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Nikon D3200 pics appear on Flickr, make a slightly noisy entrance Apr 20th 2012, 14:23 Ahead of getting trigger happy with a fully-working D3200 -- rather than the pre-production unit from our hands-on -- we've been checking out some official 24-megapixel samples on Flickr. To our eyes, the images befit the smaller pixel size, namely sharp and high-res, but with a good dollop of noise on the side. Albeit completely unscientific, a blowup compared to an image from the similarly priced Sony NEX-5N looks grainier at the same 1600 ISO. On the plus side, the JPEGs show almost zero compression artifacts, so budget-minded shooters could easily print poster-sized images -- of course, providing they have enough light for a low ISO shot in the first place. Gallery: D3200 official samples Nikon D3200 pics appear on Flickr, make a slightly noisy entrance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink NikonRumors  |  Nikon France  | Email this | Comments Dish adds Pandora to Hopper Whole-Home DVR system Apr 20th 2012, 13:56 Tired of walking from room to room, bringing your Entourage with you via your minty fresh Dish Hopper? Well, now you can sit down, relax and enjoy a hot cup of your favorite tunes from the same box. Dish has introduced the popular Pandora music service into its Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR System. So, you'll be able to pull up tracks, create playlists and all the usual recommendation delights you've come to expect from the personal radio service. We'd normally make Pandora's Box about this time, but we're already knee deep in the Jane's Addiction back catalog... Continue reading Dish adds Pandora to Hopper Whole-Home DVR system Dish adds Pandora to Hopper Whole-Home DVR system originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Kindle Touch gets early release in UK and Germany Apr 20th 2012, 13:32 Amazon is now shipping preorders for its Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G in both the UK and Germany, a week ahead of schedule. While eager e-reader... readers in the likes of France Italy and Spain have to wait a little longer, Germans and Brits can expect their orders to arrive starting tomorrow, with stock also available in bricks-and-mortar options including John Lewis, Dixons, Argos, Carphone Warehouse, Currys, PC World and Tesco. Alas, there's still no news of a Eurozone arrival date for the Kindle Fire. We assume our European readers are still willing to wait, right? Continue reading Kindle Touch gets early release in UK and Germany Kindle Touch gets early release in UK and Germany originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Distro Issue 37 chats with Microsoft's Bill Buxton on the future of the natural UI Apr 20th 2012, 13:15 Chin up, friends. The week is coming to a close and a fresh issue of our tablet mag is hot off the e-presses. Front and center this week, Microsoft's Bill Buxton discusses the future of the Natural UI. We also feature the start of Reaction Time, a regular column from Joystiq's Editor-in-chief Ludwig Kietzmann. Here, he'll tackle the current state of gaming from week to week. Also new this time around, a look back at the hands-on opps that we've had over the past seven days and Switched On continues its look at smartphone growth. The HTC One V, Titan II and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) get put through their paces while Darren Murph offers some thoughts on Facebook's role as a digital scrapbook. IRL offers a regular peek into our gear habits, the Stat breaks down screen resolution, DigitalRev's Kai Man Wong runs through the Q&A gauntlet and Box Brown has the Last Word on Angry Birds Space. So what are you waiting for? Head on down to the link of your choice to begin your download. Distro Issue 37 PDF Distro in the iTunes App Store Distro in the Android Market Distro APK (For sideloading) Like Distro on Facebook Follow Distro on Twitter Distro Issue 37 chats with Microsoft's Bill Buxton on the future of the natural UI originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  iTunes, Google Play  | Email this | Comments Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) now hitting unlocked Galaxy S II in America Apr 20th 2012, 13:09 See that? That's the sign that awoke yours truly this morning. And that just happens to be confirmation that the long-awaited Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update is finally coming to unlocked (read: global, non-carrier branded) Galaxy S II smartphones situated in the United States. If you'll recall, said update started flowing to units in South Korea (among other locales) eons ago, but owners located in the US of A haven't been treated equally... until today. Head on into Settings and check for an update -- seeing anything intriguing? Continue reading Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) now hitting unlocked Galaxy S II in America Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) now hitting unlocked Galaxy S II in America originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Nokia gets nose bloodied in IPCom patent case, says it doesn't care anyway Apr 20th 2012, 13:01 Mannheim is gaining a reputation as the place where patent disputes go to die. The latest loser? Nokia, in a case against German firm IPCom. A saving grace for the Finnish firm, this time, seems to be that the patent in question was granted in February 2011 and all the handsets involved predate this, and are no longer on the market. That's according to the firm's spokesman at least, who also added that it would be seeking a ruling from a higher court to clarify whether current handsets are also affected by the ruling. Well, they do say things come in threes... Nokia gets nose bloodied in IPCom patent case, says it doesn't care anyway originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments Hardest working man on the internet passes one million Wikipedia edits Apr 20th 2012, 12:49 Justin Knapp is probably the hardest working man on the internet after becoming the first person to pass the million-edit-mark on Wikipedia. Since 2005, he's made around 385 amendments per day, each one taking him around four minutes [Citation Needed]. Founder Jimmy Wales congratulated the 30-year-old on his personal feed and Mr. Knapp's been awarded the site's Special Barnstar medal and Golden Wiki award for his achievement. He took the news with a good dose of self-deprecating humor, saying that "being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you." Hopefully there's a certificate wining its way in the post from the Guinness people. Hardest working man on the internet passes one million Wikipedia edits originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Telegraph  |  Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Justin Knapp (Wikipedia)  | Email this | Comments

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