The Gadget Geek

Nintendo handheld packs 76 old games behind one tiny screen

Ben Heck forum member Brian has built us a sweet little Nintendo-on-a-chip handheld that puts a Super Joy III KIRF TV game, a 2.5-inch display, a controller, and 4 AA batteries under the same roof. This bad boy not only allows you to play 76 games on the go (though, sadly, not at the same time), but it looks great doing it as well. Hit up that video after the read link and see for yourself.

[Via Nowhere Else]

Continue reading Nintendo handheld packs 76 old games behind one tiny screen

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Nintendo handheld packs 76 old games behind one tiny screen originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Sony Mylo
Sony Mylo

Nintendo: we’re not making a phone, we swear

Despite a statement back in April from prez Satoru Iwata that the company would make a phone if it could avoid monthly subscription costs, it looks like Nintendo will not be getting into the cell biz any time soon. Reggie Fils-Aime, president and CFO of Nintendo of America just put the kibosh on all that with a statement to the New York Times, saying, “Telephony is not in our wheelhouse. It’s not something I anticipate us getting into.” So, you’re telling us that telephony is not in your wheelhouse? Hmm… okay. Thanks for clearing that up! The company is however, considering offering devices with always-on wireless connectivity — which would be way cooler the DSi’s current, WiFi hotspot capabilities.

Filed under: Cellphones

Nintendo: we’re not making a phone, we swear originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 May 2009 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
ReQuest S4 2500 Music Server
ReQuest S4 2500 Music Server
Plastic Logic E-Reader is Slimmer than Kindle DX
Plastic Logic’s electronic book reader is an ultra skinny, extra large device targeted at business users. And if you’re lucky enough to be at the All Things D conference, you’re getting one for free. In a demo Wednesday at the ongoing at the Wall Street Journal’s conference in California, Plastic Logic showed a prototype device with [...]

Engadget’s recession antidote: win Radius earphones for iPhone 3G!

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff / companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got three sets of Radius Atomic Bass Silver Aluminum Earphones for iPhone W/ Built-in Mic ready to rock your skull and let you chat it up. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff! Oh, and for those who miss out, coupon code ‘engadget’ will net you 20 percent through Google Checkout at Radius’ site.

Huge thanks to Radius for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for “fixing” the world economy, that’d be sweet too.
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
• Winner will be chosen randomly. Three (3) winners will receive one (1) set of Radius Atomic Bass Silver Aluminum Earphones for iPhone W/ Built-in Mic. Approximate retail value is $49.99.
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Monday, May 25th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

Filed under: Portable Audio

Engadget’s recession antidote: win Radius earphones for iPhone 3G! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments
CES 2009: Intel 3D Touch-Screen Display
CES 2009: Intel 3D Touch-Screen Display
New MSI Wind Ships with TV-Tuner
In the churning sea of homogenous mundanity that is the netbook market, a tiny extra feature is enough to poke above the waves and catch the attention of customers circling in rescue helicopters above. Yes, I stretched that metaphor too far, and I’m sorry. MSI’s new Wind U123 distinguishes itself with not none, but one, stand-out feature: a [...]

Palm Pre tasks, memos, browser on display, automatic backup confirmed

Just in time for your weekend perusal, Palm Goon (which we half suspect might be a viral site from Palm itself) has uploaded three tours and a FAQ chock-full of new Pre / webOS screens and details, chief among them being confirmation that the Pre does daily automatic backup. We’ve also got some pretty thorough glimpses of the web browser, Tasks, and Memo applications. Visually, it’s quite a beaut — a very elegant and classy UI that rivals anything we’ve seen from a certain Cupertino-based company. Of course, functionality remains to be seen, but if Palm and Sprint deliver half as good of a game as they talk, looks like we’re in for a real treat.

Update: Looks like the site’s experiencing intermittent server errors. Hang tight, we’ll keep you updated.

Read – Meet the Web Browser
Read – Meet the “Memos” app
Read – Meet the “Tasks” app
Read – Things You Might Not Know…

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Cellphones

Palm Pre tasks, memos, browser on display, automatic backup confirmed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments
Philips SCD 589 Baby Monitor
Philips SCD 589 Baby Monitor

Mattel’s Mindflex coming October 1st for $99.99

It’s not often that a Mattel toy targets the 18 – 128 demographic, but we’ll be frank — the Mindflex has us all sorts of intrigued. Originally introduced at this year’s CES, said game is a brain-powered fun-fest that relies on intense mental activity to control the height of a ball suspended in a column of air. Early on, we heard that it would land sometime during this year for $80, but it seems as if only one of those factoids will prove true. Indeed, Amazon has it listed to ship on October 1st, which gives proactive parents plenty of time to stock up for the holidays. Unfortunately, the price seems to have inched up by a Jackson, as it’s currently up for pre-order at $99.99. Rest assured, however, that said price is far less than what you’ll pay on eBay if you’re empty-handed come December 20th.

[Via I4U News]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Gaming

Mattel’s Mindflex coming October 1st for $99.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 May 2009 00:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Apple MacBook Air
Apple MacBook Air

Sharp’s MIDtastic RD-PM10 electronic dictionary

Sure, it’s no Zaurus, but Sharp’s new RD-PM10 certainly is a looker. It packs a 4.3-inch WQVGA screen, QWERTY keyboard and 8GB of storage into a pretty delightful form factor, and while it’s only designed for light e-dictionary and media playback duties, with Windows CE 5.0 as the backbone, we could imagine it doing a whole lot more with a bit of extra oomph under the hood. There’s a microSD slot for expansion, pretty great codec support, and a 360,000 KRW (about $288 US) list price.

[Via SlashGear]

Filed under: Handhelds

Sharp’s MIDtastic RD-PM10 electronic dictionary originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 May 2009 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive
Analyst Predicts Apple Will Unleash Touchscreen Tablet Next Year
Evidence continues to mount that Apple will deliver a touchscreen tablet next year, with an analyst laying out solid reasoning for this rumored device to become a reality. It appears more likely to be an oversized iPod Touch, not a tabletized MacBook. “Between indications from our component contacts in Asia, recent patents relating to multi-touch sensitivity [...]

LG X120 netbook review

On paper, LG’s X120 netbook is just another entrant in the Atom-filled sea of sameness — and, in many respects, it is. But it also gets a lot of little things right that too many manufacturers still invariably get wrong and, while it’s not entirely without its faults, it certainly merits some serious consideration alongside all the usual suspects already on your shopping list. The fact that it also doesn’t look too shabby doesn’t exactly hurt things either. Read on for our full review.

Continue reading LG X120 netbook review

Filed under: Laptops

LG X120 netbook review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

ACE robot asks for directions, purpose in life

The Tweenbots project already demonstrated that at least some folks are willing to help a lost robot find its way, but this new ACE bot developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich has now ramped things up in a fairly big way, with it actually asking passers-by for directions and developing a map as it moves through the city. Apparently, the robot uses a series of cameras to detect people nearby, and it then asks them to simply point towards the destination indicated on its screen, which it is able to recognize, although it does also asks them to confirm the direction on the screen just to be safe. In initial tests, that appears to have been relatively successful, with ACE (or Autonomous City Explorer) able to reach its destination 1.5 kilometers away in five hours after relying on directions from 38 people. But don’t take our word for it. Head on past the break to check out its people skills for yourself.

[Via Coolest Gadgets]

Continue reading ACE robot asks for directions, purpose in life

Filed under: Robots

ACE robot asks for directions, purpose in life originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 May 2009 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray DVD Player
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray DVD Player
Gadget Lab Podcast #74: Multimedia and Mullets?
This week’s Gadget Lab podcast zones in on multimedia players, starting with the new Cool-er e-book reader a lighter, slimmer and cheaper alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. Then Danny Dumas weighs in on Sony’s new Series-X Walkman player. No, it doesn’t play cassette tapes; it’s actually an MP3 player with built-in FM and Slacker service. Treading [...]
10 Unique Designer Breakfasts
So I hear you all, all of us, love to eat breakfast. Or wish. Wish we could eat breakfast every day. Check it out. Here’s ten amazing industrial design concepts based on that old timey morning ritual. Most of them are basically made for people who’ve got time to eat …

DisplayLink makes Linux source code available… finally!

The long-burning question on the DisplayLink scene (you know, with its DisplayLink bars and coffee shops, and the annual DisplayLink parade) has been: “When will Linux users be able to get in on some of that video-via-USB action?” Well, it looks like we have an answer for you, penguin-heads. As of today, the company is announcing the release of the open-source implementation of its graphics software, offering support for the Alex family (DL-120 and DL-160) chips. So prepare to go wild writing drivers for all of your favorite Linux-based devices, and be sure to drop us a line when you do. Seriously — it’s been a while since you called. Hit the read link to get started, or check out the full PR bit after the break.

Continue reading DisplayLink makes Linux source code available… finally!

Filed under: Displays

DisplayLink makes Linux source code available… finally! originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 May 2009 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Apple iPod touch
Apple iPod touch
Gadget Lab Podcast #74: Multimedia and Mullets?
This week’s Gadget Lab podcast zones in on multimedia players, starting with the new Cool-er e-book reader a lighter, slimmer and cheaper alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. Then Danny Dumas weighs in on Sony’s new Series-X Walkman player. No, it doesn’t play cassette tapes; it’s actually an MP3 player with built-in FM and Slacker service. Treading [...]

Albatron storms back with 10.2-inch ultrathin netbook

Nice timing, Albatron. With the whole world feeling that the time is right to enter the quaint and mysterious realm of “thin and light” netbooks, this just proves that you’re totally vibing with money-hungry suits the world over. Truth be told, there’s not much we know about the admittedly striking laptop above. It’s got a 10.2-inch panel, weighs around 2.2 pounds and packs at least an audio input and output. We’re promised that more images and even a video are on the horizon, so hold tight, vaquero.

[Via Slashgear]

Update: Hands-on videos are up! Check it after the break.

Continue reading Albatron storms back with 10.2-inch ultrathin netbook

Filed under: Laptops

Albatron storms back with 10.2-inch ultrathin netbook originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 May 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
MAINGEAR Dash PC
MAINGEAR Dash PC