Samsung Galaxy Pro combines 2.8-inch touchscreen with a portrait QWERTY keyboard, modest specs
March 7, 2011 No Comment
Samsung has just taken the veils off yet another Android handset in its rapidly expanding portfolio, this one targeting those BlackBerry-addicted portrait QWERTY keyboard lovers. The Galaxy Pro squeezes a four-row button array beneath a set of Android keys and a 2.8-inch touchscreen, while its insides are filled with an 800MHz processor of an unspecified variety and a 3 megapixel cam with autofocus skills. UK carrier Three has already confirmed it’ll be offering this Froyo handset — via an unlisted YouTube video we’ve embedded for you after the break — and others should soon be coming out with their own announcements and, eventually, pricing. [Thanks, GeForce] Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Pro combines 2.8-inch touchscreen with a portrait QWERTY keyboard, modest specs Samsung Galaxy Pro combines 2.8-inch touchscreen with a portrait QWERTY keyboard, modest specs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Lenovo posts ThinkPad X220 specs online, includes IPS display, SSD, and 23-hour battery options
March 7, 2011 No Comment
Go to Lenovo’s online store looking for an X Series laptop to call your own and you’ll be greeted by the familiar X201 . But go to Lenovo’s spec sheet repository and you’ll find a lush PDF file detailing a new ThinkPad X220 model that seems set to become available very shortly indeed. Sized at a somewhat unconventional 12.5 inches, this fresh contender will feature a new “buttonless” touchpad — though it retains the mouse keys in support of the TrackPoint navigator — while offering the sweet nectar of a 1366 x 768 IPS display, up to a 2.7GHz Core i7-2620QM CPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and a choice of Intel SSDs ranging up to 160GB. The 9-cell battery is rated to last you 15 hours and there’s an additional external battery pack that will keep you tether-free for 23 hours. Click past the break for the full specs. [Thanks, Chris] Continue reading Lenovo posts ThinkPad X220 specs online, includes IPS display, SSD, and 23-hour battery options Lenovo posts ThinkPad X220 specs online, includes IPS display, SSD, and 23-hour battery options originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Wait, this isn’t a crapgadget , although you we couldn’t be blamed for thinking as much about this three megapixel Necono digital camera from Japan’s Superheadz. Hell, that’s what we thought before digging into the feature list a bit. Based on a design from Lisa Larson, the cat features magnetic feet and a self-timer for creating whimsical self-portraits. A mic and CMOS sensor combine to record VGA videos or 3 megapixel JPEG images to microSDHC cards. The camera is available now for a tax inclusive price of
Continue reading …ODROID-A tablet fits 1366 x 768 res on a 10-inch screen, dual-core Exynos inside transparent shell
March 7, 2011 No Comment
Samsung might not have quite enough Exynos 4210 processors to sell a tablet of its own based on that Cortex-A9 dual-core beastie, but it’s found a few to hand over to Korean partner Hardkernel for this here ODROID-A reference platform. It’s strictly a dev kit, and as such is unlikely to find its way to your local Best Buy any time soon, but we have to admire the specs on offer. First up is the delightfully dense 1366 x 768 resolution, a rare sight on a 10-inch display, followed by a transparent rear panel that bests anything out on the market right now in terms of sheer sex appeal, and then there are also two MicroSD slots, a HSPA+ modem, HDMI output, a USB 2.0 port, cameras on the front and rear, and a crazy 9000mAh battery. How all this is supposed to only cost $750, we don’t know, but then we also don’t know how to qualify to get one when it becomes available later this month. So many mysteries. Jump past the break for some hands-on and benchmarking video action. Continue reading ODROID-A tablet fits 1366 x 768 res on a 10-inch screen, dual-core Exynos inside transparent shell ODROID-A tablet fits 1366 x 768 res on a 10-inch screen, dual-core Exynos inside transparent shell originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …VeriFone puts money near mouth, says it’ll include NFC in all new POS terminals
March 6, 2011 No Comment
Well, here’s a bold step forward for NFC — payment solution provider Verifone says its new batch of point-of-sale terminals will come standard with the touch-to-pay wireless technology. That’s the word from Near Field Communications World , who quizzed the company just a few days after CEO Douglas Bergeron called on the payments industry to foot the NFC bill, saying “The retail point of sale represents a point of convergence for smartphone-initiated payments, social networking and electronic couponing, but it won’t happen if retailers are expected, on faith, to absorb the costs of making it work.” Sounds like a company that’s very keen on letting us pay by swiping our phone. Unfortunately, he didn’t say when such technology might roll out. Continue reading VeriFone puts money near mouth, says it’ll include NFC in all new POS terminals VeriFone puts money near mouth, says it’ll include NFC in all new POS terminals originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Uncannily realistic telepresence humanoids aren’t just for the Japanese — this week, it was revealed that Denmark is home to a brand-new Geminoid — the Geminoid DK. Modeled after professor Henrik Scharfe at Aalborg University, this Geminoid-F derivative was constructed by Kokoro and ATR, the very same organizations that built the last few we’ve seen. The more things change, the more they stay the same: DK pulls off the beard quite nicely, but it still looks downright creepy when it smiles, blinks and breathes. See for yourself in plenty of video footage, both above and after the break. Continue reading Denmark professor crafts a robotic twin: behold the Geminoid-DK (video) Denmark professor crafts a robotic twin: behold the Geminoid-DK (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Just to throw a little more fuel on the fire , it turns out that directing your browser to now.sprint.com/nexus takes you to an landing site where you’re told that “this page will be ready soon.” Certainly sounds more likely than ever that Sprint’s preparing to launch its own variant of the Nexus S — and if our sources are correct, it’ll be called the Nexus S 4G, likely with both CDMA and WiMAX on board. Interestingly, both now.sprint.com/evoview and now.sprint.com/evo3d — the other two devices in our rumor three-pack from earlier today — redirect to Sprint’s home page rather than giving you an HTTP 404 error, suggesting they’re also real. CTIA kicks off in just over two weeks’ time where these things are likely to be revealed, but who knows? Maybe they’ll give us a little tease ahead of the show. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Sprint’s Nexus website is ‘coming soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Just to throw a little more fuel on the fire , it turns out that directing your browser to now.sprint.com/nexus takes you to an landing site where you’re told that “this page will be ready soon.” Certainly sounds more likely than ever that Sprint’s preparing to launch its own variant of the Nexus S — and if our sources are correct, it’ll be called the Nexus S 4G, likely with both CDMA and WiMAX on board. Interestingly, both now.sprint.com/evoview and now.sprint.com/evo3d — the other two devices in our rumor three-pack from earlier today — redirect to Sprint’s home page rather than giving you an HTTP 404 error, suggesting they’re also real. CTIA kicks off in just over two weeks’ time where these things are likely to be revealed, but who knows? Maybe they’ll give us a little tease ahead of the show. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Sprint’s Nexus website is ‘coming soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Just to throw a little more fuel on the fire , it turns out that directing your browser to now.sprint.com/nexus takes you to an landing site where you’re told that “this page will be ready soon.” Certainly sounds more likely than ever that Sprint’s preparing to launch its own variant of the Nexus S — and if our sources are correct, it’ll be called the Nexus S 4G, likely with both CDMA and WiMAX on board. Interestingly, both now.sprint.com/evoview and now.sprint.com/evo3d — the other two devices in our rumor three-pack from earlier today — redirect to Sprint’s home page rather than giving you an HTTP 404 error, suggesting they’re also real. CTIA kicks off in just over two weeks’ time where these things are likely to be revealed, but who knows? Maybe they’ll give us a little tease ahead of the show. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Sprint’s Nexus website is ‘coming soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Inhabitat’s Week in Green: ice castles, cardboard columns, and the Geneva Auto Show
March 6, 2011 No Comment
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. This week Inhabitat showcased several jaw-dropping feats of architecture, starting with a series of amazingly complex computer-designed cardboard columns that boast between 8 and 16 million facets. We were also struck by a stunning new net-zero Solar Academy in Germany, and we showcased a Swiss chalet that is the world’s first apartment building to be heated entirely by solar thermal energy. On the cooler end of the climate spectrum, a Minnesota man has created a series of soaring ice castles using water from his geothermal heating system. The Geneva Auto Show also kicked off with a bang this week as Koenigsegg unveiled its supercharged Agera R racer and SAAB rose from the ashes with a futuristic PhoeniX hybrid . We also heard big news from some of the world’s most luxurious automakers as Bentley rolled out a biofuel-powered supercar that can go 200 MPH on ice and Rolls-Royce unveiled their all-electric 102 EX Phantom . Two-wheeled transportation also took a leap forward as Daymak unveiled the world’s first wireless electric eBike and Los Angeles approved plans for 1,690 miles of bikeways . We also kept on the cutting edge of consumer tech with a look at the green credentials of Apple’s iPad 2 , and we brought you researchers’ plans for a hot new breed of batteries made from “frozen smoke” . Finally, we learned from a recent study that cellphone signals actually boost brain activity , and we shared a fresh new line of iPod nano watch straps just in time for spring. Inhabitat’s Week in Green: ice castles, cardboard columns, and the Geneva Auto Show originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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