Jul 20

Universal bringing BD-Live integration to the iPhone, irony to starving children

Posted in: Apple, blu-ray, iPhone, IphoneApp, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, Today's Chili

Although Apple still hasn’t managed to achieve feature parity with any of its competitors by enabling Blu-ray playback in OS X, it looks like Universal’s bringing the mountain to the Mac — or at least the iPhone. At first, the upcoming special edition of Fast and Furious will feature integration with a special iPhone / iPod touch app that’ll allow viewers to control 360-degree models of the cars in the “Virtual Car Garage,” but later Universal releases will feature the ability to control movie playback, read annotations while watching your flick, and even download ancillary video content for later playback on the go. Sounds like pretty nifty stuff — let’s hope El Steve reconsiders his whole “bag of hurt” stance when he gets the demo.

[Via AppleInsider]

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Universal bringing BD-Live integration to the iPhone, irony to starving children originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 20

LG to bring Chocolate Touch to Verizon?

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A spy shot of the LG BL40

A spy shot of the LG BL40.

(Credit: Boy Genius Report)

We’ve seen quite a few rumors of a new touch-screen version of the LG Chocolate floating around the Internet, and most of them have to do with the Black Label version of the phone, the LG BL40, that’…

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Jul 20

Bluetooth in iPod Touch: Not Listed as a Spec…?

Posted in: bluetooth, ipod touch, Today's Chili

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If you were to buy an iPod touch today, you’d find a Bluetooth radio in it with support for Bluetooth stereo headsets, personal area networking, and as a A/V remote control.  Apple does a nice job spelling out what profiles are supported in a Knowledge Base article on its Web site.

But for some crazy reason, Apple’s official iPod touch tech specs Web page disavows all knowledge of a Bluetooth radio in the touch.  The word “Bluetooth” is nowhere to be found on the page, not even in the “wireless” category.  
Your thoughts? [Insert conspiracy theory here.]
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Jul 20

Engadget’s recession antidote: win an HP MediaSmart Server LX195!

Posted in: HP, media streamer, MediaStreamer, stream, streaming, Today's Chili

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day to lucky readers until we run out of stuff or companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got an HP MediaSmart Server LX195 on offer, perfect for storing and streaming your growing multimedia collection. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!

Big thanks to HP for providing the gear!

The rules:

  • Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for “fixing” the world economy, that’d be sweet too.
  • You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
  • If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
  • Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  • Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) HP MediaSmart Server LX195. Approximate retail value is $399.99.
  • If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
  • Entries can be submitted until Monday, July 20th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
  • Full rules can be found here.

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Engadget’s recession antidote: win an HP MediaSmart Server LX195! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 20

Paws-On: Enviro-Bear 2010 for iPhone Is a Riveting Ride

Posted in: Apple, Games, iPhone, Phones, Today's Chili


iPhone developer Justin Smith deserves a design award for Enviro-Bear 2010, the most mind-blowingly awesome iPhone game ever made. The objective of the game is quite serious: You are a bear driving a car in a race against time to find enough stuff to eat before going into hibernation; winter arrives any minute now! For sustenance, you collect fish and berries that smash into your windshield. The challenge lies in what is presumably the bear’s handicap: He appears to be mostly amputated, with only one paw to maneuver the vehicle and grab his prey. Enviro-Bear is $1 in the App Store.

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Jul 20

Toshiba Introduces New Frames, New Content

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The trend in digital frames is to have them display a lot more than just photos from junior’s school play. Toshiba introduced three digital photo frames today, but the real story is the content you can show on them.

The frames includes a white 8-inch frame (DMF82XWU, $179.99), a black 8-inch frame (DMF82XKU, $179.99), and a black 10-inch frame (DMF102XKU, $229.99). All three will be available in August. The two 8-inch frames offer an acrylic front finish and a reflective trim, and the 10-inch is slim with a faceplace design.

Toshiba’s partnership with FrameChannel, however, turns these frames household information centers. Create a FrameChannel account and you can customize your frame with celebrity news, sports scores, weather forecasts, stock quotes, and much more. All three frames deliver real-time content over WiFi connections.

You can also use these connected frames to easily send or receive photos from friends and family. FrameChannel accounts work with accounts from Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, and more. Look for them on the Toshiba site when they’re released next month.

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Jul 20

Taga 2 in 1 Stroller and Bike

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The unique and innovative design of Taga combines a premium stroller with a bike to create a new multifunctional mode of transport, turning any typical journey into an adventure. Use Taga in the bike mode to travel around the city and on reaching your destination simply transform into a pushchair within seconds to continue your journey on foot.

The 3-wheel structure enables safe mounting and dismounting for the child. All fabric is durable, easy to clean and comfortable. A reinforced and padded headrest section allows your child to sleep comfortably along the way.

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Jul 20

Electromagnetic invisibility a precursor to the real thing?

Posted in: medical, Today's Chili

This could either be that one giant leap, or just another in a long sequence of multidirectional small steps on the Quixotic quest for undetectability. So-called dc metamaterials are the chief culprit for inciting our interest anew, as researchers from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have found a way to use them to render metallic objects invisible to low frequency electromagnetic waves. Composed of irregular networks of superconductors, the metamaterials are capable of granting superpowers altering the magnetic field of materials, and in theory, this advance could aid magnetic imaging in medical settings and also help cloak military vessels from magnetic detection. Of course, there’s still the whole “oh, now we need a working prototype” conundrum, but hey, at least we’ve got the gears turning in the right direction.

[Via PhysOrg]

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Jul 20

Robot Doraemon travels back in time to shame Japanese children to success

Posted in: Japan, robot, Today's Chili, toy

If you’re one of those nerds, you’re probably quite stoked at the prospect of a real, honest-to-goodness Doraemon in your living room. And even if not, surely we can all agree that this guy is pretty damn cute, right? This ear-less, time travelin’ cat features motion, light, heat, and sound sensors that let it react to its environment with a whole slew of facial features and vocal mannerisms that mean nothing to us, seeing as how it’s communicating in Japanese. This guy is available from Bandai, starting September 3rd — in the meantime, check out a few pics snapped at the Tokyo Toy Show below.

Gallery: Robot Doraemon travels back in time to shame Japanese children to success

[Via Tokyo Mango]

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Robot Doraemon travels back in time to shame Japanese children to success originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 20

Kingston unveils 256GB thumb drive for well-heeled memory fiends

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We’re sure that it’s only a matter of moments before a 256GB thumb drive this bulky is something of a joke — hell, it wasn’t so terribly long ago that cramming 256MB into something this size was an accomplishment. That said, if you’re a netbook user looking for a storage bump, it looks like Kingston’s got your back: this guy boasts transfer rates of up to 20 MB/sec. read and 10 MB/sec. write, and for all of you Vista fans, supports Windows ReadyBoost. Now, for the bad news: only available in Europe and the UK, and custom made upon your order (presumably after the check clears) this modern technological marvel will run you £565.67 ($924).

[Via TBreak]

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