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iPad arcade cabinet brings April Fools’ joke to life (video)
Nope, this isn’t the first iPad mod you’ll have seen, but it’s likely to be the biggest crowd pleaser yet. Inspired by the iCade cabinet — an April Fools’ joke that had most of us asking where we could buy one — this really real arcade cabinet integrates Apple’s slate, hooks it up to a set of old school controls, and lets users go to town with such old timer classics as Mr. Do! It’s still in prototype form, hence the boxy exterior, but the action on screen is looking as good as you’d expect
iPad makes itself right at home inside Macintosh Classic
An iPad stuffed inside an iBook not your cup of tea? Then perhaps this Macintosh Classic mod will be better suited to your more discerning, old school tastes
Sony’s last cassette-blastin’ boom box is precisely how Ruff Ryders roll(‘d)
Sony may not shed a tear for the 3.5-inch floppy disk when it meets its maker in March , but you’d better believe the company’s crafted a retirement plan for the format that propelled it to fame: the compact cassette. To be fair, the CFD-A110 CD / cassette boom box above isn’t actually a new product — it’s a relabeled CFD-A100TV from 2003 minus the nigh-obsolete analog TV band — but if you’re rocking magnetic mix tapes we’re guessing you’ll welcome this blast from the past. For your projected ?20,000 (about $215) you’ll get a pair of full-range speakers, 14 AM/FM presets, an external microphone port for karaoke and a remote when it launches in Japan this June 21st
Is Intrinsity Apple’s latest chipmaker acquisition?
This one’s still strictly in the realm of rumor for the time being, but there’s a growing amount evidence cropping up suggesting that Apple may have acquired another processor design firm. The company in question this time is Austin-based Intrinsity, which specializes in ARM processors, and has suddenly seen its website replaced with an old school “under construction” image — supposedly due to “scheduled maintenance.” That wouldn’t be much to go on by itself, of course, but EDN is reporting that it has a “solid rumor” that Intrinsity has indeed been sold, and a number of Intrinsity employees have apparently already changed their current employer status on LinkedIn to Apple only to promptly change it back. There’s even some speculation that Intrinsity may have actually contributed as much or more to the A4 processor in the iPad than P.A.
DoDoNA’s S-100 mp3 player doesn’t need no stinkin’ ergonomics
Clearly, skinny jeans aren’t yet as popular in Korea as they are in Western lands. For if they were, we’d never see chunky cube-shaped players like this S-100 here, and the world would definitely be poorer for it. Taking its design cues from the mesmerizing Mintpass Cube , with a smidgen of old school iPod buttonry, this device boasts a 1.1-inch OLED display, FM radio, built-in speaker, voice recording, and a slightly pedestrian 4GB of integrated memory
Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Home theater setups
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.
