Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Video Cameras
Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today's bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they're added throughout the holiday season. Photos make great mementos for important moments, but a picture of your kid taking her first step or writing his first blog post isn't quite as meaningful as a full-motion video of the event in question
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Nokia sues Apple again, says the iPad 3G infringes five patents
Looks like settlement negotiations in the various Nokia / Apple patent lawsuits aren't going too well -- Espoo's just hit Cupertino with a second federal patent lawsuit, this time alleging the iPad 3G and iPhone infringe five patents related to "enhanced speech and data transmission, using positioning data in applications and innovations in antenna configurations that improve performance and save space, allowing smaller and more compact devices." Interestingly, Nokia's filed this one in the Western District of Wisconsin, a so-called "rocket docket" that's well-known for bringing patent cases to settlement or trial in just over a year. That means we could see some real movement in this dispute within our lifetimes, but we're not holding our breath for a definitive conclusion -- by our count, Apple and Nokia now have some five pending legal actions between them, including one that's been placed on hold pending an ITC decision
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, bringing-patent, compact, conclusion, interestingly, ipad, iphone, lawsuit, lifetimes, patent, placed-on-hold, time
Windows Phone 7 based on a hybrid Windows CE 6 / Compact 7 kernel?
Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, yes, but still considerably newer and more technically modern than the CE 5 upon which Windows Mobile 6.x operates. Thing is, Windows Embedded evangelist Olivier Bloch just dropped the knowledge this week that the company's all-new phone platform will actually be "based on the Windows Embedded Compact 7 core," which sounds a lot to us like Redmond skipped right over CE 6 and went straight for the latest and greatest (and still unavailable to the general public) stuff. [Thanks, Jeff] Continue reading Windows Phone 7 based on a hybrid Windows CE 6 / Compact 7 kernel?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: compact, microsoft, windows ce 6, windows embedded, windows phone 7, windowsembedded, windowsphone, windowsphone7, wp7
Canon Selphy CP780 Silver Compact Photo Printer

Product DescriptionCompact Photo Printer – Beautiful pictures from one room to another. . . More>>
Canon Selphy CP780 Silver Compact Photo Printer
Coby DVD224BLK Compact DVD Player, Black

Product DescriptionCoby DVD224BLK DVD player, DVD player with progressive scan, compact design and slim, DVD, DVD ± R / RW, CD, CD-R/RW and JPEG compatible Dolby Digital, Digital and analog AV outputs for domestic films, NTSC / PAL compatible, comfortable display in multiple languages, subtitles and angle of camera support, picture zoom function, black. . . . More>>
Coby DVD224BLK Compact DVD Player, Black
Sharp R-230KW 800-Watt 4/5-Cubic-Foot Compact Microwave, White

Product Description800 watts and 0. Capacity of 8 cubic meters to supply a wide margin of cooking, while his contemporary and microwave any more compact fine cuisine.Caractéristiques: * Auto-Touch Controls are precise and easy utiliserRaccourcis * melting, softening and warming easy * Digital display is precise and easy to read * Defrost is used to thaw meats and poultry quickly by weight * Four Cook options provide. . . More>>
Sharp R-230KW 800-Watt 4/5-Cubic-Foot Compact Microwave, White
Sandisk 16GB Extreme UDMA 60MB/s Compact Flash Card SDCFX-016G-P61

Product DescriptionGet exactly the photos you want professional quality with SanDisk CompactFlash ® Extreme ®. Up to 60MB / s * read / write speed you’ll see that it takes more than a superb digital SLR camera to make your ideas to life. . . . More>>
Sandisk 16GB Extreme UDMA 60MB/s Compact Flash Card SDCFX-016G-P61
Bushnell Powerview 8×21 Compact Folding Roof Prism Binocular

Product DescriptionTravelers, nature observers and concert goers take note: the PowerView series offers the largest line of Bushnell quality, affordable binoculars. No matter what your purpose, you’ll find a variety of magnifications, styles and sizes, and fully coated optics for bright, vivid images. PRODUCT FEATURES: Fully Coated Lens Coating; Fold Down Eyecups. Amazon. com Product DescriptionBushnell PowerView binoculars offer the best of both worlds, combining contemporar. . . More >>
Bushnell Powerview 8×21 Compact Folding Roof Prism Binocular
Linksys by Cisco WUSB54GC Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter

Product DescriptionThe easiest way to connect your desktop or notebook to a wireless network at up to 54Mbps, without opening the case. Connect your USB-equipped desktop or notebook computer to a wireless network at incredible speeds with the Linksys Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter. By incorporating USB 2. 0 and Wireless-G the Adapter delivers data rates up to 54Mbps (5 times as fast as 802. 11b), without the trouble of opening up the case of your desktop computer. Amazon. com Product. . . More >>
Linksys by Cisco WUSB54GC Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter
SanDisk 16GB 60MB/s Extreme Compact Flash Card SDCFX-016G-A61

Product DescriptionGet exactly the shots you want with professional-grade SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash cards. With fast read/write speeds, you’ll see it takes more than a great digital SLR camera to bring your ideas to life. And with 16GB of space, you’ll have room to capture it all in RAW+JPEG, and save the editing for later. SanDisk engineered its Power Core Controller to take whatever your camera’s buffer can dish out. By distributing image data across the card more rapidly and effi. . . More >>
SanDisk 16GB 60MB/s Extreme Compact Flash Card SDCFX-016G-A61