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Leaked Xbox 360 ‘Valhalla’ motherboard analyzed by Ben Heck

Sure, you might’ve seen the purported Xbox 360 Valhalla motherboard leaked yesterday… but have you ever really seen it? There’s a subtle difference, one that requires you gaze through the ocular receptors of our dearest old friend (he hates when we call him that) Ben Heck. Joystiq sat down with him to deconstruct the pictures and get his take on all the hardware nuances. First and foremost, there appears to be no connectors that “look remotely like a Xbox 360 memory card reader,” which lends credence to the thought process they might be going the way of the dinosaur. WiFi is still missing in action, and as for Project Natal integration, Heck’s highly doubtful that’s in the cards, though he shares our mindset that a bundle would make sense. The big question is size reduction, and to that our game console laptop guru suggests that, given the constraints due to a DVD drive, the best we can expect is a one-inch drop in height (standing console), 0.5 inches in depth, and just “slightly thinner.” Sorry folks, looks like even in your wildest dreams, it’ll still tower over the Nintendo Wii. A great read, don your thinking cap, give yourself 15 minutes, and hit up the source.

Leaked Xbox 360 ‘Valhalla’ motherboard analyzed by Ben Heck originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Possible PSN premium services detailed in leaked survey?

It’s hard to put too much credence in a survey. Not only is it easy to fake (although this one sounds fairly legit and has popped up elsewhere), but the questions posed could be purely theoretical. That caveat aside, there’s a bunch of very interesting stuff in this list of features we just got from someone who claims to have done a survey for Sony about its plans to charge for “premium” PlayStation Network content. The actual subscription costs flung around ranged from $20 to $60 a year, or alternatively $6 to $9 a month, and while some features might sound familiar to Xbox Live members, there’s plenty of innovative stuff here that we wouldn’t mind seeing pop up on either platform, including:

• Customer Service Priority Access
• Exclusive Experiences with Sony Brands
• Extended Console Warranty 3 Years
• Access to Beta Games
• Early Access to All Store Content
• Member Demo Sharing of Full Game
• Cross-game Voice Chat Access
• Full Title Trial – 1st Hour Is Free
• Token Wagering
• User-to-user Challenges
• Free Access to PSOne Classics, PSP Minis, and PS3/PSP Themes
• Discounts on Store Content
• Member Only In-game Content
• Trophy Alerts
• Cloud Storage Space for Games
• Online Music Service
• Online Music Video Service
• Automatic Downloads and Updates
• Loyalty Program Rewards
• Facebook Connectivity
• Catch-up TV
• Netflix Access Without Disc

What a mouthful! There are definitions of all these after the break, and while the survey seems to imply that not all of these would be available in whatever paid service Sony launches, we could imagine quite a few PS3 users (ourselves, for instance) shelling out cash for some of the perks listed — as long as they can swallow their Xbox Live Gold-deriding pride.

[Thanks, Christopher]

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Possible PSN premium services detailed in leaked survey? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Next generation iPhone now in testing phase

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, iPhone

Mac Rumors has received word from Pandav, creator of iPhone application iBart [iTunes Link], that they’ve spotted usage records for the next-generation iPhone.

PinchMedia, the firm that provides analytics for the iBart app, allows Pandav to see what devices its apps are running on. Pandav noticed an identifier for “iPhone3,1″ in their logs. The iPhone 3GS hardware identifier is “iPhone2,1″, which means the next-generation iPhone is already being tested.

iBart is a guide for San Francisco’s train system, which lends further credence to the rumor. The iPhone 3GS was spotted in October of 2008, again by PinchMedia statistics, and was also being used in the San Francisco area.

Based on the past three years of releases and comments by Apple’s senior VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, the most likely launch date for the next-generation iPhone (iPhone 3GSS? iPhone 3GX? iPhone 4G?) is either June or July of 2010.

TUAWNext generation iPhone now in testing phase originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer partially fulfills prophecy, overtakes Dell as number two PC maker in US

As if on cue, here’s some new data research firm Gartner lending credence to Lanci’s boasting. Looks like Acer has leapfrogged over Dell for the number tow spot in terms of US market share for the third quarter of 2009, from 12.5 to 15.4 percent of the Big Pie Chart[TM]. Meanwhile Dell is just below at 12.8 percent, and HP is sitting happily atop with a 19.9 percent ownership. It’s not worldwide domination, but hey, it’s a start.

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Acer partially fulfills prophecy, overtakes Dell as number two PC maker in US originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dyson speeds up ‘world’s fastest motor,’ gives it some fancy packaging

Sir James Dyson is on a mission to tick as many boxes as possible with the hetero male demographic. He starts out well, bolting the “world’s fastest motor” to a gun-shaped instrument of cleanliness. The product pages advertise 10 minutes of “high constant suction,” and the top model is named the Animal, but the fact is it’s still a vacuum cleaner. The motor is a direct descendant of the one found in the Airblade, with rotational speed jumping from 88K to 104K RPM. Dyson has said he hopes to harness the technology in other devices, including electric cars, giving credence to previously discredited rumors to that effect. Beyond the read link you will find a picture of the tiny speed demon in the loving hands of its inventor.

[Via Tech Digest]

Filed under: Household

Dyson speeds up ‘world’s fastest motor,’ gives it some fancy packaging originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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