The crazy kitties over at Mad Catz have signed yet another licensing agreement to further sink their claws into the world of gaming peripherals — they’ve just sealed a deal with Microsoft to be the exclusive supplier of Xbox 360 wireless headphones, as well as non-exclusive rights for wired 360 headphones. All products under the agreement will bear the Xbox logo, as well as the signature “T” from Mad Catz’s recently acquired Tritton series, but don’t go out looking for them anytime soon — these cats won’t mark their territory until Christmas 2011. Continue reading Mad Catz snatches up exclusive rights to Xbox 360 wireless headphones Mad Catz snatches up exclusive rights to Xbox 360 wireless headphones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Agility Saietta unveiled, the decidedly unconventional electric sports bike
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A new player has entered the electric motorcycle game, joining the likes of Brammo’s Empulse but doing it with rather more… unconventional styling. It’s the Agility Global Saietta, an all-electric sports bike that will come in two flavors: the 50 mile range Saietta S and the 100 mile Saietta R. The former of the two will be quicker than the first, getting to 60 in under four seconds, whereas R riders will have to wait another tick of the stopwatch due to extra battery weight. Naturally that extra range and speed will cost you:
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So you might have noticed a few reviews of Verizon’s iPhone 4 crop up last night, nothing unusual about that, but a couple of its reviewers have had something to say about AT&T’s version of the phone as well. Walt Mossberg and David Pogue (who has since stricken the date from his review) both pinpoint February 13th as the date when they expect AT&T to turn on the Personal Hotspot capability that Verizon’s iPhone will have from launch. That’s expected to happen with an update to iOS 4.3 , which recently went out to developers in its third beta iteration , suggesting the software’s nearly mature enough for public consumption and seemingly fitting right into this timeline. Mind you, this is still not concrete information, as Mossberg could conceivably have been talking of AT&T’s Mobile Hotspot app which is launching on the same day on devices like the Inspire 4G, and Pogue could have deleted the date for similar reasons, but we’re somehow disinclined to believe that two gentlemen in a position to have insider(ish) intel would both make such a mistake at the same time. iPhone 4 to get AT&T mobile hotspot capabilities on February 13th? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …EyeSight brings its gesture controls to Android tablets, Windows-based devices
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EyeSight has been bringing its hand-waving UI to all sorts of mobile devices for some time now, and it’s now expanded things yet again. Following up its launch on Android last summer, the company has announced that its gesture recognition software has now also been tailored specifically for Android tablets and other “computer-based” Android platforms, and it’s announced that it’s now available for Windows-based devices as well. As before, the software is able to work with just about any built-in camera, and the company says that it has been “highly optimized” for mobile platforms, with low CPU and memory requirements. It’s not something available directly to users, though — it’s up to developers to license it and include the functionality in their applications. Head on past the break for an idea of how it works — just try to ignore that conspicuously out of place iPad at the beginning of the video. Continue reading EyeSight brings its gesture controls to Android tablets, Windows-based devices EyeSight brings its gesture controls to Android tablets, Windows-based devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You know why he’s so happy? Because he’s Japanese, and being Japanese is awesome. Trains run on time, robots do the work, and you get to wear kitty-faced masks with a USB- or battery-powered fan to circulate the atmosphere in front of your air holes… and nobody cares.
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We said it at the Show and we’ll say it again, Sony Ericsson just can’t keep a lid on ( any ) secret information. The Xperia Play, formerly and more poetically known as the PlayStation Phone, has been previewed , videoed , and loved (mostly by us), but today we can add even more to our foreknowledge about this still unannounced device in the form of its in-store booths. Yes, SE has planned out how resellers and carriers will pimp its gaming smartphone at retail, and yes, renders of that “brand experience” have leaked out. It’s nothing jaw-dropping, just some upright pedestals with the words “smart phone, smart gaming” on its side, but at least it signals that we’re at an advanced stage of preparations ahead of the handset’s launch. There is a T-Mobile logo on there too, but that could be just a placeholder or could refer to territories outside the US. Either way, spring does sound like the perfect time for some more Gingerbread in our lives. Update : Although we’ve been assured that the layout above is genuine , the slim device pictured on top of the stands looks like the Xperia Arc . The device at the bottom looks more like a cross between a PSP Go! and the Xperia Play . Of course, we’re expecting to see a myriad of Android devices announced with PlayStation Suite support, so who knows. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play retail booths exposed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HTC Pyramid emerges from the mists of speculation with a 1.2GHz dual-core, 4.3-inch screen, T-Mobile 4G
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First Sprint got a 4G-capable, 4.3-inch Android phone from HTC, then this January AT&T ( Inspire 4G ) and Verizon ( Thunderbolt ) received promises of the same. Is T-Mobile feeling left out? It might not be for long, as the rumor mill has just churned out a rather mighty 1.2GHz dual-core beast of a handset and is ascribing it to the Magenta network for a launch some time around May or June. We’re hearing it’ll come with qHD resolution (960 x 540, just like the Atrix 4G ) and the SOC within will be that famed Snapdragon MSM8260 that Qualcomm teased briefly at CES a couple of weeks ago. Lending credence to this scuttlebutt is the fact that both TmoNews and Android and Me found sources affirming the Pyramid’s existence, leaving us only to wait and wonder about what we can do with a device of its kind. {Image credit: Nina Aldin Thune ] HTC Pyramid emerges from the mists of speculation with a 1.2GHz dual-core, 4.3-inch screen, T-Mobile 4G originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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You see what we’re seeing in the browser history? Google Who. Google Who? What’s that? It appears at the 32 minute mark from yesterday’s Android event video . Perhaps it’s just an internal directory lookup or maybe it’s something more, a 20 percent project possibly. Tommy, can you hear me? Update : Aww, it’s just The Goog’s internal employee directory according to a software engineer on Google’s self-driving car project . Thanks for playing. [Thanks, Joshua G.] What is Google Who? (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Watch Google’s Android event in full: Honeycomb on the Xoom, Android Market website, in-app purchases, and Cee-Lo Green
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There was plenty about yesterday’s Android event that didn’t make headlines but was worth noting. Hardware acceleration of both 2D and 3D UI elements — shown off to great effect by Google’s Hugo Barra, who managed to scroll through three lists simultaneously without inducing any lag on the Motorola Xoom — should make Honeycomb as delicious to look at as it sounds, while our personal favorite, the new tablet-specific email interface, should be part of Gmail yesterday . The email UI is built out of elements Google calls fragments, which will supposedly be easy to transition down to smartphones, so thumbs up all around. The video above also runs you through the big news of the day, namely that Android Market can now be accessed via a dedicated website and apps downloaded to your device remotely, along with the equally important (for devs) addition of in-app purchases . Finally, Cee-Lo Green pops in for a video chat session from wherever he is on the internets, and we’re all treated to an exhibition of lag-afflicted, awkward conversation. What’s not to love? Watch Google’s Android event in full: Honeycomb on the Xoom, Android Market website, in-app purchases, and Cee-Lo Green originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Dropcam app comes to Android, lets you monitor your security cameras from afar
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iPhone users have been able to keep watch on their Dropcam security cameras from the convenience of a dedicated app since the Dropcam Echo launched last summer , but Android users have unfortunately been left with no other option than to simply use the standard, less-than-mobile-friendly web interface. The company’s now finally corrected that oversight, however, and released a full-fledged app for Android smartphones running Android 2.2 or higher. The key advantage with a Dropcam setup — as we noted in our review of the camera itself — is that it’s entirely cloud-based, and doesn’t need to be connected to your home computer to record or share video (unfortunately, that convenience comes at quite a cost). As for the Android app, it will let you receive things like motion and audio alerts, and of course let you check in on a live stream or access recordings — those just looking try the service can also simply access some public webcams to test it out. Continue reading Dropcam app comes to Android, lets you monitor your security cameras from afar Dropcam app comes to Android, lets you monitor your security cameras from afar originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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