Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part two: win a pack of PSP Go accessories!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Now we’ve got a pack of PSP Go accessories, including: an In-Ear headset, Component AV cable, Soft Carrying Case, Traveler Case, and a Cradle / Base. Just admit it: you want this.

Keep checking back all day — we’re going to do one giveaway every hour or so, and we have some great stuff to hand out, including an HP Envy 15!

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Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part two: win a pack of PSP Go accessories! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Zemno’s $500 DeskBook Pro docking station is strictly for zealots

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It may lack wireless connectivity, but it’s sure got the look. Zemno’s latest portable docking station is probably the most elaborate that we’ve ever seen, boasting an Apple-esque appearance that’s designed to mesh well with Cupertino’s latest MacBook models. The company claims that any lappie under 15-inches in size can be used with its DeskBook Pro, though we’re guessing only the hardcore drumbeaters would actually shell out $499.99 for something such as this. As for functionality, the port-laden slate allows for up to two hard drives to be docked simultaneously or any combination of hard drive, battery, or peripheral device with access to 16 input / output connections. The device also supports ModBays, which are interchangeable accessories designed to conveniently slip in and out of the DeskBook Pro. Hit the read link for the full list of I/O ports, but only if you managed to not be appalled by the aforesaid MSRP.

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Zemno’s $500 DeskBook Pro docking station is strictly for zealots originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Apple’s 2009 Black Friday deals: all MacBook Pro models $101 off

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According to purportedly leaked documents on the tech rumor site Boy Genius Report, Apple is gearing up to offer a series of a variety of bargains on products from iPods to MacBooks.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part one: win a Wii Nerf blaster!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we have stockpiled just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up first we have a Wii Nerf blaster. Just admit it: you want this.

Keep checking back all day — we’re going to do one giveaway every hour or so, and we have some great stuff to hand out, including an HP Envy 15!

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Nov 27

FedEx Senseaware tracks everything about your package, probably causes OCD

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What do you get when you throw cellular and GPS radios in with an accelerometer, a thermometer and a light sensor? If you answered a decently featured phone, you’d be almost right. FedEx has concocted the above tracker to be able to tell you everything about the package it’s in — if it has been opened, dropped, outside of temperature range, or insufficiently loved by its deliverator. The GPS and cellular signals are used to provide a real time position, and all that data is fed through a web platform for the increasingly obsessive sender to monitor. It is now being deployed with 50 medical clients — who actually have a use for all the intel — and once production ramps up and economies of scale kick in, the opening price of $120 a month is expected to drop rapidly. You can expect the Senseaware tracker to show up worldwide some time next year.

FedEx Senseaware tracks everything about your package, probably causes OCD originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

ViewSonic’s N01 MID caught wearing a nasty UMPC disguise

Posted in: intel, Microsoft, MID, prototype, Today's Chili, UMPC, viewsonic

Remember the day when those 7-inch Origami UMPCs blundered onto the scene with weak Intel processors overpowered by Microsoft’s heavyweight OS? This ViewSonic N01 apparently isn’t one of them, though we couldn’t fault you for being deceived. Sure it’s running XP but it’s Intel’s 1.1GHz Atom Z510 doing the processing chores beneath a display approximating 6 to 7 inches. Ok, ok, it is a UMPC, regardless of its new MID christening proving once again that any distinction Intel tries to sell has been lost forever as vendors try to distance themselves from a tainted UMPC legacy. But we digress. The N01 MID (prototype, by the looks of it) finds itself stuffed with 1GB of memory, just 10GB of on-board storage, 3G data, and integrated TV tuner with fancy telescoping antenna. We can only assume that ViewSonic’s product diversification plans have it dumping the majority of its recently unveiled products into China and India because what they’ve show so far is not going to impress western tastes.

ViewSonic’s N01 MID caught wearing a nasty UMPC disguise originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Lenovo begins $200M buyback of Lenovo Mobile

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Of the many trends in consumer electronics, today’s announcement by Lenovo highlights two of the biggest: 1) PC makers are desperate to get in on that handheld smartphone action, and 2) China is the place to do it with its 700 million mobile subscribers. That’s why Lenovo is putting up $200 million in cash and stock to reacquire its former mobile business sold to a group of investors last year; a move made possible by Lenovo’s recent return to profitability. Although Lenovo says its focus will be on the Chinese market, don’t be surprised when you see Lenovo branded handsets headed to downtown stores or your favorite high-street shops — assuming the deal passes shareholder approval, of course.

Lenovo begins $200M buyback of Lenovo Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Nintendo Wii has lion’s share of female console gamers

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Nintendo’s been doing a bit of digging and it turns out it’s already won the console wars. If we’re only talking about the ladies, that is. A whopping 80% of American female primary gamers (the person who primarily uses the console rather than the occasional dabblers) do their thing on the Wii, which we see as a clear indication to the graphics-obsessed Xbox 360 and PS3 developers that women prefer their games to be fun to play, rather than just look at. Maybe if we also stopped dressing female characters in swimsuits, they’d find non-Wii games relatable too — that’s just a guess though, probably wrong.

Nintendo Wii has lion’s share of female console gamers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Stantum shows off resistive multitouch Slate PC, we’re awed again

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Stantum Japan already got us all giddy and schoolgirlish once, and now that the company’s TouchPark has reached the proof of concept stage, we’re ready to fawn all over again. Initially compatible only with smartphone hardware, the firmware seems to have been adapted to the x86 instruction set, as it’s now perched atop a Dell Mini 10 netbook modded with a resistive touchscreen. Responsiveness and accuracy are both remarkable, with the multitouch feature accommodating as many fingers as you can fit on the screen. There’s pressure sensitivity too, and we even get to see the thing used with a paintbrush. A paintbrush. Scalable from 2.5 to 30 inches, this can do all the gestures, swipes and rotations you want, and viewing the video after the break will lead you to conclude the same as us: this needs to be out yesterday.

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Stantum shows off resistive multitouch Slate PC, we’re awed again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Sony Walkman X-series gets much needed browser update

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At this point, it’s hard to quantify the effect that Sony’s v1.10 software update will have on Sony’s X-series Walkman: the firmware’s only now hitting the intertubes. But the simple fact that it’s only feature-point says, “displaying and navigating Web sites will be improved,” should be enough for X-series owners to give it a go. Japan’s Impress AV Watch provides some insight into improvements that include faster page load times, improved scrolling speeds, and more faithful page renderings to the originals. The update also apparently adds a link to Microsoft’s Bing search engine as well as the ability to search local music folders. Now get to it buster, that 3-inch OLED DAP’s not going to update itself.

Sony Walkman X-series gets much needed browser update originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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