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Ricoh GXR gets acessorized, is ready for the town — or the shooting range
When the Ricoh GXR hit the review circuit back in December it certainly intrigued but didn’t necessarily impress with its swappable lenses and sensors. However, now that we’re seeing all the various and wonderful things it can do with its toys, we’re more tempted than ever to give this little transformer a shot. Ricoh recently set up an exhibit to show the body dressed up as everything from a portrait shooter to a tripod-mounted sniper support, hanging off the end of a giant Kowa spotting scope — complete with what looks to be a red dot rifle sight on the side. Rather less excessive (and olive drab) were Ricoh’s own new lenses for the camera, a 27mm F2.5 and a 28-300mm F3.5-5.6, both due out before the end of the year and both looking impressively thin. No prices for either of these official models, but we’re guessing they’ll come in somewhere under the $2,500 Kowa pictured above.
Ricoh GXR gets acessorized, is ready for the town — or the shooting range originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ricoh GXR gets accessorized, is ready for the town — or the shooting range
When the Ricoh GXR hit the review circuit back in December it certainly intrigued but didn’t necessarily impress with its swappable lenses and sensors. However, now that we’re seeing all the various and wonderful things it can do with its toys, we’re more tempted than ever to give this little transformer a shot. Ricoh recently set up an exhibit to show the body dressed up as everything from a portrait shooter to a tripod-mounted sniper support, hanging off the end of a giant Kowa spotting scope — complete with what looks to be a red dot rifle sight on the side. Rather less excessive (and olive drab) were Ricoh’s own new lenses for the camera, a 27mm F2.5 and a 28-300mm F3.5-5.6, both due out before the end of the year and both looking impressively thin. No prices for either of these official models, but we’re guessing they’ll come in somewhere under the $2,500 Kowa pictured above.
Ricoh GXR gets accessorized, is ready for the town — or the shooting range originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung NaviBot SR8845 / SR8855 vacuum cleaner hands-on
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Samsung NaviBot SR8845 / SR8855 vacuum cleaner hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HTC Supersonic meets Mr. Blurrycam, leaves us wanting more (video)
Being drip-fed information on the HTC Supersonic is unlikely to be as pleasant an experience as actually having one, but it’s all we can do to fill the time until this beast of a phone finally makes its official debut (probably on Sprint). Today’s appearance shows what looks to be a majorly insecure Mr. Blurrycam sporting gloves and gingerly handling a handset purporting to be HTC’s latest and greatest. We’re mostly treated to a sight of the back, which is white as our first (and most trusted) tipster had seen, and gives us a grainy first look at the camera and speaker grill arrangement. Check out the video after the break. As a bonus, we’ve found another source for the earlier Supersonic video — you know, the one that got yanked from YouTube twice — and have embedded it as well, go get them both while they’re still around.
[Thanks, Andy]
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HTC Supersonic meets Mr. Blurrycam, leaves us wanting more (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Giada Cube N7DT nettop
Giada introduces a new nettop to the masses with the Cube N7DT where it packs in virtually everything you need for a media center, although there is no sight of an HD audio output, we’re pretty sure that that will be included in the final package. Among the other specifications and features available on the Giada Cube N7DT are an Intel Atom D510 1.66GHz, NVIDIA’s next generation Ion chipset, a maximum of 2GB RAM, a 2.5″ hard drive bay, a DVD burner, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, LAN support, HDMI, DVI and SPDIF out as well as a TV tuner. No idea on pricing or availability though.
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M3 Neony And M3 Synchy Robots
Robots seem to get cooler (and yet somehow also scarier) everyday. Now two professors from Osaka University have come up with two new robots, dubbed the M3-neony and M3-synchy. The “M3” mentioned here actually stands for “Man-Made-Man”, which is probably just another fancy way of calling it a robot.
The M3-neony is used to research the development of fine motor skills, such as learning to crawl through trial and error, as well as human assistance through physical contact. It’s about 50cm tall, weighs in at 3.5kg and sports a pair of CMOS cameras for sight and microphones for hearing.
The M3-synchy is a mass communication robot that focuses on verbal and non-verbal communication, such as facial expressions and arm gestures. This 30cm, 2.5kg robot is armed with a single wide-angle lens CCD camera, two microphones, a speaker and 15 LEDs which can make the robot blush bright red.
Press release (Japanese).
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LG GW990 shows up on video, competes with HTC HD2 for camera’s attention
When people say the smartphone market is growing, they don’t usually mean literally, but looking at the massive popularity of HTC’s HD2 whopper, and the anticipation surrounding Dell’s Mini 5 and LG’s GW990, it’s pretty safe to say there is a market for oversized and overpowered (is there such a thing?) handsets. The Moorestown-powered GW990 has made another video appearance, this time showing off its multi-screen functionality and not altogether smooth pinch-to-zoom skills. We’re reminded this Mobile Internet Device (a title that’s inscribed on its case) will run Moblin (now known as MeeGo), before a HD2 is whipped out for a showdown between super-sized smartphones. It’s really quite a sight. After all that excitement is done, the video continues on to take a look at the forthcoming GT540 Android handset and Mini GD880, giving you all the more reason to click past the break for a viewing.
[Thanks, Iacopo]
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PlanetSolar boat runs off the sun
The PlanetSolar boat is tipped to make her maiden round-the-world journey sometime next year after taking 13 months to build. It measures around 102 feet long, almost 50 feet wide and stands 24-1/2 feet high, and while this is not the biggest boat in the world, it is the largest where solar-powered vessels are concerned. Hopefully there is a backup power source of sorts just in case you sail through a week-long storm without any sun in sight.
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Rogers getting Android 2.1-equipped Acer Liquid e this spring
Rogers getting Android 2.1-equipped Acer Liquid e this spring originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Still no fix in sight for Alienware M17x stuttering audio issue, maybe you can help
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Tipster Adam wrote in with a fix that worked for him — check out his advice in full after the break.
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Still no fix in sight for Alienware M17x stuttering audio issue, maybe you can help originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Ski goggles feature head mounted display
Wow, these Zeal Optics “Transcend” goggles feature built-in GPS, speed data, altitude information, temperature, and a whole lot of other stuff for $350.
Motorola Droid To Get Android 2.1 Update?
The recent Google Maps 3.4 update might have been good news for Motorola Droid users, but the juicier news is that the phone should be getting an Android 2.1 update sometime in the future too, which should help it compete better with Google’s Nexus One. The firmware is still going through testing at Verizon, but details on it have surfaced, which includes:
- The current build is 2.1 version 1
- The browser now supports multi-touch, but there’s no Flash in sight.
- The home screen is still the same as 2.0.1, so there’s no rotating 3D grid of icons. You’re still stuck with the pull-up tab at the bottom
- No active wallpapers
- News and weather widgets from the Nexus One are included.
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Sony Japan busts out Mickey Mouse-ified S Series Walkmans
Plastic Logic pushes the Que E-Reader launch back to mid-summer
Verizon Nexus One to rock HTC’s Sense UI?