Android Honeycomb OS, 10-inch screen size with 1280 x 800 resolution, and NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 (T20) chip on the inside. If those specs sound familiar, it’s because most manufacturers already have a tablet just like Dell’s upcoming Streak Pro . This slate from Round Rock got us a little hot under the collar recently, when it appeared it would ship with the T25 Tegra 2 silicon — which runs at 1.2GHz and offers 3D support — but nope, it’s same old, same old from Michael and company. Still, the Streak Pro will apparently come will a brushed aluminum back, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB storage options, dual mics, dual cameras (2 megapixel on the front, 5 megapixel ’round back), and a choice of four colors: blue, pink, black, and red. If that’s not enough customization for you, Dell’s also adding its Stage UI atop Android, while support for AT&T’s LTE network is also said to be under consideration. You can see some of the new tablet’s accessories at the source link below, which also advises us to expect the Streak to go Pro in June , as previously anticipated. Dell Streak Pro Honeycomb tablet pictured, likely to be with us in June originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 May 2011 03:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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So, we already have a street-legal Tron lightcycle , but why stop there? After weeks of work, Bods Mods just completed its 40-inch long lightcycle PC, complete with ATX motherboard, liquid cooling, and plenty of blue light strips. The designer started the from-scratch custom build in SketchUp, Google’s 3D modeling app, followed by loads of foam shaping and Dremel work. Judging by the dozens (if not hundreds) of images posted to the Cooler Master forum, this is one of the most complex case mods we’ve seen, with incredible details down to the translucent Crucial and SSD logos painted on the lightcycle engine. Bods Mods entered its lightcycle case in Cooler Master’s 2011 Case Mod Competition, though the entries themselves are far more exciting than the first place prize: a boring, non-modified case full of components. Tron lightcycle case mod is totally awesome, 100 percent 3D originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 May 2011 01:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Poor Pleo. Everyone fell in love with the little green dino at first sight, but no one actually bought the thing. Undaunted, the adorable fleshy robot made a triumphant return at this year’s CES as Pleo RB (that’s “Reborn”), with the help of adopted manufacturer Innvo Labs. The newly invigorated ‘bot brings voice recognition, more sensors, and RFID-based command learning technology to the table. With all its new gear in place, Pleo was poked, prodded, and peeled by the FCC, revealing, among other things, that new RFID reader in its chin. The results are gruesome and not recommended for faint of heart robot dinosaur lovers. You’ve been warned. Gallery: Pleo Hits the FCC Pleo bares it all for FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 21:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Withings WiFi Body Scale enters the living room on Panasonic VIERA Connect TVs
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Have you recently considered a Withings WiFi Body Scale only to be dismayed by its inability to display your weight on your living room TV? Well, today’s your lucky day (for some of you, at least), as the company has just announced that a Withings app is now available for Panasonic VIERA Connect-enabled TVs, which will let you access your complete Health Dashboard from the comfort of your couch, or recliner as the case may be. Full press release is after the break. Continue reading Withings WiFi Body Scale enters the living room on Panasonic VIERA Connect TVs Withings WiFi Body Scale enters the living room on Panasonic VIERA Connect TVs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 May 2011 00:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ah, so it’s all coming together now. Following a report on Warner Music inking a cloud-streaming deal with Apple, CNET has followed up with fresh information that sees three more major record companies jumping on board. Citing “multiple music industry sources,” we’re told that EMI Music is the latest addition to Apple’s cloud music portfolio, while Universal Music and Sony Music are close to sealing the deal to permit this rumored iCloud service. If true, such endorsement will no doubt add pressure on Google and Amazon over their cheeky, license-free cloud streaming offerings — not a bad way to fend off competition, though it’s not clear how much money’s involved. Guess we’ll know more at WWDC next month. Apple gets cozy with EMI, Universal, and Sony over cloud music licensing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 23:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …NVIDIA driver page outs 3D Vision support for Dell XPS 15z, surprises no one
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Michael Dell may aim to tease, but NVIDIA is just giving it away: a recent driver update lists Dell’s upcoming XPS 15z laptop as one of several snagging 3D Vision 3DTV Play, scoring prospective buyers 3D gaming via NVIDIA-supported 3DTVs. Little surprise here, considering the 15z’s predecessor rocked a GeForce GT 540M (also 3DTV Play supported), which we’ll note, falls under this driver update. Although we’re still short on official hardware specs, we won’t be shocked if the 15z has the graphical chops to handle Duke Nukem Forever, Portal 2 , or any of the other 3D Vision games whose profiles were added in the update. Now, the real question: would the Dell dude approve? [Thanks, Tigrux] NVIDIA driver page outs 3D Vision support for Dell XPS 15z, surprises no one originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 22:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014
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Ford promised to give our cars X-ray vision , and this little blue box might be the key — it’s apparently the first standardized hardware platform for peer-to-peer automobile communications. Called C2X (for “car-to-x”), the module inside is the product of Cohda Wireless and near-field communications gurus at NXP , and it uses 802.11p WiFi to let equipped cars see one another around blind corners, through other vehicles, or even chat with traffic signals up to a mile away. Pocket-lint got a look at the technology during Automotive Week, and got a good idea of when we can expect the tech; NXP says it should begin rolling out in 2014, and hopes to have 10 percent of the cars on the road gleefully gabbing by 2020. Continue reading NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014 NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 22:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well this is interesting: a webOS dev spotted a pair unnamed devices in his log files — one sporting a 1024 x 768 screen and a non-sliding keyboard, and the other a smartphone with no physical QWERTY input. Don’t look so surprised: it was all but confirmed by leaked training materials that webOS was coming to netbooks and HP has already announced its intention to bring desktops and laptops into the fold. Of course, this could also just be a TouchPad connected to a certain special keyboard . All we know is something bigger than a phone with physical keys is out there running an unannounced version of the OS dubbed Nova Dartfish. The second mysterious “device” showing up in the logs may be that keyboard-less handset that posed for Mr. Blurrycam back in April. Whatever it is, it’s running webOS 3.0 and has a measly 480 x 320 screen like the Pre 2 — so it’s certainly not a high-end smartphone. The logs also reveal that neither is packing a removeable battery, which is sure to disappoint some of you. If you prefer your rumors delivered with lots of quotation marks and colons the full log reports are after the break. Continue reading Evidence of webOS netbook and keyboard-less phone pop up in developer logs Evidence of webOS netbook and keyboard-less phone pop up in developer logs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 20:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well this is interesting: a webOS dev spotted a pair unnamed devices in his log files — one sporting a 1024 x 768 screen and a non-sliding keyboard, and the other a smartphone with no physical QWERTY input. Don’t look so surprised: it was all but confirmed by leaked training materials that webOS was coming to netbooks and HP has already announced its intention to bring desktops and laptops into the fold. Of course, this could also just be a TouchPad connected to a certain special keyboard . All we know is something bigger than a phone with physical keys is out there running an unannounced version of the OS dubbed Nova Dartfish. The second mysterious “device” showing up in the logs may be that keyboard-less handset that posed for Mr. Blurrycam back in April. Whatever it is, it’s running webOS 3.0 and has a measly 480 x 320 screen like the Pre 2 — so it’s certainly not a high-end smartphone. The logs also reveal that neither is packing a removeable battery, which is sure to disappoint some of you. If you prefer your rumors delivered with lots of quotation marks and colons the full log reports are after the break. Continue reading Evidence of webOS netbook and keyboard-less phone pop up in developer logs Evidence of webOS netbook and keyboard-less phone pop up in developer logs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 20:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …DirecTV is field testing RVU, will offer satellite TV without individual receivers in October
May 18, 2011 No Comment
We’ve been waiting since 2009 for the RVU Alliance to deliver on its promise of TV service controlled by a main server that streams content to any screen in the home without requiring any set-top boxes and it appears DirecTV is ready to make it so. A press release issued today indicates it has started field trials of the HR34 RVU server that will be the keystone in its Home Media Center, and plans to roll the service out nationwide in October. If you want to know when to start buying HDTVs like the Samsung D6000 series , it also mentions RVU certification for those and DirecTV’s own C30 Home Media Clients (check out a video demo here ) is expected to be finalized in June. There’s been some delays but if you were also hoping that 2011 would be the year we can get rid of the cable box , the progress is looking very promising. [Thanks, Tyler] Continue reading DirecTV is field testing RVU, will offer satellite TV without individual receivers in October DirecTV is field testing RVU, will offer satellite TV without individual receivers in October originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 19:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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