A chinese blog has blurry photos that appear to show an iPhone — possibly the next-generation model — using autofocusing with its camera, movie recording and the digital compass.
By appleinsider.com
Illustrating the scope of a flaw in older NVIDIA graphics chipsets, Apple has extended its special warranty on the GeForce 8600M GT in certain MacBook Pros from two to three years.
By appleinsider.com
Go on and file this one away in the folder of “awesome things that could, but won’t ever happen.” As the brilliant minds around the world figure out how to solve vicious diseases, move motorcars with peanut oil and send engineers to fix a telescope in outer space, we still can’t buy a pack of AA cells that last longer than a month or two in our favorite toy. Some call it a limit of physics, some deem it a conspiracy. Whatever the case, we’ve no doubt whatsoever that a new silicon-containing carbon material — designed by Dow Corning Toray to double the capacity of existing Li-ion batteries — won’t ever have a real impact in our lives. Of course, it’s not like any consumer would actually benefit from having a netbook battery good for 16 hours, nor would wedding photographers enjoy being able to shoot 1,000 indoor shots without cracking the battery door open on their SB-600. No — that’s just absurd. C’mon Dow, prove us wrong here.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Science
More scientific black magic promises to double Li-ion battery capacity originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 23:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Darren Murph
The new Dell Studio 14z laptop has now gain a hands-on review by the guys over at engadget with a fair amount of clean images for your perusal. The guys say the Dell Studio 14z looks lighter than it is but has a great blend of inputs, outputs, price and performance.
As for the chiclet-ish keyboard, they say its fine but not great, but the lack of capacitive touch controls may make it a bit of a drawback.
Furthermore they say that Dell has finally realised that laptop owners do care about what the base of a laptop looks and feels like and the Dell Studio 14z feels just great, so follow the source for those Studio 14z images.
By James
We’ve seen some pretty weird stuff in our years on this planet — heck, we’ve revived our own drenched Sony DAP by burying it in rice for 48 hours — but this is easily one of the most bizarre gizmo resurrections we’ve ever come across. As the tale goes, one valiant NVIDIA GPU owner apparently bit on a myth which suggested that a pinch of time in the oven (quite literally, might we add) would repair faulty GPUs that were throwing up oodles of vertical lines. After purchasing another GPU to replace his ailing 8800GTX, he figured he had zilch to lose and gave it a shot; lo and behold, the temporary warmth seemingly melted the solder points and healed micro-fractures that were causing the unwanted lines. We’ve yet to hear how his attempt at returning the new GPU went, but hey, there’s always eBay. Give the read link a look if you’re still in disbelief.
[Via Digg]
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
NVIDIA GPU resurrected after 10 minutes at 425°F originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 21:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Darren Murph
MSI seem to keep dishing out new laptops and this time we are introduced to two new gaming laptops, the MSI GT729 and the MSI EX723 laptops. But as usual with MSI they are not letting on yet just how much they will cost or giving out any release dates.
The MSI GT729 laptop sports a Core 2 Duo processor, 17 inch display, ATI 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 4850 GPU, 3GB of RAM, up to 500GB HDD, 2 megapixel cam, WiFi, 3 USB 2.0 ports, 4-in-1 card reader, EpressCard port, 4.1 audio system, Blu-ray drive, 6 or 9-cell battery, optional Bluetooth, HDMI/VGA outputs.
The MSI EX723 basically is the same as the GT729 with the exception that it has GeForce G110M graphics, and up to 320GB hard drive.
By James
There are two sides to this coin, the way we see it. On the one hand, the handful of pictures that have just popped over on UMPC Fever demo many of the features we’re expecting to see in new iPhone hardware this summer — magnetic compass, autofocus camera, video recording capability, and a battery percentage meter in the status bar. On the other hand, having a good feel for those rumored features makes it that much easier to mock up ridiculously blurry shots of ‘em in action. The compass seems a little overdone, but then again, it’s not necessarily out of place considering the direction Apple has taken its voice recorder app in 3.0, so we’re going to play the cautiously optimistic diplomat here and say these could very well be real.
[Via The iPhone Blog]
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Mr. Blurrycam takes new iPhone’s features for a test drive? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 20:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Chris Ziegler
We already know most there is to know about HP’s new Mini 110 netbook from all the press shots that have been posted on the net, however today we have a video of the HP Mini 110 giving up another change to get up close to the netbook.
The HP Mini 110 video is a first look video which you can locate and view below, and runs for nearly seven minutes.
The video was shot live at the HP Touch The Future Now event in Beijing, and even has a comparison with the HP Mini 1000 netbook.
By James
We’re not quite sure what all was wrong with the original ZEN Mozaic (Mosaic?), but evidently it demonstrated just a bit too much Mondrian. This go ’round, the ZEN Mozaic EZ300 ditches the hodgepodge of button colors and sticks strictly to pink or black, though most everything else remains the same. There’s a 1.8-inch 160 x 128 resolution display, 4GB or 8GB of internal capacity, up to 32 hours of audio playback, MP3 / WMA / WAV / JPEG file support, an FM radio tuner, a five-band custom equalizer and USB 2.0 connectivity. It’s available now for US and UK customers for $59.99 (4GB) / $79.99 (8GB). One more (big) look after the break.
[Via PMP Today]
Continue reading Creative introduces toned-down ZEN Mozaic EZ300 PMP
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Creative introduces toned-down ZEN Mozaic EZ300 PMP originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 19:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Darren Murph
With only days to go before at least four or five Sprint stores begin selling Palm’s Pre, we’re already seeing at least one employee with some time on his hands give the smartphone a go. Moral of the story? Right about now would be an awesome time to know somebody who can get behind a Sprint counter without using an unlawful amount of force.
Filed under: Cellphones
Palm Pre filtering into Sprint stores, indocile employee sizes it up originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Darren Murph