Filed under: Laptops
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_MacBook_aluminum_and_glass_super_shiny_hands_on_2'; We just got our grubby, oily hands all over this pristine, all glass and aluminum MacBook. We sullied it on your behalf, but our initial impressions mostly positive: it's small, incredibly, ridiculously solid feeling, and we actually don't hate the all-clicking trackpad much at all. (If your thumb muscle memory makes you click at the bottom where the button used to be, it works and feels pretty much the same.) Of course, the glare of the glass screen is a MAJOR issue for us, and will be pretty much forever. There's just no way we'll be able to love it, so our eyes will be peeled for after-market add-ons to cut that down a bit. But in terms of the rest, it's pretty clear this is the best MacBook -- and best mainstream consumer laptop -- Apple's made to date.
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Filed under: Announcements
For obvious reasons, we're not really big believers in optimizing Engadget for individual devices or platforms. Despite the unrelenting number of requests for an iPhone-optimized version of Engadget, we thought we'd let Apple stand by its whole "the real internet in your pocket" thing. And then we ran the numbers. We could hardly believe it.
So far in 2008, the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod touch account for some 95.8% of all mobile views on the site. We're not even kidding. It's pretty hard to argue with something like that, so we're rolling out a new beta version of Engadget optimized for the iPhone at
i.engadget.com. (Don't worry, we'll still be keeping
m.engadget.com active, too.) Please feel free to let us know what you think in comments!
Oh, and for the stats nerds in the audience, you can check out Engadget's mobile device breakdown after the break.
Continue reading i.engadget.com - Engadget for your iPhone or iPod touch
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Filed under: Transportation
Our Deutsche is a little rusty, but Spiegel's got a hard-hitting, um,
sounding story on
Segway safety -- specifically regarding what happens when one hits a stationary object or falls off of one while riding it at full speed. Hey Spiegel, why don't you try the same test with one of those bicycle contraptions we hear Europeans are so in love with? We have a feeling you might be slightly more horrified by the results.
[Via
AutoblogGreen, thanks Nate]
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