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Notion Ink to have competition to encourage development for Adam reader, might release two versions

Engadget  Feb 09 10

Back at CES, we were pretty excited to get our hands on Notion Ink's far out, Pixel Qi display-boasting reader, Adam. Well, Notion Ink is on the move, and encouraging development for the Tegra-powered little devil is apparently a top priority. The company has unveiled plans to hold an App Competition with one million dollars in prize money for the development of Adam-compatible software. There are no final details about the contest yet, but we think we'll probably be hearing more about it next week at MWC. Slashgear's got some interesting renders Notion Ink sent over which give us an idea of what a final production model might look like -- and it's definitely different than the prototype we saw in Las Vegas. Full story...

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Engadget Podcast 188 - 03.20.2010

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Three mobile phone platforms struggle for dominance in the real world (the Real World) and in the Engadget Podcast (the Fake World).

MSI Wind12 U230 unboxed and benchmarked, trounces netbooks of yesteryear

Engadget  6 hours ago

It's no Pine Trail when it comes to power consumption, but AMD's Congo platform is no slouch, either.

The Engadget Show Live with Nicholas Negroponte, PlayStation Move, and Joystiq's Chris Grant

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Sprint to release Android 2.1 update for Hero and Moment 'over the coming weeks'

Engadget  7 hours ago

If you recall, about a month ago Sprint tweeted that it was working on delivering Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in early Q2 this year.

Taking the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator for a test drive (video)

Engadget  9 hours ago

If you've been following the news about Microsoft's reinvention of its mobile presence, Windows Phone 7 Series, chances are you heard about how the company's developer-friendly emulator was.

Something 'big' coming from SanDisk, complete with cape

Engadget  11 hours ago

Something big is coming March 23rd, and like a good used car salesman, SanDisk has rolled out an inflatable superhero in its honor.

Subretinal implant successfully tested on humans, makes blind narrowly see

Engadget  13 hours ago

How many scientists does it take to properly install a lightbulb? When that lightbulb is an implant that stimulates retinal photoreceptors to restore one's sight, quite a few -- even if they disagree whether said implant should be placed on top of the retina (requiring glasses to supply power and video feed) or underneath, using photocells to channel natural sunlight.

Dual Electronics iPod touch GPS dock ships at long last

Engadget  15 hours ago

It took a little longer than expected, but the first major docking solution to transform ones iPod touch into a full fledged navigating machine is now shipping directly from Apple.

HP flexible display unfurled on video

Engadget  18 hours ago

HP has been working on flexible displays for some time now, but it looks like things are starting to get a bit more real.

How would you change HTC's Sense?

Engadget  22 hours ago

Microsoft's not going to allow HTC to cover Windows Phone 7 Series with its Sense UI overlay (which is going to be an interesting thing to watch in and of itself), but there's no question that the homegrown user interface has made a-many Windows Mobile phones look and feel a whole lot better than stock.



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