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Sony is marketing this new PS2 as portable... their engineers should be ashamed!

As well, Sony does have a true portable PS2 coming out next year (I heard mid 2005... it keeps getting pushed back). Here are some pictures.

Well I'm glad someone else here is reading Engadget and followed the subsequent link to the PC World article.

Sometimes I wonder if the editors even read the stuff they pick for the front page. This is one of the most empirically worthless slashdot stories I've seen in a while though.

This "story," submitted by an "anonymous reader" (ie the author of the review), was a complete waste of time. It's nothing but a collection of PR gibberish copied from the product pages of the players being reviewed. There is nothing of any interest in ANY of the blurbs, no evidence that the author has even seen the players he's "reviewing," and to top it all off, no links to the products he's "reviewing." (I googled one of the players he "reviewed" and got a bunch of garbage on the first page.

I don't mean to insult Michael here, but I think he probably picked this one based on the headline (the writeup is better than the "story" linked to, and not supported by the story.)

Obviously, people are indeed hoping to take some marketshare from Apple, but
(1)none of the players reviewed in this story are going to take it (they're all obscure 2-bit companies which will be lucky to move 10k units.) and
(2) Others (http://cnet.com/, http://wired.com/, and (don't laugh) even NYT's Circuits do a better job of reviewing gadgets). My advice though: just do a search for MP3 Player on http://engadget.com/ and http://gizmodo.com/.

I am not trolling here. Please read the story yourself before moderating me.

Just the other day engadget featured a bluetooth wireless speaker adapter that incidently introduces a delay that causes audio to get out of sync with the video.

Yep, thought the same thing when I found it earlier this week on Engadget

Ask Engadget: What do you keep on your USB keychain drive? http://www.engadget.com/entry/1409518962884828/

Here's a video of an iRiver playing a movie of an iPod photo trying to play a movie

Since engadget is slow now (wonder why!), here's the text from the above link:

We're the first to admit playing a "movie" on an iPod Photo by exporting the sound, and thousands of frames is as silly as it sounds, so ludicrous that we had to do a how-to on it. Now things are getting toally wacky, and already a video has turned up of someone watching a video on their iRiver H320 (an MP3 player which just recently acquired the ability to playback video clips) of us "watching" the new Star Wars trailer on our iPod Photo. It's getting mighty recursive in here.

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God, I love living in Seattle. First, stories like this, now Wimax. Grunge is dead! Long live wireless!

The AC is right, sabacc was a card game.

The actual name is Dejarik Holochess.

'But, I paid extra for the service plan.'

'Well, it is covered under the service plan you purchased, but we can't fix it.' Then, to add insult to injury, 'If you'd like to buy a new one, we've got some great deals over in aisle 5 ...'

They've got a well-known rep for this practice. They've been sued by several State Attorney Generals http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/best_buy_ohi o.html because of the volume, consistency and recurrence of the complaints and other shady dealings http://www.engadget.com/entry/5103212665587422 of exactly the kind that sunk Sun Electronics here in Central Ohio years ago.

Give them 5 or 6 years, and they'll be closing stores and 'consolidating', before the final, merciful act of closing their doors forever.

I don't care how many Barrys, Jills and Buzzs they have as customers -- people with money just aren't *THAT* dumb!

how long does the corn last anyway?

I really *hope* they use Bluetooth instead of coming up with anothe random standard. There are already several Bluetooth headphones available, HP has some excellent ones.

I really *hope* they use Bluetooth instead of coming up with anothe random standard. There are already several Bluetooth headphones available, HP has some excellent ones.

I do NOT have lip fungus!!!

note see engadget for reference. Or the ads in question here

Is it me or did they just repackage the past few weeks of stuff from Engadget's digital audio section?

These are functional, not really for style. Lance Armstrong has been seen using them (may have helped design them), as they are designed for sports where wires can get in the way. http://www.engadget.com/entry/3238124135734335/

related: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/30/apple_to_ipod _owners.html

What's the lesson here? Well, Apple's not on your side, even if you're an Apple customer. If you buy into a proprietary platform where the music industry gets a veto, you're scr0d. Every time you buy an iPod, you are financing legal and technical countermeasures aimed at taking away legitimate features that enable you to do more with your lawfully acquired music and hardware

And another thing!

I'm not the only one irritated by Apple's fight against their own customers by breaking the iPod download software with a so-called software "update".

Step out of the iPod stupor long enough to recognize that we should demand more of the companies we support with our purchases.

I recommend Engadget. It's a blog that regularly posts all sorts of cool new gadgets. Of course, they have an RSS feed as well.

I recommend Engadget. It's a blog that regularly posts all sorts of cool new gadgets. Of course, they have an RSS feed as well.

If he really wants to ensure he reaches his target audience, he should Podcast his broadcasts, since only geeks can figure out own to download Podcasts. ;>

Some people have been playing around with Google's SMS Service http://www.google.com/sms/ and have found if you SMS "Directions" to 46645 you get a reply back "Looking for driving directions? Unfortunately this feature is not yet supported."

Another undocumented feature is for flight times. Try SMSing flight WN 764 and you get the same reply.

This post was inspired by http://www.engadget.com/entry/8423209320818510/

Companies involved in various aspects of this market include Archos, Nikon, Sony, SanDisk and Epson, as well as a whole slew of smaller names like I/OMagic, Sima, Transcend, Vosonic, Innoplus, Digi Magic and Delkin.

Right now, today, the new iPod Photo isn't destroying their market share. But as of today, we're at the point where we can buy an iPod and a little gizmo (like the SanDisk one) we stick flash cards into for display on a TV... or just buy an iPod Photo. With that Belkin attachment, any iPod can be your place to dump photos in the field. And other than adding card slots, most of the other features other products have that the iPod Photo doesn't offer can be added in firmware updates. One at a time. Step by step. Until another market segment is overrun by white-earbudded iPod people. :)

But by the time that happens, the iPod Photo will probably have video playback capability, since again, that's totally just a matter of adding the capabilities through a firmware upgrade. Sure, it's not a top priority for Apple right now, but they've got the hardware now, and just have to code the functionality in the firmware.

In a year or two, will we all be saying "iPod uber alles" with regard to things other than music? Dunno. But if it happens, I won't be surprised.

According to an article at engadget.com, Delphi filed for the trademark on "MyFi". http://www.engadget.com/entry/5213323776608634/

Seen this?:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/2994556245611989/

It's a sub-$250 pc (w/ monitor) running WinCE + XP extensions - actually intended for Russia, Mexico, India, other markets....

In the US, I'd like to be able to go to a 7-11 or Circle-K and rent one of these for $10/day if I needed to... Or something....

I used the Engadget link 'cuz of the cool photo...

Since gaming is now a big selling market, and Big Screen gaming (with live audiences) is becoming a little more popular, I wonder just how long until the gamers begin to gain popularity via reality TV shows such at "Idol".

Can you imagine it? International Halo 2 Star. A cross between traditional gaming and WWF style acting? The possibilities are endless.

Now it can't compete on storage space, I admit, but my palmone treo 600 has been my exclusive portable music player for about 6 months now. Combined with the pocket-tunes software and a sd memory card, the treo 600 becomes a rather fancy mp3, wma, wav, and ogg player. In addition to that, it's also a cell phone, plays games, browses webs, etc. You can buy a 1gb sd card for about $80, and the pocket-tunes software is $30. The phone itself is only $350 with a contract from the evil phone company of your choice. If you get their unlimited data plans, then you can stream your favorite shoutcast streams straight to your phone.

Ever since I bought this phone, my archos jukebox 6000 has been sitting on the shelf collecting dust.

If you don't want the phone you could always get the tungsten t5. Also be sure to check out the yet unreleased treo 650.

Who declared Gizmodo the authority.

I dont think that they have won the Gizmodo vs. Engadget debate.

I do like them both.

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iPod Your BMW. Apple has links to pages on BMW's site showing how they're integrated as well. Says Apple, this is "The first seamless integration of iPod and automobile."

Others had made similar homebrew iPod and non-iPod solutions before (and iPod and non-iPod after) Apple/BMW's solution.

At this point, it doesn't look like Apple has any official plans to unveil further integration of Apple technology with automobiles. Of course, Apple almost always "does not comment on unreleased products."

iPod Your BMW. Says Apple, this is "The first seamless integration of iPod and automobile."

Others had made similar homebrew iPod and non-iPod solutions before (and iPod and non-iPod after) Apple/BMW's solution.

At this point, it doesn't look like Apple has any official plans to unveil further integration of Apple technology with automobiles. Of course, Apple almost always "does not comment on unreleased products."

Here are a few more pictures of the device.

Check out this NPR radio segment where Peter Rojas of Engadget talks about hardware hacking the iPod and other stuff.

I've been thinking that would be a great idea too. I t might be a fun thing to submit for the next "What Would Jobs Do?" contest. Either that, or apple should just release an iPod with a color screen that can deal with the iSight directly.

The story at the Internet News link seems to be down... here's one from EnGadget.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/4103333888832967/

This is all just rumor mill, but it would be rather exciting if they could get a emulation done without having a performance drop compared to the existing hardware.

It shouldn't be that hard, since it is just a PC emulation on a Power PC, however, the main reason they were trying to avoid backwards compatability wasn't that it wasn't possible or even too costly, but that there were security bugs that they didn't want to spend the time to fix(seems like a recuring theme for M$)

--clarus

As soon as the "killer" 4-5GB players come out for ~$250, expect Apple to trump them all with (1) color screens and iPhoto sync (in the works), (2) Bluetooth headphone interface (courtesy of HP), and (3) bigger HDD capacity.

AM/FM tuning and voice note recording seem trivial and probably are on the timeline too... while Ogg support probably is not.

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That's exactly what I first thought when I read that line.

Just to clarify for everyone, Kent Savage is the same guy behind the Netpliance iOpener. He's one of those dot-com bubble masters who doesn't really 'get-it' but can spins some concept up that looks great on paper and board rooms. Other people who also don't 'get-it' in these meetings sucker into his pitches and invest in stupid ideas like this without recognizing the fatal flaws.

The fatal flaw with the Hip-E??? They're trying to out-mac Apple. That's like trying to out-weird Michael Jackson. No slight against Apple in this comparison. They've done a tremendous job building brand awareness, applying inspired industrial design, and conceptualizing cool products. While the Apple store is located in a shopping mall here in Austin, the Hip-e folks have one of those ridiculous kiosks in the mall like those ones selling t-shirts with your picture ironed-on that says "worlds's greatest grandpa."

I read the Yahoo article linked to above and I think it's poor journalism for the writer to have not mentioned that Digital Lifestyles is the new name of Netpliance.

Here's a little blurb about them on Engadget.

...try OQO. Has 20GB hard disk, 1GHz x86-compatible processor, ethernet and USB connectors...

Looks like the MP3 player from Virgin that got discussed here.

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Last I heard, Sony is cosidering switching to MP3 for their portable players. With the new Hi-MD players allowing for file storage on their 1Gb discs, it might not be too long of a wait for the type of device you mentioned.

But did you buy copy protected VHS tapes or DRMed DVDs?

If so you're part of the reason the labels believe that DRM works!

How well has CD copy protection been received? Does it actually increase sales, or just break Macintoshes? Why do you think Sony is scrapping copy protected CDs?

Here's a whole bunch of suggestions

Engadget has pics of the Sprint version of the Treo 650 here: http://www.engadget.com/entry/2487384516216828/

check it out here

like they say, i wonder if they are going to be causing fights in the stores, like the tickle-me-elmo craze..

One of the features brandied about when talking about "the photo iPod" is the ability for the thing to plug into a TV and playback slideshows and hopefully one day video.

I propose that this can already be done. Just look at what these guys have accomplished. Think deeply about this. If we can encode IR signals into audio files, why not encode images into audio files, dump that audio out the headphone jack of the iPod into a device with a decoder and an RCA jack, and plug that sucker into your TV?!

In fact they already have something commercially available that can do part of this, converting digital bits into audio-- its called a MODEM (remember those?). The band Information Society was putting samples of MODEM audio onto records and tapes for you to somehow decode back in the 80s! So this idea is really overdue and I believe we are only a few figurative moments away from this becoming a reality, mod this post up to help make it happen or reply with why it won't work ;)

define heavy lock. hopefully not like this

Sony has been feeling the heat from Apple, and in their new players, they're committed to support MP3 as well as their crap format. Of course, this doesn't help the prospects of the new Network Walkman NW-HD1, which only supports ATRAC3.

Anyone know anything about this?

Link to puzzles and gamecube forum: http://www.gamecubicle.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3035 /

Im especially curious about the picture of the Marionette heheh (Mario Net) and the boy in the woods with the dog. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Also after reading through all the information and speculation on what the DS online capabilities are going to be I read that the reason that Nintendo didnt want to go online with the cube was because the didnt want to charge their customers monthly fees like Sony and M$. However Nintendo has been wanting to go online for sometime and doing it witht the DS offers them a way to do it for free. Imagine if you will your DS as a repeater hub, then imagine being able to plug your gamecube or next gen Nintendo console into your DS and being connected global multiplayer areana. I honestely havent read anything cooler in a long time, and to repeat whaty someone said in the gamecube forum. "man Nintendo really knows how to sell a gaming system!!

Link to engadget where my adventure started: http://engadget.com/entry/4182100443364188/