Logitech’s Squeezebox Touch has had a somewhat
troubled launch since being
announced back in September alongside the Squeezebox Radio, and it looks like the road to availability just got a bit bumpier. While Logitech isn’t saying anything officially itself just yet, a Slim Devices developer has now posted on the official Squeezebox forums that we’re still looking at “a couple of months until release” — which is well off Logitech’s most recent promise of a February release date, and might even bump up against its future
Android-based device.
Logitech Squeezebox Touch delayed, again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve already seen a render of the kickstand-equipped
HTC HD2 extended battery, but renders don’t power cellphones, so we’re particularly glad that
CoolSmartPhone has now come through and provided some actual pictures of the actual device. What’s more, it looks like the price has now dropped to £35 excluding VAT (or about $55, down from $85 before), although the promised ship date has apparently been pushed back another month to March. Hit up the link below for a closer look, and a comparison shot with the standard battery.
HTC HD2 extended battery gets its close-up, lower price originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, this is disturbingly creative. Seriously, is there much more to say about this Kratos casemod? Well, Greek mythology and video game fanatics alike should be pleased yet horrified with this one. We certainly were. Video is after the break.
Continue reading Kratos casemod can bring ‘God of War’ to your desktop… if you really want that
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Apple might have surprised everyone — including us — by naming its tablet the “iPad,” but the UK’s X2 isn’t letting this opportunity pass it by: it’s managed to drum up some cheap attention today by announcing an “iTablet” powered by a “1.6GHz Intel processor” and running whatever flavor of Windows from XP to 7 your heart desires. Of course, what X2 isn’t telling anyone is that it’s actually not doing anything more than simply reselling the Amtek iTablet, a product that’s been out for ages and that we’ve covered in the past — you might recognize this early post by one Mr. Joshua Topolsky in which he said the resistive touchscreen looked “quite frisky.” How dramatically things change. Anyway, we don’t have a detailed spec list right now, but the Amtek iTablet has a 1.6GHz Pentium M, not an Atom, so this thing could potentially be a serious dog. Feel like making with the goods, X2?
Update: X2 tells Register Hardware that its iTablet will go on sale in April in both 10 and 12-inch sizes, but declined to say what kind of Intel chip is powering this thing. If we had to guess, we’d say they’re using the name and pictures of the older Amtek device to cash in on iPad hype right now while they get their actual product in order — and hey, it seems to be working. We’ll let you know if we see the real deal anytime soon.
X2 brings the Amtek iTablet back from the abyss, forgets that no one cared the first time originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It likely won’t be ready for your next vehicle purchase, but some researchers from Imperial College London say that this rather modest-looking piece of material could eventually do nothing short of change of the way that cars are powered. The material itself is still a bit of a mystery, as you might expect, but it’s apparently able to store and discharge electrical energy, and (here’s the real kicker) is strong and light enough to be used for a car’s bodywork — essentially making the car itself one giant battery. That would obviously open up a whole host of possibilities, including being used to complement traditional batteries for even longer runtimes, or being used on its own to make smaller and lighter vehicles. The applications also wouldn’t necessarily be limited to cars, and the researchers specifically mention cellphones as another area that could see smaller and lighter (or longer-lasting) devices if the material is used. Let’s get on that, shall we? Video demonstration after the break.
[Thanks, Clinton C]
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Researchers say new material could let cars be powered by their bodywork originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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