More iOS 4.3 digging hints at new iPad 2 camera, same 1024 x 768 display
January 14, 2011 No Comment
We love all the little goodies that come out of iOS developer builds. It’s been only a day since 4.3 hit the scene and already we’ve seen hints of future iPhone / iPad models , a Find My Friends feature, and now more hints of a camera for the next iPad . Which, of course, is far from the first time we’ve heard iPad and camera in the same utterance ( cases , mockups , paperwork , even more code ). Today’s revelation comes in the form of shutter screens and camera / video icons care of 9 to 5 Mac , but here’s the catch: to believe these imagery to be the real thing is to also accept that the iPad 2 might have the same 1024 x 768 display, given that’s what these pictures are optimized for. You didn’t really believe the iPad 2 would have a 9.7-inch, 2530 x 1897 resolution retina display… did you? Well, it’s only speculative, anyway. More iOS 4.3 digging hints at new iPad 2 camera, same 1024 x 768 display originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HP Envy 14 aficionados rejoice! Radiance displays are back for a limited time
January 14, 2011 No Comment
What once was lost, now is found…for a little while, at least. HP has finally decided to undo its previous mistake , and make the 1600×900 Radiance Infinity LED display a $200 upgrade on its Envy 14 laptops for a limited time. Alas, Dr. Dre fans are not afforded the same luxury, as the Beats Edition only comes with the standard 1366×768 BrightView screen, but we’re just glad to see that beautiful, bright Radiance panel is on one Envy, even if only temporarily. [Thanks, Maciej] HP Envy 14 aficionados rejoice! Radiance displays are back for a limited time originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Powermat’s 2011 product roadmap: colorful iPhone cases, extended batteries, and more
January 14, 2011 No Comment
Much of this stuff was shown off publicly for the first time at CES last week, but we thought it might be interesting to get everything that wireless charging company Powermat has planned for 2011 into one convenient place — and that’s exactly what this here slide deck has done for us. The first products in the pipeline for this year include a charging case for the Nokia N8 , targeted for early Q2, along with a two-device portable charging mat that includes a built-in battery (7,800mAh!) that promises up to four full smartphone charges while staying completely off the grid; look for those to run $40 and $130, respectively. Later in the quarter, you’ll get a white two-unit mat (all of Powermat’s gear is black right now, so it’s a nice change of pace), several colored iPhone 4 cases, a BlackBerry Torch case, and an $80 so-called Power! Case for the iPhone 4 that integrates an external 1,800mAh battery for extra juice on the go. Moving on to the third quarter of the year, you’ll see a dual-power one-device mat that can be powered either from the wall or a USB port for $40, a car mount that inductively charges your Powermat-enabled device, and an iPod touch case. Finally, the 1X Rechargeable Mat comes late in Q3, packing some undetermined (or at least unlisted) amount of juice into a mat that looks roughly similar to the existing one-device mat that’s already on the market; like Powermat’s other battery-powered mats, this one lets you juice devices when you’re not near an outlet, and it’ll be available for $70. Hit up the gallery for the full deck! Gallery: Powermat’s 2011 product roadmap: colorful iPhone cases, extended batteries, and more Powermat’s 2011 product roadmap: colorful iPhone cases, extended batteries, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Whether you love or hate the design of the Torch , that was never where the main beef lay — instead, that honor would have to go to the lackluster internals, capped off with an awful, washed-out 480 x 360 display that had no business sitting in a device that’s supposed to be the crown jewel of RIM’s phone lineup. Well, capping off a wild day of BlackBerry leaks and rumors over at BGR comes news of a Torch 2 in the works that might just make good on those shortcomings (and a whole lot more) thanks to a 1.2GHz processor, 14.4Mbps triband HSPA, a VGA display at the original Torch’s same 3.2-inch size, BlackBerry OS 6.1, and — like some of the other leaks we’ve seen — integrated NFC, which suggests the Nexus S may have started something good here. Specs aside, yeah… the phone itself is nearly a dead ringer for the model it replaces, adding some chrome accents and calling it good. If BGR ‘s sources are on, you can look for this in the third quarter on AT&T. BlackBerry Torch 2: a Torch with significantly bumped specs? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Intel CEO Paul Otellini addresses Microsoft’s ARM move in the wake of record earnings announcement
January 14, 2011 No Comment
We’re kind of getting used to Intel setting records with its earnings this year, and it capped off its 2010 with another killer quarter. With $11.5 billion in revenue, and a total of $43.6 billion for the year (up 24 percent from last year), Intel is naturally riding high. There’s danger lurking on the horizon, however, with Microsoft announcing at CES that the next version of Windows will also run on ARM chips , potentially ending a decades-long x86 dominance in the desktop OS space. Naturally, the topic came up in the earnings call, and here’s Intel CEO Paul Otellini’s level-headed statement on the topic: The plus for Intel is that as they unify their operating systems we now have the ability for the first time, one, to have a designed-from-scratch, touch-enabled operating system for tablets that runs on Intel that we don’t have today; and, secondly, we have the ability to put our lowest-power Intel processors, running Windows 8 or the next generation of Windows, into phones, because it’s the same OS stack. And I look at that as an upside opportunity for us. On the downside, there’s the potential, given that Office runs on these products, for some creep-up coming into the PC space. I am skeptical of that for two reasons: one, that space has a different set of power and performance requirements where Intel is exceptionally good; and secondly, users of those machines expect legacy support for software and peripherals that has to all be enabled from scratch for those devices. After careful analysis of Paul’s voice, we couldn’t detect any hints of panic or fear in it, and we buy about 50+ percent of what he’s putting down — a lot better than we expected, to be honest. It’s very interesting that he sees the new version of Windows being a “designed-from-scratch, touch-enabled operating system for tablets,” and the idea of Windows Phone running on regular Windows is also news to us — though it certainly makes plenty of sense in the long run (and perhaps Ballmer has been hinting at it ). Still, Intel has just as much of a disadvantage making a phone processor as ARM guys have a disadvantage at making high-powered PC processors, and when it comes to legacy support, they’ll at least be on pretty equal footing when it comes to a “designed-from-scratch” tablet OS. No matter what, Intel certainly has a great roadmap and a ton of cash right now, so we look forward to a fair CPU fight on all sides of the form factor coin. Intel CEO Paul Otellini addresses Microsoft’s ARM move in the wake of record earnings announcement originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Fujitsu launches 11.6-inch Lifebook PH50/C, complete with AMD Fusion APU
January 13, 2011 No Comment
Now that AMD’s Fusion is finally real, we’re all sorts of excited to see what kind of numbers the E-350 Zacate APU puts up in honest-to-goodness machines like Fujitsu’s latest. The minty fresh Lifebook PH50/C is just one of the many new lappies unveiled this week by the company, but this particular 11.6-incher has managed to grab our heartstrings and not let go. Boasting a cute, albeit familiar design, the PH50/C is equipped with a 1.6GHz E-350 APU, Radeon HD 6310 graphics, 2GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive, Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and a 5,800mAh battery good for up to seven hours of life in ideal conditions. For those more interested in Intel’s Sandy Bridge, the like-minded PH74/C gets powered by a Core i3-2310M, and given that it’s a Japanese machine designed for Japanese owners, an in-built WiMAX module is thrown in for good measure. We’re also getting the impression that both of these can be ordered up with Intel’s Wireless Display technology, and considering that Buffalo just introduced a new WiDi adapter for this very market, we’d say things have lined up quite nicely. Pricing remains up in the air, but they should be out in Q1 for under $800 or so. Fujitsu launches 11.6-inch Lifebook PH50/C, complete with AMD Fusion APU originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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There’s just so much to love about this video, described by co-creator Florian Smolka as a university video-project from Munich. In a little over four minutes, we’re given a first-person tour of console gaming from 1958′s Tennis for Two (played on an oscilloscope) through late 2008′s Rock Band for Xbox 360 (using a Guitar Hero drum set, but hey, nobody’s perfect). Not every console gets a mention — apologies to Atari Jaguar and 3DO apologists — and it unfortunately stops before new hotness Move and Kinect get a nod, but that should in no way deter you from setting aside a handful of minutes to watch. Be sure to note the passage of TVs, too, and remember fondly the CRTs of your youth. Unless you grew up with LCD flatscreens, you lawn-lounging whippersnapper, you. Video after the break. Continue reading Gaming’s first-person history lesson: 1958 to 2008 edition (video) Gaming’s first-person history lesson: 1958 to 2008 edition (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 was tearing up up on the CES 2011 show floor in a host of new tablets , but unbeknownst to us, Qualcomm’s long -awaited dual-core Snapdragon made a pair of cameo appearances as well. The first was in ASUS’ Eee Pad MeMO , which showed off its pressure-sensitive stylus action on the floor, and the second is in the new Qualcomm reference design you see immediately above. According to a video released on Qualcomm’s website — which you can watch after the break — Qualcomm attempted to distract tech journalists from Verizon’s press conference by giving them a sneak peek at the HTC Thunderbolt here instead. Then, we like to imagine, the company brainwashed the lot into believing the 1.2GHz MSM8660 with Adreno 220 graphics is destined for a host of tablets and phones. Of course, if that’s actually the case, we’ll gladly join the throng. Where do we sign up? Continue reading Qualcomm unveils dual-core Snapdragon reference handset at CES 2011 Qualcomm unveils dual-core Snapdragon reference handset at CES 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Keepin’ it real fake: Nokia N9 doesn’t wait for mature MeeGo to launch in China
January 13, 2011 No Comment
As with the N8 , so with the N9. Nokia’s first MeeGo device is widely expected to be dubbed the N9 and sport a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but its elongated time to market has given Chinese KIRF artists the chance to beat Finland with their own device. Parsing together leaked pictures and perhaps some insider info we’re not privy to, some crafty folks have put together the above 14mm-thin slider, outfitting it with a 3-inch screen, front- and rear-facing cameras, Bluetooth, WiFi, FM radio, microSD card slot, dual SIM capabilities, and an almost entirely metallic construction. The OS is some sort of Symbian lookalike, while the price is an eminently affordable 700 yuan ($106). You’ll just need to find the right market stall in Shenzhen to get yours. Continue reading Keepin’ it real fake: Nokia N9 doesn’t wait for mature MeeGo to launch in China Keepin’ it real fake: Nokia N9 doesn’t wait for mature MeeGo to launch in China originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve been waiting to see the Paddle Pro in action since Evigroup announced the hands-free tablet last year, but we never imagined our introduction would be this, well… titilating . We previously announced that the tablet would utilize a front-facing webcam to track head movements for cursor control, and as far as we can tell, the system follows through on its promises: the cursor follows the motion of the user’s head with fluidity, and — it seems — staring at any point on the screen more than a half-second equates to a click of the mouse. Frankly, we’re still stumped on the double-click, though. A Paddle Pro sporting Windows 7 runs €990 ($1300), while the same tablet sans the software costs €890 ($1169). We’re still jonesing to see its moves in person, but if you’re looking for a little tablet eye-candy to spice up your day, check out the unashamedly racy demo after the jump. [Thanks, WMax] Continue reading Evigroup Paddle Pro’s steamy demo gives you head tracking, hot flashes Evigroup Paddle Pro’s steamy demo gives you head tracking, hot flashes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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