(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)On Wednesday, Palm introduced its second WebOS smartphone, the Palm Pixi. Destined for Sprint for the holiday season, the svelte Pixi is targeted to a bit of a younger audience than the Palm Pre and offers a fresh design and new features but also makes some …
Sprint Premier customers are being told that the carrier is “ready to change the game once again” with some sort of big announcement tomorrow morning, though it’s anyone’s guess what it is. It clearly isn’t the Pixi (if it is, someone forgot to give the Premier department the memo), though the note’s mention of Simply Everything and Right Plan Promise suggest that the news is going to be plan-focused, not hardware-focused. There’s a curious “anymobile” subdomain dug up by a Boy Genius Report tipster that could have something to do with it — right now it just leads to a “Coming Soon” page — but otherwise, your guess is as good as ours. Free unlimited data for everyone, perhaps? Ooh, a sudden reversal of strategy with a move to LTE?
[Via Boy Genius Report, thanks Matt G.]
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Sprint ‘about to serve up something big’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In the years that we’ve been blogging about Japan, CScout Japan has moved from a few sites in several forms, but we’ve never lost our thousands of daily readers. This is great news, and we’re happy that you all keep coming back.
As you can see, we’ve now moved from our company site at CScoutJapan.com and are settling in at our new home JapanTrends.com. Our focus is going to stay basically the same, but we want to feel more free with our posts and not worry about the company side of things. Yes, we’re still a “project” of CScout Japan (which keeps us on top of things), but we’d like to evolve into much more as we build our new home.
Last Sunday’s matsuri (festival) from our office window
Of course, we’ll still have the same great and ORIGINAL coverage of Japanese marketing, food, products, gadgets, and trends for both our professional and more casual readers.
In the meantime, if you’re looking for our research, Tokyo Trend Tours, or other CScout Japan services, please head over to CScoutJapan.com where we’re building our new company page.
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Every highly-polished stainless steel lining has a cloud, it seems, and today’s music player overhaul by Apple has been no different. Amidst all the excitement about moderate improvements and video cameras, we’ve also had to say goodbye to an old friend. Having been kept around for six months after the release of its successor, the second gen shuffle has finally succumbed, leaving the newly colorful 3G option all on its lonesome in the minimalist music lover space. Ah well, if you really have your heart set on the old rocker, refurb models are still available at Apple’s online store, though probably not for long.
[Via iLounge]
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Filed under: Portable Audio
iPod shuffle 2G is no more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Not long ago a motorcycle with a fuel gauge was basically unheard of and even “low fuel” idiot lights were rare. Riders used advanced (and generally inaccurate) mathematics to calculate remaining mileage and, when the engine inevitably sputtered, switched over to a reserve tank that would let them nervously motor along a few more miles. Reva, an Indian company set to start shipping electric cars next year, plans to resurrect that most irritating sequence of events in their two-door NXR — albeit with a modern spin. Now, instead of reaching down and turning a dial to get to that precious extra juice, drivers will need to call or text Reva HQ. Some overworked customer service agent will then remotely activate the “reserve battery,” which surely doesn’t even exist, to give a bit of extra range. We pity the fool who runs out of charge somewhere outside of cell range, but not quite as much as the designer who pitched this terrible idea.
Filed under: Transportation
To proceed another five miles, TXT ‘DESIGN FLAW’ to your Reva electric car originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This just in from our team at Microsoft’s MCE event at CEDIA — the OEM requirement on CableCARDs has been officially lifted, freeing Joe Six Packs all over from having to buy whole systems. The photo above pretty much says it all — enthusiasts (hey, that’s us!) can add CableCARD tuners to their PC. Even though a DIY workaround has been around for a while, it’s nice not to have to break/bend the rules to get your shows recorded, isn’t it?
Filed under: HDTV
Media Center CableCARDs freed from OEM requirement originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Monkey see, monkey do — ain’t that right? Whatever the case, we’re stoked to see one more player in the 2.5-inch 640GB game, with Seagate, Samsung and Toshiba recently introducing versions of their own. Western Digital’s iteration — the Scorpio Blue 640 — sports a luscious standard 9.5mm-height package, which should fit just fine within pretty much any laptop out there. WD also claims that this HDD consumes some 30 percent less power than the previous generation Scorpio Blue, though the 5400RPM spindle speed certainly won’t impress the performance junkies in the crowd. Look for it to slide into your next portable for $149.
[Via HotHardware]
Filed under: Storage
WD ships 2.5-inch 640GB standard 9.5mm-height laptop drive originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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TrendWatching.com: The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder is a user-generated online directory that lets anyone enter, search for and rate play spaces. Users can add photos and comments for each play space, as well as detailed descriptions including available playground equipment or amenities. Some 16,000 play areas across the USA and Canada are now listed on the Google Maps-based site.
If you’re one of the millions of iPhone users who’ve jailbroken their iPhones or iPod Touches–the desktop hacking trick that allows you to use non-Apple approved apps, access the iPhone’s file system, and other tweaks–you’ll want to hold off on the latest software update (3….
We know, it’s easy to be distracted by the sexy, slim BRAVIA LCD HDTV in front of you, but refocus your eyes for a moment on that unassuming box to the lower right. Given a distinct lack of (read: none) media inputs on the screen itself, that little devices is where all your HDMI, coax and other video sources will be going. With it’s $5,000 pricetag the ability to hide DVR’s, game consoles and whatever else well away from the television itself is a major selling point so feel free to peruse these pictures (no iPhone comparisons, we promise) and get familiar before this set hits shelves in October.
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Eyes-on: Sony’s XBR10 LCD and its wireless video streaming box originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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