Gadgets Comp

by Trent Wolbe, posted Oct 18th 2008 at 6:30PM
Desirous of more of that enlightening Engadget banter? You’re in luck! We’ve got another installment of the newly-minted Engadget Podcast on tap, featuring an in-depth exploration of thoughts, feelings, and thoughts about feelings. This week Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, and Nilay Patel take you thorough a breathtaking range of topics, with a thorough dissection of the new MacBooks / MacBook Pros, a little Windows 7 talk, and an extra deep look at the T-Mobile G1 with the help of Engadget Mobile super-editor Chris Ziegler. Prepare for extreme geek-craft… (Read the full post about ‘Engadget Podcast 114 - 10.17.2008′…)

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by Tim Stevens, posted Oct 17th 2008 at 4:44PM In these green times, companies are looking everywhere to make a buck — er, save the planet. Philips Simplicity didn’t go much further than the sidewalk to find inspiration for its latest eco-friendly innovation, the Light Blossom, a self-sustainable street lamp that has triple-duty petals. They’re peppered with energy-efficient LEDs to illuminate the street, naturally, but also have solar panels on top and can spin around in a stiff breeze to recharge. At night they’ll emit a soft glow, intended to cut down on light pollution, but will grow brighter whenever a pedestrian comes by. (Read the full post about ‘Philips Simplicity shows off vision for the future of street lighting’…)

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by Paul Miller, posted Oct 18th 2008 at 3:01PM
AT&T’s been cobbling together a voice recognition system for decades, affectionally known as Watson. The good news is that unlike most every other voice recognition system out there, AT&T’s might be useful for, you know, stuff. AT&T’s working on making your plain-language utterances into real-life gadget actions, and has built a voice-operated TV remote to make the idea a reality. Built to operate the U-verse service, AT&T’s new mythical remote lets you ask for whatever comedies might be on, or — in the inexplicable example cited by our source article — search for movies starring Bruce Willis, all using your voice in regular person sentences. (Read the full post about ‘AT&T’s Watson wants you to talk your TV into changing the channel’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 18th 2008 at 8:11AM
It’s one thing to witness an HDTV under the watchful eye of the company that made it, but it’s an entirely different experience to get out on your own, with your own hand-picked sources, your own food stash and the freedom to really speak your mind. From what we’ve seen under Mitsu’s own conditions, the 65-inch LaserVue is truly a sight to behold, and even when the gurus over at TheTechLounge managed to see this thing in their own element, they were equally amazed. They wouldn’t go so far as to call it the best HDTV ever, but even when compared side-by-side with Pioneer’s heralded PRO-151FD KURO plasma, they found the laser-packed set to be superior in a few instances. (Read the full post about ‘Mitsubishi’s 65-inch LaserVue HDTV undergoes further testing’…)

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by Tim Stevens, posted Oct 17th 2008 at 9:21AM Okay, so the prophylactic jokes are strong with this one, but bear with us as we attempt to stick to the straight and narrow about XS Games’ PopStar Guitar for Wii. It’s a game that, if this were an SAT exam, would be to Guitar Hero as Mini-KISS is to KISS: somewhat short of the real thing. The screen shots look rather simplistic and, of course, familiar, but what stands out is the sheath accessory that slips onto your Wiimote, giving you four (yes, just four) fret buttons to manipulate while you “strum” with the Nunchuck. After a few hours of this we think you’re more likely to be in a wrist brace than rock ‘n roll heaven. (Read the full post about ‘PopStar Guitar’s slip-on fret sheath exposed’…)

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by Nilay Patel, posted Oct 17th 2008 at 1:21PMHey, remember the Luxpro Super Shuffle / Super Tangent? That Taiwanese KIRF of the original iPod shuffle? Back in 2005 it ruffled some feathers in Cupertino with an appearance at CeBIT, went under a slight redesign, and was eventually brought to court by Apple’s lawyers, prompting Luxpro to vow vengeance — and nearly two years later, it’s finally filed that promised countersuit against Apple. The suit alleges that Apple uses unfair tactics to squash competitors as part of its “unending aspiration” to maintain a monopoly in the PMP game, and throws in a dash of that never-works iTunes-tying argument for good measure. (Read the full post about ‘Luxpro finally countersues Apple over the Super Tangent iPod shuffle clone’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 17th 2008 at 8:41AM HP’s ridiculously long lasting EliteBook 6930p just got done with a fresh round of torture testing from the savages over at PC Mag, and while their review unit didn’t have the optimal processor for pulling an all-nighter (followed by an all-dayer) without even a lick of the AC outlet, critics did find the unit to be fairly impressive in most every other regard. It should be pointed out, however, that the review crew sure showed a lot of love to the ThinkPad T400, noting that Lenovo’s machine deserved a “super-elite” status if the 6930p was worthy of being “elite.” Comparisons aside, they were impressed with its performance in all-around computing and the “sleek yet rugged” design, but it still came up one red dot shy of a perfect score. (Read the full post about ‘HP’s longevous EliteBook 6930p gets reviewed, liked’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Oct 17th 2008 at 9:02AM We haven’t heard too much about ASUS’ all-in-one touchscreen PC on this side of the drink, but folks overseas are apparently having a field day with it. For your eyes only comes a hands-on / impressions vid showing off the user interface, the design and the overall touchability of the so-called Eee Top. Not too many surprises are in store, but you’ve got to watch for the accent if nothing else. (Read the full post about ‘Video: ASUS Eee Top gets touched, chatted about’…)

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FROM GAMERTELL - The concept PSP2 features a flexible OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen, built-in camera, Wi-Fi connectivity and very few buttons… MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: Ogg, cellphone, laptops, digital (Read the full post about ‘User-created PSP2 concept with flexible OLED screen’…)

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Gadgetell got to take a look at the Android Market interface.  This short video goes over some things you may have missed.  As you can see in the video, the interface is extremely responsive to input.  This particular G1 did not have any protective cover or screen guard or anything of the sort.

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