You asked, questioned and implored — why, with all these underpowered touchscreen all-in-ones prowling our lands, can we not get a decent standalone touchscreen monitor? Well, somebody somewhere listened, and somebody else, presumably elsewhere, leaked. Presenting the entirely unofficial, but all the same real, Dell SX2210T: a 1920 x 1080 21.5-inch panel that has HDMI and DVI inputs alongside an integrated 2 megapixel webcam and microphone for your Skyping convenience. If its 1,000:1 contrast ratio and 2ms grey-to-grey response time sound familiar, it’s because the non-touch sensitive SX2210 has been available for a while already. From the support documentation we’re looking at, you’ll need to hook up an extra USB connection for the touch interface, which doesnt appear to be multitouch, but we can always hope for a miraculous firmware update down the line, right?
Update: More info has surfaced on this monitor, which can now be purchased for $469 from Dell’s online store, and will come with multtitouch panning and zooming when attached to a Windows 7 machine.
[Thanks, Bruce and dennispg]
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Dell SX2210T adds touchscreen functionality to 1080p panel (Update: multitouch!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Double good news on the Canon front. First off we’ve got sample footage shot with a brand new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, which does a good job of showing what the camera can handle under low lighting conditions, as well as serving as a poignant morality tale for skaters, who should never get in cars with strangers. But perhaps even more exciting is word that Canon is developing its own firmware update for the 5D Mark II that will take it into the indie filmmaker-friendly territory of 24 fps and 25 fps — something that’s always been assumed doable since the camera already shoots at 30. Details are scarce, and the firmware won’t hit until the “first half of 2010,” but if anything it should up the resale value on that 5D of yours while you claw against your credit limit for an EOS-1D Mark IV.
Read – First Canon EOS-1D MKIV movie from Vincent Laforet
Read – Canon EOS 5D Mark II to get 24 and 25fps in a firmware update!
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First Canon EOS-1D MKIV footage on display, 5D MKII will join the fun with new 24 / 25 fps firmware next year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Droid’s shaping up to be a beast of an Android phone — well played, Verizon — but Motorola’s banking much of its future on its MOTOBLUR platform, which the Droid curiously lacks (though Android 2.0 adds at least some of BLUR’s functionality back in). Don’t worry, though — Verizon hasn’t forgotten about BLUR altogether, and the rumored Calgary is looking to arrive as the carrier’s next Android phone from Moto featuring BLUR in all its social network-aggregating glory. It’s clearly positioned as a lower-end device than the Droid, stepping down to a 3 megapixel cam but still managing nifty features like an optical pad, 3.5mm jack, and naturally, a full QWERTY keyboard. Considering Rubin’s ties to Danger, you could think of this as the ill-fated Sidekick Slide all grow’d up. Word has it this might hit before the end of the year, so we’ll see just how much breathing room Verizon and Moto feel like giving the Droid before coming back for Round 2, eh?
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Motorola ‘Calgary’ to bring BLUR to Verizon, Droid not looking worried originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Everyone all strapped in? Okay, take a deep breath. Now exhale….slowly. It’s the Engadget Podcast. Just what you need after a tense week of work, school, and being extremely worried about a boy who was not actually trapped in a killer spaceship balloon. Instead, join Josh, Paul and Nilay as they break down the week in news, starting with the Sidekick situation and cruising past the Motorola CLIQ, the BlackBerry Storm 2, Walt Mossberg’s disregard for anything not the iPhone, and wrapping up with the rumored Barnes and Noble ebook reader and the runup to Windows 7. There — don’t you feel better?
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Producer: Trent Wolbe
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00:01:29 – Microsoft recovers ‘most, if not all’ Sidekick customer data
00:18:22 – Motorola CLIQ review
00:37:50 – Vodafone puts BlackBerry Storm2 up for 26 October preorder
00:38:34 – Walt Mossberg leaks the BlackBerry Storm 2
00:46:53 – Barnes & Noble twin-screen e-reader revealed early?
00:47:49 – Plastic Logic deflates dreams, denies Spring 2010 release for color e-reader
00:53:27 – Barnes & Noble hosting event on October 20: ebook a lock?
00:54:30 – New Adamo XPS image takes a stand
00:59:30 – Windows 7-branded ‘Family Guy’ special to air November 8th
01:00:51 – Acer Aspire 5738PG wants you to reach out and touch its screen
01:01:00 – HP TouchSmart 300 and 600 bump the software to the next level, tx2 comes along for the ride
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Engadget Podcast 167 – 10.16.2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve already seen at least one (sort of) functional quantum processor, and one breakthrough after the other in quantum computing, but it looks like some researchers at Ohio State University have now made a breakthrough of their own that could possibly speed things up considerably. The big news there is that they’ve apparently found a way to fabricate a quantum device called a resonant interband tunneling diode (or RITD) using a chip-making technique called “vapor desposition,” which is commonly used today for traditional chips. While there’s still quite a bit of perfecting to be done on the device itself, lead researcher Paul Berger says the RTIDs could be used for ultra-low-power computer chips that operate with small voltages and produce less excess heat, and may even allow for ultra high-resolution imaging devices that can “operate at wavelengths beyond the human eye” — opening up possibilities for everything from advanced medical imaging to the ability to see through rain, snow, fog and dust storms.
[Via Physorg]
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Quantum computer chips get infinitesimally closer to happening originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, it unfortunately doesn’t include any elaborate test setups or a thorough dissection of the device, but it looks like the Motorola
Sholes (a.k.a.
Droid) has indeed finally made at showing at the FCC, although it’s unfortunately (for some of us, anyway) the non-CDMA, European version of the phone. Interestingly, it appears that this may have been a small slip-up on Motorola’s part, as all references to the phone other than the one above seem to have been omitted from the documents. Then again, the Sholes seems to be making a habit of showing up plenty of
places Motorola may not want it to.
[Via Androphones.com, thanks Silver]
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Motorola Sholes makes underwhelming FCC appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, it unfortunately doesn’t include any elaborate test setups or a thorough dissection of the device, but it looks like the Motorola
Sholes (a.k.a.
Droid) has indeed finally made at showing at the FCC, although it’s unfortunately (for some of us, anyway) the non-CDMA, European version of the phone. Interestingly, it appears that this may have been a small slip-up on Motorola’s part, as all references to the phone other than the one above seem to have been omitted from the documents. Then again, the Sholes seems to be making a habit of showing up plenty of
places Motorola may not want it to.
[Via Androphones.com, thanks Silver]
Filed under: Cellphones
Motorola Sholes makes underwhelming FCC appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s nothing quite like a dismal quarterly report to shake things up, and that’s exactly what Nokia’s doing after losing over $800 million in its most recent three-month period. CFO Rick Simonson is being whisked over to a new post as head of the Mobile Phones group — concentrating on Series 30 and Series 40 handsets — within the Devices division, while Timo Ihamuotila, who currently leads up global sales, will take over for the CFO position being vacated by Simonson. For what it’s worth, the move doesn’t seem like a demotion for Simonson; he’ll be in charge of “strategic sourcing” for the entire Devices division and still sit on the executive board, so we’re sure he’ll be doing alright for himself. All things considered, there’s no way of knowing whether this would’ve all gone down without the quarterly performance, but it makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
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Nokia plays musical execs, moves CFO to new Mobile Phones post originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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CNET have taken the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Snow Leopard for a spin around a 2008 MacBook Pro, and produced a decent first peek at comparative performance. Of course, there are significant provisos to get through first — it’s only one machine, running on Apple’s drivers, testing mostly Apple applications, and the two systems default to different versions of QuickTime — but we can still glean some indication of where the two heavyweights are relative to one another. Snow Leopard appeared consistently quicker in time-based tests, with faster bootups, shutdowns and MP3 encoding, but Windows 7 showed its muscle in producing better frame rates in games and a significant advantage in Cinebench rendering. Battery life was found to be distinctly better under Snow Leopard, but we’d put that down to the underlying hardware being optimized for OS X. Hit the read link for the full testing procedures and more of those old school bar charts — it should get you well prepped for the forthcoming flood of similar head-to-heads once WIndows 7 officially ships next week.
[Via Apple Insider]
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Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro: big cat’s faster, 7 is better for games originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We still think those crazy Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 controllers are the coolest around at the moment, but if you’re committed to staying first-party this new GameStop-exclusive Play and Charge bundle is right up there — black carbon fiber with red inserts never did anyone wrong, you know? Pre-orders are up now in all kinds of countries for $70.
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Exclusive two-tone Xbox 360 Play and Charge kit coming to GameStop originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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