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We’ve got another one, folks: Sony’s doing a tablet. The Dash Internet Viewer is a touchscreen WiFi device which can be propped up like a digital photo frame or toted around the home like… a tablet. Still, a Chumby comparison might be more appropriate: the 7-inch device can run Chumby apps (there are over 1,000 free ones out there already), to which Sony will be adding its own Sony Music and Sony Pictures properties for movie trailers, music videos and so forth. The $199 unit can be stood on end or tilted quasi-flat for a variety of hands-free viewing angles, and works as an alarm clock, waking users up to the sweet sounds and visuals of internet videos. The Dash ships in April.

Update: We just confirmed that this device runs Chumby OS and is not portable (as in, there’s no built-in battery). Rest assured, this is no slate / tablet rival — in fact, it’s more like a sophisticated alarm clock.

Sony introduces Dash Internet Viewer touchscreen tablet (Update: it runs Chumby OS!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LAS VEGAS — Samsung’s new CL80 compact camera is a curious machine. It is less like camera and more like a camera-phone, packing in everything you’d expect of a modern phone, except the phone itself.

Why? Try this feature list: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3.7-inch AMOLED touch-screen and an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. That sounds more like a high-end phone than a camera. Clearly Samsung has brought its phone experience to the game.

Of course, it’s not a cellphone, and the picture quality shows that. The sensor has 14.2 megapixels and can shoot 720p video. This is paired with a Schneider Kreuznach 7x zoom lens. Once shot, you can send the video and stills off to other devices via Bluetooth or DLNA (a Wi-Fi spec for easily sharing media between devices), upload to Flickr or YouTube over regular Wi-Fi or even email them direct, as the camera has a built-in address-book (I told you it was like a phone).

There are a few neat additions, too. The touch-screen and accelerometers let you control the camera by gestures — draw an “X” on the screen to delete a picture, or tilt to move between images. This last could be more annoying than helpful if it is still as bad as the slideshow feature on the Samsung Behold cellphone.

Last, and funniest, its the balancing “function”. The bottom of the 0.7-inch steel case is angled so the camera can be tilted back at 7-degrees and balance there. This will tilt the lens up just enough so you can take a self-portrait without chopping off your head. The CL80 will be in stores in the Spring, for an as-yet unannounced price. If you are the kind of person who loves to play with a feature-packed gadget, this is probably the best camera you could choose.

CL80 Press release [Samsung]

And just like that, you’ve got specs. We’d already heard that the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus were headed to Big Red for some more EV-DO action, and now we’ve got a leaked image of the phones’ spec list. Guess what? Nothing much to see here — just a storage bump for the Pre to 16GB, and WiFi enabled on the Pixi, unlike its Sprint counterpart. As for release schedule, we’ve got nothing, but you can expect hear more about these two dudes at Palm’s CES event tomorrow, which we will — of course — be covering live.

Verizon-bound Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus specs leaked originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG isn’t the only one with more new LCD HDTVs then you can shake a stick at, in fact Sony just announced 38 new models of its own. The most interesting is the LX900 line (pictured above) which is due this Summer — still waiting on a price — available in sizes ranging from 40-inches to 60-inches and will of course do Full 1080p 3D with help from RealD’s active shutter glasses. But even if you aren’t into 3D, we’re sure you’ll appreciate the new local dimming and built in WiFi so that you can stream all kinds of content via internet services or your home’s DLNA network. Like the LX900, the HX900 does 3D, but the the active shutter glasses and 3D transmitter are sold separately. If you are interested in the rest of the lineup then don’t hesitate to click through and read the entire press release.

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New Sony Bravia 3D HDTVs coming this Summer with WiFi and local dimming originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here we go, folks. Nearly a year to the day after the term “SDXC” cemented itself into our vernacular, Panasonic has announced the first two that’ll ever ship to end users. Unless a competitor jumps in and steals the thunder before then, of course. Announced here in the desert, the outfit has proclaimed that a 48GB and 64GB SDXC card will begin shipping to fat-walleted consumers in February, bringing with it a Class 10 speed rating and maximum data transfer rates of 22MB/sec. You know what else they’ll be bringing? Price tags that are guaranteed to make you simultaneously weep and hoot — the 48GB model will list for $449.95, while the 64 gigger will go for $599.95. Tissues, anyone?

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Panasonic shipping first SDXC cards next month for ungodly amounts of cash originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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