Filed under: Displays, Others, LCD

We’re not quite sure what makes this a “multimedia-capable LCD HDTV” more so than any other Television tuner-equipped LCD HDTV, but we’ll go with it for the sake of simplicity. ViewSonic has introduced a 24-inch LCD HDTV (native 1080p resolution) with a built-in ATSC / NTSC / QAM tuner, an internal “media player,” a USB port for loading up clips and an RS-232 control port for home automation gurus. Alongside that $449 panel, which is set to ship in Q2 of this year, the company also introducing its 42-inch ultrathin bezel CD4230 LCD at the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, which features 500 nits of brightness, a 1,500:1 contrast ratio, RS-232 port, VGA / DVI sockets, support for VESA mounting and carry handles for easy transport. It’ll also land in Q2, but for $1,999.

ViewSonic intros 24-inch VTMS2431 multimedia HDTV originally appeared on Engadget HD on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Features

We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we’ve gathered up all the raw info you might want (but probably don’t need). Enjoy!

Phones
- LG GB250
- LG GB250F
- LG KT770F
- Samsung E2100L
- Samsung SCH-W760
- Samsung SCH-R311
- Samsung SGH-A257
- Samsung SPH-M810
- Samsung M7600
- Pantech C180
- Sanyo SCP-2700
- Philips Xenium X530

FCC Fridays originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, Austin Alt Car Expo

If you want to get an answer to the question of whether or not consumers will flock to plug-in cars, Southern California Edison’s Ed Kjaer and Superior Place’s Sven Thesen would be great people to get to put up some answers. That’s exactly what happened at the Austin Alt Vehicle expo last weekend, where they presented an optimistic yet realistic assessment of what PHEVs might bring to the auto industry. The real question, Kjaer stated, isn’t “Will Consumers Purchase In?” but will the OEMs build PHEVs in volume? And that isn’t a given, not by a long shot. Kjaer didn’t dodge the original question, just posited that the answer is a pretty obvious “yes.” Whether or not we get the chance is the issue. Follow us after the jump for all the details.

Continue reading Austin Alt Car: Will Consumers Purchase In? Duh.

Austin Alt Car: Will Consumers Purchase In? Duh. originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Adding further fuel and confusion to the Nokia laptop fire sparked by yesterday’s comments from CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo, we have DigiTimes reporting that Nokia is actively seeking Taiwanese manufacturing and design partners for its netbook — a very specific laptop form-factor. DigiTimes‘ sources wag their gossipy fingers in the direction of Compal and Foxconn (aka, Hon Hai Precision Industry) as the two most likely joint design manufacture (JDM) partners. However, instead of an ARM Cortex A9 Sparrow-powered device as speculated by Mobile-Review, DigiTimes claims that Nokia is developing a netbook powered by either Qualcomm’s Snapdragon (currently based around the ARMv7 architecture used in the ARM A8 Cortex CPU) or Intel’s Atom platforms. Of course, we could be looking at multiple form-factors from Nokia (MIDs, Netbooks, and laptops) in harmony with their successful approach to the mobile phone market.

Update: The chipset rumors are actually more closely aligned than they appeared at first glance. Mobile-Review said the Nokia’s Sparrow-based device wouldn’t ship until 2011 — that’s plenty of time for ARM-based Snapdragon to adopt the Cortex A9 processor.

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

Nokia laptop a Snapdragon or Atom-based netbook? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s a sad, sad say of affairs. After almost four years worth of announcements you’re still more likely to get a good night’s rest on a flight than find wireless world wide web, leaving us to wonder whether any airline will survive long enough to roll-out the system-wide access they’ve almost all pledged. Another player is now crawling tardily into the ring, Alaska Airlines fulfilling its promise and partnering with Row 44 to offer satellite-based internets on a very limited basis. You should know the drill by now: access is only offered on very select routes, or route in this case, debuting on 737-300 flights running between Seattle (SEA) and San Jose (SJC). At least the service will be free for the first 90 60 days, but the airline isn’t saying how much it will cost after that. We’d guess somewhere between not free and way too much, leaning toward the latter.

Update: Correction, it’s only 60 days not 90, and we’re told by Glenn over at High-Fi News that it’s not just a single route it’s actually a single plane, and while it will be starting out on the SEA/SJC route, it will be making appearances elsewhere — maybe even in the land of the midnight sun!

[Via Electronista]

Filed under: Transportation, Wireless

Alaska Airlines offering in-flight WiFi — but not in Alaska originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: ABC, CBS, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, NBC, TNT-HD, Listings

What we’re watching tonight:

• CBS (1080i) has Survivor at 8 p.m. followed by CSI and Eleventh Hour
• ABC (720p) tosses in Ugly Betty at 8 p.m.
• NBC (1080i) presents Secrets of the Furious 5 at 8 p.m., plus Kath & Kim at 8:30 p.m. with 30 Rock at 9:31 p.m. and E.R. at 10 p.m.
• Fox (720p) has American Idol at 8 p.m.
• Discovery (1080i) has How Stuff Works at 8 p.m. and Treasure Quest at 10 p.m.
• A&E (720p) has The Beast at 10 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) has Street Customs at 9 p.m. and Heli-Loggers at 10 p.m.
• USA (1080i) has Burn Notice at 10 p.m.
• MTV (1080i) airs America’s Best Dance Crew at 10 p.m.
• Speed (720p) has Bullrun at 10 p.m.
• TNT (1080i) has Cavaliers/Rockets at 8 p.m. and Suns/Lakers at 10:30 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has college basketball with West Virginia/Cincinnati at 7 p.m.

HDTV Listings for February 26, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM

You know, when we first read the image-less text describing Hyundai’s dolphin-shaped cellphone, our instinctual, caffeine-injected reflex was to launch into an angst-ridden assault on the MB-490i. Then we saw the photos and, well, dammit, we kind of care about it. Somehow Hyundai managed to make the aquatic scroll-wheel on the front mirrored by cascading waves of aluminum along the backside work. Even the pale blue eyeball on the side comes across as tasteful without kitsch. Spec-wise, we’re looking at a 240 x 400 touchscreen display augmented by a swipeable touchscreen surface below, a 2.0 megapixel camera (no flash), Yamaha speaker, Bluetooth, and a €250 price tag when it launches in Might. Check the photos after the break and sound-off in the comments with your view.

[Via PMP This day]

Continue reading Hyundai’s MB-490i Dolphin cellphone is ridiculously clever

Hyundai’s MB-490i Dolphin cellphone is ridiculously clever originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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