As far as we here at BGR are concerned, once a product is physically in store it’s good to be sold regardless of whatever the squares at corporate may think about it and its designated street date. In the spirit of this (and because it’s an admittedly slow Sunday), today we’ve got a few videos of a T-Mobile HTC HD2 that YouTube user JDMiPhoner managed to snag at a Vancouver, WA Walmart a few days ahead of it’s March 24th street date. He decided to post a series of hands on videos which cover the unboxing, first boot up and configuration, app overview and a demo of voice commands. Excited? Good, because we’ve gone through the trouble of queuing them up after the break for your viewing pleasure.

P.S. If you can’t get enough of the HD2, you can check out an unboxing of it courtesy of one of our connects.

Thanks, to everyone that hit us up!

Continue reading Sygic Mobile Maps for Nokia N900 brings turn-by-turn to Maemo

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MIX10 is going strong and this year, the Microsoft conference has been filled with big announcements. Yesterday, we learned about Windows Phone 7 Series development and today, we get a glimpse of what is coming in Internet Explorer 9. The latest web browser from Microsoft stays competitive by supporting several HTML 5 specifications including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and both embedded H.264/MPEG4 video and MP3/AAC audio. Microsoft’s latest web browser also includes a new and improved JavaScript engine that combined with its GPU-accelerated graphics promises to deliver a rich browsing experience. You can test drive the latest browser via an online demo over at Microsoft’s new IE9 website or, if you enjoy living life on the edge of a system collapse, you can download and install the Internet Explorer 9 platform preview.

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MIX10 is going strong and this year, the Microsoft conference has been filled with big announcements. Yesterday, we learned about Windows Phone 7 Series development and today, we get a glimpse of what is coming in Internet Explorer 9. The latest web browser from Microsoft stays competitive by supporting several HTML 5 specifications including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and both embedded H.264/MPEG4 video and MP3/AAC audio. Microsoft’s latest web browser also includes a new and improved JavaScript engine that combined with its GPU-accelerated graphics promises to deliver a rich browsing experience. You can test drive the latest browser via an online demo over at Microsoft’s new IE9 website or, if you enjoy living life on the edge of a system collapse, you can download and install the Internet Explorer 9 platform preview.

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When mobile phones were first invented, they were a little bulky and hard to use. But time has elapsed and these gadgets have now been changed and become much lighter in size. Because of that, they are now very handy and have become an necessity for everybody's fashion. But aside from the calling and texting function, a modern mobile phone has other things to offer. Among these are the camera, video, and Internet features. Later versions even have the Gps feature.

Tracking a mobile phone is very important for so lots of mans. It is a necessity for a parent who wishes to find a lost child or a lost relative in the mall. It is also important for the 911 rescue team to easily find their caller. In addition, it is very important for a man who needs to be rescued immediately. But how is mobile phone tracking possible?

Mobile phone tracking is possible with the use of the GPS feature in the unit. GPS stands for Global locationing Tracking. Almost all mobile phones that have been sold and purchased within the last five years contain a GPS receiver. This cell phone tracker software works well if a mobile phone is turned on. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to locate the mobile phone unit. If it is turned on, it will receive signals from satellites which orbit the earth; thus, enabling the man who is tracking this mobile phone unit to locate its geographical location.

Its geographical location may be accurate or estimated; that would depend on the efficiency and signal availability for the mobile phone's GPS receiver. You can also avail of GPS tracking software from the Internet. Most of them provide trial versions and demo for free. You can either use this software on the computer or install it on a mobile phone. Furthermore, most online websites provide accounts that you can sign up to be able to track mobile phones via GPS. These websites will, then, provide colored maps or text messages with details on where to find the mobile phone unit.

GPS is quite similar to the GSM or Global System for mobile cell phone Tracking, which is often found in older versions of mobile phones. But GPS provides more detailed and more accurate results. GSM only shows the radius of the mobile phone's location. Plus, the subscriber information of mobile phones being tracked via GSM are usually found in their SIM or Subscriber Identity chip cards. The GSM tracking method is much unexpensive though.

We're not quite sure whether you need a really active or a really idle mind to come up with this, but the dudes over at Art Lebedev Studio have just unveiled their latest conceptual design. Continuing the theme of faux-Latin names, this is branded the Segmentus clock, and sports hands just like an antiquated analog clock, but unlike an analog clock it seems to have a good 20 or 30 of them. Working in unison -- you might call it like clockwork, but we'd rather you didn't -- they then produce a digital time reading, which might not be easy to read, but we're sure will tickle all the artistes out there. Art Lebedev calls it "true postmodernism," and you can find a live demo on the company's site at the source link below.

[Thanks, Danil K.]

Art Lebedev's Segmentus clock gives you a digital reading using its analog hands originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So Microsoft's Charlie Kindel posted up a long blog post about Windows Phone 7 Series and app development just now, and we couldn't help but notice the WP7S device mockup he used is noticeably different from the stock press shots we've been seeing and the actual devices we've gotten to play with. That's a totally different hardware trim, for starters, and there's a Zune-like menu on the right-- on the builds we've seen scrolling to the right reveals the app list. And that map on the bottom has been moved up a couple rows from where we've seen it on demo builds -- which is unfortunate because it's so wildly ugly in comparison to the rest of the 7 Series interface. Now, this could actually be an older mockup, not a newer one, so we're not reading too much into this, but it's clear that Microsoft is still making a ton of tweaks to the WP7S interface as time goes on -- hopefully we'll see some final results at MIX.

Windows Phone 7 Series mockup changes slightly, Zune menu making a comeback? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keep your eyes tuned to this post -- because at 5:00 PM ET, we'll be starting The Engadget Show live, with Avner Ronen of Boxee, Aaron Woodman showing off Windows Phone 7 Series, plus much, much, more! You seriously don't want to miss it!

Of course, if you're in NY we'd love to have you attend the show in person at the Times Center. It's absolutely free! We'll start handing out tickets at 2:30PM, open the doors for seating at 4:30PM, and the show itself starts at 5PM. There will also be giveaways from Boxee and Microsoft after the show, but you obviously have to be here to participate! All the info about attending can be found here.

Can't make it? We forgive you, and there's a live video stream that can be found after the break. In the spirit of awesome, we've enabled tweeting directly to the live stream! To be a part of The Engadget Show broadcast, just include the hashtag "#engadgetshow" and watch for your tweet on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. One thing to note, The Engadget Show is a family program, so any single instance of swearing or trolling will force us to turn off the ticker... and it won't come back on. So, keep it clean and have fun!

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We saw impressive renders of Notion Ink's Adam last week, along with some speculation, but today we're getting what's probably the best look yet at this ambitious play into the tablet space.

The following specs, to be unveiled officially at MWC, are listed as "final" by the folks at Notion Ink. Take some of it with a grain of salt, as they are grossly incorrect about items like accelerometer and touchscreen (chart provided by Notion Ink):

The Technoholik video, filmed this weekend before the big reveal at MWC, follows here:

What you see in the video is essentially the final build. The camera position could move, and there was a screen cover removed because it was loose during the demo, but in the end this is the 1080p tablet Notion Ink will put up against the iPad (and the multitude of other tablets that arrive this year and beyond). Looks pretty sharp, especially in sunlight, although the trackpad location will definitely take some getting used to. [ADAM on Flickr, Technoholik]

That thing we showed (and showed and showed) earlier? That wasn't the real iPad. This is, as demo'd by "John"—aka funniest living Twitterer Peter Serafinowicz. 3D games!!! [Funny or Die UK via BoingBoing]

The hype, and hope, on the Apple Tablet is ridiculous right now, and the WSJ is just piling it on with talk about it revolutionizing television, textbooks and newspapers like the iPod changed music. Let's all just calm down here.

WSJ says Apple's been researching e-textbooks, as well as newspapers and magazines (which we knew, and we knew that they've been talking to various people in the publishing industry).

But, what we didn't know is that apparently Apple's been talking to CBS and Disney to get a monthly TV subscription deal going, and working with EA to demo how well games would work on the tablet. The Journal also reinforces the Bing on iPhone rumor we heard yesterday, making it seem like Apple's really taking an anti-Google stance.

Another bit we didn't know is that the tablet is supposedly shared among various people in the house, complete with sticky notes that you leave to other people. And, with the built-in webcam, it'll recognize you automatically. If all these rumors pan out, the tablet is kind of an all-in-one media consumption device, slurping down basically every sort of mass media humans have made since the printing press. [WSJ]

Ericsson Labs is showing off an API for navigating through a three-dimensional interpretation of the world based on real imagery powered by Saab spinoff (the defense firm, not the car company) C3 Technologies on Sony Ericsson's upcoming X10 -- and in a word, it's looking impressive. The buttons for controlling the action are a bit hokey, of course, but don't worry too much about that -- this is strictly a proof of concept, and the important thing is that no matter how much panning, tilting, and swooping through the cityscape the demo-giver does, video output stays above 30 frames per second. Thank goodness for Snapdragon, eh? There's no indication that we'll see a shipping version of this app on retail X10s out of the box, but let's hope something awesome comes of this. Follow the break for video.

Continue reading 3D maps demoed on Sony Ericsson X10, Snapdragon paying off

3D maps demoed on Sony Ericsson X10, Snapdragon paying off originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We didn't get a chance to check out the whole line of Magnetic3D autostereoscopic displays, but a trip to the International Gateway got us a quick glance of this challenger to Alioscopy. It claims up to 9 viewing angles, an improvement over Alioscopy's 8, plus support for compressed MPEG-4 video and a smaller video player, key for the digital signage market these displays compete in. We did detect a bit more "pop" from greater distances and angles than competing tech, but unfortunately what we didn't see was any indication this technology is any closer to being ready for regular TV watching. The 3D film over the demo 1080p LCD still drops the resolution somewhat and makes 2D viewing a messy blur, so for the time being, these displays popping out ads from streetcorners or slot machines will have to do.

Magnetic3D glasses-free 3D eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Sony VAIO Z demo video is fully rendered, somewhat dizzying, still worth watching

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Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s President of Entertainment & Device Division, dropped an interesting little tidbit of information on an analyst call earlier in the week. Reportedly, Microsoft will be demoing the much hyped Windows 7 Mobile in mid-February at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. Bach went on to to say that Microsoft would be more involved with manufacturers when the times come for WM7 devices to go to market and that Windows Mobile 7 was not just an evolutionary release. We’re looking forward to the demo and hoping Microsoft steps their game to the next level.

[Via Engadget Mobile]

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One-handed touchscreen typing is the hip new thing, apparently, since mere weeks after getting our first whiff of Swype, Tiki'Labs has debuted its own free TikiNotes app for the iPhone with a proprietary "large target" sort of keyboard. We've seen the idea before, specifically with some accessibility devices, which lets the user drill down into one of six alphabet sectors, and then pick one of six characters. TikiNotes improves upon that by not only predicting the word you're currently typing, but also often correctly guessing the next word you were planning on typing. To be honest, we find that second feature just a little depressing -- all that money the government spent on our two years of high school education and we still form sentences like everybody else -- but certainly useful (Tiki'Labs claims a 40% success rate). We tried out the free app for a couple of minutes and found it more akin to a Brain Age-type exercise than a typing utility, but we're sure we could get used to it. What we can't get used to, however, is how hilariously great it is that Tiki'Labs spliced a Swype demo video (originally pitted against the iPhone keyboard) to serve as a typing race example... and still only barely squeaked through with the victory. It can be found after the break, naturally. The app will be available on Windows Mobile and Android soon.

Continue reading Tiki'Labs virtual keyboard for iPhone takes shot at Swype, one-handed typing wars commence

Tiki'Labs virtual keyboard for iPhone takes shot at Swype, one-handed typing wars commence originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Yinlips YDP800 projector PMP teases your wallet with video

Yinlips YDP800 projector PMP teases your wallet with video originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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