The paper game manual is an endangered species, at least if Ubisoft’s new paperless route spreads to other publishers. The company is doing away with them entirely in its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20002863-248.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Web Crawler/a/p
Face-off between San Francisco 49ers field goal kicker Joe Nedney and a ferocious combat robot shows how even the most derided NFL position requires a human being. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20002856-52.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Geek Gestalt/a/p
Keepin’ it real fake: iPad QWERTY slider edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
In light of the recent discovery of what looks like the iPhone 4G, we go over our iPhone 4G hardware expectations and whether the discovery matches them. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20002844-233.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPhone Atlas/a/p
Last time we got a look at the Nutec WristFone — a brainchild of Canadian company Neutrano — the year was 2009, we were at CTIA, and the prototypes were looking pretty rough and chunky. Sure, the common ancestor of these watchphones is the same typical China-sourced model that you’re prone to see in SkyMall every month, but we admired Neutrano for putting some time, energy, and money into customizing the thing and making it just a little more desirable for the North American market. Anyhow, we just stumbled across what might be the final ID for the WristFone in the FCC today, and it’s a heck of a lot slicker looking than anything we saw last year — in fact, you might be able to get away with wearing this without passers-by wondering what the gigantic Dick Tracy-esque object on your arm is. The model rocks GSM 850 / 1900 with GPRS alone for data, which is just fine considering that you’re not going to be doing much web (or Flash) browsing on it — and naturally, you’ve got Bluetooth in there so that you don’t need to talk to your own hand. We’ll let you know when we’ve got a date and price.
Neutrano’s Nutec WristFone granted FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve only ever seen the HP Slate in extremely controlled demonstrations and cheesy videos until now, but it looks like the Windows 7 tablet just spent a little bit of time in the wild — Conecti.ca‘s posted up a full hands-on and mini-review. Their conclusion? “The official verdict is meh.” Yeah, ouch. Apparently the Slate’s biggest strength is also its greatest weakness — it’s essentially a touchscreen netbook, and that means that while it can run everything including Flash, it can be “slow and annoying.” Unfortunately there’s not a lot of info on how well HP’s TouchSmart Windows 7 skin works, so we’ll wait till we play with one before we make a decision, but man — we definitely weren’t expecting this thing to look so chunky in the photos. No wonder the press pics and other demos are so carefully arranged — it really does look like a chopped up netbook. At least the HDMI dock is somewhat sexy, we suppose. Couple more pics after the break.
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Continue reading HP Slate leaks its way into the wild: ‘meh’
HP Slate leaks its way into the wild: ‘meh’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide has been getting plenty of attention lately. As we near next month’s rumored release, more details surrounding the hardware and preloaded software are emerging. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10473472-251.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Android Atlas/a/p
The Vizio 2XVT series offers the best Internet experience we’ve tested along with very good image quality, all for a price that makes other high-end HDTVs seem steep.
I’m a big fan of the RIM Blackberry Bold 9000. It’s a solid-feeling, decent-working QWERTY smartphone with a lovely high-res screen, lots of apps to download, and an excellent e-mail inbox.
It’s not perfect, though. On AT&T’s spotty 3G network, it can drop phone calls faster than “The Bachelor” switches fiancés. Then there’s the trackball–the little rolling wheel that replaced the old Blackberry’s scroll wheel. It’s a lovely innovation that owes much to old-school trackball-based computer mice. Too much, in fact. The newest BlackBerrys feature a track pad. Sadly, I don’t have one of those.
In any case, the phone has been working fine except for the trackball, which has gotten stuck a few times. I’ve been able to move the ball around with enough force that it rights itself, until last week, when the ball would only roll down and from side to side (though not consistently). As a result, I couldn’t properly scroll up though e-mail, documents, websites, and my Twitter feed. I also couldn’t work with most menus. It was like juggling three balls with one hand tied behind my back. So I decided to try to find a more permanent solution.
Continue reading Panasonic announces pricing, availability for Lumix G2, G10
Panasonic announces pricing, availability for Lumix G2, G10 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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