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Criterion Collection uses PS3 as reference Blu-ray player {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2008 5:37PM Anyone who buys a monster cable at $60 must be mad. gold plating etc CAN'T offer "better picture quality" on a DIGITAL HDMI signal, only on analogue signal.
With digital the bit is on or off, it has nothing to do with signal strength of the ON bit. The Gadget Show here in the UK did a test between a dirt cheap HDMI cable and a "top end" cable and showed that there was no difference in picture quality at all.
It's a big rip off.
Indifferent swimmers break 8 world records while whining about Speedo's LZR Racer continues {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2008 4:58PM Awww - spoil sport. It's not the same since the men stopped wearing their small tight trunks...ermmm...because of the unfair advantage obviously...no other reason...none at all...ooooo, men's gynmastics is just starting...
Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded, confirms kill switch {Engadget}
Aug 11th 2008 4:13AM So does this "kill switch" mean that Apple can turn around and say "The program you are running to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod is not covered under our licence agreement, and we believe presents a danger which could potentially allow malicious or non-authorised code onto your device, therefore we are going to remotely disable it...and then continue to disable it periodically whenever a new hack comes out"?
Folding Plica concept phone makes our eyes widen {Engadget}
Aug 3rd 2008 8:53AM What shape are YOUR genitals?!
Are iPhone 3Gs developing cracks? {Engadget}
Jul 30th 2008 6:03AM Hi - I agree that it's a valid point to make. I have been put off buying Apple products in the past due to precisely the cracking, discolouring, overheating issues and the seeming frequency (as least in recent years) these problems are being highlighted.
It would be reassuring to know what there cause is, and how they are being addressed rather than it all being "hushed up" because of the feeling that you mustn't speak ill of an Apple product.
Were the causes of these issues ever explained to us...I've looked around the web but all I find is that either Apple replaced a product with no explanation, or the Apple owner concerned just lived with the "defect"?
Just asking the question here...again, not having a bash (I love my iPod Touch)
Panasonic pushes out 14.7MP DMC-FX150 pocket shooter {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 10:05AM Useful if you want to produce images at very large poster sizes, or if you want to reproduce part of an image at a large resolution without having to resort to image resizing algorithms, but for your everyday user it's absolutely pointless.
Kinesis makes its keyboards even more ergonomic with new accessories {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2008 3:18PM I'm typing on a Kinesis Freestyle keyboard right now, and can tell you that they're absolutely fantastic ergonomic wise, so much so I've got one for home and one for work - they're that good. I use the VIP lifters which you can set at 5, 10 and 15 degrees.
They're not for everyone though, if you can't get on with a normal "natural" keyboard, then you definitely wont like them, but if the move from a straight keyboard to a normal ergo keyboard was a revelation for you, then I can practically guarantee that you'll have another revelation going to the Freestyle.
The split means that in addition to what other ergo keyboards do you are now not pulling your arms together narrower than your shoulders which causes muscle pulling, so you can now keep your arms at shoulder width and also angle each side of the keyboard to have a splay that is comfortable for you, rather than the fixed angle most ergo keyboards force you to have.
The only downsides of course are that you can't hunt and peck with the wrong hand and it's very expensive for a keyboard...on the other hand it looks cool, it a great conversation point, and will save your wrists.
Creative ZEN X-Fi reviewed, but mostly just taken apart {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2008 6:18AM This player is the reason I've bought a 32gb iPod Touch after MUCH soul searching.
I'm no Apple fainboy - quite the reverse actually - read my previous posts if you wanna check, but I feel Creative have really started to lose the plot. Now don't get me wrong, the Zen does a lot right, but just not enough any more.
My stipulations were I wanted something small and light (flash), widescreen (4.3 just doesn't cut it for movies) and touch sensitive - say what you like about iPods (and I have) but the Touch's interface is a joy to use compared to the Zens I've owned. I know it's a matter of preference, but being able to point as opposed to scroll means I can get to songs AT LEAST 5 times faster than on my Zen Vision:M.
I waited and waited and waited for this player expecting something special (surfing the web every day for more news on the Share and then the X-Fi) and it just didn't come. I realised that I don't use the radio or voice recorder on my Zen, so although the Zen scores over the Touch in this respect it's no deal breaker for me.
I would have got the Samsung YM-P1 in a heartbeat, but the stupid company haven't had the foresight to release a 32gb model.
So, that just leaves the Touch...and I don't regret my purchase one bit. I was surprised how good the sound quality was after all the bad things I'd heard about it (mind you I'm no audiophile, and use Sennheiser earbuds), it hasn't got the warmth of the Zen but it isn't bad either. I hate the fact that Apple tie you into iTunes (I'm sure there should be an anti-trust case there), and also hate that you can't drag songs OUT of you iPod easily like you can with the Creative players. But I love the usability of the interface and the fact you can add apps, and the screen is large and clear and great for movies...and I am now spoilt for speaker docks!
After owning the Nomad Jukebox Zen, the Zen Touch and the Zen Vision:M, I'm very sad to be leaving Creative, as they were all fantastic players (and definitely beat iPods into the ground...if only iPod users would try them)...but with a 4.3 screen, clunky text input, STILL no SD library integration, no touch input and only 1 speaker dock Creative have finally lost my vote :-(
Creative ditches Zen Share WiFi player, X-Fi DAP might be in the works {Engadget}
May 27th 2008 12:16PM B*llocks - I've been holding out for this...does this mean I'm going to have to buy an iPod for the first time in my life? Creative's sound quality is sooooo much better, but the touch's interface is a joy to use when you can just flick and point rather than laboriously scroll through your list and then down to your song even if it's on the screen...oooooo, I can't decide...what do you guys think? What should I do?!
I don't want to start a flame war, just post what you like about your respective player, don't slag off the competition.
I read itunes doesn't embed the album artwork in the MP3 tag, so if you move to another non-Apple player you're buggered which is a bit concerning...but I like gapless playback...but itunes tried to "intelligently" sort my albums and totally messed it up, thinking that because there were different artists in the same album they should be separated in the album view and coverflow....so I have loads of the same covers showing!
Czeers shows off "world's first" solar powered speedboat {Engadget}
May 26th 2008 8:56AM If you connect it up to an iPod do you infringe on Apple's patent for "solar cells on portable devices"?
