We’ve already seen the phone itself in the wild , and the folks over at Droid Life have now gotten their hands on what appears to be an early version of the HTC Merge / Lexicon user guide. While there’s not a ton of surprises to be found, it does further confirm the inclusion of Bing (and Bing Maps), and the fact that it is indeed a global phone. What’s more, Droid Life notes that any mention of the phone’s name seems to have been left out, suggesting that HTC hasn’t yet completely decided whether to call it the Merge, Lexicon or something else — the site seems confident that it won’t be called “Droid,” however, although it says it’s heard “murmurs” that was once under consideration. HTC Merge / Lexicon user manual leaks out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve already seen the phone itself in the wild , and the folks over at Droid Life have now gotten their hands on what appears to be an early version of the HTC Merge / Lexicon user guide. While there’s not a ton of surprises to be found, it does further confirm the inclusion of Bing (and Bing Maps), and the fact that it is indeed a global phone. What’s more, Droid Life notes that any mention of the phone’s name seems to have been left out, suggesting that HTC hasn’t yet completely decided whether to call it the Merge, Lexicon or something else — the site seems confident that it won’t be called “Droid,” however, although it says it’s heard “murmurs” that was once under consideration. HTC Merge / Lexicon user manual leaks out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Panasonic ‘s outed a new Toughbook, the CF-C1. The convertible tablet / laptop boasts a resistive touchscreen which will register gloved presses, and comes with accidental damage warranties for extra coverage in non-traditional work environments. Specwise, the Toughbook ‘s got a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 CPU, a host of hard drive options, plus 3G, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. Other rugged / business features include a spillproof keyboard and security features for multiple users. The Windows 7 CF-C1 is available now in the UK for
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Panasonic ‘s outed a new Toughbook, the CF-C1. The convertible tablet / laptop boasts a resistive touchscreen which will register gloved presses, and comes with accidental damage warranties for extra coverage in non-traditional work environments. Specwise, the Toughbook ‘s got a 2.4GHz Intel Core i5 CPU, a host of hard drive options, plus 3G, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. Other rugged / business features include a spillproof keyboard and security features for multiple users. The Windows 7 CF-C1 is available now in the UK for
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The note’s short and sweet, but it confirms that Google ‘s buying spree is still on — BlindType was just acquired by the Big G. If you’ll recall, we were wowed back in July by the software’s ability to predict words regardless of how text was inputted, and it seems as if a few bigwigs within Google were as well. It’s unclear what Google’s Android team plans to do with its newfound IP, but you shouldn’t have to strain your imagination too hard to hazard a guess. As for the BlindType team? They’re “excited to join Google, and look forward to the great opportunities for mobile innovation that lie ahead.” Likewise, folks… likewise. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] BlindType acquired by Google, Android typists grin uncontrollably originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The note’s short and sweet, but it confirms that Google ‘s buying spree is still on — BlindType was just acquired by the Big G. If you’ll recall, we were wowed back in July by the software’s ability to predict words regardless of how text was inputted, and it seems as if a few bigwigs within Google were as well. It’s unclear what Google’s Android team plans to do with its newfound IP, but you shouldn’t have to strain your imagination too hard to hazard a guess. As for the BlindType team? They’re “excited to join Google, and look forward to the great opportunities for mobile innovation that lie ahead.” Likewise, folks… likewise. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] BlindType acquired by Google, Android typists grin uncontrollably originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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LTE ? WiMAX ? T-Mobile USA’s Neville Ray isn’t as interested in these technologies as the competition. In an interview with BusinessWeek , the Chief Network Officer said, “we’ll look towards LTE at the right point in time for us… that ecosystem is going to be much richer than the competing one from [WiMAX], which is really a niche play.” A niche play, you say? Network burn! What isn’t clear from the BW piece — and it’s something we’re painfully curious about — is if Ray himself used the term 4G as interchangeably as the article implies. After all, the company line is that it’s already got a 4G technology in (the theoretically slower) HSPA+ , as it’s claimed as recently as the G2 announcement . We’re guessing not, but all the same, we wouldn’t hold our breath for any radical new cell towers in T-Mo’s immediate future — and we’d expect nothing less from AT&T than to continue to sneer at its use of the 4G term in its press materials. T-Mobile exec downplays need for LTE, calls WiMAX ‘niche’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Two bits of bad news, one bit of good, folks. First with the latter: RED is putting HDRx in its upcoming Scarlet camera. No, not quite the halo-inducing HDR you’re probably thinking of, this is better . Got that? Good, now for the lesson in TANSTAAFL: the upgrade is going to add about $1,000 to the Scarlet’s eventual price tag, and additionally, there’ll be a “slight delay” in the program. Just hang in there, and maybe grip your Mysterium X a little tighter tonight. No, not that tight, you don’t want to break it. RED Scarlet gets HDRx capability, $1,000 price hike, and ‘slight delay’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Like it or not, the capacitive touchscreen just isn’t cut out for use with a stylus. We’ve seen foam-tipped pens and meat-injected tubes have a go at it, but we’ve yet to really find an option that we were truly satisfied with. It’s not hard to imagine why having a legitimate capacitive stylus would be beneficial for creative types; doodling on a tablet, a Magic Trackpad or a mobile device (just to name a few) would be killer if we had a reliable tool to doodle with. Enter the oStylus , a limited run (for now) product that aims to shift the paradigm and make drawing on capacitive touchpanels just as easy as drawing on resistive ones. Creator Andrew Goss was kind enough to send us what appears to be the sixth finalized unit from the production line, and we were able to test it on the iPad, Apple’s Magic Trackpad and an iPhone. Read on if you’re interested in our two pennies. Gallery: oStylus capacitive pen hands-on Continue reading oStylus capacitive pen review oStylus capacitive pen review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Moleskine launching iPhone and iPad cases: how would Hemingway play Angry Birds?
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The way we saw it, it was Moleskine vs. the inevitable march of 1s and 0s that would eventually consume us all. No longer (actually, Moleskine already sells a Kindle cover, but we’re temporarily ignoring that for argument’s sake). Moleskine just announced a Digital Covers line of hybrid notebooks that include a pad of regular, “legendary” notebook paper alongside a cozy spot for your i-device of choice. Will this combination (some might say compromise ) make you smarter, your prose more concise, your beard more intellectual? Of course it will. But at what cost? Sure, literature survived the decline of penmanship with the emergence of Mark Twain and his typewriter, and Douglas Adams championed the Macintosh to no end, but now that Moleskine has gone and sullied its own reputation we’re finally ready to just go ahead and say it: the novel is dead. Moleskine launching iPhone and iPad cases: how would Hemingway play Angry Birds? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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