No big surprises here, unless you count that snowy white number up above. Yep, LG’s not only stolen a march on Motorola in introducing the world’s first dual-core smartphone , it’s also about to beat Apple to the white handset punch as well. The 1080p-recording , Tegra 2 -wielding Optimus 2X is now available in its home market of South Korea and, if LG stays true to its roadmap, should be filtering through into Europe before this month is out. We don’t know if its white variant will ever escape the clutches of Korea (and we sure hope it does), but it should be making its bodacious debut over there in February. Continue reading LG Optimus 2X goes on sale in Korea, teases white version for February LG Optimus 2X goes on sale in Korea, teases white version for February originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Gorenje iChef oven brings the touchscreen paradigm to all your baking needs
January 23, 2011 No Comment
We’ve no doubt that Gorenje’s iChef oven can bake, and bake well — but as you’ve probably guessed, we’re more interested in the appliance’s finger-friendly controls. Kitchens of the future often come complete with touchscreen panels and home automation settings, but you aren’t just keying in the time and temperature here — it’s got sixty-five preset dishes it can cook autonomously , 150 slots for you to program your own, and a option that lets you bake in three separate stages for perfection (or bitter disappointment, depending on your choices) inside and out. It’s all controlled through a colorful filled with pictures of loving-prepared food, and though we’re afraid we can’t find a video of it in action, you’ll find screencaps and descriptions at our source link below. The oven launches in Europe this spring and if you have to ask how much it costs, you probably won’t have enough left over to afford a robotic manservant anyhow. Gorenje iChef oven brings the touchscreen paradigm to all your baking needs originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Nuance opens Dragon Mobile SDK to app developers, we see end to embarrassing dictation
January 23, 2011 No Comment
There are some messages that are just too embarrassing to dictate to a human being. Lucky for us and the retired circus contortionist we hired to type up our missives, Nuance is expanding the reach of its transcription software by making its Dragon Mobile SDK available to developers for use in iOS and Android applications. The SDK, which is free to members of the Nuance Mobile Developer Program, sports speech-to-text capabilities in eight languages and text-to-speech in 35. There are already apps out there that can do the job, including Nuance’s own Dragon Dictation , but we welcome new advances in automated transcription. You know, it’s not exactly a walk in the park dictating an entire Clay Aiken Fan Club newsletter to a guy named Sid the Human Pretzel. Nuance opens Dragon Mobile SDK to app developers, we see end to embarrassing dictation originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Oh LG, did you really think you could slip an entire tablet past the eagle-eyed gadget obsessives of Korea? The G-Slate has been one of the more mysterious devices launched at CES this year, but it now appears to have shaken off some of its shyness and made a cameo appearance on K-Pop star Seungri’s latest music vid. Our Korean correspondents inform us that Seungri’s band Big Bang has had a relationship with LG since the introduction of the cheap and cheerful Lollipop handset (video evidence after the break), so it’s not unreasonable to believe this young chap has an inside line on LG’s upcoming hardware. His video shows an LG-branded slate at 0.53 and 1.52, and although we get only brief glimpses, one of them suggests a dual-camera array on the back, which seemingly corroborates earlier rumors of the G-Slate bringing some 3D voodoo to the market. Skip the break and see for yourself. [Thanks, Alan Yi] Continue reading LG G-Slate spotted in Korean music video, 3D cameras and all? LG G-Slate spotted in Korean music video, 3D cameras and all? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video)
January 23, 2011 No Comment
Look familiar? You’ve actually seen it twice before, once as a QWERTY slider and once as an unidentified LTE smartphone . Well, it just so happens that a new batch of eighteen pictures have surfaced, and the two phones are are actually one — this is the Samsung Forte for MetroPCS, which is presently running a recent build of Android 2.2.1. While we still don’t know if it’s got the 1GHz processor and 5 megapixel camera that lovingly accompanied the original rumor , it appears to have Samsung’s custom TouchWiz UI on board, lending extra credence to the possibility that the handset might receive Galaxy S branding when it materializes in stores. We’ve got just one last note here, and that’s this whole reveal feels rather… planted to us. Watch the video after the break to see what we mean, and find plenty more pictures at the link below. Continue reading Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video) Samsung Forte is the SCH-R910, brings TouchWiz LTE action to MetroPCS (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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When we stumbled upon an $800 price for the Motorola Xoom yesterday, our instinctive reaction was to leap forward to the next obvious question: when? Well, that call has now been answered by an internal Best Buy document that’s just dropped into our inbox, which explicitly pinpoints February 17th as the launch date for Moto’s highly touted, Honeycomb-equipped tablet. Stock is expected to land at the big box retailer on February 16th, with the big party going down the day after. There’s a note confirming that the Xoom will come with its promised 32GB of onboard storage, but anyone looking for confirmation or denial of the earlier pricing leak will be left disappointed. Guess we’ll all have to set our calendar alerts for about a month from now and exercise patience in the mean time. [Thanks, dajarbot] Continue reading Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple brings AT&T and Verizon together for a happy dance in latest iPhone commercial (video)
January 22, 2011 No Comment
The unthinkable has happened. After spending 99 percent of their recent marketing budgets figuring out ways to sling mud at each other, AT&T and Verizon have now come together to dance a merry waltz — all in the name of Apple’s hallowed iPhone. The latest commercial for the phone that really doesn’t need advertising shows that you can FaceTime, read iBooks, navigate maps, and do everything else on the Verizon iPhone just as well as you could do it on the AT&T-friendly GSM variant of the device. As if you didn’t already know. Still, it’s fun to see these guys trying to turn their lack of competitive diversity into some sort of an advantage. Video after the break. Continue reading Apple brings AT&T and Verizon together for a happy dance in latest iPhone commercial (video) Apple brings AT&T and Verizon together for a happy dance in latest iPhone commercial (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …IBM looks back on 100 years of history, finds plenty to be proud of (video)
January 22, 2011 No Comment
Want to know who the self-confessed “mother of the motherboard” is? Or why every piece of organically farmed, tenderly loved food at your local Trader Joe’s has a barcode on it? Or perhaps you’re curious to learn more about how millions of airline reservations can be made around the world with unfailing reliability? All those queries have their answers in IBM’s self-congratulating videos after the break. Commissioned as a celebration of the company’s upcoming 100th birthday, they chronicle some of its more notable moments in the global spotlight. Our favorite little nugget of discovery was finding out that testing for the IBM Personal Computer included the question, “would it run Pac-Man ?” — conclusively proving that the foremost reason for the PC’s existence is, and has always been, gaming . Continue reading IBM looks back on 100 years of history, finds plenty to be proud of (video) IBM looks back on 100 years of history, finds plenty to be proud of (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Not to be outdone by its Samsung successor , the Nexus One’s getting a miniature over-the-air update as well, sending users on a mind-bending ride from Android 2.2.1 (version FRG83D) to the FRG83G build of Android 2.2.2. When they emerge thoroughly dazzled and confused on the other side, what will they find? We spoke to Google and it’s just a few bug fixes, but one of them’s rather important — this update will go down in the annals of history as the one that doesn’t inadvertently send humorous texts intended for your co-workers to your deathly serious boss. Oh, and if that sounds like something you’d like to have immediately, rather than waiting for a formal rollout, you can find the file you need at Google’s servers right now. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Nexus One gets tiny update to Android 2.2.2, fixes SMS routing issues originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …BMW working on electric 5-series sedan for China, we still can’t get a diesel
January 22, 2011 No Comment
Surely it’ll come elsewhere eventually, but for now an electric version of BMW ‘s generously proportioned 5-series sedan looks destined exclusively for China. As part of the company’s partnership with Brilliance China Automotive, BMW Brilliance Automotive is planning to create a pure EV 5-series and to show it off this year — at some point. No further details are known about the car, though we’re quite sure why this is happening. EVs are becoming more and more popular there as China struggles to shrug off a massive foreign oil dependency and BMW saw a similarly massive 87 percent jump in growth of its sales in China in 2010. So, there’s your motive, but we’ll still have to wait a bit for the rest of the details. BMW working on electric 5-series sedan for China, we still can’t get a diesel originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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