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Vodafone’s Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones

Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier’s IFA booth this week. The basic idea here is that each available model appears as [...]

The Engadget Podcast, live at 430PM EST!

Not much happened this week apart from a local fruit company holding a small event, a minor industry get-together in Germany, and Samsung releasing a giant Galaxy S. Yeah, yawn. Josh, Paul, and Nilay will be on had at 430PM EST to talk it all over, so get cozy in the chat below and we’ll [...]

WSJ: iPhone 4 to be offered by Vodafone and O2 in Germany as T-Mobile loses exclusivity

The last bastion of Applephone exclusivity in Europe is about to be toppled, according to the Wall Street Journal, as Deutsche Telekom is said to be preparing for the loss of its iPhone 4 monopoly ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season. Citing separate sources familiar with the matter, this report suggests that Vodafone and [...]

Canon’s Wonder Camera, and other future concepts that tease us from behind glass

Canon had a lot to show for itself at its annual expo today, from the EOS 60D to the (working!) Multipurpose 4K concept, but the best goodies are of course the ones just a few steps outside of today’s technological limits. One display in particular that caught our eye was the 2010 Image Creation set, [...]

iPod nano vs touch vs shuffle… fight!

Three new iPods under one roof — how could we not throw on a table and see how they size up to one another? Obviously, the iPod touch is the black sheep here in terms of sheer physical space, but the width / height difference between nano is as marginal as you probably guessed. More [...]

iPod nano (2010) first hands-on! (update: video!)

Here it is, the new (and completely redesigned) iPod nano. Super thin, super light, and really, the capacitive multitouch works very well. The screen is crisp and top menu navigation is smooth, but can’t say we have great feel for moving back out of sub menus (via swipe or holding down the screen). We’re going [...]

Motorola Milestone 2 makes official, albeit unintentional, debut

Sometimes it takes a crafty, steel-nerved individual to leak an unreleased phone’s details ahead of time. And then sometimes all it takes is a negligently uploaded video. An official promo for the Milestone 2 has popped up on YouTube before quickly being yanked by Moto. The Droid 2’s international sibling unsurprisingly looks to be its [...]

Archos unleashes five (five!) new Android Froyo tablets, we go hands-on

“How do you tablet?” Oh yes, that’s Archos’ new tag line when it comes to its growing number of Android tablets. Good timing since, you know, it just went ahead and released a quintuplet of new gadgets. The offerings range from small PMP-like devices with 2.8- and 3.4-inch screens to higher-end 4.3-, 7- and 10.1-inch [...]

The Engadget Show – 012: Omar Khan talks Android and teases Galaxy Tab, Harmonix shows off Rock Band 3 and Dance Central, and more!

Get ready humans, because we have an all new, amazing Engadget Show fresh out of the box (for the second time this month!). For your viewing pleasure, we sit down with Samsung CSO Omar Khan to get the inside scoop on everything from Galaxy S, Android strategies, whatever is happening with Bada, the upcoming [...]

Motorola XT300 mini portrait slider leaks out in clearer photos

We’ve been wondering about this oddly intriguing mini Motorola portrait slider since we saw it back in July, and a new set of leaked photos today hasn’t done anything to diminish our curiosity, since that keyboard looks pretty amazing. The reappearance of the red Droid eye seems to indicate this one’s eventually [...]

T-Mobile G2 build flashes to other devices to great results, new widgets

Remember that T-Mobile G2 build that leaked out earlier this week? Even if you didn’t, the ROM still managed to find its way onto other Android devices by way of some clever (if not elementary, dear Watson) hacking, and from that very binary comes some vivid imagery. Nothing too surprising or earth-shattering, unless of course [...]

Nikon Coolpix P7000, D7000 DSLR rumored to be launching September 8th, 15th

We’ve already heard some rumors for both Nikon’s Coolpix P7000 point-and-shoot and its supposed D90-successor, the D7000, but it looks like things are unexpectedly heating up a bit further ahead of Photokina next month. According to Nikon Rumors, the two announcements will supposedly be split up, with the P7000 set to be announced along with [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 for AT&T review

We’ve already published a pretty exhaustive review of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 some five months ago, but it’s taken until this month for it to reach AT&T’s network and retail chain. A lot’s changed in the mobile phone market since then — the iPhone 4, the EVO 4G, Dell Streak, numerous Verizon Droids, and so [...]

With Imation Link 5112 WUSB A/V streamer, KerliGirl13 can finally have her own TV show

Unlike lots of other media streaming devices we’ve seen, this one is pretty straightfoward: the USB dongle plugs into your PC or Mac, the receiver plugs into your TV’s HDMI input, and what you sees and hears (on your computer) is what you gets (on the TV). The Wireless USB connection will stream video [...]

Court reaffirms: fourth amendment rights not violated if the police install a GPS device on your car when it’s not in your garage

Back in January, a court in Portland, Oregon ruled that the Fourth Amendment rights of one Juan Pineda-Moreno had not been violated by the police when they tracked him using various GPS devices they installed on the underside of his Jeep with magnets. You see, the police suspected that Pineda-Moreno was growing Marijuana somewhere, and [...]

Engadget Podcast 210 – 08.27.2010

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Nilay Patel’s heavy breathing and ice clinking, but not there. Enjoy it, this week only.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Dancing Queen

00:02:29 – Samsung Galaxy Tab gets official teaser video
00:13:28 – Exclusive: Dell Thunder prototype preview (video)
00:13:50 – Exclusive: Samsung Cetus i917 bows for AT&T, shows [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 to hit US for less than $300 unlocked, we go hands-on

Last time we heard of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X8 it was crawling around the FCC, but last night we found the little thing in a more welcoming, though equally as judgmental place — our hands. Formerly codenamed the “Shakira,” we were hoping the Android phone would be a bit more modern and slim, but sadly [...]

Follow Engadget on the new and improved Digg… you know you want to

You may have noticed that Digg got a pretty major overhaul yesterday. One of the nice aspects of the improved site is that it’s a little more social than its previous incarnation. So if you’re in the market for someone new to follow on Digg… well, you could always hit up Engadget on Digg. You [...]

Shure SE535 review

It’s been a good, long while since we visited the upper rungs of Shure’s in-ear monitor lineup (about four years, to be exact), and for good reason: the E500 / SE500 was already a stellar product that the company was understandably in no rush to replace. Of course, for the heart-stopping $500 they commanded, buyers [...]

Google introduces Voice in Gmail, free calls to US and Canada

Rumors have been buzzing about since June, but Google just made it official — the company’s baking Google Voice calls right into Gmail today. Like the Google Chat text, voice and video chat integrated into the web-based email client last year, full phone calls will also be an option. Google’s demoing the service for us [...]