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Sony’s Yoshida says PS3 is now turning a profit, no plans for a price cut originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With a 2.26GHz Core i3-350M processor and a $1,149 asking price, the Fujitsu Lifebook TH700’s no netvertible, to be sure, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a tablet with more bang for the buck. Near as we can tell, this svelte 12.1-inch convertible’s built on the same chassis as the Lifebook T730 we saw last month, with half the RAM and a slower CPU but all those lovely goodies intact. That means for $700 less than its older brother, you’re getting a pen-and-capacitive-touch dual digitizer on top of that LED-backlit display, fingerprint and ambient light sensors plus a removable dust filter — not to mention the standard 320GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, DVD burner and HDMI port. With a $50 mail-in rebate presently available to celebrate its stealthy arrival, it sounds like a done deal to us — assuming, of course, that no other corners were cut.

Fujitsu Lifebook TH700 brings convertible tablet magic at a more affordable price originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cisco’s just announced a business-aimed Android tablet, and it’s calling it the Cius. The tablet will offer HD video streaming, real-time video, multi-party conferencing, plus all the regular tablet functions like messaging, email, and browsing. We’re not sure about the size of the device yet, or any of it technical specs, but we do know that it’s going to weigh in at 1.15lbs, so it can’t be terrifically large. There’s also no word yet on pricing or availability yet either but we’ll let you know as soon as we do, okay, businessmen? Full press release is below.

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Cisco unveils Cius Android tablet with HD video capabilities originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Hulu Plus announced with support for iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox Live, and more

Hulu Plus announced with support for iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox Live, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google modifies its policies in China, resumes hosting some content on Chinese servers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The iPhone 4’s massive launch hasn’t been blemish free, with reports of spotty displays (which seem to have disappeared) and antenna woes being rather widely reported. Well — it looks like it’s possible there’s another issue too — this time with the proximity sensor. Now, we’re no strangers to spontaneously turning on speakerphone with our faces (though admittedly our cheeks are pretty round), so it’s hard to say if this is an iPhone 4-specific issue, but the mounting reports would suggest that it’s possible the new handsets sensor is a little bit… over sensitive. Reported issues include accidentally disconnecting calls, throwing the speakerphone switch, and putting people on hold accidentally. What about you? Are you having problems with your iPhone 4’s proximity sensor? Let us know in the comments.

Is the iPhone 4 having proximity sensor troubles? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keepin’ it real fake: Air Phone NO. 4 out-KIRFs the KIRFs with FaceTime app originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We get it, the iPhone 4 is pretty cool, and of course the opportunity to obtain it on the very first day has a bit of an allure. But lining up for a camp-out in front of your strip mall-ensconced AT&T store five days later for the first day of walk-in sales is… well, we don’t want to judge. At least you documented the soul sucking process with these blurry photos of your lines, some of which stretched as far as 100 people. Don’t worry, the iPhone 4 will manage to snap much better shots of this process as it inevitably repeats itself next year, to the clear detriment of mankind. Oh, and if you onlookers were thinking of joining in on the fray, you might want to hold off: the word on the street is that most AT&T stores have run out of this fresh stock already.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

iPhone lines crop up at AT&T stores as humanity slips ever further toward its inevitable destruction originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re sometimes a little sad that the joy of gathering with family and friends ’round the photo album has been reduced to the shallow act of pasting a link into a text field, so we’re always intrigued when some gadget designer finds an interesting way to bring us back to something physical. The Stamp.y from designer Jinhee Kim certainly does that in an interesting way — but perhaps not an entirely practical one. It’s a digital camera with a very unusual shape and design allowing it to act as a rubber stamp. Take your picture through the proboscis-shaped lens, pop off the back, dab it on the handy ink pad, and then stamp that picture onto whatever you like. We think this would be huge in schools as a great way for kids to decorate their book covers, but physical textbooks will surely be a thing of the past before this becomes a reality.

Stamp.y Digital Camera concept doesn’t look particularly pocket-friendly originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Kawasaki and Mouri Laboratory at Gifu University in Japan are researching and developing a touch interface which, combined with 3D displays, could offer a new way to simulate the touching of objects. HIRO III is a haptic interface robot which can provide realistic kinesthetic sensations to the user’s hand and fingers, while the 3D display provides the visual experience. Possible applications include medical diagnostics training, but for now, HIRO III is still in the lab. Interestingly, we’ve seen a very similar — albeit more scholastic — take on the same idea very recently. Hit the video below for a fuller look at this one.

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3D displays and haptic interfaces come together in HIRO III originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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