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Standalone fax machines may have long ago lost the momentum game to multi-function devices, but it looks like Panasonic is doing its best to pry things back away from the printer and scanner, with its new PW608DL offering one stand-out feature that’s sure to attract a bit of attention: paperless faxing. Apparently, you can either send faxes cellphone-style using the machine’s built-in keypad, or send documents stored on an SD card (but not a USB drive, it seems). Any faxes received are simply displayed on the device’s 3.9-inch LCD and, yes, they can be printed out as well. Unfortunately, it looks like this wonder of technology is exclusive to Japan for the foreseeable future — please try not to be too envious.

[Via Tech Digest]

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Panasonic introduces standalone paperless fax machine originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve seen it up close and even knocked-off already, but when it comes to a $2,000 phone, we’re guessing that a proper unboxing is as high on your list of must-sees as it is on ours. Thankfully, the folks at T3 have come through and done the honors and, as far as unboxings go, this one certainly doesn’t disappoint. As you can see above, the phone comes packed in a rather stylish and sturdy box that likely won’t be seeing too many trash cans any time soon and, of course, the phone itself is looking as envy-inducing as ever. Hit up the link below for plenty more shots, and keep an eye on T3 for a complete review that’s promised to be coming soon.

Filed under: Cellphones

Motorola Aura gets unboxed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2009? Well, if you don’t, you won’t believe these deals either. Check out Gearlog’s deals for Friday:

1. Woot is offering the Soundmatters MainStage HD HiFi Theatre Console for only $149.99 for today only. The revolutionary multi-speaker console has built-in amplifiers and digital processing. The console usually runs for about $300, so this is quite the deal.

2. TigerDirect is currently having a giant sale. Get the Samsung 19-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor for just $129.97 down from $289.99. Check out more items on sale at TigerDirect.com.

3. Save 65 percent off of the Die Hard Collection for Blu-ray at Amazon.com. Originally $129.98, the collection is going for just $46.95. The deal ends today, so hurry.

This article was written on August 24, 2008 by CyberNet.

This past week, I experienced several days where the phone rang multiple times throughout the day with a caller claiming I took an online survey about continuing my education. The caller claimed that they wanted to help me find courses to take. Knowing I hadn’t filled out any such survey about my education, I was curious and asked for the URL of the website. The caller simply ignored the question, thanked me for my time, and hung up. The first time it happened it was no big deal because stuff like that happens. Once the same number appeared, but with a different caller, multiple times throughout the day, and I experienced the same scenario I was annoyed.

Eventually I decided to perform a Google search for the phone number, and to my surprise, found multiple sites available where people were complaining about the same number, and the same situation. It was great to see others were having the same types of conversations, like I did, asking for the URL from the caller and getting no response. Thankfully after a couple of days of receiving about five phone calls a day from these people, the calls stopped.

Today’s MyFive is a collection of sites that allow you to lookup an unknown caller by their telephone number. Once you enter a number and they find a match, you can read comments from other people and contribute your own. Everybody, even those on the “Do Not Call” list, will still get unwanted calls on occassion. These sites will help you identify the callers and get more information on who they are and what they want when they call.

1. Who Called Us – www.whocalled.us

2. WhoCallsMe – http://whocallsme.com

3. 800Notes – http://800notes.com

4. Caller Complaints – http://callercomplaints.com

5. CallFerret – www.callferret.com

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While Windows may be more popular than Linux when it comes to netbooks for a variety of reasons, price certainly isn’t one of them. We don’t know whether it’s peoples’ fear of the unknown or just the awful UI facades typically used to hide the open-source alternative, but a lot of people are hoping that Android could sweep in and offer a third choice — someday. Not content to wait, a couple of freelancers at VentureBeat (who also run a startup called Mobile-facts) spent a few hours tweaking Google’s (Linux-based) OS to run on ASUS hardware and, thanks to the availability of open-source drivers for all the wee thing’s wee devices, were up and running in no time. Mind you, the giant buttons and simplistic UI seem more suited to a G1 than an S10, but it surely wouldn’t take long to fix that. So, the only question now is when will a manufacturer step up and announce Android out of the box? There’s a little electronics show coming up soon, so maybe we’ll hear more there.

[Via Engadget German]

Filed under: Laptops

Android installed and running on an Eee PC in a matter of hours originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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