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| Ask Engadget: Best wireless keyboard for living room?
April 17, 2009 at 2:34 am
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|  Unbeknown to you, you've just stumbled upon this week's Ask Engadget. If you want to get in on this action, feel free to drop us an inquiry at ask at engadget dawt com. Before you get those gears turning, we'd invite you to chime in on Mitch's question below:
"With the upcoming release of Ion-based "nettops," I'll be in the market to buy one and I'll also be looking to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse for my living room. Some things I would like to see on the keyboard are prices below $100 and backlit if possible. Media buttons would be nice but aren't totally necessary. Thanks!"
Timely question, Mitch. Considering that the AspireRevo is just the first of many miniature PCs that'll undoubtedly be headed to dens across the globe, we figure you're not alone in wondering about the perfect keyboard to pair with it. So, readers -- whatcha got?Filed under: Peripherals Ask Engadget: Best wireless keyboard for living room? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| T-Mobile Sidekick LX officially announced all over again
April 17, 2009 at 1:01 am
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| Sound familiar? Indeed, this isn't the first time T-Mobile has offered a Sidekick LX -- but much like last year's simply-named Sidekick, the carrier is once again carrying forward branding while totally revamping the hardware. The 2009 edition of the Sidekick LX is thoroughly new and pretty much nails every item on every Sidekick fan's wishlist: GPS, 3G data, an absolutely glorious 3.2-inch full wide VGA display, and super-tight integration with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. You've also got a 3.2 megapixel AF camera with LED flash, microSD expansion (T-Mobile throws a 1GB card in the box), video recording and playback (including YouTube access), stereo Bluetooth, quadband EDGE, and HSDPA 2100 for high-speed coverage when you're galavanting around Europe. The ace up T-Mobile's sleeve, though, might be Exchange ActiveSync support, which will be coming via the on-device software catalog shortly after launch. It's available for pre-sale to current T-Mobile customers starting today -- everyone else will have to wait until May 13 -- but either way, you'll be paying $199.99 after rebate on contract in your choice of "carbon" or "orchid" finishes. Check out all the snazzy photography below -- and follow the break for our quick first impressions of the phone.
Continue reading T-Mobile Sidekick LX officially announced all over again Filed under: Cellphones T-Mobile Sidekick LX officially announced all over again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed
April 17, 2009 at 12:17 am
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| The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| New atomic clock claims title of world's most accurate
April 16, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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|  You may have thought that the previous world's most accurate clock was good at keeping time, but it's apparently nothing compared to this new strontium atomic clock developed by scientists at the University of Colorado, which is supposedly more than twice as accurate and just as atomic. To achieve that impressive feat, the scientists made use of the same so-called "pendulum effect" of atoms as before, but took things one step further by holding the atoms in a laser beam and freezing them to almost -273 degrees Celsius, or the temperature at which all matter stops resonating. In clock terms, that translates to about one second lost every 300 million years. Of course, that's still one second too many for the researchers, and they say they "dream of getting an atomic clock with perfect precision." You just know you never want to be late for a meeting with these guys. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets New atomic clock claims title of world's most accurate originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| Apple bites back at Laptop Hunter ads, 'agrees' with Microsoft that Macs are cool
April 16, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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| | Looks like Apple finally has something to say to Lauren, Giampaulo, Lisa, Jackson, and any future laptop hunters showcased in Microsoft's new commercial series. In a statement to Macworld, spokesperson Bill Evans goes through the usual list of touted Mac features -- security, stability, design -- before quipping, "a PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want." Ouch. He continues by "agreeing" with Microsoft that, yes, everyone does think its computers are cool. We don't expect Redmond's ready to end the ad campaign anytime, and as enjoyable as this statement is, our only hope is that the gang at Cupertino ups the ante and retaliates tit-for-tat by sending Hodgman on an filmed adventure through Best Buy. Filed under: Laptops Apple bites back at Laptop Hunter ads, 'agrees' with Microsoft that Macs are cool originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| iRobot engineer builds stair-climbing robot for Masters thesis, not release
April 16, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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|  What does an iRobot engineer do for their Masters thesis? Build a robot, of course -- and, in the case of this one particular unnamed engineer, a stair-climbing robot. Unfortunately, any other details are a bit hard to come by, but it looks like the folks at iRobot were impressed enough with the bot to throw a short video of it up on the company's official YouTube channel. As you can see for yourself after the break, while it is a bit on the pokey side, it certainly seems to be more than capable of performing the task at hand with ease, and with some satisfactory buzzing and whirring sounds to boot. Continue reading iRobot engineer builds stair-climbing robot for Masters thesis, not release Filed under: Robots iRobot engineer builds stair-climbing robot for Masters thesis, not release originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| Report finds single women enthusiastic about technology, single men enthusiastic about single women
April 16, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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|  A new report, entitled "The Single Female Tech Buyer: Cast Aside Myths And Embrace This Target Segment" may read like the latest Tom Clancy techno-thriller (okay, not really) but its message is crystal clear: "cast aside myths," it says, "and embrace this target segment." In its study of one thousand single men and one thousand single women residing in the United States and Canada, Forrester Research uncovered a slew of facts you can use to sell single women stuff that they probably don't need. Behold: When asked about their next computer, the vast majority of women (forty-seven percent) said they were planning on buying a laptop, while most of the men (again, forty-seven percent) said they'd be buying a desktop. Clearly, laptop makers should be concentrating hot-to-trot models like the Vaio P (or, for the budget conscious, the Vaino), while desktop manufacturers should concentrate on superhero or vicious animal-themed desktop rigs. But that ain't all! Ownership amongst bachelors and bachelorettes were darn near equal for things like gaming consoles, handheld games, and digital cameras. If you can't wait to dip into what is sure to be a real page turner, make sure you hit the read link -- the report can be yours for a mere $749. [Via CNET] Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Report finds single women enthusiastic about technology, single men enthusiastic about single women originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
| Kyocera shows off preposterous, beautiful EOS folding OLED phone concept
April 16, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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| We're big fans of reality and feasibility, we swear, but something like this "EOS" concept phone Kyocera was showing off at CTIA is just too good to pass up. The handset folds up into what could roughly be described as a wallet shape, but folds out into two configurations: portrait QWERTY mode (pictured), and full-on widescreen OLED display (after the break). Samsung was showing similar screen-folding folding abilities, but a much less impressive handset, at CES. Things get even wilder, tough, with Kyocera envisioning shape memory keys that can morph flat when not in use, and a kinetic charging method based on piezoelectric generators and Mary Poppins. Sure, our great grandkids are going to have a good laugh at us for thinking this is lovable, but they always were a bunch of theoretical brats. Kyocera plans on implementing some of the concept ideas into its "near future" lineup of devices. We'll see how that pans out.
[Via Inhabitat, photo courtesy of Jeffrey Sass]Continue reading Kyocera shows off preposterous, beautiful EOS folding OLED phone concept Filed under: Cellphones, Displays Kyocera shows off preposterous, beautiful EOS folding OLED phone concept originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments | | | 
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