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iPod Touch Has a Vibrating Motor For Facetime Calls
Author: Markus Smith
This just in: the new iPod Touch with front-facing camera (aka the iPhone Lite) has a built-in vibrating motor for notifications, including silent call notifications. Why is this important? Well, presumably the iPod Touch is now a Facetime phone and definitely needs new ways to interact with the user. I’m personally very excited.
This confirms information found in the Accessibility page for the iPod.
Here is the first piece of evidence, and it is on Apple’s very own website. Located on the Accessibility page for the iPod touch, you can scroll down to the ‘Video calling with FaceTime‘ and clearly see the following: “… If somebody wants to start a video call with you, you’ll receive an invitation — along with a vibrating alert — on your iPod touch asking you to join. …”
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William Gibson’s New Book Is Out In Two Days. Are You Getting It?
Author: Markus Smith
While I haven’t honestly enjoyed this latest set of books as well as I enjoyed the Sprawl and the Bridge trilogies, I would still give one of my fingers to give William Gibson a big man hug. He basically defined sci-fi for me, much in the same way Tolkien defined my taste in fantasy, and anything too far from his original dystopian settings peopled with amazingly detailed characters (The Road for example, owes a debt to Gibson, although Cormac McCarthy is a genius in his own right).
Anyway, his new book Zero History is out in two days and I’ve pre-ordered. Set in the “current” – namely some post-9/11 world populated by artistes of the slightly funny deal – the book follows Milgram from Spook Country as… well, I’ll let Cory Doctorow say it:
Bigend has got Milgrim hunting for the designer behind a mysterious line of fetish-denim, in the hopes of remaking it as the basis for a lucrative US military contract; this being Bigend’s idea of novelty-seeking good times.
Sigh. I assure you Molly Millions wouldn’t go out looking for a nice piece of denim, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyway, Cory says it’s fun and a real novel, which is important. Gibson isn’t a sci-fi writer per se, he’s a writer and the Sprawl and Bridge had enough nanotech and silent ninjas to assuage my grief at a story whose plot revolves around selvage.
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Nuu Mini Key adds a bulky physical keyboard to the iPhone 4
Author: Markus Smith
For all the benefits of touchscreen keyboards, there are many who maintain a steadfast allegiance to the gods of tactile feedback. So how does this Mini Key case with sliding QWERTY for the iPhone 4 strike you? Unfortunately, the keys were a bit hard to press on the backlit prototype keypad handled by Engadget Spanish, and it links to the iPhone via Bluetooth, not the iPhone’s dock connector (there’s a cutout at the bottom for a cable to pass through). And no, all that added bulk still doesn’t include an extended life battery pack. Perhaps some of this will change before it goes on sale before the end of the year for $60 / €60, we doubt it though.
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Nuu Mini Key adds a bulky physical keyboard to the iPhone 4 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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INSANE LOUD CAR AUDIO! SMD Greatest hits 1 – MAJOR BASS!
Author: Markus Smith
i called my boy EXOcontralto in Maine (USA) and asked him to sprinkle some of his editing skills on my vids and make me a little somethin somethin…….he did and here it is. SMD greatest hits 1 (more to come). Hit up youtube.com/exocontralto today and check out more of his editing work. Thanks!
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I am confused about where all the Android phone apps are?
Author: Markus Smith
I got my wife a T-Mobile Cliq (Google Android) and on both the TMobile and Android Market web sites it seems like there is only about 150-200 apps compared to the thousands for the IPhone. Is there some “hidden” source for apps? I am guessing, and hoping, now that droid phones are becoming more popular, companies will start making more apps. For example, US Bank has an app for the IPhone but not the droid.
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Firefox Home app for the iPhone
Author: Markus Smith
This is a preliminary, non-branded sneak peek of Firefox Home app for the iPhone. Firefox Home gives users access to their Firefox history, bookmarks, open tabs, Awesome Bar — just the way they left it on their desktop. This application has yet to be submitted to the App Store. Enjoy!
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Turnovers prove costly in Menlo-Atherton’s loss to Wilcox
Author: Markus Smith
Turnovers prove costly in Menlo-Atherton’s loss to Wilcox
Meafua throws for 308 yards for Jefferson in win over North Salinas; balanced attack paces Sacred Heart Prep over San Lorenzo Valley
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Samsung suggests Galaxy Tab will cost between $200 and $400 — also coming to Vodafone UK
Author: Markus Smith
Early reports indicate Europe will pay a pretty penny for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, but the 7-inch tablet may cost a good bit less when it comes to US shores — the Wall Street Journal paraphrases a Samsung executive who claims it could run between $200 and $300 depending on the all-important carrier subsidies. The Korea Times, meanwhile, suggests a $300 to $400 retail price according to a different Samsung bigwig, who added that the Tab “will cost slightly more than the Galaxy S smartphone.” As you’re probably aware, Sammy’s Galaxy S typically retails for about $200 in the US — excepting Sprint’s Epic 4G at $250 — so if you held a bursting Li-ion battery to our head and forced us to guess, we’d say the latter range of dollar signs is far more likely.
By the way, Vodafone UK shows the Galaxy Tab as “coming soon.” Hit our more coverage link for details.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Samsung suggests Galaxy Tab will cost between $200 and $400 — also coming to Vodafone UK originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Toshiba fulfills your need for speed with UHS-I SDHC and microSDHC cards
Author: Markus Smith
Panasonic must be mighty annoyed right about now, because Toshiba’s seemingly got it trumped — when the first batch of lightning-quick UHS-I cards ship in November, Toshiba’s chips will be faster and larger on day one. As you can no doubt see immediately above, the latter company’s fielding full-size SDHC UHS-I cards at up to 32GB that promise maximum read and write times of 95MB/s and 80MB/s respectively, not to mention tiny microSDHC units that still manage a very respectable 40MB/s and 20MB/s. As per usual, these numbers are fast and loose, so don’t be surprised if you get a good bit less in practice, but we imagine you should be able to rely on at least the quoted minimum transfer rate of 10MB/s. No ludicrous early-adopter memory prices quite yet, but we imagine your ego will write the necessary checks as soon Toshiba takes care of that. PR after the break.
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Caption contest: nothing easy about this rider
Author: Markus Smith
Sony Ericsson’s booth at IFA this year includes an Xperia-themed chopper that you can sit on and have your picture taken — with a Sony Ericsson cameraphone, of course. As of press time, no word on when it’ll be updated to use unleaded gasoline.
Chris: “It’ll be available at local dealers mere moments after you finally stop wanting it.”
Darren: “A fine substitute for the PSP Phone you’ve been dreaming of.”
Laura: “Fail hog.”
Ross: “Still no pinch-to-zoom, but at least here, that kind of makes sense.”
Don: “Mr. Stringer, your chariot awaits.”
Vlad: “Sony just couldn’t help throwing in a bit of product placement in its Terminator 2 remake.”
Tim: “It’s bigger, heavier, slower, and way more expensive than other models — but hey, look at all that chrome! Oh, yeah, the bike isn’t bad either.”
Sean: “Active shutter glasses sold separately.”
Thomas: “**Model shown is coming soon. Actual product is a horse.”
Caption contest: nothing easy about this rider originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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