Star Wars Complete Saga Blu-ray news: release in October, 30 hours of special features, available for preorder now (video)
January 6, 2011 No Comment
This might not be the “most impressive” Star Wars announcement you were looking for. Not that it’s a bad thing the complete saga will be released on Blu-ray in October, and there was no mention of any exclusivity shenanigans, but despite making this the least disappointing thing that has happened to the series in a decade or so forgive us for being slightly underwhelmed. Fans will appreciate the promised 30 hours of special features — or wait for Red Letter Media to recut them into a careful dissection of everything wrong about the prequels — but the ability to buy the two trilogies individually for $44.99 ($69.99 MSRP) is definitely appreciated. You can queue your $89.99 ($139 MSRP) preorder on Amazon right now while you check out video of the announce featuring Lord Vader himself, including a peek at the trailer embedded after the break. Gallery: Panasonic announces Star Wars saga on Blu-ray Continue reading Star Wars Complete Saga Blu-ray news: release in October, 30 hours of special features, available for preorder now (video) Star Wars Complete Saga Blu-ray news: release in October, 30 hours of special features, available for preorder now (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s official: Flickr has announced that it’s launching an officially official Flickr app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 . Though we don’t know exactly when the photo sharing apps will launch, you can sign up at the source link on Flickr so they can let you know when it actually launches. In the meantime, there’s a video demo of the apps in action, and we have to say, we like what we’re seeing. Continue reading Flickr headed to Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 Flickr headed to Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We just touched the Streak 7 for the first time, and if we had to sum it up, we’d say this thing is a giant Streak (the 5-inch version, that is) without an earpiece. That’s not necessarily a bad thing considering that the Streak was a little too big to be a great phone and a little too small to be a great tablet; the glossy, curved design elements have never been the problem, and they look just as good here. The screen seems a bit washed-out — it might not be the highest-quality thing in the world — nor did it seem unusually speedy, though we’re hoping Tegra 2 ends up kicking butt once the software’s optimized. Gallery: Dell Streak 7 first hands-on! Continue reading Dell Streak 7 first hands-on! (update: video) Dell Streak 7 first hands-on! (update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Razer Switchblade preview: 3G, Intel Oak Trail, almost definitely going on sale
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Whoa, Nelly! We just made a beeline to Razer’s booth here on the CES show floor, and were presented with a fairly technical talk surrounding the newly launched Switchblade . While officially deemed a concept, we came away with a serious impression that Razer’s not investing loads of time and money on this just for kicks. In other words, we’d cautiously expect to see this thing on sale at some point next year — but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. We spent a good half-hour toying with this Windows 7-based mini netbook, and we came away seriously impressed by what’s happening here. Head on past the break for more of our impressions. Gallery: Razer Switchblade hands-on at CES 2011 Continue reading Razer Switchblade preview: 3G, Intel Oak Trail, almost definitely going on sale Razer Switchblade preview: 3G, Intel Oak Trail, almost definitely going on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Seems like T-Mobile’s fed up with claims that its network isn’t truly 4G — starting today, it’s doubling the bandwidth of HSPA+ to 42 megabits per second as promised . They’ve conducting a live test in Las Vegas on the CES 2011 stage , playing some online multiplayer Need for Speed , but it won’t be limited to the City of Sin for long — fully two-thirds of its 200+ million person coverage zone will find blazing transfer speeds by the end of the year as the improvements roll out. Next stop — 650Mbps . T-Mobile upgrading HSPA+ network to 42Mbps this year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We knew it was coming , but we didn’t know what it would look like… or anything else besides 4G, Honeycomb , and an LG partnership, but at it’s press event here at CES, T-Mobile has finally revealed its G-Slate tablet. It looks like, well, a big screen, and we’re still working on getting more details, but for now these shots from the presser will have to suffice. Gallery: T-Mobile G-Slate revealed T-Mobile G-Slate revealed at CES press event originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well, we can’t say we saw this one coming, but Skype has just dropped a bombshell right in the middle of CES — it’s announced plans to acquire rival video calling company Qik . No terms of the deal have been disclosed, but Skype says that the transaction is expected to close this month. According to Skype, the two companies will “focus on providing a richer, more integrated experience that will allow people globally to share experiences in real-time video across different platforms,” and it notes that Qik’s “deep engineering capabilities and strong mobile relationships will be an impressive complementary fit with Skype.” Head on past the break for the official press release. Continue reading Skype announces plans to acquire Qik Skype announces plans to acquire Qik originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Say hello to the latest hardware news from Boxee , as Viewsonic was showing its new TV amongst its existing Android tablet lineup featuring the software and requisite Intel CE4100 processor built in. It didn’t appear to integrate live TV or other inputs into the Boxee software, instead of opting to run the software as its own app, offering a similar experience to the existing Boxee Box, minus the box of course. This TV should drop in “early Q2,” press release details are after the break. Continue reading Viewsonic introduces the first TV with Boxee (& Intel) inside Viewsonic introduces the first TV with Boxee (& Intel) inside originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s looking rather more polished since it first appeared the Paris Auto Show earlier this year, having been given a lovely coat of red paint (embarrassingly almost exactly the same hue as the Tesla Model S that’s here ) but keeping the some gorgeous, turbine-styled wheels. It’s the Audi e-tron Spyder, a hybrid with a twin-turbo V6 and dual electric motors as well capable of 0 – 60 times of 4.7 seconds, and we thought you might want to see. Still no price or availability, though. Audi Chairman Rupert Stadler also took the time to show off the company’s latest MMI system, with its character-recognizing touchpad, and also spoke a little bit about the future — vaguely, anyway. He refuted our thoughts on the car of the future, replacing the dash with a mobile device, saying that those devices are designed to draw your attention which is, of course, a bad thing while you’re driving. However, we can’t help but think that there are ways to eliminate that problem with the right software layer. Anyway, we’ll be speaking with Stadler a little later today and will be picking his brain a little bit more about this and other topics of the future. Gallery: Audi e-tron Spyder Audi rolls out updated hybrid e-tron Spyder at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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