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VIDEO: Translogic drives the Arcimoto SRK, makes us hopeful

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT

VIDEO: Translogic drives the Arcimoto SRK, makes us hopeful


VIDEO: Translogic drives the Arcimoto SRK, makes us hopeful
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA Arcimoto SRK - Click above to watch video after the jump If you've heard about Arcimoto, an electric vehicle start-up, and have been wondering what's up with the company and their three-wheeled product, wonder no more. Translogic has tracked the company down, taken a fifth-generation prototype - the SRK - for a ride and made one of their fancy-pants videos that fills you in on everything you need to...

Spotify launching in the US tomorrow

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Spotify launching in the US tomorrow


Spotify launching in the US tomorrow
We just received word from a Spotify representative that the much-loved music streaming service is finally coming to the US tomorrow. Asked about the final hurdles leading up to release, the representative told Engadget, "We were really adamant about bringing the service to the US, which means a really great, free experience, and we wanted to be really careful about the way we did this, and the rights holders felt the...

Netflix streaming comes to the Nintendo 3DS tomorrow

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Netflix streaming comes to the Nintendo 3DS tomorrow


Netflix streaming comes to the Nintendo 3DS tomorrow
Ever since Nintendo's GDC announcement in March we've been waiting for Netflix streaming on the 3DS, and it appears tomorrow's eShop update will do the trick. This may be too late for those that followed through on threats to cancel after the new rates were announced yesterday, but all other 3DS owners can get their Parks & Rec (in 3D?) anywhere in range of a WiFi signal....

Sprint's Virgin Mobile brand to test throttling while Sprint pokes fun at throttlers (video)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Sprint's Virgin Mobile brand to test throttling while Sprint pokes fun at throttlers (video)


Sprint's Virgin Mobile brand to test throttling while Sprint pokes fun at throttlers (video)
Alanis Morrisette couldn't have possibly thought up something this ironic to put in her hit song. On the same day Sprint launches an ad campaign trashing T-Mobile's "unlimited" plan for throttling its data speeds, the Now Network announced that it intends to begin throttling Virgin Mobile's broadband sometime in October....

Huawei Ascend II on sale now, brings off-contract Gingerbread to Cricket for $180

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Huawei Ascend II on sale now, brings off-contract Gingerbread to Cricket for $180


Huawei Ascend II on sale now, brings off-contract Gingerbread to Cricket for $180
We gotta say -- we dig where this is headed. Between Virgin Mobile's Intercept, Boost Mobile's Prevail and Cricket's Ascend II, it's getting harder and harder to justify a mid-range smartphone on a post-paid carrier. Huawei's latest prepaid smartphone has just landed on Cricket, quite a few months after we first touched it at CTIA....

IDC: Barnes & Noble charges ahead of the e-reader pack, people like a little color with their books

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT

IDC: Barnes & Noble charges ahead of the e-reader pack, people like a little color with their books


IDC: Barnes & Noble charges ahead of the e-reader pack, people like a little color with their books
Consumers, it seems, aren't quite ready to declare the devoted e-reader market dead just yet -- according to IDC, the space is set to grow by 24 percent globally in 2011. That's especially good news for Barnes & Noble, as the company pushed to the top of the e-reader race for Q1, edging out Amazon's industry-defining Kindle....

Mercedes will try to resuscitate Smart with new execs, ads, incentives

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Mercedes will try to resuscitate Smart with new execs, ads, incentives


Mercedes will try to resuscitate Smart with new execs, ads, incentives
Filed under: Mercedes Benz, SMART 2009 Smart ForTwo - Click above for high-res image gallery The Smart brand has been in flux for the last few years. Sales have fallen off a cliff from the days when the Penske Group moved nearly 25,000 units in 2008. In 2010, just 5,927 Smart ForTwos went home with new owners....

Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:03 PM PDT

Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet


Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet
Apparently, when Motorola was trying to figure out why its Xoom has struggled so mightily in against the iPad 2, the company didn't focus on its high starting price or slightly heftier hardware. Instead, it decided the issue was the screen -- in particular the format -- and rumor has it that Moto is working on a new tablet (probably not the Xoom 2 we've glimpsed) that ditches the 16:9 ratio...

"Major landmark" reached as AeroVironment's chargers get UL-certified

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:32 PM PDT

"Major landmark" reached as AeroVironment's chargers get UL-certified


"Major landmark" reached as AeroVironment's chargers get UL-certified
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, USA AeroVironment has announced that its entire lineup of plug-in vehicle charging solutions has received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification. This means that AeroVironment's chargers conform to electrical codes and can now be safely and legally installed almost anywhere in the U.S. AeroVironment proudly claims that it is the first company to provide a "full lineup of chargers listed with UL" and calls UL certification of its entire suite of...

New Netflix, NBCUniversal deal announced; extra $6 a month buys some old eps of The Event

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:32 PM PDT

New Netflix, NBCUniversal deal announced; extra $6 a month buys some old eps of The Event


New Netflix, NBCUniversal deal announced; extra $6 a month buys some old eps of The Event
In case you were wondering what the updated rates are buying, Netflix's first step in making its case for your $7.99 a month in streaming fees appears to be a renewal of its content deal with NBCUniversal. The new deal secures availability of previous seasons of popular shows including 30 Rock, The Office, Psych and other selections we've gotten used to seeing on the service for the next couple of years....

Joe Montana to Open Hotel in San Francisco

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Joe Montana to Open Hotel in San Francisco


Joe Montana to Open Hotel in San Francisco
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana's business group has been given the go-ahead to lease land in California for a luxury hotel project.

Motorola's Photon 4G ships to Sprint July 31st, $200 on contract

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Motorola's Photon 4G ships to Sprint July 31st, $200 on contract


Motorola's Photon 4G ships to Sprint July 31st, $200 on contract
Too often, "expected summer launches" translate into "the very last day possible," so we were happy to learn that Sprint's latest collaboration with Motorola, the Photon 4G, will be available July 31st for the usual $200 on contract. To say the upcoming Android device will come loaded is an understatement: it'll ship with Gingerbread, a Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz CPU, one full GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch qHD display, dual cameras...

Woman publishes book filled with 12 years of her personal texts

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Woman publishes book filled with 12 years of her personal texts


Woman publishes book filled with 12 years of her personal texts
The Most Interesting Man in the World's got nothing on Tracey Moberly. She's either incredibly exciting or is acquainted with plenty of people that are, because over the course of twelve years she's collected enough interesting texts to publish a book about them. We can't imagine saving and compiling thousands upon thousands of SMS messages -- let alone weaving them together into intricate stories and life lessons -- but it sounds...

Porsche 928 Successor on the Way?

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Porsche 928 Successor on the Way?


Porsche 928 Successor on the Way?
Based on a shortened Panamera platform, and possibly with AWD.

The Lighter Car News

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT

The Lighter Car News


The Lighter Car News
Stirling Moss buys wife a Cygnet; Audi to build in US; Adam Carolla

Amazon Android tablet coming before October?

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Amazon Android tablet coming before October?


Amazon Android tablet coming before October?
We've heard an awful lot about a forthcoming Android tablet rocking an Amazon logo, including a little teasing from CEO Jeff Bezos back in May, and now The Wall Street Journal's adding flames to the slate fire saying the hotly anticipated tab could be on its way before October. According to those oh so familiar "people familiar with the matter," the Android-based slate would rock a nine-inch screen and, surprisingly, lack...

Sony's VAIO Z finally arrives in the US, goes up for pre-order starting at $2,000

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Sony's VAIO Z finally arrives in the US, goes up for pre-order starting at $2,000


Sony's VAIO Z finally arrives in the US, goes up for pre-order starting at $2,000
Well, it's about time! It's been months since Sony pulled the 13-inch VAIO Z from its website, and since then we've had to sift through vague leaks and watch mournfully as other parts of the world scored the next-gen version of this premium ultrportable. Finally, Sony has announced that it's available for pre-order in the US, starting at a princely $2,000....

Gordon Murray Design, Acal Energy developing low-cost fuel cell vehicle

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Gordon Murray Design, Acal Energy developing low-cost fuel cell vehicle


Gordon Murray Design, Acal Energy developing low-cost fuel cell vehicle
Filed under: Hydrogen, Lightweight, UKACAL Energy has partnered with Gordon Murray Design in a 12-month-long project to design a low-cost, lightweight fuel cell vehicle. Putting those three pieces together in one vehicle may seem nigh impossible, but you never know for sure unless you try, right? The project, funded by the UK's Technology Strategy Board under its Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme, will combine ACAL Energy's Flowcath technology - which supposedly reduces...

Wearable lab coat TV packs thousands of LEDs, heads for Burning Man (video)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Wearable lab coat TV packs thousands of LEDs, heads for Burning Man (video)


Wearable lab coat TV packs thousands of LEDs, heads for Burning Man (video)
Sure, we've seen iPad hats and augmented reality tattoos, but a 60-inch display suitable for hours of wear under the hot Nevada desert sun? Well that's just crazy talk. Believe it or not, a one Dave Forbes built exactly that: a 12V battery powered, 160 x 120-pixel monitor capable of displaying standard NTSC analog video from an in-pocket iPod....

NYC fleet adds 70 plug-in vehicles, including Chevy Volt cop cars

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:28 PM PDT

NYC fleet adds 70 plug-in vehicles, including Chevy Volt cop cars


NYC fleet adds 70 plug-in vehicles, including Chevy Volt cop cars
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid NYC Chevy Volt Police Car - Click above for high-res image gallery As much as the average driver doesn't really have to worry about "range anxiety" on an average driving day, we will grant you that an electric police car that could run out of juice during a car chase is a bad idea....

Sony HD-PG5U USB 3.0 drive puts family first, works best with other Sonys

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Sony HD-PG5U USB 3.0 drive puts family first, works best with other Sonys


Sony HD-PG5U USB 3.0 drive puts family first, works best with other Sonys
Plug Sony's new 180g portable drive into your PC and you'll get decent USB 3.0 storage plus some preloaded software that claims to accelerate transfers over USB 2.0. Underwhelmed? Us too. But wait -- hook this baby up to some of that other Sony bric-a-brac you've got lying around and it'll unlock a bunch of extra features....

PayPal announces phone-to-phone NFC support, cuts eyes at Google (video)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 11:57 AM PDT

PayPal announces phone-to-phone NFC support, cuts eyes at Google (video)


PayPal announces phone-to-phone NFC support, cuts eyes at Google (video)
Still eager to do business with a company that'll lock your account on a whim and side with the buyer regardless of the facts? Splendid! If that's you, PayPal would love for you to know that it has announced a new phone-to-phone NFC payment application at MobileBeat 2011, offering Nexus S owners the ability to request and transfer funds between handsets....

RIM aims to launch seven smartphones with BlackBerry OS 7 in 'the coming months'

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 11:57 AM PDT

RIM aims to launch seven smartphones with BlackBerry OS 7 in 'the coming months'


RIM aims to launch seven smartphones with BlackBerry OS 7 in 'the coming months'
It may look like it's losing the ongoing smartphone war, but Research in Motion is at least preparing for the next battle with reinforcements. Co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis announced at this week's annual shareholder meeting that seven new OS 7-powered BlackBerry smartphones are set to be launched in the near future....

2012 Scion iQ priced from $15,995*

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT

2012 Scion iQ priced from $15,995*


2012 Scion iQ priced from $15,995*
Filed under: Scion, Toyota, Lightweight 2012 Scion iQ - Click above for high-res image gallery Our man Damon Lavrinc is at the media introduction of the 2012 Scion iQ, and he reports that the diminutive hatchback will be priced from $15,995 (including destination charges) when it hits U.S. showrooms. Scion now says the iQ's U.S....

Video Time Machine for iOS (hands-on)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Video Time Machine for iOS (hands-on)


Video Time Machine for iOS (hands-on)
What's the first thing that comes to mind when the subject of time travel comes up? If you're like us, you probably think of flying DeLoreans or malfunctioning hot tubs; maybe even the HG Wells chair with a brobdingnagian spinning wheel on the back. Since these types of time machines (you know, the ones that actually go back in time) don't exist -- that we know of, anyway -- we need...

Adobe and Sony create contest to put Air apps on Android tablets

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Adobe and Sony create contest to put Air apps on Android tablets


Adobe and Sony create contest to put Air apps on Android tablets
Normally, we don't cover contests, but this Air App Challenge from Sony and Adobe does deserve some special attention. Why? Well, for one, Air hasn't exactly taken off quite like the Flash makers had hoped -- especially in the mobile space. And two, that new S2 tablet is going to need some apps that are designed to take advantage of its dual screens....

300 all-electric Car2Go carsharing vehicles coming to San Diego this fall

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:24 AM PDT

300 all-electric Car2Go carsharing vehicles coming to San Diego this fall


300 all-electric Car2Go carsharing vehicles coming to San Diego this fall
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, SMART, USA, Daimler Electric Car2go Carsharing Service - Click above for high-res image gallery Using 300 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive vehicles, Daimler's Car2go carsharing program will expand to San Diego, CA this fall. The program - using standard, gasoline-powered Fortwos - already exists in Austin, TX and Vancouver, BC and in some European cities (Amsterdam, for example, will be getting the Fortwo ED Car2go experience before the end...

Sony S1 and S2 hands-on

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Sony S1 and S2 hands-on


Sony S1 and S2 hands-on
Now that Sony has spilled the carrier-exclusive beans on at least one of its tablets, the S2 clamshell, the company kindly gave us a chance to get some long-awaited hands-on time with both it and its sibling, the S1 slate. And at time when it feels like we handle a new Honeycomb Android tablet every other day, these at least usher in some pretty unusual form factors....

Pandora ditches Flash, opens up the HTML5 box for redesign

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Pandora ditches Flash, opens up the HTML5 box for redesign


Pandora ditches Flash, opens up the HTML5 box for redesign
Looks like Adobe has lost yet another ally to the silky smooth allure of HTML5. Internet radio service Pandora has traded in the once ubiquitous Flash for the increasingly adopted web standard, citing, among other things, the ability to lop precious seconds off the site's load time. The upgrade is part of a major redesign for the service, said to have been inspired by the company's own iPad app....

Nokia prepping $120 million ad campaign ahead of Windows Phone launch?

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Nokia prepping $120 million ad campaign ahead of Windows Phone launch?


Nokia prepping $120 million ad campaign ahead of Windows Phone launch?
With the dust from its Microsoft partnership having somewhat settled, Nokia is reportedly looking to kick off its forthcoming line of Windows Phones with a major marketing campaign. According to Marketing Magazine, Elop & Co. have already devoted some £80 million (about $127 million) to the six-month ad endeavor, which is expected to launch in October....