It’s been a good, long while since we visited the upper rungs of Shure’s in-ear monitor lineup (about four years , to be exact), and for good reason: the E500 / SE500 was already a stellar product that the company was understandably in no rush to replace. Of course, for the heart-stopping $500 they commanded, buyers had every right to expect aural perfection — just as they do with the new SE535 that replaces them. Price? Still $500, of course. Read on to find out exactly how Juno Reactor sounds after you’ve been relieved of half a grand. Gallery: Shure SE535 review Continue reading Shure SE535 review Shure SE535 review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | | Email this | Comments
Universal’s added a new wrinkle to persuade people to buy Get Him to the Greek on Blu-ray — throw in a copy of an entirely different movie. Sure, during the MTV Video Music Awards we imagined not having to watch Russell Brand was a feature that should be included more often, but we didn’t expect to see it tucked in among these other Blu-ray exclusive extras — karaoke, the Pocket BLU iPhone remote control app, social BLU access, Mobile-To-Go support for taking bonus content with you and keyboard support. Anyone who buys the flick between September 28 and March 31, 2011 can also gain access to one of the following movies streamed to the player over BD-Live or directly to their mobile phone: Uncle Buck , Dazed & Confused or Life (Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence, not David Attenborough .) The flicks are notable not only because they appear to have been randomly chosen, but also since they’re not available on Blu-ray yet. Unlike The Office , there’s no promise of HD resolution here so the quality is still in question, but really, what Blu-ray release couldn’t use an extra dose of John Candy? Check out all the details and extras in the press release after the break. Continue reading Get Him to the Greek Blu-ray includes a free streaming copy — of a different movie Get Him to the Greek Blu-ray includes a free streaming copy — of a different movie originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | GetHimtotheGreek.net | Email this | Comments
Oh sure, household names like Pentax are already producing cameras with 40 megapixel sensors , and we’ve seen quite a few gigapixel images crafted with a pinch of black magic, but Canon’s newest innovation may take the mainstream megapixel race to its next logical level. Or should we say… illogical level. There’s no two ways about it — just trying to comprehend an APS-H-sized CMOS sensor with 120 megapixels is downright painful, and we’re inclined to believe the company’s claim that it’s the world’s highest resolution for its size. This new concoction has a pixel count of around 7.5 times larger than the company’s highest-resolution commercial CMOS sensor of the same size (which is pegged at 16.1 megapixels), yet it still supports burst shooting of up to 9.5fps. Furthermore, it’s fully capable of capturing 1080p video, but the one detail we’re all eager to ingest isn’t listed. For now, though, the plan is to let you know about the first camera to ship with it inside at Photokina 2030. Continue reading Canon proudly intros 120 megapixel CMOS sensor, probably won’t hit a DSLR in your lifetime Canon proudly intros 120 megapixel CMOS sensor, probably won’t hit a DSLR in your lifetime originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | | Email this | Comments
As far as we can tell, the general logic behind touchscreen iMac rumors goes something like this: “Apple is good at touch UIs, so it should build a touchscreen iMac.” Unfortunately, the reality of a usable, desirable touchscreen desktop computers has yet to materialize (sorry, HP and Microsoft), and so far Apple has steered clear of those dangerous waters. An international patent recently unearthed at the World Intellectual Property Organization, however, shows just how Apple might go about a touch UI on a desktop computer. Basically, the patent covers the method of transitioning from a traditional “high resolution” UI (best operated by a mouse) to a “low resolution” UI suitable to finger operation (like iOS). A myriad of sensors can be employed to detect the user moving the screen into touch mode, and as the user does this the difficult high res bits like cursors and scrollbars and drop down menus “slide off the screen,” leaving only a touch UI at the end of the transition. It’s all very broad and vague, naturally, being a patent, but it’s an interesting idea, and makes more sense than ruining the good thing desktop UIs have going with a tacked-on touch UI in the style of Microsoft’s Windows. Of course, stuffing two UIs into one device also seems rather un-Apple like, so we’re not going to start expecting an Apple-built touchscreen iMac or MacBook to act exactly like this until Steve gets on stage and starts telling us how we magical and revolutionary it is. Gallery: Apple patent unearthed for touchscreen Macs Apple patent unearthed for touchscreen Macs that can flip between mouse and touch UIs with tilt of the screen originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Patently Apple | WIPO | Email this | Comments
As it turns out, there are quite a few uses for a $100 off-the-shelf computerized scale, above and beyond getting fit — Nintendo’s Wii Balance Board is now providing a mechanism by which college football teams at Ohio State University and the University of Maryland can cheaply determine whether players are suffering from concussions. Taking the place of force plate machines that can cost tens of thousands of dollars, the white plastic boards measure students’ balance (using yoga poses) and coordination (in Table Tilt) before a game, to provide a frame of reference against which trainers can measure whether athletes are fit to keep playing. Though some scholars found Wii Fit didn’t stack up favorably against the expensive force plates, the universities trialing the system called it “pretty decent,” so the question is whether Nintendo’s peripheral offers a reasonable enough benchmark for the price. We suppose the American Heart Association liked it well enough. Two universities adopt Wii Fit to monitor football concussions originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Switched | Washington Post | Email this | Comments
