Hasta La Gadget!

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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Really, RCA? You come all the way to Vegas to unload a slightly more capacious version of your already unexciting Lyra Slider MP3 player? As of today, consumers waiting on pins and needles for this here DAP to arrive with 16GB of memory built-in can thank their lucky stars, as the SL5016 offers just that. ‘Course, we have no idea why you’d pay $119.99 for it, but maybe the bundled easyRip software is some amazing value-add that we just can’t comprehend.

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Filed under: CES, Portable Audio, Portable Video

RCA dishes new 16GB SL5016 Lyra Slider MP3 player, we yawn originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Clickfree’s remarkably useful Transformer Cable isn’t the only new gear being announced from the outfit today — far from it, actually. For starters, it’s bringing a 1TB backup drive with its heralded auto backup functionality at $229.99. Next, we’ve got the entirely overpriced ($19.99) five-pack of DataGuard Clickfree DVDs, while the “automatic” Total Backup Clickfree DVDs ring up at just $14.99 for the same quantity. Potentially more notable is the notion that all Clickfree products are now Mac compatible so long as you’re using OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher and an Intel CPU. Moving on, we’re told that Clickfree Online Backup and Flash Backup are both slated to become a reality later this year for folks needing off-site / pocket-sized backup solutions. The full spill is hosted up just past the break, and trust us, it’s crowded down there.

Continue reading Clickfree gone wild at CES: 1TB drive, Mac support and online backup

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Clickfree gone wild at CES: 1TB drive, Mac support and online backup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay Yahoo!, we’re sorry we teased, we give up, you win. After what certainly seemed on this end to be an endless run of HDTV manufacturers announcing support for the Widget Engine today — and serving up a hefty slap in the face to Microsoft and others who’ve been moving the Internet to TV movement for some time now — all we can do is look over the carnage. Signed up on the app side of platform formerly known as Konfabulator are content providers like eBay, MySpace, CBS, Blockbuster OnDemand (in its first off-2Wire MediaPoint appearance), Netflix, Showtime, USA Today and Twitter, while the Widget Development Kit has opened up to developers interested in putting their apps on the screens of millions. Hardware should street starting this spring from the likes of Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio leaving the biggest question mark as how the competition and their clumsy external boxes can possibly respond.

Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Yahoo! recaps a day of setting the Internet-on-TV movement on fire with Widgets originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don’t see too many 3D scanners ’round these parts, so we’ll be excited to hit RealView 3D’s booth at CES and see what all the fuss is about. The RealView 360⁰ 3D Desktop Scanner is being billed as the world’s first desktop scanner capable of capturing objects in their full 360⁰ topographic glory, suitable for scanning mugs, model space ships, D&D figurines, and whatever else fits on its base. There are three models available: RealView 360 3D (the plain ol’ VGA scanner), RealView 360 3D HD (for that hi-def resolution you crave) and RealView 360 HD Commercial (for large format scans and kiosks). Beyond that, we’ll just have to wait for CES 2009 to open its doors. Soon.

RealView unveils three 3D desktop scanners originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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