Dell Inspiron Duo and speaker dock up for preorder at Microsoft Store now, no clue when they’ll ship out
November 22, 2010 No Comment
The Dell-Microsoft symbiotic relationship continues where it left off with the Venue Pro , as another highly desirable piece of hardware has been made available at a Microsoft Store ahead of Dell: the transforming Inspiron Duo and its JBL-powered speaker dock . That’s actually in your favor this time, however, as you won’t have to trek across the countryside to one of Microsoft’s seven brick-and-mortar stores, but rather grab the $549 convertible at Microsoft’s website, and you can even get $50 off the audio station’s typical $99 price. That said, these are most definitely pre-orders we’re dealing with here and there’s no expected shipping date on the site, so it’s hard to tell if you’re actually securing yourself the first spot in that ” first week of December ” line. They won’t charge you until it ships, though, so if you’re not willing to wait for our full review to see if that slick spinning screen is up to snuff, now is probably the time. [Thanks, Joe] Dell Inspiron Duo and speaker dock up for preorder at Microsoft Store now, no clue when they’ll ship out originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video)
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Don’t expect HP’s webOS 2.0 to be tied to an HVGA screen for long — come “early 2011,” the company will introduce a number of “really interesting new form factors,” including tablets and phones . That was the message driven home at Palm’s Developer Day this year, according to PreCentral ‘s Dieter Bohn, and the software that’s going to make that shift possible is a little something called Enyo. Picking up where Ares left off, Enyo is a Javascript app framework with native hardware acceleration and faster (one second) app load times, but the part we think you’ll be most interested in is the promise of natively scaling apps to multiple aspect ratios. HP’s Scott Miles demoed it earlier this week by playing around with a tiny, single-pane portrait email application in the desktop version of Chrome… and then maximized the browser window to reveal a fully-functioning three-pane landscape layout suited for a large tablet screen. Representatives stressed that the email app was a proof of concept, but Enyo’s here to stay, replacing the earlier Mojo starting in 2011 and slated to be available in early 2011 via developer SDK. Get introduced to Enyo in a video after the break, or skip ahead to that email demo at 15:55. Continue reading Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video) Palm webOS ‘Enyo’ framework paves the way for tablets and larger phones (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. The last Switched On introduced the opportunity of the Kno tablet , which is in transiton from having a large hardware footprint to having a large customer footprint. Without question, the Kno hardware is an outlier, but could be simply a first salvo in a battle for digital textbooks that will take years to play out. Look at the ironic development of e-readers. Today’s LCD-based Nook Color would not exist if Sony and Amazon had not opened (and soothed) consumers’ eyes with e-paper-based readers that were themselves an answer to an early generation of LCD-based products like the Rocket e-Book. The outlier shows the potential. Continue reading Switched On: Getting from Kno to yes, part 2 Switched On: Getting from Kno to yes, part 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The best looking Lenovo IdeaPad ever? Yep, that’d be the U260 . Not since the IdeaPad U110 has Lenovo’s consumer line been home to a really striking laptop, but the U260′s leather-like palmrest, magnesium-aluminum alloy lid and bottom cover change all that. We got a chance to check out the new 12.5-inch laptop a few days ago, and came away seriously impressed with not only its contrasting black and brown aesthetic but its build quality. The entire .7-inch thick frame feels solid and the curved keys, which are similar to those on the U160, are especially delightful. Unfortunately, the model we got to see didn’t have the glass trackpad that we’ve heard about, but our review unit should be here sometime soon. Until we get to put the system’s Core i3-380UM processor and 4GB of RAM to the test, hit the gallery below for a few hands-on pictures of it and some crazy platinum, diamond-encrusted U160 that Lenovo brought along. Gallery: Lenovo IdeaPad U260 hands-on Lenovo IdeaPad U260 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Looks like Jolicloud knows how to keep a product under wraps — just ten days after revealing the Jolibook to the world, it’s already on sale at a pair of e-tailers. Yes, it’s just a netbook, and a fairly standard one at that — you can cross the 10.1-inch WSVGA screen, Intel GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive and 0.3 megapixel webcam right off your laundry list. But it does have the instant-on Jolicloud 1.1 OS on board, and a dual-core 1.5GHz Atom N550 processor to power through basic tasks, and for a confirmed
Continue reading …Sony Ericsson CEO suggests February reveal, perhaps the PlayStation Phone?
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Plausible deniability seems to be Sony’s strategy when it comes to the PlayStation Phone , and that apparently goes for Sony Ericsson as well — once again, without actually confirming the existence of the Android-based gaming handset, its manufacturer is hinting strongly at an impending reveal. “There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere,” CEO Bert Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal , adding that some sort of new Sony Ericsson product will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress this Februrary. While that particular item could easily be the 4.3-inch Anzu slate rather than a PlayStation slider phone, the chief executive didn’t seem to shy away from video games in a series of additional quotes. “I haven’t dug into that history, but the future might be brighter,” he said when asked why a PlayStation Phone isn’t already out, and later suggested that gaming might be the ticket to help SE diversify its offerings. “Sony is of course a very strong brand, and why shouldn’t we use that?” he asked the Journal . We can’t think of a single compelling reason, Mr. Nordberg. None at all. Sony Ericsson CEO suggests February reveal, perhaps the PlayStation Phone? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Say “electric bicycle” around here and visions of Sanyos with baskets go floating through our heads. The Beast from M55 is something rather different, rather more bodacious. It offers a 40mph top speed and a 75 mile range plus a construction featuring pieces hewn on CNC along with plenty of titanium and carbon fiber bits for good measure. The design is perhaps a bit too in your face for some, but for others is the perfect mix of ‘tude and tech. It’s been in design for some months now but recently made something of a debut at SEMA ahead of a forthcoming shipping date with pre-orders open now. Cost? If you have to ask… Gallery: M55 Beast M55 Beast Electric Bike is quite appropriately named originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Screen Grabs: Someone named Jesse McCartney uses his Motorola Flipout to stare at some poor girl’s backside
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Pop musicians have been endorsing products as long as they’ve existed (who could forget Beatles toothpaste, Ricky Nelson hand sanitizer, or Enrico “The Great Caruso” Caruso-brand horse polish?), but for some reason the convergence of the two never fails to amuse (and annoy) us. Even more so when sensible boy band yelper Jesse McCartney, um, flips out his Motorola Flipout Android phone to surreptitiously film some hard working dancer’s backside. Is that how a celebrity should act? We think not! Video after the break (if you really want to, that is). Continue reading Screen Grabs: Someone named Jesse McCartney uses his Motorola Flipout to stare at some poor girl’s backside Screen Grabs: Someone named Jesse McCartney uses his Motorola Flipout to stare at some poor girl’s backside originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We smell a Hasbro lawsuit coming with this one, but for now AutoBot is a funky name for a potentially great iPhone and Android app. Working in concert with a Bluetooth OBD-II dongle (not unlike the Superchips Vivid ), it lets you diagnose engine troubles, keep track of maintenance, and locate your car via GPS coordinates — useful for when some Decepticon tries to make off with your ride or when you’re simply running low on energon and can’t remember where you parked. It can even be configured to automatically send a text to loved ones should you get into an accident, specifying your GPS coordinates and ruining any hope of hitting the body shop before dad finds out. The Mavizon-developed app recently won a startup competition at i-Stage 2010 and sadly isn’t slated to be available until 2012, but we should be getting an early look at CES . When it does ship it’ll cost $300 for the hardware and the software, though an extra fee will be required if you want to banish pop-up ads back to Cybertron. AutoBot app tracks your car if it tries to roll without you originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Canadian thieves steal $1 million in Sony PlayStation goods, couldn’t wait any longer for GT5
November 21, 2010 No Comment
Crime doesn’t pay, folks, but sometimes you have to be at least somewhat amused by the shenanigans of those who operate beneath the law. Workers at a shipping facility in Brampton, Ontario discovered on Monday that a trailer containing $500,000 worth of Sony goods was stolen. Apparently whatever measures they took to prevent a recurrence were insufficient, because the very next day a second trailer went missing containing even more PS3 and PSP games and hardware. The first truck looks something like the above, with Nebraska plates, while the second is an XTRA Lease model with Ontario tags. If you see either don’t tarry — call Kevin Butler immediately . Canadian thieves steal $1 million in Sony PlayStation goods, couldn’t wait any longer for GT5 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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