US auto sales sputtered back to life in 2010 and car companies expect them to keep climbing this year as the economy recovers and buyers grow more confident.(Jan. 4)
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48 people have been injured by bulls during a weeklong bullfighting festival in Colombia. Warning: Graphic video. (Jan. 4)
Continue reading …ASUS Eee Pad Slider and Transformer are here for those that can’t imagine using a tablet without a physical keyboard
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Here they are: ASUS’s duo of Tegra 2-powered , 10.1-inch tablets with unique physical keyboards. Starting with the craziest of them, is the Eee Pad Slider (pictured on the left), which reminds us a lot of HTC’s old school Shift with its slide out QWERTY keyboard. The device is planned to run Google’s Honeycomb , sports a IPS, 1280 x 800-resolution display, and houses mini-HDMI and miniUSB ports as well as a microSD card slot. The 2.2-pound / .5-inch thick slab also has dual cameras — a 1.2 megapixel front-facing one and a 5 megapixel one with an LED flash on the back. We have to say we love the idea of always having that keyboard around, but if you don’t want to drag along a physical keyboard all the time, ASUS has something for you too. It’s the Transformer, and like the Eee Pad we saw at Computex , it’s a 10.1-inch tablet that will come with a laptop like dock with a full size keyboard and touchpad. The tablet part — like the Slider — will run Android 3.0 and packs a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, two cameras, and a 1280 x 800-resolution IPS display, however, the dock has an integrated battery that will keep the tablet running for 16 hours on a charge — the tablet on its own should last eight. We’re obviously aching in our seats here waiting to get these two in our hands so stay tuned for some crazy videos of the two in action — until then we leave you with the specs after the break. Update: How much will it cost you to keyboard-ify your slate and how long will you have to wait? ASUS says the Transformer will run between $400 and $700 and the Slider from $500 to $800. Expect them in April and May respectively. Gallery: ASUS Eee Slate Slider and Transformer Gallery: ASUS Eee Pad Slider and Transformer Continue reading ASUS Eee Pad Slider and Transformer are here for those that can’t imagine using a tablet without a physical keyboard ASUS Eee Pad Slider and Transformer are here for those that can’t imagine using a tablet without a physical keyboard originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Lenovo goes back on its word and shows off an IdeaPad Windows 7 slate, we go hands-on
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Remember when Lenovo said it wasn’t going to do a Windows 7 slate product ? We do too, but apparently the company has had a change of heart regarding Microsoft’s operating system for tablets and has brought a 10.1-inch Windows 7 slate to CES. The IdeaPad tablet, which doesn’t have a name right now, will be powered by Intel’s forthcoming Oak Trail Atom processor and will run Windows 7 Home Premium with Lenovo’s own application skin. We don’t have any other real details on the tablet — it isn’t expected until May — but we did get a chance to check out the touchscreen slab this morning. The build of the device was very similar to the Android Le Pad with a tapered plastic back and metal sides, but the 1280 x 800-resolution capacitive touchscreen has an active digitzer and comes with a stylus. Lenovo didn’t have details on who was making that digitizer, but the battery-powered pen worked very nicely for doodling on screen and taking some test notes in WordPad. We could go on about the touch experience or we could just let you see for yourself in the video after the break. Gallery: Lenovo IdeaPad Windows 7 slate hands-on Continue reading Lenovo goes back on its word and shows off an IdeaPad Windows 7 slate, we go hands-on Lenovo goes back on its word and shows off an IdeaPad Windows 7 slate, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Would you look at that. The device above could very well be the long rumored Optimus Tab we caught hanging out in the LG booth here in Las Vegas just moments ago. It certainly looked to be running Android 2.x beneath an 8.9 inch display but there’s obviously no way to confirm the Tegra 2 processor. Whatever it is, LG was not very happy to have it on video judging by their quick “hey buddy!” request to shut down our camera. Specifically, the tablet was spotted in the floorspace occupied by LG’s new series of WiFi-connected Thinq appliances sporting an LG home automation skin or app. We get a first glimpse of the tablet (or at least a tablet with a rear-facing camera) at about 10 seconds into the video posted after the break — it’s being held by a man who just used Thinq from his office to remotely feed his dog while watching the whole thing go down from the camera on his HOM-BOT robotic vacuum cleaner. Bizarre, we know, but strangely compelling. Of course, with Samsung’s Galaxy Tab already on the market receiving its fair share of accolades, you can’t expect its cross-town Korean rival to stay out of the market much longer. The only question we have (which LG wasn’t about to answer) is whether this is a general purpose Android tablet or if it’s dedicated to Thinq appliance management. We’ll know soon enough as it’ll certainly be unveiled this week. Gallery: Exclusive: LG Optimus Tab revealed? Continue reading Exclusive: LG Optimus Tab revealed? Exclusive: LG Optimus Tab revealed? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Republican candidates were asked to pick their favorite books. Some did. One woman misunderstood the question “what’s your favorite book,” and thought she was being asked, “what’s your favorite bar.” Interesting answer, plus she gets her books confused. Read More… More on George Bush Book Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 04/01/2011 21:51 Number of articles : 10
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It’s the first presser of CES 2011, and we’ve done our doctor recommended pre-liveblog stretches. ASUS is obviously going to show off some tablets and new laptops, but who knows what other wild stuff they have in store for us. Perhaps the second coming of Waveface ? Follow along after the break to find out! Continue reading Live from ASUS’s CES 2011 press event Live from ASUS’s CES 2011 press event originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Navy has permanently removed a senior Navy officer from command of an aircraft carrier over raunchy comedy videos he made and showed to the crew. (Jan. 4)
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Remember last year at CES 2010 when Lenovo made a huge scene with the tablet / netbook U1 Hybrid, which ran Windows when docked and Lenovo’s Skylight Linux in tablet mode? And then Lenovo killed Skylight in favor of Android and put everything on hold? Well, it’s back — and we just got some serious hands-on time with production-ready Chinese versions of what’s now being called the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid with LePad tablet. Things have substantially changed for the better in the past year — in addition to Lenovo’s skinned version of Android 2.2 (called LeOS, sigh), there’s now a newer 1.3GHz Snapdragon in the LePad and an 1.2GHz Intel Core i5-540UM in the U1 base. Switching from Windows to Android just requires disengaging the latch on the base — the flip to Android is basically instantaneous, while getting back to Windows takes a few seconds. The U1 base is much nicer than the unit we played with last year — it’s been restyled and features a chiclet-style keyboard and dimpled trackpad. Best of all, the LePad now features a 10.1 1280 x 800 capacitive multitouch display, instead of the floppy resistive unit we saw last year. Both pieces are pretty thin individually, but docked up it makes for a pretty chunky laptop — but you are getting two machines for the price of one. Now for the bad news — the LePad will run for about $520 when it arrives in China this quarter, but the full U1 kit will run $1300. There’s also no US availability or pricing right now — and Lenovo told us the U1 won’t hit the States until it runs Android 3.0, so we could be waiting months while the company reskins the OS. And we might have to wait even longer for Lenny to retool the LePad to meet that supposed dual-core CPU requirement — but then, it’s already been a year. We’re ready to love the U1 Hybrid — we can wait a little longer, we suppose. Video and PR after the break. Gallery: Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid / Le Pad Gallery: Lenovo U1 Hybrid with LePad hands-on Continue reading Lenovo LePad tablet and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid return with Android 2.2 in tow Lenovo LePad tablet and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid return with Android 2.2 in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Although the tawdry videos that cost U.S. Navy Captain Owen Honors his position on the USS Enterprise as of Tuesday weren’t exactly top secret before, they clearly had enough of a shelf life to generate a fresh scandal—and to spur the Pentagon to tuck Capt. Honors away in an administrative post.
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