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Filed under: CES, Robots

Crapgadget CES, round 8: Remote Control Cooler originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is 2009 finally the year of the projector phone? Eh, not likely — but there are finally a few models filtering into retail after years of talk, prototypes, and empty promises, including the Logic Bolt from independent manufacturer Logic Wireless and this puppy from Sammy. We’re told that the aptly-named Show is inbound for release in South Korea before the end of the month, it runs Samsung’s ubiquitous TouchWiz platform, and it packs DLP-based pico projector tech from TI, but that’s about all we (and Samsung’s US reps) seem to know about it. The projector can be used to view media stored in phone memory, pull up mobile TV via Korea’s T-DMB airwaves, or simply project light, a function luddites may know better as a “flashlight.” Most importantly, it actually isn’t half-bad looking — a symptom of a major manufacturer getting involved and throwing some won and industrial design staff at the thing, we bet.

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Video

Samsung Show finally makes projector phones sexy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We just can’t get enough of these Grippity back-typing keyboards, and Jacob Eichbaum dropped by the Engadget trailer one last time to show us his super-early mockup of a Grippity back-typing gaming controller, along with the original prototype that started all this insanity. Apparently they’ve been getting a lot of interest from manufacturers, especially with the media remote we saw the other day, so hopefully we’ll see this crazy concoction hitting stores sometime this year.

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

Grippity drops by again to show off gaming mockup and original keyboard model originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The commotion in the room when we found out the eyes light up was seriously louder than for the Pre announcement.

Filed under: Gaming

Awesomegadget CES: Dragon Fire Breather originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s not every day you walk past something quite as striking as Toshiba’s new DMFC internet viewer prototypes. Sure, folks like Toshiba and Samsung have been chatting up DMFC (Direct Methanol Fuel Cell) power technology for ages, but to see it live and in person — and powering a truly unique form factor — is quite a treat. Word is these things can last for a week of typical use on one methanol refill, and are running regular old Windows XP. Unfortunately, there’s no word on what processing and storage is under the hood or when these will hit the market, or for how much. Basically, Windows 7 is much more likely the OS we’ll be seeing on them by the time they’re ready to go — if that ever happens at all, DMFC doesn’t have the best track record of actually breaking through the productization stage. Video is after the break, and the gallery includes a couple other Toshiba prototypes.

Continue reading Toshiba’s DMFC “internet viewer” prototypes are truly next-gen

Filed under: Handhelds

Toshiba’s DMFC “internet viewer” prototypes are truly next-gen originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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