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Tiki'Labs virtual keyboard for iPhone takes shot at Swype, one-handed typing wars commence

Dec 18th 2009 10:04PM on Engadget

This is pretty bogus. The two inputs are tied the whole way until the very end when the Swype user goes back and makes one correction. Notice how the Tiki people slowed that part of the video down in slow motion to make it look like they won by more. Cheap.

I've had a lot of experience with word prediction systems and there is a definite cognitive load having to constantly visually scan the prediction list to find the word you want. Plus, having to learn a new keyboard layout - ick.

Sarotech's Wizplatz W-31 looks like a book, isn't

May 13th 2008 10:38PM on Engadget

About the only purpose I can think of for a hard drive that looks like a book it to disguise it so no-one will steal your data. So, broadcasting this product to the world via Engadget sort of defeats that purpose, no?

Final Macworld predictions?

Jan 15th 2008 1:44AM on Engadget

Let's see. Steve has kids now, right? A family life. Monday night, big keynote tomorrow morning, last-minute testing to make sure all the bugs are out of those demos. But hey, none of that's more important than monitoring Engadget and posting at 6pm, 7:30pm, 11pm. Come-on. This is not Steve.

Apple patents a Maximus-alike keyboard, iMac MacBook dock

Jan 4th 2008 10:30AM on Engadget

Unless I'm mistaken, these are patent *applications* from Apple - not actual patents. There's a big difference. You guys know the difference at Engadget, so why do you keep saying things like "Apple patented this...", when you know all they did was apply for the patent. Get it right.

Keepin' it real fake: lunar evidence edition

Dec 6th 2007 5:12AM on Engadget

How is it that these scientist (both sides) have missed the fact that this crater forms a perfect equilateral triangle with the two in the photo, and thus definitive proof that our moon has been visited by aliens with a VERY big spaceship? You can even see the mark in the middle where they let down their ladder to go for a stroll. Too bad the cameras weren't rolling then... ;-)

How would you change the Segway?

Sep 12th 2007 2:53PM on Engadget

For anyone who's used a Segway, you know what a pain the kick-stand is. It should automatically flip out as soon as the Segway detects that you have stepped off of it.

UniquePhones releases iPhone unlock video in attempt to prove hack

Aug 28th 2007 10:26PM on Engadget

I'm thinking UniquePhones is made up of a unique (read one) individual, who couldn't even score a buddy to hold the camera for him ... Still, I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt, but jeez dude - if you want to prove something, at least get your camera in focus.

Kodak's new Zooms: the 12 megapixel Z1275 and ZD710 with 10x zoom

Jun 13th 2007 1:46AM on Engadget

One of these days, camera makers (and consumers) are going to realize that more pixels ain't necessarily better. Nearly every photo I take with my lowly 6 megapixel Canon, that I actually want to use for something, sees the requisite trip to Photoshop to knock down the resolution to something manageable. Give it a rest. Put your energy into other things, like a flash that actually works from more than 4 feet away.

Apple announces third-party software details for iPhone

Jun 11th 2007 4:39PM on Engadget

If allowing third-parties to write native apps for the iPhone is such a bad idea, then I guess all these years of native Mac development have been a bust, eh Apple? Remember when the Mac first came out and the only apps were MacWrite and MacDraw (Apple applications)? Then PageMaker (a third-party app) came along and changed everything. It legitimized the Mac and literally saved it. Is Apple so confident they are so good that history can't repeat itself?

Steve Jobs live from WWDC 2007

Jun 11th 2007 2:57PM on Engadget

Translation: "we don't trust you to develop native applications on the iPhone because we think you're going to crash it". How, exactly, is that different from developing native apps for the Mac, pray-tell? Shouldn't the same argument apply there? Ridiculous. Guess I better start honing my Web-app development skills - that may be all I get to use on the Jobs-products of the future...

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm pretty much a complete noob when it comes to camera stuff. My wife loves to take pictures, though. So much so that she literally wore out her first point and shoot camera, and the Kodak Z712 I bought for her less than two years ago is starting to act up as well. To compound the matter, we are expecting our first born sometime next year. I fear the Kodak just isn't going to cut it any longer. What would be the best starter DSLR to get? She hates missing photo opportunities due to camera 'lag' so speed would definitely be at the top of the list. Photo quality and features would be next. Price should be no more than $800. I'm not interested in video capabilities."

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