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HTC Hero running Android and Sense UI leaks from HTC's own website (updated, official, video) {Engadget}
Jun 24th 2009 9:34AM @ A1e:
The chin has absolutely no effect whatsoever on how easy it is to get in and out of your pocket. You have clearly never used or even held the device (or the G1) in your hands. Look at the pictures, the chin sticks out about 4-5mm from the face of the phone. This is not an issue, just an ill-founded, childish gripe.
Samsung shows off video-capable e-paper prototype {Engadget}
Jun 9th 2009 3:57PM Actually, the DEA, CIA, and LAPD *DID* funnel cocaine into black communities in the 80's and early 90's. There is overwhelming evidence to support the accusation, from smuggling routes all the way down to the individuals (narcs, police and drug dealers) in the targeted communities.
Video: DJ Hero rocks the Activision house party {Engadget}
Jun 2nd 2009 10:51AM @ poke:
Actually, turntables are just as much an instrument as a guitar, piano, or saxophone. It's a tool for making sounds. Just because it doesn't play a musical note does not mean it's not a musical instrument.
And, on second thought, if a part of a record is playing a note or chord, and you pitch it up or down, you can create melodies across two or more tables. I've seen it done live as a matter of fact.
So perhaps, turntables are the ultimate instrument because you can play a beat and melody at the same time, create totally new sounds, and not even have to read a single note of music.
Android 2.0 "Donut" features demoed at Google I/O {Engadget}
May 27th 2009 3:39PM It's not that other companies "can't keep up". It's that Apple would promptly sue those companies for patent violations, if they were to implement the same capacitive touch screen. Furthermore, if I have say... an HTC Touch Pro (which I do), or a G1, what do I care if the iPhone has a better virtual keyboard? I have a hardware keyboard that blows any text input option on any touchscreen out of the water. I could care less if my phone is half a centimeter thicker when the result is better function.
Android 2.0 "Donut" features demoed at Google I/O {Engadget}
May 27th 2009 3:31PM You are "the fail" for comparing an operating system to a phone.
But if you want to go further into it, the iPhone has been out longer than any Android-based phone. No Android-based phone has received more hype than the iPhone. Also, iPhone is made by Apple which, as a hardware manufacturer, already had/has a MUCH larger following than HTC. In other words, Apple's market was pre-developed while HTC's was not.
Sales figures aren't directly related to how good the product actually is. Android OS is definitely shaping up to be an iPhone-OS-killer. Don't hate because your half-witted statistics can't defend your beloved iPhone.
Windows 7 branding leaks out {Engadget}
May 22nd 2009 4:04PM The question, Shotgun, is who cares how either OS operates on a 12-year-old machine? Windows 7 is gonna be real nice, and I think it definitely stands up to MacOSanything.
Insane Russian casemod shamelessly puts good taste to bed once and for all {Engadget}
May 18th 2009 11:09AM This is actually really hot. It oozes personality and I think that fact alone makes it trump a lot of cases out there.
Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 impressions, insights, and expectations {Engadget}
Apr 30th 2009 10:35AM It's a concept called "graphic continuity". If you make an OS to be used by millions of people around the world, you don't drastically alter the GUI between releases. Any changes you make should contain elements of previous versions so that those using it can still understand how it works.
Moving away from Vista in a way that's meaningful doesn't necessarily mean it should get a graphic overhaul, but it DOES mean that the OS improves in function and user experience. Microsoft has accomplished this with Windows 7.
Besides, if the graphics bother you so much, just download one of the thousands of 3rd party themes.
Verizon rebranding: an April Fools' prank that should be real {Engadget}
Apr 2nd 2009 4:25PM If you actually read the article you'd realize this is NOT a serious attempt at even suggesting a direction for rebranding. It was all an April Fools joke which drives this point home: Verizon's logo is so shitty, this "bloody turd" of a logo could out-do it.
And to all of you who actually like Verizon's current logo and branding, your horrible taste is evident. No major, multi-billion-dollar company should have a logo that crappy. The designer that uses Helvetica, unaltered, to create a unique identity for a huge corporation should lose his right to design. Period. That's just lazy and as amateurish as the gradient on the check mark.
PS: I am a graphic designer, so I know what I'm talking about. This isn't hating on Verizon, this is truth delivered with a side of pain.
iriver's Dicple D35 and D31 remind us of just how much we'll never understand {Engadget}
Mar 13th 2009 11:57AM IMO this device is hella sexy. Not everything has to have an aerodynamic, stealth radar-proof design to be attractive. I'm not sure what the keyboard is doing on there but otherwise, it looks pretty sweet.
