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Let the speculation commence: Verizon’s just sent out invites for a mysterious press event on Tuesday, hosted by Verizon Wireless President Lowell McAdam at New York’s Lincoln Center. That’s right — a huge event in New York after CES. Obviously the natural speculation is that this will be where the long-rumored CDMA iPhone makes its appearance, and it definitely feels that way — but we suppose it could also be any number of other things, and it’s definitely odd that Verizon’s in charge and not Apple. Either way, we’ll be there live to let you in on the scoop, so keep it locked right here.

Verizon holding event Tuesday in NYC — but for what? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Today, Apple announced that over one million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in the first day. Apparently, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users jumped on the chance to get some of the more than1,000 free and paid apps for their Macs. You can choose from apps in Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity, Utilities and other categories.

“We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Developers have done a great job bringing apps to the store and users are loving how easy and fun the Mac App Store is.”

For more info about the Mac App Store, check out PCMag.com’s Apple’s Mac App Store: Hands On and 11 Great Software Deals in the Mac App Store.

You may recall ThinkGeek’s pretty convincing April Fools’ prank last year: the iCade cabinet for the iPad. Now, thanks to the keen beans at Ion, the two companies held hands and turned this totally rad concept into reality (although they’re definitely not the first). Come late spring, retro gaming enthusiasts will be able to pick up one of these well-built Bluetooth joystick kits for $99 direct from Ion, and eventually they’ll make it across the pond for about €99 and £79. Don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of classic games available to suit the iCase courtesy of Atari, who’s already got Asteroids working beautifully on the iPad (and it’s actually a lot harder than it looks); any iOS game that takes a Bluetooth input peripheral should also play nice with the iCade. Hands-on video after the break.

Continue reading Ion iCade hands-on: gaming on the iPad like it’s 1979 (video)

Ion iCade hands-on: gaming on the iPad like it’s 1979 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We got a chance to spend a little time with Contour’s upcoming Live Viewfinder for the ContourGPS, an app that finally lets us know for sure which way our little cameras are pointing. The app makes a Bluetooth connection to the camera and pulls down footage in real-time, also allowing you to tweak camera settings, which is hugely more convenient than tethering to a PC or Mac. The company also showed off a rifle-ready picatinny rail mount (above), following in the footsteps of Tachyon. Get yourself a taste after the break.

Continue reading ContourGPS Live Viewfinder on iOS hands-on

ContourGPS Live Viewfinder on iOS hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple itself might not be at CES, but the prospective upgrade of its iPad to version two has accessory manufacturers (or at least manufacturers’ imaginations) working overtime. We’ve just come across our second iPad 2 mockup, this one a lot more comprehensive than the first, which seems to mesh well with some earlier imagery we’ve seen of the supposed next-gen Apple tablet. Not only that, its rear label reveals an A1337 product code — one that’s also shared by the current iPad WiFi + 3G — and lists 128GB of onboard storage, two times the current tablet’s maximum. We don’t know what material it’s made out of, but it felt felt the same as the current iPad’s aluminum shell. All that said, this is still just a mockup from a no-name accessory maker and we’re just as willing to believe it was put together on the basis of some decent rumor research as we are to think that it really is the iPad 2. No harm in browsing some pictures of this 9.4mm-thick device, though eh?

iPad 2 mockup teases 128GB storage, exhibits speaker grille we’ve seen before originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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