May 19

mSpot stores your music* in the cloud, makes it available anywhere**

Posted in: Android, Apple, audio, cloud, iPhone, itunes, Mac, Music, os x, OsX, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

Whoa there, vaquero — don’t get too excited just yet. As with just about every other gratis backup service on the web, there’s a catch you should know about with mSpot‘s latest endeavor. The free limit is right around 2GB (exact size is TBD), so if you’ve got more than a second generation iPod’s worth of audio, this here service will only serve as a tease. For those who fall under that threshold, there’s plenty to love, and if you’re down for ponying up, you’ll be able to secure 10GB for $2.99 per month or 20GB for $4.99 per month. Launched today at Google I/O, this “freemium” music cloud service essentially syncs your entire music library (either in iTunes or a user-designated arrangement of folders) with mSpot’s servers — provided your library is less than 20GB, of course — and then makes it available anywhere. Phones and other computers should have no issue tapping in (though only Android will be supported out of the gate), and the app itself runs quietly in the background in order to check for new additions / subtractions and mirror said changes in your online library. For now, the service is available by invitation only through mspot.com, with public availability slated for next month. Size limits aside, the service worked well for us in our limited testing, though that first 20GB upload is a real pain over Time Warner Cable’s obviously capped Road Runner internet. Oh, and if you’re bummed about not being guaranteed an invite today, you shouldn’t be. Hit that source link and enter “engadget” as the password — the first 500 get immediate access, but once they’re gone, they’re gone.

*20GB tops, buster!
**Only on Android, Macs and PCs at first, chief!

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May 19

HP’s Envy 17 and refreshed Pavilion laptops now shipping to stylish, on the go sorts

Posted in: HP, laptop, Today's Chili
HP's Envy 17 and refreshed Pavillion line now shipping to stylish, on the go sorts

That sexy HP Envy 17 that became official a few weeks back? It’s up for grabs, starting at $1,399 in its base configuration with a Core i5 processor, but getting much higher if you start tickling those option boxes in the customization screens. No word on the Envy 14 yet, but the 13 is still available… for now. Also on offer is the refreshed Pavilion line, the dm4, dv5, dv6, and dv7, showing off their new metal casings and swirly paint jobs. The dv6 starts at $699 while the others predictably go on up from there.

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HP’s Envy 17 and refreshed Pavilion laptops now shipping to stylish, on the go sorts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 08:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Resize, Split and Rotate iPad Keyboard? There’s an App for That

Posted in: ipad, Software, tablets, Today's Chili

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Problem: The iPad keyboard, especially in landscape mode, is a little to big for thumb-typing. Lay it on your lap and you’re fine, but if you’re standing, or lying in bed with your iPad above you, you’re out of luck.

Solution: A $1 app called Keyboard Upgrade. Fire it up and you are presented with a blank white screen, the standard iPad keyboard and a few icons. The trick is that you can move the keyboard around, resizing it, splitting it into two parts and even rotating those parts to a more comfortable position. You could, for example, split the keyboard in two, relocate each half to a bottom corner and rotate slightly for easy thumb-access.

It won’t replace the keyboard in any of your other applications, as apps in the iPhone OS aren’t allowed to mess with each other like that, but you can type text to share anywhere else via copy-and-paste. It’s a little kludgy, but at the same time fantastically inventive, and for bashing out long-form text it is sure a lot lighter to carry around than an external keyboard. Available in the App Store now.

Keyboard Upgrade [iTunes via Macworld]


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May 19

Netscape Moves “Digg-Clone” to Propeller.com

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on September 12, 2007 by CyberNet.

Last week, Netscape posted an announcement that they were calling it quits with their "Digg-Clone" social media site. They said that after a study, they found that people didn’t associate the Netscape brand with socially controlled news, therefore they were moving on. They also promised though, that their social news site would be around, just not at the Netscape.com domain. Soon Netscape users will be forwarded to a more traditional type of web page while those seeking a social news experience will be sent to Netscape’s new "Digg Clone" home – Propeller.com.

propeller

Propeller.com isn’t live yet, but when it is, it’ll essentially be the previous Netscape Social News experience with a new name and logo. The logo even incorporates the same colors as Netscape, so I’d assume that what they currently have at Netscape.com will just be migrated over to the new domain without many, if any changes.

I’m hesitant to say that Propeller will see more success than what they did with Netscape, but if they have any chance of making it, I’d say breaking off under a new domain with a new identity was necessary. It appears that they have a semi-loyal group of readers who regularly vote on stories, so they’ll probably happily switch over to Propeller, especially because user’s Netscape accounts will transfer over. This will also prove as a test for them to see how loyal their readers actually are.

The logo definitely looks more Web 2.0ish which leaves me surprised that they didn’t go with Propellr, (dropping vowels appears to be a Web 2.0 requirement!) and I think the name suits the site well.  All I can say to Propeller is good luck! I don’t think the social news market is in any need of an additional site. So there you have it, Netscape’s new "Digg Clone" home has been revealed, and now we just need to wait for the migration to take place.  When it goes live, it’ll be found at www.propeller.com.

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May 19

Sony’s last cassette-blastin’ boom box is precisely how Ruff Ryders roll(‘d)

Posted in: audio, awesome, Music, Retro, sony, Today's Chili

Sony may not shed a tear for the 3.5-inch floppy disk when it meets its maker in March, but you’d better believe the company’s crafted a retirement plan for the format that propelled it to fame: the compact cassette. To be fair, the CFD-A110 CD / cassette boom box above isn’t actually a new product — it’s a relabeled CFD-A100TV from 2003 minus the nigh-obsolete analog TV band — but if you’re rocking magnetic mix tapes we’re guessing you’ll welcome this blast from the past. For your projected ¥20,000 (about $215) you’ll get a pair of full-range speakers, 14 AM/FM presets, an external microphone port for karaoke and a remote when it launches in Japan this June 21st. What that won’t buy you, however, is an obnoxiously large gilded chain, a beefed up left shoulder for carrying it around, and a time machine needed to actually fit in while using this. Ya heard?

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May 19

Video, Pictures: iPod Touch With Camera Appears in Vietnam

Posted in: Apple, camera, ipod, leak, Media Players, Today's Chili

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Those crazy reporters at the Vietnamese site Tinhte have gotten yet another Apple hardware scoop. After showing us the upcoming 4G iPhone and then the new MacBook, they now have an iPod Touch with a camera.

The device is the real deal, as far as we can see from the wealth of pictures and a rather comprehensive video. When connected to iTunes, it reports itself as running iPhone OS 3.1, but as you can see, it clearly boots into the factory testing software. You can see, though, that the camera works.

Could this be the next-generation iPod Touch, or is it just a prototype left over from last year, when we fully expected to see a model with a camera? It seems odd that Apple would make no exterior changes apart from a hole for the camera lens to peek through. This would leave the case design almost identical for the third year in a row.

The unit is marked “DVT-1″. DVT, according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, stands for “design verification test” and is applied to hardware that is almost ready to manufacture.

My guess is that this is a leftover unit from last year. I’m expecting a new iPod Touch with a squarer form-factor similar to that of the new iPhone. Then again, Apple could just add a camera and keep rolling these things out for another year. That $200 entry-level price is pretty aggressive, and running the same production line for a year longer is probably a lot cheaper for Apple. The video is embedded below.

Trên tay iPod Touch có camera [Tinhte]

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May 19

Students accelerate cubicle arms race with PlayStation Eye-tracked, iPhone-guided coilgun (video)

Posted in: arduino, diy, hack, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, mod, mods, remote control, RemoteControl, Today's Chili, video, wifi

DIY weaponry gets more lethal with each passing year; where once we were content with a simple foam missile launcher, technology has progressed such that our automated turrets now spew screwdriver bits, airsoft and paintballs. As progress forges ahead, two engineering students at the University of Arkansas have added injury to insult with this four-stage DIY coilgun. Using an Arduino microcontroller to actuate the firing mechanism and steer the monstrous wooden frame, they nimbly control the badass kit with an iDevice over WiFi, and line up targets using a repurposed PlayStation Eye webcam. While we’d of course prefer to have our phone SSH into the gun over 3G, we’re not going to argue with success. We’d like to keep our lungs un-perforated, thank you very much. See it in action after the break.

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May 19

Nike+ Heart-Rate Monitor On Sale June 1st

Posted in: Accessories and Peripherals, ipod, rumors, Sports, Today's Chili

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Over in the Nike forums, the US launch-date for the Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor has slipped out. In a post from user Nike+ Pro 16, we get the following snippet:

Great news! I have a U.S. launch date for the Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor. It will officially launch on June 1, 2010, although it may reach some retail outlets slightly sooner. It will reach Canadian markets in June and will launch internationally in summer 2010, exact date to be determined.

I know you’re going to ask, so I’ll answer preemptively: no, I am not able to discuss price, color, device

The heart-rate monitor will be an add-on for the existing Nike+ pedometer, which talks to your iPad Nano or iPod Touch to track how far you run. The planned monitor is not really a secret. Back in September 2009 when the 5G iPod Nano was launched, the user manual (PDF) contained instructions for pairing the iPod with the device. What about the legitimacy of this rumor? I checked into the posting history of user Nike+ Pro 16 and he or she appears to be either a Nike employee, or at least a dedicated support person. Get ready fitness freaks: just two weeks to go!

Thread: linking a heart rate monitor to iPod [Nike Discussions via Apple Insider]

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May 19

Smartphones come to prepaid wireless market

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Penny-pinching wireless customers who want cool, new smartphones now have a less expensive option via some prepaid providers. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20005349-266.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Signal Strength/a/p

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May 19

iPod touch with 2 megapixel camera leaked in Vietnam (video)

Posted in: Apple, breaking news, BreakingNews, camera, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, leak, samsung, Today's Chili, video

Guess who has another Apple scoop? Tinhte, the upstarts from Vietnam have first pics of the mythical iPod touch with a camera. The “DVT-1” stamp on the back makes it clear that this is an early design verification test unit in the evolution of product testing. In other words, this might not be the final design whenever Apple chooses to announce it, say, on June 7th. A check of the device’s serial number identifies a late 2009 third generation iPod touch — could be that this device was one of those eBay prototypes that never made it to production for whatever reason.

The Foxconn manufactured device is also running the same base diagnostic utility that we’ve seen before (who could forget that “serial number” icon). The Foxconn label appears to indicate a 64GB model (“64G” using a pair of Samsung 32GB Flash modules presumably) in addition to a 2 megapixel, backside illuminated sensor manufactured by Omnivision (part OV2665-6s). Video after the break.

Gallery: iPod touch with 2 megapixel camera leaked in Vietnam (video)

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