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Drift into a peaceful slumber with Panasonic’s self-rocking Relax Chair Yasumi

Drift into a peaceful slumber with Panasonic’s self-rocking Relax Chair Yasumi

Paul Miller not included.Drift into a peaceful slumber with Panasonic's self-rocking Relax Chair Yasumi originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |   |&nb... [Continue...]

Klipsch Image S5i Rugged in-ear headphones earn our respect (video)

Klipsch Image S5i Rugged in-ear headphones earn our respect (video)

"Rugged" is one of those terms thrown around pretty loosely by the consumer electronics industry. So when Klipsch, a name that's not exactly synonymous with husky men in the saddle, rolled out a rugged version of its S4i in-ear speakers under the Imag... [Continue...]

iriver Story Touch Edition preview

iriver Story Touch Edition preview

Remember that iriver Story Touch Edition e-reader we spied last month? Well, iriver is showing it off at IFA this week, with plans to release the little 6-inch touchscreen device in Europe and Korea in the next week or so. We played around with it a b... [Continue...]

Samsung’s new Wireless USB chipset enables HD streaming with less power

Samsung’s new Wireless USB chipset enables HD streaming with less power

It's a beautiful combination, really -- lower power consumption, and support for high bandwidth applications. That marriage is evident in Samsung's newest Wireless USB chipset, which was built around Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology and designed to ena... [Continue...]

LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 prototype flicks photos to TVs, launches October

LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 prototype flicks photos to TVs, launches October

We were a bit surprised to find LG's prototype Windows Phone 7 device for developers, soon to be unveiled officially as the Optimus 7 in its production form, hanging out in the wilds of IFA. Nevertheless, there it was, streaming DLNA content to a WiFi... [Continue...]

Unannounced Sony Walkman NWZ-S754 unearthed at IFA

Unannounced Sony Walkman NWZ-S754 unearthed at IFA

The Walkman section of Sony's booth at IFA this week has an automatic information system that pops up specs on a central display for each model as you pull it away from its base, but there was one unknown model chilling out that popped up nothing more... [Continue...]

Nikon wants to create a ‘new market’ with its new concept

Nikon wants to create a ‘new market’ with its new concept

We thought Nikon just wanted to join the burgeoning ranks of mirrorless interchangeable lens shooters that bridge the gap between full-fledged DSLR and pocket-friendly compact cameras. But oh no, as company president Makoto Kimura puts it, Nikon wants... [Continue...]

Ubuntu 10.10 ‘Maverick Meerkat’ enters beta ahead of October 10 release

Ubuntu 10.10 ‘Maverick Meerkat’ enters beta ahead of October 10 release

Ubuntu version 10.10 is about to come out on 10/10/2010 and score a perfect 10 out of 10 with reviewers. Or so the devs hope. The successor to April's Lucid Lynx has this week shrugged off the alpha label and stridden bravely into the world of beta so... [Continue...]

The state of household robots in Japan: looking pretty great

The state of household robots in Japan: looking pretty great

This crazy looking little fellow is Toshiba's ApriPoco robot, and we couldn't want to meet him more -- especially in his updated form. Designed as a home assistance bot, ApriPoco can learn to control electrical appliances using both IR and verbal comm... [Continue...]

Sharp’s 10.2-inch parallax barrier display makes us love our 3D glasses (video)

Sharp’s 10.2-inch parallax barrier display makes us love our 3D glasses (video)

Now that the Nintendo 3DS is announced using a parallax barrier display, we bet that many of you were hoping to see a 10-inch 3D tablet or laptop with a similar glasses-less display. Hell, we were... until we actually saw Sharp's prototype 10.2-inch... [Continue...]

iOS 4.1 confirmed for September 8th on Apple’s UK website

iOS 4.1 confirmed for September 8th on Apple’s UK website

According to Apple's UK website, iOS 4.1 will hit on Wednesday, September 8th. The US website still displays the non-commital "Coming Soon" message, so we'll have to keep our eyes peeled. We're going to go ahead and guess that all those shiny new iPod... [Continue...]

How would you change Motorola’s Droid X?

How would you change Motorola’s Droid X?

Last week we gave the Apple loyalists in attendance a chance to rip and rag the iPhone 4, and this time around we're doing the same for Motorola's best frienemies. The Droid X is without question the largest Droid in the family today, and calling it a... [Continue...]

HP lists Photosmart eStation C510 printer with detachable e-reading touchscreen — is this the Zeus?

HP lists Photosmart eStation C510 printer with detachable e-reading touchscreen — is this the Zeus?

Now, we don't have any confirmation that the two are one and the same, but we just caught wind of a very intriguing printer on HP's website. The Photosmart eStation C510 is listed for $399.99 and, in addition to usual ink-plastering duties, has a deta... [Continue...]

Fujitsu announces LifeBook T580 with four-finger multitouch

Fujitsu announces LifeBook T580 with four-finger multitouch

We haven't spotted this one at IFA yet, but Fujitsu has taken advantage of the show to announce its new LifeBook T580, which it's going so far as to call "slate-beating." That apparently comes from the fact that it's not only a convertible tablet PC, ... [Continue...]

Panasonic’s prototype Micro Four Thirds 3D lens and body arrive in Berlin

Panasonic’s prototype Micro Four Thirds 3D lens and body arrive in Berlin

And here it is, Panasonic's prototype G-series micro-four-thirds shooter with new interchangeable 3D lens. We caught the pair hanging out at IFA with nary a soul around to take notice. Too bad for them, good for you if you've made the jump to a pann... [Continue...]

Apple’s Ping gains a million users in first two days

Apple’s Ping gains a million users in first two days

We're still trying to figure out exactly what Apple's new Ping social network is good for, but apparently quite a few people are curious about it: it's already racked up a million users in its first two days. That's just a third of the people who've d... [Continue...]

Logitech Revue and Google TV get very early blurrycam impressions

Logitech Revue and Google TV get very early blurrycam impressions

Well, what do we have here? Looks like a Logitech beta user was kind enough to (potentially break his NDA and) show off his early grab: the Google TV-infused Revue. What follows is a series of blurred photos that'd make the FCC weep, but all the same,... [Continue...]

LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic eyes-on

LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic eyes-on

That "leaked" low-end LG Android device from a few days back? Turns out it was nothing more than the Optimus Chic, one of two Google-powered phones that the company announced back in early July. They're still not ready to let us touch the damned thing... [Continue...]

Cambridge scientists develop lower-than-low power WORM memory

Cambridge scientists develop lower-than-low power WORM memory

Researchers at Cambridge University have recently published a paper on their new type of WORM (write once read many) memory which is even more low powered than the ones that came before it. The new electron-only design of the memory is solution proces... [Continue...]

SD Card Association: flash card speeds to triple by 2012

SD Card Association: flash card speeds to triple by 2012

The SD Card Association (truth be told, one of our favorite card-related associations) has a new spec in the works that will almost triple the speed of its SDHC and SDXC cards, according to CNET. The specification, which should be complete Q1 next yea... [Continue...]

Klipsch issues first on-ear headphones, Image S5i Rugged and bargain Image S3 earbuds

Klipsch issues first on-ear headphones, Image S5i Rugged and bargain Image S3 earbuds

It's been awhile since we sashayed through Klipsch's world headquarters back in December of last year, but the company certainly hasn't let off of the pedal. Today at IFA, it managed to introduce no fewer than three new headphones, including the outfi... [Continue...]

App Review: Angry Birds (Android)

App Review: Angry Birds (Android)

What does it take to make an addictive game? Not much -- just throw in some super simple controls, cute graphics, and basic physics. Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds is one such game that includes all these elements, and today the studio's just released a p... [Continue...]

Vodafone’s Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones

Vodafone’s Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones

Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier's IFA booth this week. The basic ide... [Continue...]

The Engadget Podcast, live at 430PM EST!

The Engadget Podcast, live at 430PM EST!

Not much happened this week apart from a local fruit company holding a small event, a minor industry get-together in Germany, and Samsung releasing a giant Galaxy S. Yeah, yawn. Josh, Paul, and Nilay will be on had at 430PM EST to talk it all over, so... [Continue...]

LG’s 180-inch plasma that wasn’t

LG’s 180-inch plasma that wasn’t

When we first caught wind of LG's "180-inch plasma" we were understandably enthused (and just a little skeptical), but our excitement was quickly ruined with word that LG was merely sticking nine 600Hz 60-inch plasmas next to each other and calling it... [Continue...]

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