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  • SmartQ V5 MID available now to a world that’s just stopped caring
    By Engadget on December 31st, 2009 | No Comments Comments

    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 …

  • Yinlips YDP800 projector PMP teases your wallet with video
    By Engadget on December 6th, 2009 | No Comments 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 …

  • Mintpass Cube MP3 player features plenty of style, few capabilities
    By Engadget on December 5th, 2009 | No Comments 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…

  • Altec Lansing inMotion Classic iMT620 iPhone stereo review
    By Engadget on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments 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 …

  • Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 rolling out November 24th
    By Engadget on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments 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…

  • Gigaware adapter brings HD Radio to iPod touch and iPhone for $80
    By Engadget on November 9th, 2009 | No Comments 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 …

  • Zune HD v4.3 firmware out now: fixes playcount bug, adds lots of great things (video)
    By Engadget on November 7th, 2009 | No Comments Comments

    Who says Microsoft ain’t lookin’ out for those who selected its Zune HD over something Designed In Cupertino? Just days after countless owners went berserk over a playcount syncing issue , Microsoft has released a new firmware update that not only solves that very quandary but also adds a gaggle of fantastic new and / …

  • Safa Xing LED features MP3 playback, 27 pixel resolution
    By Engadget on November 7th, 2009 | No Comments 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…

  • MyRacer’s Q10 is the PMP with a funky little dial
    By Engadget on October 13th, 2009 | No Comments Comments

    Functionally, MyRacer has yet to really knock our socks off. But, its lineup of PMPs has always featured some lovely design cues, and the Q10 is perhaps the nicest yet. It has some subtly ’70s styling and that cheeky volume knob with an illuminated red surround that would probably result in you …

  • Atomic Zune HD explodes all over Ebay
    By Engadget on September 26th, 2009 | No Comments Comments

    Hey, remember that totally wild, awesome looking “Atomic” Zune HD we spied evidence of in the source files a week or so ago? Well, we later saw an image or two of it, but now one’s shown up in the flesh on ebay — and for a starting bid of a…