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Glass leaves sweat to generate electricity, get nervous in public situations {Engadget}
Aug 3rd 2009 12:39PM Global clouding anyone?
Pre-ordered Viliv X70s delayed to August 11, new customers might have to wait till September {Engadget}
Jul 30th 2009 5:31PM FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUdge! I really needed to get mine BEFORE August 20th, for my trip to Europe. I preordered during their second batch of promotions, so now I'm expecting it'll get to my house while I'm out for a week. Wonder if someone will pick it up off the front porch for me? Without my consent? X(
Engadget's recession antidote: win a FREETALK headset and Skype voucher! {Engadget}
Jul 28th 2009 12:05PM Want!
Viliv X70 EX Premium 3G on sale now in Hong Kong {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2009 4:07PM Once I get it, I will have the following uses for it:
1) Keep GPS loggs for geolocating trip photos
2) Edit the photos and use the 3G modem to upload them to Picasa during my trip instead of waiting till I come home
3) As a GPS device for my car and while exploring cities (GPS + Google Earth(or WikiMapia) = knowing everything around me = WIN!)
4) As a cell phone with Skype and Google Voice combo (with a bluetooth earpiece of course), where I only pay for data service.
5) Music/video/TV player for car/work/wherever (FINALLY can run full Rhapsody/Napster subscription on the go, instead of having to use Orb to rip DRM for my phone or pay extra for MP3 player sync)
6) Use this with tiny USB keyboard as full laptop for university classes (Word and Excel)
7) In portrait mode, as an eBook reader for my zinio Magazine subscriptions, books, and college textbooks (as well as lots of manga I've been wanting to catch up on, but don't feel like spending time in front of my PC reading)
8) Combine it with WinXP Tablet PC and MS Notes, and use it for taking notes at work instead of my overflowing paper notepad
9) Google Voice and an IM client for free, unlimited SMS and IMing on the go
10) Portable checkbook with Quicken (using PocketQuicken now) to keep track of expenses on the go
11) FINALLY have a fully working (flash and all) large screen browser on the go. (Skyfire for WinMobile works with flash, but screen is TINY, and things like google maps don't work)
etc. etc. etc.
A lot of these things I already currently do on my really old Windows Mobile device (a lot of this I apparently can't do on the iPhone or Android), but with all the stuff I mentioned, and on a full PC with a bigger screen, the $890 price tag makes it definitely worth it (the HTC Touch Pro2 would have cost me $800 unlocked)
Viliv X70 EX Premium 3G on sale now in Hong Kong {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2009 3:50PM Preordered mine a few weeks ago from Dynamism. Settled on this instead of HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Hero, or iPhone 3GS (some of those couldn't do what I need, and some won't be out before my Europe trip). Will have to see how Skype works over AT&T on this, since it'll basically be my main phone now :P
Engadget's recession antidote: win an OWI Robotic Arm Edge! {Engadget}
Jul 18th 2009 3:37PM This could be a great disguise to use during the inevitable robot apocalypse.
T. Boone Pickens scouting new home for $2 billion wind farm {Engadget}
Jul 8th 2009 3:35PM 4,000 megawatts? Isn't that 4 gigawatts? And doesn't that mean that this wind farm will be able to power 3.125 Deloreans?
Apple patent applications offer glimpses of haptic screens, RFID readers, fingerprint ID {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2009 3:27PM If Apple adds a fingerprint scanner under the home button (or next to it someplace), this would be usefull for one handed while driving. Phone will be in a cradle, one hand on steering wheel, other swiping fingers on the phone to control it. I already to that on my phone, except instead of fingerprint scanners I use the multitude of buttons and d-pad to controll play/stop and fast forward/reqind, onehanded, without looking at it.
Apple patent applications offer glimpses of haptic screens, RFID readers, fingerprint ID {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2009 3:02PM A long time ago iPaq/HP had a WinMobile phone with a fingerprint scanner. Not sure if it had hacks to allow it to do that. The current Acer M900 has a fingerprint scanner, and already has software to control the phone depending on which finger you swipe, as well as fake a d-pad by scanning in which direction you are swiping your finger.
Apple patent applications offer glimpses of haptic screens, RFID readers, fingerprint ID {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2009 12:42PM There are already apps that allow you to launch different programs depending on which finger you scanned (on WinMobile, anyway). Is it possible to patent tech that someone else has put out a few years ago, simply because that (those) someone else(s) hasn't bothered to pattent it?
