integrates your Facebook friends

Nope, it's not a Facebook "phone," but it's probably the closest you're gonna get http://f.ast.ly/yLppj

DC Fast Charger joins the ECOtality EV charging station fleet, looks like a fuel pump

You can't help but smile, can you? ECOtality's latest entrant into the rapidly exp http://f.ast.ly/y6GbU

Siemens pumps streaming audio to hearing aids with miniTek remote

See that tiny black box? It's a streaming audio hub, designed specifically for the http://f.ast.ly/yF9wR

iPad going on sale in Verizon Wireless and AT&T stores October 28

It might not be the Apple-Verizon tie-in you are most anxious to see happen, but t http://f.ast.ly/U7kXG

HP Envy 17 review

When it comes to selecting our favorite mainstream Windows laptops these days the http://f.ast.ly/UWGXq

Robots learning our pain threshold by punching humans and seeing if they cry

The first rule of robotics is you do not talk about robotics that a robot should n http://f.ast.ly/UWs8N

ArcadeDock converts Lenovo laptop into retro gaming machine (video)

Dean Liou, the same fellow responsible for the ToiletPC and LovePC, has just conco http://f.ast.ly/UTK3f

Pioneer blings out HDJ-1000 headphones, turns them into a $209 Limited Edition

The thing with headphones, and sound equipment in general, is that if you get the http://f.ast.ly/UwT4X

Screen Grabs: Thermaltake Level 10 plays coy on NCIS: Los Angeles

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Opera Mobile coming to Android within a month, bearing hardware acceleration and pinch-to-zoom

Forget all that Mini stuff, Opera is bringing its full-flavored mobile browser to http://f.ast.ly/y6pHD

Warning, heavy users: T-Mobile just now turning on data throttling?

T-Mobile had become the only top-tier carrier in the US to endorse data throttling http://f.ast.ly/yFeS8