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Bell’s latest Pre ad insults Americans, old people, and bloody roller derby girls in one pass

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

With the latest installment of Bell’s “Meet my Palm Pre” series, paid spokesman Bradley here has basically guaranteed himself that he’ll be visited by elderly American roller girls with bad attitudes and a taste for justice. Some of the gruesome highlights:

“Unlike our neighbors to the south, Canadians are an active people.”
“Coupe de Kill is kinda scary. I should probably get out of here before she goes on Twitter.”
“According to Wikipedia, this game was first played in 1299. And, uh, I think some of these people were maybe there.”

Follow the break for the video.

[Via MobileSyrup]

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Bell’s latest Pre ad insults Americans, old people, and bloody roller derby girls in one pass originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS’ Eee PC roadmap leaks: Ion-boasting netbooks, multitouch T91 coming soon?

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

If two slides leaked to the Eeeuser.com forum are to be believed, ASUS has some pretty interesting — though not terrifically surprising — netbooks on the horizon. The slides, which are apparently the company’s roadmap for US products for the next two quarters, are chock full of refreshed product information. It looks like we’re going to be seeing a brand new Eee Computer, the 12-inch 1201N, which will bring NVIDIA’s Ion platform to the line for the first time, with an Atom N270 CPU, 2GB RAM, a 250GB HDD, Bluetooth and 802.11n WiFi, running $499 for release in mid-October. Other than that, we have the ability to anticipate to see the 1005HA-P with the N280 processor and a 250GB HDD option running Windows 7 also arriving in October for $399, and the 1005HA-M with the N270 processor, a 250GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Starter Edition for $349. Finally, Netbook News is also reporting some new 1008HA models not listed on the slides, as well as a multitouch, Windows 7-running T91 convertible tablet with a 32GB SSD priced at $549. There’s no timeline mentioned for this one, but we’ll keep our ears to the ground expectantly. The other slide is after the break; hit the read link if you want the full details on each model.

[Via Netbook News]

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ASUS’ Eee Personal computer roadmap leaks: Ion-boasting netbooks, multitouch T91 coming soon? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fuseproject commissioned by the City of New York to make bike helmets look less bad

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

In cities like New York, where bikers ride right alongside heavy traffic, bike helmets are a must. Trouble is, apparently plenty of riders don’t like wearing them because of vanity — most bike helmets aren’t exactly attractive, if you haven’t noticed. Well, the City of New York’s commissioned Projectfuse helmets — that combine safety with an attempt at decent stylings. The helmets feature a two-fold design, with an inner protective polystyrene, which is then covered with a customizable soft fabric that attaches with straps. No, you can’t purchase them yet, and we don’t know anything about pricing or availability yet, but we do know that you can score one for free — yes, free — at various events around the city. Let us know if you snag one!

[Via Wired]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation, Wearables

Fuseproject commissioned by the City of New York to make bike helmets look less bad originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Le Petit Prince roving greenhouse robot is overwhelmingly cute, useful

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

Something about Le Petit Prince, the mobile, plant-loving greenhouse robot makes us indescribably sad. Is it his one, massive cute eye? Or merely the fact that he’s named after one of the most depressing books ever written? Either way, we can’t really argue with his usefulness — the concept can carry about plants and care for them, all the while ravaging the terrain for further specimens. He’s also designed to learn about the optimal growing conditions of the plants he collects, which really makes us want one to care for a certain, finicky houseplant we won’t call out by name (but we’re looking at you, Venus Flytrap). Check out the darling video after the break.

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Le Petit Prince roving greenhouse robot is overwhelmingly cute, useful originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone homebrew: StatusNotifier 0.1

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

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Nokia comes to the table with 30.019 firmware for N85

Posted on 31 August 2009 by admin

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Ovi Contacts features are making the rounds on newish Nokia firmwares as of late, and the N85’s latest is no exception. Version 30.019 is starting to circulate around the world, bringing with it realtime contact location and status updates — the massive news here, obviously — along with vaguely-stated “improvements in USB charging.” If only it’d pull another 3 megapixels out of thin air, we could forgo the outlay for the N86 then, eh?

Nokia comes to the table with 30.019 firmware for N85 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget HD Podcast 152 - 08.26.2009

Posted on 30 August 2009 by admin

Filed under: Podcasts

Engadget logo Another week gone by and we’re that much closer to CEDIA 2009, but the massive news this week is the PS3 Trim and its tweaked HDMI capabilities. Up next is more Media Center rumors and speculation plus the future of Pioneer in the post-KURO era. Finally we wrap up with some interesting weekly poll results and Ask EHD responses, plus plenty of football discussion with Jerry Jones’ massive HDTV problems plus the college and NFL regular season just around the corner.

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Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh, Steven Kim, Richard Lawler

Producer: Trent Wolbe

Program
00:01:00 - from Engadget HD Podcast 151 - 08.19.2009
00:07:49 - PS3 Trim bitstreams Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA audio, at last
00:16:00 - Microsoft’s CEDIA event September 9th to reveal what’s new in Media Center
00:23:20 - Media Center DISH Network tuner is on hold indefinitely
00:35:51 - Pioneer plots a Kuro-less future in the home theater market
00:39:25 - Poll: Which HDTV feature are you least concerned about?
00:45:42 - Dallas Cowboys HD scoreboard hanging too low?
00:52:46 - Ask Engadget HD: Who has the ideal HD video on-demand?

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Engadget HD Podcast 152 - 08.26.2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI’s AMD-powered U210 up for pre-order, still not ‘official’

Posted on 30 August 2009 by admin

Who needs press releases? You can snap up an MSI U210 pre-order right this second on Amazon, so why bother waiting MSI to actually confirm the thing for a Stateside release? Morality. That’s why. Kids these days think they can just drop $430 on any old Athlon Neo MV-40-powered (the same chips at the heart of HP’s dv2) 12-inch XGA ultraportable with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB HDD and 802.11n and not have to pay the consequences. Well, we’re not standing for it. That read link right below? Not an implied approval of these illicit activities.

[Via Mark’s Technology News]

Filed under: Laptops

MSI’s AMD-powered U210 up for pre-order, still not ‘official’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics concept won’t look a tenth this wild when it hits the streets

Posted on 30 August 2009 by admin

We hate concept cars. Year after year we see new concept cars more fantastical and incredible than the last, and year after year we see vehicles hit the market that have had all the magic ripped out of them by safety regulations and market realities. The newly unveiled Vision EfficientDynamics car from BMW is mainly here to show us BMW’s new diesel-based plug-in hybrid drive system. But it’s also here to annoy us. Video is after the break.

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BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics concept won’t look a tenth this wild when it hits the streets originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Pleo gets new dance moves, alpha dev kit

Posted on 30 August 2009 by admin

We’ve seen the Pleo get shredded, overtaken by a Wii wand, and generally mocked for its status as a perennially endangered species. With no dignity left to protect, its makers have decided they might as well kick out an SDK, or PDK in this case, to let the great unwashed masses have their way with the originally autonomous bot. Still only in the alpha stage and not yet widely available, the dev kit has already borne fruit in the shape of a shockingly awesome dance video. We’ve got it for you after the break, but a warning first: prepare to fall in love all over again.

[Thanks, Eric]

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Video: Pleo gets new dance moves, alpha dev kit originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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