Dec 07
Pocket Radar, Inc. has engineered a palm-sized speed radar for those curious about the speed of moving objects. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31051_1-10410600-268.html” class=”origPostedBlog”30 Days of Innovation/a/p
Dec 07
We’re not quite sure if this is an actual teaser ad or one that just slipped out ahead of the proper launch, but it looks like the brief commercial after the break is the first anyone has seen of Cowon’s new V5 HD PMP. Unfortunately, the ad doesn’t offer much in the way of actual details, although it does appear that the PMP boasts a reasonably large touchscreen, which may or may not actually be HD. Head on past the break to check all 18 seconds of it for yourself.
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Cowon V5 HD PMP turns up in ad ahead of launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Dec 07
The CrunchPad drama continued Monday, with the chief of Fusion Garage calling Michael Arrington’s claim on the device “ludicrous” and introducing its own 12.1-inch tablet, which has been re-branded as the JooJoo.
Fusion Garage will start taking pre-orders for the $499 device on Friday at thejoojoo.com. Delivery is expected within 8 to 10 weeks, Chandra Rathakrishnan, Fusion Garage chief executive, said during a Monday webcast. The company is in talks with retail partners, but no announcements have been made, he said.
The JooJoo comes in black and has a capacitive touch screen, enough graphic power to deliver full high-definition video, offline capabilities, and a 4GB solid-state drive, though “most of the storage is done in the cloud,” Rathakrishnan said. He promised 5 hours of battery life.
In a demo during the webcast, the device powered on in about 10 seconds, and showed icons for web-based services like Twitter, Hulu, CNN, and Gmail, though the JooJoo will not come pre-loaded with any apps, Rathakrishnan said. Scroll through them with your finger as you would on the iPhone.
In terms of the ownership drama, Rathakrishnan said that TechCrunch editor Arrington has created an “incomplete and distorted story.”
Dec 07
Harman Kardon’s transparent GLA-55 2.0 speaker set gets glaring $1,000 price tag
Posted in: audio, expensive, luxury, Music, sound, speaker, speakers, Today's Chili
Look, we’ve no qualms with Harman Kardon — in fact, we’ve been continually impressed with its wares over the years — but we’re about 99 percent sure we’d never pay a cool grand for a 2.0 speaker set. Yeah, as in a pair of speakers and no subwoofer. Clearly designed for “high-end consumers,” the GLA-55 is a two piece setup meant for fashion-forward desks and bedroom nightstands. The set relies on Atlas AL and CMMD transducers, with the former capable of nearly 1-inch peak-to-peak travel for what we’re told is exceptional bass response. That said, we find it tough to fathom that a pair of speakers such as this could really be worth the $999.99 MSRP, but we’ll be sure to withhold final judgment until Jim Goodnight (or similar) brings over his dog’s set for us to try out.
Harman Kardon’s transparent GLA-55 2.0 speaker set gets glaring $1,000 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 07
Straight from the No-Brainer Department comes a list of games that parents should not buy their children this holiday season. The New York Times has republished a collection of 10 titles deemed totally uncool for kids to play by the media watchdog group
Dec 07
Motorola Droid getting 2.0.1 now, Verizon posts details
Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, droid, moto, motorola, Today's Chili, update, upgrade, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw
The “coming weeks” timeframe that Verizon had promised for 2.0.1 to start pushing to Droids has been mercifully condensed down to just a few days, because a number of folks are starting to report that they’re receiving the update on their retail units today — and we’ve been able to confirm with the company that it’s going down. That’s great news for a Monday, we’d say, and if you haven’t gotten the update just yet, Big Red has now posted update instructions and details on the Droid’s support site that should be enough to tide you over for a few minutes. In brief, this looks like bug-fix nirvana with improved stability and battery life, better camera and call quality, faster visual voicemail, and a host of other goodies — anyone hoping for new features is probably primed for disappointment, but we’ll take what we can get. Keep an eye on your Droid today, owners, and let us know how the experience treats you.
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Motorola Droid getting 2.0.1 now, Verizon posts details originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 07
Toshiba’s Cell TV delivers a slightly-less ultimate eight tuner DVR experience December 10
Posted in: 1080p, blu-ray, dvr, Japan, LCD, LED, Today's Chili, Toshiba
Blu-ray and the Cell processor are back together again, now that Toshiba has jumped on the format and is ready to release its first Cell TV, the Regza 55X1, in Japan December 10. Just making it in 2009 as promised, the path to launch has cost this initial release the 4K resolution screen we’d hoped for, with a 1080p LED backlit display hooked to the aforementioned Blu-ray DVR, 3TB HDD and slick 3D GUI for navigating all sorts of content from the internet or recording from as many as 8 tuners at one time. Also pushed back? Some video on-demand services, but we’re pretty sure that at this point a few software updates on the way isn’t holding back anyone from the “ultimate entertainment machine.”
Update: Our friends at Engadget Japan just pinged us to inform that Blu-ray was also one of the features left on the cutting room floor. Without that, our ¥1,000,000 is staying firmly in our theoretical Japanese wallet — Toshiba, let us know how v2 works out.
Toshiba’s Cell TV delivers a slightly-less ultimate eight tuner DVR experience December 10 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec 07
Brutally Honest Ads: A More Honest Luke Wilson Shills for AT&T
Posted in: ads, att, cellphones, Humor, Today's Chili, top, videoThe original Luke Wilson AT&T ads always struck me as a bit sketchy, like they weren’t really telling the whole truth. So I fixed that. Here’s the original for reference if you’re lucky enough to be unfamiliar.
Dec 07
This one’s unsurprisingly been in the works for a little while now, but it looks like the US Army is getting a bit closer to actually deploying a new type of body armor that it hopes will protect soldiers against both known threats and so-called “X-threats.” While no one’s saying exactly what those threats might be, the key to guarding against them, it seems, is an “advanced generation” of X-Sapi armor plating, which is apparently built from the same materials as current E-Sapi plates but built differently for “additional capabilities.” That armor has been the subject of some criticism, however, since it actually adds some additional weight to the soldier’s already heavy load, but Lt. Col. Jon Rickey of the Army’s Soldier Protective Equipment program says there’s still plenty of room for improvement in that respect. It’s also, of course, still looking at plenty of other alternatives, including BAE’s Ultra Lightweight Warrior program, which promises to cut the weight of helmets, vests and other equipment by twenty to thirty percent.
US Army developing body armor to protect against ‘X-threats’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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