Random... I actually first heard about this last night. John Mayer had augmented reality on his site to promo his upcoming CD "Battlefield Studies". I had no idea what it was. Basically its a flash player that will ask you for access to your mic/webcam. it also says you may be recorded though so i never clicked it (creepy??). For some reason it was removed from the site though. Here they are talking about the technology as well as some "behind the scenes": http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/10/john-mayer-augmented-reality-video/

Thats a bit steep for floor pedals... (steep as in angle, not price)

I agree, the SD1100 is one of the best cameras in the price range. you can get one on sale for $150.

I wouldn't go with the A590 mainly for its size but also because it has way more features than someone looking for a simple camera really needs. the SD1100 easily slides into your pocket and is very easy to use right out of the box. It also takes great quality images (for a point and shoot). The only downside is that it doesn't use AA batteries.

After Sony's last price drop of the PS3, their sales rose nearly 200%. Sure they have a business to run, but they can't really think that price is not an issue with consumers. Price is one of the biggest things people look at. Sure, to myself, and most of you other Engadget readers, we know how much more power the PS3 has over the competition, or who has more quality games, or what is the best value, etc. but to the average consumer, its hard to pick out these differences. Especially those parents who buy systems for their children. If the child doesn't specifically demand the PS3, there's a good chance that parents see all gaming systems as fairly similar and won't see the value in spending much more than the rest of the systems. The only thing that people can really see without research is the advertised pricing. I can't Sony's PR strategies and their BS, beat around the bush answers. Most people still don't see the value in Blu-Ray either, or even really know what it is. Now that standalone players are nearing sub-$200 prices, with most reaching this price point by christmas, Sony is going to start to lose that sales edge of having the blu-ray player built in at a lesser price than competing Blu-Ray players.

I know what you mean, i feel like I'm gonna fall forward...which is a weird feeling to have while sitting.

Didn't someone already write about this?...I swear engadget already covered this...

@John Wang, I'm right there with you. I've used PC's my whole life and have been waiting for this mac refresh for months, mainly so i wouldn't get stuck with the older model MBP. This computer definitely is the most solidly built laptop on the market. Sure it might cost more than an equivalently spec'd PC, but i think its worth it for the OS and solid build. Just bought one online yesterday and haven't received it yet so I still have to see how good or bad the oh-so-dreaded glossy screen really is.

They probably just took him somewhere else in the store. you can't buy or activate the iphone at the fixed registers. It can only be done using the Symbol devices you see the employees carrying around.

Umm I have to agree that the majority of apps here are crap or over priced. Of course this is a pretty biased opinion because I don't do a lot of traveling or blogging. For those that are business savvy or into all of the social networking sites (twitter etc.) I would think they would find a lot more of the apps useful. I don't thing 95% crap though. Crap might not be describing its usefulness, but rather how well they are designed. I also wonder how they will sort all this out when a ton of apps hit the scene in the next few months. There are like 5 voice recorders ranging from free to $9.99, many similar card games, some with amazing design and graphics, while the others are horribly designed and look just...uggghh, i guess is the best way to describe them. Theres definately no shortage of sudoku or mahjong (spelling?). I looked through them all and very few meet the quality standard you would expect for an iPhone game. I'm still waiting for some reviews to come in on the more expensive games. like Super Monkey Ball, Bomberman, or Enigmo.

I'm pretty excited to try out the Texas Holdem game and Pandora. Some other noteworthy apps (i'm a musician) are Karazan, which has theory and ear training exercises, and GuitarToolkit, which has a guitar tuner, metronome, and chord charts built in.

I played the original iPhone "Trism" demo a lot too and its a great idea, well designed and addicting.

Heres the Link http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284815942&mt=8 I just typed "Google" in the search bar