Hasta La Gadget!

This one’s a bit of a mystery, but it’s certainly a tantalizing one: Haykuro of xdadevelopers fame has posted video of what purports to be the Android build off of HTC’s upcoming Hero device. What’s special about it is a reworked interface, which shows a lot of polish from icons to built-in apps to general interface elements… and maybe just a bit of TouchFLO flair. There are also new features like a login / logout menu for “social networks” in the settings menu. While the device lists the firmware as 1.5, there’s a small possibility that some of this new look and feel could be headed for Android 2.0 “Donut,” or perhaps HTC just feels like it needs to diverge from the pack a bit now that other manufacturers are starting to drop their own Android handsets. Check out the incredibly epic video after the break.

[Via Android Central]

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Android build for upcoming HTC Hero has revamped interface, social networking? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 May 2009 09:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There is certainly no shortage of backup solutions available for people with data that they’d rather not have disappear, and realistically that’s probably everyone reading this, but there’s always room for tech that makes the process easier. That’s what YuuWaa’s thumb drives pledge to do. Plug one into your PC (no Macs allowed) and you’ll automatically be prompted to create an account and upload whatever you store on the drive. There are two models, a 4GB “Go” for €19.99 ($27) and a 8GB “Plus” flavor for €29.99 ($40), each offering twice their capacity in online storage — storage that’s free for half a year but thereafter costs between $3 and $6 a month to keep your files alive and, optionally, shared online. For that money you could just buy yourself a new thumb drive a few times a year, and we all know you can never have too many of those.

[Via Everything USB]

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We like the look of these gadget bags from Cocoon, mostly because you can waste so much time configuring them to fit your gear. The Laptop Case (above) for example, is about as modular as can be. The 15” neoprene sleeve is removable, and the top half of the case contains one of Cocoon’s “Grid It” sheets, a flat panel covered with interwoven rubberized elastic strips. This is the smart part, and those strips let you strectch an select just the right place to secure your smaller gear. Imagine never digging around in the bottom of the bag for you emergency ethernet cable and you’ll see why we like it.

The Grid Its are available alone or combined in cases, messenger bags and totes. Prices run from around $30 for plain sleeves up to $130 for the full-on, all-inclusive model in the picture.

Product page [Cocoon via Uncrate]

The rumor-mill has been running hot this weekend, with the revelation that Best Buy has three new entries in its inventory system. Widely regarded to be new iPhone models, the only details so far revealed are that the models are called Charlie 1, Charlie 2 and, yes, Charlie 3. Collectively they have been dubbed “Project Charlie”.

Now Gadget Lab can exclusively reveal the truth behind “Project Charlie”, and we think you’ll like it. Last August, shortly after Apple shipped the iPhone 3G, the Cupertino R&D labs were already well into designing the next version. Seeking advice from a knowledgeable writer and all around good-guy, the team asked me to give them a list of features I’d like to see in the new iPhone*. To my surprise, almost all of my suggestions found their way in, hence the codename of the new iPhone: “Project Charlie”.

Here’s my list:

• 10 megapixel camera with full frame sensor, auto-focus and ƒ1.2 lens. Support for dng RAW files. This will make the phone quite big, but that makes room for a few of the other new features.
• Airtunes. The new iPhone will stream music to any Airport Express.
• RSS BitTorrent. Pick a TV show and new versions will automatically turn up via a native BitTorrent client. Wi-Fi only, sadly (blame AT&T).
• SD card reader for backing up and reviewing photos. Will not work to expand memory (one of the few refusals from the Apple team).
• Background applications. This was a hard sell but Jonny Ive eventually realized I was right. You will be able to run as many apps as you like, all at once. This meant the new iPhone needed a bigger battery, which has duly been added. This, along with the full-frame camera, means the iPhone will be about an inch thick, but of course, there are always compromises in design.
• A real, slide-out keyboard. For blogging.
• FM radio.

I wanted to open up the suggestions list to you, the Gadget Lab reader, but I was under NDA. With these slip-ups in the Best Buy inventory system, though, I thought it was time to go ahead and reveal the secret.

Project Charlie – three secret AT&T devices bound for Best Buy [Phone Arena]

*For the sarcastically challenged, this post is almost entirely fictional.

This article was written on March 13, 2009 by CyberNet.

Windows only
I’m a big fan of file renaming utilities because they can save a ton of time when you have hundreds of files or photos who’s filename needs to be cleaned up. There are a few different tools that I used in the past to do this, but lately I’ve found myself gravitating to a freeware application called Ken Rename. It’s available for Windows only, and the best part may be that you can download a portable version that is ready to be thrown on a USB drive.

This program has all of the features that we look for including a live preview of the changes, and the ability to undo an operation. It also supports regular expressions for those of you who like to get down and dirty with your file renaming.

Here’s a list of features it includes:

• Filter files with wildcard
• Use multi-actions to rename and can change order
• Create a numbered file list
• Convert to upper or lowercase
• Replace a string with a different string
• Use regular expression with Replace
• Keep only certain letters of the file name
• Remove a string between 2 string or before or after a string
• Can undo rename
• Unicode support
• Convert of code page
• ID3v1 ID3v2 support
• EXIF support
• Set File Attribute
• Select directory in file explorer with context menu
• Preview rename results are shown immediately
• Export and import rename file list
• Save actions as preset
• Picture preview
• Custom keyboard shortcuts
• VBScript support

The program has been receiving updates every few weeks so be sure to check back regularly for new versions.

Get Ken Rename for Windows

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