| Fujifilm FinePix XP170 camera rebuffs water, dust and cold, cuddles up with iOS and Android (video) May 8th 2012, 10:18  Fujifilm's latest rugged point-and-shoot has pulled together some pretty standard specs with some more contemporary connectivity features, all in a hardy shell. The 14-megapixel CMOS sensor is paired with 5x zoom lens, while the rubberized lug is capable of 1080p video, and can increase video capture up to 240 fps at 320 x 240 resolution. Available in blue or orange, the device should survive up to 10 meters of water, a two meter drop and still work at -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). We're not sure if that's all at once. Sharing with mobile devices requires Fujifilm's own Android or iOS app and some semblance of a WiFi signal. The FinePix XP170 will sidle up into stores next month for $280, but until then, Fujifilm's got a video to demo those new wireless transfer functions -- if that's your thing, you can check it out right after the break. Continue reading Fujifilm FinePix XP170 camera rebuffs water, dust and cold, cuddles up with iOS and Android (video) Fujifilm FinePix XP170 camera rebuffs water, dust and cold, cuddles up with iOS and Android (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 06:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  The Verge |  Fujifilm | Email this | Comments | | Toshiba made $898.8 million dollar profit, could manage to lend you twenty bucks May 8th 2012, 09:21  Toshiba isn't going with the flow this financial season, bucking the trend and posting a healthy (albeit reduced) net profit of 73.7 billion yen ($898.8 million). Whilst down from $1.7 billion in 2010, the company points to the European debt crisis, Japanese Earthquake and high oil prices as the barriers to further success. Unlike its local rivals, Tosh branched out early into "social infrastructure," building everything from radiation detectors, power plants and LED light bulbs -- businesses that made a stack of cash while its computer and TV businesses slumped. Unencumbered by these crises in the future, the company is projecting to make $1.68 billion across the next 12 months -- at which point it might treat itself to a spa day, or something. Continue reading Toshiba made $898.8 million dollar profit, could manage to lend you twenty bucks Toshiba made $898.8 million dollar profit, could manage to lend you twenty bucks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 05:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Toshiba (PDF) | Email this | Comments | | Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers May 8th 2012, 09:05  An internal innovation fund at Dell is helping create project Sputnik, an Ubuntu-based laptop aimed at developers. The hardware is Dell's XPS13 Ultrabook, and the OS is the latest version of Canonical's linux distro, Precise Pangolin 12.04 LTS. So far the image contains drivers and patches for hardware, key tools and utilities (emacs, Vim, Chromium etc.,) and a native tool for github repository integration is incoming soon. Dell has also worked closely with Canonical on the project to ensure maximum hardware compatibility. As for developer tools, instead of bloating the system with a complex suite of applications, Sputnik has been designed to let users go to a github repository and pull down individual developer profiles; Android, Ruby and JavaScript being available right now, with more to follow. The install image is available right now via the more coverage link, and more details on the project will follow as it develops. Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 05:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Tizen developer phone appears, complete with 4.3-inch screen and dual-core CPU (video) May 8th 2012, 08:43  Not satisfied by the currently available mobile OS options? Tizen could be your next option, and Samsung just took the wraps off of a prototype device (possibly the GT-I9500 we'd heard about) at the currently ongoing developer's conference in San Francisco. As seen above in still photos taken by Tizen Talk, the developer unit running Tizen 1.0 features a 4.3-inch screen and reportedly contains a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU. There are more details revealed in a seven minute video posted by The Handheld Blog (embedded after the break), showing off a very TouchWiz-inspired experience which while plain and without many of the animations and transitions of polished release-quality software, did appear to run smoothly. The HTML5 apps themselves however, tended to lag a bit, although even at this early stage it showed off quite a bit of built-in support for social services like Facebook, Twitter and Gmail. We should find out more about the coalition's plans over the next few days, for now check out the hands-on video and see if this Linux-based software has any more promise than webOS or the same MeeGo platform it dislodged. Continue reading Tizen developer phone appears, complete with 4.3-inch screen and dual-core CPU (video) Tizen developer phone appears, complete with 4.3-inch screen and dual-core CPU (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 04:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Netbook News | Tizen Talk, The Handheld Blog | Email this | Comments | |
