Moto’s iDEN Opus One is the i1, will have MOTOBLUR
Remember the Opus One, the Android-powered iDEN handset from Motorola we scooped and then spec’d just before Christmas? Well apparently it’s going to be made official sometime in the next few weeks (hello, CTIA!) and will feature one added but obvious goodie: MOTOBLUR. Since we know most of you don’t have encyclopedic memories, here’s a [...]
Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox
Guess we don’t have to wait until MIX to have all our Windows Phone 7 Series questions answered! Microsoft’s Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype [...]
Newton’s Balls: Kinetic Physics Newton’s Cradle Simulator
You know the look. You know the sound.
Some things you hear and never forget them. The ‘chung-chung’ sound of a Law & Order episode. The sound of the Bionic Woman or the $6 Million Dollar Man running. The sound the moving red eye of a Cylon from the original Battlestar Galactica.
Chances are, you’ve seen a [...]
HTC Hero App Controls Lego Mindstorms Robot In Video Evidence Of Burgeoning Relationship [Android]
We’ve seen all manner of phones controlling robots, cars and helicopters, but a HTC Hero operating a Lego Mindstorms robot? Awesome. It works via a purpose-built app which uses the Hero’s accelerometer, connecting to the ‘bot over Wi-Fi.
It’s from the creative minds at Swedish tech company ENEA, who created the app to harness the Hero’s [...]
Mortal Skies
Have you ever continued to do something you knew was probably not good for you? I have. Recently, in fact.
Mortal Skies is a perfect example. I love this game- even though my hand gets so tired it starts to cramp up after a mission or two. But I keep playing. So the obvious questions are [...]
New iPhone SDK with iPad support coming today, 100% compatibility with iPhone apps
Another year, another iPhone OS upgrade to get excited about. They’re not saying much about it just yet, but Apple has just announced that the new iPhone SDK (complete with support for the just announced iPad tablet) will be available today.
As partially predicted by the rumor mill, iPhone applications will run on the iPad. They [...]
Next-Gen Accelerometers Will Have Temperature Sensor Amongst Other Cool Functions [Accelerometers]
In an ongoing quest to bring you news about the guts of your next gadgets, here’s some riveting stuff about accelerometers. Remember when they first burst onto the scene? How much fun we had tilting out phones? Yeah, that. Anyway, STMicroelectronics is one of the big suppliers, and has just shed some details on a [...]
App Sale: Finger Physics
Finger Physics is on sale for free – normally $.99
Fans of physics-based stuff like Ragdoll Blaster and iChalky should definitely check out Finger Physics! This is a super-frustrating physics game where your job is to solve puzzles that use the magic of the accelerometer to piss you off, I mean, challenge your intellect.
Btw, if anyone [...]
Freescale’s $199 Smartbook Tablet Design Means Tablets For Everyone (Later This Year) [Freescale]
Freescsale, supplier of the chip that powers the Kindle as well as about 70% of the ebook market, has just developed a 7-inch tablet reference design that will basically be the genesis of many tablets starting 2010. And it’s $199. Now, to be fair, those two figures are a bit preliminary. The $199 figure is [...]
Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions
That’s right, humans — Engadget has its very own Nexus One. You’ve seen leaked pics and videos from all over, but we’re the first publication to get our very own unit, and we plan on giving you guys the full story on every nook and cranny of this device. In case you’ve been living under [...]
