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How would you change Nikon's D90? {Engadget}
Oct 10th 2008 9:10PM Yea, the one thing I noticed was a lack of mic input. I would love it if it could do XLR/48v power, but I guess the crappy mic is good enough to do track syncing so you can replace the audio track with something from a good portable recorder or laptop+usb input box. That way I can use my AKG mics with it.
Road to G1 has been a three-year endeavor for Google, HTC {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2008 3:54PM @jakem and others
You seriously have no idea what you're talking about. If you look at the documentation and the SDK you wouldn't say such moronic stuff.
Android is not "just Linux". Linux is simply used as a hardware access layer. Android itself is an entire new OS with it's own API stack, compiler and VM. The java code used isn't even Sun Java, it's Dalvik Java.
The T-Mobile G1 {Engadget}
Sep 23rd 2008 12:54PM Desktop sync is annoying as hell, yet another crappy vendor app I have to run on my computer. I'd much rather have a small data sync server on my website, or just let goog/yahoo or whatever be my data repo. I would hotsync my Treo maybe once a month, my Nokia E62 has such a craptastic sync app that I don't even bother anymore. I have more than one computer at home, and more than one at work.. which one do I put my sync app on? Totally useless, why would I want to be tied to a specific PC? Just store it online so I can get to it from anywhere.
Squeezebox Boom review {Engadget}
Sep 22nd 2008 11:26AM I've tested mine all the way to full volume with little to no distortion. They put a great deal of work into making the speakers one of the best parts of the Boom.
They released a white paper talking about the audio design:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/uploads/a/ad/Logitech_Squeezebox_Boom_Audio_Design.pdf
Fully DSP managed bi-amplified 2-way speaker design. I had a $500 bookshelf speaker setup in my bedroom. The Boom is so much better that it replaced that setup.. now what to do with these old Definitive Procinema speakers.
Squeezebox Boom review {Engadget}
Sep 22nd 2008 11:17AM Yes, all the squeezebox devices will automatically retry connecting forever in the background. I had a flaky wifi router that would crash while I was at work (especially if it was a bit warm that day) and then my squeezebox would be back online within a min of resetting it.
Squeezebox Boom review {Engadget}
Sep 21st 2008 6:47PM So one thing I do with internet radio is listen to stations that I can't get where I live (northern california). I sometimes listen to KCMP (The Current) which only broadcasts in Minnesota, and KCRW (Santa Monica College). Or other times I'm listening to BBC stations using the AlienBBC plugin.
I also find that most of the radio stations in my area are terrible, or play music that I'm not into.
Squeezebox Boom review {Engadget}
Sep 21st 2008 6:23PM The knob acting as a volume control is there, but it can be a bit easy to miss. The knob acts as a navigation control most of the time (it's great for whipping through a lot of albums, very smooth)
The knob does act as a volume control when:
1 - You just pressed the volume up/down buttons
2 - You wait for the (default 20 sec) now playing screensaver to kick in.
I guess I'm too much of a Slimdevices fanboy, but I would like to point out that the Roku players started out as a simple copy-cat of the Slimdevices original Squeezebox 1. They even used to distribute a copy of the original Slimserver software with the box. The Roku devices can still talk to Squeezecenter due to the fact that Slim/Logitech haven't dropped backwards compatibility with any of their old products.
How would you change Lenovo's IdeaPad U110? {Engadget}
Aug 15th 2008 7:22PM +1 for the track-point. Trackpoint + 3 mouse buttons are required for me. Thinking about getting an X200 to replace my X60.
Logitech snaps up Ultimate Ears, chasing this "portable audio" market we've heard so much about {Engadget}
Aug 14th 2008 1:12PM If the Logitech purchase of SlimDevices was any indicator, the product quality hasn't dipped at all, possibly gone up a bit. But the support is a tiny notch below where it used to be, mostly because of the larger user base and management overhead.
Popcorn Hour puts A-110 HD media streamer, B-110 mobo up for pre-order {Engadget}
Aug 4th 2008 11:00AM The maximum bandwidth for a BluRay movie is 54mbps, so you really don't need anything over 100mbps.
