Filed under: Gaming, Storage
Given the Wii’s relatively paltry 512MB of internal storage (and nothing more than an SD card slot for expansion), it’s hardly a surprise that rumors of an external hard drive add-on have been persisting for about as long as the console’s been around. Now, despite being shot down by Nintendo just a few months ago, the rumors seem to have picked up again, with the speculation now pointing towards an announcement at E3 in July. Lending a smidgen of credence to this latest rumor is SNK’s recent announcement that it would soon be bringing some of its Neo Geo titles to the Wii’s Virtual Console, many of which would take up a heckuva lot more space (up to 330MB) than the current crop of old school games available on the service. Nintendo isn’t buying that argument, however, telling gaming site Spong that it’s nothing more than “pure rumour and speculation and none of it is based in any fact or announcement.” We somehow doubt that’ll be enough to quell all the speculation though, which means we’ll just have to wait ’till E3 to finally put this one to rest — at least for a little while.
Read – CVG, ” Wii hard drive on the way?”
Read – Spong, “Nintendo: Wii Hard Drive Has No Basis In Fact”
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Announcements
Losing isn’t fun — especially when the would-be prize is a shiny new Nokia N75 for AT&T. That’s why we want to double everyone’s chances of winning this S60-runnin’, 3G-havin’ wonder — if you’re willing to make the trek over to Engadget Mobile, that is. Have a peek!
Have a look at our other contests, too, before it’s too late: Nokia N75 (the first one), Motorola T305, Samsung u620, (PRODUCT) RED MOTORAZR V3m for Sprint, Sprint UpStage by Samsung (number two), Samsung BlackJack
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Handhelds
General Dynamics (who purchased Itronix a couple years back) thinks it’s tough stuff, and now it’s after that hip new UMPC market with those rough and tumble wares. The new GoBook MR-1 is essentially a FlipStart plus rugged, sporting rubber and brushed aluminum protection, port covers and a housing hump for the WWAN antenna. Don’t go dunking this one in the drink, it’s only semi-rugged, and we’re guessing the $4,450 price tag might dissuade you as well from testing this one’s robustness. Since it’s just a repackaged FlipStart, there aren’t many surprises on specs, though GD did pack in a Intel Core Solo processor instead of the FlipStart’s weaker Pentium M offering, and put in a 40GB drive instead of the existing 30 gigger. All the rest is all FlipStart, including all the ugly and the two pound weight of the original. General Dynamics expects to start shipping this in September.
Read – Crave
Read – PC Mag
Update: General Dynamics clarified some of the initial info we had about this thing. Turns out the unit is is indeed “rugged,” (not just semi-rugged) up to military specs 810F and IP54 and GD will include a Dynavue touchscreen option by year end. The MR-1 is built by the same people who put together the FlipStart, but from the “ground up,” with different specs (like that Core Solo proc), a bundle of wireless options, an 80GB hard drive option and even an SSD alternative.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Laptops
If you’re ready to get rough and tumble with a Santa Rosa-based Toughbook, you’re almost there: Panasonic’s announcing the new CF-52‘s availability in the US, as well as new specs and features. There are two base configs (optimized for $2500 and standard for $1650), which feature:
- Core 2 Duo CPUs (2.0 and 1.8GHz)
- 1GB RAM (expandable to 4GB)
- 15.4-inch WUXGA or WXGA display (1920 x 1200 or 1366 x 768), enhanced 512MB grahics for Aero
- 80 or 120GB drives (shock mounted), DVD burner
- 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (optional)
- 3G option (launches officially with Verizon exclusively for 120 days, then will have Sprint Rev. A and Cingular HSDPA support — or add your own)
- (4) USB 2.0, PCMCIA slot, ExpressCard slot, SD reader, 1394, VGA, gigabit Ethernet, modem, serial
- TPM chip, and optional SmartCard and biometric scanner
- Spill-resistant keyboard and integrated handle
Available in July — if you’re hearty enough to carry around a 2-inch thick 7.3-pound beast of a box.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
