Sony Japan busts out Mickey Mouse-ified S Series Walkmans
Sony Japan busts out Mickey Mouse-ified S Series Walkmans originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iCub gets upgraded with tinier hands, better legs
We’re pretty familiar with iCub — the humanoid robot modeled on a two year old — around here. Just because we know him well, though, doesn’t really change the fact that we get the slightest chill running down our spine every time we’re reminded of his existence. Well, iCub’s getting an upgrade which includes newer, lighter legs which will be more impervious to damage, and smaller hands. That’s right, the youngster, who is about toddler-sized, has had until now, the hands of an eight-year old: pretty embarrassing for the little fellow. The new hands are the right size, and have the correct dexterity as well. Regardless, he’s still a little creepy, but as you’ll see in the video after the break, impressive none the less.Continue reading iCub gets upgraded with tinier hands, better legs
iCub gets upgraded with tinier hands, better legs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Huawei announces SmaKit S7 Android tablet
When we first spied Huawei’s SmaKit S7 Android tablet, we were at CeBit and it was… well, non-functioning. Now Huawei’s officially announced the tablet now, and we have to say that it looks just like every other Android tablet being hoisted upon the world these days, but it’s got some nice features that make it worth a second gander. The 7-incher boasts an 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 720p playback, 3G connectivity, plus a dock with HDMI out, two USB 2.0 ports, and two microSDHC slots. The tablet, which runs the 1.6 version of the OS, will supposedly be available this summer, though we don’t yet have any information about where it will be available or how much it will cost. We’ll let you know as soon as we do — but in the meantime, there’s a video demo after the break.
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Huawei announces SmaKit S7 Android tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Target launches first scannable mobile coupon program, frugalistas going wild
Target’s announced it is launching a scannable mobile coupon program — the first of its kind. The opt-in program will provides Target shoppers with a customized webpage on their mobile phones, with all offers scannable at checkout via a single barcode. Target’s no stranger to innovative marketing — its gift cards are well known for their cute, gadgety ways — and while this new program is essentially a text message driven sale (meaning it could quickly become a mere annoyance), anything that minimizes our interactions with fellow humans gets our stamp of approval, so the ability to scan your own barcode at the register? Thumbs up. The full press release is after the break.
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Target launches first scannable mobile coupon program, frugalistas going wild originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Penguin’s iPad-formatted books shown off, making waves
Penguin UK unveiled a peek at its upcoming plans for iPad formatted e-books, and we have to say, they’re really taking the whole interactive experience trip and running with it. If you take a look at the big P’s video presentation (which is embedded after the break), you’ll spy a lot of noisy interactive games targeted at children, the innards of the human body laid bare on the screen taking text books to the next, less boring level, plus a vampire novel with an “online community for vampire lovers” built right in. On the whole, it seems like Penguin’s vision for its books moving forward is less about… books, and more about… not books. Still, we seriously can’t wait to see the company’s iPad version of The Diary of Virginia Woolf. Full, semi-educational video is after the break.
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Penguin’s iPad-formatted books shown off, making waves originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sony Vaio M surfaces… unofficially
Well, what do we have here? It’s the Sony Vaio M series netbook, as yet unannounced but sitting here getting detailed all the same. The 10.1-inch netbook, which looks, well, pretty much identical to the Sony Vaio W series, is apparently going to boast a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM, a 250GB hard drive, plus 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, and a built-in webcam. There’s no pricing information or dates of availability for these bad boys yet, but there’s one more shot after the break to gander at — if you’re so inclined.
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Sony Vaio M surfaces… unofficially originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ComEd launches pilot solar energy program for 100 customers in Chicago
Chicago utility company ComEd announced earlier this week it will launch a pilot program for 100 of its customers to test out the power of the sun. The program will include the installation of solar panels into 100 homes, and further devices — such as smarter thermostats which do things like lower during the day when no one’s at home, and give out hourly pricing information — in fifty of those homes. The meters will also have the ability to reward customers who generate excess solar power that can be pumped back into the grid — because everybody loves being rewarded, right? ComEd will choose the pilot families by mail-in survey, and by factors such as their roofs, and the amount of shading trees there are in their yards.
ComEd launches pilot solar energy program for 100 customers in Chicago originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Engadget giveaway: win a huge box of stuff from Josh’s office!
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Engadget giveaway: win a huge box of stuff from Josh’s office! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Averatec outs light as air 10-inch netbook, can move move move any mountain
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Averatec outs light as air 10-inch netbook, can move move move any mountain originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dell’s Latitude 13 business laptop now available, looking businessy
Hey, if you’re in the market for a beauty of a thin and light, and you mean business, you’re in luck today. Dell’s Latitude 13 laptop marketed for the business type (with a preinstalled Citrix client, simplified virtualization options and so on) is now available on the Dell site. With three customizing options — base, economy, and productivity packages — with a choice of Celeron M or Core 2 Solo CPUs, Linux, Vista, or Windows 7 OSs, up to 2GB of SD-RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. The starting price of one of these bad boys is $559. Hit up the source link to check it out.
Dell’s Latitude 13 business laptop now available, looking businessy originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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