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Zune HD has a Tegra processor, confirms official Zune podcast {Engadget}
Jun 20th 2009 2:04AM All that power, and the waste it on just being a media player? Hopefully the Zune will becme so much more, and we can finally have a credible alternative to the iPod Touch and iPhone.
Switched On: When netbooks suffer from 'Droid rage {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 9:45AM I have to agree with HereAndNow (and disagree with KM).
Too many people are seeing netbooks as 'cheap laptops'. And that's fine if ti works for them. However, netbooks should be viewed as cheap connected appliances. Thin clients to online applications. These applications require bigger screens and better input than a smartphone can provide (e.g. word processing, photo editing, etc.). With sufficiently ubiquitous and speedy Internet connectivity, all your work and information can be 'in the cloud' -- meaning access from all manner of targetted appliances: your smartphone when you're out and about (to get contact details, view photos, pull music, etc.), or your car when driving (music, pre-planned routes, etc).
We're clearly not at that stage yet, but we will be. Lugging around 10 different versions of the same data will seem anachronistic. Currently, Windows is not well placed to do this; but maybe Android is -- certainly it integrates with Google's 'cloud' applications very well, and allows access to the same data (especially if you have an Android smartphone too).
So, for now, I see room for both types of netbook. In the future, I only see sense for one. I for one, welcome our cloud based overlords...
Leaked Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds compact has us hot, bothered (updated) {Engadget}
Jun 15th 2009 11:14AM Sorry, meant to add that I'll give this a look. But, though I like the styling of the Olympus with the smaller lens, I'm not sure how weird looking & unbalanced (in terms of handling) it'll be with a bigger lens.
At least with Micro 4/3, the lenses are smaller than the equivalent on a regular 4/3 or APS-C DSLR.
Leaked Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds compact has us hot, bothered (updated) {Engadget}
Jun 15th 2009 11:12AM Not all EVFs are born equal.
The EVF on the Panasonic Lumix G1 and GH1 (the 'other' Micro 4/3 cameras) is supposed to be fantastic.
I really fancy a GH1 for the continuous AF in movie mode, but can't justify the huge price difference between it and the very similar (though no movie mode and a slightly different sensor) G1.
iPhone 3G S supports OpenGL ES 2.0, but 3G only supports 1.1 -- will the App Store splinter? {Engadget}
Jun 10th 2009 11:13AM @Mark Anderson
But I doubt many of those upgraded phones are just gathering dust. Most 1st gen phones will have been given to spouses, family, or eBay. I can't imagine too many people putting their fully functioning expensive iPhone in the drawer.
Video: DJ Hero in a two-player turntable and guitar sabotage {Engadget}
Jun 3rd 2009 8:10AM Ah, Sabotage. My all time favourite music video.
Nathan Wind is the man!
Microsoft wants new term for 'netbooks,' unhappy with other 5 choices {Engadget}
Jun 3rd 2009 8:06AM Why do Microsoft come up with the most convoluted product names ever? Do Microsoft's Marketing dept. get paid by the letter? Anyone for "Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate UPGRADE Limited Numbered Signature Edition" or "Microsoft® WinFX™ Software Development Kit for Microsoft® Pre-Release Windows Operating System Code-Named "Longhorn", Beta 1 Web Setup" (134 letters; and breath...)
I rather like El Reg's version: SCC for 'small, cheap computer'.
The Pirate Bay founders sentenced to prison, website soldiers on {Engadget}
Apr 17th 2009 7:35AM Blimey. Sergey and Larry had better not plan any holidays in Sweden then...
Motorola, Time Warner mixing up multiroom, tru2way cable setups due later this year {Engadget}
Apr 1st 2009 11:49AM But why did they have to style it like a 1980s VCR?
Sony hides audio system within stylish RHT-G HDTV stands {Engadget}
Mar 19th 2009 12:59PM Damn. Beat me to it!
