Filed under: Handsets, LG, Orange, GSM, HSDPA

Nothing spells happiness like a couple touchscreen launches, even if they’re only landing across the pond. The LG GT505 (pictured left) is a pretty standard slate with some integrated GPS joy — courtesy of a 30-day WisePilot demo) to help you find your way — a 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, and HSDPA connectivity. The GT505 is a social network-centric set with push updates for your favorite social sites, sparing you the clicks to get the updates manually. The GW520, like the GT5050, is also a social-network affair and packs a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2.8-inch display, HSDPA, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The GW520 also has a homescreen that features animated characters that represent the folks you talk to most with quick access to calls, mail, messaging and the like. Both sets launch in June for as of yet undisclosed prices with the GT505 slated to land on Orange and the GW520 arriving on “most UK networks”.

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LG’s GW520 and GT505 launch brings more touchsceen to the UK originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 31 May 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Sean Cooper

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

We always heard that where there is a will, there is a way. Said mantra has never been more exemplified than in the video past the break, as someone halfway across this great planet has seemingly procured what could be the very first shipping N97. Still, we’d like to point out a few things here: first, Nokia has yet to officially ship these things, so there’s at least a sliver of a chance that by mashing play, you’ll actually be watching a KIRF unboxing, and in turn, supporting terrorism. Also, we can’t understand a word the unboxer says, so again, he could be explaining just how elaborate of a fake it is, and we’d never know. Needless to say, you should definitely proceed at your own risk.

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Nokia’s N97 unboxed on video — somehow, someway originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 31 May 2009 12:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Remember when those slim PS3 shots came out and skeptics bemoaned the missing “spiderman font” as proof of mischief? Well, if you believe that the PSP Go is a lock, and really, at this point there’s no reason to doubt it, then a side-by-side shot of the PSP Go and slim PS3 box art should be quite revealing… and it is. Note the similar font, horizontal band, and general placement of device specs like memory capacity. Pretty similar, thus giving the slim PS3 rumor that much more weight. If this is the new slim PS3 then the only question now is whether it’ll be unveiled at E3 next week or not.

[Via Joystiq]

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PSP Go box design lends more credibility to slim PS3 rumors originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 May 2009 05:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Thomas Ricker

Wii Fit not cutting the fat fast enough? Don’t sweat it, the house of Mario is getting ready to make your weight loss competitive. According to Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Nintendo will be launching its Wii Fit plus in autumn that will let users compete with friends and family over the Internet to “lose weight and other activities” — the latter presumably hinting at cruel taunting Miis with the ability to point and laugh at the fatties. The new balance board is said to feature more precise measurements to better hone your sense embarrassment and shame. E3 kicks off next week where we’ll undoubtedly hear more if the rumor is true.

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Nikkei: Nintendo’s Wii Fit plus coming to make weight loss competitive, Internet fun originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 31 May 2009 04:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Thomas Ricker

Go on and file this one away in the folder of “awesome things that could, but won’t ever happen.” As the brilliant minds around the world figure out how to solve vicious diseases, move motorcars with peanut oil and send engineers to fix a telescope in outer space, we still can’t buy a pack of AA cells that last longer than a month or two in our favorite toy. Some call it a limit of physics, some deem it a conspiracy. Whatever the case, we’ve no doubt whatsoever that a new silicon-containing carbon material — designed by Dow Corning Toray to double the capacity of existing Li-ion batteries — won’t ever have a real impact in our lives. Of course, it’s not like any consumer would actually benefit from having a netbook battery good for 16 hours, nor would wedding photographers enjoy being able to shoot 1,000 indoor shots without cracking the battery door open on their SB-600. No — that’s just absurd. C’mon Dow, prove us wrong here.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Science

More scientific black magic promises to double Li-ion battery capacity originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 23:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

What’s better than taking delivery of a shiny new N97 right about now? If you answered “reading through the phone’s support site,” you’re a sick puppy — but we’ll admit, we like the way you think. It’s for those most bizarre individuals that we happily point out that Nokia’s support pages for the Finnish superphone are now online, offering a full user’s manual download, specs, an accessory guide, and discussion forum all in one convenient location. Don’t knock yourself out, though — save some energy for when you actually get the phone, alright?

[Via MiVADiKA]

Nokia’s support pages for the N97 go live originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 30 May 2009 23:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

We’ve seen some pretty weird stuff in our years on this planet — heck, we’ve revived our own drenched Sony DAP by burying it in rice for 48 hours — but this is easily one of the most bizarre gizmo resurrections we’ve ever come across. As the tale goes, one valiant NVIDIA GPU owner apparently bit on a myth which suggested that a pinch of time in the oven (quite literally, might we add) would repair faulty GPUs that were throwing up oodles of vertical lines. After purchasing another GPU to replace his ailing 8800GTX, he figured he had zilch to lose and gave it a shot; lo and behold, the temporary warmth seemingly melted the solder points and healed micro-fractures that were causing the unwanted lines. We’ve yet to hear how his attempt at returning the new GPU went, but hey, there’s always eBay. Give the read link a look if you’re still in disbelief.

[Via Digg]

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

NVIDIA GPU resurrected after 10 minutes at 425°F originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 21:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

There are two sides to this coin, the way we see it. On the one hand, the handful of pictures that have just popped over on UMPC Fever demo many of the features we’re expecting to see in new iPhone hardware this summer — magnetic compass, autofocus camera, video recording capability, and a battery percentage meter in the status bar. On the other hand, having a good feel for those rumored features makes it that much easier to mock up ridiculously blurry shots of ‘em in action. The compass seems a little overdone, but then again, it’s not necessarily out of place considering the direction Apple has taken its voice recorder app in 3.0, so we’re going to play the cautiously optimistic diplomat here and say these could very well be real.

[Via The iPhone Blog]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Mr. Blurrycam takes new iPhone’s features for a test drive? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 May 2009 20:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler