Hasta La Gadget!

It may have already been teased, poked and prodded, but the TG01 from Toshiba still insisted on making a big splash on its arrival to the UK and we were only too happy to oblige and join in on its launch event in London. As you should know by now, this is Toshiba’s most significant attempt to date at penetrating the consumer smartphone market, and it’s coming equipped with a battering ram named Snapdragon. Head over to Engadget Mobile for the juicy details on the UI, construction and general feel, as well as a neat stash of images and videos of the phone in action.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Video: Toshiba TG01 gets UK launch, we handle it again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Knitting is one of those acquired crafting skills we just never fully warmed up to. We’ll embroider, crochet, or quilt until the sun sets for the last time on the day of the apocalypse, but knitting is just so… boring sometimes. Luckily, ingenious artist Merel Karhof has a solution for the monotony of the knit – purl – knit – purl routine. She’s designed and invented a machine that knits all on its own, harnessing the ever-present power of the wind. Called the Wind Knitting Factory, the automatic knitting machine itself looks like a cross between an old-timey coffee grinder and a medieval torture device (which we like about it very much), and knits a scarf in about two hours. This isn’t likely to be the type of thing that every hits the retail market, but we’ll tell you this: if it did, we’d be first in line. Hit the read links for video, more photos, and an explanation of the machine’s design.

Read – Merel Karhof’s blog
Read – Show RCA Wind Knitting Factory

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Wind powered knitting machine takes the tedium out of your heirloom production originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’d already pretty much figured that HTC’s London event tomorrow would have something to do with Android — the invite for the shindig playfully teases us with a rose in the picture, after all, which is probably a reference to HTC’s Rosie UI that’s been circulating in leaked ROM form for a while now. Indeed, Pocket-lint points to a fellow journalist whose “colleague” has apparently played with the new hardware and gives it a “rave review,” so we’re excited to find out what it is exactly that HTC’s got brewing — and as we’ve said before, it certainly lines up nicely with T-Mobile UK’s promise of more G1 Touch details “soon.” At any rate, we’ll be on hand to find out what’s good as it happens, so stay tuned for all the HTC news that’s fit to print starting at 6:30AM ET, 11:30AM London time.

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HTC launching new Android phone in London tomorrow? We’ll be there! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC’s throwing itself a little party starting at 11:30AM local time in London on Wednesday, June 24, though it’s not saying what sorts of goodies will be unveiled there. As you might recall, the Touch Diamond was unveiled at a similar event just over a year ago, so it’s very likely an important product that’s going to be shown; the odds-on favorite would have to be the HTC Hero and its customized Android-based interface, but at this point, it’s anybody’s guess.

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HTC showing some new stuff in London on June 24 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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British Airways has announced they’ll start offering limited in-flight cell phone use on flights from London to JFK. Passengers will be allowed to send text messages and use data, but not to make actual calls (thankfully — because we all know how annoying that would be). Several other airlines have launched similar trials, including bmi and Qantas — which has announced they will allow usage for all passengers on domestic flights –while Dubai’s Emirates airline actually allows mobile voice calls on its domestic flights. The British Airways trials are set to start sometime this fall on its business-class only flights. Seriously, guys — can you make it any more clear that you can’t stand the sight of us proles?

[Via Mobile Burn]

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British Airways announces limited in-flight cell use, let the parties commence originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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