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What's in the Engadget swag bag? {Engadget}
May 4th 2006 2:16PM I'm guessing a crappy promotional flash drive (gotta be 512mb or under).
Probably a Microsoft baseball cap, a Microsoft stress ball, or a Microsoft tee-shirt. Maybe a dummy mock-up of the proposed video ipod?
Japanese researchers invent completely transparent material {Engadget}
May 3rd 2006 1:38PM I'm not an opthomologist or astronomer, but wouldn't lenses created from this material help our long range visible observations of deep space?
If so, then I see where there is a market for this, otherwise Windex is going to rise up and crush this new product just to keep from going out of business.
Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player review roundup {Engadget}
Apr 20th 2006 9:15AM Speaking as a techy in the field, I have to say that there is some truth to the whole quality hype, but there is still more hype than truth.
I have a wonderful high contrast, high res lcd monitor on a dvi, and when running HD television on it, I can see the quality difference between that and regular tv, but not much difference between standard DVD and HD tv.
Granted my screen is only 19", but then again the "Average Joe" user isn't even using THAT large of an LCD for their computer setup (bear in mind that most users just use the low contrast ratio, 15-17" monitor that comes with their store bought system). I won't dispute that, on paper, HD content is technically higher quality, but the majority of consumers don't use equipment of sufficient quality or screens of sufficient size to see the difference in quality. HD is really aimed at the "high end" consumer market (which I myself even in my obsession with computers is at the tail end of)...and only those fanatics who spend a large percentage of their income on HD plasmas over 42" in size will truly benefit from the enhanced quality.
In layman's terms, HD content and technology is like a fine wine....you have to be wealthy enough to truly appreciate it, otherwise you just don't see the point of having more than a beer. News and weather broadcasts do their job without being in high definition, so really HD is aimed at the entertainment market only (for those of you who say DUH, to some people I know it isn't that obvious), so most people won't see the huge need to have the proper equipment to take advantage of HD content.
Just my $.03.
Clio NXT unleashed on Duke University... kind of {Engadget}
Apr 14th 2006 9:59AM Ah, my Sharp Tripad.....I knew you well (at least in the space of the 90 minutes I got on the battery life).
Laptop thieves targeting SF hot spots {Engadget}
Apr 10th 2006 3:07PM Of course I can't speak for the public at large, but not even once here in the Metro DC area have I ever seen someone here in a hotspot cafe on their laptop NOT doing work or a presentation for some client. I have heard of teens taking their parent-purchased laptops to coffee shops to look the part, but I've never seen it happen.
As a person in the IT field, I know that when I stop for a tea (hate coffee) at a cafe, the LAST thing I want to do is be staring at a computer screen while I relax. The most I'll do is keep my wifi enabled pocket pc phone on vibrate on my belt if something urgent comes up, but otherwise, that's my break from computers, not an alternate office.
That's just me, and I only can vouch for the people around the Annapolis/Metro DC area.
Seven major studios line up to sell movies online {Engadget}
Apr 3rd 2006 5:20PM So let me make sure I have the logic of this down straight....
I'm expected to pay $20-$30 for a movie that will be DRM'd to hell and back, will eat up my downstream bandwidth for an hour or so, and I won't be able to transfer to my handheld for my daily commute or take over to my friends house and hook up to his bigscreen WHEN I COULD just stick to my Blockbuster online rentals, get the discs in the mail, watch them, take them to my friends house to watch, return them when I want to, and still pay LESS THAN HALF of what the movie studios want for their downloadable copies...
Yeah, I'm still missing where this is a GOOD idea...
Samsung's SCH-V850 A-GPS cellphone with NATE Drive {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 3rd 2006 10:15AM #6, you need to check your facts before responding foolishly. A company called Global Locate built the AGPS software that's embedded in the hw65xx series of pocket pc's.
You can check out their website at
http://www.globallocate.com/
and you can check the GPS firmware on any hw65xx pocket pc to verify that it is the AGPS Global Locate software that is being used.
MSMOBILES.COM also had an article on the latest AGPS version upgrade for the hw65xx. http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4859.html
Cheers.
Samsung's SCH-V850 A-GPS cellphone with NATE Drive {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 31st 2006 6:25PM Tech backwaters???
I've had AGPS on my hw6515 since I bought it a few months back. It works great here in the Washington DC metro area. I don't have the traffic conditions on my GPS, but only because I chose not to pay for that option with my TomTom software.
Cellphones becoming popular among the homeless, sez newspaper {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 31st 2006 6:21PM I've spent time on the street (never been homeless, but been "out of a home" before...long story), and I found that if you just stop and use your eyes, there are AC outlets EVERYWHERE that anybody on the street can use.
Heck, if you don't smell that bad, you can walk into a bookstore and recharge off of any outlet near a bookshelf while you catch up on some reading. McDonald drive-thru's also have exposed outlets (at least here they do). Warehouses, factories, business parks...they all have exterior outlets. Just don't try to mill around a residential area looking for free AC or you'll wind up with a paranoid housewife calling the cops on you.
Word to my crew on the streets ya'll.
Naomi Campbell's back in court for throwing another phone at the help {Engadget}
Mar 31st 2006 7:52AM sigh.....god I hate models/supermodels who act the stereotype...
