Whether you’re already on Verizon or looking in from the outside, the iPhone 4 just became one of that network’s flagship devices. So, we want to know how you feel, will it pull you into Big Red’s gravitational sphere or are you impervious to its magical charms? Let us know in the poll below! View Poll Are you getting the Verizon iPhone 4? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The leaks suggested that the Verizon iPhone would have have slightly relocated buttons, and it’s true — as you can see in the photo above, the newly revised CDMA antenna notch has pushed the volume and mute controls down a hair from GSM version. That means a lot of cases — Apple’s current bumpers included — won’t fit properly on the Verizon version, although we’d bet Apple and third-party manufacturers are scrambling to have compatible cases in stores before the February 10th launch date. Verizon iPhone has relocated buttons, might require new cases originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Would you look at that, Verizon’s iPhone 4 has four notches punctuating its external antenna array — one more than you may find on AT&T’s version , with the top notch migrating to the side. Before you all jump on conspiracy theories about fixes and such, Tim Cook has just confirmed on stage that changes had to be made to work on the CDMA network, meaning that for users this is pretty much an aesthetic alteration. Otherwise, you’re looking at an almost identical device to what AT&T users have been enjoying since June of last year — savvy nerds will just be able to tell the CDMA version apart at one glance. Verizon’s iPhone 4 has a CDMA-specific antenna, no other changes made originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’ll probably be subject to an additional fee as usual, but Verizon and Apple have just revealed that the new CDMA iPhone 4 will act as a mobile WiFi connection for up to five devices. It’ll come with an iOS-specific version of the Verizon 3G Mobile Hotspot that folks have been enjoying on their Droids for many moons now. That should allowing for laptops, tablets and the like to get online via iPhone without a pesky cord , and almost certainly make the long-verboten iPhone – iPad tethering connection finally attainable. Joy to the world! Update: Verizon called it an app, but getting hands-on we can see that’s not the case at all — Personal Hotspot is built right into the CDMA iPhone 4′s build of iOS 4.2.5. Perhaps we’ll see it migrate to other devices as well? Verizon iPhone 4 will have 3G mobile hotspot (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve waited. We’ve watched. We’ve wondered. And now, by the grace of Steve Jobs and Lowell McAdam, we’re supposedly going to see a reveal of the mythical Verizon iPhone . Of course, there’s always a chance that Verizon just wants to reveal more details on LTE, or talk about the company’s commitment to openness and Android… but according to the rumor mill, it’s time for Big Red to get some Apple magic. No matter what happens, we’ll be there live, reporting on the news as it happens with the best liveblog in the business. Tune in at the times below on Tuesday, January 11th to see it all go down. 06:00AM – Hawaii 08:00AM – Pacific 09:00AM – Mountain 10:00AM – Central 11:00AM – Eastern 04:00PM – London 05:00PM – Paris 07:00PM – Moscow 12:00AM – Perth (January 12th) 12:00AM – Shenzhen (January 12th) 01:00AM – Tokyo (January 12th) 03:00AM – Sydney (January 12th) Live from Verizon’s iPhone event originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV
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If you’re familiar with The Sims -style gaming, where actual life, art, and the game can easily blur, this little story may not come as a huge surprise to you. Grand Theft Auto IV player / enthusiast Mathieu Weschler spent two years making The Trashmaster , a feature-length ‘film’ made entirely in the game , about a garbage man who has another gig on the side. Now, we’ll freely admit that we did not watch the entire thing (yet), but from what we have seen, it actually looks fairly engaging! The film is embedded after the break. Continue reading Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video)
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Motion tracking software? Yeah, it’s pretty old hat, but steps are being taken each day to take the technology to a place it has never been before. Overly dramatic? Sure, but we doubt you’ll have much room to complain after peeking the video just past the break. Tipster Alexandre is responsible for the demonstration that you’ll find there, showing off an application that can track an object that you select in real-time, with a single observation / image being enough to kick things off. It can handle zooms, object size changes, occlusion and temporary disappearances, and it’s merely a mystery when something like this will get integrated into your motion gaming system of choice. Fingers crossed for “soon,” right? [Thanks, Alexandre] Continue reading Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video) Real-time motion tracking software plays a mean game of hide-and-seek (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit
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In a move that is sure to excite the outdoorsman (or outdoors-lady, as it were) in us all, German outfit Ego-Kits has unveiled the E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit so you don’t have to go through all that pesky exercise getting to the top of the mountain to enjoy the thrill of bombing back down. The kit comes with a 1200-watt aluminum motor that mounts under the down tube of 70 percent of downhill bike models, a battery pack (contained within an included backpack), charger, controller module, crankset, chain, and twist grip throttle with a battery charge indicator. We don’t know the price or when the system will officially go on sale, but we do know that when mounted on a mountain bike, it looks cooler than other, more pedestrian electric bikes we’ve seen previously . Jump after the break to see the Ego-Kit in action. Continue reading Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit Ego-Kits declares victory over nature, gravity with its E-Powered Downhill Bike Kit originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Aiken Labs shows off modular motion-sensing game kit, we give it a swing (video)
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If you’re looking to get your motion-controlled gaming fix, there are plenty of ways to go — cameras , electromagnets and accelerometers , for starts — but most figure you’ll buy a single peripheral, a few plastic accessories , and call it a day. That’s not the Aiken way. North Carolina startup Aiken Labs wants to sell you a set of tiny boxes that you can stick on any body part or toy you own, each with a full inertial measurement package (three-axis accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope) inside. The boxes connect to a base station over 802.15.4 wireless that doubles as a USB recharging unit for the lot, and you can connect up to eight modules to track 24 degrees of freedom at a time. It’s not an elegant solution, to tell you the truth, particular given the hacked-together nature of the prototype devices we saw on the CES 2011 floor, but we love the idea of simply affixing a box to a helmet to get instant head-tracking support in our favorite PC titles. Investor Chris Aiken tells us a starter set will ship for about $300 with two sensors and the base station in the second quarter of this year — additional sensors should run $100 each — and you can see what it looks like in a video right after the break. Gallery: Aiken Labs Immersive Motion gaming sensors, hands-on Continue reading Aiken Labs shows off modular motion-sensing game kit, we give it a swing (video) Aiken Labs shows off modular motion-sensing game kit, we give it a swing (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Last we heard of the HTC 7 Pro, it was taking a casual stroll through O2 Germany’s website , throwing around boasts that it’ll be on sale come January 2011. Well, guess what? That promise has just been reiterated by O2′s German Twitter stream, which says that the 7 Pro will be on sale next week for an unsubsidized price of €569 ($735). That’s available via O2′s usual MyHandy payment plan, where you dish out €29 in advance and then pay off the phone in equal monthly payments over two years. We can’t imagine HTC leaving the rest of the world sitting idly by, twiddling their QWERTY keyboard-loving thumbs, so look out for this WP7 handset to filter through to your local market some time soon. [Thanks, Mario] Continue reading HTC 7 Pro arriving on O2 Germany ‘next week,’ priced at €569 HTC 7 Pro arriving on O2 Germany ‘next week,’ priced at €569 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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