You know there's trouble when you combine birds, spheres and targeting computers.
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I’m starting to notice a trend among monitor vendors. Simply selling monitors just isn’t enough anymore. We already covered BenQ’s foray into the All-In-One PC market and now Viewsonic is following …
Originally posted at CES 2009
Crapgadget CES, round 8: Remote Control Cooler originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
(Credit: Viewsonic)Seems like you can’t swing a dead thumb drive on a string around at CES without it hitting some vendor’s new netbook. Many are stepping into the netbook ring, even vendors that have never tried anything like it before. Viewsonic would be one of those.
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Originally posted at CES 2009
With Mobile World Congress a little over month away — and Android essentially a no-show at CES — suspense is building over what sort of action we’ll see out of the Google camp at the show. Australia’s Smarthouse cites a particularly cocky Telstra exec saying that he’s got an upcoming HTC set that’s “better and more functional” than the Pre — and seeing how he enjoyed a Palm briefing this week, he’d have a pretty good idea. Rumor has it this Pre killer will run a version of Android with HTC tweaks and will have a huge display, which seems like a good combo if you’re trying to impress a jaded smartphone buyer these days. The mystery device is expected in the second quarter of the year, which gets back to our hope that we’ll see some Android heat at MWC next month; don’t get us wrong, the G1 is great and all, but we’re ready for some more.
[Via wmpoweruser.com]
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Telstra exec: new Android-based HTC phone ‘better’ than Pre originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Crapgadget CES, round 7: the furry phone originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Shortly after Barack Obama’s transition team urged Congress to postpone the looming digital TV transition, FCC chairman Kevin Martin has hit back with suggestions to keep things on track. His primary concern is that delaying the cutover, which has been scheduled for years and advertised as such, will confuse consumers — and honestly, we think he has a point. If the February 17th changeover date suddenly becomes meaningless, we could definitely see consumer confusion about this whole ordeal hitting an all-time high. Martin was quoted at an interview at CES as saying that “there are options they can do without having to delay to get coupons flowing immediately,” suggesting that extra funding should be hastily given or that those 90-day expiration dates be marked null and void. Additionally, many broadcasters have already scheduled work to take down their analog equipment, and cancellations could be costly and disruptive. Oh, brother — just call us when this mess is over.
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FCC’s Kevin Martin proposes alternatives for delaying DTV transition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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PC World had an interesting article yesterday regarding whether Microsoft is losing their credibility. According to a study by CoreBrand Microsoft comes in at number 59 out of 100 when looking at the most powerful U.S. company brands. This came from a survey of 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers who were asked about the reputation, perception of management, and investment potential of the top companies in the United States.
Is a 59 out of 100 that big of a deal? Not normally. Making it anywhere in the top 100 is a big achievement, but for Microsoft they were sitting comfortably at number 11 just 3-years ago. They’ve dropped 48 spots since then, and are nearly the most rapidly declining company on the list. Holding steady in the top 10 are:
When it comes to the companies in the computer category only IBM, Microsoft, and Toshiba have weaseled their way into the top 100. IBM is currently number 18 (down 5 spots from 2004), Microsoft is 59 (down 48 spots from 2004), and Toshiba is 71 (up 32 spots from 2004).
So why do you think Microsoft is declining so fast? Are they dipping their hands into too many different markets, and are therefore blurring the boundaries of what their brand represents? I don’t think it’s going to help matters once Bill Gates steps down from the company in the coming months.
View Top 100 Brand Rankings [via PC World]
Thanks to Omar for the tip!
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Is 2009 finally the year of the projector phone? Eh, not likely — but there are finally a few models filtering into retail after years of talk, prototypes, and empty promises, including the Logic Bolt from independent manufacturer Logic Wireless and this puppy from Sammy. We’re told that the aptly-named Show is inbound for release in South Korea before the end of the month, it runs Samsung’s ubiquitous TouchWiz platform, and it packs DLP-based pico projector tech from TI, but that’s about all we (and Samsung’s US reps) seem to know about it. The projector can be used to view media stored in phone memory, pull up mobile TV via Korea’s T-DMB airwaves, or simply project light, a function luddites may know better as a “flashlight.” Most importantly, it actually isn’t half-bad looking — a symptom of a major manufacturer getting involved and throwing some won and industrial design staff at the thing, we bet.
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video
Samsung Show finally makes projector phones sexy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If we just take it as a given that all post-punk bands are imitating Gang of Four, we can move on to who does the fairest impression. Certainly this New Zealand act is in the running. Razor-sharp guitars, Brixton vocals, and the trademark tricky rhythms are in perfect balance.
Originally posted at Crossfade
Filed under: Laptops
CTL’s 2go classmate PC now available originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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