You love Lego don’t you? Those tiny bricks of colorful acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic are what keeps you going in-between George Lucas’ fits of cinematography. Then check this out, the official Lego Play and Build Remote for Nintendo Wii. Of course, only bits of the remote are suitable for Lego brick you silly silly man, otherwise it wouldn’t be compatible with standard chargers and attachments like the battery cover and Wii MotionPlus. Still, if you can imagine playing Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga using nothing but The Force and this controller then you’re already half way home to living the dream — a journey you can complete on October 16th for $39.99. Gallery: Lego Wiimote bricks your Wii faster than tainted homebrew Lego Wiimote bricks your Wii faster than tainted homebrew originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …PS3 and Lovefilm make it official, streaming movies to consoles in a United Kingdom near you soon
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Considering our leak a couple of days back came directly from Sony itself , this is hardly a suprise, but Eurogamer has done the diligent thing and managed to confirm with the dudes in suits that British film streaming service Lovefilm will indeed be coming to the PlayStation 3. The everything console is adding the UK answer to Netflix to its stable of software enhancements, which will let people buy pay-per-view movies or, provided they’re on Lovefilm’s
Continue reading …Motorola’s mysterious Olympus MB860 gets certified for Bluetooth, UPnP and dual-band WiFi
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What is the Motorola MB860? It’s hard to say for sure, but it could be one of the infamous Tegra 2 tablets that Motorola’s been allegedly working on. Ameblo recently discovered that the MB860 had been certified for Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi, and then noticed that the UPnP Forum had attached a curious codename — Olympus — to the device. This is where things get fairly fuzzy, but Android and Me recently reported that the Olympus was one of two Motorola tablets in testing — though it may not be the Stingray , as that supposed 10-inch device has an alphanumeric designation of its own: MZ600. For those of you inspired to go sluthing on your own, we’ve got a couple final notes. First, the Bluetooth SIG has already changed its MB860 filing to read BT0001, according to Google’s cache. Second, though the WiFi interoperability certificate above reads “smartphone,” that’s not necessarily true — according to the Wi-Fi Alliance , Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is a “phone” as well. Motorola’s mysterious Olympus MB860 gets certified for Bluetooth, UPnP and dual-band WiFi originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video)
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We’re still trying to rub the disbelief out of our eyes, but no, this isn’t a dream. The Cybertecture Mirror may look like yet another vapor-rich concept — what with its translucent overlaid interface and cloud-connected ways — but it’s actually just had its launch in Hong Kong, is set to start taking pre-orders in December, and will (hopefully) be shipped by the middle of next year. The brainchild of one James Law, this reflective renegade measures 800 x 500 x 50mm, comes with stereo speakers totalling 10W of power output, WiFi, IP41 waterproofing, and fog-resistant glass. Before you ask if it runs Android, both the display and operating system are said to be proprietary, with the latter offering access to messaging, weather, calendar, and apps, such as an included fitness-tracking utility. Wen Wei Po reports a 60,000 HKD ($7,733) launch price and a very ambitious expectation that two million Mirrors will be sold over the first three years. Best of luck to them. You’ll find masses of video after the break. [Thanks, Brendan] Continue reading Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video) Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Elpida and Sharp team up for ReRAM in 2013: 10,000x the speed of current NAND flash chips
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Want to know where the next breakthrough in mobile technology will come from? Well, if Elpida and Sharp have their way, the answer will be the usual suspect of Japan, where they’re working away on new memory chips said to be capable of four orders of magnitude faster performance than the ordinary NAND flash storage of today. Dubbed ReRAM, or Resistive Random Access Memory, this project targets a 2013 date for commercialization and counts the University of Tokyo and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology among its development team. Details on how such blinding speeds will be reached aren’t readily available, but the Nikkei reports power consumption will be down to “virtually zero” when the memory’s not in use. So with ReRAM and HP’s memristors both set for three years from now, can we schedule NAND’s funeral for 2014 or what? Elpida and Sharp team up for ReRAM in 2013: 10,000x the speed of current NAND flash chips originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CDMA iPhone rumored for India as exclusivities end in Germany and Holland
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More fuel for the CDMA iPhone fire today. The Wall Street Journal says that Apple is in talks with both Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices to bring a CDMA version of its iPhone — the one it again says will be on sale at Verizon early next year — to India. The discussions have apparently been ongoing for four or five months according to one WSJ source. This comes out as news of iPhone exclusivity arrangements are ending in both Germany and The Netherlands. In Germany, Deutsche Telekom loses its exclusive now that both O2 and Vodafone will be offering Apple’s finest before the holidays. In Holland, T-Mobile just lost its exclusive arrangement as both KPN and Vodafone have announced plans to carry the iPhone — no specific dates were mentioned though, like Germany, in time for the holidays is a pretty good guess. CDMA iPhone rumored for India as exclusivities end in Germany and Holland originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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If you’re going to make the jump to 3D then don’t pussyfoot around. Not when you can go all in with the world’s largest commercial 3D LED backlit television from LG. The 72LEX9 stretches that 400Hz TruMotion panel to a full 72 inches while bunging NetCast online media streaming, Spot Control pixel dimming, DLNA, and Wireless AV Link into the mix. Look for it to be released in Q2 of 2011… at which time LG will probably release its 84-incher just to spite you. TV sans human after the break. Continue reading LG 72LEX9: the largest 3D television you can purchase next year LG 72LEX9: the largest 3D television you can purchase next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit
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Politicians do love themselves a sharp and emotive turn of phrase and few are as good as ” bill shock .” That’s the term the FCC uses to sum up all those instances when you’ve had unexpected charges on your monthly wireless bill, whether caused by unknowingly going outside the bounds of your geographical coverage or monthly allowance. Seeing this issue as something it could help alleviate, the Commission set up a Consumer Task Force back in May in an effort to seek out solutions, and now it has returned with perhaps the most obvious one: getting your network operator to shoot out a voice or text message warning you when you’re about to incur costs outside of your normal plan. That’s basically what AT&T already does with iPad owners approaching their monthly data limits, which the federales see as a good practice that should be extended across all carriers. FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple thinks of the children, patents parent-controlled text communication
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US patent 7814163 has been granted to Apple under the title “Text-based communication control for personal communication device.” It describes the ability to control content sent and received from an “administered device” as defined by a parental control application. If objectionable content is detected based on a table of words stored locally on the device, the content can either be removed or the message blocked entirely. It can also enforce a designated language for children who, for example, are required to practice a foreign language. Note that the controlled content is limited to text, so it won’t stop naughty Kin owners from foolish behavior, like, well, buying a Kin. Apple thinks of the children, patents parent-controlled text communication originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Intel and Microsoft CEOs give iPad a nod, plan to kill it dead with Oak Trail next year
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini said a number of interesting things while explaining away $11.1 billion dollars , as did Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a post – Windows Phone 7 launch interview with CNET , but the pair individually touched on a common theme — both desire to beat down the iPad, and both believe that Intel’s Oak Trail chip might make a suitable club. Though Ballmer said that Microsoft partners would have tablets this holiday season, before Oak Trail is done, he specifically called out the “enhancement” the new chips would bring to the Windows tablet experience, calling Oak Trail specifically “an important part of our roadmap.” Meanwhile, Intel’s Otellini explained just how much Chipzilla will bank on the touchscreen slates to come, saying that Intel will “utilize all of the assets at our disposal to win this segment” and calling the tablet market a viable third business alongside PCs and netbooks. “You will see Intel solutions that run on Windows, Android and MeeGo operating systems across a variety of form factors and price points,” he said, and suggested that Oak Trail silicon would lead the charge. You can read the other interesting things both men said at our source links, but there is one more we’ll call out now: Otellini said that Intel intends to integrate the recently-acquired Infineon’s 3G and LTE wireless capabilities directly into Atom processors for tablets and phones, starting in about three years. Intel and Microsoft CEOs give iPad a nod, plan to kill it dead with Oak Trail next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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