Aug 31

We’re live from IFA 2011!

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Guten tag, Berlin! We’ll be sending you live updates from the German capital all this week as we explore IFA, the country’s absolutely monstrous consumer electronics trade show. This year, 3D, smartphones and Android tablets are all the rage, and we’re expecting a generous spattering of product announcements in the days to come. So pack up the laptop, head over to your local biergarten and grab a brezel and brat as you sit back and enjoy the slew of hands-ons and liveblogs that’ll be hitting the site later this week. And you may want to cancel those weekend plans as well — we’ll be posting gadgets directly from the show floor all day Friday and Saturday. Danke schön!

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We’re live from IFA 2011! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 30

LG launches ‘RoboKing Triple Eye’ smartphone-controlled vacuuming robot

Posted in: camera, household, Ifa2011, korea, LG, remote control, RemoteControl, robot, RobotApocalypse, Robots, sensor, smartphone, Smartphones, Today's Chili

You won’t have to leave your post on the couch, but you will have to lift a finger to your smartphone in order to tidy up with LG’s ‘RoboKing Triple Eye’ VR6180VMNV robot vacuum. Unlike it’s purple cousin who spends his time looking inwards, this little guy is always looking outward with its three cameras, capturing video and sending it to your smartphone or PC over WiFi. The robot uses sensors to create a plan of attack map of your home, allowing you to move it around by clicking the filthiest parts. Like a well-trained puppy, the dust buster also responds to voice commands from up to 5 feet away and it doesn’t even bark — only emitting 48dB of sound while sucking up dust. Of course, laziness of this caliber doesn’t come cheap, as it costs 899,000 Korean won, or around $840 bones.

LG launches ‘RoboKing Triple Eye’ smartphone-controlled vacuuming robot originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 30

Will Toshiba’s next tablet be named the Excite? Trademark filings suggest so

Posted in: Android, Ifa2011, minipost, release, rumor, slate, tablet, Today's Chili, Toshiba
Yesterday, we caught wind of a rumor that Toshiba would be unveiling a new, ultra-thin tablet at this year’s IFA. Today, word on the street is that the company’s forthcoming slate may be called the “Excite.” According to US Trademark filings obtained by Android Police, Toshiba has apparently registered the purported product name under the category “Tablet Computers.” The manufacturer has also snatched up a whole host of domain names, including “excitetablet.com,” “toshibaexcite.com,” and “thetoshibaexcite.com” — all of which currently redirect to a Toshiba site. As you may recall, remarkably similar evidence surfaced right before the Thrive launched, so recent history certainly lends a bit of credence to today’s report. As always, we’ll be sure to keep you abreast of the latest developments.

Will Toshiba’s next tablet be named the Excite? Trademark filings suggest so originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 30

Samsung announces three Wave handsets, dripping in Bada 2.0 and ChatON

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It’s shaping up to a be a busy IFA for Samsung. Barely 24 hours after announcing its new ChatON messaging client, the manufacturer is now gearing up to release a troika of new Bada 2.0-powered Wave handsets — the Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y — set to make their debut this week in Berlin. Leading the pack is the Wave 3, which leaked earlier this week. Powered by a 1.4GHz processor, this little guy boasts a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, 3GB of memory (along with a 32GB microSD slot) and a five megapixel, auto-focus-enabled shooter. The Wave M, meanwhile, packs slightly less juice, with a 832MHz processor, a 3.65-inch WVGA screen and 150MB of onboard storage (with a 2GB inbox and 32GB microSD slot). Rounding out the collection is the Wave Y, with its 3.2-inch HVGA display, 832MHz engine and two megapixel camera. All three feature your usual smattering of WiFi / Bluetooth 3.0 capabilities and will ship with ChatON and Samsung’s Social Hub baked into their DNA. No word yet on pricing or availability, but you can find out more in the full press release, after the break.

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Aug 29

LG gets ready for IFA with a pair of new monitors

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LG clearly couldn’t wait for IFA to officially kick off to show the world a pair of new 23 inch monitors. The company announced the 7.2 millimeter thick E91, which offers SUPER+ Resolution and a contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1, helping to make it the “highest picture quality for any digital content,” according to the company. The D237IPS, meanwhile, features Film Pattern Retarder (FPR) 3D technology with Flicker-Free Certification and a 3D brightness of 100 nits. No word yet on pricing or availability for either display.

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LG gets ready for IFA with a pair of new monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 29

LG 3D Game Converter adds depth to regular 2D games

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Spoiler alert! Instead of waiting to surprise people at IFA this week, LG has released details of its new 3D Game Converter for the Optimus 3D early. The software arrives as part of the October maintenance release, promising to take any OpenGL game that runs in landscape and convert it to 3D. Around 50 games will come with pre-optimized settings — the rest you tweak yourself. Open any game up in the app and it will try to split the foreground and background and recombine both in 3D. Feel your eyes crossing and a headache setting in just by thinking about playing this way? No worries, they’re all still playable in 2D as well. Mouse on past the break to find the press release, which LG rather thoughtlessly only released in 2D.

[Thanks, Eddie]

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LG 3D Game Converter adds depth to regular 2D games originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 29

Toshiba rumored to be announcing ultra-thin tablet at IFA after chunky Thrive did anything but

Posted in: Ifa2011, rumor, rumors, tab, tablet, tablets, ti, Today's Chili, top, Toshiba

With a tablet market dominated by the svelte iPad 2, a device with a “chunky design” isn’t bound to Thrive. According to Notebook Italia, Toshiba’s expected to announce a new ultra-thin tablet at IFA this week, swapping full-size USB and HDMI ports for micro-USB, micro HDMI, and microSD slots in order to shave off a few millimeters from last year’s model, leaving the new device with a sleeker, much more appealing design. The rumored slate is expected to ship with a TI OMAP4460 dual-core 1.5GHz processor, an edge-to-edge screen, and a brushed-metal housing. Other specs, including Android version and screen size are a bit thin at this point, but we should have only a few more days to wait before Toshiba’s new tab makes its glorious IFA debut in Berlin.

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Aug 29

Samsung’s ChatON messaging service brings free texting to Android, iOS and BlackBerry (video)

Posted in: Android, app, BlackBerry, free, Ifa2011, ios, launch, mobilepostcross, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, samsung, smartphone, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili, video
It looks like Samsung is about to dip its toes in the mobile messaging market, with a new service called ChatON. Slated to debut at this week’s IFA, the app brings texting, group chat and image / video sharing to not only Samsung’s Bada OS, but to iOS, Android and BlackBerry platforms, as well. According to the Korean manufacturer, the new client will be available in two versions: a basic one for feature phones and another, more complex variation that allows smartphone users to comment on other profiles, send animated messages and visualize their most frequently contacted friends, as displayed above. The company is also planning to release a web-based version that would bring similar functionality to PCs. ChatON is slated to go live next month (in more than 120 countries and 62 languages), but you can find more information in the demo video and translated PR, after the break.

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Aug 28

Acer Aspire 3951 photos leaked, new Ultrabooks to launch in September

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We don’t mind eyeballing a few impossibly clean renders when we get wind of a new toy, but there’s nothing like the real McCoy. Today’s bones slipped out of a (now pulled) HDblog hands-on of the Acer Aspire 3951 Ultrabook, possibly leaked ahead of an IFA 2011 embargo. The genuine article looks nearly identical to its rendered counterpart, albeit a bit thicker and more plasticky. The unveiled 13.3-inch MacBook Air competitor reportedly sports a second generation Intel Core processor, boots from sleep in under two seconds, and is only 13mm thick. The price? While there is no official word on this exact model, Acer head-honcho JT Wang mentioned last week that the outfit was prepping to launch a new Ultrabook in September for about $800. Lines up nicely with the Acer 3951’s rumored $770-960 price range, doesn’t it?

Acer Aspire 3951 photos leaked, new Ultrabooks to launch in September originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 28

Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE announced, set to debut at IFA

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Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE

Well, if you thought Samsung was done tweaking the Galaxy S II, you were very mistaken. The Korean company is getting ready to unveil the Galaxy S II LTE at IFA in Berlin this week, alongside an LTE version of its still elusive Galaxy Tab 8.9 — and we’ll be there to get some hands on time. Both devices are sporting an updated dual-core processor running at 1.5GHz, while the S II is also getting a size bump and moving up to a 4.5-inch screen. The Tab remains otherwise unchanged, rocking the same 1200 x 800 screen and super-svelte (8.6mm thick) design. Honestly, we’re not sure what else you need to know — 4G LTE and an over-the-top processor? OK, maybe price and availability would be nice, but you’ll just have to make do with some PR for now. Check it out after the break.

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