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When one of our editors got his hands on the ThinkPad T400s , he saw a serious machine for sane, sober business-types. But as any ambitious Engadget reader knows, purchasing your new laptop is only half the fun. To this end, the kind folks at thinkpads.com have put together a rough and ready guide to upgrading your new Lenovo that includes the low-down on all the technical odds n’ sods that you crave. Since that’s all out in the ..read more

The HTC Hero and T-Mobile myTouch 3G aren’t the only Android phones making waves this week: the Samsung Galaxy GT-I7500 also launched on O2 Germany, and this is the first unboxing we’ve seen. Continuing the confusion over what handsets actually get the full Google blessing, this version of the I7500 runs pretty much bone-stock Android, but isn’t a “Google Experience” phone, which in this case apparently means that firmware updates have to be loaded manually over USB instead of ..read more

If all those recently unveiled sample shots from Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-GH1 have left you wanting more, you’re in luck. The kids at Digital Photography Review have got their hands on the thing and have been kind enough to give us an extensive review. Rocking a Four Thirds imaging sensor, HD-video mode (with stereo sound recording), a multi-aspect sensor, and a video-optimized lens, the camera is essentially the G1 with HD-video, according to the review. Not that that’s a bad ..read more

Remember Datawind’s PocketSurfer and PocketSurfer2 handheld internet devices? Ever see one out in the wild on this side of the pond? Well, Datawind is hoping that it’ll have better luck with its new PocketSurfer3 and UbiSurfer devices, which are both now apparently officially on track for a US release. The PocketSurfer3 (pictured above) is a fairly modest update to the PocketSurfer2, with it adding an improved screen and updated UI and, most perhaps importantly, a lower $249 price tag ..read more

If you’re particularly attuned to tech gossip, you’ll know that Google’s Chrome OS announcement has prompted a lot of whispers about something called “Gazelle” being cooked up in Microsoft’s labs. Part browser, part OS, the word on the street is that Gazelle will be announced soon, and ultimately compete in some way with either Chrome (the browser) or Chrome (the OS). As usual, most of this is just based on hopes and fairytales, but the scholarly folks at Ars ..read more

So as it turns out, Intel isn’t just casually accepting of Google’s new OS initiative, it’s actually been privy to the project for some time now, according to a spokesperson for the chipmaker. The two have apparently also worked together (and are potentially still working together) on portions of Chrome OS , he says, which really makes it all the more curious that the company isn’t mentioned among Google’s first partners while Qualcomm, Freescale, and Texas Instruments are. Then ..read more

You don’t have to look far past Palm’s Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking — an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life — is the wave of the mobile future, and Google’s going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile- and Google-sponsored event in San Francisco earlier today, Andy Rubin (you know, the Android dude ) discussed upcoming releases in Android’s pipeline starting with Donut , which ..read more

Sony’s OLED Walkman is something else. Literally. In many ways, it’s Sony’s first formidable iPod rival to emerge in quite some time, and with its striking OLED panel, tastefully appointed graphite casing and absolutely amazing audio quality , it’s certainly worth a look. For those of you around the world that have picked one up, we’re curious to see if you think you made the right decision. For many, anything sans an Apple logo is the right choice, but ..read more

It’s true that everything really is more colossal in Texas, but unfortunately, it seems as if the planet’s largest wind farm won’t be adding to the collection . Just over a year after energy baron T. Boone Pickens announced plans to plant 687 gigantic wind turbines in Texas’ panhandle, he’s now scraping those intentions and actively looking for a new location to energize. The problem lies in the difficulty of getting 4,000 megawatts of power from Texas to the ..read more

Looks like Samsung’s elves have been busy thinking up new ways to cram a QWERTY onto all those touchscreen phones they’ve been selling lately: check out this patent application for a side-mounted flip-down keyboard. We’re not sure if this would be comfortable, usable, or even stable, but we do know that we support any design decision that makes our phones look more like super-awesome space planes from the future . Carry on, Sammy. [Via PhoneArena ] Continue reading Samsung’s ..read more

Canon’s just unveiled its new augmented reality display in Chiba, Japan, and we have to say, we’re thinking about heading over there to check it out… and hopefully experience what it’s like to be eaten (virtually) by a T-Rex. Featuring 260 dinosaur specimens, the display makes us of a virtual reality viewer — one for each person roaming round the exhibit — putting the dinosaurs at a “distance” of about 5 meters. The exhibit will make use of various ..read more

It may look like little more than a pegboard and a force meter at present, but the PRIME hand-strength measuring device has already won first place at the IShow innovation showcase. Its magic lies in the custom software loaded onto the appended PDA, which makes it possible to accurately and repeatably diagnose hand and wrist injuries that doctors currently test for by squeezing and prodding. The Rice University students responsible for the Peg Restrained Intrinsic Muscle Evaluator have applied ..read more

If you’re the type who values specs above all else then lean in close, LG’s GC990 Louvre is about as spec heavy as it gets. Taking its industrial design and UI cues from the GC900 it will replace later this year , LG’s newest flagship brings yet another 12 megapixel camera to market. LG’s promising “zero shutter lag” while using respectable Schneider-Kreuznach optics with auto- or touchscreen-focus, a xenon flash, claimed ISO 3200 sensitivity (from a tiny cellphone image ..read more

Oh the carnage! A prototype ASUS Eee Keyboard made a wrong turn at Albuquerque only to end up gutted in a French orgy of gadget terrorism. Nine screw removals later and we see the stand-alone PC with its 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen splayed, 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor and all. Unfortunately, easy access does not mean easy upgrades as the RAM is soldered to the motherboard. Other notables are the Silicon Image HDMI transmitter that allows 1080p playback ..read more

While every other solid state drive maker is thinking of snazzy new model names to slap on their next-gen wares, OCZ Technology is actually breaking up the monotony with its Vertex Turbo SSD . While we won’t go so far as to say that these things are overclocked (’cause let’s face it, they aren’t), OCZ has bumped the core clock speed and the SDR DRAM cache to 180MHz (compared to 166MHz on the original). These drives also posses a ..read more

This whole global economic crisis is affecting everyone, so the crew over at Engadget HD wanted to get in on the antidote by giving away some home theater gear. Today they’ve got an Moxi HD DVR on offer and just because this is the latest HD DVR with 14-days of guide data doesn’t mean it’s like winning a puppy. Unlike other DVRs, the Moxi is the gift that keeps on giving and doesn’t require a monthly service to function. ..read more

We’ve been on pins and needles waiting for more info about the Snapdragon-powered Sony Ericsson Rachael ever since we spotted those early images over the weekend, and while the latest pics are still just potentially fan-made renders, it’s the accompanying UI video that we’re freaking out over today. Just like HTC’s layered the Sense UI over Android on the Hero , the Rachael looks to have a polished custom Sony Ericsson interface over its Android build, and we’re definitely ..read more

When we were fifteen we were too busy smoking Winstons behind the Country Fair on Pennsylvania state route 99 to do anything of real value for society, so perhaps that’s why whenever we cover one of these “teenager does good” stories it’s with a slight tinge of regret. Ari Weinstein, the precocious spawn of a real-estate developer and a social worker, began his career as a hacker at the age of 7 when he figured out how to get ..read more

Filed under: How-tos , Podcasts , Apple , AppleScript Like milk, podcasts will spoil if left unused for a period period of time — at least in the mind of iTunes. iTunes will automatically unsubscribe from a podcast that hasn’t been listened to within the last 5 updates, and more than 5 days have passed since an episode was played. The rationale, as Apple states in the documentation for podcast providers, is to “minimize unnecessary bandwidth costs for both ..read more

Filed under: TUAW Tips Here’s something I know affects plenty of users out there. Have you ever pasted text in a document or email message, only to have it formatted differently than all the text around it? Irritating, right? There’s an answer, thanks to the Keyboard & Mouse pane in System Preferences. If you click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, you can assign “Paste Without Formatting” and/or “Paste and Match Style” to Command + V for all applications.

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Filed under: Software , Cool tools , WWDC , Open Source When traveling, I am always amused to see other iTunes libraries appear in my iTunes as we all glom on to the same wireless network. “Oh, hello there, Sandy’s MacBook, I didn’t realize you were such a Hootie and the Blowfish fan.” If you’re constantly asking your friends about their iTunes libraries (excessively, perhaps?) you might want to check out Mashduo — an OS X application that allows ..read more

Filed under: iPhone , App Store , App Review Many months ago I received a review copy of G-Map for the iPhone. It had its own maps and turn by turn directions, but no voice guidance, and North was always up. Apple was limiting nav apps at that time, and I had real trouble with G-Map. I couldn’t load it on my iPhone. It kept locking up about halfway through the process.

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Filed under: Software , Cool tools Flexibits has just released Cameras , an application designed to manage multiple camera hookups on your Mac. With Cameras, you can direct which programs launch when you connect any number of photo-related devices to your computer; including digital cameras, the iPhone or a digital media reader. Cameras installs a preference pane in System Preferences. The first time you connect a new device to your Mac and start to sync it, the device will ..read more

Filed under: Rumors , iPod touch Where do you find yourself with respect to the rumors of a new iPod touch somewhere in the pipeline? Having a slew of case manufacturers showing products with cutouts for a camera strikes me as enticing but ultimately unconvincing; hearing from Pinch Media, however, raises the credibility level to ‘high.’ The App Store analytics provider has confirmed that instances of an “iPod 3,1″ model have begun showing up in the usage logs from ..read more

Filed under: iPhone , App Store , iPod touch Coolness Test (iTunes link) is a well-executed game of skill where you tap a green button as it moves around the screen. You have to avoid the red button, and both move around the screen with each tap. The developers found people were playing for extraordinary lengths of time, and I can see why.

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Filed under: Gaming , Software , iPhone , iPod touch I’m pretty easy to please when it comes to iPhone games. For example, I’ve had Monopoly [App Store] on my iPhones since the app first appeared, and so far I’ve played 201 games. My other favorite? Apple’s Texas Hold’em . So why would a shooting app be interesting to me? iShotgun Pro [US$1.99, App Store] is a fun little shooting game from developer Yossi Malki in which you use ..read more

Filed under: Bugs/Recalls , iPhone “My iPhone’s been draining awfully fast since I installed 3.0,” I commented to a fellow TUAW blogger just a few days after the release of the iPhone 3.0 firmware. At first, I wanted to think it was my phone. But, my iPhone 3G wasn’t even 90 days old at the time of the observation and I’d been able to keep it on standby for several days before it needed a charge. Now, I could ..read more

Filed under: Accessories , Hardware , Peripherals , Video , Odds and ends , Bluetooth , Road Tested Webcams are great, but when they’re built into your display or laptop, they are usually good for only a couple of things — video chats of your talking head or taking goofy pictures with Photo Booth. Ecamm , the development firm that makes the Call Recorder software we use to record the weekly TUAW Talkcast , demoed a tiny Bluetooth webcam ..read more

Filed under: Gaming , Rumors , Software , Developer , iPhone Good news from our friends over at Joystiq — they had the good fortune to speak with the folks over at LucasArts (who are currently working on reviving some of their old point-and-click library of games: Secret of Monkey Island is coming back to the Xbox Live Arcade , and other games, including the classic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis , are due to make their ..read more

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Software , Video , Developer , iPhone , App Store This (extremely loud, be careful) video has been making the rounds lately — it’s a demo of a new app called Nearest Tube that isn’t quite in the App Store yet, but uses both your location information along with the iPhone’s compass and video camera to show you an augmented reality picture of where and in which directions around you the nearest London ..read more