Hasta La Gadget!

When Garmin curtailed its hardware partnership with Asustek late last year, you had to know the company would make a comeback to the mobile front in some shape, fashion or form. Starting today, the iPhone and 3G iPad both get the all-new StreetPilot app, which costs $39.99 and provides you with turn-by-turn navigation from the guys who make their living from the stuff. It undercuts TomTom’s $49.99 offering for iOS, while offering real-time traffic data, voice commands, lane assist, address book integration so you can navigate directly to your buddies’ addresses, and multitasking support. It’s looking like a pretty comprehensive piece of premium navigation software, which, if previous rumors bear out, should be landing on BlackBerry devices as well pretty soon. Jump past the break for the press release.

Continue reading Garmin StreetPilot app does turn-by-turn on the iPhone and iPad for $40

Garmin StreetPilot app does turn-by-turn on the iPhone and iPad for $40 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The OnLive MicroConsole is one way to get your streaming game fix, but here comes Vizio with four more — the bargain television company just revealed that those brand-new VIA Plus HDTVs and Blu-ray players (as well as that VIA Tablet and VIA Phone) will come with OnLive on board. Despite running as an internet app on top of the existing Vizio hardware, we’re told the service will support full 1080p resolution, stereoscopic 3D images, and OnLive’s low-latency wireless gamepads too — as Vizio’s units will apparently support IEEE 802.15.4. While the jury’s still out on when OnLive will actually be playable on touchscreens, CEO Steve Perlman says some games are being adapted to support touch right now, and that tablets that support external game controllers could also use OnLive normally. We’ve also got more good news for the home theater crowd, as OnLive’s signed a deal with SRS, bringing 5.1 surround sound as a free update to all OnLive users early next year. Because there’s nothing quite like having ears bombarded from all directions with digital explosions. PR after the break.

Continue reading OnLive turns into Vizio VIA Plus app, destined for TVs, tablets and phones

OnLive turns into Vizio VIA Plus app, destined for TVs, tablets and phones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If there’s one thing the 90s taught us, it’s that these silly 2D interfaces are only a passing fancy, and soon everything will be VRML-based mirror worlds of our physical space. SurfCube is a small, tentative step in that direction, turning the browser into a fake 3D experience of sorts, with favorites on “top,” and history and settings on the “sides,” while the front face of the cube is, naturally, the browser part. You can get around with swipes and flashy tilt gestures, and for $1.99 on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace it’s hard to go wrong. Just remember our VRML warning, and start investing in MicroVideoGoggles Inc. stock with your carphone once you get home from the record store.

SurfCube gives Windows Phone 7 the 3D browser it needed so desperately originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know who you are, hipsters. You’re the kind of person who isn’t satisfied with merely taking a photo of your Pabst Blue Ribbon with your iPhone 4: you have to make it old timey before you Tweet it, Facebook it, Instagram it, print it out and mail a physical copy of it to your best friend from the third grade… oh wait, that last one’s just us. Well, you’re in luck: you can now pretend like your brand new, high def videos are also from the olden days, just like your faux old timey photos. The new app, called 8mm Vintage Camera will add dust particles, scratches and age for you in seconds via a fun set of ‘unique’ filters. Sounds like a hoot, right? It’s available for $2 in the app store right now for iOS devices. You know you want it. Video demo after the break.

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8mm Vintage Camera app will make your vids look older, more retro, and way, way cooler originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• EX-01 Homme ($15) Entering the boardroom at 8:30 AM – everyone awaits a decision. Mentally going over the broader picture. Calmly sitting down at the end of the table. Placing the phone quietly on its black glass surface. Time: 8:31. Let the meeting begin.
• F-01 M’elle ($7) Strolling down Rue Saint-Florentin. New dress: Check. Artichokes: Check. Hometown Crémant: Check. All is ready. Thinking about his smile on the last date. Loving the scent of vanilla from the bakery across the road. 7:10 PM. Incoming text message: “Chéri – Can’t wait to see you tonight.”
• M-01 Jaune ($3) Finally got around to reading Fritz Neumeyer’s essay on Mies Van Der Rohe. 3:05 PM, Sunday afternoon – Coldplay in the background. Sitting comfortably with a tall glass of Chablis. The patterns of rain on the terrace windows are simply amazing. Page 122.
• M-02 Verte (Coming soon!) 12:30 PM, Singapore. Lunch break at the School of Art & Design. On the rooftop enjoying a Katong Laksa. Green as far as the eye can see. Remembering a Murakami sentence. Watching a plane go by. How time flies. Have to return to the lecture. Guess that’s ok.

At this point you’re probably asking yourself if this is all a joke, or if these guys are serious — and to be honest, we can’t tell either. But we do know this: $15 is quite a lot to spend on a watch app, even if it does display hours, minutes, and seconds. PR after the break.

Continue reading Moine-Garde offers finely rendered watch apps for indiscriminate Android owners

Moine-Garde offers finely rendered watch apps for indiscriminate Android owners originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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