Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve been somewhat charmed by the Vivienne Tam-styled HP Mini 1000 for some time now, but today on the floor at CES we got our first in-person look at the teeny fashion “clutch,” as it were, and have to say that in person it’s pretty good looking. The 10-incher’s got a fiery design plus a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom with 1GB of RAM, and an up to 60GB hard drive. We were particularly enamored with that silver mesh hinge. It’s defintely a fashionable item — and if that’s what you’re into it’s got a starting price of $699. Check a gallery of this gal (and it’s matching mouse!) after the break.

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HP Vivienne Tam Edition Mini 1000 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We just got a precious few minutes alone in a dark corner (or a huge, overlit booth) with HP’s 12.1-inch dv2 and the 13.3-inch dv3. They’re both slick little smudge-loving machines with handsome design sense and super glossy finishes. In case you’ve forgotten, the dv2 is the first netbook to have AMD’s Neo platform, and it boasts a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processo, up to 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive and starts at $699. The dv3 starts at $799 and comes in several configurations, including either a 2GHz Athlon X2 QL-62 or a 2.4GHz Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86, with ATI’s Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices. They’re both available now, but check the gallery for some photographic evidence.

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HP dv2 and dv3 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So we dropped by LG’s booth here in the South Hall at CES and weren’t really surprised to see a whole bunch of watch phones in a case that looked like it was just moved out of Jacob & Co. There was a surplus of models dolled up behind glass, but only two out on the floor. LG was being super secretive about the transitions between the various screens, but we did our best to sneak peeks through the fingers on our not-so-generous demonstrator’s hand. What we did see looked pretty polished though (which you should know by now) and the transitions looked like browsing music on the iPhone. We were able to find out that the screen is not an OLED. LG went with a TFT with capacitive touch but we were told that it would work through a golf glove — though we’re not exactly sure about this. Be sure to check out the gallery for even more glamor shots and check after the break for video of the device (or the parts that LG would let us see) and prepare to be amazed. Ooh, shiny.

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Video: LG Watch Phone hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The new-ness is underway, and Palm just debuted its long(est) awaited all-new handset, the Palm Pre. The curvy touchscreen handset has a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 multitouch display, with a rollerball down below and touch sensitivity all down the face — the lower part is for “gestures.” A full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the phone in a portrait orientation, and you can flip the phone on its side for accelerometer-sensed widescreen browsing. The phone is running Palm’s all-new webOS platform, with TI’s new OMAP CPU under the hood — which Palm claims provides laptop-style power, and which juices the phones smooth transitions, scrolling and “deck of cards” app-switching. Other internal specs include EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP and 8GB of built-in flash storage. There’s a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, mass storage-friendly microUSB plug and a good ol’ 3.5mm headphone jack, but most exciting is the wireless charger — a first for a mainstream phone. More shots are after the break, including a fancy FCC diagram depicting a removable battery. The phone is exclusive at launch for Sprint in the first half of 2009, no word on price just yet.

You can check out our other Pre coverage below:

Live from Palm’s CES press conference
Palm Pre’s wireless charger, the Touchstone
Palm’s Pre gets its own spot on Sprint’s website
Palm Pre website now live with official images, video
Palm pre first hands-on with live updates!
Palm stock on a rocket to recovery
There will be a GSM-friendly 3G Palm Pre
Palm Pre in-depth impressions, video, and huge hands-on gallery

Live from Palm’s CES press conference	Palm Pre official shots	Palm Pre hands-on: hardware
Palm pre first hands-on with live updates, part 2!	More Palm Pre hands-on shots

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The Palm Pre originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm just got official with its new webOS platform, running on the new Palm Pre. According to the company, anyone who knows CSS, HTML and XML will be able to develop for the OS without having to learn any new languages — sounds kind of like it’s a jacked up browser with memory management, like Google Chrome. The UI itself is simple and touch-based, with flick scrolling through lists and gesture support that goes “beyond the screen.” The launcher comes up over apps without leaving them, and you can quit apps by just swiping up — multiple apps and windows are managed using a “deck of cards” metaphor. The Synergy sync system automatically manages your contacts — all you have to do is log into Facebook, Google, and Outlook. You also get consolidated IM from multiple services — so, so sweet. Typing on the keyboard brings up an instant search which pulls up apps, contacts, and even web queries. All apps have access to an Android-like popup notification system, and urgent messages pop up, causing running apps to automatically resize so you can see everything. There’s also a dockable control area that any app can use for persistent controls — Palm’s using it for its music player, for example. More pics after the break!

Update: The press release is now live.

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Palm announces webOS platform originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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