Aug 13

Zune HD lands September 15th, up for pre-order today

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Do you want a Zune HD real bad? Well you’re in luck, because the wait is nearly over. Microsoft announced today that the heavily hyped media player will be making its way into retail channels come September 15th, and will be up for pre-order at select spots (Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and the Microsoft Store) today. That’s right… today. The Tegra-packing, HD Radio-playing, 720p-outputting device will come in a black, 16GB flavor for $219.99, or a beefier, “platinum” finish 32GB version clocking in at $289.99 (apparently the player will come in five additional colors, but no word on which ones, exactly). If you’re super impatient and in select markets (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis / St. Paul, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.) you can head into a Best Buy on August 22nd and 23rd to play with a device and drop $25 on a pre-order. Otherwise, you’ll just have to sit tight till the ZHD makes its way into the wide world… which is actually pretty soon. Check out more info about the player at our Zune HD hub, and after the break you can enjoy a recent video we shot of the device in action and the official PR.

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Zune HD lands September 15th, up for pre-order today originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 07

Garmin-Asus nuvifone finally coming to America in Q4 (or so they say)

Posted in: ASUS, gps, launch, Linux, nav, navigation, release, smartphone, Today's Chili, Windows Mobile, WindowsMobile, winmo

With Garmin-Asus’ nüvifone G60 already on sale in Asia, it makes sense to hear that said smartphone will soon make its way over to North American soil. Of course, it also made sense to think that this thing would be launching on AT&T about forever and a day ago, so we’re not holding our collective breath just yet. At any rate, Garmin recently made abundantly clear on a quarter-end conference call that the GPS-infused handset is in the final testing stages with an undisclosed amount of US carriers, and if all goes well, it’ll hit the streets in Q4. What’s crazy is that every last specification remains unchanged from when it was announced back in January of 2008; meanwhile, Apple has shipped two new iterations of its iPhone, Android has blown up significantly and even Motorola and Palm have seemingly resurrected themselves from the grave. Knowing all that, will anyone even bother to show up to snag one in “just a few months?”

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Garmin-Asus nuvifone finally coming to America in Q4 (or so they say) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 26

Sugar Labs’ “Sugar on a Stick” OS available for any and all

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The last time we heard from Sugar Labs, its “Sugar on a Stick” project (a tidied-up build of Sugar OS which can be run live from a CD or USB drive) was just entering beta. Apparently all the company needed to take that version to a release-ready state was a month (give or take). A full, free version of Sugar is now available in a 383MB ISO file for anyone to take advantage of — though the company is obviously setting its sights firmly in the direction of the education market as usual. The OS — previously designed for the OLPC XO, but now targeted to any PC or Mac schools have lying around — is based on the newly released Fedora 11, and is in a “Strawberry” release meant for real world classroom testing. The feedback the company receives on this edition will apparently be incorporated into a future version destined for your hands and eyes at the end of the year. In the meantime, you can take SoaS for a spin… ASAP.

[Via Ars Technica]

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Sugar Labs’ “Sugar on a Stick” OS available for any and all originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 11

Microsoft Windows 7 on track for the holiday season

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Well, we thought this might happen — especially after the news that Acer’s Z5600 all-in-one will be shipping with Windows 7 pre-loaded, come October 23rd of this year. And now it’s official: Windows 7 is on track to be released this “holiday season.” Now, this announcement may be officially vague, but it is official. Sometimes in this business (as in life) we take what we can get.

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Microsoft Windows 7 on track for the holiday season originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 May 2009 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 14

Wii MotionPlus Coming June 8 for $20

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After months of silence on Nintendo’s part, Wii MotionPlus has finally gotten an official release date. It’ll be out June 8th for $20.

Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort, which has been designed specifically for the peripheral, will not be available until July 26. As we reported last July, it will sell for $50, bundled with one Wii MotionPlus add-on. (In the meantime, a few third party games will fill in the MotionPlus software gap.)

Kotaku is quick to point out that “With Wii Remotes pricing at $US39.99, $19.99 for a Nunchaku and now $19.99 for the Wii MotionPlus, that means it costs $80 for a fully loaded Wii Remote.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. For a family of four, the Wii has ballooned to be a $500 system…before batteries. [Kotaku]

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Apr 13

Palm Pre launching no earlier than May 16 according to leaked doc?

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We’ve been made privy to some Sprint planning documentation that implies that the carrier is looking to get all its Pre ducks in a row by May 16, which would suggest that there’s no way in hell it’s launching any earlier than that. Ultimately, that could mean we’re looking at a launch on the 17th — a Sunday, as Sprint launches often are — or any time after that, but since Palm continues to reaffirm its first half commitment, we’d say that we’re now down to a window between 5/17 and 6/30. Awesome.

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Mar 11

UMID M1 mbook now less close to US release

Posted in: korea, MID, mobile broadband, mobile internet, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, release, Release Date, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili, UMPC, us, usa, wwan

Less close, further away — take your pick. The bottom line is that the UMID M1 mbook that we’ve been secretly swooning over for weeks now may be further away from a US release than any of us Yanks would like. According to new intel gathered by Pocketables, a Stateside release of the MID is still planned, but it’s apt to ship later than previously expected. Furthermore, the units already prancing about in other corners of the globe aren’t likely at all to support US 3G bands, so importing one won’t fill that hole in your soul the way a WWAN-enabled MID should. Better hurry up and deliver the goods UMID, else we’ll be forced to buy a rivaling unit and hack it up to suit our needs. Don’t say we won’t.

[Image courtesy of UMPCPortal]

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UMID M1 mbook now less close to US release originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 19

Nintendo’s DSi planning a European tour ahead of US release

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Nintendo's DSi planning a European tour ahead of US release

If you’re still feeling all giddy about getting your mitts on a DSi here in the States on April 5th, prepare for a bit of a downer. Nintendo Europe has just announced gamers within its territories be getting the multi-screen multi-cam wonder a full two days earlier, on April 3rd, but hasn’t said how much they’ll be paying for the privilege. Also, while we’re stuck with black and a rather cheeky baby blue, Euro gamers will be getting the more stolid/boring color selection of black or white, which may be good or bad depending on your monochromatic tendencies. Regardless, whether you’re domestic or abroad, you’d best get your pre-orders in now.

Update: LostProphet commented to say that it’s showing up for pre-order abroad at £149.99, or about $214. That’s quite a premium for a few days worth of exclusivity.

[Via Nowhere Else]

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Nintendo’s DSi planning a European tour ahead of US release originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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