Hasta La Gadget!

Admit it, you weren’t satisfied by those initial concept images of DJ Hero’s button-laden turntable. Yeah, us neither, but thanks to a screengrab reportedly from a television promo for Spike / GameTrailer’s E3 2009 coverage, we’ve now got a brief glimpse of what Activision’s peripheral looks like in physical form. In addition to getting somewhat of an idea of its size, we’ve also got the first peak at the crossfader attachment. No clue on if that means we’ll be needing a second turntable, but with any luck we’ll get to find out for ourselves early next month.

[Via Joystiq]

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

DJ Hero’s turntable, crossfader peripheral spotted in E3 preview originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 May 2009 20:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget Mobile today published excerpts of an unusually action-packed AT&T slide deck today, showing a dozen potential new devices for the Big Blue network.

One thing to understand as you pace through the deck is that these devices may never show up on store shelves; as Engadget Mobile editor-in-chief Chris Ziegler pointed out on Twitter, “only sure things are death and taxes.” Many phones enter carrier approval processes; fewer make it out the other end.

One thing to keep an eye on is the “LE Date” field on Engadget’s slides. That’s the Lab Entry date – the date the device enters AT&T’s labrinthine carrier approval process, a black hole from which some phones never return. Some of the devices Engadget shows – most notably the “Palm Eos,” the rumored next Palm WebOS phone – haven’t even entered the lab yet.

By far the most intriguing story, though, is told on the slide for the HTC Lancaster, which might be AT&T’s first Android phone. I say “might,” because of the note on the slide: “Initial Lab Entry dates were based on Google Mobile Services (GMS) UI. AT&T Standard UI has been requested, which puts schedule in question.”

We know that Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile are all getting versions of the Touch Pro2, but what about little ol’ AT&T? Turns out that device is codenamed “Fortress,” and it’ll accompany a Touch Diamond2 version known as “Warhawk” to market this summer. The Fortress is actually listed as targeted for May 25, which seems a bit unrealistic — but we think the document we’re looking at is a little stale, so we’re sure the inevitable delay has crept into the schedule by now. It’s expected to launch with WinMo 6.1 AKU6 (presumably upgradeable to 6.5 down the road) with full HSPA on three bands, AGPS, a 3.2 megapixel AF cam, 3.6-inch WVGA display, and Video Share support. Curiously, the bottom of the slide mentions that a “WM 7.X refresh” is in the works with a September 2009 launch date, which underscores the fact that this slide is likely a little old — there’s no way anything running Windows Mobile 7 is hitting this year if 6.5 will just be coming to market in volume toward the holiday season.

Meanwhile, the Warhawk — AT&T’s Touch Diamond2 — gets a 3.2-inch WVGA display, dual-band HSDPA, AGPS, and Video Share, but unlike the Fortress, it’s scheduled to launch with Windows Mobile 6.5 installed out of the gate. It’s targeted for August 24, so we’ll see how closely they can stick to that.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

HTC’s Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T’s Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 May 2009 19:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tears well up in our eyes when we think back to the early days of Windows Mobile and HP’s dominance; in recent years, the company has all but vanished from the scene, trudging along with a handful of poorly-marketed, underexposed devices that haven’t launched on any US carrier. Turns out we haven’t said our last goodbyes, though, because the iPAQ K3 — codenamed “Obsidian,” seemingly — is scheduled for November 30 retail availability on AT&T. The device would launch with Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard and feature a 2 megapixel camera (a second cameraless version for high-security businessfolk might be available, too), 256MB of RAM, a half gig of ROM, microSD slot, GPS, triband HSDPA and quadband EDGE, WiFi, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a QVGA display to complement the full QWERTY keyboard. Looks like it won’t be the most exciting smartphone on the carrier’s shelves, but it might be a sensible choice for businesses and really, really boring people. Follow the break for a couple renders of the phone in action-packed angle shots!

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HP triumphantly returns to AT&T with iPAQ K3 “Obsidian” originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 May 2009 18:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we’ve been waiting for).

I’ve always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that’s basically Lancaster. There is the dreary little note that “Initial Lab Entry dates were based on Google Mobile Services (GMS) UI, AT&T standard UI has been requested, which puts schedule in question” meaning AT&T could muck it up with their own UI, and take longer putting out the phone in the process. Its target date is Aug. 3, and it’ll be AT&T-exclusive for six months it looks like. Update: Oops, didn’t notice at first the screen resolution is a bit too squee for our tastes (240×320). Bummer.

The Palm Eos slide basically just confirms everything from before: emaciated WebOS phone with 4GB storage and AT&T all over it.

Update: Oh look, a whole bunch of BlackBerrys are now confirmed for AT&T too—Onyx, Gemini, Magnum and a 3G Pearl.

AT&T’s fall lineup is looking pretty unassailable at this point: With iPhone 3, a WebOS phone, and a solid Android piece, all of their bases are covered, with the exception of a touchscreen BlackBerry, but um, who really wants one of those now? Good thing AT&T’s network blows, since the other carriers have their work cut out for them. [Engadget]