Filed under: Multimedia, Software

Ready to get your Mesh on, Windows Mobile 6.x users? Fantastic. The Live Mesh team has just released (and updated, interestingly enough) the Live Mesh for Mobile client in beta form for users in the US and UK. After following the lead in the read link, you simply sign in with your LiveID and wait to be redirected to a device ring where you’ll “Use Live Mesh for mobile devices.” If your digital life has just seemed all sorts of out-of-sync lately, why not give this a go and see what it does for clearing things up?

[Via the::unwired]

Live Mesh for Windows Mobile beta released, ready for brave souls originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

If you can’t stand waiting till Summer 2009, and you don’t live in Japan, it’s your lucky day. We’ve uncovered an unboxing of Nintendo’s new DSi which should thoroughly whet your appetite (though whether that will hold you over for a whole eight months is another story). If you follow the read link you’ll discover a plethora of photos of the packaging and device, including some pretty nice macro shots of all the slots, ports, and LEDs. We’ve included a couple of pics after the break, but if you’re a stickler for details, you’ll want to take a gander at the whole set.

[Thanks, Waroxy Future]

Continue reading Nintendo’s DSi gets unboxed nice and early

Nintendo’s DSi gets unboxed nice and early originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Laura June

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless

Any Storm hopeful in the colonies who’s taken a gander at Vodafone’s pricing scheme this week is probably strongly considering packing a couple duffel bags with the bare essentials they need to survive and moving to the UK to strike out on a new life — a life filled with cheap Storms. Not so fast, though — is it conceivable to think that Verizon could go the same route? At first glance, you might think that the Storm’s cachet as RIM’s flashiest, highest-end device to date would be enough to lure in customers by the droves at any price, but with the enormous price pressure placed on the industry by a $199 iPhone 3G in a heavily-overlapping target demo, rumor has it that Big Red’s looking at a severe subsidy to meet or beat its crosstown rival. Analysts are thinking (wishfully, we suspect) that a $99 Storm isn’t entirely out of the question if Verizon wants to sell an insane number of ‘em through the holidays, but just how long would it take to recoup that kind of loss?

Verizon considering crazy cheap Storm pricing? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

London will be the first city to test out new bomb-proof garbage cans, which are also going to multitask as recycling bins with LCDs that stream travel info and news. Security concerns (AKA fear of terrorists dropping bombs in them) have kept rubbish bins out of subways stations and many of the city’s streets since the mid-80′s, causing frustration among citizens, not to mention what amounts to forced littering. The new cans, developed by British company Media Metrica, weigh one ton each, and were tested in the lifeless deserts of New Mexico for five years to ensure they are completely, totally indestructible, can absorb heat from explosives, prevent shrapnel spread, and extinguish “fireballs.” Eh. Put ‘em in New York City — someone will surely figure out how to utterly destroy them in 24 hours or less.

London’s new bomb-proof trash cans will survive the apocalypse, keep you updated on stock prices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Laura June

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

It may be a sad state of affairs but, the fact is, it’s tough for an electronic nose to stand out from the pack these days. This latest effort from some researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology looks to have quite a bit going for it, however, including a collection of eight different types of sensors and 16 “microheaters,” which can be tweaked ever so slightly to effectively create 5,600 virtual sensors or, as the researchers helpfully describe, the “analytical equivalent of a snoot full of sensory neurons.” That, the researchers say, could let the “nose” sniff out everything from nerve agents and environmental contaminants to trace indicators of disease — assuming it ever gets out of the lab, that is, which is something the researchers aren’t making any promises about just yet.

[Via MedGadget]

Electronic nose boasts “snoot full of sensory neurons” originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Donald Melanson

Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

Take a good, hard look at that picture above. We know what you’re thinking, and you’re thinking Sprint might have a CDMA version of the Palm Treo Pro lined up for action. If you’ll recall, this isn’t the first time (this month) that we’ve seen a rather believable hint that such an occurrence was on the way, and generally speaking, smokes tends to signal fire. We were always curious about Palm’s choice to launch this directly at high-end business users without giving it to a carrier, and apparently, it’s been curious as well. So, anyone got any outlandish guesses on a release date?

[Thanks, Hugh]

Palm Treo Pro listed at Sprint Mobile Software site originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

We keep waiting for “wireless” contact charging pads to blow our minds and revolutionize the way we use gadgets, but perhaps we’re just being idiot optimists. Or perhaps not. We’re seeing great possibilities with this latest implementation of WildCharger’s tech, the TouchCharge Kit from Psyclone for Xbox 360 controllers. The kit includes a rechargeable battery pack with the appropriate contacts and of course the charging pad. If you need to keep four controllers charging simultaneously, the $69-per setup pricetag might put this out of reach, but the Federal Reserve wouldn’t be dropping interest rates right and left if it didn’t want us racking up hundreds of dollars in consumer debt for game peripherals, right? EB Games has this up for pre-order now, should ship on December 15th.

[Thanks, Ken C.]

Psyclone’s TouchCharge Kit for your 360 controller finally puts WildCharger to good use originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Paul Miller

Filed under: Cellphones

Nokia’s North American N96 has already made an appearance at Best Buy Mobile locations but, if you’re the die hard type that prefers to keep things as Nokia-centric as possible, you’ll no doubt be pleased to know that Nokia’s flagship phone is now also available at Nokia’s two flagship stores in New York and Chicago. You will have to pay a slight premium for all that Nokia-ness, however, with the phone running a hefty $842 (unlocked, of course) at the stores compared to the $800 Best Buy is asking. Those with a bit more will power and slightly less affection for Nokia may want to think twice though, as Amazon now also has the phone listed for just $705.99, albeit with a promised ship date of November 9th.

[Via Symbian-Guru.com]

North American N96 hits Nokia flagship stores originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Donald Melanson