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Sprint says no to iPhone insurance, AppleCare+ breathes sigh of relief

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Sprint says no to iPhone insurance, AppleCare+ breathes sigh of relief


Sprint says no to iPhone insurance, AppleCare+ breathes sigh of relief
The Now Network is apparently voting thumbs-down to the idea of having its Total Equipment Protection plans available to its new crown jewel. According to a leaked slide courtesy of SprintFeed, your shiny Sprint-branded iPhone 4S (or 4) won't be offered with a healthy portion of peace of mind; rather, you'll need to purchase the AppleCare+ Protection Plan or go through a third party to have any protection from accidental damage....

2013 Hyundai i30 plug-in hybrid to undercut price of Toyota Prius Plug-in

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 02:34 PM PDT

2013 Hyundai i30 plug-in hybrid to undercut price of Toyota Prius Plug-in


2013 Hyundai i30 plug-in hybrid to undercut price of Toyota Prius Plug-in
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Hyundai, Toyota Korean automaker Hyundai is getting ready to take direct aim at the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid with its scheduled-to-launch-in-2013 Hyundai i30 gas-electric with a plug, according to a report from German news outlet Auto Motor und Sport. Word is Hyundai's first-ever mass-produced plug-in hybrid - to be based on the recently unveiled i30 - will debut in late 2012, with its European launch scheduled for sometime...

Fujifilm's X10 offers up vintage-style snapping for $599.99 in early November

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Fujifilm's X10 offers up vintage-style snapping for $599.99 in early November


Fujifilm's X10 offers up vintage-style snapping for $599.99 in early November
We've already sorted through the specs, and laid our hands on its rather sexy frame, now Fujifilm's offering up a more palatable price tag than we expected for its throwback X10 shooter. Starting sometime in early October, the X100's more affordable little brother will set nostalgic point-and-shooters back $599.99 -- about $100 bones less than the estimated $715 to $860 ballpark we threw out back in September....

Cybook prepping Odyssey reader with High Speed Ink System screen

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Cybook prepping Odyssey reader with High Speed Ink System screen


Cybook prepping Odyssey reader with High Speed Ink System screen
It looks like Bookeen may finally be through teasing us -- the company is preparing to unleash the Odyssey, a reader sporting its High Speed Ink System. The modified Pearl E Ink screen has been shown off multiple times, playing back video and browsing the web. Now it will finally make the transition from interesting tech demo to actual product....

Pipistrel wins $1.35 million in Google-sponsored 2011 Green Flight Challenge

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Pipistrel wins $1.35 million in Google-sponsored 2011 Green Flight Challenge


Pipistrel wins $1.35 million in Google-sponsored 2011 Green Flight Challenge
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc. In the end, the competition for the $1.35 million top prize in the 2011 Green Flight Challenge came down to just two craft, the eGenius and the Pipistrel G4. After both managed to meet the goal of the contest - fly 200 miles at over 100 miles per hour using less than the equivalent energy of one gallon of fuel per passenger - the winner seems to...

Insert Coin: Romo, the smartphone robot (video)

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Insert Coin: Romo, the smartphone robot (video)


Insert Coin: Romo, the smartphone robot (video)
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Romotive co-founder Peter Seid's tweet read "I build robots powered by smartphone" -- that was just the incentive we needed to go check out his and business partner Phu Nguyen's creation while on a...

Refresh Roundup: week of October 3, 2011

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Refresh Roundup: week of October 3, 2011


Refresh Roundup: week of October 3, 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....

Pantech Vega LTE gets official for South Korea, dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and 4.5-inc...

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Pantech Vega LTE gets official for South Korea, dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and 4.5-inch HD display


Pantech Vega LTE gets official for South Korea, dual-core 1.5GHz CPU and 4.5-inch HD display
Pantech holds no punches in its home nation, where the company's latest handset, the Vega LTE, has just become very official. In addition to 4G support, the phone features a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 4.5-inch display with a whopping 1280 x 800 resolution. Take a moment to savor that last part....

Daily quick-charging won't really affect battery life of Mitsubishi i

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Daily quick-charging won't really affect battery life of Mitsubishi i


Daily quick-charging won't really affect battery life of Mitsubishi i
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi Repeated use of a DC Fast Charge, "Level 3" quick-charge unit negatively affects the long-term performance of the battery pack that powers most plug-in vehicles, right? Wrong, according to Mitsubishi. Officials over at Mitsubishi believe that even daily use of a quick-charge unit won't have much overall affect on the battery pack found in the 2012 Mitsubishi i....

U-verse on Xbox 360 is getting upgraded in November, but will require XBL Gold

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 04:42 AM PDT

U-verse on Xbox 360 is getting upgraded in November, but will require XBL Gold


U-verse on Xbox 360 is getting upgraded in November, but will require XBL Gold
The good news for everyone anyone using their Xbox 360 as a AT&T U-verse set-top box, is that it will be upgraded as a part of the new dashboard update coming this fall. that means support for the integrated search, new UI and control via voice or gestures with Kinect....

This concept wants you to smell it, smell it, Smellit

Posted: 09 Oct 2011 01:22 AM PDT

This concept wants you to smell it, smell it, Smellit


This concept wants you to smell it, smell it, Smellit
We admit it: this could just be another highfalutin gadget render that'll never breathe the polluted whiff of day. But it's a nice render, which demonstrates a concept called the Smellit: a miniature olfactory factory that's meant to connect to your PC and bring a "fourth dimension" to video and gaming....

Samsung Stratosphere cleared for Verizon landing October 13th

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT

Samsung Stratosphere cleared for Verizon landing October 13th


Samsung Stratosphere cleared for Verizon landing October 13th
It seems like only yesterday that we got the full specy treatment from Samsung's QWERTYriffic Stratosphere -- 4-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 2.3 and 5MP rear-facing camera included. There was an important bit of information missing from the proceedings, however -- namely a release date. Droid Life has shed some light on that little mystery -- according to the site, the LTE handset should start offering up its Gingerbread goodness on...

Ask Engadget: best WiFi repeater setup for killing wireless dead zones?

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 08:10 PM PDT

Ask Engadget: best WiFi repeater setup for killing wireless dead zones?


Ask Engadget: best WiFi repeater setup for killing wireless dead zones?
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 Doug, who seems pretty fed up with those troubling WiFi dead zones in his abode. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I have a Wireless-N...

Motorola Admiral spied in the wild, waiting patiently for its turn to sail out o...

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:34 PM PDT

Motorola Admiral spied in the wild, waiting patiently for its turn to sail out of harbor


Motorola Admiral spied in the wild, waiting patiently for its turn to sail out of harbor
We can't imagine this Admiral wants to stick around in the docks for much longer, yet its date of departure from port is still unclear. Fortunately, the Motorola Admiral -- the device that we presume will become the fearless leader of the Direct Connect fleet -- is one nautical mile closer to the sea of finished products, now that we've been handed some pics of the skipper itself in the wild....

Barnes & Noble pulls DC Comics from shelves over Kindle kerfuffle, risks Martian...

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Barnes & Noble pulls DC Comics from shelves over Kindle kerfuffle, risks Martian Manhunter's wrath


Barnes & Noble pulls DC Comics from shelves over Kindle kerfuffle, risks Martian Manhunter's wrath
Frankly, we'd advise against crossing anyone given to costumed superheroics, but a policy is a policy. Book selling giant Barnes & Noble has begun pulling select DC Comics from store shelves this week, in response to a deal struck between the publisher and Amazon, which will make digital copies of a number of comics exclusively available through the online retailer for use with the forthcoming Kindle Fire....