May 11

Verizon HP Mini 1000 to run $199 on a two-year contract at launch

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Yep, it looks like Verizon’s subsidized HP Mini 1000 will indeed launch on May 17th — and if these leaked screenshots are any indication, launch pricing will be set at $199 after a $50 rebate two-year contract and $299 after rebate for a one-year commitment. (The prices are marked “at launch ONLY” so we’re guessing they’ll go up sometime after.) As for specs, it’s nothing special, just a 80GB Atom machine with 1GB of RAM and a WWAN card, so really, we’d much rather take the subsidy on a USB 3G stick and spread the mobile broadband love to all our machines than be stuck with an underpowered netbook, but hey — it’s your call. One more pic after the break.

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Verizon HP Mini 1000 to run $199 on a two-year contract at launch originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 May 2009 19:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 11

Hold the phone: T-Mobile G1 v2 to really be the Samsung Bigfoot?

Posted in: Android, leak, leaks, qwerty, rumor, rumors, samsung, slider, t-mobile, Today's Chili

Well well — it looks like whatever Android handset Motorola’s cooking up might not be the T-Mobile G1 v2 after all. Mobile-review just published this shot of a Samsung Bigfoot with a slider QWERTY keyboard, and we’ve got to say, it looks a hell of a lot more like the device in that leaked T-Mobile roadmap than that rendered Moto unit. (It also looks a lot like the Samsung Beat DJ, but that’s neither here nor there.) Not only that, but there’s also an early spec sheet and another image of a candybar set called the Spica — apart from the slider, Bigfoot and Spica are nearly identical lower-end versions of the I7500, with three-inch screens, three megapixel cameras, and Android 2.0 “Donut” preloaded. That certainly throws a monkey wrench into what we had thought was a neatly-tied little bow, but we’ve got to say we’re stoked to see so many Android sets appearing all at once. Now if someone could just tell us when and where these would ship, we’d be all set. Spec sheet after the break.

[Via Unwired View]

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Hold the phone: T-Mobile G1 v2 to really be the Samsung Bigfoot? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 10

Palm’s $70 Touchstone dock, other Pre accessories appear in Best Buy system

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Looks familiar eh? If you’re a fan of leaks and pre-release innuendo then you’re already acquainted with Best Buy’s internal inventory system. According to igmac, forum jockey and self-proclaimed Best Buy employee over at SprintUser, the first Palm Pre accessories have just been entered into the system. The list includes 5 cases (3 acrylic, 1 leather, 1 labeled “Palm Pre case”) and the Touchstone charging kit which lists for a whopping $69.99 — the same price already rumored. Really Palm, $70? We’ve been inductive charging our SoniCare toothbrush for years already — the tech just isn’t that amazing anymore, magnet or not. You’ll note that the “in stock date” is listed as May 10th so with any luck we’ll soon be hearing from Mr. BlurryCam with some shots from the warehouse.

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Palm’s $70 Touchstone dock, other Pre accessories appear in Best Buy system originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 May 2009 03:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 09

Sony Alpha 230, 330, and 380 DSLRs leak out a little early

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We’ve been hearing vague murmurs of revised Sony Alpha DSLRs all week, but now we’ve got some actual proof: these shots of the new Alpha 230, 330, and 380 went up briefly on Sony’s Russian website earlier today. The biggest improvements seem to be smaller cases, a revised interface, and HDMI out, but there’s also a new “handbook” to help new users get started and a Bravia control mode that allows the camera to be controlled by your TVs remote while it’s displaying pictures. A nice enough upgrade, but unless these are somehow super cheap we’d say the omission of a video mode is going keep most people focused on the Nikon D5000 and Canon T1i. Bigger screenshot with the full feature list at the read link.

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Sony Alpha 230, 330, and 380 DSLRs leak out a little early originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 May 2009 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 05

Textbook Error: Large-Screen Kindle Photos Leaked

Posted in: e-books, kindle, leak, Media Players, rumors, Today's Chili

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These rather blurry pictures come to us by way of the folks at Engadget, and to them from an anonymous tipster. They show the new Kindle, which will probably be announced tomorrow.

The details: a 9.7-inch display, bigger than the six inches of the regular Kindle; a PDF reader (at last) and a new “annotation” function, which is added to the the notes and highlighting features of the current model. As I speculated yesterday, this doesn’t look like the saviour of newspapers as much as a way for Amazon to clean up in the textbook market. Textbook sized pages? Check. Note-adding capabilities? Check. Support for standard e-documents (PDF)? Check, check, check.

We don’t have long to wait now, as the Amazon announcement, whatever it may be, is tomorrow. A textbook Kindle, though, could be a huge hit. Lighter than the books it replaces, possibly even cheaper than those books and targeted at a consumer who neither cares for the “romance” of dead trees nor for endlessly flipping through paper pages to find their notes. This, we think, could be the real tipping point for the e-book.

Still unknown: What this large-screen e-book reader will actually be called. Engadget refers to it as the “Kindle DX,” but without citing any sources, so we assume that they’re making up names, same as everyone else. GigaOm’s Om Malik calls it Kindle HD, and we prefer the more direct and American Kindle XL. What do you think, readers?


Amazon Kindle DX to feature 9.7-inch display? Update: Pictures! [Engadget. Thanks, John!]

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May 01

Xbox 360 to get motion-sensing add-on with full body game control?

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Here’s a wild one. We just got a tip from someone who purports to be in the know on Microsoft’s efforts to beat the Wii at its own motion-sensing game, with some of the details lining up with what we were hearing last year along these lines. The word is that Microsoft is building a “sensor bar” of sorts, but instead of detecting the waggles of Wiimote-like controllers, it detects full body movement and sound, sans controllers. There are two sensors on the bar, along with a mic and a camera, and while our tipster has “no idea” how it actually works, it sounds pretty impressive. Here’s a quick rundown of capabilities mentioned:

  • Full body and hand gesture control of games / characters.
  • In fighting games you kick, punch, duck, dive, jump and so forth with your body.
  • It also picks up small hand gestures like pinching, grabbing and scrolling.
  • There will also be video conferencing and games with video.
  • Trivia game over the internet with live images of each person playing. When a question pops up, they can clap to buzz in.
  • You can “move objects on your screen” and the other party can see what you’re doing in real time.
  • Sensor detects only the person playing, not folks observing on the couch.

We’re rather curious as to what those two mystery sensors on the bar are doing, since there’s specific mention of a lack of controllers. Perhaps they add depth perception to whatever the camera is picking up on video, but we guess we’ll have to wait and find out. Of course, this could all be an elaborate hoax, but for what it’s worth the picture appears undoctored, and the story is plausible. Either way, it’s only natural for Microsoft to be looking to duplicate — and expand upon — the wild success Nintendo has enjoyed with motion-controlled gaming. And if they don’t, Sony sure will.

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Xbox 360 to get motion-sensing add-on with full body game control? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 May 2009 13:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 30

Palm Eos: super-thin, 3G, and headed to AT&T?

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Liked that blurry photo of a new Palm webOS phone we saw earlier? Well how about some specs, a name, and a better look at this thing? Enter the device above, apparently dubbed the Palm Eos (codenamed Castle… where have we seen that before?), which it seems will be the company’s proper follow-up to the Centro — a quadband GSM / HSDPA phone notably rocking the 850 / 1900 AT&T and Rogers-friendly frequencies. The phone will supposedly be an astounding 10.6mm thin, will measure just 55mm x 111mm (about 2.1 by 4.3-inches), weigh 100 grams, and will tout a 2.63-inch, 320 x 400 capacitive display. Of course, the info we’ve got right now can’t be verified, and since there are a couple of minor question marks here (like barely rounded corners in the OS), you should take it all with a grain of salt… as usual. Needless to say, we’re working on getting more details (and some confirmation), so stay tuned!

Update: Oh boy — looks like we just got the full spec list. And yes, it’s definitely coming to AT&T (if it’s really coming).

  • 4GB storage
  • Price: $349 (pre-rebate)
  • Camera: 2 megapixel fixed focus digital camera and flash / video capture
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP and EDR, USB 2.0 via micro USB
  • Removable 1150 mAh battery (4 hours 3G talk time)
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS (picture and video only), integrated IM client
  • Contact sync with AT&T Address Book
  • MediaNet
  • Cellular Video
  • Email: POP3, IMAP4, and EAS support
  • A-GPS
  • Audio: WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+ ringtones
  • Video Playback: MPEG4, H.264, H.263

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Palm Eos: super-thin, 3G, and headed to AT&T? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 29

Mio S401 and S501 nav units leak out, due in May

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new Mio navi hit Stateside — Mitac seems to be concentrating on the Magellan brand here — but it looks like there’s still some kick left in those boots: say hello to the Moov S401 and S501. Baby brother 401 will sell for $129 and has a 4.3-inch screen and four million preloaded POIs, while the $169 501 bumps it up to 4.7 inches and 12 million. Both have Mio’s newish “Spirit” interface, but we’re most intrigued by the repeated mentions of gas price searching and Google Send to GPS in the docs we were leaked, which suggest integration with a service like MSN Direct. We’ll find out soon — these are set to land in Radio Shack in mid-May.

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Mio S401 and S501 nav units leak out, due in May originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 21

Toshiba TG02 and TG03 shots surface

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We like where this is headed. Toshiba seems poised to capitalize on its incredibly aggressive TG01 form factor, with the TG02 slated for Q4, and the TG03 for some time after that. We already got the skinny on the new handsets, along with the QWERTY-equipped K01 and K02 counter parts, and now we’ve got a few new shots of the TG series to keep things interesting. It’s all a little low-fi at the moment, but while the TG03 looks like the most basic of renders, the TG02 shot (above) seems somewhat photographic in nature — just think if Mr. Blurrycam had some sort of fixation for dotted lines.

Read – TG02 leaked shots
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Toshiba TG02 and TG03 shots surface originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 19

New Pentax DSLR shots blur the boundaries of Mr. Blurrycam

Posted in: camera, dslr, leak, Today's Chili

Trust us, we’ve seen some significantly distorted sneak peeks before, but the three Pentax DSLR shots in the links below are certainly amongst the blurriest to ever tease our retinas. Obviously, it’s next to impossible to glean anything other than the brand (Pentax) and style (DSLR) from the shots, though we will say that the mode dial’s copious amount options has our interest piqued. Give ’em a look if you’re not susceptible to motion sickness, and feel free to dish out your wildest accusations in comments below.

Update: Could these be non-blurry pics? Or just meaningless renders? You decide. Thanks, Andrew!

Read – First sneak peek
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New Pentax DSLR shots blur the boundaries of Mr. Blurrycam originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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