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JRM
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VIDEO: How not to behave during a traffic stop

Dec 18th 2009 8:58AM on Autoblog

I think that was the moment the cop told her the truth ...that the LADA she's driving is actually a rebadged Chrysler.

2011 Kia Sorento pricing pops up, starts under $20k*

Dec 18th 2009 8:29AM on Autoblog

Personally, I don't understand why anyone would want such a big/heavy car with only FWD. What's the point?

You can get a better value minivan for the same purposes/capabilities, or a far more driveable/comfortable mid-size car that will drive exactly the same in the snow as FWD CUV.

Having a car like this at such a low base-price is just fooling with gullible customers.

REPORT: Opel/Vauxhall CEO plans five-year product offensive

Dec 18th 2009 8:16AM on Autoblog

I want to plan an offensive against his toupee.

REPORT: Subaru spokesman concerned that RWD Toyobaru could dilute brand identity

Dec 18th 2009 8:12AM on Autoblog

That's because the Japanese didn't paint themselves into a corner by saying all subaru cars come in AWD. In Japan they have Subaru cars of every type and every drive train.

Absolutely ridiculous! They want to keep the image of being rugged/niche, yet their latest designs are the complete opposite. Not only that, but the regular customer will not be looking at the FT86 anyways. There's no reason why they couldn't bring it to the US, other than to play it safe (but, to their credit, they're still doing good sales regardless).

3D Blu-ray specs finalized, PlayStation 3 support confirmed

Dec 18th 2009 7:57AM on Joystiq

I don't know where you get the idea you were an "early adopter" of HDTV in 2007. The real early adopters bought their TVs before HDMI came out, before 1080p was the norm, and certainly before the PS3 or 360 were even mentioned at E3.

Somewhere around 2003-2004 is where you get "early adopters" of HD, and 6 years later, HDTVs have barely cracked 50% of the largest couch potato market in the world. HDTVs still have a ways to go to get down to the "Walmart" price point for it to be truly mainstream, never mind ones that are capable of 3D.

...Still another 6-10 years, perhaps...

VGA 2009: Tony Hawk talks disappointing sales and future plans

Dec 18th 2009 7:30AM on Joystiq

Also, music peripherals were already a tried-and-true technology in Japan. Harmonix just took the idea and improved it somewhat.

Tony hawk just mixed the whole thing with something unproven/unrelated and it failed. The problem is that this was the breaking point for most fans of the series, and why it was taken so harshly.

RoboVault protects your car from hurricanes, floods, Apocalypse

Dec 16th 2009 5:08AM on Autoblog

...and they also said the Titanic wouldn't sink...

In any match concerning humans vs nature, I'll take nature every time.

NPD lists top-selling games of 2009 in US -- excluding December

Dec 15th 2009 3:22AM on Joystiq

@tmacairjordan:

WiiFit is not shovelware. It does what it does very well...even if it's not that interesting for most of us.

That said, I seriously doubt all 4 million people who bought CoD:MW2 did any kind of research on the game. I'm sure a good 80% of people just saw the big posters, the stack of inventory, and got at the back of the line to buy it. Really, no different than Nintendo owners with anything named "Mario".

Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 30 - Dec. 6: Gundam overdose edition

Dec 14th 2009 2:38AM on Joystiq

I don't know anything about gundam, but it's probably the same way Star Trek is drawn out in America, where they have like 10 different USS Enterprise's, all kinds of generations/variations/canon/non-canon etc. and yet everything is called Star Trek. Gundam should be the same, as is Macross, Ultra man, and even the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 30 - Dec. 6: Gundam overdose edition

Dec 14th 2009 2:28AM on Joystiq

It's not.

The Japanese just put up lights, the basic decorations, sell little foldable christmas trees, and play Wham!'s "Last Christmas"/Mariah Carey's "all I want for christmas is you" ad nauseum.

oh, and girls try to get a date, because they think it's valentines day.

It's pretty much the climax of superficiality in Japan when it comes to christmas, even moreso than the midnight shopfest that we call christmas in North America.

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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