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We’ve already gotten a pretty good look at both the Droid 2 and Droid X and some of their purported specs, and it looks like we can now fill in a few more gaps thanks to a set of leaked slides for some new Droid commercials. The most interesting of the lot is the slide / script for a Droid 2 commercial pictured above, which not only confirms an expectedly sci-fi-themed ad for the phone (Gattaca-esque, to be specific), but Exchange support and a 1GHz processor (not 750MHz, as previously rumored). There’s comparatively fewer details in the pair of Droid X commercials, but they do offer yet more confirmation of a 4.3-inch screen, and our first indication of a new EyeCon app that will apparently come pre-loaded on the phone and let you access and control media on your home network — the script for the ad actually mentions a “720 dpi” screen, but we’re going to chalk that up to adspeak rather than Motospeak. Hit up the link below for a closer look at the complete set.

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What do iPhone 4 and iOS 4 mean for Android, and will Apple’s latest handset affect Android’s steady advance? CNET’s Kent German and Bonnie Cha debate the answer. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20007528-85.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Dialed In/a/p

Carnegie Mellon’s bots have improved programming that might let them beat rivals at RoboCup 2010. They’re able to predict where the ball will go instead of just reacting.

The popular rumor going around right now at the eleventh hour is that AT&T will only be offering the black iPhone 4 models for pre-order tomorrow and at launch, with their white counterparts coming “later this Summer.” Considering the fact that the white version of the 4 is quite a bit more distinctive than the 3G / 3GS, that’s a bummer if true — but what we don’t know is whether this is strictly limited to AT&T. It’s entirely possible that Apple and third-party retailers will be offering the white models, and AT&T’s own distribution channel might just be suffering from some sort of buffoonery (that’s our hope, anyhow). Lending credence to the rumor is the fact that Japan’s SoftBank has already officially announced that it’ll only be offering the black models initially — and when we pressed AT&T on the matter, we got “no comment” in return. It’s not looking good, folks.

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White iPhone 4 likely not available at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve unboxed our first 250GB Xbox 360 (the Xbox 360 ‘Slim’ to the layman) and we’ve gotta tell you: it felt good. Stand by for more shots.

Update: Here they are, we’ve got video on the way as well. Here are some initial thoughts:

• The touch sensitive buttons quickly asserted themselves as not-the-best-thing-ever when we were unable to tell if we’d turned the Xbox on under the bright lights of Microsoft’s setup. We’re sure we’d see the green glow easily in our dark entertainment center at home, but it’s a small little inconvenience — one that PS3 owners are well aware of.
• The touch sensitive eject button isn’t so bad, because the tray seems uber fast — we didn’t clock it, but we’d say it pops out faster than our existing Xbox.
• The Xbox feels just about as heavy as the existing Xbox, although the power adapter is smaller and much lighter.
• We booted up Alan Wake and while we were in a relatively loud room, we didn’t find the Xbox to be loud at all. We’ll have to get it in the labs to see how it stacks up with the original, but Microsoft obviously had noise pollution in its sights here. They worked directly with the drive manufacturer to reduce every source of noise (including air turbulence!), and dub their accomplishment “whisper quiet.”
• This is a personal opinion, but we think it looks pretty badass in person, though not at all a wild shift from the existing look.

Update 2: We’ve got video after the break! It’s very exciting, we assure you.

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