Garmin Approach S1 is the first GPS watch for golfers, sends that caddy back to the shack
October 28, 2010 No Comment
Pack a lob wedge or extra utility iron? Punch and run or flop and drop? Crush a five iron or hit a three-quarter four? These are just a few of the questions that amateur golfers wish they had to ponder as they instead devote their time to rummaging through the brush trying to find what could be their fourth lost ball in three holes. Maybe Garmin ‘s new Approach S1 watch can help. It’s loaded with every hole from over 14,000 golf courses and, from anywhere on the course, will give you precise yardage to the front, back, and middle of the next green — meaning it won’t help your lay-up but could be just the ticket for nailing that approach. Its integrated odometer will even track how many miles you covered through the course of the day and, we’re presuming, not tell your significant other whether you spent those drinking in the cart or walking at a brisk pace. The Approach S1 is available now for $249 and is subtle enough that your buddies might not even notice your new wrist-borne advantage. Continue reading Garmin Approach S1 is the first GPS watch for golfers, sends that caddy back to the shack Garmin Approach S1 is the first GPS watch for golfers, sends that caddy back to the shack originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Liquavista displays get flexible, ‘unbreakable,’ still rather theoretical (video)
October 28, 2010 No Comment
The next generation of display technology is still that, next, but despite being a future away it continues to get better. Liquavista keeps wowing us with various demonstrations of its electrowetting technology offering full color, high refresh rates, visibility in all lighting conditions, and low power consumption to boot. Now they’re bendy too, with the company releasing footage of a prototype that’s flexible. It’s also said to be “unbreakable,” demonstrated by a person wearing latex gloves gently tapping on the screen — because, you know, that’s about as tough as it gets outside of the lab. Video is after the break, along with full PR, but in neither will you find any hope of seeing this tech for real before the second half of next year. Continue reading Liquavista displays get flexible, ‘unbreakable,’ still rather theoretical (video) Liquavista displays get flexible, ‘unbreakable,’ still rather theoretical (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Yeah, we know. E-mail is like so 1999. Kids today are all about their tweets and their texts, but if grandma can decode a digital picture at all pretty much the only way she’s going to get it is via e-mail, and Eye-Fi is making that easier. It’s launched Eye-Fi View, an online sharing site not unlike your Picasas or your Flickrs , except that pictures are (nearly) instantly and automatically uploaded straight from the camera, where they can be shared (or not shared) with others. Users can also set up e-mail alerts so that grandma can get a private link to Gerard’s graduation photos. Eye-Fi View is free if you don’t mind your pictures disappearing after seven days, but if you want unlimited storage for an unlimited time you’ll need to step up to the $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annual plans. The disembodied hand? We’re pretty sure that’s not included. Continue reading Eye-Fi gets social with the Eye-Fi View online picture portal Eye-Fi gets social with the Eye-Fi View online picture portal originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5
October 28, 2010 No Comment
Struggling to decide how on Earth you’ll fit a gargantuan 15-inch laptop into your life, while simultaneously trying to imagine using something as minuscule as a 14-incher? Great news, vaquero! HP’s splitting the difference (and hairs, if we’re being honest) with its 14.5-inch Pavilion dv5-2129wm Special Edition, a vivacious new machine that has just popped up at Wally World. Powered entirely by flora, this ‘Garden Dreams’ laptop packs a BrightView LED-backlit display, AMD’s Turion II P540 CPU (2.4GHz), 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard drive, 8x SuperMulti DVD burner, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics, an inbuilt webcam 5-in-1 card reader, three USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI / VGA outputs and a six-cell Li-ion battery. It’s available there in the source link for $598, and somehow or another, we suspect Ma Earth is urging you to do the right thing. Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You didn’t forget did you? Today’s the day that the WiFi-only iPad makes its inaugural appearance at Verizon. Whether it’s the beginning of better days between the two US giants remains to be seen. As a reminder, Verizon’s offer bundles a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot with your choice of 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), or 64GB ($820) iPads and 1GB ($20), 3GB ($35), or 5GB ($50) of data per month without contractual commitment. Of lesser interest is the fact that AT&T will also begin selling the WiFi + 3G version of the iPad today in 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), and 64GB ($829) with contract-free data plans for 250MB of data ($14.99) or 2GB of data ($25) per month with free access to AT&T’s 23,000+ domestic WiFi hotspots. AT&T’s also offering international plans ranging from 20MB for $24.99 per month on up to 200MB for a staggering $199.99 per month. Hit the appropriate source link below if either of these offers tickles your kraken. [Thanks, Michael R. and Tyler P.] iPad now on sale from Verizon Wireless and AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve receive a number of reports that a 2.3.20 software update for Verizon’s Droid 2 is slowly making the rounds this morning. The OTA push promises a number of improvements and enhancements with the promise of better battery life, faster transitions between WiFi and 3G data connection, and quicker location tracking when using GPS being perhaps the most notable. Here’s the full breakdown as we understand it: Improvements: Improved battery life. Heightened proximity sensor accuracy to enable faster screen response. View the Weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation. Simpler setup, improved user interactions, and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail. Background Email Sync during display inactivity for better user experience. Support for email domain suffixes containing more than three characters. Keep text messages organized with chronological in-box screen. Edit text messages after you’ve inserted a video file. Improved audio sound during recorded video playbacks. Stream Guided Tour videos on device in Help Center application with ease. Faster location tracking during GPS navigation. Faster transitions between Wi-Fi and 3G in data connection. Enhancements: New ability to add pictures from your Gallery to a contact. Export all your contacts to the SD card. View details of Social Networking contacts. VZ Navigator is now preloaded on device. [Thanks, Mark L.] Droid 2 update begins with promise of better battery life and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Following hot on the heels of the PR 1.3 update for the N900 comes the official MeeGo v1.1 build for handsets with U-Boot support. For developers, or anyone who simply likes to hack around, that means that the Nokia N900 is now ready to dual-boot into your choice of Maemo or MeeGo environments. If that sounds like fun then boy do we have the image repository for you (Hint: it’s in the source link below). We’ll let everyone else know when the community has made the process idiot-proof. Until then, why not play an unmodified webOS game or catch a glimpse of the dual-boot process in action in the video after the break. Continue reading MeeGo v1.1 for handsets is out, let the N900 dual-booting begin (video) MeeGo v1.1 for handsets is out, let the N900 dual-booting begin (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …iBuyPower revamps Gamer Mage / Paladin desktops with Radeon HD 6800 GPUs
October 28, 2010 No Comment
You’re already sold on ATI’s new Radeon HD 6800 series , but your existing motherboard and CPU just feel too aged to become home to such a shiny, fresh piece of silicon. We hear you. So does iBuyPower. Rather than forking out and upgrading just your GPU, these guys are hoping you’ll ogle the newly revised Gamer Mage D295, Gamer Mage D355, and Gamer Paladin F820, all three of which are available with the HD 6870 and HD 6850. The Gamer Mage D295 gets housed in a Thermaltake V9 enclosure and ships with a liquid cooled Athlon II X4 640 quad-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 6850 (1GB), LG Blu-ray reader / DVD combo drive, 1TB of HDD space and a 700 watt power supply — all for the low, low price of $899. The D335 (starts at $1,239) steps up to a liquid cool Phenom II X6 1055T, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a Radeon HD 6870 GPU, 64GB SSD and an 800 watt PSU, while the F280 (starts at $1,369) goes all-out with a liquid cooled Core i7 950, 6GB of DDR3 memory, an HD 6870 GPU and NZXT’s Guardian 921 R case. Hit the links below to get your customization on. Gallery: iBuyPower Gamer Mage and Paladin gaming desktops Continue reading iBuyPower revamps Gamer Mage / Paladin desktops with Radeon HD 6800 GPUs iBuyPower revamps Gamer Mage / Paladin desktops with Radeon HD 6800 GPUs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve been hearing the hushed whispers of an HTC Mecha handset for a few months. Now we’ve got solid evidence of its existence thanks to the HTC’s own HTC Sense web site that lists the Mecha along side the Desire HD and Desire Z when signing up for an account. Unfortunately, the image used for the Mecha (found after the break) appears to be the old Hero handset unless HTC is planning to resurrect that particular industrial design (which we doubt). Now get out of here and hit the source link to try it for yourselves. [Thanks, Anthony P.] Continue reading HTC Mecha leaked on HTC Sense HTC Mecha leaked on HTC Sense originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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