Free TUAW iPhone app -- try it now!
AOL Tech

Engadget

FEATURES: Holiday Gift Guide 3D tech comes home
  • DJ
  • Member Since Aug 20th, 2008
Blog Activity
Blog# of Comments
Autoblog229 Comments
Luxist81 Comments
Engadget41 Comments
Engadget HD16 Comments
Autoblog Green1 Comment
Holidash News3 Comments

Recent Comments:

ITA and posted the same comment earlier. The angle and size of the grille, the cut of the headlamp bezels and the blacked out C-pillar all scream A7 to me.
What about the A7??? The C-pillar looks completely fake, indicating more of a 4-door coupe design, thus the A7.
Gorgeous home, beautiful decor, and fantastic outdoor living spaces! Very warm, very livable.

Note to "the designer" - they now make very thin flat panel TV's and accessories for hiding them. Other than the wallpaper in a few rooms, the TV's stick out like a sore thumb.
This is gonna sound weird, but I find the pricing to be a little on the low side.

For example, if I purchase this, my total cost for two years (29 x12 = $348) + $500 equals $848. If I buy a 3G enabled network data plan from ATT/Verizon/Sprint at $60 per month, my cost over two years is $1440. I realize the network plan offers greater freedom and flexibility, but that's a huge price difference.

Oh that's right.........ATT AND THE REST ARE RAPING US ON DATA PLAN CHARGES!
Now that Penske's deal to buy Saturn went bust, apparently they are looking to cherry pick the very best Saturn dealers and locations. Most of the facilities are fairly new, only 5 to 10 years old, in better demographic areas and best if all, cheap to buy!
Is it just me or does everyone else see a lot of a certain Jon Lovitz character in the Veep?

Biden: "Yeah, while having coffee at Starbucks the other day, Henrick told me they were going to build 10,000, no I mean 100,000, no no it's a MILLION cars in Dealaware."

"Yeah, that's it, a MILLION cars."

"And and, uh, I'm going to get the first one. Yeah, and um I'm gonna paint it green. It's a green car you know."

"Yeah, that's it, a green car"

"I'm designing the car too, yeah that's it."

"It's gonna have not four doors, but 6 doors." Yeah, 6 doors, that's it." "And I'll make it run on air, hot air. Cuz I know all about hot air."
I wonder how or where Mazda fits into all of this? Given that Ford no longer owns enough stock in Mazda to have the controlling interest and that some of Ford's, Volvo's and Mazda's small car platforms were co-developed, do they have some veto power in this agreement? Afterall, the LAST thing that Mazda wants someone knocking off it's cars at a much lower cost in China.
What they were really saying:

"Ford's objective in our discussions with Geely is to force an agreement with the Sweish government that is in the best interests of all the parties," said Lewis Booth, Ford Motor Company executive vice president and chief financial officer. "Any prospective sale to Geely would result in Volvo moving resources, including thousands of jobs to China, necessary to further strengthen the business and build its global franchise, while enabling Ford to continue to focus on and implement our core ONE Ford strategy. Only through extensive infusions of capital and tax breaks by the Sweish government can this action be avoided."
Looks like Jaguar, along with Saab, are going to take the lower production, higher margin route in the future in order to survive.

I love the concept too, although not thrilled to see the "blacked out" C pillar, a la the new XK,becoming a Jag design signature. Also, Jag needs to raid the LR parts bin for a solid AWD drive system.
Having had granite coutertops for over 15 years, I think I can safely offer a little guidance here.

The absolute BEST way to clean them is to use a small amount of Dawn liquid, very hot water and a soft cloth. I know this is contrary to what was stated above but it works. The Dawn will remove all of the harmful oils and dirt. Once clean, use a clean wet cloth to remove any residue and then apply a daily/weekly granite polish/sealer, many of which can be found in discount or hardware stores. You will have a good as new mirror shine. And as stated above, use a sealer on an annual basis.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"With all the new multitouch capable monitors coming out, which one is the best? With the release of Windows 7 I really want a touchscreen monitor for my desktop. I'm looking to get a Full HD monitor that supports multitouch and can still look great during gaming and movies. Which one has the best specs for the price?"

Boss of the Year Entry Form

Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.