Apple and Verizon’s long-awaited partnership is nearly upon us, folks, and the final piece to the puzzle is general availability of the hallowed iPhone 4. You’re now able to order or reserve your own at the online stores of both carrier and phone maker, though shipping dates for early orders are listed at a distant February 18th. We’d just reserve one and go down to our nearest physical outlet to pick it up tomorrow . Verizon iPhone 4 now available to order / reserve for in-store pickup originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Fujitsu’s next-gen Milbeaut image processor does single-chip Hi-Vision video, 20MP stills
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Fujitsu’s latest image processor, the Milbeaut MB91696AM, has a new bag of tricks on tap, and it’s fixing to unload them in April. The new Milbeaut sports ARM processors and a “newly-developed” Full HD H.264 codec engine , making for 14-megapixel shooting at 8fps (or about 20 megapixels at 5.5fps) and low-noise Hi-Vision video recording at 1920 x 1080. So the processor, in its sixth iteration, sports high resolution photos and HD video all on the same chip, and features continuous photography speeds up to five times faster than its predecessors. Fujitsu’s got plans to show off Milbeaut’s mobile solutions at MWC next week, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see the MB91696AM make its debut in Barcelona as well. Either way, the new processor is scheduled to ship starting in April for
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Highlights of this day in history: The Beatles appear on TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan’; Sen. Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist crusade; World War II’s Battle of Guadalcanal ends; Soviet leader Yuri Andropov dies; author Alice Walker born. (Feb. 9)
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Supercut of the Day: Bill O’Reilly interrupts President Obama 48 times during this past Sunday’s pre-Super Bowl interview. Interruption goes in, interruption goes out. [ wonkette .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 09/02/2011 07:28 Number of articles : 5
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The rumored Xperia Neo still isn’t official — we think we’re probably looking at MWC next week for that — but there are enough floating around at this point so that they’re getting tested pretty thoroughly (or, at least as thoroughly as you can test a pre-production device). The latest tidbit comes via a series of videos and stills that put the phone’s 8.1 megapixel sensor through its paces; frankly, they look a little washed out, but it’s really common for camera performance to improve by leaps and bounds through firmware updates right up until a phone’s commercial release so we don’t want to sound the alarm quite yet. My Android Life has also thrown together a quick video walkthrough of the UI, where you see that Sony Ericsson seems to be standardizing on the same experience first seen on the Xperia Arc and later on the Xperia Play — highly widgetized with a Gingerbread core. All things considered, it seems the Arc’s a higher-end device — but if the price is right, this Neo could win some hearts as well. Follow the break for the UI walkthrough. Continue reading Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo put through its paces on video Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo put through its paces on video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Barack Obama has finally done what millions of fellow Americans are still struggling to achieve — he’s given up smoking. (Feb. 8)
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It may not be ready to challenge Tesla just yet, but it looks like Turkish automaker Etox is about to get into the all-electric sportscar business with a vehicle that could cost considerably less than much of its competition. The company is reportedly now working on an electric prototype of its Zafer sportscar, and it says the car could run for as low as 30,000 to 35,000 Turkish lira (or roughly $19,000 to $22,000) when it eventually hits showrooms. Unfortunately, while the car will apparently boast a respectable 250 kilometer range, it isn’t quite as fast as it looks — the company says it’ll top out at just 120 kilometers per hour, or 75 mph. It also looks like those plans for an actual production vehicle are still far from certain, as Etox is reportedly still waiting on government funding to get the assembly line moving. Etox plans all-electric Zafer sportscar, could sell for around $20,000 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …PS3 ‘jailbreak code’ retweeted by Sony’s Kevin Butler, no punchline needed
February 9, 2011 No Comment
Oh, honey. Sony PlayStation’s (entirely fictional) Kevin Butler holds many (also fictional) positions within the company, but apparently none of them require him to keep up with (very real) news events. Travis La Marr (aka @exiva) tweeted the now-infamous PS3 METLDR root key towards Butler with the challenge to “Come at me.” What’s a spokeperson to do but confuse it for a Battleship refrence and retweet the entire code? Obviously someone let him in on the joke, as the tweet’s since been removed (original URL can be found as More Coverage below). At least Sony won’t have to subpoena for his info here. Geohot , we hope you’re laughing. [Thanks, Scott M] PS3 ‘jailbreak code’ retweeted by Sony’s Kevin Butler, no punchline needed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Time and again in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, CIA officers who committed serious mistakes that left people dead or wrongly imprisoned received only minor admonishments or no punishment at all. (Feb. 8)
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