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• Droid Will be an Entire Series; HTC Desire Becomes Droid Eris

  BNET - 2009-10-23

  Some trusty tips from the Engadget peeps reveal one crucially important nugget of enlightened information about the forthcoming Verizon Droid. Up until today the Droid was previously thought of as one single phone known as the Motorola Sholes, but we learned today that it is not just one phone but...

  Tags: series, Engadget, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Phone, Motorola Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., nugget

• Win 7 student edition don't play nice with 32-bit Vista

  BNET - 2009-10-23

  Regrets, we've all had a few, and sometimes Hell's pathway's paved with good intentions. This morning we're hearing all about the first emerging v.1.0 flaws in Microsoft's newly-released Windows 7.0 OS - and it looks like poor impoverished student PC users have been hit with the newest identified bug...

  Tags: Engadget, student, Microsoft Corp., edition, bug, Operating System, 32-bit

• Light Peak on track for a 2010 delivery?

  BNET - 2009-10-08

  CNET reports that the Intel Lightpeek demonstration that was shown on a hefty Hackintosh last  month isn't as far off as originally anticipated.  Speaking to Taiwanese optical networking company, Foci Fiber Optic Communication, they found that Light Peak  cables and other fiber-optic components are right around...

  Tags: Engadget, Intel Corp., CBS Interactive Inc., Fiber-optics, fiber-optic component

• Robbie Bach sits down for a roundtable discussion, Engadget is there

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  We're currently at a multi-purpose Microsoft event right now -- an event touring the company's holiday lineup, as well as today's launch of Windows phone devices (AKA, Windows Mobile 6.5). We had a chance to sit down with Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, and ask him...

  Tags: Engadget, device, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune

• More Proof Dual-Screen Laptops Are Coming

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  The rational person inside you says: you don't need this. The nerd inside you says: you need to spend your 3-month salary on one of these. Regardless of which one you'll listen to (I've already made my choice; food is for the weak), we feel it's our duty to...

  Tags: salary, Engadget, proof, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

• Samsung X Series thin-and-light: dual-core ULV, 9-hour battery

  BNET - 2009-09-03

  Samsung has debuted its new X Series family, a trio of 11- to 15-inch systems less than an inch thick. Engadget reports that the 14-inch X420, 14.6-inch X520 and 11.6-inch X120 all have a "scratch-resistant UV coating" and supposedly have dual-core, ultra-low voltage Intel processors. Expect Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a card...

  Tags: Engadget, Intel Corp., system, Battery, trio, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., card reader, voltage, IBM xSeries, Dual-core

• ASUS to launch Eee-book reader this year?

  BNET - 2009-08-27

  According to DigiTimes, ASUS president Jerry Shen says he plans to launch an Eee-branded ebook reader by the end of 2009 at the earliest. That's a tasty nugget of news all on its own. However, what would DigiTimes be without adding some good ol' Taiwanese rumor-mongering? As such, they add...

  Tags: Engadget, e-book, industry source, ASUS, nugget, ebook reader

• Garmin Nuvi 1860 Will Come with Browser and Camera [GPS]

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  Copy this whole post to another site More evidence that standalone GPS units will soon be as obsolete as MiniDiscs. Garmin's nuvi 1860 which looks to be released in early September at IFA has a full-fledged browser and a camera. According to Engadget, the nuvi 1860 has more characteristics of...

  Tags: unit, camera, Engadget, Web browser, GPS, Garmin Ltd.

• Video: Samsung's TL220 and TL225 cameras add a LCD in front to help with your self-portraits

  BNET - 2009-08-13

  Cameras with projectors? That's old tricks by now. Samsung wants you to know the new, hip differentiator in the point and shoot market is two LCDs -- one in the back like usual, and a 1.5-inch LCD in the front, right next to the lens, such as what you see...

  Tags: camera, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LCD

• HP Pavilion Elite makes an offer you (probably) can't refuse: Blu-ray, Win 7, quad-core CPU for $650

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  Sure, it's not as sleek as some of the other options out there, but the specs of this HP Pavilion Elite e9110t desktop, for the $649.99 asking price, are pretty stunning: a 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processor, NVIDIA GeForce G210, 6GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive , 802.11n,...

  Tags: NVidia Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Blu-ray, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, HP Pavilion