May 26

Sanyo intros two new flash-based in-dash navigation systems

Posted in: gps, Japan, Today's Chili

Sanyo was among the first to cram solid state storage into navigation systems when it did so back in May of last year. Nearly 12 months to the day after said introduction, the company is delivering its newest duo, which ups the ante by including “SSDs” (which is likely just a fancy title for flash storage) that are four times as capacious. The NVA-GS1409DT and NVA-GS1609FT systems, which are both in the AV Gorilla family, each boast a QVGA (480 x 240) display, 3D maps, an integrated DVD player, CD ripping functionality and even a digital TV tuner for catching OTA shows whilst parked in Tokyo traffic. There’s also a 16GB slab of flash memory, half of which is already claimed by maps and POIs; still, that leaves 8GB of super-speedy storage for hosting your favorite playlists. Unfortunately, such a sweet solution demands quite the premium, with prices on the June-bound units starting at ¥135,000 ($1,423).

[Via Impress]

Gallery: Sanyo packs 16GB SSDs into new in-dash navigation systems

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May 26

Nokia Ovi Store now live everywhere

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We’ve just gotten word that Nokia has officially flipped the switch on the Ovi Store everywhere, which means you lucky Aussies, Irish, and Singaporeans just lost your coveted exclusivity. Nokia recommends that you hit up store.ovi.com from your phone’s browser to start pumping thousands of euros into Espoo’s (and, of course, developers’) pockets, so get to it, won’t you? Seriously, the economy isn’t going to stimulate itself.

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May 26

Sony VAIO P set free with XP, still not a netbook

Posted in: netbook, sony, Today's Chili, ultraportable, vaio, Windows XP

Fascinating. Sony just figured out a simple truth of ultra-portable computing: for all its beauty, elegant hardware packed into a diminutive chassis will never make up for a perpetually sluggish OS, at least not for long. While it comes late to this understanding, Sony is finally making XP a standard load on its new VAIO P model VGN-P50. Not exactly aspirational, mind you, and very netbook-like… but at least it gets the OS out of the way of your applications unlike the original VAIO P Vista build. Any by not having to downgrade yourselves (or upgrade to Windows 7 RC), you’ll keep all of Sony’s optimizations like the VAIO P’s XMB interface. Starting June 6th, our Japanese friends will also see a 2GHz Atom Z550 processor bump in addition to WWAN data as standard. They’ll even toss in a 256GB SSD if you tick the right box. While we’d typically expect these specs to go global, the fact that we’re still stuck with a 1.33GHz processor Stateside makes us doubtful, bitter even, and more than a tad envious. Available June 6th in Japan starting at ¥85,000 (about $900).

[Via Akihabara News]

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May 26

Nokia’s stunning E71 gets diamond-clad makeover

Posted in: nokia, smartphone, Today's Chili

Nokia’s E71 looks perfectly elegant in its Espoo-sourced attire, but there’s nothing that can’t be made more gorgeous / gaudy with diamonds. Enter Continental Mobiles, which makes its ends by shoving all sorts of glitz and glam onto handsets and charging a ridiculous price. The phone you see above is doused with an undisclosed amount of VS1 quality diamonds, and thus, it’ll run you a staggering £5,999 ($9,546). ‘Course, it is hand-crafted in England, but you’ll have to provide your own bodyguard when taking it to the streets.

[Thanks, Sierra]

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May 25

Toshiba Biblio e-reader handled, deemed extremely small

Posted in: e ink, e reader, Japan, Today's Chili, Toshiba, wifi

We heard that Japanese carrier KDDI au had unveiled a Toshiba “e-reader,” and now we’re getting a first look at it. The e-inkless Biblio has a 3.5-inch, 960 x 480 LCD, with WiFi, 7GB of onboard storage, an electronic dictionary, and a 5.1 megapixel camera. The device features a slide-out keyboard which displays a numeric pad in the portrait orientation and doubles as full QWERTY in landscape. There’s no word on pricing or availability for this bad boy as of yet, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled and our ears to the ground. One more shot after the break.

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May 25

HTC plans Android-based ‘OPhone’ for China

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The OPhone is expected to be a version of the HTC Magic, which came out in February.

(Credit: Damian Koh/CNET Asia)

For a holiday, it’s been an eventful day in the world of HTC-Android-phone news. First came those leaked internal AT&T documents that showed, among other things, a new HTC Android device called the Lancaster that’s supposedly targeted for an August U.S. launch. Now comes word of HTC’s plans, starting next month, to sell an Android-powered smartphone in China, the world’s largest wireless market.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the new China-bound Android phone will be a version of HTC’s Magic, the successor to the T-Mobile G1 (formerly known as the HTC Dream) that launched in February.

The phones will reportedly be customized with software from wireless carrier China Mobile and called OPhones (referring to Open Mobile System, the name for China Mobile’s customized version of Google’s mobile operating system). And yes, the name does bring to mind another little smartphone we’ve heard of, but at least, as far as we can tell, the “O” will be capitalized.

There’s no final word on price yet, but the WSJ speculates that HTC’s new China phone will retail for about 5,000 yuan, or about $730.

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May 25

More Palm Pre emulator videos emerge: universal search, calendar, and email (oh my)

Posted in: palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili, webos

Oh look, another set of Palm Pre / webOS emulator videos care of TheInvisibleMan of PalmPreForum.org. This time we get a new two-part Q&A session and a glance at the calendar, PDF viewer, phone, e-mail, and universal search, which as the name suggests not only searches locally on the phone but also lets you run that query through Google, Google Maps, Wikipedia, and Twitter — something iPhone OS 3.0’s local-only spotlight frustratingly lacks. That said, we can see ourselves being bothered by the apparent inability to open PDFs directly from the browser, and it looks like the email client might not group threads together. A major bummer if that’s the case, but this is an early emulator, so we’re holding onto the tiniest bit of hope that changes somewhere down the line. Like before, we’ve gone ahead and grouped all the new videos in a playlist after the break.

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May 25

More SlashDot Redesigns — This Round Is Much Better

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This article was written on May 03, 2006 by CyberNet.

More SlashDot Redesigns -- This Round Is Much Better

There are some more redesigns posted for SlashDot and these are much better than the previous designs. There are a couple that really stand out to me and, in my opinion, would be great to see on SlashDot. Here is the list of designs:

  1. Design 1 – Has nice collapsible menus
  2. Design 2
  3. Design 3 – I think this is a bit much
  4. Design 4 – My personal favorite so far
  5. Design 5
  6. Design 6
  7. Design 7
  8. Design 8
  9. Design 9
  10. Design 10
  11. Design 11
  12. Design 12

I am actually surprised that there aren’t more ’stunning’ designs, but I guess these people aren’t getting paid to create the SlashDot redesign (the winner does receive a laptop). I can’t wait to see some more of these because they are kinda fun to go through.

News Source: SlashDot Journal For Redesigns

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May 25

Screen Grabs: Robyn cozies up to robot, Nokia N97 in Röyksopp video

Posted in: Today's Chili, video, videos
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com.

What’s that? Robot companions and multiple dancing Robyns in the latest Röyksopp joint? We’re there, dude. Oh, it gets better… somewhere in the 1:49 range the gadgetry gets ill when the flaxen-haired songstress whips out a Nokia N97 to text her robotic compatriots about the dance party happening up in her room. Yeah, an N97. It also makes a curtain-call appearance in the 2:48 realm, right before the blingee pregnancy test announces that Robyn is not, in fact, with child. Full, eye-opening video after the break.

[Thanks, Derffy]

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May 25

Best Buy lists unsubsidized “regular price” for Palm Pre at $850; punch in the face is no extra charge

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While subsidies, long-term contracts and unbecoming groveling are all part of the game when it comes to getting a hot new phone for a reasonable price, we’d say Best Buy’s listed “regular price” for the Palm Pre is a little extreme: $849.99 will buy you a lot of Palm shares these days. That’s miles away from Sprint’s supposed $550 off-contract price, and it sounds like somebody along the chain doesn’t want just anyone walking out of a Best Buy with Pre in their pocket and no “Simply Everything” plan hanging around their neck.

[Thanks, Fredrick C]

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