ViewSonic ViewPad 7x rebranded as Camangi Mangrove 7, lands in Japan mid-August
July 7, 2011 No Comment
One of the front-runners for the title of the world’s first 7-inch Honeycomb tablet finally has a release date, and a prospective price, but it might not make it out of the gate as the ViewSonic ViewPad 7x . No, this Tegra 2-powered slate has been rebranded as the Camangi Mangrove 7 for a mid-August Japanese release, sporting an estimated retail price of 49,800 yen (about $615). Aside form the name, not much is new here, but you can expect 8GB of storage and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. Here’s hoping the Mangrove 7 outperforms Camangi’s last 7-inch affair. Unfortunately, there’s still no word on when the ViewPad 7x will make its American debut, or how much it will cost when it arrives, but we’ll keep you posted. ViewSonic ViewPad 7x rebranded as Camangi Mangrove 7, lands in Japan mid-August originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The long-awaited debut of PCI Express 3.0 is finally here, and it’s come aboard MSI’s Z68A-GD80 (G3) motherboard. Rocking Intel’s latest design standard, this board’s packing two PCIe 3.0 — one x16 and one x8 — and three PCIe 2.0 slots, two USB 3.0 ports, and four DIMM slots. What’s more, the board offers Click BIOS II, for a consistent interface whether you’re tweaking at boot time or boosting clock speeds in Windows, and Virtu’s switchable graphics. Unfortunately, for you mother lovers, there’s still no word on pricing or availability for the Z68A-GD80 (G3). Full PR after the break. Continue reading MSI unveils Z68A-GD80 (G3) PCI Express 3.0 motherboard MSI unveils Z68A-GD80 (G3) PCI Express 3.0 motherboard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Every guitar player in history, no matter how cool he or she might be, has had one fatal flaw — that goofy stringed instrument. Finally, one brave company is liberating rockstars from their leash-like attachment to the thing. Flair’s Air Pick is an oversized guitar pick that features built-in jams like “Satisfaction,” “Born to be Wild,” “Smoke on the Water,” and “Sweet Home Alabama” — you know, the sort of songs you used to have to own a guitar or a funny-looking belt to play. The toys are set to hit stores in the next few weeks, so you may want to hold onto those real life guitars for a little bit longer. Air Pick finally lets you ditch that dumb guitar originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Every guitar player in history, no matter how cool he or she might be, has had one fatal flaw — that goofy stringed instrument. Finally, one brave company is liberating rockstars from their leash-like attachment to the thing. Flair’s Air Pick is an oversized guitar pick that features built-in jams like “Satisfaction,” “Born to be Wild,” “Smoke on the Water,” and “Sweet Home Alabama” — you know, the sort of songs you used to have to own a guitar or a funny-looking belt to play. The toys are set to hit stores in the next few weeks, so you may want to hold onto those real life guitars for a little bit longer. Air Pick finally lets you ditch that dumb guitar originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Every guitar player in history, no matter how cool he or she might be, has had one fatal flaw — that goofy stringed instrument. Finally, one brave company is liberating rockstars from their leash-like attachment to the thing. Flair’s Air Pick is an oversized guitar pick that features built-in jams like “Satisfaction,” “Born to be Wild,” “Smoke on the Water,” and “Sweet Home Alabama” — you know, the sort of songs you used to have to own a guitar or a funny-looking belt to play. The toys are set to hit stores in the next few weeks, so you may want to hold onto those real life guitars for a little bit longer. Air Pick finally lets you ditch that dumb guitar originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Panasonic has already lured some big names to its Viera Connect platform, like MLB and Hulu, now the company is opening up to smaller devs who want to see their creations blown up for the big screen without the aid of additional hardware. The SDK went live back in January, but now the company is providing an easy path from creation to release for its smart TV ecosystem. Of course, Panasonic still maintains final control over what apps make it to the Viera market, but expect new games and streaming video sources to start popping up soon. Check out the PR after the break. Continue reading Panasonic’s Viera Connect developer portal opens to eager TV app creators Panasonic’s Viera Connect developer portal opens to eager TV app creators originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Turns out, the home of Mario and Sonic is still a tough world to penetrate for Microsoft’s gaming division, despite its near-decade presence in the market. While homegrown Nintendo and Sony products receive much of the love and Yen , newly-hatched industry outsiders are left to fend for themselves. Having finally broached the one million mark in Japan for its five-year-old console , MS is shifting the focus to its Kinect launch failures. Unsurprisingly, the full-body motion control accessory hasn’t jump-kicked its way into as many Japanese hearts and households as the Ballmer-led company would like, so it’s shuffling the deck at its Japanese outpost in order to spin the strategy a bit differently. Announced via press conference today, Takashi Sensui — former head of the Home and Entertainment division — will now oversee the newly created Interactive Entertainment Business division. Also in the works are some very culturally-tailored IPs for the Kinect platform: the Suda51-produced Codename D and a version of Steel Battalion from Capcom. Whatever the result of this renewed push may be, it sure won’t be long before Microsoft gets to give Japan the old next generation college try. After all, third time’s the charm. [Image credit via In.com ] Microsoft tells Japanese gaming division to try, try again originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Not for sale: Every PlayStation 2 game ever made, sealed and in mint condition
July 6, 2011 No Comment
Did you buy Zone of the Enders just to get at the demo version of Metal Gear Solid 2 . Did you summon half your street to join you in a game of TimeSplitters? Wouldn’t you have enjoyed your PlayStation 2 games much more if you’d just left them sealed on the shelf? That’s the eye-watering achievement collector Ahans76 has achieved, spending the last decade stuffing first edition (only with the Sony hologram attached) titles into a bookcase and steadfastly refusing to open them. In an interview with PlayStation Collecting (hit the source link below) he reveals much about the collection but doesn’t mention if he ever opened his PlayStation 3 . That would certainly be one way of keeping your credit card secure . Not for sale: Every PlayStation 2 game ever made, sealed and in mint condition originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HTC acquires S3 Graphics and its prodigious patent portfolio, dares you to sue
July 6, 2011 No Comment
Flush with cash , but not a fan of spending it on litigation ? We hear you, and apparently so does HTC. The Taiwanese firm announced today it’ll purchase S3 Graphics and its patent portfolio from VIA for a cool $300 million, giving the smartphone maker 265 new weapons in its IP arsenal. Also part of the deal is a perpetual license to the patents’ former owner, so that the chipset manufacturer can keep cranking out silicon without fear of legal reprisal. Given HTC’s competitors recently went on a giant patent shopping spree , we’d surmise that strengthening its warchest is, dare we say, quietly brilliant. HTC acquires S3 Graphics and its prodigious patent portfolio, dares you to sue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …JVC’s UX-VJ3 and UX-VJ5 speaker docks play (elegant) host to iPad and iPhone
July 6, 2011 No Comment
There’s not much you can do to spice up speaker docks at this point — they’re pretty much old hat . But what if that dock allowed you to plug in your iPad and iPhone, or iPod simultaneously? Ah, now we have your attention. Slated to hit the land that begot Kurosawa in mid-summer, the JVC UX-VJ3 and UX-VJ5 make their iOS connectivity a folie
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