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Now, we don’t have photographic evidence of this one, so Wayne, if you happen to be a reader, feel free to snap a pic of yourself with the console. Either way, we have enough proof to proudly classify Lil’ Wayne a… you know, nerd. GTR has published a video of the New Orleans-born rapper having a conversation with KRS-One during which he says he’s got an “Xbox that has every game from A-Z, Atari, Nintendo, pong, movies & even porn.” Whoa. Where can we get one of those? Wayne claims that the Xbox was a gift… but we bet he hacked it himself. Video is embedded after the break.

[Via Joystiq]

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Celebrity Nerds: Lil’ Wayne’s got a modded Xbox originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We had a chance to take a tour of Nokia’s research and development facility in San Diego this week — and while we’re afraid to say we didn’t see any Maemo 6-powered devices or Symbian^4 emulators lying around, we did see some pretty cool stuff, particularly in the product testing laboratories where engineering samples and final products are put through pure hell. The idea is to simulate years’ worth of real-life product use in just a few days — individual tests last anywhere from a few hours to three weeks or longer — by pressing buttons, sliding sliders, actuating hinges, heating, cooling, wetting, drying, dropping, whacking, shaking, rubbing, bending, and generally defacing the phones in every way imaginable. Once a phone finally breaks, they look for obvious reasons — cracked plastic, broken springs, and the like — but if that initial analysis fails, they’ve got a well-equipped lab on site complete with a scanning electron microscope and CT scanner for taking microscopic looks at failed components in both two and three dimensions; from here, they can find broken connections on chips, incorrectly-fabricated materials, and the occasional ant eye magnified a couple thousand times (it’s posted on the wall in the lab, and yes, it’s scary). Follow the break for a cheerful montage of a few Nokia phones getting mercilessly beaten beyond recognition.

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Nokia’s product testing labs in 3 minutes, 42 seconds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The poor VAIO CW has to play third fiddle to the VAIO X and VAIO L tonight, but it’s a pretty nice general-market laptop in its own right. Especially for the price we’d say that Sony used some pretty premium materials here. The trackpad is large and comfily textured, though it didn’t seem to be multitouch, unfortunately. We found the keyboard to be nice, if just a bit shallow to the touch, and sometimes the general complement of regularness is a comfort in this crazy, mixed-up world.

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VAIO CW hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey there Windows 7, we hear you’ve got some fancy new touch features, huh? Well, Sony’s jumping on the ballooning bandwagon of manufacturers with a heart for touchscreen PCs, putting forward its very first model with the all-new L series all-in one. Sony is billing it as part HDTV and part PC (in typical Sony fashion), with Blu-ray playback and what sounds to be a TV tuner tucked underneath, piling up to a $1,300 starting price. Not bad for a 24-inch multitouch screen.

Update: We just went hands-on with the VAIO L and it’s got a pretty great touchscreen sensor — quite responsive and accurate, even in multitouch gestures. Unfortunately, the TouchSmart-style software that Sony’s packed in his woefully half-baked. Hopefully what we saw was just an early prototype of sorts, or Sony’s got some serious work to before October 22. Overall the hardware is pretty Sony-ish and minimal, while the glossy display looks pretty brilliant. Pics below.

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VAIO L is Sony’s first touchscreen PC, starts at $1,300 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re not sure that the keyboard meets the lofty standard set by the CLIQ / DEXT, but arguably the Moment’s single most important feature — the slide-out QWERTY keyboard — has decent feel. It’s very clicky and requires a surprising amount of pressure to actuate individual keys, but not enough to be frustrating — it just feels solid. Overall, the phone’s a little bulky and has a plastic overtone to it, but fortunately, the screen’s at least as good as the G1 and Magic for feel and there’s no “give” to speak of; OLED’s gorgeous (as always) indoors, but the true test of trying to view this thing in the sunlight might not come until we’ve had a chance to take delivery of a review unit. The software’s essentially stock Android with a few Sprint apps (including Sprint TV) peppered in for good measure. Check out our hands-on gallery, won’t you?

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Samsung Moment for Sprint first hands-on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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