Hasta La Gadget!

Well, what do we have here? Looks like someone got their hands on Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch a little bit early and was kind enough to snap some pictures. According to the hapless owner and photographer, however, it’s stuck in software update mode and the company’s support line refuses to acknowledge its existence. Major bummer, but when it does work, here’s what we’ve gleaned from the side of the box: a 4.3-inch 24-bit color LCD with capacitive touch, 802.11b/g WiFI, Ethernet, USB drive and SD card support, a variety of audio out including digital optical, and an infrared proximity sensor. Audio streaming support is still there, naturally, so you’ll have access to Pandora, Sirius, Last.Fm, and pretty much every major provider. Hit up the read links to see the pictures and express your sympathy.

[Thanks, Kris P]

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Squeezebox Touch unboxed and in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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German site NokiaPort has rounded up a nice little cache of juicy Nokia details that it says is culled from “official information from Nokia, confirmed rumors and reputable sources of information,” and while we can’t personally vouch for most of what we’re seeing here, it’s all sounding reasonable enough — and with Nokia World right around the corner, we figured this would be a grand opportunity to lay it out and see how the chips fall. First up, Cseries and Xseries are said to be presented at the show, with the first Xseries model being an upgraded version of the just-launched 5530 XpressMusic with 3G thrown in, probably spelling doom for the 5800 — in other words, Xseries is very likely a wholesale rebranding of the XpressMusic line, which totally makes sense. Speaking of touchscreens and Nokia branding, the site says that we’ll see another touchscreen Nseries model to keep the N97 company before the year’s out, followed by Eseries’ first S60 5th Edition model in 2010. Coincidentally, they’ve got a part of a supposed new touch model pictured on the site (see above), though we’re not clear on what we’re seeing. In the Maemo department, the N900 is likely to be the only Maemo 5 device for the better part of the year, though there’s apparently a mysterious N920 already making the rounds in the Espoo campus.

As technologies go, xenon flashes are apparently on the outs with Nokia — better hang onto your phones, N82 owners — while capacitive screens should start to take hold. Samsung has already proven that S60 works just fine and dandy with a capacitive display on the i8910, so we’re stoked to see where Nokia takes it. Finally, OMAP3 cores are said to be working their way into the lineup following a Cortex A8-based introduction in the N900; Nokia has historically lagged its competition as processing power goes, so it’ll be great to see them start to match up with the Pres and the iPhones of the world — at least as far as raw computational might goes, anyhow.

[Thanks Hermann S., image via Eldar Murtazin]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Nokia rumors: Xseries is XpressMusic successor, new Nseries touchphone in ’09? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look, we’re not too proud admit this: that iPod touch with a camera might actually be the real deal. Why do we think that? Video after the break, kids.

Update: And… here’s a gallery of new pics.

[Thanks, Kyle and Darren]

Continue reading Hey, maybe that iPod touch with a camera is real after all (video)

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Hey, maybe that iPod touch with a camera is real after all (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve yet to see a Satio or XPERIA X2 or X3 at retail, but it looks like Sony Ericsson have yet another full touch phone in the works as it tries to revitalize and reinvent itself with a renewed focus on Android, Symbian Foundation, and Windows Mobile for its smartphone lineup. What we’re looking at here is claimed to be a spy shot of the Jalou — that’s a retail name, not a codename, by the way — which is said to run S60 5th Edition (just like the Satio) with WiFi, GPS, and some form of HSDPA on board. The Sony Ericsson fan base is pretty notorious for crafting beautiful, very believable concept devices using nothing more than Illustrator and an overactive imagination, so we’d urge caution here — but other than a display that seems to have been blacked out, it all seems believable enough. The bigger question might be whether the world’s ready for two Symbian-based touchscreen smartphones from Sony Ericsson in the next few months.

Update: Yep, sure enough, that “notorious fan base” we just mentioned came out swinging with this one, a heavily-modified concept based on the W995. In other words, if the Jalou exists, this isn’t it. Thanks, synn!

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Sony Ericsson ‘Jalou’ next in company’s Symbian lineup? (Update: maybe, but this isn’t it) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already caught sight of a whole batch of Apple patent applications earlier this month, but it looks like the company still has a few more big ideas up its sleeve, which may or may not actually come to fruition. The most interesting of those is what’s described as a “Portable Device Capable of Initiating Disengagement from Host System,” or a “touch and go” system as AppleInsider calls it. That, as you may be able to discern, is essentially a touch sensor tied to a USB drive or other USB device, which would be able to sense when you touch it (or even when you’re about to touch it, apparently), and then disconnect the device from the computer before you’re able to cause any data corruption. Better still, the system could apparently also double as a fingerprint sensor in some implementations, and completely lock down the device if an unauthorized user grabs it.

[Via AppleInsider]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals

Apple patent filing details “touch and go” USB devices originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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