Jan 27
This week there’s word that Samsung will be bringing on their own Google Glass-like device sooner than later, making it a sports-oriented pair of glasses that’ll lead into a wider … Continue reading
Sep 10
Smartwatches, Bed-Cleaning Robots, 4K TVs, and Other New Tech From IFA Berlin
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We went to IFA Berlin, the largest consumer electronics trade show in Europe, and saw a heap of new tech from the industry’s major players. Here are some favorites.
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Sep 09
IFA 2013 Wrap-Up
Posted in: Today's ChiliIFA 2013 has come and gone, and with the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, various super-sized (and often curved) TVs, and a number of superlative-toting smartphones, there was no shortage of geek appeal. As ever, the Berlin tech show saw a few key themes surface, and while not everybody is necessarily ready to snap a cellphone […]
Sep 09
Pre-recorded from Berlin, it’s the Engadget Partycast: IFA 2013 edition. For your listening pleasure, we’ve got Dan from the Eurocast and Brad from the Mobile Podcast joining Brian and Dana. Stream it below to hear about their favorite picks from the show and Dana’s run-in with some wild boars.
Hosts: Brian Heater, Dan Cooper, Dana Wollman, Brad Molen
Producer: Joe Pollicino
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Sep 07
Fighter pilots and Google Glass owners: Garmin is channeling a little of both with its latest navigation accessory, the Garmin HUD, and we took some time to peer through the head-up display while at IFA 2013. The Bluetooth peripheral is designed to sit on your dashboard and project simple guidance and directions to drivers using […]
Sep 07
IFA 2013 wrap-up: Galaxy Note 3, Xperia Z1, smartwatches, lens cameras, 4K displays and more
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We reckoned IFA would be an exceptionally busy show, and now that we’ve combed through all of our coverage and condensed it here, it’s clear the event lived up to our expectations. Sure, the venerable CES may have topped IFA in show floor square feet, but the announcements in Berlin generated perhaps even more excitement than those that came out of Las Vegas in January. A pair of high-profile smartwatches, two titanic smartphones, a duo of lens cameras, 4K displays and a bevy of hands-ons await you in a neat, yet massive, roundup after the break.%Gallery-slideshow83286%
Filed under: Cellphones, Desktops, Cameras, Displays, GPS, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Household, Laptops, Peripherals, Portable Audio/Video, Robots, Tablets, Transportation, Wearables, Samsung, Sony, HTC, ASUS, LG, HP, Acer, Lenovo
Sep 07
Just about any modern smartphone can shoot a panoramic photo these days, and some even a 360-degree photo, but it’s a time-consuming process; Ricoh wants to change all that with the Theta, capable of capturing a full spherical image in a single snap. Rather than the ponderous snap-and-stitch that builds up a 360 shot from […]
Sep 07
Roll on the smart home: Qualcomm has an eye on being the glue that sticks wireless home automation together, and it’s demonstrating that with some proof-of-concept remote control lightbulbs. Thanks to a tiny new Qualcomm Atheros chipset, the demo light hooks up via WiFi to a simple Android app which allows for remote on/off control, […]
Sep 07
“I’ve worked for Sennheiser since I was born,” the company’s co-CEO says with a laugh. Five years ago, Daniel Sennheiser and his brother took over the reigns of the eponymous audio company, the third generation of a legacy that began in 1945, weeks after the close of World War II, when their grandfather Fritz opened Laboratorium Wennebostel. Two decades later, the company would go on to to revolutionize personal audio with the introduction of the open headphone.
“One of our engineers discovered that you can take a microphone transducer and put it close to your head and suddenly there’s a near-field effect that creates very good sound quality,” explains Sennheiser. “And suddenly the open-ear headphone was born. That was the first hi-fi headphone in the world. That didn’t exist at the time. We had 100-percent of the market.” A quick glance around the floor of IFA will confirm that’s certainly no longer the case anymore.
Follow all of our IFA 2013 coverage by heading to our event hub!
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Sep 06
Huawei Ascend G700 hands-on
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The G in Huawei’s letter-based lineup is meant to be midrange at best, so it’s no surprise that the Ascend G700 hasn’t been the subject of as much eager anticipation as, say, a certain new Nexus. Still, the device, which was announced this week and expected to arrive in China next month, was deemed worthy enough to be seen by thousands of onlookers in the company’s booth at IFA 2013. The Android 4.2 smartphone features Huawei’s Emotion UI, dual-SIM support, a 720p IPS display, 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek Cortex-A7 SoC, 2GB RAM, 8MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing shooter. In our brief time with the device, we liked the overall feel of the 5-inch phone; its arched smooth plastic back, which maxes out at 9mm thick, was adequately comfortable to hold. It’s a midrange phone through and through, which means you’re going to get a lot of decent performance with — you guessed it — decent specs. It’s a sleek device, so hopefully the price is right (though phones in this series rarely if ever go above ¥2,000 or about $320 unsubsidized). Check out some more images of Huawei’s latest below.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
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