When we first laid eyes on the SmartQ V5 , we were pretty underwhelmed… yet another resistive touchscreen MID? We’re beginning to long for those halcyon days of late 2009 when an Android handheld was a thing of awe and wonder. Just a refresher: this guy features a 4.3-inch display, 600MHz ARM11 processor (which …
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SmartQ V5 MID available now to a world that’s just stopped caringBy Engadget on December 31st, 2009 | No Comments
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Picture of Motorola ‘Shadow’ leaked, inverted on Taiwanese forumBy Engadget on December 31st, 2009 | No Comments
While everyone’s gearing up to celebrate New Year’s Eve, it seems that Motorola ’s busy squeezing out the last bit of rumor juice of 2009. We’re looking at what’s purported to be Motorola’s “Shadow” (not “Mirage” as Google Translate unhelpfully suggests) — a phone with 9mm thickness, 4.3-inch 850×484 screen (larger than the…
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Yinlips YDP800 projector PMP teases your wallet with videoBy Engadget on December 6th, 2009 | No Comments
We’re not sure what’s taken so long, but the Yinlips YDP800 pico projector PMP is finally available to the US, courtesy of online store Ownta. The good folks have released a demo video of the projector in action — not quite at the maximum 80-inch picture that Yinlips boasts, but hey, we’ve just …
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Mintpass Cube MP3 player features plenty of style, few capabilitiesBy Engadget on December 5th, 2009 | No Comments
The folks at Mintpass, known for its adorable Mintpad touchscreen PMP, are back on the scene with a little something called The Cube. A schticky audio player that goes out of its way to recall the analog gear of lore, this 2-inch cube sports push button controls, analog displays for…
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Altec Lansing inMotion Classic iMT620 iPhone stereo reviewBy Engadget on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments
We’ve been playing with the Altec Lansing inMotion Classic iMT620 for a few days now, and before you think “man, not another iPhone stereo dock,” look again. It was (mostly) love at first sight when we spotted this mini boombox — sharp corners and minimalism are what Altec Lansing does best these …
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 rolling out November 24thBy Engadget on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments
The name may not exactly suggest any groundbreaking changes, but we’re guessing that most Windows Home Server users with Windows 7 computers will want to upgrade to Power Pack 3 as soon as they can, which we now finally know will be on November 24th. As we’d heard previously , the big news with this…
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Gigaware adapter brings HD Radio to iPod touch and iPhone for $80By Engadget on November 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Up until now, there have been just two ways to get HD Radio in a portable, handheld solution: buy a Zune HD , or opt for Insignia’s NS-HD01 . As of today, Gigaware is changing all that, and it’s hoping to give HD Radio a kick in the pants by opening it up to …
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Safa Xing LED features MP3 playback, 27 pixel resolutionBy Engadget on November 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Safa is a Korean firm that has put out quite a few forgettable DAPs in its day, and while this one isn’t going to win any awards for technological advancement, it does look like “fun,” for whatever that’s worth. The Xing LED is a none-too-shabby 12mm thin and…
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Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can’t use itBy Engadget on November 6th, 2009 | No Comments
The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of ‘em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, Managed Copy enabled Blu-ray Discs will come before the hardware. Less than five months since AACS was finalized and the details of Managed Copy were…
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Creative working on Zii-based MediaBook with color touchscreen, e-book slantBy Engadget on November 1st, 2009 | No Comments
What’s an e-book without the e-ink? So very much, according to Creative , who just dropped word of an upcoming “MediaBook” device (which will undoubtedly look nothing like this mockup above). It sounds a bit more like a PMP to us, with “video, pictures, text and services,” and a “media-rich …












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