iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can

November 23 2009 by Laura June in Contributors |Comments Off


We’ve thought before how nice it might be to have some powers of magnification on the iPhone’s cam… but are we going to go out and mod our unit? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean we can’t admire someone else’s work. Taking various lenses and attaching them to the lid of a jar, the modder quite carefully built a contraption that looks a little “hobo Steampunk” to us, but we’re still fairly impressed with this little gadget. Hit the read link for full, detailed instructions and more photos if you’d like to make one of your own.

iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stats show Motorola Droid is the new elephant in the Android room

November 23 2009 by Chris Ziegler in Contributors |Comments Off


Remember back in the day when the West was still wild, the gold rush was still in full effect, you owned whatever land you could manage to fence off, and tycoons were being made and broken on a daily basis? No? Well, some of you whippersnappers might be too young to recall it, but trust us, it happened — and it seems like that’s the kind of frontier mentality we’re getting again today in the nascent Android landscape. Just a couple weeks after launching, mobile ad clearinghouse AdMob reports that the Motorola Droid is already accounting for a whopping 24 percent of all its Android-based traffic — no small feat, considering that the then-unreleased device didn’t even move the needle in their October report (pictured in the left graph). The HTC Dream — the world’s first retail Android device, you might remember — still reigns supreme at 36 percent, but it’s amazing that the entire Android space is still volatile enough to register nearly a 25 percent shift with the launch of a single new device on a single carrier. For comparison, the CLIQ clocks in with a lowly 6 percent — proof that Verizon’s aggressive advertising has been working some magic. Question is, what’ll be the next device to completely screw up this pie chart again?

Stats show Motorola Droid is the new elephant in the Android room originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Beams collide in Big Bang machine

November 23 2009 by BBC News | Technology | UK Edition in Contributors |Comments Off


Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the first time.

The Engadget Show – 003: Drew Bamford, Joystiq’s Chris Grant, Adamo XPS, and lots of game demos

November 23 2009 by Joshua Topolsky in Contributors, Video |Comments Off


This is a big one, folks. The new installment of The Engadget Show is jam-packed with goodness. First up, Josh sits down with HTC’s director of user experience Drew Bamford to discuss Android, Sense, Windows Mobile and a whole lot more. Then we’ve got a charming little segment where Paul and Josh go hunting around NYC for KIRFs, and Chris Grant joins the gang on stage for a dissection of the holiday gaming situation… and some demos where the gang gets to show off their totally radical moves. Seriously, Josh and Nilay have a DJ Hero battle, and Paul Miller skates (but doesn’t die) in Tony Hawk: Ride. Don’t miss this one — it might just be the best yet! Full video is after the break.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Special guests: Drew Bamford, Chris Grant
Produced and Directed by: Chad Mumm
Executive Producer: Josh Fruhlinger
Edited by: Michael Slavens
Music by: Glomag
Visuals by: Dan Winckler
Opening titles by: Julien Nantiec

Special thanks to VIZIO for providing the 55 TruLED LCD HDTV!

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The Engadget Show – 003: Drew Bamford, Joystiq’s Chris Grant, Adamo XPS, and lots of game demos originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mimo debuts 7-inch iMo Pivot Touch monitor

November 23 2009 by Donald Melanson in Contributors |Comments Off


Mimo may not be doing anything crazy like producing a full-size monitor, but it’s not exactly slacking when it comes to its tiny, secondary monitors — the latest of which is the 7-inch iMo Pivot Touch. Apparently designed for folks that prefer pivoting to sliding, this new model packs the usual 800 x 480 resolution we’ve come to expect, along with an adequate 350 cd/m2 brightness, 400:1 contrast and, most importantly, touch capabilities (with support for both Mac and Windows). At $199.99, the Pivot Touch is also a full ten bucks cheaper than its sliding counterpart, and Mimo is even offering its own little Black Friday deal with free shipping until November 30th — the monitor itself won’t ship until December 3rd, though.

Mimo debuts 7-inch iMo Pivot Touch monitor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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