Well, the
OpenOfficeMouse rightly caused a bit of skepticism when it was officially announced earlier this week, and it turns out it is something non-involved after all — just not the way you might think. Yes, the multi-buttoned mouse is still all too real (in prototype form, at least), and supposedly set for a release… sometime, but it seems that mouse’s creator got a bit ahead of himself in slapping the OpenOffice name on it. As it happens, the mouse was apparently officially presented at the recent OOoConference in Italy to judge the reaction from the OpenOffice community, but the relationship ended there, and the mouse’s creator was never given permission to market the mouse with the OpenOffice name (probably a wise move). Not one to be deterred, WarMouse now seems to simply be referring to the mouse as the OOMouse — don’t worry though, you can still call it “ugly.”
Update: The OOMouse creators have contacted us to give their side of the story, claiming that they have emails granting permission to use OpenOffice.org’s logo. In their words, “Due to the massive confusion about OpenOffice.org producing the mouse and the numerous questions about the mouse working with programs other than OpenOffice.org, we have mutually agreed with Sun to change the name of the mouse and cease using the OpenOffice.org logo.”
Filed under: Peripherals
OpenOffice distances itself from OpenOfficeMouse, joins everyone else originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Whenever a Moto with triband HSPA hits the FCC, we’re naturally going to end up scouring the documentation — what can we say, it’s in our blood — and today we’ve found a model claiming to be the rumored Motus. As a refresher, this is a device we’d heard would rock the Android midrange with a 5 megapixel AF cam, 3.1-inch QVGA display, and HSPA for a Q1 ’10 release, so it’s not much more than a tweaked CLIQ as far as we’re concerned — but the big news here might actually be that the Motus filing adds legitimacy to the leaked roadmap where we’d originally heard of it. That document made mention of a “Sholes Tablet” that takes the already-high-end DROID / MILESTONE further upmarket with an 8 megapixel cam and xenon flash, and as you can imagine, we’ll be listening to our friends at the FCC pretty intently over the next few weeks to see if we can catch that one sliding through.
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Motorola Motus gets FCC approval, Sholes Tablet looking legit originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Google’s up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for “around $30 million in cash.” You know, pocket change for the crew in Mountain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmo’s SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice, taking it from quirky phone-management service to complete end-to-end calling solution, and instantly catapulting it into direct competition with Skype. Heavy stuff — we’ll see if Google or Gizmo5 confirms Mssr. Arrington’s report sometime soon.
[Via BGR]
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Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s just like the old riddle: what looks like a
Hero,
thinks it’s an iPhone, and does double-duty as an old-school FM handheld? Why, it’s the TVG3 — and when combined with some prototypical shanzhai flair, its (con)fusion of attributes from all over the cellphone space make this one a stunning exemplar of KIRFness. Behold! 3.2-inch touchscreen, G-sensor (aka gyroscope), dual sims, Bluetooth, WiFi, built-in TV tuner, HTC looks and an almost-iPhone UI: not bad for $130, eh? In case you won’t be in Shenzhen any time soon, you can get a closer look after the break.
[Thanks, Jules H]
Continue reading Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXL: HTC Hero gets iPhone flair
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Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXL: HTC Hero gets iPhone flair originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ricoh‘s been getting some love on its spendy GR series of late, but this new direction for what’s apparently slated to debut as a new “GXR” system is a wild one indeed. Basically, the camera comes in two parts, a body with an LCD, storage and accessory shoe (which works with an electronic viewfinder), and different lens / sensor combos which can be slotted into the body. Interestingly (and perhaps to prove the point), the first two lenses and sensors that Ricoh is announcing are widely different, with a 24-70mm lens on top of a 10 megapixel CCD sensor that can shoot VGA video retailing for £300 (about $500 USD), while a 50mm macro lens with a CMOS sensor that can do HD video goes for £600 (about $1,000 USD). Pluses to this system include the fact that there’s nowhere for dirt to get on the sensor or inside the lens, size advantages over micro four thirds counterparts, and of course the glass and electronics can theoretically be optimally paired. The body itself will go for £420 (about $700 USD), which puts an entire setup rather up there price-wise, even without that wild British Pounds-to-dollars conversion rate. The system is supposed to be available in December. Video explaining the system was pulled by review site Which.co.uk, who seems to have broken the official release date, but hopefully we’ll have more official word on this from Ricoh soon.
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Ricoh GXR camera system swaps out the sensor along with the lens originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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