Aug 03

The Shack: You have questions, we have propaganda

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Here are some of the memorable catchphrases you can expect from the retailer formerly known as Radio Shack’s rebranding, as caught on camera from an anonymous tipster: “The Shack is fluent in mobile. The Shack is a big hug for your mobile life. The Shack is music to your ears. The Shack is your path to wireless wisdom. The Shack helps you get it right. The Shack is like a GPS to your GPS. The Shack knows what you want to hear. The Shack is not camera-shy.” The Shack is not at war with Eastasia. The Shack has never been at war with Eastasia.

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The Shack: You have questions, we have propaganda originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 01

Leaked Sprint WiMAX roadmap names new cities for 2009 rollout

Posted in: 4G, leak, leaks, rumor, rumors, Sprint, Today's Chili, WiMAX, Wireless

Well, what do we have here? One of our readers sent us a screenshot from Sprint’s Sales Portal that included the above roadmap for its WiMAX rollout this year. A number of the yet-to-be-launched cities we’ve already heard about — Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Charlotte — but to the best of our knowledge, the rest of them are brand new entries. Additionally, Baltimore residents can look forward to some sort of coverage update in the fourth quarter. We’d be lying if we said we weren’t jealous that Salem (population 3,000) and Milledgeville (population 19,000) are getting the wireless network before most of us on staff, but the service has to start somewhere, right? No indication here of 2010 plans, but last we heard that included Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Update: As tipster Carlos points out, Clearwire’s website already has some coverage maps for some of the cities listed in the third quarter, as well as some markets not listed here.

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Leaked Sprint WiMAX roadmap names new cities for 2009 rollout originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 01

Sony Alpha 850 DSLR manual pops up on Hong Kong support site

Posted in: camera, digital camera, DigitalCamera, dslr, leak, leaks, sony, Today's Chili

Sony’s Alpha series DSLR cameras are almost notorious for how often they leak, and as is custom with an introductory assertion like that, we’ve got another one to show you. The company’s Hong Kong support site has an instruction manual available to download for an as-of-then unknown iteration, the α850. The gang at Dyxum forums have gone through it more thoroughly than we have so far, and the Initial reaction is that it’s similar to the α900 but with only three FPS, a smaller viewfinder, and still no video (unlike its competition). We’ve assembled some highlights from the guide, including full specs, in the gallery below. Hit up the read link to grab the full manual for yourself, but just a word of caution, even though the PDF’s only 3.54MB in size, the download has proven to be rather painfully slow.

Gallery: Highlights from Sony’s Alpha 850 DSLR instruction manual

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[Via Dyxum forums; thanks, Doug]

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Sony Alpha 850 DSLR manual pops up on Hong Kong support site originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 28

More Nikon D300s sightings in lead up to rumored July 30th announcement

Posted in: dslr, in the wild, InTheWild, leak, leaks, nikon, rumor, rumors, Today's Chili

Nikon’s D300s seems to be having a hard time staying out of the viewfinder of other cameras, as the DSLR has popped up both in a nondescript close-up shot and in the hands of the president of a Nikon distributor at a Nikon Club gather in the Philippines. Same observations as last time, from what we can tell it’s got the same body as the D300 but with holes that suggest a mic input below the logo, although we’ve seen hints of a SD card slot in previous leaks. As for when we’ll be seeing the official debut, Nikon Rumors has a pretty good track record when it comes to these things, and it’s reporting with near-absolute certainty that the company has lined up a press conference that’ll take place either July 29th in the UK or 30th in Stockholm, Sweden, and a second date for August 4th in Sweden. The first event is expected to be the unveiling for D300s and D3000 and the second some new point and shoots — or it could be the other way around. Either way, with any luck all these uncertainties will work themselves out by the end of next week at the latest.

Read – D300s caught at Nikon Club gathering
Read – Another shot of D300s in the wild
Read – Nikon rumors and expectations for next week (recap)

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Jul 16

Updated Dell Inspiron 13 appears on Dell Singapore site — and it looks kinda hot

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We can’t say we’ve ever found the Inspiron 13 particularly compelling, but there’s a new model up on the Dell Singapore site right now and we’re this close to falling in love — it’s thinner and lighter, takes some nice design cues from the Inspiron Mini and Studio lines, and the configuration with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo and ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 graphics costs just S$1,399 ($962). Oh, and there’s also an LED-backlit 1366 x 768 display, HDMI / VGA out, an ExpressCard/34 slot, and 1394 — pretty great for under a grand. We’re on pins and needles waiting for official US pricing information: not only do we expect it to be slightly lower, you just know Dell will be blowing these things out when back-to-school rolls around.

[Thanks, Quaysar]

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Jul 14

BlackBerry Storm 2 dummy unit appears in Verizon systems

Posted in: BlackBerry, leak, leaks, RIM, rumor, rumors, Today's Chili, verizon

Looks like RIM and Verizon are getting things in place for the Storm 2 — this picture posted on CrackBerry purportedly shows an entry for retail mockup units of RIM touchscreen sequel in Verizon’s inventory system that seems to confirm the rumored 9550 model number is the real deal. Considering how leaky RIM’s been lately this doesn’t surprise us any too much, but we’re still waiting to see a Storm 2 that actually functions before we say an actual launch is imminent.

[Via PhoneArena]

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Jul 13

More alleged Chrome OS screenshots for your viewing pleasure

Posted in: Chrome, chrome os, ChromeOs, Google, leak, leaks, Linux, rumor, rumors, Today's Chili

Well, here we go again — another set of unverified, likely-fake Google Chrome OS screenshots has just landed in our inbox. Our tipster claims that while most apps are online, Picasa runs locally for photo and movie viewing, and the “System” tab displays the contents of SD cards and digital cameras. Do we believe it? Well, no — all of this is just too easily mocked up — but it’s certainly interesting stuff, and there’s something about that super-nasty blue scroll bar that we find oddly intriguing, even though it’s mysteriously missing some pixels at the top. We’ll leave it up to you to decide if this is real — hit the gallery and let us know what you think.

Gallery: Alleged Chrome OS screenshots

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More alleged Chrome OS screenshots for your viewing pleasure originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 12

Probably-fake video of the PS3 slim surfaces

Posted in: leak, leaks, playstation, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3, rumor, rumors, sony, Today's Chili, video

We’re pretty much assuming this video of a purportedly “stolen” PS3 slim at a street market in the Philippines is fake, but given the mounting pile of evidence and Sony’s other recent leaks, we feel compelled to share it with you. Nothing particularly amazing here — it’s a blurry video of a black plastic box with that new rounded-off logo style from the PSPgo on it — but if it’s real it’s certainly interesting. So, what say you — KIRF, or the real deal?

[Thanks, Khattab]

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Probably-fake video of the PS3 slim surfaces originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 25

Sunday scoops: Android on AT&T, Palm Eos details, BlackBerry Magnum, and more

Posted in: Android, att, BlackBerry, Features, HTC, leak, leaks, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili

Usually, Sundays don’t get too crazy at Engadget — after all, even super-nerds need to rest. That wasn’t the case yesterday, however, as we found ourselves knee-deep in a handful of seriously sweet smartphone leaks. Most of the news centered around AT&T’s upcoming devices (you know, like its first Android phones, brand new BlackBerry offerings, and… the Palm Eos), but we also saw a few new angles on the Pre. Do yourself a favor and hit all the links below — you won’t be sorry.

AT&T leaks

HTC Lancaster is a QWERTY slider with Android for AT&T
Palm Eos on track for AT&T release second half of 2009
HP triumphantly returns to AT&T with iPAQ K3 “Obsidian”
Blackberry Magnum, Onyx, Pearl 3G, and Gemini to harmonize on AT&T
HTC’s Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T’s Touch Diamond2 and Pro2
Nokia Grouper, Mako, Snapper, and Thresher rolling deep on AT&T

Pre leaks

Sprint’s Pre business launch guide leaked in its entirety
Plethora of Palm Pre interface videos emerge from leaked emulator

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May 24

HTC Touch Pro2 brandishes Verizon logo, poses for camera with Cedar

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Not that it wasn’t without warning, but we’ve now got some pretty definitive picture proof that HTC ‘s Touch Pro2 is set to bask in Verizon’s CDMA goodness — we guess your Sprint friends won’t be having all the fun, after all. Also caught on camera here is the HTC Cedar, a CDMA version of the HTC Maple / Snap. It’s got a slightly different button layout just under the screen than the Sprint version we recently saw, which itself is different from its initial unveiling. According to 474RPR, who leaked these pics, this one’s bound for Alltel’s network, which while we don’t see any proof from the image, we could totally buy that. Of course, none of these pics give a release date of any sort, so hang tight while we all anxiously wait in unison.

[Via wmpoweruser]

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