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There seems little doubt that CES 2012 will go down as the year of the Ultrabook , and like clockwork, Sony’s getting in on the action, as evidenced by that 13-inch laptop on display behind a plate of glass. Granted, it’s not quite as sexy as the further-off hybrid devices we saw the other day — or even, say the Acer Aspire S5 and HP Envy Spectre , but Sony certainly knows how to design a handsome laptop
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Sony shows off 13-inch VAIO Ultrabook behind glass, we go eyes-on
Getting to and from an announcement, meeting, or keynote is one of the things we find ourselves doing countless times a day. To truly appreciate just how far we sometimes have to trek to get to the things we’re covering at CES is hard to understand unless you’ve done it. Crowds that delay because they’re ambling along, booths that are hard to find, and the time you burn getting to and fro is always at the back of our minds
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Behind the scenes at CES 2012: getting to a hands-on (video)
The tips of our fingers are numb from typing, we’re seeing 55-inch OLEDs in our sleep (when we can get it) and we haven’t eaten a green vegetable in over a week, all in the interest of bringing you the biggest news from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. If you haven’t been glued here since Sunday afternoon, we’ve put a Distro-flavored bow on our coverage for you
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MakerBot has sparked a mini industrial revolution, giving us the DIY tools to fabricate our dreams.
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Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with MakerBot
MakerBot has sparked a mini industrial revolution, giving us the DIY tools to fabricate our dreams. MakerBot founder Bre Pettis joins us live at 7:30PM ET .
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Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with MakerBot (update: video embedded)
CES 2013 has already been scheduled (it’s January 8 – 11, for those curious), and it’ll have new records to break once things get going again. A source close to the CEA informed us today that CES 2012 has broken a trifecta of records already, and the final tallies aren’t even in yet. For starters, more people attended CES this year than ever before
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CES 2012 sets all-time records for attendance, exhibitors and claimed floor space
For one week at the beginning of each year, we see the gadgets that will help define the industry for the following 12 months. The Las Vegas Convention Center is brimming with innovation and excitement at the moment, but for every hot new Ultrabook there are hundreds — if not thousands — of devices that make us scratch our collective heads. But we’ve got a special place in our hearts for the strange, sometimes frightening, and often downright useless products we spot
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Crapgadgets at CES 2012: the best of the worst
This furry case was unfortunately un-priced. But nothing exudes premium more than the combination of faux pomeranian tail and leopard print. Crapgadget CES, round seven: Because everything looks better in fur originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:19:00 EDT
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Crapgadget CES, round seven: Because everything looks better in fur
Release a device in black to much furor, and then follow it up a white variant later.
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Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 7.0 Plus get bleached, on sojourn in Vietnam
No trip to CES 2012 would be complete without spending some up close and personal time with ViewSonic’s new phone for the Americas, the ViewPhone 3. Known internationally as the V350 — which we scored a hands-on with at last year’s MWC — this model retains its dual-SIM heritage and brings a few upgrades such as an 800MHz CPU and Android 2.3. Along with a 3.5-inch HVGA, TFT-LCD display and a 5 megapixel camera (sans LED flash), the phone features 802.11b/g/n, quadband GSM and 7.2Mbps HSDPA with unknown bands ( save for 850MHz , anyway).
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ViewSonic ViewPhone 3 hands-on (video)
While the main thing that would make Raspberry Pi’s diminutive $25 / $35 Linux setups better would be if we could get our hands on them faster , the team behind it is already working on improvements like this prototype camera seen above.
If you found yourself longing for the minor tweaks Samsung made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany earlier this year, you may be in luck: Apple’s filed for a preliminary injunction against the slate stateside.
Let’s face it, whether you’re down at the laundromat or feeding the meter on a busy street, you can never find enough quarters when you need’em. Know what effectively sidesteps that lack of foresight? NFC , that’s what
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we’ve gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy! Continue reading FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 FCC Fridays: May 18, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 23:52:00 EDT
Ready for your latest tour through the dense and meandering wording of patent applications ? Well, dig in, because it’s Microsoft’s turn to confuse lawyers the world over with this latest USPTO doc, submitted in November of 2010. The filing describes a computer-based program that would, essentially, analyze a primary device’s installed applications, cross-reference it with a different device and then either migrate that software batch or suggest similar apps to download on a secondary unit
Having spent a little time with it, we’re impressed with how much capability the engineers managed to pack into the Canon SX150 , at such an affordable price. As you’d expect given the bargain-basement ~$179 street, it’s not without its limitations, but considering what you get, it’s pretty amazing: A capable, well-built 14-megapixel digital camera with an optically stabilized 12x zoom lens and a good assortment of features
There’s been hints of it coming as early as February , but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that’s the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network’s Galaxy S II ). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used for HSPA+ data rather than just voice, a clue that the phone is ready for refarmed GSM spectrum
Sony must stay on top of Android updates for its tablets to remain relevant to consumers. (Credit: Sony) One must wonder why Sony cannot get out of the habit of playing a fragmented and behind-the-curve Android release schedule for its devices.
(Credit: CNET) Everyone who uses Instagram , EyeEm , or other photo-sharing apps knows how easy it can be to add effects to photos and make them look even better than the original.
It’s safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview , which will become available in the first week of June.
