Hasta La Gadget!

No clue why Sony didn’t unleash this pretty boy with its litany of items yesterday, but maybe it just saw fit to give it some special attention. Thanks to the all-admitting FCC, we already had a good idea that this was coming, but now that it’s finally here, we’re still pretty jazzed. Set to rival Panny’s Lumix DMC-TZ50, the DLNA-certified Cyber-shot DSC-G3 is the planet’s first WiFi camera with a built-in web browser, enabling users to upload images and video directly to popular sharing sites wherever a WiFi connection is available. Of note, the camera comes with complimentary access to Sony’s Easy Upload Home Page via AT&T WiFi, which provides easy entrance into Shutterfly, Picasa, YouTube, Photobucket and Dailymotion. Other specs include a 10 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom and Face Detection. It’s yours to grab right now for around $500.

Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 launches: world’s first WiFi camera with web browser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At this point we’re pretty close to calling Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform vaporware — sure, we’ve seen a lot of clunky prototypes, but the company’s been promising a commercial launch forever, going so far as to say that it had lined up 30 reference designs by the likes of HTC, LG, Samsung, and ASUS. Sure, ok — but all it’s got at CES are the same old gigantor testing devices and lonely Linux convertible. Oh, but now there’s Android. Very impressive, guys — too bad Android was also running on the actually-interesting GiiNii Movit Mini parked next door. At least the whole thing wasn’t faked liked last year, we suppose. Shots in the gallery, of course.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Qualcomm tries to distract from Snapdragon fail with Android originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We just spent some quality time playing with GiiNii’s Movit Mini WiFi Android tablet, which might be one of the best things we’ve seen at CES so far — think of it as the Android version of the iPod touch and you’ll get why we’re so stoked. The unit features a 4.3-inch, 480 x 272 resistive touchscreen (sigh), and it’s got a soft keyboard for text entry — they couldn’t tell us if it’s running Cupcake or not, but the keyboard worked just fine as we were playing with it. A built-in mic and front-facing camera lend themselves to out-of-the-box Skype support, there’s also Bluetooth and a built-in speaker. Sadly, there’s only 256MB of internal storage, but there’s an microSD slot for expansion. All we got for pricing was “less than the iPod touch” — we’ll see how close GiiNii gets when this guy and the planned 7-inch Movit Maxx hit sometime in the middle of the year.

Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video

GiiNii’s Movit Mini WiFi Android tablet hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It was already a fair bet that Steve Ballmer will be talking about Windows 7 during his CES keynote tonight, especially after the beta keys leaked but we’d say the odds just got better: we just hit up the Microsoft booth a little early and spotted a prominent 7 display. We were hustled out before we got a chance to dig further, but we were certainly intrigued by the black cloth covering up the Windows Mobile display — we doubt it means anything, but maybe Ballms has some WinMo 7 action to show off as well. Check it in the gallery!

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Microsoft CES ninja booth tour: hello Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While Sony’s OLED TV is little more than a beautiful, 11-inch novelty, LG is swaggering dangerously close to a respectable kitchen TV with this 15-inch AMOLED TV prototype. On display here at CES and planned for a production run sometime this summer, the image is absolutely stunning — every bit as impressive as the Sony’s XEL-1. Nothing else compares to the incredible contrast achieved by these OLED displays. Have a look in the gallery — we’ve got the prototype pictured with and without its chubby TV bezel. It’s credit-card thin (0.8-mm) and only on Engadget.

Filed under: Displays

Eyes on with LG’s near-production 15-inch OLED TV: come on summer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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