Engadget RSS Feed http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2013 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Razer's Project Fiona hands-on (video)]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/hands-on-with-razers-project-fiona-video/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/hands-on-with-razers-project-fiona-video/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/hands-on-with-razers-project-fiona-video/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Breaking new ground in the nearly nonexistent market of "hardcore gaming tablets" with renders is interesting, but there's nothing quite grasping something tangible. Razer's project Fiona, for example, is something to grasp -- sporting twin joystick handles on either side, it begs to be held. We couldn't help but oblige, and dropped by Razer's CES booth for a few minutes with the bold Windows 8 slab. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan gave us the skinny -- read on get it yourself.

Gallery: Razer's Project Fiona hands-on

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]]> cesces 2012Ces2012core i7CoreI7dolby home theatre v4DolbyHomeTheatreV4Fionagaminggaming tabletGamingTablethands-onIntel Core i7Intel CorporationIvy bridgeIvyBridgeMicrosoft WindowsProject FionaProjectFionaRazerRazer tabletRazerTabletSci/TechSteamTHXvideoWindows 8Windows8 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52:00 -0500 21|20145652 <![CDATA[Slim Amazon Kindle 'Shasta' to be first with WiFi?]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/slim-kindle-shasta-to-be-first-with-wifi/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/slim-kindle-shasta-to-be-first-with-wifi/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/slim-kindle-shasta-to-be-first-with-wifi/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments You know what Amazon's Kindle doesn't have? No, we're not talking about color, the other thing. Right, WiFi. That looks set to change when the rumored slimster -- codenamed "Shasta" -- launches in August. The screencap above displaying the results of an internal Amazon device query shows entries for "Shasta" and "Shasta WiFi." That would seem to indicate that Amazon's next reader will launch in two flavors: WiFi + 3G and 3G-only (our source isn't sure). There's even an outside chance that one could be a WiFi-only device. Another grab after the break.

Oh, and here's an interesting footnote: the original Kindle was apparently codenamed "Fiona" after Fiona Hackworth in Neal Stephenson's novel The Diamond Age. Many of the names in the device list above -- Nell (the protagonist), Miranda (mother figure to Nell), and Turing (i.e., Turing Machines) -- are all related to that very same story. What we can't figure out is how the word "Shasta" fits into all this so lay it on us Cyberpunks if you know.

Update: Freddo411 seems to have nailed it in the comments: Shasta, Lassen, and Mazama are all volcanoes in the Cascades.

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