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Engadget’s top posts, 2008

admin | December 31, 2008

Well, the year has come and gone, and with it, our 365 — or in this case, 366 — days of posting. We’ve seen some pretty amazing stuff, gotten to play with a stack of awesome gear, and watched the site grow by leaps and bounds (we just had our biggest day ever in October). [...]

Zune 30GB brickification acknowledged, Microsoft says to wait it out

admin | December 31, 2008

For all of you Zune 30 owners who woke up this morning to find your PMP frozen in despair at the thought of spending another year alone, Microsoft has finally acknowledged their boo-boo and explains it thusly: There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the device to choke on the last day [...]

Optoma’s DLP PK101 pico projector up for pre-order at $399.99

admin | December 31, 2008

“Coming soon,” huh? Soon, indeed. Optoma’s DLP-based pico projector, which is formally known as the EP-PK-101 (or PK101 in some circles), is now up for pre-order at Amazon. So, just how much will you pay for a 4-ounce beamer that you can carry in your left front pocket? If your answer is anything less than [...]

Sonoro Eklipse iPod / CD sound system hits the FCC

admin | December 31, 2008

Sonoro’s Eklipse iPod / CD sound system has been available in Europe for a few months now, but it hasn’t exactly made much of a ripple ’round these parts. That looks like it could well be changing, however, as the device has just recently landed in the hands of the folks at the FCC, who [...]

Jaybird releases 2009 Bluetooth Stereo Claws, earbuds, and more

admin | December 31, 2008

Jaybird’s just unleashed their products for 2009, with updates for their athlete-targeted A2DP Bluetooth Stereo Claws. The new ones (which look exactly the same as their previous models) feature apt-X audio compression, giving these puppies a high sound quality “rivaling wired” ones, plus new tips for sound isolation and a modified design to fit a [...]

‘Curse of Silence’ exploit squelches inbound SMS/MMS to Nokia S60 devices

admin | December 31, 2008

Here’s an odd one for you. Tobias Engel of the Chaos Communication Congress has discovered a rather nasty exploit that’ll cause any Nokia S60 devices running versions 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 or 3.1 to stop receiving SMS and MMS messages. The “Curse of Silence,” which has been independently verified by F-Secure, is triggered by sending an [...]

DIY external iPhone keyboards get a tad more practical

admin | December 31, 2008

That 360 Chatpad hack we saw back in November was certainly an impressive enough proof of concept, but if you want to get a bit more typing done with a bit less cluttter, you’ll no doubt be quite a bit more impressed with this latest mod by the very same Ralf Ackermann. This setup uses [...]

FIC’s 10.4-inch CW001 Mini-note splashes down in FCC database

admin | December 31, 2008

First International Computer — which is a majority owner in Everex and the manufacturer of the first OpenMoko handset — has delivered an intriguing little machine to us courtesy of the oh-so-revealing FCC. The FIC CW001 Mini-note will arrive on US soil packing a 10.4-inch 1,024 x 600 resolution display, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, up to [...]

30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st — day of reckoning to follow

admin | December 31, 2008

Do you have a Zune 30? If so, does the thing look something like the above? That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We’ve been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially bricking themselves without [...]

Eazo’s Z70 wooden PC looks uncommonly natural, expensive

admin | December 31, 2008

If Eazo’s ultra-dark X70 was just too rich for your blood, we have all ideas the Z70 will really be out of reach. This luxurious tower — coated in some sort of exotic rosewood and presumably sourced from the same jungle as Odeon’s Sex Panther cologne — includes a Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processor and [...]