Archive for December 23rd, 2009

This should come as a relief to all you anxiously awaiting your Barnes and Noble Nook pre-orders. We’ve received a statement from Barnes and Noble affirming that all pre-orders which had an original pre-holiday ship date will be fulfilled, and that the rest of the orders will be filled starting on Friday. Here’s the full, reassuring statement:

“We’re happy to report that all customers who pre-ordered nooks and were given a pre-holiday estimated shipping date will be sent their nooks in time to receive them by Christmas. As you know, there’s been an overwhelmingly positive response and unprecedented demand since Barnes & Noble announced its new eBook reader on October 20th. Customer demand continues to be strong and new orders will be fulfilled beginning February 1, 2010. “

Happy, happy holidays!

Nook shipping update assures pre-orders arriving on time originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Viliv N5 MID set to debut at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What a crazy 10 years, right guys? It’s really flown past; the highs, the lows, the stuff in the middle that didn’t seem very impressive one way or another. For our final Engadget Show of the decade, we asked site founder Peter Rojas to join us for a look back at our picks for the most important and / or interesting gadget developments since 2000. A hardcore crowd came out just after a gigantic snowstorm to witness the proceedings, and now you get your chance to see how it all went down. This is a long one folks, so grab some popcorn and settle in for the show!

Update: The HD download is now live!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Special guest: Peter Rojas
Produced and Directed by: Chad Mumm
Executive Producer: Josh Fruhlinger
Edited by: Tony Chen
Music by: Bubblyfish
Visuals by: CJ
Opening titles by: Julien Nantiec

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Continue reading The Engadget Show – 004: The decade in gadgets, with special guest Peter Rojas!

The Engadget Show – 004: The decade in gadgets, with special guest Peter Rojas! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Asus Eee PC T101MT revealed by the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Breaking news, everybody: Apple’s working on some stuff. The rumors are flying in all directions today, starting out fairly innocently with word from the oft-innacurate DigiTimes of an iPhone-destined 5 megapixel camera sensor. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster piled on with an investor note saying they’re giving an Apple January event a 75% chance of happening, and the tablet is squarely at 50 / 50. The most interesting word, however, comes out of the Silicon Alley Insider, who is quoting a “plugged-in source in the mobile industry” who says that Apple is working with some select app makers on prepping high-res apps to demo on a “new, larger mobile device.” The device would be shown in January but not available at that time — presumably in wait for these redesigned apps to mature (at WWDC, perhaps?). While that rumor is being piled in with the ever-present tablet hubbub, if we were to read between the lines we’d say it sounds more like a higher-resolution iPhone in the style of Google’s Nexus one or Motorola’s Droid — both of which are making the iPhone’s 320 x 480 screen look a tad archaic. Certainly more likely than Apple releasing “several tablets” to match up with all the disparate rumors we’ve seen of the 7-inch / 9-inch / 10-inch unicorn device.

Apple planning event for January, with high-res iPhone or small-sized tablet in tow? Maybe just hanging out? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today’s bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the holiday season.

That whole gift giving time is very nearly upon us, and if you don’t know what to get your closest and dearest by now, you may well be beyond salvation. To honor those lost souls, and to appease the anti-consumerists out there who think there’s more junk in stores than there is sand in Dubai, we present the dark side of the Engadget HGG. Here, nestled in the same familiar price categories, we pick out the best of the worst gadgets to see the light of day in 2009. So join us after the break, and should you find yourself unwrapping one of these in a couple of days… you have our condolences.

Continue reading Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Stuff you don’t want

Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Stuff you don’t want originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading TiVo, Sony and others to FCC: ‘gateways’ should replace CableCARD

TiVo, Sony and others to FCC: ‘gateways’ should replace CableCARD originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Diehard BlackBerry users often compare BlackBerry Messenger to a potent drug. And just like a drug, coming down from a BBM high can be rough — so rough, in fact, that RIM’s claiming that a couple recent releases are responsible for “an unanticipated database issue” that stone-cold knocked out data service for many of the world’s subscribers yesterday. Folks using versions 5.0.0.55 and .56 are being strongly advised to upgrade to 5.0.0.57 immediately, but in the meantime, Waterloo says its systems are back to normal while apologizing “for any inconvenience to customers.” With three major outages now under BlackBerry’s belt in the past month, faith in the rock-solid stability of its infrastructure is fading rapidly — but then again, it gives you a great excuse to be off IM for a few hours and talk to live humans, doesn’t it?

RIM blames massive service outage on newer Messenger versions originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PS3 dipped in gold appeals to our ‘elitist doofus’ sensibilities originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of the big obstacles in alternative energy is that some of its primary gathering mechanisms — solar, wind, reclaimed heat — aren’t continuously available, so no matter how much of a science lab you have bolted to your roof, you still might run out of TV electricity during a calm night’s Curb Your Enthusiasm marathon. Well, Panasonic’s recent buy of Sanyo brought with it some choice battery tech, and the newly joined companies think they can be the first to build and ship a storage battery for home use. The plan is to release the lithium-ion cell in 2011, with enough juice in it to power a home for a week (a Japanese home, we presume), and the battery will be paired with a system to allow the user to monitor electricity usage on their TV. Of course, fuel cells have traditionally been looked to as the great home energy storage hope, but we doubt any will be able to compete with the tried-and-true lithium-ion by the time 2011 rolls around.

Panasonic and new best friend Sanyo plan one week storage battery for the home originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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