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iPad to ship on April 3, 3G model in ‘late April’
Attention Apple iPad hounds: It’s official.
Windows Phone 7 Series getting one chassis spec at launch, two more in the pipe?
If we had it boil it down, the singular image burned in our brains of Windows Phone 7 Series so far is that of a large, nondescript slate — the so-called “dogfood” device being passed around internally for the platform’s development — and although Microsoft isn’t talking specs at this point, it’s widely believed that this phone roughly represents the Chassis 1 spec that Redmond is passing around to hardware partners. Is this the only way you’ll be able to get your WinPho 7 served to you, though? We might yet be months away from an official answer, but a pair of Microsoft developer evangelists on an Australian podcast are saying that Chassis 1 (full touchscreen, gigahertz processor, and dedicated graphics acceleration) will be the sole option at launch, with Chassis 2 and 3 following on after that. 2 is said to be “more like a Palm Treo” with a dedicated QWERTY keyboard, while 3 remains a mystery, though there’s some speculation on the podcast that it could be a candybar — a form factor that’s becoming something of a lost art these days, particularly among smartphones. The speakers note that there’s a lot of value in offering some form factor variety — not everyone wants a keyboardless slate, after all — so the real question might be how quickly after initial launch we’ll see some of these other chassis filter down to retail.
Windows Phone 7 Series getting one chassis spec at launch, two more in the pipe? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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R4 card provider ordered to pay Nintendo over $500,000 in damages
It may only amount to a drop in Nintendo’s pockets, but an Australian provider of R4 cards used to copy Nintendo DS games has now been ordered to pay Nintendo $620,000 Australian dollars (or about $556,822 US dollars) in damages, and destroy all its remaining stock for good measure. While that company, GadgetGear, doesn’t seem to be commenting on the matter itself, Nintendo says that GadgetGear has “now acknowledged that game copying devices infringe both Nintendo’s copyright and Nintendo’s trademarks and that they are illegal circumvention devices,” adding that “GadgetGear and the directors have agreed to permanently refrain from importing, offering for sale and/or selling game copier devices.” Of course, it is just one provider of R4 cards that’s affected by the case, but Nintendo is no doubt hoping that the hefty fine will be enough to at least act as a deterrent to others.
R4 card provider ordered to pay Nintendo over $500,000 in damages originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iPad iBooks will be US only at launch?
Apple Australia just became one of the first international sites to introduce the iPad to its pages. That gives us a pretty good indication of Apple’s plans for a global launch: same “late March” ship for Wi-Fi only models and April for 3G models (carrier yet to be announced). Fine, but it’s not what we see that has us intrigued so much as what’s missing: the iBookstore and any indication of the iBooks app. This doesn’t look like an oversight but rather its purposeful removal from any images or feature lists. Guess we shouldn’t be too surprised; going back to the press release we see the following: “iBookstore will be available in the US at launch.” Seems Apple meant to say, only in the US, eh? Rest easy Bezos, the iPad has a long way to go before it’s any competition to the Kindle.
Update: Footnote on the bottom of the Apple Australia iPad site says “iBooks available in the US only.” Evidence after the break.
[Thanks, Robert S.]
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iPad iBooks will be US only at launch? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple’s Black Friday deals hit Australia site, same as it ever was
Apple Down Under[TM] has revealed its today-only holiday gift specials, and with most deals hovering between 5 and 10 percent off, it’s nothing out of the ordinary for Cupertino’s wares. Still, if you’re shopping for a new iMac this season, seems like the perfect opportunity to fill up your virtual shopping cart. If history tells us anything, look for these deals to hit Apple’s US syndicate sometime around tomorrow.
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Apple’s Black Friday deals hit Australia site, same as it ever was originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones
We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands — a hacker named ikex has created what’s apparently the first iPhone worm, and it’s currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The “ikee” worm, as it’s being called, takes advantage of the fact that jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed all have the same default root password of “alpine,” and once in the system it changes your wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley and then tries to install itself on other jailbroken iPhones on the network. Sophos says it hasn’t confirmed any infections outside of Oz, and to be clear, this worm can’t get to stock iPhones or jailbreak owners who haven’t installed SSH — but if you’re running a hacked phone we’d say you should change that root password just to be safe right away. Get to it, kids.
[Via PMP Today; thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Japanese team takes top prize at World Solar Challenge
A Japanese team from Tokai University has taken the top spot at the World Solar Challenge, which was held at the end of last week in Australia. The team beat out the Delft University team which won four consecutive previous Challenges, and this year took second place, with the third seat going to the University of Michigan. The race course travels from southern to northern Australia over 3,000 km (about 1864 miles), and the winning team’s car, Tokai Challenger, completed the race in just under 30 hours, averaging 62 miles per hour. Other notable participants included the MIT-built Eleanor.
[Via Wired]
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Japanese team takes top prize at World Solar Challenge originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dell Inspiron 13z goes on sale in Australia
We knew Dell was planning on a whole range of Inspiron Z-series machines way back in August when we previewed the line, and it looks like the 13-inch model is finally ready to join the already-launched 11, 14 and 15 — in Australia. Yep, the Z-series has gone live Down Under, and the Inspiron 13z is part of the lineup, starting at AU$1,199 (US$1,106). That’ll buy you a 1.3GHz SU7300 Core 2 Duo with Intel integrated 4500MHD graphics, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 320GB drive, and an LED-backlit screen, all in a four-pound chassis that’s 1.27 inches thick at its chubbiest. Not bad — we’ll see what official US pricing is like before we get any more excited, however.
Update: A number of readers from across the pond have wrote in to tell us that Inspiron 13z is also available in the UK.
[Thanks, Toby]
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Dell Inspiron 13z goes on sale in Australia originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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