Any minute now, tiny aliens are going to beam down to your coffee table.
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When a Sony rep plunked down the company’s new, unfortunately hyphenated Party-shot dock in the middle of a press briefing with one of the two new Cyber-shot models parked in it, the …
Something very peculiar popped up while we were watching Kid Cudi’s “Make Her Say” music video. Just as the song is winding down, Mr. Cudi (also known as Scott Mescudi) can be seen “air scratching” while someone in the above frame takes the pantomime one step further with DJ Hero‘s turntable peripheral. The connection runs much deeper, though: the song was produced by Kanye West, whose rise to fame arguably came when he produced Jay-Z’s critically acclaimed album The Blueprint… and Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, in turn, happens to be one of the two artists (along with Eminem) promoting DJ Hero. Funny how that works out. Video after the break, and jump to the 3:03 mark if all you really want is another glimpse of the controller.
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Continue reading Screen Grabs: DJ Hero makes cameo in Kid Cudi video, comes back full circle
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Update: As a good number of readers have pointed out, there’s now also video of the phone, with 3.5mm headphone jack to boot. See it after the break.
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Continue reading Verizon-branded Touch Pro2 plays ‘spot the difference’ with previous spy shot
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Verizon-branded Touch Pro2 plays ‘spot the difference’ with previous spy shot originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you absolutely, positively must be able to see the palm of your hand while dialing, you might think that LG’s lovely GD900 is the only game in town — but you’d be very, very wrong. In fact, for the price of a single GD900, you could have a whole army of these $70 N68s delivered to your door, each bearing a pirate’s booty of knicked branding and design. From the Nokia Nseries-esque model name, to the nav button layout vaguely reminiscent of the N95, to the thick slab of Lexan masquerading as a keypad, this one’s a keeper — and if that’s all not enough to convince you, the “8.0 pixels” camera around back just might seal the deal. Still not sold? See some sample output after the break.
[Via Engadget Chinese and 52sogi]
Continue reading Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXXIX: we see right through the N68’s antics
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A new model of Sony’s ultraportable VAIO P has just passed through the FCC, leading us to surmise that we can probably expect a new model in the very near future. Details are still exceedingly slim on this one, but we know that this one — model number PCG-1RSL — will be about the same size as the current VAIO P, and that it packs 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth. The documentation’s confidentiality expires in October, so we’ll know all the juicy details by then — if we haven’t already found out via other channels. Fingers crossed that it’s the ‘mark 2’ we heard about recently that could right some of those painful, painful wrongs.
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New Sony VAIO P hits the FCC, arriving this fall? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Celebrity impersonators including Elvis, Liza, and Tina celebrate T-Mobile's MyTouch 3G at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO–Wearing an all-white Elvis suit, a parachuter blazed down into Justin Herman Plaza here as giant balloons of confetti exploded, U2’s “Beautiful Day” blasted, …
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(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)When the Kia Soul arrived in our garage, we immediately took to its funky-but-sporty styling. The interior didn’t let us down, either, with its houndstooth seat fabric and crazy light pulsing front door speakers. Fitting the youthful look of the car, iPod integration is standard, …
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Two great tastes that would taste great together?
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Netflix might be planning to bring its “Watch Instantly” feature to new devices soon. Currently built in to several products, like Sony HDTVs, and very popular on the Xbox 360, the feature lets subscribers watch any of thousands of …
Not turned on by Pentax‘s recently released Optio W80? How’s about a colorful variant for $50 less? This fine evening, the waterproof Optio WS80 is being unveiled alongside two other entirely less enchanting point-and-shoots. The $249.95 WS80 (shown above) looks about as natural as a waterproof camera can, arriving this September in “his-and-her designs” with a 10 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, a sub-1-inch thick body, 2.7-inch LCD and the ability to withstand depths of up to five feet (lackluster, we know). Still, the ability to snag underwater video at 720p is a real boon, and there’s even face detection, shake reduction and sensitivity modes as high as ISO 6400.
As for the other guys, the Optio P80 gets things going with a 12.1 megapixel CCD, 2.7-inch LCD, 720p (30fps) movie mode, face detection, shake reduction, a 4x wide-angle optical zoom lens (equivalent to 27.5 – 110mm focal length) and support for AA batteries. It’s expected to ship this September for $199.95 in black, pearl and mint hues. Finally, the low-end E80 is pretty much the same as the P80 save for its 10 megapixel sensor, 15fps 720p movie mode and 3x optical zoom lens with a focal length equivalent to 32 – 96mm. It should also ship in September for $129.95. Check the full releases and specification sheets after the break… if you dare.
Continue reading Pentax debuts waterproof Optio WS80 alongside P80 and E80 point-and-shoots
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Pentax debuts waterproof Optio WS80 alongside P80 and E80 point-and-shoots originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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