Smartphones are central to several companies’ plans to make payments–either through mobile credit-card readers or by using the phone in place of a credit card. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20014750-260.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Circuit Breaker/a/p
We’ve seen some extremely DIY auto-lacing sneakers, but it looks like the big boys — Nike — have thought about getting in on the game as well. Patent filings which occurred in early through late 2009 show off an automatic lacing system that is pretty reminiscent of Marty McFly’s invention in Back to the Future, and we can tell you that from the looks of it, it’s a future we’d definitely like to inhabit. The shoes appear to boast a charging system and lights in addition to the lacing component, and while so few patent apps ever lead to a real retail product, we’re really rooting for this one. One more image below.
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It’s not the video-optimized powerhouse a lot of indie filmmakers have been hoping for, but based on our field testing of the 60D it seems like a worthwhile successor to the 50D. With T2i-quality video, updated autofocus and metering systems, and an articulated LCD, there’s plenty here for prosumers to like at a decent price.
Well, what do we have here? Last we heard about the Canon EOS 60D it was just a twinkle in our articulating screen of a peripheral vision. And now it’s official — my, how times have changed. Here’s what we know about the 50D successor (with definite nods to the Rebel T2i‘s feature set): the 18-megapixel DSLR has a single DIGIC 4 processor and boasts 1080p H.264 video with an in-camera movie editing feature, manual audio level control, a “flexible” (read: articulating) 3-inch LCD screen, an ISO range of 100-6,400 purported to be expandable to 12,800, and support for processing RAW images from within the camera itself. Look for the little photo shooter to hit retail at the end of September for just a dollar under $1,100 body only, or $1,400 with a bundled 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens. You know the drill: pics below, press release and video after the break.
Gallery: Canon 60D press shots
Canon EOS 60D: 18 megapixels and 1080p video flexes its articulating screen this September originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The 60D, Canon’s new midrange DSLR, is a whole lot like the Rebel T2i inside—still fantastic. It’s what’s outside that’s better, a flip-out swivel screen and more rugged body that tug the camera closer toward video DSLR nirvana. More »
Turns out the Secret Society of Blurrycam isn’t just a group of freelancers. Courtesy of the Windows Phone NL group comes a pretty high resolution — albeit slightly out of focus — shot of the LG E900 / Optimus 7.That ain’t enough for you? Boy Genius Report claims it’s heard from a source that the LG C900 will hit the scene as Pacific, and if that sounds familiar, we kindly point your attention to a Pocket-lint piece from late July where Microsoft product manager Greg Sullivan namedropped a LG Pacific without elaborating. One and the same? Tired of waiting on Windows Phone 7 devices? Us too — one day at a time.
LG C900 rumored to be ‘Pacific,’ E900 gets hi-res blurry pic, missing link D900 doesn’t exist (yet) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The upcoming C7’s been well-leaked at this point, but one thing it hasn’t undergone is the famously exhaustive Mobile-review once-over that takes weeks to read and even longer to digest. Actually, this isn’t so much a review as a “first look” based on prototype hardware — and as such, it’s quite a bit shorter — but it still gives by far the best, clearest, and most in-depth glance at Nokia’s second Symbian^3 device to date. Unlike the over-the-top N8, Mobile-review comes away concluding that the C7 is an exceptionally well-balanced device for a Nokia — solid specs at a more aggressive price than its Nseries cousin — but acknowledges that it’s still outclassed by the competition and isn’t likely to draw any non-Nokia loyalists into the fold. MeeGo, where art thou?
Nokia C7 gets an early look: ‘hardly a market leader’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
We can’t say there’s a real shortage of streaming, set-top boxes on the market, but that doesn’t mean we won’t welcome Sony’s addition with open arms. Not to be confused with a netbook or a nettop, the Netbox streams Sony’s Bravia Internet services — YouTube, Netflix, DailyMotion, etc. — as well as supports a “wide range” of video formats including DivX and MKV. Although it’s got 802.11n WiFi baked in, the rather compact box has an Ethernet port around back as well as an USB jack on the front for hooking up an external hard drive for watching any of your legally-downloaded (obviously!) videos. Sadly, when we got to check out the Netbox earlier today it wasn’t connected to a network — go figure, with all those connectivity options — but the software was up and running, and we got to take a peek at the remote app on an Xperia X10. Fret not, the free app will be available for the iPhone and other Android phones. Look, we’d understand holding out for a BRAVIA with Google TV, but all in all for $130 we wouldn’t blame you for heading off to Sony right now and picking one of these little guys up.
Gallery: Sony Netbox SMP-N100
Sony’s Netbox streams Netflix, YouTube and other internet stuff for $130 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We fired up Google’s new phone feature in Google Talk to make calls for free to people in the U.S. and Canada, right from Gmail. Here’s our hands-on review. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-20014734-2.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Webware/a/p
Roughly 1.25 million of Garmin’s Nuvi GPS units contain a battery at risk of overheating.
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