Well, the leaks have been flying fast and furious: the presumed PlayStation Phone has been in the hands of folks for a hot minute, and now a video has popped up showing one lucky hombre playing Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer on the device. The hardware is apparently on the up and up, although the fact that the titles had to be loaded through ROM Buddy suggests that the software is still being tinkered with. That said, it looks like this thing is pretty much a done deal . See for yourself after the break. [Thanks, Dan] Continue reading PlayStation Phone captured in the wild, on video PlayStation Phone captured in the wild, on video originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …OmniVision’s OV10810 image sensor handles 1080p video recording, 10 megapixel image capture
January 10, 2011 No Comment
OmniVision has just let loose its OV10810, hailed as the first native 16:9 CMOS image sensor to enable simultaneous 1080p HD video recording and ten megapixel image captures. The chip is built upon the company’s 1.4-micron OmniBSI pixel architecture, and it’s obviously aimed at digicams, camcorders and higher-end smartphones. Generally speaking, any camcorder that can snag stills on the side does so at a terribly low resolution, but this bantam slab of silicon would obviously serve as a solution. The technobabble’s there after the break if you’re interested, and you can commence waiting for this to make it to your favorite smartphone / camera maker… now. Continue reading OmniVision’s OV10810 image sensor handles 1080p video recording, 10 megapixel image capture OmniVision’s OV10810 image sensor handles 1080p video recording, 10 megapixel image capture originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Ouch. Over the weekend, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen tweeted that a new firmware was imminent for the Boxee Box , and given that we’d all been led to believe that both Netflix and Vudu support were inbound shortly, the natural expectation was… well, natural . Late last night the company went live with a new build, but it was pulled from existence within a few hours. According to Boxee’s blog post, the new update adds enhancements to control de-interlacing and video filters configuration, support for language selection in subtitle / audio, boosted browser performance and about 812 bug fixes. That’s the good news. The bad news is two threefold: there’s nary a mention of Netflix support, and while the team is just about there with Vudu , it’s also remaining off of the list for this particular update. Moreover, the devs noticed such major issues that the software was yanked from the servers only hours after it was posted, and judging by official comments in the source link below, things still aren’t totally ironed out. Translation? Hold tight for now, tough as it may be. Boxee Box firmware gets updated, pulled — still no Netflix and Vudu originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Electric? Hybrid? Series? Parallel? Who cares? The Chevrolet Volt , the very car that helped us flee a soggy and cold Washington D.C. last year , was just named North American Car of the Year at the North American International Auto Show by an independent panel of judges representing major media outlets. It bested other finalists, the Nissan Leaf and the Hyundai Sonata. The Volt has won despite scoring low marks in the swimsuit portion of the competition, but in its acceptance speech the Volt thanked all the little people and indicated it would spend the next 12 months working toward world peace and alternative drivetrain configurations for all. Chevy Volt named North American Car of the Year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The scariest looking peripheral at CES 2011? Possibly. But for those looking to gain a split-second edge on the competition, the N-Control Avenger just may be the solution Xbox 360 gamers have been looking for. Announced just a couple of months ago, the company was here in Las Vegas to actually demonstrate a fully functional model. But simply, it straps onto your first-party 360 controller, adding triggers, straps, cables and all sorts of other contraptions that aim to give you improved alternatives to pressing buttons (while freeing your thumbs up to more accurately operate the analog joysticks). Enough talk — hop on past the break to see how exactly this $60 shell gets down to business. Gallery: N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) Continue reading N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 attachment gets a CES overview (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Prius this ain’t. Take a gander at Porsche’s 918 RSR, which just rolled onto the company’s stage at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. It has a 563hp traditional gasoline engine mounted amidships, with a pair of electric motors powering the front wheels that bring the total power up to a whopping 767. The electric motors are not powered by a set of batteries, as in a traditional hybrid, rather they take their power from an inertial flywheel mounted where the passenger seat would be on a road car and spinning at up to 36,000rpm. That’s spun up by momentum when the car brakes and, when the driver hits a button, that momentum is converted to give an acceleratory boost. That’s the same setup as the 911 GT3 RSR Hybrid, which ran reasonably successfully last year. Its styling is obviously an extension of the 918 Spyder , with a number of cues taken from the incredibly successful Porsche 917 racer of the early ’70s (dig the endplates that look like the 917′s iconic fins). At this point Porsche hasn’t indicated when this car will make its debut on the track, nor in which classes it will run, but one thing’s for clear: this isn’t for the road. So, we’re a bit disappointed we still haven’t any firm details on a production, street 918 — not that we could have afforded it anyway. Gallery: Porsche 918 RSR Hybrid Gallery: Porsche 918 RSR Hybrid official pictures Porsche unveils 918 RSR, the 767hp hybrid originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Not news: NextComputing’s Radius portable workstation is still stretching destroying the bounds of what’s actually considered mobile. News: But now, the Radius is a lot more powerful than the prior iterations . The newfangled Radius is now available with Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors, with the latest model of the all-in-one workstation offering multiple full-length / full-height PCI Express slots, multiple terabytes of storage and an integrated display. As for applications? It’s still aimed at those who need serious oomph in the field, and frankly, editing political commercials or crunching SETI data in the Amazon sounds far more enjoyable than doing so in [insert your city here]. No offense of anything. Continue reading NextComputing’s Radius ‘portable’ workstation infused with Sandy Bridge NextComputing’s Radius ‘portable’ workstation infused with Sandy Bridge originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We weren’t able to check out the customization features of XpanD’s latest active shutter LCD 3D glasses , but we did get to try them on at their booth for a moment. They’re markedly lighter than the company’s other 3D specs and the side pods for the battery and settings storage seem to do a decent job of blocking light from the sides. We’ll need to sit down for a few rounds of NBA 2K11 3D or Resident Evil: Afterlife to know how they hold up in real life but in the meantime check out the pics in the gallery. Gallery: Xpand Youniversal glasses XpanD Youniversal 3D glasses hand & face on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Audiovox shows off the industry’s first in-car Blu-ray player, the AVDBR1
January 10, 2011 No Comment
We’ve been seeing demo units of in-car Blu-ray players at CES for years , but Audiovox is apparently finally ready to offer one for sale with its AVDBR1, seen here skulking about the halls of CES. Due in the spring with an MSRP of $349.99, it can be installed under the seat or in a storage compartment and is even BD-Live compatible with optional WiFi upgrade, available after a firmware update arrives later this year. Of course, even if you like video in the car — usually for the kids in the backseat — there’s plenty of other ways to get it including digital copies that can be activated on your phone, tablet or laptop, or DVDs included in the combo packs most major releases have. Add to this the fact that mobile screens are generally too small to make a big difference with HD and there’s plenty of reasons to be skeptical, but if you are on a long road trip with only the Blu-ray copy of Black Dynamite to keep you company, you’ll be glad you opted for the AVDBR1. Want more details? Check the press release after the break. Gallery: Audiovox AVDBR1 in-car Blu-ray player Continue reading Audiovox shows off the industry’s first in-car Blu-ray player, the AVDBR1 Audiovox shows off the industry’s first in-car Blu-ray player, the AVDBR1 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Ford announces C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid cars for 2012 release
January 10, 2011 No Comment
Ford indicated that CES was simply the right place to debut the Ford Focus Electric , and we’d tend to agree given the company’s history of showing off cool stuff at the show. But, perhaps part of that reason is because the company wasn’t done with the new car announcements. In Detroit Ford has announced two new flavors of its C-MAX, both coming to the US: hybrid and plug-in hybrid. The C-MAX is a European market compact MPV, basically a tall station wagon that’ll comfortably seat five and still leave room for luggage, dogs, or ’70s era mainframe systems in the back. More details on both versions, plus the full PR, after the break. Gallery: Ford C-MAX models Continue reading Ford announces C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid cars for 2012 release Ford announces C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid cars for 2012 release originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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