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Apple constructs another architectural masterpiece in new NYC Apple Store
On November 14 the glass doors will open to a brand new Apple Store located in the Upper West Side. It will be the fourth (and largest) Apple Store placed in New York City.
During today’s official announcements, Apple made it clear that “customers can now reserve their favorite Apple product” online and pick it up in-store between December 15-24. Also, for the first time ever Apple Store employees will giftwrap “any iPod or portable Mac for just $5.”
Oh, and for all you Apple fanboys and collectors listen up: “The Apple Store Upper West Side is located at 1981 Broadway, on the corner of West 67th Street. The first 2,500 visitors to the store will receive a limited edition, commemorative t-shirt.” Doors open at 10AM; what are you waiting for?
Be sure to check out some shots of the gorgeous Apple Store in the gallery below, courtesy of Gizmodo.
[Via Gizmodo]
Windbreaker for the ultimate geek..and the practical
The Scottevest/SeV Pack Windbreaker includes seventeen pockets for all your gadgets to join you on all mobile journeys. Some of the pockets feature magnetic closures. The jacket boats a weight management system that supposedly balances the weight of the jacket on your body (taking into account all the paraphernalia it contains) and the pockets are made of clear touch fabric which allow you to see through the material to check up on your touchscreen devices hidden inside. Pretty practical if you ask me.
[Via Gizmodo]
Carbon fiber lamp is funky fresh
Carbon 451 Lamp, by Marcus Tremonto.
“The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely.”
[Via Gizmodo; Contemporist]
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Halo: Reach screenshots, details leaked
Major League Gaming forum member “ToM MoReLLo” claims to have leaked some screenshots from Bungie’s highly anticapted Halo: Reach, the next installment in the Halo first-person shooter series. In the post MoReLLo shares information on new weapons and mission descriptions that relate to the events that happened in first Halo novel, Halo: The Fall of Reach. Though these images could all be fakes they look pretty legitimate to me, especially with all the other details surfacing with them. Bungie plans on unveiling the Halo: Reach beta to the masses (or everyone who purchased Halo 3: ODST and received an invite code) in 2010.
[Via Gamespot]
Wireless body monitoring system tracks vital signs, sends to phone
Clinical trails have begun for Sensium, a wireless body monitoring system that “monitors multiple vital signs, including skin temperature, heart rate and respiration.” Basically, Sensium is a “disposable digital plaster,” or Band-Aid-like patch, that is applied to a patient’s body. The patch contains a power source and sensors inside it that track a patient’s health and sends the gathered data to the doctor’s PDA or smartphone. Sensium is being described as cheap, disposable, long-lasting, intelligent, and efficient way for doctors to keep track of the patient’s health. What differentiates this product from the current way of monitoring patients is that it allows patients to be much more mobile and free to move around the hospital (compared to the bulky, expensive, and wired methods of today). Check out the full press release after the break.
[Via Engadget; SingularityHub]
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Whale-inspired pavilion to unite us all
“Fluid,” designed by Australian architects Peddle Thorp.
Fluid, a pavilion shaped like a whale, is currently under contruction and being built for World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea.
“The architects hope the design will draw attention to the preservation of oceans and ecosystems, and encourage greater collaboration between Asian and Pacific countries.” It’s been reported that there is no information whether or not Fluid will make it to the US. Because it can float from harbor to harbor around the world and hold various events inside it.
[Via Gizmodo; SoftSailor]
Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris out now on Verizon Wireless
We already know all about the Droid by Motorola. Now you can pick it up (or order it online) for $199.99, after a $100 rebate and under the obligatory two-year commitment. Verizon has stated that tethering (connecting your phone to your computer to gain Internet access) will be made available for Droid customers in 2010 and will add an addtional $30 to the data plan.
If that price is too steep for you VZ is giving you the option to select a similar handset with the Droid Eris by HTC. Basically it’s a rebranded Sprint Hero (also by HTC) with a few aesthetic and UI changes. Compared to its older and more sophisicated brother, the Droid Eris runs Android 1.5 (not 2.0), it does not have a physical keyboard, it packs a slower processor (528MHz Qualcomm), and its screen size and resolution is lowered. It does, however, feature a 3.2-inch capacitive display, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB microSDHC card (with expansion up to 16GB). It will be the first Verizon phone to run HTC’s personalized user interface called HTC Sense on top of Android 1.5. You can also pick up the Droid Eris now (or order it online) for $99.99, after a $100 rebate and under a two-year agreement. Take a look at the Droid Eris in the gallery below and peek after the break for the full press release.
Here’s the bottom line: The Droid by Motorola is the next best phone on the market after the iPhone. If you are in the market for a new cell phone and you are a Verizon Wireless customer, getting the Droid is a no-brainer. If the Droid’s price and fierce looks are too much for you, saving one hundred dollars and purchasing the Droid Eris by HTC is a worthy sacrifice that can be made. All in all, the new family of Droid phones is a win for all Verizon customers and finally brings some worthy competition to the current king of smartphones, the iPhone.
[Via Engadget, here & here; Gizmodo, here & here]
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The impossibly thin Dell Adamo XPS gets official
Dell Adamo XPS.
The specs: LED-backlit 13.4-inch 720p widescreen display, 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low voltage processor, GS45 integrated graphics, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD, 20WHr Li-Ion battery, Windows 7. Connectivity: 802.11a/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, location awareness, DisplayPort, two USB 2.0 ports. It features a touch-sensitive lid and a unique hinge design.
Measures 13.39 x 10.71 inches and weighs just over 3 pounds. And it can proudly claim to be the world’s thinnest laptop at 0.4-inches thin.
It will be available to purchase “in time for the holidays” for $1799. And FYI–this is a computer to purchase for its looks, not for its power (or lack thereof at this price-point).
Check out this beauty of a laptop in the gallery below. Engadget and Gizmodo got some hands-on time with it, so take a look!
P.S. – The second gallery is pictures of some prototype versions of the Adamo XPS. The protptypes included far-fetched ideas like a touchscreen trackpad and a full touch-capacitive keyboard.
[Via Engadget, here & here; Gizmodo]
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Microsoft Courier UI in more detail
Gizmodo’s got the scoop on how the oft-rumored Microsoft Courier tablet will function. Some features include finger-swipes and gestures, “clip, tuck, and paste,” and a camera. The user interface includes Infinite Journal, Smart Agenda, and the Library. The device will have its own browser, information will stored on “the cloud” (allowing users to edit/share their data on various devices), and it will come with a pen (not stylus) that functions as a drawing tool and has two buttons. For detailed explanations on all of these features check out Gizmodo’s coverage. Or just look in the gallery below for some concept screen shots of this tablet-of-the-hopefully-near-future.
[Via Gizmodo]
