Ready for the ultimate RSS reader for your iPad? The Early Edition turns drab feeds into a stylish-looking newspaper that’s great for browsing. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20003968-243.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPad Atlas/a/p
Ryan Frawley still has a fair bit of work ahead of him, but his Wii Controller Demo app for Android sure holds an awful lot of promise. Available now for no charge (though a $1 paid version is available for those who dig his work), this here software allows Android users to create a Bluetooth link between their Wii remote and handset, and then log input information on the mobile’s display. As of now, there’s not a whole lot of value outside of Wiimote troubleshooting, but it’s a few lines of code away from being able to act as a controller for gaming. Just think — a Wiimote, your Android phone, an emulator, an HDMI output and four other nerds surrounding your television. Needless to say, we’ll be keeping a close eye out for updates coming to this one.
[Thanks, Jonathan]
Wii Controller Demo brings your Wiimote and Android phone 2gether, 4ever originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Panasonic and Samsung have launched the first models in an onslaught of 3DTV. But the big problem isn’t their quality, silly glasses or price—it’s that, even if you wanted to attain 3D media, you can’t. More »
Jeff Bakalar is out sick today but luckily Natali Del Conte is back from her sojourn to San Francisco and fills in on today’s episode of CNET’s The 404 Podcast. I hope you had a better weekend than mine; I almost had to have a sleepover at the Apple Store after my iPhone inexplicably broke…again! The display on my 6-month-old phone stopped working, so I’ve decided to stick it out with a budget Samsung flip phone until the fourth-generation iPhone comes out.
Downgrading to a single-function handset from an iPhone requires some adjustment, but I’m quickly getting used to (and even enjoying) the simplicity of having separate dedicated devices for music and phone calls.
Boredom arrives much quicker without a smartphone, of course, but who really needs all those silly apps? I’m having a great time rediscovering the simple mundane pleasure of scrolling through “settings and options.” What time increment should I set my auto-dimmer to today? The possibilities are endless!
Last night CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Conan O’Brien to get his personal take on the “Tonight Show” fiasco that left poor CoCo without a network to call a home.
Unfortunately, neither NDC nor I had a chance to check it out, but Wilson gives us the rundown on Conan’s amicable responses and explains why Conan starts crying halfway through the segment. Check out CBS News for the full interview.
There are also plenty of hilarious Calls From the Public to play today including one listener who finally debuts an impression of Jeff that you won’t want to miss. If you have something to tell us, leave us a message at 1-866-404-CNET or shoot us a line at the404(at)CNET(dot)com!
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Using two rechargeable lithium ion batteries, a titanium heating element on the back of the wetsuit lets you bring the internal temperature up to 51 degrees Celsius.
Word is that Sony, Intel, Google, and Logitech are collaborating on a new breed of Bravia HDTVs powered by Intel Atom processors, Android’s software operating system, and a QWERTY remote control.
Sure, USB 3.0 can make external hard drives pretty snappy, but who wants to lug around a rock? We want to know where the SuperSpeed port takes our tiny USB keys, and the fine folks at PC Perspective have the answer to that question. They found the Super Talent SuperCrypt not only a capable performer, but nearly as fast as a modern SSD, with average read and write speeds of 185MB / sec and 50MB / sec respectively. Given that the silver stick costs more than an SSD, too (from $119 for 16GB to $778 for 256GB), that’s not so surprising… but the idea of transferring the full contents of a dual-layer DVD from this sucker in under a minute is positively jaw-dropping. Assuming that — like Cryptkeeper — you still have one to drop.
Super Talent’s USB 3.0 SuperCrypt thumbdrive reviewed, Cryptkeeper approves originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 11:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple’s decision to block third-party toolkits and middleware — particularly Flash — from being used to develop iPhone and iPad apps has certainly prompted a fair amount of debate around the web, and now it sounds like Steve and the gang might face some even harsher scrutiny: a single-sourced piece in the New York Post reports that the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are currently tussling over which agency should be tasked with a potential antitrust inquiry into the matter. That would certainly make some noise in the industry, but it doesn’t mean much for those of us here in reality quite yet: assuming the report is true, an inquiry would still just be the very first step — whichever agency is ultimately put in charge would then have to launch a formal investigation and then finally file and win a lawsuit for any changes to occur. That’s a timeframe measured in months, if not years.
All that said, we can see why the feds are interested: Apple’s slowly moving into an ever-more dominant position in the mobile market, and forcing developers to make a hard choice about which platforms to target certainly puts the squeeze on competitors. We’ll be following this one closely — stay tuned.
Apple to face antitrust inquiry over iPhone coding restrictions? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 11:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The world needs another iPod / iPhone dock like it needs another billion gallons of oil floating around in the Atlantic, but there’s something eerily seductive about Finite Elemente’s latest piece. The Hohrizontal 51 is no average dock, and in our estimation, it’s a design element first and Apple accessory second. Designed to be wall mounted and hold up to 55 pounds, this stunning shelf integrates an iPod / iPhone dock into itself, and the inbuilt speakers / video outputs make it even more functional. There’s plenty of space for a bedroom-sized HDTV, and if you’re careful, maybe even an iMac. Too bad the $660 MSRP all but eliminates the hope of you ever springing for one, but hey, if you ever needed encouragement to sharpen your carpentry skills, you needn’t look further than the source link below.
Finite Elemente’s Hohrizontal 51 iPod / iPhone dock is its own shelf originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
For 100+ years, any given photo had a single prime focal point. But the results of this week’s Shooting Challenge combine multiple points of focus to create images never seen before. More »
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