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It’s been almost eight months since we introduced you to Interpad’s Tegra 2-packing Android tablet, and now we’re hearing rumors that the thing might never make it to market. The tablet was originally slated for a December 2010 debut, but in August the slab’s maker, E-Noa, released a statement that said the tablet was on hold until January. Well, January’s come and gone, and with a slew of Tegra 2 tablets getting ready to hit the market, it looks like the Interpad might get left behind. Aside from a lack of updates to the company’s website, its Facebook page is devoid of any information, and according to the folks over at Tablet Guys, repeated calls to E-Noa’s office have gone unanswered. Basically, the Interpad’s nowhere to be found, and with Acer’s Iconia Tab slated for an April 24th release and Motorola’s Xoom already making the rounds, the Interpad’s once impressive specs just don’t seem so special anymore.

E-Noa’s Interpad Android tablet is nowhere to be found originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you liked the idea of the Car2go service we profiled a few weeks back, Smart fortwos available for rent by the minute with and some pretty fancy tracking apps to help you find them, but maybe you wanted to drive something a little bit bigger, BMW has you covered. Well, assuming “you” are German or at least living in Germany. The company has launched its own car sharing service it calls DriveNow. This one is billed as a “premium” — though curiously none of the company’s truly premium models will be offered. That said, the Minis and 1 Series autos that make up the initial fleet are hardly low-rent, and we’d be utterly shocked if the upcoming i3 didn’t get added to the mix down the road too.

Usage details are still a little bit scarce, but we do know that each car will have a dash-mounted Dell Streak through which users will log in after unlocking the car doors with an RFID-equipped membership card or even a suitably endowed drivers license. Renting a car costs 29 cents per minute, up to €14.90 (about $21) per hour, and there will be 300 cars available at first starting in the Munich area. If you’re not in Munich it’s tough cookies for now, but BMW is hoping to have one million members worldwide by 2020. Maybe one of them will be you.

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BMW launches DriveNow, the ‘premium’ car sharing service with a Dell Streak on every dash (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yesterday we saw the WiFi-only Xoom get its UK pricing straightened out at £500 via PC World, and today Carphone Warehouse is putting up pre-order availability of the 3G-equipped version at a nice round hundie more. The £600 Xoom 3G is listed as “in stock” now, but deliveries will likely take until the first week of April to get going, assuming Moto is delivering both SKUs of its Android 3.0 tablet at the same time. We’ve also come across an Amazon.de pre-order for the Xoom, asking for €700, but alas there’s no hint as to whether it includes 3G connectivity or not — no hint other than the price, that is.

[Thanks, Yosef]

Motorola Xoom 3G arrives in UK for £600, gets enigmatic listing on Amazon.de for €700 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Though enterprise software and infrastructure tend to be the focus of the event, CeBIT always yields a few consumer-focused gems — and with all the tablet action lately, we’d be shocked if we didn’t see a few slates break cover here. We’ll be canvassing the fairgrounds all week looking for said gems… so be sure to join us on this magical journey, won’t you?

Tip: Keep an eye on the CeBIT 2011 tag for all the news from the show!

We’re live from CeBIT 2011 in Hannover, Germany! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you want a Porsche with a little bit more — more power, more handling, more brakes, more outrageous styling — you want a RUF. It’s technically an independent auto manufacturer, but every model starts with a Porsche that gets systematically turned up to 11. The haus that Ferdinand built just announced a handful of electric cars and now RUF is getting in on the game too, creating three separate models. First is the all EV Single Motor Concept, a 911 with a 241hp motor that’ll do 93 miles on a charge, has a top speed of 136mph, and can hit 60 in about seven seconds. Next up is the Twin Motor Concept, pairing two 335hp motors to a larger battery, enabling 124 miles of range, top speed of 137mph, and 0 – 60 in a much more respectable five seconds.

Finally there’s the Twin Motor Concept with Torque Vectoring. This again has two 335hp motors but this time each one drives a separate rear wheel, enabling dynamic torque vectoring. Range and acceleration are the same but handling should theoretically be much better when going through the twisties. And, really, that’s what it’s all about. Right now ten of these cars have been built for testing. They’re not available for general purchase but we have it on good authority that they’ll be very, very expensive when they do ship.

Elite Porsche tuner RUF gets in on the electric game with three eRUF models originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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