13-Aug-07 09:08:00
Filed under: Wireless
Ok, it's only a temporary gig but check out the "Sens e-train" offered to Seoul's subway jockeys over the next few days. The kids at Samsung and Korea Telecoms have fitted two cars from Seoul's number 2 line train with a dozen WiBro-enabled Samsung Q45 laptops and Q1 Ultra UMPCs. The hippest trip in S.Korea is operational (and free) from 1100 to 1700 daily until August 19th. We're left wondering what's more impressive: high-speed data while blasting along the underground rails or the lack of any visible organic excretions in a subway car. Either way, there's no chance in hell of this working in New York City.
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Ok, it's only a temporary gig but check out the "Sens e-train" offered to Seoul's subway jockeys over the next few days. The kids at Samsung and Korea Telecoms have fitted two cars from Seoul's number 2 line train with a dozen WiBro-enabled Samsung Q45 laptops and Q1 Ultra UMPCs. The hippest trip in S.Korea is operational (and free) from 1100 to 1700 daily until August 19th. We're left wondering what's more impressive: high-speed data while blasting along the underground rails or the lack of any visible organic excretions in a subway car. Either way, there's no chance in hell of this working in New York City.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
13-Aug-07 08:38:00
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Nary a month after Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed that we'd all be seeing a few more Linux-based Dells in the not-too-distant future, Dell has officially announced plans to offer certain pre-fabricated desktops and laptops to those in Europe and China. Initially, the Inspiron 6400n lappie and Inspiron 530n desktop will be available to customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, and it was also stated that "Dell and Novell intend to offer SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 factory-installed on select consumer [machines] in China." The expansion of Linux-equipped machines into international markets came after the outfit reportedly "received many requests from customers all over the world to offer Linux" in their neck of the woods, and while the Chinese will still be waiting a bit to get their orders in, those in Europe can snag an Ubuntu-packed 6400n for around £329 ($665) or 530n for £399 ($806) right now.
[Via Direct2Dell]...
Nary a month after Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed that we'd all be seeing a few more Linux-based Dells in the not-too-distant future, Dell has officially announced plans to offer certain pre-fabricated desktops and laptops to those in Europe and China. Initially, the Inspiron 6400n lappie and Inspiron 530n desktop will be available to customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, and it was also stated that "Dell and Novell intend to offer SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 factory-installed on select consumer [machines] in China." The expansion of Linux-equipped machines into international markets came after the outfit reportedly "received many requests from customers all over the world to offer Linux" in their neck of the woods, and while the Chinese will still be waiting a bit to get their orders in, those in Europe can snag an Ubuntu-packed 6400n for around £329 ($665) or 530n for £399 ($806) right now.
[Via Direct2Dell]...
Source: Engadget
13-Aug-07 07:40:00
Filed under: Cellphones
With those last minute bugs now apparently eradicated, LG has officially announced plans to deliver their 3G CU575 "Trax" clamshell to AT&T. Touting 850/1900MHz HSDPA 3.6Mbps-capable downloads and quad-band GSM, this flip fancies itself a part-time media player with the inclusion of a Touch Pad bar and up to 4GB of microSD expansion for your AAC, MP3, and WMA music files. Still no word from AT&T but we expect the announcement later today with all the pricing detail you crave.
Read -- launch announcement (Korean)
Read -- CU575 specifications
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With those last minute bugs now apparently eradicated, LG has officially announced plans to deliver their 3G CU575 "Trax" clamshell to AT&T. Touting 850/1900MHz HSDPA 3.6Mbps-capable downloads and quad-band GSM, this flip fancies itself a part-time media player with the inclusion of a Touch Pad bar and up to 4GB of microSD expansion for your AAC, MP3, and WMA music files. Still no word from AT&T but we expect the announcement later today with all the pricing detail you crave.
Read -- launch announcement (Korean)
Read -- CU575 specifications
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
13-Aug-07 07:28:00
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio
Google, Universal, and a new start-up company called gBox are teaming up to sell music exclusively through an ad based format, bucking the iTunes style method of selling music online. The partnership works out with Google referring users to gBox, where they can buy DRM-free copies of Universal's music catalog for 99 cents. Universal still has to pay Google for the ad space, which begs the question, why couldn't Universal simply distribute the music itself? But hey, at least it looks like the whole DRM-free thing's working out for Universal and Co. Your turn, Mr. J.
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Google, Universal, and a new start-up company called gBox are teaming up to sell music exclusively through an ad based format, bucking the iTunes style method of selling music online. The partnership works out with Google referring users to gBox, where they can buy DRM-free copies of Universal's music catalog for 99 cents. Universal still has to pay Google for the ad space, which begs the question, why couldn't Universal simply distribute the music itself? But hey, at least it looks like the whole DRM-free thing's working out for Universal and Co. Your turn, Mr. J.
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Source: Engadget
13-Aug-07 06:07:00
Filed under: Transportation
Tesla has demoted CEO Martin Eberhard, replacing him with interim CEO Michael Marks, with the company seeking a permanent replacement for Eberhard who will be moving to a role defined as "President of Technology." It's hard to pin down a precise reason for the demotion: the only negative news to come out of the Tesla camp is the "scaling back" of the roadster's battery capabilities back in April. Perhaps we'll know more on Monday, when the company makes an official statement on Eberhard's change in role.
[Via Autoblog Green]
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Tesla has demoted CEO Martin Eberhard, replacing him with interim CEO Michael Marks, with the company seeking a permanent replacement for Eberhard who will be moving to a role defined as "President of Technology." It's hard to pin down a precise reason for the demotion: the only negative news to come out of the Tesla camp is the "scaling back" of the roadster's battery capabilities back in April. Perhaps we'll know more on Monday, when the company makes an official statement on Eberhard's change in role.
[Via Autoblog Green]
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Source: Engadget
13-Aug-07 03:45:00
Filed under: Transportation
Flying cars come pretty high up the average gadget geek's wishlist, so it's pretty encouraging to see NASA funding a $250,000 contest that could eventually produce a pioneering vehicle that can fly and drive. Although none of the winners this time around can actually achieve the two feats, they all have features that tend towards the PAV (or Personal Aircraft Vehicle) area of the General Aviation spectrum. The winner was the Pipistrel Virus, a $70,000 aircraft that can do 50 MPG and take off on short runways, whilst having a top speed of 170 MPH. The industry still seems to have a while to go yet, seeing as NASA awarded a prize to the Cessna 172, which has been flying in one form or another for practically half a century.
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Flying cars come pretty high up the average gadget geek's wishlist, so it's pretty encouraging to see NASA funding a $250,000 contest that could eventually produce a pioneering vehicle that can fly and drive. Although none of the winners this time around can actually achieve the two feats, they all have features that tend towards the PAV (or Personal Aircraft Vehicle) area of the General Aviation spectrum. The winner was the Pipistrel Virus, a $70,000 aircraft that can do 50 MPG and take off on short runways, whilst having a top speed of 170 MPH. The industry still seems to have a while to go yet, seeing as NASA awarded a prize to the Cessna 172, which has been flying in one form or another for practically half a century.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
12-Aug-07 22:45:00
Filed under: Robots
German researchers at the University of Madgeburg-Stendal have developed a concept for a robot shaped like a pill millipede that could potentially detect and fight forest fires. Were the "OLE" a real robot, it would be able to scuttle around the forest floor at speeds of around 6 to 12 MPH, using infrared and "biosensors" to detect fire sources. If it gets into trouble, it can curl up just like a real pill bug and be fully protected thanks to a ceramic-fibre compound shell that can withstand temperature of 1,300 Degrees Centigrade. According to the researchers, 30 of these OLEs could protect a forest area as large as 2,700 square miles, whilst simultaneously freaking out hundreds of forest animals.
[Via GearFuse; thanks, Steve]
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German researchers at the University of Madgeburg-Stendal have developed a concept for a robot shaped like a pill millipede that could potentially detect and fight forest fires. Were the "OLE" a real robot, it would be able to scuttle around the forest floor at speeds of around 6 to 12 MPH, using infrared and "biosensors" to detect fire sources. If it gets into trouble, it can curl up just like a real pill bug and be fully protected thanks to a ceramic-fibre compound shell that can withstand temperature of 1,300 Degrees Centigrade. According to the researchers, 30 of these OLEs could protect a forest area as large as 2,700 square miles, whilst simultaneously freaking out hundreds of forest animals.
[Via GearFuse; thanks, Steve]
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Source: Engadget
12-Aug-07 21:30:00
Filed under: Tablet PCs
While we patiently await Dell's highly-touted gift to the tablet PC universe, the marketing crew has apparently decided that obliterating yet another rival machine will keep the buzz alive until this thing actually launches. This go 'round, a team gathers around a blindfolded individual who takes his frustrations out on a piñata, er, tablet PC, and does a fine job of making sure it never boots up the same way again. Per usual, the video of the massacre is after the break, but we're still not sure what all it proves about Dell's forthcoming solution.
[Via GottaBeMobile]Continue reading Dell continues to extol Latitude XT by pulverizing rivals
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
While we patiently await Dell's highly-touted gift to the tablet PC universe, the marketing crew has apparently decided that obliterating yet another rival machine will keep the buzz alive until this thing actually launches. This go 'round, a team gathers around a blindfolded individual who takes his frustrations out on a piñata, er, tablet PC, and does a fine job of making sure it never boots up the same way again. Per usual, the video of the massacre is after the break, but we're still not sure what all it proves about Dell's forthcoming solution.
[Via GottaBeMobile]Continue reading Dell continues to extol Latitude XT by pulverizing rivals
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
12-Aug-07 20:44:55
Amazon's specifically marking HDMI-loaded Xbox 360 Premium systems, taking the "is it or isn't it?" guesswork (and fun) out of ordering. [Amazon via Destructoid]
Source: Gizmodo
12-Aug-07 20:15:00
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video
Windows Mobile and Palm devices won't be having all the placeshifting fun for much longer. Though carrier Hutchison 3 has had its own version for some time through its X-Series line, a generic, widely available SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian has eluded the populace for ages; thankfully, it looks like that's all about to change with Sling announcing a private beta for its upcoming S60-based player. At this point, the beta's focus is pretty limited -- you've gotta be in the US and you need to be rocking a Nokia E65, N75, or N95. High speed data is obviously crucial here, and those three models happen to sport the prerequisite S60 plus WiFi -- in the case of the E65 and N95 -- or 3G, if you've gone the N75 route. Any Slingbox model will get the job done, and other than that, you basically just have to be able to keep your mouth shut, fill out some forms, and enjoy plenty of placeshifted teevee. The beta's tentatively scheduled t...
Windows Mobile and Palm devices won't be having all the placeshifting fun for much longer. Though carrier Hutchison 3 has had its own version for some time through its X-Series line, a generic, widely available SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian has eluded the populace for ages; thankfully, it looks like that's all about to change with Sling announcing a private beta for its upcoming S60-based player. At this point, the beta's focus is pretty limited -- you've gotta be in the US and you need to be rocking a Nokia E65, N75, or N95. High speed data is obviously crucial here, and those three models happen to sport the prerequisite S60 plus WiFi -- in the case of the E65 and N95 -- or 3G, if you've gone the N75 route. Any Slingbox model will get the job done, and other than that, you basically just have to be able to keep your mouth shut, fill out some forms, and enjoy plenty of placeshifted teevee. The beta's tentatively scheduled t...
Source: Engadget
