The Perfect Cutlery For Your Post-Holiday Guilt [Utensils]

You knew all that over-indulging during the holidays would cost you. But even if it helps you shed the pounds, is anyone really going to pay $140 for this set of weight lifting cutlery? More »

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Windows Phone 7-based Nokia phones receiving Nokia Collection rollout

It looks like Nokia is beginning to rollout some of the mobile integration with the Windows Phone Marketplace it promised last February when it announced the strategic partnership it had formed with Microsoft. This comes in the form of a silent upgrade that adds an exclusive Nokia app section called the Nokia Collection to Windows Phone 7-based Lumia handsets. Some of the apps that are included with the new section are Contacts Transfer, Nokia Maps, and TuneIn Radio.

With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) right around the corner, the release of this new feature isn’t a coincidence. With the quiet moves Redmond has been making to bring what I call the “Microsoft Experience” , an effort to bring platform unity to all the different devices that run Microsoft products, seeing this kind of integration taking place on Windows Phone 7 devices isn’t surprising. It only makes sense to give Nokia an area to push proprietary apps, the action lends credibility and shows unity between the two companies. Expect to see more of this in the future.

Nokia has a lot riding on the future success of Windows Phone 7. In making Redmond’s mobile OS its “primary smartphone strategy”, the former king of mobile devices is going all-in in a high stakes poker game against Apple and Google for dominance of the mobile market. Nokia has thumbed its nose at the Android OS, with its former CEO making odd statements involving metaphors containing Finnish urination habits. This coupled with the failure of the MeeGo OS put Nokia in a very bad position with nowhere to turn in a market that is dominated by iOS and Android. Teaming up with Microsoft involved a lot less strategy than the company would want you to think. It was a matter of survival.

Hopefully Nokia owners will see more goodies like the Nokia Collection head their way in the upcoming year. There is a video below that shows the new Nokia apps on a Lumia device.

Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/windows-phone-7-based-nokia-phones-receiving-nokia-collection-rollout-20111231/

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Verizon's $2 convenience fee inconveniences the FCC

Just like hard working humans, giant companies like to get paid consistently and on time for services rendered. But Verizon's method for motivating customers to pay up -- in the form of a $2 convenience fee -- isn't sitting so well with consumers, or the FCC. A Federal Communications Commission official confirmed that the fee hasn't gone unnoticed, saying "on behalf of American consumers, we're concerned about Verizon's actions and are looking into the matter." The $2 "payment convenience fee" is scheduled to hit consumers beginning on January 15th, but if the FCC doesn't step in before then, you can still skip the toll by signing up for AutoPay, or making your way to a different carrier.

Verizon's $2 convenience fee inconveniences the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Iconia Tab A200 and A700 slates head to CES, make a pitstop in Russia

Acer already spilled the beans on its Iconia Tab A200, a 10.1-inch slab powered by NVIDIA's 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, but whatever happened to that Tegra 3 touting A700? It went to Russia, of course. According to NoMobile.ru, the A200's slimmer, but more powerful brother will debut at CES 2012 next month. The Ruskie site pegs the tablet's 1920 x 1200 resolution screen at 10.1-inches, which is bordered by SIM and micro-USB slots, a dedicated rotation lock switch, the standard volume rockers, an audio jack and a micro-HDMI port. On its rear they found a textured back garnished with a five megapixel camera sporting a built-in flash -- the whole unit weights 650 grams (1.43 pounds) and boasts a ten hour battery life. When can we see it? At CES, says NoMobile.ru, or in stores if you're willing to wait until March. We'll poke around Acer's offerings next month and let you know what we find. Can't wait? Follow the source link below for a few more pictures.

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Iconia Tab A200 and A700 slates head to CES, make a pitstop in Russia originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Phraseology, A Word-Analyzing Text Editor

Phraseology is a new iPad app for writers. It offers much of the usual stuff found in iPad writing apps, but it also brings some very clever features not found elsewhere.
First, though, what doesn’t it have? Phraseology has no support for Dropbox, nor iCloud: storage is strictly local (although you can easily export or print [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/phraseology-a-word-analyzing-text-editor/

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The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!

No Tim this week, sadly, but that won't stop this runaway podcasting freight train. Darren and Terrence will be joining Brian to discuss the biggest news of this post-holiday / pre-CES lull, but mostly we'll be talking about the year that wasn't -- join us in the chat below or send a note to podcast (at) engadget (dot) com to share your thoughts on the biggest tech misfires of the year.

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Chirping Perch Reminds You Of a Forgotten Charger [Accessories]

Remembering to pack your phone's charger while traveling is even more important than clean underwear these days. And with a few subtle chirps, the Perch promises to remind you to pack your most important of cables. More »

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YouTube Live now streaming select partners in real time

Not content with limiting its dominance in streaming uploaded videos, YouTube is now ready to take on competitors like Justin.TV and Ustream. The new YouTube Live service is being rolled out to select YouTube partners and will enable real-time broadcasting. In its official announcement, Google states that "The goal is to provide thousands of partners with the capability to live stream from their channels in the months ahead."

You can check out live broadcasts at http://www.youtube.com/live, where you'll also find a schedule of upcoming episodes from beta partners like Revision3 and Destructoid. You're also able to subscribe to YouTube Live broadcasts -- which will ensure you're notified when a new episode is coming up.

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Engadget Distro's 2011 Year In Review is here!

As yet another year of spectacular technological gains and enormous losses comes to a close, we present to you our best attempt at a comprehensive look back: Engadget Distro's Year In Review. In "Technology_In_2011.zip" we'll provide a compressed month-by-month timeline of just a few of the year's standout stories and announcements. We'll also bring you the year in corporate mudslinging with a collection of the most outrageous "CE-Oh No He Didn't" moments and present "The Top 10 Crappiest Crapgadgets of 2011," as selected by our readers. Looking ahead, we have our predictions of what's to come at CES 2012, TechnoBuffalo's Jon Rettinger gives us some insight into his distaste for OS wars in "Q&A" and Don Melanson offers up his list of the year's must-reads. So, in the interest of retrospection, hit that download link and let's reflect.

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Failed Flying Car Design Makes For a Lovely iPhone Dock [Speakers]

The flying car is still a few years from being a practical reality, let alone a sound business venture. So why do companies keep pouring millions into developing them when their designs clearly work better as a stylish iPhone dock? More »

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