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We’re still waiting for OpenPeak’s OpenTablet 7 to be released, but the company’s now already moving on to bigger and potentially better things — it’s just announced the Atom-based, Android-running OpenTablet 10. In addition to being larger, the screen is also of the transflective variety, and it’s built from Gorilla Glass so it’ll hold up to some abuse while you’re using it outside. Otherwise, the one-pound, half inch-thick device packs dual cameras including a front-facing 720p cam, an HDMI out for 1080p video, a digital MEMS microphone, and optional 3G connectivity in addition to the standard WiFi. Still no word on pricing or a release date (or complete specs, for that matter), but we’re hoping to learn more when we get our hands on it. Full press release is after the break.

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SRS Labs’ suite was sportin’ a number a devices showcasing Surround Everywhere, technology that lets you enjoy surround sound anywhere you go, laptops, phones, so yeah, anywhere. But the coolest thing we came away with was their vision of how surround sound should be mastered. Many in the industry are strungling with the transition from 5.1 to 7.1 and let’s face it, about the time the studios get their arms around 7.1, we’ll be asking for 9.1. So this new idea is to record where the audio is supposed to come from, instead of which speaker it should be played on. This way a movie would never need its audio remastered again, because the fact that the plane coming in at 2 O’Clock wouldn’t change no matter how many speakers you had, it wouldn’t even matter if you had a speaker placed precisely at 2 O’Clock. So basically your AVR would render the audio on the fly based on the number of speakers, and where you placed those speakers by using the recorded sounds and the data about those sounds. Kinda blew your mind right? The problem of course is at this point its just a cool idea and until content is created this way, there’s no chance we’ll actually be able to realize the benifits of this dream. Either way, we do commend SRS Labs for dreaming.

SRS Labs wants us to forget about our speakers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve here at Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE presser at CES, and we’re told our worlds will be changed forever in five minutes. Or something to that effect.

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I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night. And when I say “tonight” I mean this, the second edition of the Engadget Podcast Show. And when I saw “night” I mean podcast show. There was so much news yesterday that we almost decided to just roll over and call it quits but lucky for you we ate a bunch of Emergen-C and powered through the news of day in a way only we can do. It’s a juicy one — promise!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: I Gotta Feeling

00:04:41 – Live from Sony’s CES 2011 press event
00:09:05 – Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc announced, we go hands-on (update: video!)
00:11:24 – Kaz Hirai non-confirms the PlayStation Phone and tablet
00:12:55 – Sony adds three new Bloggie models, including the 1080p Bloggie 3D (update: hands-on video!)
00:14:15 – BlackBerry PlayBook preview
00:22:33 – BlackBerry 4G PlayBook coming to Sprint network this summer, obviously 4G compatible
00:24:30 – AT&T: both HSPA+ and LTE are ‘4G,’ 20 such devices planned for this year
00:26:12 – HTC Inspire 4G goes official on AT&T
00:27:55 – Samsung Infuse 4G for AT&T eyes-on (Update: video)
00:29:10 – Live from Motorola’s CES 2011 press event!
00:29:49 – Motorola Droid Bionic hands-on
00:29:55 – Motorola launches CLIQ 2 on T-Mobile
00:32:00 – Motorola’s dual-core Atrix 4G announced for AT&T
00:32:50 – Motorola Atrix 4G’s Laptop Dock and Webtop app turn your phone into a smartbook
00:35:55 – Motorola accessorizes Xoom tablet with docks, cases and keyboards
00:41:15 – Google shows off Android 3.0, the ‘Entirely for Tablet’ Honeycomb (video)
00:43:00 – Motorola Xoom first hands-on! (update: video!)
00:45:30 – T-Mobile G-Slate announced: 4G, Android 3.0, made by LG
00:51:35 – Live from Microsoft’s CES 2011 keynote
00:52:00 – 8 million Kinect sensors sold in first 60 days
00:53:00 – Netflix and Hulu Plus with Kinect coming this spring to Xbox 360
01:03:13 – Microsoft confirms ARM support is coming in Windows, will play nice with SoCs too
01:19:09 – Notion Ink Adam hands-on preview (video)

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The Engadget Podcast Show 002: CES 2011 Part 2 – 01.06.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This might not be the “most impressive” Star Wars announcement you were looking for. Not that it’s a bad thing the complete saga will be released on Blu-ray in September, and there was no mention of any exclusivity shenanigans, but despite making this the least disappointing thing that has happened to the series in a decade or so forgive us for being slightly underwhelmed. Fans will appreciate the promised 30 hours of special features — or wait for Red Letter Media to recut them into a careful dissection of everything wrong about the prequels — but the ability to buy the two trilogies individually for $44.99 ($69.99 MSRP) is definitely appreciated. You can queue your $89.99 ($139 MSRP) preorder on Amazon right now while you check out video of the announce featuring Lord Vader himself, including a peek at the trailer embedded after the break.

Continue reading Star Wars Complete Saga Blu-ray news: release in September, 30 hours of special features, available for preorder now (video)

Star Wars Complete Saga Blu-ray news: release in September, 30 hours of special features, available for preorder now (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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