Monday, May 04, 2009

Samsung's 850 PAVV plasma teases the 1-inch thick mark

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/samsungs-850-pavv-plasma-teases-the-1-inch-think-mark/


The plasma industry may be teetering on the edge of certain doom (okay, so maybe that's exaggerating it... a little), but Samsung's still pushing the envelope. Over in South Korea, the company just outed its latest PDPs, the 850 PAVV lineup. Aside from being 40 percent more power efficient, 20 percent lighter and 120 percent more seductive than the prior generation, the new 50- and 58-inch sets also boast DLNA support, a USB 2.0 socket, DivX compatibility and a rather striking stand. The real kicker? The 29 millimeter depth, which equates to just over one inch thick for those who abhor the metric system. There's no word on when these beauties will hit the streets, but we're guessing Panasonic will be keenly interested in knowing.

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Samsung's 850 PAVV plasma teases the 1-inch thick mark originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 08:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:08 PM

RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8900 officially hitting AT&T in "early summer"

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/rims-blackberry-curve-8900-officially-hitting-atandt-in-early-su/


Ah, ha! So the rumors were true. Just a day after we heard that RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8900 would be making its way from T-Mobile over to AT&T comes this -- official confirmation from the carrier itself. Loaded with WiFi, GPS and a 480 x 360 resolution display, this 'Berry includes free AT&T WiFi at over 20,000 hotspots (with an unlimited data plan, ironically enough) and a 3.2 megapixel camera. There's also a microSD / SDHC slot that supports cards up to 16GB in size, and while AT&T's not being very forthcoming with pricing (as in, there's no word given at all), loyal customers can expect it to land sometime in "early summer." In other words, all this release has done is extinguish the rumor fires -- 'preciate it, Ma Bell.

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RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8900 officially hitting AT&T in "early summer" originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 09:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:07 PM

BlackBerry Curve 83XX overtakes iPhone 3G in US smartphone rankings

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/blackberry-curve-83xx-overtakes-iphone-3g-in-us-smartphone-ranki/


The handset might've been surpassed in functionality and looks by its Curve 8900 successor, but nothing's got an edge on the BlackBerry Curve 83XX series in smartphone sales. According to NPD, the handset overtook the erstwhile champ iPhone 3G in the category for the first quarter of 2009, while BlackBerry's own Storm and Pearl handsets took the third and fourth slots, with the T-Mobile G1 rounding out the ranks in fifth place. Overall the smartphone market has grown from 17 percent of handset sales in Q1 2008 to 23 percent in Q1 2009. Compared to the previous quarter, RIM's gained a whopping 15 percent share of the US market -- owning nearly half of the entire scene -- while Apple and Palm both dropped 10 percent as they prep for their heroic mid-year launches.

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BlackBerry Curve 83XX overtakes iPhone 3G in US smartphone rankings originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:07 PM

Z Corp's 3D printers available to Hawaiian school students, the wealthy

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/z-corps-3d-printers-available-to-hawaiian-school-students-the/


We're eagerly awaiting the day when 3D printers achieve the same sort of ubiquity as their two dimensional brethren -- we can only imagine the sweet office pranks that will become available once we can conjure tiny objects from our imaginations (via AutoCAD). It looks like the fine folks over at Hawaii's State Department of Education have more civic-minded uses for the machine, however. As high school students from throughout the islands complete their 3D design projects they send the files to the education office in Honolulu, which manufactures physical models with a Z Corporation 3D printer and ships them back to the students, who can then review the model and refine their design. A machine like Z Corp's ZPrinter 310 Plus (seen above) will run you a cool $19,900 before shipping, sales tax, and so forth, so it looks like all of you amateur CADsters out there might want to find a pen-pal in the Pineapple State if you want to make your ID dreams a reality. Either that or do it yourself. And make sure you send us the YouTube link when you do.

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Z Corp's 3D printers available to Hawaiian school students, the wealthy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:06 PM

Lenovo reveals updated, 3G-equipped S10-2 netbook in user manual

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/lenovo-reveals-updated-3g-equipped-s10-2-netbook-in-user-manual/


We already caught sight of a slightly mysterious, 3G-equipped Lenovo netbook last month courtesy of the FCC, and it looks like Lenovo itself is now adding to the speculation, with a recently revealed user manual all but confirming an updated S10-2 netbook. While there's still no word on complete specs, it does appear that this is more than just a minor update, with the netbook apparently sporting a different hinge and some rounded edges, along with an extra USB port (bring the total up to three), a larger trackpad, a slightly revised keyboard and button layout, and some new access bays that'll let you get at the RAM, hard drive, and wireless card. Unfortunately, it seems that Lenovo has also seen fit to remove one of the big selling points of the original S10, the ExpressCard slot, although the built-in 3G does at least makes that trade-off a bit more manageable. No word on pricing or availability just yet, but it seems like Lenovo could be getting official with this one any day now.

[Via Eee PC - Blog]

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Lenovo reveals updated, 3G-equipped S10-2 netbook in user manual originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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