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App Review: Angry Birds (Android)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:29:00 +0000

What does it take to make an addictive game? Not much — just throw in some super simple controls, cute graphics, and basic physics

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App Review: Angry Birds (Android)

Vodafone’s Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:10:00 +0000

Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier’s IFA booth this week.

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LG’s 180-inch plasma that wasn’t

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:47:00 +0000

When we first caught wind of LG’s “180-inch plasma” we were understandably enthused (and just a little skeptical), but our excitement was quickly ruined with word that LG was merely sticking nine 600Hz 60-inch plasmas next to each other and calling it a day.

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Panasonic cranks out new 31 and 19 Series Toughbooks for Japan

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:03:00 +0000

Panasonic’s gone on a real tear here, releasing two new Toughbook models at once. While you grapple with the implications of such a thing, let’s get down to details. The new 31 and 19 Series Toughbooks are 13.1-inch and 10.4-inch models, respectively, and as far as specs go, they both pack in a 160GB hard drive, up to 6GB of DDR3 SDRAM (with 2GB coming standard), and Intel QM57 Express chipset, and 1024 x 768 resolution displays

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Galaxy Tab with WiMAX coming to Sprint this November?

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:44:00 +0000

The CDMA-equipped Samsung Galaxy Tab has so far been nothing more than a sticker in a random snapshot and some whispers about Verizon , but Boy Genius Report is saying that the Tab’s also bound for Sprint ’s network this November, on both its 3G and 4G (i.e.

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Droid R2-D2 gets docked — not in a X-Wing

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:55:00 +0000

Verizon’s teaser site for the Droid 2 R2-D2 edition has been teasing a series of locked spokes, accessible by all as soon as anyone in the community solves the “puzzle.” We don’t know exactly what the magic code was, but regardless, thanks to David H. yesterday, we’ve got a new gallery of devices pics and — oh, lookie — a special edition Droid R2-D2 dock. We don’t see room for a hyperdrive anywhere, nor wings, photon torpedos, or a cockpit for future Jedis to blast orbital space stations

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Droid R2-D2 gets docked — not in a X-Wing

Engadget’s back to school guide: Printers

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Today, we’ve got printers in our sights — and you can head to the Back to School hub to see the rest of the product guides. Even if your textbooks, your movies, your music, and the photographic evidence of your quasi-legal sorority hazing exists purely in the digital domain, you’ll have to print out things like term papers and court documents sooner or later

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New official MeeGo screenshots show promise, influence

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:09:00 +0000

MeeGo’s official user interface guidelines could easily end up determining whether the platform sinks or swims — no one wants a phone whose UI looks like junk, after all. The minions at Nokia and Intel’s little pet project have posted new OS shots as examples of how to properly implement the interface in third-party apps, and we’ve got to admit — things are looking a lot cleaner, prettier, and generally more modern than the first round of pictures we saw back in June , thanks in part to a demonstration of the platform’s comprehensive theming capability that can totally revamp how UI elements look.

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Xbox 360’s transforming D-pad controller gets handled on video

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Boy, we’ve gone from rumor to hands-on experience in just a couple of days with this thing. Microsoft’s November 9 -bound Xbox 360 controller refresh couldn’t escape the clutches of Joystiq , who have put together a neat photo gallery and video overview. That chrometastic new D-pad is clearly the headliner here, and the early feedback is that it works well — it takes a bit of effort to transform from a flat button to the elevated four-way navigator you see above, but that’s apparently a good thing as it means you’ll never flip modes by accident in the middle of a hot and heavy gaming session

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Xbox 360’s transforming D-pad controller gets handled on video

Rydeen hopes to cash in on tablet fever with Android-based, Armada-powered PND

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:25:00 +0000

You may never have heard of auto electronics provider Rydeen Mobile, but it certainly knows of you — or more specifically, your desire to obtain a slick new tablet PC — and has thus created an 7-inch Android tablet that integrates the dedicated map functionality of its GPS machines.

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