Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers
October 30, 2009
Woe betide the Black Friday bargain hunter; where once there were stellar deals on giant TVs and hard disk drives now there are slight discounts on underwear and handbags. Sears’ ad for this year has been unearthed and, while it naturally has an eclectic selection of goodies on sale ranging from power tools to KitchenAid mixers (and that’s just on the front page), from a gadgety perspective we’re not finding anything quite worth lining up at 3:00am in November for. There’s a 40-inch Samsung 1080p LCD for $599, about $50 cheaper than we have the ability to find it for online, and a similar Sony model for $664 — a whole $10 less than Amazon is asking for a comparable model with free shipping and no uncomfortable small speak with other half-frozen shopaholics. A raft of cheap but mediocre games and movies will be available, some soon to be obsolete GPS devices, and lots of other random things stuffed into the PDF scan linked below. Not into the whole hunting for deals thing The other link has everything listed out, making for simple text searching — and for guilt-free snoozing the day after Turkey Day.
- PDF scan of Sears 2009 Black Friday ad
- Listing of Sears 2009 Black Friday deals
Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets
Sears Black Friday ad revealed, we’ll be sleeping off our tryptophan hangovers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010
October 30, 2009
Is there any other field of technology that promises as many revolutionary innovations as battery makers do yet delivers so few We’ve heard of battery life being made four times, eight times, even twelve times better… and seen pretty much none of it pan out in any sort of meaningful way. Zinc-air batteries are also nothing new, but now some whizkids up in Norway have figured out how to make them rechargeable and set up an entire company, ReVolt, for their commercialization. With more than double the energy density of regular Lithium-Ion batteries, safer operation, lower cost of production, and environmentally friendlier ingredients, ReVolt’s tech sounds as sweet as anything, but we’d advise waiting for the pudding-based proof before getting excited. Plans are for small hearing aid and cellphone batteries to show up in 2010, and if all goes well there, more massive cells for electric automobiles could also follow. Sure.
[Via PhysOrg]
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds, Laptops
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best of the Rest: Google’s ‘Fail Whale,’ Saving Geocities
October 30, 2009
Filed under: Editor’s Picks
There’s a load of great tech news happening out there each day, and, unfortunately, we just can’t cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Google hopped on the ‘Fail Whale’ bandwagon with its animated ‘down for maintenance’ page (seen above). [From: Google Wave]
- In case you just can’t get enough animated gifs and terribly designed pages, someone backed up 600,00 GeoCities sites before this week’s shutdown. [From: DownloadSquad]
- Create a stop-motion movie with your iPhone with the new Timelapser app. [From: CNET]
- The Internet is getting its grubby hands in everything, so it’s no surprise that it’s changing Halloween. [From: The Telegraph]
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Ideal of the Rest: Google’s ‘Fail Whale,’ Saving Geocities originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Iwata: Wii’s 2009 lineup allowed the ‘mood’ to ‘cool’
October 30, 2009
Siliconera gathered up Nintendo’s Wii lineup to illustrate Iwata’s point. The first half of 2009, the period described by Nintendo’s earnings report, was largely anchored by New Play Control GameCube ports. The second half of the year saw major sellers like Wii Fit Plus accompanied by somewhat niche titles like Endless Ocean 2 and Sin and Punishment 2 — not that we’re complaining about those games! But with New Super Mario Bros.and continued sales of Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort, it should look superior than the first half.
It’s likely that not even Nintendo wanted to get in the way of Monster Hunter 3, which did turn out to be a massive success — and one that helped Nintendo achieve the level of hardware sales it did, thanks to a bundle. However, with that out in August, it didn’t factor into the first-half results.
Iwata: Wii’s 2009 lineup granted the ‘mood’ to ‘cool’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Official Facebook App For Windows Mobile
October 30, 2009
It’s certainly been a long time coming, especially if you take into account that Facebook became popular such a long time ago. That being said, it’s certainly superior late than never, so we’re certainly happy to see that there’s finally can official Facebook application for Windows Mobile (6.0 and 6.5). The app even supports video uploads and provides simple access to contact information for your Facebook friends, giving you the option to easily call or text them. Download the app for free over here.
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New T-Mobile G1 Render
October 29, 2009
This pictured render of the “G1 v2” phone certainly looks attractive, especially with its sideway-sliding QWERTY keyboard. If the rumors are correct, such a device might be hitting the retail stores for about $150. The device will obviously be powered by Google’s Android. Based on the picture, we’re certainly looking forward to seeing this device in stores.
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Official Facebook App For Windows Mobile
October 28, 2009
It’s certainly been a long time coming, especially if you consider that Facebook became popular such a long time ago. That being stated, it’s certainly superior late than never, so we’re certainly happy to see that there is finally can official Facebook application for Windows Mobile (6.0 and 6.5). The app even supports video uploads and provides simple access to contact information for your Facebook friends, giving you the option to easily call or text them. Download the app for free over here.
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Rumor: Capcom adapting next-gen MT Framework for Wii
October 28, 2009
Nikkei reports that simultaneous development of games across the platforms could cut 1/5 off of Capcom’s development costs, and 1/3 off development time. The inclusion of those stats makes it seem like Capcom is eyeing simultaneous development of 360, PS3, and Wii games rather than Wii ports. That approach should end in superior results than the “hand the game to TOSE and forget about it” approach.
Rumor: Capcom adapting next-gen MT Framework for Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wesley Clark Deems Electric Vehicles ‘National Security’ Issue
October 27, 2009
Filed under: Car Tech, Green Tech
Retired U.S. Army General and former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark has upped the ante in the ongoing national discourse on clean energy. Speaking before auto industry professionals and suppliers at a Detroit conference last week, Clark characterized the transition to electric cars as crucial to both environmental friendliness and, more surprisingly, national security. Noting the United States’ desperate need to kick foreign oil, Clark described the production of electric cars as “absolutely dead-center in the bull’s eye for national security.” The Detroit Free Press reports that he then went on to give an economic argument for the move, comparing today’s energy race to the early stages of the PC, the cell phone, and the World wide web. Drawing a parallel to the “whole new industry” that PCs created, Clark apparently sees the potential for a similar economic boom in the nascent electric auto industry.
We’ve heard the same core argument before, but discussions of national security hold more weight when they come from someone with Clark’s clout and experience. To the General’s liking, General Motors has already unveiled the Volt and efforts to invest in renewable energy have already created a few jobs. It’s just that the rest of the world is doing more. Automakers’ primary concern remains the bottom line, and their first priority is clawing their way out of the red — especially after the financial crisis put Detroit and its teetering economic system on life support. The financial crunch also explains the Volt’s $40,000 price tag. Convinced that Americans like SUVs to petite hybrids, Detroit doesn’t consider the Volt to have the widespread consumer appeal of SUVs. While national security issues are certainly important, it’s going to take a purely financial argument to convince Detroit to really start playing catch-up with overseas manufacturers. [From: Detroit Free Press]
Wesley Clark Deems Electric Vehicles ‘National Security’ Issue originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ultimate iPhone Keyboard Shortcut
October 27, 2009
Filed under: Tech Tips
Instantly jump to the top of almost any scrollable iPhone app by tapping the status bar at the top of the screen (where the clock is). It’s especially handy for when you scroll 195 messages deep into your e-mail inbox and want to go to your newest message again. It works in virtually every Apple-branded app (and some third-party ones, as well), and works in contacts, Safari Web pages, and within e-mails, themselves.
Ultimate iPhone Keyboard Shortcut originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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