As word of Steve Jobs’ death spread, Apple users passing by the company’s store in New York City’s Meatpacking District remembered Jobs as a great innovator who made technology feel personal. (Oct. 5)
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As word of Steve Jobs’ death spread, Apple users passing by the company’s store in New York City’s Meatpacking District remembered Jobs as a great innovator who made technology feel personal. (Oct. 5)
Continue reading …Ad-supported Kindle 4 has built-in $30 "upgrade", gets rid of embedded special offers
October 6, 2011 No Comment
Was it too cheap? Well, here’s some great news for fourth-generation Kindle users already tiring of its embedded ads looking cheap alongside their Vertu phones. You can now pay Amazon the requisite fee and unsubscribe from built-in advertising and offers. Visit the Manage your Kindle webpage and you can edit your subscriptions for the newest entry-level e-reader. There seems to be no option, however, to do the reverse just yet. Would Amazon hand over $30 to push those special offers into our currently ad-free Kindle? Ad-supported Kindle 4 has built-in $30 “upgrade”, gets rid of embedded special offers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Stanford researchers figured out that, by dipping electrodes for super capacitors in a solution of carbon nanotubes or a conductive polymer they could increase the charging capacity by up to 45-percent. The team started working with composite electrodes of graphene and manganese oxide, since manganese is cheap and plentiful, but were hamstrung by its low conductivity. The thin coating of more conductive material greatly boosted the capacitance of the electrodes, and thus their ability to hold a charge. Further tests are still required to find the actual energy density of the dipped electrodes, but lead researchers Yi Cui and Zhenan Bao are already working on a way to apply the same technique to batteries. Dipping capacitors and batteries in nanotubes could improve capacity originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 enters the marketplace, still makes you look like a crazy
October 6, 2011 No Comment
Know how sometimes you’ll be walking down the street when you encounter a seemingly crazy person talking to themselves? And you think, “But you’re too well-dressed to be insane.” That’s when you see it — the Bluetooth headset tucked neatly around their ear. Well, Bose is adding a newer, high-end option for this well-heeled crowd of faux lunatics with its Bluetooth Headset Series 2 . The luxe, over-ear attachment doesn’t discriminate as to your best side, coming in both right and left versions. There’s a whole load of hyperbolically-named proprietary tech bundled into it to reduce background noise and adjust listening levels accordingly — exactly the performance you’d expect at this $150 price point. Bose is offering this BT 2.1 headset now, so you can snag it if you’re nearby one of its boutiques. Or, make like the rest of us and order it online. Official PR with all its audio jargon after the break. Continue reading Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 enters the marketplace, still makes you look like a crazy Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 enters the marketplace, still makes you look like a crazy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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As the world pauses to remember Steve Jobs, NewsFeed looks back at how TIME covered the visionary Apple founder through the decades.
Continue reading …T-Mobile officially unveils myTouch, MyTouch Q just in time for the holidays
October 5, 2011 No Comment
Not that they were a particularly well kept secret, but T-Mobile is finally ready to show off its two newest Android phones that are aimed at first-time smartphone buyers. The 4G-capable myTouch and myTouch Q are everything the leaks indicated, with the former sporting a 3.8-inch touch screen and the latter coming home with a 3.5-inch screen (no word on the display tech used in either one) and landscape sliding QWERTY keyboard. Both run Android 2.3 out of the box on a 1GHz Qualcomm CPU and 5MP / 720p cameras, with the myTouch throwing in a front facing shooter for your video conferencing enjoyment. Both will be available in two different color schemes “in time for the holiday season” — check the press release after the break for the full rundown. Continue reading T-Mobile officially unveils myTouch, MyTouch Q just in time for the holidays T-Mobile officially unveils myTouch, MyTouch Q just in time for the holidays originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Robot uses semantic search to get a Subway sandwich, do Jared’s evil bidding (video)
October 5, 2011 No Comment
Old PR2 can already fold towels , play pool and grab an ice cold beer — really, the Willow Garage robot is just one task of short of mastering the day-to-day activities of your average college student. What’s that? It can get a sandwich, too? Never mind. And this isn’t just any “get me a sandwich” command — the stout white ‘bot uses semantic search to infer possible locations for sandwich, using knowledge of similar objects and environmental models. In the below video, you’ll see PR2 make its way to a refrigerator, in search of sustenance, only to come up empty-clawed. Undaunted, it hops on an elevator and makes its way to a Subway sandwich shop. The joint project from the University of Tokyo and University of Munich was recently shown off at recent robotics conference. No word on when PR2 will be programmed to hold the onions. Continue reading Robot uses semantic search to get a Subway sandwich, do Jared’s evil bidding (video) Robot uses semantic search to get a Subway sandwich, do Jared’s evil bidding (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Looking to grab that iPhone 4 on Sprint and take advantage of the unlimited data ? Well, you can place your pre-order now on the current model and for the just announced 4S starting Friday, October 7. The company warns that this is “while supplies last” — so if you’re thinking about jumping ship from the data limiting service of Big Red or Ma Bell , you may want to act quickly. Just hit that source link and head to Sprint’s iPhone page to reserve yours. [Thanks, Kevin] Sprint now taking pre-orders for iPhone 4, reserve your 4S on October 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Second chances aren’t always easy to come by, and when Fusion Garage disappeared off the map following the unabashed failure of the JooJoo tablet , we certainly didn’t expect those doors would be opening again. But open they did, swinging wide as the company treated itself to a product launch of the sort usually reserved for big-named companies with big-named devices. This time it’s the Grid10 tablet, a $299, 16GB, 10.1-inch slate that plays nice with Android while simultaneously thumbing its nose at the OS Google built, instead relying on the completely custom-built GridOS. This new challenger can run Android apps despite not actually running Android itself, purporting to give users another, better choice of armament in these tablet wars. Is it truly better , or is it just different ? The answer is waiting for you just after the break. Gallery: Fusion Garage Grid10 Continue reading Grid10 review Grid10 review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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