Archive for January, 2009

Engadget Podcast 131 - 01.30.2009

That’s right folks, the Engadget Podcast is back for more. Once again, you’re treated to the smooth tones of pure gadget goodness, though this week, our compatriot Paul Miller has been felled with a totally minor illness. Taking the controls in Paul’s battle pod this round is Engadget Mobile editor Chris Ziegler. Hear Josh, Nilay, […]

VAIO P spotted and unboxed in the American wild

Sure, we were certainly rocking Sony’s littlest VAIO in various locations across these United States, but the things have been taking their time in finding their way to the hands of our fellow gadget lovers. After finally starting shipping on Wednesday they’re now starting to show up on the doorsteps of lucky folks around the […]

T-Mobile dude promises more ‘G series’ phones this year

In an interview with FierceWireless, T-Mobile USA’s senior VP of engineering and operations (and newly-minted chairman of 3G Americas’ board) Neville Ray has slipped a couple juicy morsels in the process of talking up his carrier’s ongoing 3G rollout. Besides mentioning that T-Mobile wants to double its 3G footprint in 2009, Ray says that “we […]

Screen Grabs: OQO Model 2+ makes lunchtime appearance on ‘Lie To Me’

Screen grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com.

Oh Brendan Hines, you’re so dreamy with that scruffy beard, curly hair that just can’t be tamed, and propensity to whip out random gadgets at inappropriate times on […]

Maingear intros Remix workstation for the creative professional

We tell ya, Maingear doesn’t get a lot of play amongst the big timers like Dell and HP, but it sure knows how to crank out machines that are just different enough to be worth examining. Enter the Remix workstation, a desktop designed for creative professionals who dabble in graphic design, video production and pro […]

NTT DoCoMo announces farewell to mova and DoPa 2G services

You’ve had a nice run, 2G, but the time has come to start looking beyond to bigger, better and (most importantly) faster things. With LTE just over the horizon, NTT DoCoMo is proactively announcing the phase out of its mova and DoPa 2G services. The 2G mova services encompass car phone and Pre-Call prepaid — […]

GigaPan Epic imager released, your party photos will never be the same

You may have heard about that absolutely giant (1,474 megapixel) photo taken of the Inauguration using a Canon G10 and a GigaPan Imager. Well, today the company’s launched the GigaPan Epic for commercial sale. It works with most point-and-shoots, and composes a single photograph from many (the inaugural photo was 220) shots. A robotic mount […]

Colorsonic concept MP3 player turns your tunes into groovy colors, man

MP3 players with screens that show pretty colors are certainly nothing new, but Rhea Jeong’s Colorsonic concept is something rather different. It’s a little donut-shaped device that lacks a proper display, instead lighting its sections up to represent different types of music tagged using software at home — think Shuffle meets mood ring. You could […]

Limited iMac Availability Suggests Possible Refresh

Several forum users have reported that that they have been told by various resellers that iMac availability is currently limited. Meanwhile, another user reports that their orders for 20″ iMacs have been unexpectedly delayed:
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Windows Vista SP2 RC may be in the hands of testers as we speak

Sure, the big hubbub’s been Windows 7 (give us some time and we’ll figure out how to install it on a toaster!) but Microsoft is betting that quite a few folks will be stranded in Vistaland (Vista Town? Vista Village? The dreaded Vista Flats?) for some time to come, and they’ll need provisions — like […]