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Originally envisioned last year as a 4k x 2k monstrosity, Toshiba’s ZX900 Cell TV has been humbled slightly for its market debut. Still, the processing power is what’s really on display here, and Toshiba claims that it’s packed 143 times the processing power over existing televisions. That processing makes way for Toshiba’s Resolution+ upscaling, a 480Hz frame rate (completely ready for 3D), and some home media server capabilities as well. The centerpiece is the Net TV applications, which include Netflix, VUDU, CinemaNow and Pandora, and there’s 802.11n WiFi and 1TB of HDD for streaming and storage. There’s also mention of video phone capability, but it’s unclear if has a built-in webcam (doubtful) or if you’ve got to bring your own USB number. Unfortunately, the biggest draw of this TV in its Japanese incarnation is its eight tuners, and for whatever reason that special distinction has been removed from this US version. The 55-inch and 65-inch displays use KIRA2 LED-backlit displays with 512 zones of localized dimming, and just in case this was wasn’t enough, the sets have built-in Wireless HD and to connect the Cell-packing set-top box to the display wire-free. Of course, once you involve a set-top box you’re kind of nullifying some of the magic of building a TV “with a Cell processor,” but we’ll let it slide. Just this once, Toshiba. Both TVs will be out “later this year” for an undisclosed, sure-to-be-huge price. A press release is after the break.

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Toshiba introduces ZX900 Series 55-inch and 65-inch Cell TVs for the US originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already seen it in China and Brazil, now Dell’s first modern smartphone — the Mini 3 — is headed to the US in the loving arms of AT&T 3G. We expect the specs to remain pretty much the same: 3.5-inch 640×360 display, Bluetooth, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, microSD, and GPS, though we’ll have to wait to get that confirmed. And from the looks of that pic of a prototype supplied by Direct2Dell, this Android handset will be custom skinned for AT&T. Look for it to hit sometime in the first half of 2010. Bonus pic after the break.

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Dell Mini 3 headed to AT&T running Android originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Check it: LG just mentioned that Windows Mobile 7 will be in handsets this year. This would be the most official recent affirmation we’ve seen from any top-tier company of the 2010 date — but no, they’re not showing any hardware running it here, so it remains more of a magical, world peace-creating concept than an actual product. The wait, it seems, continues — but at least we’re feeling a little better about setting the countdown clock.

LG says Windows Mobile 7 is coming this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, what do you know? Seems that Amazon’s Kindle DX will indeed be offered in a Global Wireless flavor, and it’ll soon be shipping to over 100 nations for the tidy sum of $489. Bezos and Company confirmed an earlier slip tonight by trumpeting the impending release of its 9.7-inch e-reader around the world, where we presume it’ll work exactly like the recently released International Kindle. ‘Course, you overseas folks will probably need to budget for a power converter and import duties, but you can get your pre-orders in right this moment.

Amazon Kindle DX with global wireless: ships January 19th for $489 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Spring Design was poised to take the official wraps off of its dual-screen, Android-based ereader this Thursday, but we were able to catch an up close and personal glance at the device today here at CES Unveiled. Highlighted over at the Marvell booth (understandable given the choice of processor), the reader was intensely thin and remarkably snappy. We had some gripes with the speed of the Nook, but every action we took on the Alex was relatively lag free. We even downloaded a book and watched it open up immediately, and the touchscreen response was also satisfactory. Spring Design also opted to expose the microSD card slot on the rear; you simple mash your card into the slot and listen for the click, and mash it once more to eject it. You better hope nothing pushes it by mistake, but hey, at least you’re not stuck removing some rear cover just to swap cards. We’ve gotta say — we’re digging this thing based on our brief time with it, and we’d invite you to have a peek at the gallery below till our demo video is prepped.

Update: Video is after the break!

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Spring Design Alex hands-on (Update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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