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Wi-Fi consoles banned from UK prisons {Joystiq}
Jun 18th 2009 12:34AM WTF, you get to play video games in prison? I think i should go rob a bank. If I go to jail, then oh well, at least my living costs are paid for and I get to play video games!
T-Mobile Dash 3G now officially official, makes speedy arrival in July {Engadget}
Jun 17th 2009 9:48PM Imagine a world without iPhone. How would we have reacted to this new phone? We would all probably be as giddy as schoolgirls. This phone would probably be double the price at launch and everyone here would have willingly shelled out the money for it. Isn't competition great?
BMW's Emergency Stop Assistant halts your vehicle if you can't {Engadget}
Jun 8th 2009 12:17PM Oh no! The bridge is out! What do we do?!
There's no room to stop. There's only one thing to do-- go faster.
Screeech!
Oh no! The automatic braking system kicked in!
We're gonna dieeeeee! Oh shi-
True story.
Microsoft's Project Natal demo video has us jumping with anticipation {Engadget}
Jun 1st 2009 11:09PM Just buy a Natal and your family will play games with you and you will all be happy because you will have so much fun together and there will be sunshine lolipops and rainbows everywhere.
Toshiba Biblio e-reader handled, deemed extremely small {Engadget}
May 26th 2009 2:19AM Do you have other wives that aren't japanese?
Tesla-powered Smart fortwo gives rides, ignites imaginations {Engadget}
Apr 27th 2009 1:25AM I don't know about the rest of you, but I just get this feeling that if someone tries to peel out in this fortwo, it would just do a backflip an roll onto it's roof because it looks so round.
New Pre Classic emulator video shows off 3D gaming prowess {Engadget}
Apr 19th 2009 12:25PM Does anybody remember this? http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/21/palms-ed-colligan-laughs-off-iphone/
Square's on cutting edge with new MySpace game {Joystiq}
Apr 10th 2009 1:18AM MyBrute > MySpace games
Fight me at:
http://uclatommy.mybrute.com
Engadget's recession antidote: win a Vuzix AV310! {Engadget}
Mar 11th 2009 8:45PM The current state of the economy is a result of not enough demand for goods and services despite plenty of capacity for production. This is perpetuated by a crisis of confidence in the credit markets, which was triggered by a high rate of mortgage defaults once the adjustable rate mortgages began resetting. Subsequently, the plethora of derivative securities that were born by these mortgages plummeted in value. With housing demand falling and no credit being available for any remaining demand, property values also plummeted. This caused a loss of wealth on a massive scale by a majority of the society. The loss of wealth caused further cutbacks in spending which produces a vicious feedback cycle.
To fix this, the government needs to (1) prop up demand for goods and services, and (2) fix the credit markets. They can prop up demand by direct government spending and wealth redistribution to the masses. This needs to be coupled with light inflation to make sure people dont hang on to cash hoping for better deals in the future. To free up credit markets, drop interest rates and inject liquidity.
Kindle 2 first hands-on! (updated with video and impressions) {Engadget}
Feb 9th 2009 11:18PM Here's how you justify the cost:
1. Take the price of a typical smartphone without carrier subsidy. (for iPhone this is like what? $600?)
2. Remove the voice communication hardware.
3. Replace the 2-4 inch lcd with a 6 inch epaper display.
4. Make it flat. (This adds more plastic to the cost.)
5. Connect it to an OTA content distribution service.
What do you have? An amazon kindle. Considering how much an unsubsidized smartphone costs, I'd say the kindle has a very reasonable price for the hardware you get. I bet it's not even priced to make a profit. I bet all the profit comes from the sale of content, not the device.
