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2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in to launch in Japan, Europe in January

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:31 PM PDT

2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in to launch in Japan, Europe in January


2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in to launch in Japan, Europe in January
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, Japan The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid will start its global journey in three month's time. Word is the Prius Plug-in will launch in Japan in January of 2012 and hit dealerships across Europe around the same time. Toyota is expected to price the Prius Plug-in Hybrid at around three million yen ($38,922 U.S....

Pantech Breakout review

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Pantech Breakout review


Pantech Breakout review
That pool looks cool and refreshing, and all of the kids are having the time of their lives. Problem is, it's in an exclusive club, leaving you to stare at it longingly from the opposite side of a chainlink fence. We know the feeling, and it ain't fun -- yet, the state of LTE in the US over the last year has had just a pinch of elitism due to its...

Engadget Mobile Podcast 106 - 10.03.2011

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Engadget Mobile Podcast 106 - 10.03.2011



Engadget Mobile Podcast 106 - 10.03.2011
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: it's just crazy out there these days, and getting even more crazier each and every day. So crazy was this week in mobile news, in fact, we needed a few extra days to digest it all, but we hope you'll find it was worth the wait....

Engadget will be broadcasting live outside of Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' event!

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Engadget will be broadcasting live outside of Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' event!


Engadget will be broadcasting live outside of Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' event!
It's all going down tomorrow, and you can bet your bottom dollar (or last prepaid SIM, whichever you prefer) that we'll be liveblogging it all on these pages right here. But prior to Apple's "Let's Talk iPhone" event, we'll be set up outside of the company's Cupertino headquarters in order to bring live pre-show analysis, including the very latest rumblings from the Apple mecca and any top-secret tips on ditching work...

Microsoft adding new features to Hotmail over 'the coming weeks,' releases an An...

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Microsoft adding new features to Hotmail over 'the coming weeks,' releases an Android app


Microsoft adding new features to Hotmail over 'the coming weeks,' releases an Android app
When we heard Microsoft was holding a press event called "Give Hotmail a Second Look," we wondered if a full-on redesign was in store. The answer happens to be a resounding "no," but the software giant is rolling out a raft of new features to its 365 million-some-odd users. This includes an Android app with two-way email, contact and calendar syncing (!), along with a slew of updates to Hotmail's web...

LightSquared teams up with Sharp to begin production of LTE phones and tablets

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:51 PM PDT

LightSquared teams up with Sharp to begin production of LTE phones and tablets


LightSquared teams up with Sharp to begin production of LTE phones and tablets
Irksome GPS interference issues now somewhat safely behind it, LightSquared's plowing forward into OEM waters. The LTE wholesaler has just struck up an agreement with Sharp that'll see the electronics company creating the first line of devices specifically tailored for the nascent 4G network. Of course, these smartphones and tablets won't be sold by the Falcone-backed company, and will instead make their way to its carrier partners -- like Sprint, C...

Amazon Kindle Lighted Leather Cover hands-on

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Amazon Kindle Lighted Leather Cover hands-on


Amazon Kindle Lighted Leather Cover hands-on
It's true of other portable electronics and it applies here, too: if you own an e-reader, there's a strong argument to be made that you need a case. Sure, readers are a little more scratch-resistant than smartphones, but a little bit of backpack trauma can do some nasty things to an e-ink display....

Tesla Model S Boasts 320-Mile Range, One-Hour Recharge Time

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Tesla Model S Boasts 320-Mile Range, One-Hour Recharge Time


Tesla Model S Boasts 320-Mile Range, One-Hour Recharge Time
Production of Tesla's next car doesn't start until next summer, but the automaker is already turning up the juice.

AltCar 2011: EV Mobile Charger brings electrons to the side of the road

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

AltCar 2011: EV Mobile Charger brings electrons to the side of the road


AltCar 2011: EV Mobile Charger brings electrons to the side of the road
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo Somewhat surprisingly given the early stage of the EV rollout we're in, there are already lots of ways to recharge empty electric vehicles along the side of the road, both official (see choices from AAA, Club Assist and Nation-E) and DIY....

Growing Up Geek: Jesse Hicks

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Growing Up Geek: Jesse Hicks


Growing Up Geek: Jesse Hicks
Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today we have our very own Contributing Editor, Jesse Hicks. I've never been one for nostalgia, but if I I had to choose a Proustian element from my geeky childhood -- a singular sense-memory that evokes a whole constellation of related feelings...

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 4:30PM

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 4:30PM


Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 4:30PM
It's Monday, and we're still here to help by letting you peek into the recording booth when the Engadget HD podcast goes to mp3 at 4:30PM. We're a little early this week, so take a peek at the live stream, chat and list of topics after the break.Continue reading Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 4:30PMJoin the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 4:30PM originally appeared on...

Jonathan Coulton talks coding, Creative Commons and becoming an internet rocksta...

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Jonathan Coulton talks coding, Creative Commons and becoming an internet rockstar (video)


Jonathan Coulton talks coding, Creative Commons and becoming an internet rockstar (video)
There are few ways of endearing yourself to the geek world more quickly than writing a song like "Code Monkey." The developer-friendly track was one of 52 released as part of Jonathan Coulton's year-long "Thing a Week" project and was later adopted as the theme song for a similarly-titled G4 program....

Did Sprint Go All-In For The iPhone 5?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Did Sprint Go All-In For The iPhone 5?


Did Sprint Go All-In For The iPhone 5?
Sprint is taking a huge risk by carrying the iPhone, if reports from the Wall Street Journal are to be believed. Details about Sprint and Apple's quiet dealings have begun to emerge, and if true, the country's third largest wireless carrier is stuck in a precarious position. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has reportedly told the company's board of directors that in order to nab the iPhone, they would have to commit to...

The Lighter Car News

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT

The Lighter Car News


The Lighter Car News
Selling Spyker, a drunken Al Unser and one weird race car.

AltCar 2011: Trexa Enertube is waiting for you

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

AltCar 2011: Trexa Enertube is waiting for you


AltCar 2011: Trexa Enertube is waiting for you
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo The Trexa has evolved. First unveiled as a skateboard-like concept platform in 2010, the latest version of the Enertube was on display at the 2011 AltCar Expo this past weekend, along with a few ideas for how this battery-powered cylinder with wheels could be used (see gallery for those sketches). Built by six people over six months in Marina del Rey, CA, the...

iHome iW1 AirPlay wireless audio system review

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

iHome iW1 AirPlay wireless audio system review


iHome iW1 AirPlay wireless audio system review
/ Believe it or not, it was way back at CES that we first caught an in-person glimpse of iHome's flagship AirPlay-enabled audio system -- a guy dubbed iW1. We've seen a steady trickle of AirPlay devices announced in the time since, but the iW1's been one of the earliest to splash down for the fall season....

PayPal To Open A Pop-Up Store In New York To Showcase New Payments Technologies

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

PayPal To Open A Pop-Up Store In New York To Showcase New Payments Technologies


PayPal To Open A Pop-Up Store In New York To Showcase New Payments Technologies
Exclusive-PayPal is going to be setting up a pop-up store in downtown Manhattan, New York to showcase some of the new tools and technologies the payments giant will debut in the next few months. The space will be located at 174 Hudson, which is located in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan....

WSJ: Sprint places $20 billion order for next iPhone, hinges company future on A...

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

WSJ: Sprint places $20 billion order for next iPhone, hinges company future on Apple's handset?


WSJ: Sprint places $20 billion order for next iPhone, hinges company future on Apple's handset?
Oh, iFaithful, your newest Apple phone(s) are only a day away. Which is even more reason to hunker down into this latest chunk of pre-announcement gossip. According to information obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Sprint's betting the farm on a 30 million-plus order of next-generation iPhones to put it on an even battle ground with heavyweight rivals AT&T and Verizon....

Vodafone Data Test Drive enables users to experiment with data, see what tier fi...

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Vodafone Data Test Drive enables users to experiment with data, see what tier fits best


Vodafone Data Test Drive enables users to experiment with data, see what tier fits best
At the same time that kindly Mr. Vodafone released the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S to the children of the world, it announced a new program that helps you gauge your mobile data needs. Data Test Drive gives you three months of unlimited, kid-in-a-candy-van access for as much mobile Tweeting, Spotifying and YouTubing as your eyes and ears can handle....

PS3 will support 4K stills after a future update, moving pictures remain out of...

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:53 AM PDT

PS3 will support 4K stills after a future update, moving pictures remain out of reach


PS3 will support 4K stills after a future update, moving pictures remain out of reach
Once you've cleared the $25k or so in your budget that it will take to snag one of Sony's 4K VPL-VW1000ES your next problem will be finding some 4096x2160 res content to view on it. While showing off the new beamer for its Japanese audience at CEATEC today, Sony announced the PS3 will get a firmware update around the beginning of 2012 that will allow it to natively output 4K stills....

AltCar 2011: Island Green Motors wants to scoot you to the Caribbean

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:14 AM PDT

AltCar 2011: Island Green Motors wants to scoot you to the Caribbean


AltCar 2011: Island Green Motors wants to scoot you to the Caribbean
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo How's this for an unusual business model: take a Chinese-built vehicle, convert it to electric drive in Iowa and then export it to the Caribbean. Yeah, it doesn't make all that much sense to us, either. Perhaps this is why Island Green Motors (IGM) scrapped this original plan and is now focused on building and selling electric scooters....

Amazon Kindle review (2011)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:14 AM PDT

Amazon Kindle review (2011)


Amazon Kindle review (2011)
There's little question that the Fire stole the show at last week's Amazon event. After all, the new tablet marks a change for the company's Kindle line, which until now has been defined by relatively simple E-Ink-based devices. The Kindle Touch, meanwhile, stepped up to bat to take on the likes of new Nook and Kobo touchscreen readers....

Rhapsody announces plans to acquire Napster

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Rhapsody announces plans to acquire Napster


Rhapsody announces plans to acquire Napster
Details are fairly light at the moment, but Rhapsody has just announced that it plans to acquire Napster, and that the deal is expected to be complete as soon as the end of November. In a statement, Rhapsody president Jon Irwin said that the deal "will further extend Rhapsody's lead over our competitors in the growing on-demand music market," and that "this is a 'go big or go home' business, so...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 coming to T-Mobile on October 26th, price remains a mystery

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 coming to T-Mobile on October 26th, price remains a mystery


Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 coming to T-Mobile on October 26th, price remains a mystery
Clue's in the title, really. Get ready to whip yourself into a frenzy at the news that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will arrive in T-Mobile stores on October 26th. You want proof? You can't handle the proof. Or, maybe you can. Once you've decided, head on past the break for a little......

Sony A77 reviewed: A 24.3 megapixel game-changer?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Sony A77 reviewed: A 24.3 megapixel game-changer?


Sony A77 reviewed: A 24.3 megapixel game-changer?
It's been a long time coming, but the patience has paid off with Sony's A77 finally getting its first pro review. Sure, the $1,400 cost of entry (body only) will weigh heavily on even the most enthusiastic cameraman conscious. But, what's a few hundred dollars when it comes to a camera that Popular Photography says has "radically changed the world of DSLRs"?...

Chevy Volt Sales Rise 240 Percent in September...to 723

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Chevy Volt Sales Rise 240 Percent in September...to 723


Chevy Volt Sales Rise 240 Percent in September...to 723
GM maintains it will sell 10,000 by end of 2012.

Arduino-powered modder recreates 'first PC'

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Arduino-powered modder recreates 'first PC'


Arduino-powered modder recreates 'first PC'
Before the Altair 8800, before the SCElBI, there was the Kenbak-1 -- considered to be the first personal computer by the Computer History Museum. Designed in 1970, it used Transistor-Transistor logic instead of a microprocessor -- which is one of the reasons only 40 of the units were ever sold, of which 14 are known to still exist today....

Nissan Leaf still beats Chevy Volt in September 2011 U.S. sales, but not by much

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Nissan Leaf still beats Chevy Volt in September 2011 U.S. sales, but not by much


Nissan Leaf still beats Chevy Volt in September 2011 U.S. sales, but not by much
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Nissan, USA In the battle for plug-in vehicle U.S. sales supremacy, the electric-only Nissan Leaf has emerged the victor once again, beating the Chevrolet Volt for the sixth consecutive month (April, May, June, July, August and now September). Its half-year reign as the plug-in champ has jolted the Leaf well ahead of the Volt in total U.S....

White Galaxy S II gets not-so-festive October launch in Canada

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT

White Galaxy S II gets not-so-festive October launch in Canada


White Galaxy S II gets not-so-festive October launch in Canada
Smartphone obsessives in Canada will be getting their hands on some snowy Galaxy S II goodness sooner rather than later. Yes, Samsung's dual-core bestseller has been leaked with an October 7th launch date on Bell, with prices matching the dark original: CAD$599.95 off-contract or CAD$149.95 for three years. And we know all phones look better in white, right?White Galaxy S II gets not-so-festive October launch in Canada originally appeared on Engadget...

Barely visible Bluetooth earphones from Novero spotted at the FCC

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Barely visible Bluetooth earphones from Novero spotted at the FCC


Barely visible Bluetooth earphones from Novero spotted at the FCC
Walk along that sparse borderline between Bluetooth headset and pearl necklace and you'll eventually come across a company called Novero. It specializes in vaguely ridiculous bejeweled wireless things, but it has some serious products too -- including these surreptitious little Rockaway earphones that have just been approved by the FCC....