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Cowon’s S9 portable media player had a lot of folks excited — and understandably so. A bright, expansive AMOLED display. A sleek, curvaceous design. And a codec support list worth drooling over. During our time with the unit, we found the user interface to still be lacking in a few critical departments, though we certainly found a long list of reasons to love it, too. Now that it’s been floating around on US soil for a hot minute, we’re asking you how you’d tweak it. Are you completely satisfied with the UI? Are there any video formats that have inexplicably refused to play? Is the build quality up to your lofty standards? Let it rip below!

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How would you change Cowon’s S9 Curve? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In case you missed the keynote, Palm took some special moments to let everyone know that they’re not trying to compete with Apple — which is of course exactly what they’re doing with the Pre and webOS. Sure, there’s plenty of room in the market for multiple operating systems and manufacturers, as both companies have pointed out, but we can’t help but think that Palm took a long hard look at where Apple was at with its ultra-successful mobile OS and what they could improve upon, and we would like to assume that Apple is looking very carefully at webOS right now (and hopefully the Pre’s physical keyboard, but we’re dreamers) and comparing it with its current iPhone OS. So, if you’ll indulge us, let’s look at a few of the iPhone’s existing shortcomings that Apple might try and shore up — or perhaps already has fixes in the works for — now that there’s some very serious competition on the scene. Plus, with Steve on the sidelines, we can imagine there’s some extra pressure on the company to prove that innovation at Apple is not just about one man.

These are by no means the only two phones that matter right now, but there are enough parallels and common ancestry (a certain John Rubinstein) to make this a natural first round of comparison. All the magic happens after the break.

Continue reading What Apple could learn from Palm’s webOS

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What Apple could learn from Palm’s webOS originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Palm launched its Pre last week at CES, we were both blown away and pretty overwhelmed. Besides issuing new hardware, the company also demoed a completely original operating system called webOS which incorporates some pretty heady ideas about what a mobile phone can do. Now that we’ve had a little time to step back, we’re taking a more methodic look at the device and its software, and hoping to answer some of those nagging questions you’ve been asking. Read on for a look at everything we know about the phone right now.

Continue reading Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know

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Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, look, we like the Pre. We like it a lot, actually — but failing our ability to get hold of one of those any time soon, we’ll gladly take a boatload of screenshots in its place. These shots, taken from a late-2008 copy of the Mojo SDK, show some core goodies like messaging and Synergy contact management — there’s still a lot of stuff missing, yes, but this version has been floating around for a few months now, so the build demonstrated on Pres at CES was likely a good deal fresher. Head over to Engadget Mobile for the full gallery!

Big thanks to Boy Genius for hooking us up with shots from his tipster!

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Palm’s Mojo SDK for webOS in pictures originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although CES 2009 was undoubtedly smaller and perhaps a little more subdued than last year’s HDTV-dominated extravaganza, the products we did see were a lot more interesting — and of course, Palm stole the show with its blockbuster Pre announcement. We’ve rounded up the highlights below, make sure you didn’t miss anything!

Palm Pre news:
Palm’s app store christened App Catalog, games not a priority
Palm Pre Touchstone eyes-on
Palm Pre / webOS launch roundup

Computing:
VAIO P, now with more Windows 7
Video: Intel’s convertible Classmate PC hands-on
Video: ASUS AIRO laptop with amazing sliding keyboard
VAIO P in-depth impressions
Dell Mini 10 hands-on
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 in action
Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 hands-on
White Dell Adamo pictures leak out
Dell Adamo hands-on! (Update: now with video!)
HP dv2 and dv3 hands-on
HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA hands-on
Microsoft announces availability of Windows 7 Beta and Windows Live
ASUS’ Eee Keyboard revealed

Continue reading CES 2009: all the stuff (and more)

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CES 2009: all the stuff (and more) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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