Filed under: Laptops
In an apparent effort to move every last unit before ASUS drops a
$200 Eee PC in 2009, Best Buy has knocked
$50 off of MSI's 10-inch Wind U100. The Atom N270-powered netbook now checks in at just $349, a price that just
seems to fit so much better with the term "netbook" than, say,
$500+. The real question, however, is: three fifty low enough for you?
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MSI's 10-inch Wind U100 falls to $349 at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We can't remember the last time we stealthily scribbled a note to a coworker instead of shooting an IM, but Mintpass (a Korean firm founded by former
iriver minds) believes some folks want to do both at once with Mintpad, a wireless handheld that's one part
Nintendo DS, one part iPod, and another part Post-it note. Yes, it surfs the web on 802.11b/g WiFi and plays 4GB (or more with a microSD card) of music and videos on its sub-3-inch 320 x 240 display, but the draw is handwriting with a stylus. Don't pick it up if you're looking for handwriting recognition, though -- you just jot down notes the old fashioned way, though you can pass them over the internet to others who have their own Mintpads. We've seen a note or two saying you can pick one up in South Korea for ₩198,000, or about $156.
[Via
Pocketables]
Mintpass' tiny Mintpad brings handwriting back from the 20th century originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Peripherals
Oh sweet prototype of our financial doom, bring forth yon OLED luster and sheen into the physical form of the
Optimus Aux. Wait, where are the programmable OLED keys? Ah well, nobody said that the art-to-part process was quick, especially when we're starting with an
Art Lebedev part. Backside-front snap after the break.
Continue reading Optimus Aux OLED keypad reveals first skin
Optimus Aux OLED keypad reveals first skin originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Wireless
You win some, you lose some -- so says FCC chairman Kevin Martin (pictured), in a roundabout way, at least. The hard-fought
campaign for using the freed "
white spaces" from the upcoming
DTV transition in America has at long last led to victory for proponents such as
Google, Microsoft and Intel, but suffice it to say, not everyone is thrilled about the decision. Essentially, the approval will allow unlicensed use of the soon-to-be-liberated spectrum, would could pave the way for mobile broadband access in rural locations (for example). Fuming TV broadcasters will theoretically be protected from any
unwanted interference, as any device "offered by a technology company for use on the white spaces will have to go through a rigorous certification process." More wireless in '08 -- now isn't that something we can all agree on?
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TechCrunch, image courtesy of
CESWeb]
FCC votes yes on unlicensed white space use originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Robots
You know you've tapped into a cross section of America when even the robots come out in your support. The $250 ObamaBot stands 6-feet tall and regurgitates stump speeches by the president-elect while presumably cleansing the Earth of any naysayers. ObamaBot's University of Florida creators see the world as so imperfect, that they'd prefer to pal around with robots who would target their own planet. Run little girl, run... change is coming.
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Even robots love Obama originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Feel those little hairs standing up on the back your neck? That's guarded anticipation son, the kind that comes from a Chinesed iPhone landing Stateside with the impact of a giant set of balls. According to yet another launch-related post in the Meizu forums, Jack Wong has accelerated plans to kick his
M8 cellphone into India and China (WiFi-less to meet local restrictions) by November 30th. Then "maybe" he'll launch in the US, Hong Kong, and Europe by December 24th. Oh sure. Our take? There's no way in hell that this highest of high-profile clones lands Stateside or on Western European soil without being met by a friendly Apple lawyer holding a court-issued ban on all M8 imports. No matter how much we're dying to play with it.
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Meizu's M8 ready to rock the US and Europe on an iPhone tribute tour? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comments Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio
Got a good marketing hook? Great, give it a nice thick slather across some related bits of your consumer electronics and prepare to rake in the cash. With MD and SACD formats not exactly dominating the audio masses, Sony's back with a new format by the name Blu-spec CD. It takes advantage of (you guessed it) Sony's Blu-ray Disc technology to press new high-quality discs while somehow maintaining compatibility with regular ol' red-laser CD players. How? No idea, really -- it's some kind of secret, proprietary Sony magic hidden deep inside of Google's Japanese-to-English language translator. Perhaps an English press release will be issued later in the day. It does seem that Sony will kick out about 60 Blu-spec CD classics (Miles Davis' Kind of Blue for example) in December ranging in prices from ¥2,500 (about $25) to ¥4,200 ($42). Ouch.
P.S. That weeping CD logo above is our Photoshoppery, not Sony's.
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Sony turns CDs blue with new Blu-spec CD standard originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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