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ASUS introduces O!Play HD2, first networked media player with USB 3.0

Chances are you’re not a part of the SuperSpeed revolution yet, and that’s okay. It’s early days yet, but ASUS is doing its part to make that transition to USB 3.0 a little more appealing with its O!Play HD2. A follow-up to the earlier O!Play models, the HD2 offers what looks to be plenty of connectivity options (we’re seeing USB, memory cards, and eSATA) and promises a “wealth of cloud infotainment.” ASUS isn’t sharing any more details than that right now, but we’re going to try to track this guy down on the CeBIT show floor and, when we find, it you can be sure we won’t spare the hard questions.

ASUS introduces O!Play HD2, first networked media player with USB 3.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Panasonic 2010 point and shoot line hands-on

We’re just cleaning out the rest of our memory cards from CES, and we totally forgot this moment of unintentional hilarity while grabbing a quick hands-on with Panasonic’s new point-and-shoot line — that’s the new touchscreen DMC-FP3, asking for the name of our baby. Sadly, we were not able to provide it with one, and it responded by continuing to have a somewhat wonky hybrid touchscreen-and-buttons control scheme. We’re assuming some of the lag we saw had to do with an early software build — we’ll see if things are cleared up when this guy ships, since we’re big fans of touch-to-focus. As for the rest, well, they’re Lumix point-and-shoots — they all seemed competent and sturdy, and we can’t wait for the day when Panasonic hires a design team to clean up that straight-from-1983 all-caps interface. Check out the rest in the gallery!

Panasonic 2010 point and shoot line hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sungale’s Smart Info Engine is none of the above

Jack of trades, master of none: that, friends, is the Sungale Smart Info Engine. There’s very little this breadbox-sized hunk of B-grade electronics can’t do — but what it can do, it does with the elegance and ergonomic grace of a tank. In the off chance you figure out a good place to set it in your home, you’ll be able to watch YouTube, awkwardly read e-books, get driving directions (heaven forbid you put this on your car dash), connect memory cards, and even check the time — but considering that it’s too big for an alarm clock and too small for a TV, we wouldn’t blame if you if you simply opted to do none of the above.

Sungale’s Smart Info Engine is none of the above originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Datel sues Microsoft, wants its Xbox 360 market back
Seems like we just can’t go a week without some corporate power plays or mudslinging making our pages. Back in October, Datel promised it would “remedy” the situation created by Microsoft’s forthcoming (now present) Dashboard update locking out its higher capacity memory modules. The accessory company was the first (and only) third-party supplier of memory cards for the Xbox 360, but it seems that MS took a dislike to the MicroSD-expandable Max Memory units and has since taken the unusual step of downgrading the console to being able to read only chips up to 512MB, essentially taking Datel’s 2GB+ wares out of commission. Yeah, classy. Datel’s retaliation is in the finest Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, namely to assert antitrust concerns and to claim its right to act as a competitor to Microsoft in the memory market for Redmond’s own console. It all sounds rather silly to us too, and could probably have been avoided by a rational compromise, but what’s the fun in that?

Datel sues Microsoft, wants its Xbox 360 market back originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s newest digiframe sports Swarovski crystals, little else

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Sony’s newest digiframe sports Swarovski crystals, little else originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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