Guitar Hero and Rock Band’s plastic axes aren’t exactly behemoths in their own right, but if you need something even tinier, little-known game accessories company NEXiLUX looks to have a more portable solution in the works. The video for its mini guitar isn’t the clearest, but from we can see, the body is about the same size as the retracted neck, which expands from behind the touch-sensitive pads to reveal the infamous quintet of colored buttons. D-pad, navigation buttons, whammy bar, and pickup selection have all survived the compression, and to make each unit as universal as possible, there’s a switch on the bottom for choosing between either Guitar Hero for Wii or Rock Band for Wii, PlayStation 2, and PS3. Both black and white models are seen here, but there’s no mention either in-video or on the company’s website of price or release date. See it for yourself after the break.
[Thanks, Floyd]
Continue reading Video: Retractible wireless Rock Band / Guitar Hero controller perfect for the five-button shredder on the go
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Video: Retractible wireless Rock Band / Guitar Hero controller perfect for the five-button shredder on the go originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you’re very clumsy (or you love watching TV in the bathtub) Sony Japan has just the thing for you. The Rimotokomanda RM-PZ3SD
universal remote comes in a palette of soothing colors, works with a wide variety of sets (including those by Panasonic / National, Toshiba, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Victor / JVC, Sanyo, Aiwa, Sharp, Funai / PRECIOUS, NEC, Fujitsu, Pioneer, Philips, and, of course, Sony), and offers at least a modicum of water-resistance for wet-handed TV viewing (we’ll leave that part up to your imagination). To be unleashed on the Japanese buying public “soon” for ¥2,468 (around $26). More pics after the break.
[Via Boing Boing]
Continue reading Sony unveils waterproof universal remotes for deep-sea TV addicts
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Sony unveils waterproof universal remotes for deep-sea TV addicts originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Brody Jenner’s girlfriend Jayde Nicole is sticking by her side of what went down last week when she and Joe Francis got into an altercation at a Hollywood club — saying she was “beaten in the face and body” and there are witnesses to prove …
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Filed under: Music, DJ AM
Blink-182 just canceled their concert tonight at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York, citing DJ AM’s death as the reason for pulling out of the gig.Here’s the statement the band just put up on MySpace: “Due to circumstances surrounding …
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Rihanna had a barrel roll full of laughs today at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA — by braving one of the craziest roller coasters on the planet: Tatsu.The Superman-style coaster boasts “3,602 feet of blazing track … 62 miles per hour … …
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Filed under: Hot Bodies, Hot Vegas
Splashing with their girlfriends and sucking on lollipops in their bikinis, AnnaLynne McCord and her equally hot-bodied sis had all the right moves yesterday at Wet Republic.Consider this penance for MGM — who threw a party for Jon Gosselin the day …
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Dell’s 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z sure looks promising, with a sub-$500 price tag and an Intel Celeron 723 / non-Atom processor, but if you ask the gang at Notebook Review to describe it, it’s unfortunately a pretty big letdown. Some minor issues with the body from the get-go, it’s apparently got one of the worst touch pads the site’s ever seen, and the 1.2GHz processor ended up underperforming compared to its Atom-based competition (although we gotta wonder how using Windows 7 instead of Vista might help here). There is some good here, with the GS45 chipset and X4500 graphics allowing for decent 3D performance and smooth 720p playback. Still, we can’t help but have some hopes dashed here — better luck next time, right? Hit up the read link for the full review, with video.
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Dell Inspiron 11z reviewed with high hopes, disappointing realities originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Rihanna, Chris Brown
So how do you explain not remembering the little dispute you had with your girlfriend — the dispute that made you a felon?If you’re Chris Brown, you explain it by saying that Larry King badgered you into amnesia. Brown is reacting to a clip that was …
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Nokia’s latest mystery device to hit the FCC, the RM-550 “Alvin,” holds itself in some good company given the known specs. Its 32GB internal memory is matched only by Espoo’s other flagship devices N97 and N900, and it’s also got the same BL-5J battery as the aforementioned pseudo-MID. Throw in quad-band GSM, tri-band WCDMA, Bluetooth, and WiFi, and you’ve got our interests piqued. The confidentiality agreement of the filing gives no indication of when we might hear more details, but we’re gonna go ahead and start preparing ourselves mentally for yet another resistive touchscreen.
[Via Unwired View; thanks, Me]
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Nokia’s 32GB Alvin RM-559 hits FCC, Simon 561 and Theodore 563 nowhere to be found originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We know Leica’s target demographic is decidedly less consumer and more devoted professional photography, but even still, September 9th isn’t exactly the most apt timing to maximize press coverage on a next generation camera lineup when your competition of the day will be Apple’s annual iPod event and the release of Beatles Rock Band. Still, the urge to make announcements on 9-9-2009 at 9:00AM ET has gotta be too hard to pass up, and possibly not topped until 10:00AM on October 10th of next year. Video teaser after the break; no idea what we’re expecting to see from Leica (M8 successor, perhaps?), but we can all but guarantee it won’t be priced for mass consumption.
[Via Pocket-Lint]
Continue reading Leica to announce new cameras on September 9th, absolute best day to stand out in the headlines
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Leica to announce new cameras on September 9th, absolute best day to stand out in the headlines originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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