Hasta La Gadget!

Sorry, we couldn’t wait — having spent 11 hours on the streets waiting for the iPhone 4, it’s only natural to give our precious new toy some extra special care. With the help of iFixit’s teardown guide, we decided to take the plunge with our steaming hot Chinese delivery — a white front cover (with a shiny proximity sensor area above the earpiece), a white back cover (with “XXXXX” marked as the model number, ergo a prototype), and a Retina Display unit. Alas, there weren’t any white buttons in stock at the time, but let’s pretend this black-and-white combo is the new cool. Read on to find out how the surgery went.

P.S. — We’ve had many readers asking where we got the parts, but the link’s already in the post. Knowing some Chinese helps, too.

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White iPhone 4: early DIY edition, with a touch of black originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let’s not forget that before “tablets” were all the rage there were, well, tablets. While most tablet PCs were — and still are — aimed at the business market, the HP TouchSmart tm2 (which began as the tx2000) was one of the first tablets for the average Joe. And despite rumors of a slate product and future WebOS devices, HP hasn’t given up on the tm2, and rightfully so. Just updated with a brand new Core i3 ULV processor, the convertible has a 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, a new TouchSmart layer for laptops, an onboard stylus for taking notes, and a striking design with a rather stellar chiclet keyboard. There’s no doubt the form factor still appeals to students or those simply looking for the power of a PC with a touch experience, but we wish HP paid a bit more attention to a few key features before shipping. Find out just what those are in our full review.

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HP TouchSmart tm2 review originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, the massive clear block at the front of this Coloured Glaze HTPC from NOVO is completely pointless, but it also does the remarkable task of making a boring hunk of plastic powered by Intel Atom and NVIDIA Ion into an object of minimalist desire. Our colleagues at Engadget Chinese recently got their hands on one of these nettops, which were initially shown off at CES, and managed to plug it in and power it on in the midst of photographing its beauty from every angle. Hit up the source link for pics galore.

NOVO Coloured Glaze HTPC refracts us into the next century originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on February 04, 2008 by CyberNet.

If cameras became good enough in cell phones, would you ditch your stand-alone camera? What I mean by that is this, right now I use the camera in my phone on occasion for those times when I have forgotten my camera and there’s something that needs to be captured.  I prefer a quality camera though, and so at this point, I could never stop using my camera and start using the one that comes built-in to my phone.  If however, there was a phone with a quality camera built-in, I would consider ditching my camera for one in my phone simply because it’s one less device that I’d have to worry about carrying around. I’m all about combining devices into one which is why I love the iPhone – it serves as my phone and music player (among other things), all in one.

A recent announcement from Kodak tells us  that they’re getting closer and closer to putting quality cameras in cell phones. According to Business Wire, they are developing new technology for mobile phones.  They say:

The company has combined its recently announced Color Filter Pattern technology with a new CMOS pixel to create the KODAK KAC-05020 Image Sensor, the world’s first 1.4 micron, 5 megapixel device. Designed for mass-consumer camera applications such as mobile phones, Kodak’s new sensor enables a new level of resolution in small optical formats, using significantly smaller pixels. But unlike other small-pixel sensors which can produce poor images, especially under low light conditions, the 1.4 micron pixel used in the KAC-05020 Image Sensor changes this convention, providing image quality that can equal or surpass what is available from current devices using larger, 1.75 micron pixel CMOS designs.

Kodak’s CMOS Sesnors Marketing Director said that the new sensor is “the kind of technology that can help upgrade all camera phones to a real camera.” Knowing that better cameras in phones could be right around the corner, what would it take for you to stop using a stand-alone camera? Are there any features you know you just couldn’t manage without? Topping my list would be zooming capabilities.

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It’s always hard to justify spending extra for a waterproof camera that will do you good at the beach but deliver mediocre image quality everywhere else. Photography Blog has taken a look at Fujifilm’s new 12 megapixel FinePix XP10 waterproof shooter and, while it predictably falls short of DSLR-level quality (or even high-end compacts), it overall scores a very positive review thanks to its 5x zoom lens, 720p video recording, solid construction, and a “pleasingly compact” design that we think looks very funky (in a good way). The camera’s cause is also helped dramatically by an MSRP of £169.99, or $199.95, and we’re finding this thing available online for way less than that. For that kind of money this thing wouldn’t make a bad side-kick for your go-to camera, a sort of stunty stand-in for when the going gets tough… or perhaps just damp.

Fujifilm’s durable, dunkable FinePix XP10 compact camera gets a review originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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