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Sony Tablet S arrives at Best Buy, ready to be touched, pre-ordered

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Sony Tablet S arrives at Best Buy, ready to be touched, pre-ordered


Sony Tablet S arrives at Best Buy, ready to be touched, pre-ordered
Sure, you could pre-order your Tablet S direct from Sony and wait until the 16th for your slate, or you could skip over to your local Best Buy and play a round of early-release roulette. Our local shop, however, is telling us the tablet is available for "pre-order and display only," so your mileage may vary. [Thanks @DaHarder]Sony Tablet S arrives at Best Buy, ready to be touched, pre-ordered originally appeared on...

Since 9/11, the military has paid heavily for the true cost of oil

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Since 9/11, the military has paid heavily for the true cost of oil


Since 9/11, the military has paid heavily for the true cost of oil
Filed under: Etc., MPG, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, USA On this ten-year anniversary of the terror attacks of 9/11/01, many people are using the occasion to take stock of how the past decade has changed us (The Onion nails it, again). Over the last ten years, we have debated, sometimes heatedly, what the appropriate response should have been to those attacks, but a military response was pretty much inevitable....

Is Motorola joining the Facebook phone bandwagon with its EX225?

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Is Motorola joining the Facebook phone bandwagon with its EX225?


Is Motorola joining the Facebook phone bandwagon with its EX225?
A funny thing just happened over at the Bluetooth SIG's website: the group may have just outed Motorola's first Facebook phone. As Unwired View rightfully points out, the EX225 is likely a feature phone that's based on BREW, as Android's navigation buttons are nowhere to be found. The handset ofers two variants, one that supports dual-SIMs and another that accommodates only one....

Scout Observer replaces military SATCOM, is powered by the iPhone 4

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Scout Observer replaces military SATCOM, is powered by the iPhone 4


Scout Observer replaces military SATCOM, is powered by the iPhone 4
If you need to channel your inner MacGyver, there's a tool for that... predictably, it's powered by your smartphone. By connecting an iPhone 4 to the Scout Observer's Toolkit, it's transformed into a spectrum analyzer, power meter, multimeter and Low Noise Block Downconverter (LNB). In English, that means the device lets you locate and verify satellite signals (including other mobile signals), measure their strength, and determine GPS location (amongst other things)....

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid could be imported from Japan

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 10:22 AM PDT

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid could be imported from Japan


2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid could be imported from Japan
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, Japan A slew of recent reports, most with a headline that reads something like this: "Toyota to stop importing Camry models from Japan," may have led some Toyota aficionados to believe that most Toyota Camry Hybrids will be manufactured right here in the U.S. starting in 2012....

All Samsung Wave phones will get Bada 2.0, if they can handle the upgrade

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 10:22 AM PDT

All Samsung Wave phones will get Bada 2.0, if they can handle the upgrade


All Samsung Wave phones will get Bada 2.0, if they can handle the upgrade
Bada 2.0 won't just be riding the Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y, but according to a tweet from Samsung, it'll be available on all older Wave models as well. The company did warn that the OS could run "differently" between devices based on specifications like CPU and memory size, which may affect lower end models like the Wave 525 and Wave 533....

Samsung Galaxy S II 'coming soon' to AT&T, sign up page goes live

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 09:03 AM PDT

Samsung Galaxy S II 'coming soon' to AT&T, sign up page goes live


Samsung Galaxy S II 'coming soon' to AT&T, sign up page goes live
So a regional carrier from the home of Palin and moose meat beat 'em to the punch, but AT&T's at least showing signs that it's ready to get the Samsung Galaxy S II train rolling. While it still looks like Sprint will be the first of the Big Four to bring its variant of the Android phone to the US, AT&T's page for the handset is now live and sporting a...

Refresh Roundup: week of September 5, 2011

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 07:03 AM PDT

Refresh Roundup: week of September 5, 2011


Refresh Roundup: week of September 5, 2011
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix....

Toyota preps Pixis Space, the automaker's first-ever kei car

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:43 AM PDT

Toyota preps Pixis Space, the automaker's first-ever kei car


Toyota preps Pixis Space, the automaker's first-ever kei car
Filed under: MPG, Toyota, Lightweight, Japan Toyota Motor Corporation is set to unveil its first-ever kei car to be sold under its recently launched Pixis sub-brand. The vehicle, called the Pixis Space, will make its official debut in late September. Based on the Daihatsu Move Conte, the Pixis Space will be sold at Toyota dealerships at "Pixis stations." After Toyota's version of the Move Conte makes its debut, it will launch a Pixis-badged...

Touch Vision Interface employs AR to control screens from afar

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT

Touch Vision Interface employs AR to control screens from afar


Touch Vision Interface employs AR to control screens from afar
We're not exactly lacking in ways to interact with a screen from afar, but the folks at Teehan+Lax have now put an augmented reality-enhanced spin on things with their so-called Touch Vision Interface. While the "how" behind it is no doubt complicated (and being kept largely under wraps at the moment), the end result is fairly simple: you just point your smartphone at a screen (or two) and start manipulating it...

Mysterious BlackBerry surfaces on forum, possibly 9900 prototype

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 04:23 AM PDT

Mysterious BlackBerry surfaces on forum, possibly 9900 prototype


Mysterious BlackBerry surfaces on forum, possibly 9900 prototype
Whoever got a hold of this device over at MaxPDA seems to think it's the BlackBerry Bold 9980. We're more inclined to believe it's a prototype of the still reasonably fresh 9900, given that it sports the same battery as well as the same layout for ports, sensors and buttons....

Artists hack Sony Ericsson's Xperia phones to see the unseen universe, use fire...

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Artists hack Sony Ericsson's Xperia phones to see the unseen universe, use fire as a flash


Artists hack Sony Ericsson's Xperia phones to see the unseen universe, use fire as a flash
For most of us, cellphones are for texting, calling and maybe the occasional tweet, but what happens when you hand them over to some of the world's most creative minds? Giving hackers, artists and intellectuals free reign to mess with the various Xperia phones, Sony found out just how capable its handsets really are....

Cowon's iAudio 10 does "Color Therapy," won't charge you per hour

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Cowon's iAudio 10 does "Color Therapy," won't charge you per hour


Cowon's iAudio 10 does "Color Therapy," won't charge you per hour
After a bit of teasing, Cowon's finally ready to show the world the iAudio 10. The skinny new portable media player offers up a three-inch 240 x 400 display, mic-in, TV out, an FM radio, support for a number of different file types, a document viewer and capacities running 4GB to 32GB....

Ask Engadget: best sub-$400 desktop graphics card on the market?

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 07:58 PM PDT

Ask Engadget: best sub-$400 desktop graphics card on the market?


Ask Engadget: best sub-$400 desktop graphics card on the market?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Jamie, who just so happens to be in the midst of a new PC build. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I'm new to the...

Spotify And Ford Team Together To Showcase The Music Service’s First In-Car Inte...

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 06:41 PM PDT

Spotify And Ford Team Together To Showcase The Music Service's First In-Car Integration


Spotify And Ford Team Together To Showcase The Music Service's First In-Car Integration
Today at the TechCrunch Hackathon, Ford, the second largest automaker in the U.S., teamed with Spotify, the fast-growing Swedish music service that recently arrived in the states, to demonstrate the current opportunities for in-car app innovation as well as the new voice-activated Ford SYNC system. Just to clarify: This isn't an "official partnership", it's just a cool hack meant to demonstrate how easy it is to integrate with SYNC....

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 06:41 PM PDT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later


Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later
Besides being a lightning rod for the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD wars, the Transformers series also racked up some of the biggest HD sales ever, and now we'll see if the latest entry, Dark of the Moon, keeps up that trend. Paramount has announced it will be released September 30th in Blu-ray/DVD combo form for $19.99, with a "deluxe" release including Blu-ray 3D expected in "the coming months." There's no specifics...

Ecko Zip earbuds pump tunes through a functioning zipper, let you drop your fly...

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Ecko Zip earbuds pump tunes through a functioning zipper, let you drop your fly in public


Ecko Zip earbuds pump tunes through a functioning zipper, let you drop your fly in public
We already knew that New Jersey was a hotbed for personal audio innovation, so it certainly came as no surprise when the Garden State's ECKOUNLTD (Ecko Unlimited, with a hint of Jersey Shore) hit us up with a slew of new stylz. We're most curious about the new Zip 'buds, which replace the traditional cord with a functioning zipper, presumably to keep that ever-so-prevalent tangling issue from crampin' your style....

Engadget Mobile Podcast 103 - 09.10.2011

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Engadget Mobile Podcast 103 - 09.10.2011



Engadget Mobile Podcast 103 - 09.10.2011
Phones. Phones, phones, phones, phones, phones! There are SO many of them out there right now, and this week brings another flood of releases to add to the pool. Listen closely and Breakout of your ignorance of the week's releases and rumors as we make a Thrill-ingly Vigor-ous Play at Conquer-ing the Amaze-ing pile of news and hardware that Torch-ed our inboxes over the past few days....