Rendery concept images not doing enough to pique your interest in the future-Z concept ESFLOW from Nissan ? Maybe you’d be into some honest to gosh pictures of the real thing sitting pretty on a white-walled photo stage, prepping for its glamour shoot. All Cars Electric has a suite of photos of the inside, highlighting its sweeping lines and decidedly fanciful interior. The car is said to manage the 0 – 60 sprint in under five seconds while also delivering 150 miles of range from its Li-ion battery pack, helped by a lightweight composite body and aluminum chassis. Whether the car ever hits production remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt it’s looking good already. Nissan ESFLOW pictured in the flesh ahead of Geneva unveil originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Sony Ericsson breaks out white Xperia Play, makes it an O2 exclusive in the UK (update: available in a few weeks)
February 18, 2011 No Comment
We’ll confess, we did see Sony Ericsson execs flashing white Xperia Play handsets during the company’s MWC 2011 press event , but curiously enough none of those made their way to the demo areas. Now we’ve finally got ourselves some fully fleshed out press shots, along with the news that O2 will be the sole carrier for this alabaster gaming smartphone in the UK. Other markets have yet to announce availability of the white Xperia Play, but you’ll know more just as soon as we do. Skip past the break to see how the front end looks. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Update: O2′s just hinted that the Xperia Play will be out in the UK around or before early March. Not long to go now, fellow Brits! Continue reading Sony Ericsson breaks out white Xperia Play, makes it an O2 exclusive in the UK (update: available in a few weeks) Sony Ericsson breaks out white Xperia Play, makes it an O2 exclusive in the UK (update: available in a few weeks) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’re not sure how they feel in lands where fiber optic connections flow like wine, but in most of the developed world a up to 42 megabit per second internet connection feels mighty fine. Fine enough, in fact, that it can make sense to share it with your peers, and that’s why Netgear’s new MBR1310 and MBR2000 routers are here. They’re quad-band DC-HSPA+ units that dole out that precious 3G data over 802.11n WiFi or via four 10/100 wired ethernet ports, with the MBR2000 adding ADSL2+ for a wired backup option. If you’re lucky enough to be working with LTE in Europe, there’s the MBR1517 as well, virtually identical to the model announced for Verizon but presumably with different carrier support. No word on when, where, or how much any of these fallback connectivity options will cost. PR after the break. Continue reading Netgear unveils a pair of 42Mbps HSPA+ routers, and one for LTE Netgear unveils a pair of 42Mbps HSPA+ routers, and one for LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’d be no exaggeration to say that Google’s Android booth here at MWC 2011 has been the most popular of them all. The Mountain View secret to this preeminence has been some combination of putting cutesy costumes on its now iconic robot logo, installing a slide for weary geeks to reconnect to their childhood with, and operating a fully fledged smoothie bar that offered up free Honeycomb elixirs. In short, Ye Olde Google has aimed to be fun first and foremost and the crowds have responded by keeping its booth constantly busy. Heck, we even saw our buddy Stephen Elop walking by, though his panther-like quickness was too much for our cameras to document the moment. Never mind, we’ve still got a ton of photos and video for you below, so why not dig into those while they’re still hot? Gallery: Google’s MWC 2011 Android booth tour Continue reading Google’s MWC 2011 Android booth tour Google’s MWC 2011 Android booth tour originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve still got a handful of posts in the pipeline, but with the gates closed and everyone in the air heading back to their respective homes, our adventures at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona have come to a close. The good news is we can return to our regular four of hours of sleep each night (a figure that was cut in half this week). The bad news is the heartache of leaving behind gorgeous scenery and delicious paella. Take a look at some of our highlights below! Microsoft Microsoft shows off WP7′s future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year Windows Phone 7′s multitasking uses zoomed-out cards to check on your apps Microsoft Rally Ball demo shows Windows Phone 7, Kinect, Xbox Live living in perfect harmony (video) Windows Phone 7 update with copy and paste, CDMA support coming in ‘early March’ See the new Windows Phone 7 features in motion (video) Live from Steve Ballmer’s MWC 2011 keynote! Nokia The Engadget Interview: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talks Microsoft, Symbian, MeeGo, and Windows Phone Debunk: Elop never said Microsoft is paying Nokia billions of dollars to use Windows Phone The Engadget Interview: Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman talks Windows Phone 7 and Nokia Nokia: ‘Our first priority is beating Android ‘ Nokia hints we’ll see first Windows Phone 7 device this year Live from ‘An Evening With Nokia’ at MWC 2011! HTC HTC launches 1.5GHz, 7-inch Android 2.4 Flyer into the tablet wars (update: hands-on video!) HTC Flyer vs. Galaxy Tab vs. iPad… fight! A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe HTC refreshes Android lineup with Incredible S, Desire S and Wildfire S (update: hands-on) HTC Incredible S, Desire S, and Wildfire S video hands-on HTC Salsa and Chacha bring the dedicated Facebook button to Android (update: eyes-on) Samsung Samsung Galaxy S II official: dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus, coming this month (hands-on with video) Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 official: Tegra 2, Honeycomb, dual cameras (hands-on with video) T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G hands-on Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 preview (video) Samsung Galaxy Ace, Gio, Fit, and mini gather for a mega hands-on Motorola Xoom vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. LG G-Slate — battle of the Tegra 2 Honeycomb tablets Google Eric Schmidt: ‘We certainly tried’ to get Nokia to use Android Next version of Android will combine Gingerbread and Honeycomb, arrive on a six-month cycle Google demos Android Movie Studio for Honeycomb Live from Eric Schmidt’s MWC 2011 keynote LG LG Optimus Pad first hands-on! (video) LG Optimus 3D hands-on Android-powered LG Revolution caught streaming Netflix at MWC (video) Motorola Xoom vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. LG G-Slate — battle of the Tegra 2 Honeycomb tablets Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson Xperia family portrait at MWC 2011 Sony Ericsson Xperia Play MWC 2011 hands-on! (updated with video) Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro first hands-on! (updated with video) Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc preview (video) Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo first hands-on! (updated with video) Live from Sony Ericsson’s MWC 2011 press event! Adéu, Barcelona: Mobile World Congress 2011 is over originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …United States gets a National Broadband Map, finds much of its nation doesn’t have broadband
February 18, 2011 No Comment
The FCC of the Obama administration has been very keen to highlight the fact that many Americans today still aren’t riding the information superhighway , a mission of awareness-spreading that was advanced a little more yesterday with the introduction of the National Broadband Map. Mostly the work of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, this $200 million project provides broadband data for thousands of providers with over 25 million searchable records — all of which can be visualized in map form, categorized by connectivity type, or downloaded in full to your computer. APIs have been made available for anyone interested in remixing / using the NBM elsewhere, while information updates are promised every six months. In terms of the maps’ content, we’re still seeing unsatisfactorily wide swathes of broadband-free countryside, but we suppose the first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have one. United States gets a National Broadband Map, finds much of its nation doesn’t have broadband originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Green Energy will replace fossil fuels by 2050 if you really really want to
February 18, 2011 No Comment
The year 2050 is what the year 2000 was to futuristic thinkers like Walt Disney and Arthur C. Clarke. It’s the new year that everything will change: robots will outperform us on the field of play, computers will outwit us in matters of reason, and nerds will never be lonely again. It’s also the year that 100 percent green energy will be possible according to a bunch of neo-maxi zoomdweebies from Stanford and the University of California-Davis. That’s right, in 40 years we could be saying goodbye to fossil fuels in favor of renewables like solar and wind power. The biggest challenge to achieving the goal, say researchers, isn’t related to the underlying technologies or the economics required to fuel the change, rather, it’s whether we earthlings have the collective will and political gumption to make it happen. Interesting… we’ll look into that claim just as soon as we’re done with our Nero fiddling and telling all our friends about this amaaazing story we just read in the National Enquirer . Green Energy will replace fossil fuels by 2050 if you really really want to originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Nokia’s fighting an uphill battle to retain its community of developers as it switches focus to Windows Phone and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Developer Tools from what was a joint Symbian / MeeGo smartphone strategy unified under the Qt development framework. As such, Espoo just notified its Launchpad members that they’ll be receiving about $1,000 in free hardware in the form of Nokia’s new flagship E7 QWERTY slider and a “Nokia WP7 device” just as soon as it’s available. Nokia’s also tossing in a few other incentives like free access to the next Nokia World / Nokia Developer Summit, three months free tech support for all Nokia technologies (limited to 10 tickets), a free User Experience evaluation for one app, business development assistance, and help publishing apps on the Ovi store. This is also great news for us as the chance of seeing leaked pics of that first Nokia WP7 device have just increased dramatically. Nokia giving developers free E7 and Nokia WP7 handsets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple maintains lead in mobile app store revenues, but its share is shrinking fast
February 18, 2011 No Comment
Growth. You don’t have to be Gordon Gekko to recognize that exponential growth in revenues is the mark of both a buoyant industry and, on an individual level, a healthy participant within it. Kudos must, therefore, be handed out to all the top four app stores globally, as each one expended its total revenues by over 130 percent between 2009 and 2010. Interestingly, Apple’s growth looks to be slowing down as the App Store begins to reach a saturation point on smartphones, while Nokia’s Ovi Store and Google’s Android Market blossomed during 2010 by multiples of 7.2 and 8.6 times their 2009 size. Apple’s share at the top has shrunken as a consequence, a trend that looks likely to continue when Windows Phone 7′s Marketplace and the Ovi Store are melded into one through this year and beyond . Apple maintains lead in mobile app store revenues, but its share is shrinking fast originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HP CEO says company is taking ‘too long to get to market’ with innovations, we wholeheartedly agree
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Leo Apotheker, HP’s successor to the infamous Mark Hurd, has sat down for a chat with the Wall Street Journal recently, and while most of it is innocuous corporate-speak — “we need to fire up our innovation engine” — there was one quote that piqued our interest. The new chief believes HP needs to get its products to market faster, rejecting Sam Palmisano’s suggestion that HP has lost its innovative touch and insisting that his company’s weakness has been in just not getting the products out to store shelves quickly enough. Of course, you could say that that’s an error HP is repeating again with the launch of its new webOS devices — the TouchPad , the Pre 3 and the Veer — none of which are expected to arrive before this spring. However, to be fair to Apotheker, he’s still relatively new to the job and these words from him could well signal a change for the better in future product cycles. Full interview at the source. HP CEO says company is taking ‘too long to get to market’ with innovations, we wholeheartedly agree originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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