If the Vaino “ultraportable” seemed a little too… well, aspirational , the style mavens at Engadget have dug up a netbook that will certainly correlate with both your awesome sense of style and your self-identification as an OG (that’s “original gemsta”).
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Keepin’ It Real Fake, part CCXIX: Gemsta’s Vaino knock-off
A team from the University of Ghent in Belgium is lacing the site of this year’s Rock Werchter festival — Brussel’s equivalent of Woodstock ‘97 — with Bluetooth scanners (36 total, they cover a range of 30 meters each). While you’re rocking out to the likes of Bloc Party and Mastodon, the researchers will be tracking your every movement, whether it be to the mosh pit, the beer tent, or the Job Johnny.
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Researchers use Bluetooth to track festival goers, make fun of their ‘hippie dancing’
Just under a month ago at Archos’ Paris reveal , we were somewhat dismayed that an Android-based device didn’t show up… officially, at least. We were told to expect more information about a Google-powered unit this September, but it looks as if said wait has been hacked considerably
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5-inch Android-powered Archos Internet Media Tablet landing in September
You knew it was on deck, and at long last, here it is. Your one and only shot (okay, so maybe that’s a gentle stretch) to tell the world — and Palm , since it’s a part of the world — exactly what you think about the Pre
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How would you change the Palm Pre?
You might have seen solar-powered planes before , but few of them come with as much world-changing ambition as the Solar Impulse. Launched in 2003, the project aims to demonstrate the viability of renewable energy sources by being the first to perform a manned flight around the globe using only solar power. The technology is nothing to scoff at, as the 200-feet wingspan features 12,000 photovoltaic solar cells bringing power to four electric motors
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Captain Piccard unveils Solar Impulse HB-SIA solar-powered plane
Heads up, Meizu fanboys! We just got a sneak peak at the M8’s new UI (said to be dropping in August when the handset gets its firmware update) and you know what?
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Sneak peek at Meizu M8’s new user interface
We haven’t heard a solitary peep out of IXI Mobile in a hot minute, even though its Ogo line — once a member of Cingular’s lineup — had found some niche popularity among teens and the deaf community. We’d even thought they’d gone into R&D hibernation, actually, but apparently not — they’re innovating. They’re innovating so much, actually, that they’ve innovated themselves right out of the landscape clamshell form factor that made the Ogo famous.
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Ogo CC-10 throws time-tested formula to the wind, goes portrait QWERTY
It’s been nearly a month since the launch of Palm’s newest handset , the Pre . Since then, we here at Engadget have heard some vague and hard to substantiate claims of hardware failures — cracked screens, a little broken plastic here and there — but nothing on a large scale, so far as we can tell. We thought it was about time to turn it over to you the readers (the ones lucky enough to have a Pre, anyway), to tell us how the phone is holding up physically.
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Poll: How’s your Palm Pre holding up?
It was only a few months ago that we were fielding rumors about Sony’s CyberShot DSC-HX1 , and now we’re struggling to keep our credit card at bay each time we waltz by one in the local camera shop. Today, Sony Insider has pointed out that the outfit may be readying a new duo to complement the megazoom: the DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1.
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Sony readying CyberShot DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1 cameras?
Seriously folks, what’s up with these prototype iPhones falling out of nondescript white vans and ending up on eBay in the shadiest of manners? Just months after we saw an original iPhone prototype (ancient OS included) pop up on The ‘Bay, now we’ve got one of the world’s first iPhone 3GSs on there as well. According to the highly ranked eBay seller, the “guy” he “got it from” actually stumbled upon it at an airport, and rather than doing the nonsensical thing of hitting up lost and found, he decided to make the most of the sudden opportunity.
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iPhone 3GS prototype scooped up at airport, now on eBay
