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Wireless USB keyboard / touchpad is more than the sum of its parts {Engadget}
Nov 25th 2009 8:39AM @Arc007
it's also available at brando, for US$60 (about GB£36), which means just for once Maplin in the UK are a reasonable price with their £10 off deal.
http://usb.brando.com/usb-wireless-handheld-keyboard-and-touchpad_p01297c034d15.html
I wish there was a bluetooth version, then I could use it with my PS3 and Nokia Tablet.
Firefox headed to the PS3? Can life get any better? {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2009 4:11PM hulu claim that the poor ps3 browser was why they blocked it. you can overcome that using a proxy which will rewrite user agent, which I tried, and discovered that the hulu site will crash the ps3 browser.
the youtubeXL site also kills the browser also kills the PS3 browser, thus rendering is useless - it can crash very soon after starting so you can't even navigate to the normal page!
hopefully this means hulu won't have any excuses, or at least, their excuses will seem very fragile!
the ps3 browser is only really useful for the BBC iplayer "application". I would guess the Beeb had to work quite hard to ensure their HTML was clean and didn't kill the PS3!!
IIRC, the ps3 browser is netfront, which is pretty dated.
Nokia N900 quick hands-on {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 6:38PM it is a real GPS receiver, the "A" in assisted means you can "seed" the receiver, with almanac data downloaded over the internet to get a faster fix. if you're offline (no wifi or 3g or gsm) then it will get a fix only a little slower.
Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: e-book readers {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 5:50PM the nokia tablets make a v good reader, the v high res screen mean rendering fonts is very smooth.
the only downside is that portrait mode isn't supported by default, you have to jump through a few hoops.
I still use my old Palm T3 for ebooks, 'cos of the DRM, but in general I avoid buying/downloading such things unless the book is hard to get hold of (at least with paper books you can sell or give them away).
Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: e-book readers {Engadget}
Nov 16th 2009 5:48PM the stanza app on iphone/ipod touch is a very neat program for reading and downloading free books.
BoEye MID700 unveiled with Android OS, vaguely familiar form factor {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 7:31PM http://szboeye.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008834669585/pdtl/Mobile-internet/1023336221/Mobile-Internet-Device.htm
* 5-inch 16:9 TFT 16 million colors touch screen
* Resolution: 800 x 480
* CPU: Samsung 6410 and frequency upto 667MHZ
* Operation systerm: Windows CE 5.0
* 3.5mm earphone port and 2.0 mini USB port
* External SD/MMC card up to 8GB
* Supports Bluetooth 2.0 and wifi
* Supports 3G (EVDO module)
* Support Microphone in and audio out
* Built-in dual stereo speakers
* Built-in NandFlash 128MB
* Built-in GPS and DVB-T
* Builit-in 1.3 Million camera
* Built-in RJ-45 port and USB port
* Built-in LED backlight and lightness is adjustable
* Supports Txt, PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, CHM and HTML files
* Supports image formats: JPG, BMP, PNG and GIF
* Supports Mp3 formats: WMA, MP3, WAV and AAC
* Supports video formats: MP4, WMV, AVI, 3GP and ASF
* Supports QQ, MSN, Skype chatting tool
* Supports opening animation and password input
* Supports E-mail receive and send
* Supports JAVA application and simple game play
* Calendar/clock/calculator
* Supports multi-language
* supports PC mouse and keyboard input
* Font size is adjustable
* Supports music background play
* Supports input Chinese, English, digit and symbol
* 2,100mAh lithurm battery supports continuous uses upto 5 hours
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Chumby, now with less adorable softness: meet the One {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 7:21PM yes, it does
Orange UK's iPhone contract & pay as you go pricing plans detailed {Engadget}
Nov 2nd 2009 9:51AM "to take on a lost leader."
I think you mean "loss leader".
Orange UK's iPhone contract & pay as you go pricing plans detailed {Engadget}
Nov 2nd 2009 9:45AM Iain:
>Standard UK network 'unlimited' data bundle allowances"
you haven't seen Virgin Mobile's "unlimited internet".. 3GB a month for contracts, 1Gb a month on pay-as-you-go:
http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/genericContent.do?contentId=our.service.footer.sm068
their "unlimited mobile for a day" is just 25MB, costing £0.30.
I can't find out Three's fair use, it's referred to in many places, when I click on the tariffs detail button I get a pop up window and a failed to load plugin message.
Sony Ericsson Rachael teaser video plays with our hearts {Engadget}
Oct 31st 2009 6:07PM I hope S-E put remote play on this baby, you know, the app that lets you control your PS3 (especially useful for those us using PlayTV i.e. a DVR feature), 'druther buy an android phone than a PSP (yeah, I know someone's hacked up remote play app for windows and mac but it's not the same, and you still need a PSP to get started).
