Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Something is definitely going awry with VIA’s Nano platform: the company just lost HP’s Mini 1000 to Intel, and now Digitimes says that VIA and NVIDIA are backing out of their plan to develop a netbook platform. Remember, Nano was announced back in May, so it’s a little odd that we haven’t seen a single shipping machine with the chip, even as VIA has hyped its performance advantages over the ubiquitous Atom 230 — the closest we’ve come is the imini S1 in June, which has since disappeared. Now, we’re always a little suspicious of Digitimes’ anonymous reports, so nothing’s written in stone, but things just seem pretty bleak ’round VIA way right now — especially since it just dropped out of the mobo biz entirely to focus on processors. Hopefully we’ll see some good news in the form of shipping products soon.
[Via Electronista]
VIA and NVIDIA axe netbook platform, questions abound originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets
As the news networks spend oodles of cash in order to one-up the other with whiz-bang visuals and mind-melting charts, CNN is looking to blow just about everyone else away. As election night officially kicks off in just a few hours, the network’s Wolf Blitzer will be conducting interviews with faraway strategists not via the traditional two-pane window, but by hologram. Believe it or not, professionals in Chicago and Phoenix will be beamed live to CNN’s New York studios in order to give viewers a look at Wolf and a ghostly counterpart. Granted, this is far from the first holographic / 3D interview we’ve seen, but it is rather impressive given the scenario. In related news, we’re also told that FOX News will be touting a “giant wall with touch-screen technology [that] will provide electoral map results,” which hopefully translates in geek speak to “Surface.”
[Via Hack-A-Day]
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to interview hologram strategists on election night originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Tablet PCs
Remember that medical tablet Panasonic revealed at IDF earlier this year? No? Well, it happened. Details were pretty hard to come by then, but the company’s officially announced the product as the H1 tablet. The fully ruggedized slate is built on familiar netbook internals with a 1.86 GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB SSD, a 10.4-inch 1024 x 768 resolution LCD display with an InPlay Technologies digitizer, and 802.11a/b/g/n. It’s going to be available in January of 2009 for a somewhat staggering $2,799, though the figure is less painful when you consider that awesome custom handle on the back. If you can’t get enough tedious details about devices such as this, you’re in luck: hit the read link for a serious plethora of information in the press releases, and check out the awesome educational video they’ve released after the break. We think you’ll find it has a lot to offer in terms of production values and soundtrack.
[Via Gotta Be Mobile]
Continue reading Panasonic’s H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant gets release date, price, music video
Panasonic’s H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant gets release date, price, music video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Transportation
The bicycle — whether
electric,
rocket-powered or simply sporting
Bluetooth — is certainly looking a lot better these days, and now researchers at Yokohama’s Keio University have devised a way to keep the vehicle upright without the help of a human operator. The otherwise typical bicycle sits on a set of rollers and is equipped with two motors: one moves the rear wheel an average of 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) per second while the other controls the handlebars. A linux controller keeps an eye things via webcam and gyro sensor, steering the vehicle and adjusting its speed as necessary. Currently the bike is only able to stay upright when moving in a straight line, but soon enough we should see a system that can take corners and work in real world situations. Because why should people with an adequate sense of balance have all the fun?
Self-stabilizing bike stabilizes bikers who can’t stabilize themselves originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Are you excited? Giddy? You should be. The inevitable has occurred, and even though it’s far from elegant (and far from guaranteed-to-work), tethering on the T-Mobile G1 is a go. According to a few users over at TmoNews, this particular solution enables owners to share the G1′s data connection via USB, which — for all intents and purposes — is tethering. You’re going to have to put in some serious days minutes to get everything up and running properly, but trust us, it’ll be worth it. Navigate down to the links below for all the instructions you could ever need… hopefully.
[Via AndroidGuys]
Read – G1 tethering instructions
Read – TmoNews discussion
First T-Mobile G1 tethering “solution” comes to light originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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