Archive for January, 2008

Pasen F10 PMP rips off both the iTunes and WMP icons

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Normally we’d let run-of-the-mill PMPs like Pasen’s F10 pass on by, but we just had to stop and call out the blatant use of both the iTunes and WMP icons here — even given Pasen’s history, that’s just a little much. Come on guys, the F10 looks like a solid […]

Update on the 700MHz auction: “C” block at $4.3 billion and rising

Filed under: Wireless

Here’s some up to date 700MHz bidding news for you. Currently, bids on the hotly contested “C” block have risen to almost $4.3 billion, or just a few dollars away from the FCC’s reserve price of $4.6 billion. That number puts us perilously close to triggering the “open-access rule” which pretty much everyone […]

General Dynamics Itronix intros rugged Duo-Touch II tablet PC

Filed under: Tablet PCs

General Dynamics Itronix sure took their time producing a follow-up to its original Duo-Touch tablet PC, but it has finally come though, with its new Duo-Touch II offering a fairly sizable leap after that nearly three year dry spell. It’s still far from a powerhouse, however, with it boasting a 1.2 GHz […]

Totally blow out the big game! Part III: Super Bowl XLII

Filed under: Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Oh sure, just about every sports fan from casual to hardcore already saw the Patriots edge the New York Football Giants earlier this season in the blistering cold, but considering that only Tom knows what’s really up with that ankle of his and the fact that Eli has been looking […]

QNAP gets official with TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS

Filed under: Storage

Believe us, we know just how foggy things get when trying to remember back to the 13th day of December 2007, but sure enough, it was on that fateful Thursday that we received our first sneak peek at QNAP’s (then) forthcoming TS-409. Today, however, we’re looking at the official product: a 4-bay, hot-swappable […]

HP’s Penryn-stuffed Pavilion HDX-9000 gets reviewed

Filed under: Laptops

Dubbed “the best-looking 20-inch laptop on the market” by PC Mag, HP’s monolithic HDX-9000 was recently hoisted onto the test bench and put through a number of paces to see if it really was worth the fortunes it demands. The stunning 1080p display and LED-backlit keyboard were both highly praised, and while one […]

Sony intros three new photo frames, adds Bluetooth and HDMI

Filed under: Displays

The boys and girls at Sony are firing on all (or a few) cylinders today, launching not one, but three new digital photo frames for your digital photo-framing pleasure. All the frames in the new lineup contain 800 x 480 WVGA displays with a Bizarro World aspect ratio of 15:9, and are capable […]

Apple Announces MacBook Air Shipping, Apple TV Update Delayed

Apple announced today that the MacBook Air is now shipping, as we previously reported. The first MacBook Air shipments are expected to be arriving tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Apple also announced that the Apple TV update that introdu…
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Engadget HD helps you prep for Super Bowl XLII

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock (or mounds of year-end spreadsheets — same difference), we reckoned you should know that you’ve but four days left before Super Bowl XLII kicks off from Arizona. Besides the obvious necessities — an HDTV, lots of seating space, a truckload of junk […]

Evidence for New MacBook Pros [Updated]

Despite persistent rumors of MacBook Pro updates, we’ve yet to see the rumored Penryn, Multi-touch trackpad MacBook Pro revisions. However, there appears to be ongoing evidence that the MacBook Pro updates are imminent.
The current Ma…
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