Customizeable Jabra Bluetooth Headset

Everything nowadays is all about being unique, having your own personal style when it comes to your personal electronic gadgets. But when you’re in the market for a Bluetooth headset, you’ve had the choice between boring, boring and more boring.

Now, you actually have a choice. Jabra has come out with the Jabra BT160 headset

which features not one, not two but thirty-three different cover designs included in with the headset package. If that weren’t enough for you, Jabra has given you the ability to design your own Jabra BT160 headset, even being able to use your own uploaded design.

On the technical side of things, you have 8 hours of talk time or 110 hours of standby time to get you through most days of use.
Microphone type: 6mm omni-directional

Battery type: Rechargeable lithium polymer.
Supported special features:

• Answer/end call


• dial*


• Last number re-dial*


• Reject call*


• Call waiting alert tone*

* Subject to phone and/or network type
Bluetooth compliance:

• Bluetooth version 1.2 specifications


• Supported Bluetooth profiles:


• Bluetooth headset and hands-free profiles

Operating range: Up to 10 metres (30 feet)


Talk time: Up to 8 hours (subject to phone)

Stand-by time: Up to 110 hours

Charging time: Approximately 2 hours

Weight: 16 g (0.56oz.)

Dimensions: L6.3cm (21/2”) x W2.6cm (1”) x D1.2cm (1/2”)

Materials: Primarily thermoplastic polyurethane and polycarbonate plastics

The sturdiest flash card from I-O Data

I-O Data Company considers that the information on your flash-card should be kept as safe as it is possible.. And impossible. That is why their new invention is HDMC - a sturdy 16 GB flash card.

At first, it is waterproof. Then, it is steady to falls and different kinds of blows. And the third point is that low temperatures don't influence the flash at all.


I don't know if it is really important, but nothing happens to it if it is at the depth up to 1 meter in the water, but no more than half an hour. Can you imagine that while testing it was thrown from 1.2 meter height and even frozen? The results of the tests were brilliant. But there is an interesting question: are they testing all the flash cards that way? If not, can we turn the card back if something happens to it after our tests?


Unfortunately, I can't really answer the question what this flash card was created for. Maybe for businessmen, whose information is often very important, but in that case the company had forgotten that the flash card can be simply lost or stolen! In that case they should add there a signalling. Why not?


Anyway, I don’t see much of a need for such a sturdy flash-card. It was done for selected people. They can take it with them almost everywhere: while diving, mountaineering and bailing out!


But the idea is nice and progressing, it looks like it is a flash card of a new generation.

Lipstick walkman

Without a doubt, a girl's purse is the most enigmatic thing ever seen on Earth. It includes everything, beginning from a lip-gloss, continuing with a perfume and ending with a pair of cute warm pink socks for any eventuality.


Do you wonder if there is a whole world in this bag? Not yet. One thing still missing is the new lipstick walkman. This gadget is for those who adore music but still need some space left in the purse, God knows for what. It surely leans towards the female population due to its glossy body.

The NW E013, weights mere 2.8grams and has a size of a lipstick tube
. It is available in black, violet, blue, gold and of course pink, so there is no trouble in associating it with any of those hundreds and hundreds of bags.


Has a bright LCD display, a full color three-line screen, allowing an easy navigation.


In a few words, it represents 1GB storage space for MP3, WMA, AAC, ATRAC encoded 700 tracks, which may be copied over from a PC. Thanks to its built-in battery, the walkman plays music for 30 hours on a single charge.

The player's 2.0 USB may be revealed just by flipping up its cap. It has a clear stereo and a clear bass sound enhancement system that makes a superb quality sound.


Be yourself and don't change your habits.

AudioEngine A2 Speaker Review

October 24th, 2007





It really is true!

What’s that you say? I can’t hear you over the AudioEngine A2s!

I said the ‘Audioengine A2’s are a clear representation of good things do come in small sizes’.

I won’t dispute that the price tag ($199) is a little steep for a pair of computer or book shelf speakers, but where can you find Kevlar, a glossy finish, and self powered for that price. Furthermore, I was pleasantly surprised by AudioEngine’s packaging job. They took it a step further and placed the necessary cords in suede like bags (see pics). They also provided the headphone-to-headphone cord in two different lengths - which in my experience is the least likely of cords one would have lieing around - although I noticed that the headphone jacks aren’t iPhone compatible (errr - more upset with Apple). Ok moving on…

Performance

The AudioEngine A2’s deliver some top notch sound. The timbre quality is almost there, but simply lack the final finish because of their small size. Put it up to any ‘tower speaker’ and judge them on a sliding scale and they’re sure to compete, if not beat. The bass ports on these things are super slim and can literally blow your hair back (check out the below video). I ran the A2’s off my Macbook - figured why not since they’re intended for computers and iPods - and cranked the volume to max. With my iTunes and computer at max volume I did manage to achieve some minute distortion in the highs, but was once again pleasantly surprised with how well they held out. The bass held tight but couldn’t hit the low-lows you’d experience from a dedicated subwoofer (no surprise there considering the speakers frequency range).



Design

These things are rock solid. The glossy finish and sans grill look is killer. As a result they’ll fit in with the professor’s bookshelf or on the dorm room desk lined with beer cans. The slim bass ports are a nice touch, and reduce speaker size all the while maintaining sound quality. Kevlar ain’t so bad either. This insures long lasting woofers that shouldn’t blow for ‘time to come’.
Conclusion

I gotta give it to AudioEngine. They’ve built a solid pair that rock out some top notch sound quality at l-o-u-d. The buzzing in the power pack/converter (not in the speakers/audio) was a little disconcerting, but hopefully an isolated incident and not a representation of poor grounding (not sure exactly how this would work but in my experience this is the case). The lack of the USB plug (aka iPod/iPhone) hookup is a little annoying, but considering the other options available (RCA or headphone) I really can’t make a good case. I am gonna have to mark the AudioEngine A2’s with a ‘buy’!

Update: The buzzing in the power supply seems to have subsided. I spoke with the founder of AudioEngine and they’ve sold hundreds without a reported problem. I am going to write it off as an isolated incident.

• 2 audio inputs (RCA and mini-jack)


• Built-in power amps (left speaker)


• Kevlar woofers for super low end


• Silk tweeters for smooth highs


• High-quality speaker connectors


• Auto-sleep power-saving mode


• Hand-built cabinets with high-gloss finish


• Video-shielded


• All cables included


• 3 year warranty on parts and labor


• 60w peak power total


• 65Hz - 22kHz


• Speaker size (WHL) 10.5″ x 15″ x 7″

Available directly from AudioEngine

Gadgetreview 10% off discount here.

Sony Refreshes Cyber-shot T-series with 8MP DSC-T2

Sony's Cyber-shot T-series has just seen a refresh in the form of the new DSC-T2. The 8MP eccentric colored dresser will have a 4GB internal storage capacity, Memory Stick Duo / PRO Duo card slot for memory expansion, 3 x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, tasty 2.7" 230k pixel LCD touchscreen and Sony's Super Steady Shot technology. The camera uses Sony's favored front sliding lens cover design, and we're loving the DSC-T2's kooky outlook on life. Checkout the gallery below:

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Yamaha Aims High With CD-S2000 CD Player and A-S2000 Amplifier

Yamaha targets a notch or two above the level of midrange audio consumers with this A-S2000 amplifier and CD-S2000 CD player, set to hit the Japanese market in mid-December of this year. The company upgraded components inside, including the PCM-1792 DAC (digital-to-analog converter) from Texas Instruments inside that CD player ($1466), a DAC that's a favorite of many audiophiles for its low-distortion translation of CD bits into analog audio. Those with golden ears will also like the way the designers strived to keep noise levels low by separating power supplies and amplification inside the 190-watts-per-channel power amp ($1834), too. And just look at the clean, unfettered design. Beautiful. [Audio Junkies]

Suzuki Biplane Pities Harley-Davidson

The Tokyo Auto Show is bringing us some wicked concepts, including this Suzuki Biplane motorcycle. Inspired by the classic biplane first introduced by the Wright Brothers, we're a bit confused exactly where the twin stacked wings fit within this redesign, but who knows, maybe Suzuki has made motorcycles fly. Not to mention, there's about a 50/50 chance that you could instantly turn into a super hero when sitting on this bike...which counts for something. Hit the jump for a big pic, or the link for a full gallery. [jalopnik]

First Apple OS X Leopard Reviews by The Mainstream (Verdict: It's Good)

Three reviews are in from USA Today, WSJ and NYT and they're all positive (though some more positive than others). That's Mossberg's video, above, but the rest of the reviews are summarized below.

USA Today Review: Ed Baig says it "hits all the right spots"—a obvious pun, but it gets right to the heart of his review. He continues to say that OS X is superior to Windows (especially with the latest iteration), but points out the Boot Camp feature for people who need both. Upgrading for him was super easy, as was using Time Machine for backing up or migrating files, the iChat video chat/theater, the upgraded Mail.app, and the improved desktop, Finder (file browser), and .Mac features. It reads like a shortened Leopard feature checklist with the praise preceding or following each item, which shows how much of a thumbs up Baig is giving the new OS.
Mossberg WSJ Review: After his headline ("Leopard: Faster, Easier Than Vista") and on a short history tour of Apple as a company, Mossberg moves on to say that while Leopard is good, it's evolutionary, and not revolutionary—but still manages to keep Apple's "advantage over Windows". He does have some gripes. He says the menubar is translucent (it's actually not, in the final version), the icons are "dull and flat and less atractive than Vista's" (we disagree), Time Machine, although described as "sexy", has limited backup locations. And that none of Apple's 300 new features are a major breakthrough. However, Leopard doesn't have any of the upgrade problems (when upgrading from Tiger) that Vista had from XP. Mossberg then goes into feature list mode, but ends by saying that Leopard isn't a must-have, it just adds a lot of value on an existing machine.

Pogue's NYT Review: After spending half the first page (and 1/4 of the whole piece) talking about how Time Machine works, Pogue moves on to Spaces, parental controls, Boot Camp, screen sharing, and iChat upgrades. Although backup features and virtual desktops have been around for a while, Pogue says the point of Leopard is that Apple takes all those apps, improves on them, and integrates them well into the OS. But he too has complaints.

Stacks are a bit awkward and inconsistent, see through menus are hard to see (he may be using an old version because the final version looks fine), as well as occasional glitches in Spaces and program switching. Final thoughts: it's polished and offers few disappointments. Looks like a buy from Pogue.

ET:QuakeWars - Linux Client is now available

In case you missed the official announcement, ETQW Linux Client is now available to download. You do need the full retail DVD to complete the installation though. The client itself is really small at 18MB, so need to work out if they actually preloaded some OS compatilibty stuff on the DVD pre-release.

Another issue, it only runs in 32bit mode, so if you have a x86_64 install - you will need the compat libs along with their deps. My main gaming machine is i686, but my primary laptop is x86_64 ( the Acer Ferrari 4005 ) and I will at some point install the game there as well. So a list of rpms required on centos-5 to make it work will get posted here soon'ish :)

Based in the UK and looking for the retail DVD for ETQW ? Amazon.co.uk have a decent deal going.

Anyway, my download is done, need to install and trial the game now. But first, rugby. Gota get my beer, and gota get in front of a big TV!

Apple shipped 1,119,000 iPhones in Q4 2007

Sure, Apple's profitability and viability is based on any number of factors, but there's one figure that analysts have been training their calculators on for months that has finally seen the light of day: Apple sold 1,119,000 iPhones in Q4 2007, which ended on September 29th, bringing the grand total to 1,389,000 since launch. That might meet or miss your expectations, but other sales bringing a smile to Jobs' face and a cha-ching to his wallet include a 34% growth in Mac sales year to year and a 17% growth in iPods year to year -- with 10.2 million iPods sold last quarter. The earnings call hasn't started just yet, so hopefully we'll get a few more juicy details on how much AT&T is chipping in to the bottom line these days.

Microsoft announces Xbox 360 Arcade, goodbye Xbox 360 Core

Oh our god you guys, Microsoft totally just blew our minds and officially announced this new version the Xbox called the Xbox 360 Arcade. It's like the Core, right? Except now it comes bundled with five arcade style games (Pac-Man, Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, and Uno), a wireless controller, HDMI, and a 256MB memory card for $280. (But like the Core, there's still no hard drive.) We so had no clue this was coming, Microsoft just completely, totally blindsided us. Damn you, Redmond, for being so very clever.

Gallery: Microsoft announces Xbox 360 Arcade, goodbye Xbox 360 Core

So how are you liking Ubuntu 7.10?

It's been almost a week since Ubuntu 7.10 was unleashed on the world, and to be honest, we're totally loving the Gutsy Gibbon over here at Engadget HQ. It's the Ubuntu we've been waiting for, nearly every element of the OS has been improved. Installation was a breeze, and pretty much everything is slicker, more stable, and easier to use than before. There's really no reason not to load it up on an old PC and try it out, just make sure you enable Advanced Desktop Effects and install a new theme (there are tons of them out there).

We're curious to hear how everyone else is liking it. Let us know in the comments if you've tried it out yet, and if you have, how it's been going.

HP Blackbird 002

Label us Luddites for resisting Windows Vista, but there’s no arguing the point that the new OS currently offers very little you can’t get faster with Windows XP. That goes double for games, which is why we’re baffled by HP’s decision to run Vista Ultimate on the groundbreaking Blackbird 002 gaming rig it sent us.

We’re equally surprised that HP sent us a machine it knew would blue-screen when going into suspend mode (and then leave it to us to discover this). Those two decisions are unfortunate because nearly every other facet of the Blackbird is utterly brilliant. Here’s proof that HP’s acquisition of VoodooPC was much more than an opportunistic move (by a company that many gamers dismiss as stodgily conservative and more appropriate for middle-aged newbs) to glom on to the cachet of a high-profile boutique PC vendor.

Actually, we’d argue that HP shed its old-fogey image months ago when it shipped the superbly designed TouchSmart IQ770 (reviewed April ’07). Although that desktop system is also limited to Vista, the embedded 17-inch touch-screen LCD justifies the decision (and you wouldn’t play games on it anyway).

The Blackbird is a different story. Although HP tells us consumers will be able to order machines with either XP or Vista, we review rigs as they are sent to us. As for the blue-screen issue, HP says it’ll have it fixed before you read this review.
Those issues aside, HP and Voodoo deserve high praise for building an exciting and innovative personal computer while using industry-standard parts for every key component. One glance at the all-aluminum case reveals that it’s highly customized; nonetheless, it will accommodate any ATX motherboard and any standard power supply.

Swinging open the side access panel, which easily lifts off its smooth-as-silk hinges, reveals an Asus Striker Extreme motherboard. In a ballsy move, HP adjusted Nvidia’s nForce 680i SLI BIOS to allow a pair of ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT cards to run in CrossFire mode—tweaking the noses of AMD and Nvidia in the process.

Removing the Blackbird's access panel reveals beauty that's more than skin deep.

Each of the Radeons is outfitted with 1GB of DDR4 RAM and cooled by an Asetek LCLC liquid-cooling system. The LCLC also wicks heat away from the 3GHz Intel QX6850 (Core 2 Extreme quad core), which HP overclocked to 3.76GHz. You can order a Blackbird with an X-Fi soundcard and an Ageia PhysX card, but our unit had neither (relying on Analog Devices’s Integrated Digital SoundMax HD Audio for sound, installed on a riser card to escape electrical noise on the mobo).

The Topower Computer TOP-1100W DVT power supply is rated to deliver 1,100 watts (the 2900 XTs, you’ll recall, are insatiable power hogs). The PSU is mounted at the bottom of the case, which is elevated by a large aluminum foot to allow cool air to enter the case from the bottom as well as the sides. Cable management is simplified by modular power plugs, but there’s more to it than that. The SATA cables for the hard drives, for example, are routed to a set of sockets mounted on an internal backplane. The drives are mounted on trays that slide into a rack and plug into this backplane.

Two vertically mounted slot-fed DVD burners are hidden inside the case’s heatsink-like grill, with only LED-lit eject buttons revealing their presence. The case can accommodate a third (tray type) optical drive next to the other two. An equally well-disguised pop-up module on top of the case harbors a 15-in-1 media-card reader, jacks for a headphone and mic, two USB ports, and a FireWire port.

Close this swing-out panel and its spring-steel strips will push installed PCI Express cards firmly into their slots.

We’re excited about many of the Blackbird’s innovations, but HP’s decision to send us a Vista PC severely undermined the machine’s gaming benchmark numbers (including a Quake 4 performance that was slower than our aging zero-point rig’s). “What about DX10?” you ask. “Pretty much irrelevant for now,” we say. And while we applaud the company’s decision to enable CrossFire on an nForce motherboard, our experience has been that Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 Ultra are both faster than the Radeon HD 2900 XT (although the GTX’s edge evaporates when running Vista).

Buy this machine and you won’t care which camp wins the next skirmish in the GPU wars because you’ll be covered either way—as rightly you should be. That’s just one of the features that endow the Blackbird 002 with such potential for greatness. Yes, this PC deserves so much better than Vista.

The Blackbird has the best access panel we've ever seen on a PC, with a chrome-plated latch, slick hinges, and a foam-rubber gasket that dampens all vibration-induced noise.

Raven

Awesome design using standard components; CrossFire running on nForce.

Craven

Videocard driver crash bug; unimpressive gaming performance (due to Vista).

SPECS
	HP Blackbird 002
CPU	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 quad core (3GHz overclocked to 3.67GHz)
MOBO	ASUS Striker Extreme (Nvidia nForce 680i SLI)
RAM	2GB Corsair Dominator XMS2 DDR2 (800MHz overclocked to 1,0066MHz)
LAN	Dual Gigabit LAN (Nvidia)
HARD DRIVES	Two 160GB WD Raptors (10,000rpm SATA) in RAID-0, one 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
OPTICAL	Two TSST TS-T632L DVD burners
VIDEOCARD	Two Ati Radeon HD 2900 XTs with 1GB GDDR4 memory in CrossFire
SOUNDCARD	Analog Devices Integrated Digital SoundMax HD Audio
CASE	HP Blackbird

BENCHMARKS
	HP Blackbird 002
SYSmark2004 SE	WNR
Premiere Pro 2.0	1,380 sec
Photoshop CS2	131 sec
Recode H.264	WNR
FEAR 1.07	130 fps
Quake 4	105.3 fps
Our current desktop test bed is a Windows XP SP2 machine, using a dual-core 2.6GHz Athlon 64 FX-60, 2GB of Corsair DDR400 RAM on an Asus A8N32-SLI motherboard, two GeForce 7900 GTX videocards in SLI mode, a Western Digital 4000KD hard drive, a Sound Blaster X-Fi soundcard, and a PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 850 PSU.

MacBook Pro in 24-carat Gold

Want to get a MacBook Pro laptop? What about this 24-carat gold MacBook Pro. The case of the MacBook Pro is 24-carat Gold, including the keyboard, with the Apple logo filled with diamonds.

One more picture after the jump.

[Product Page]

Sony Ericsson K630i Mobile Phone

Sony Ericsson announced the new K630i cellphone, a 3G handset with HSDPA. Sony Ericsson K630i features a 2-inch LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera, and an integrated media player supporting MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA and MPEG4, WMV, H.264, H.263 videos.

K630i  supports Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity. It comes with 32MB intenal storage and there is a Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory card slot.

[Sony Ericsson]

Dell Vostro 1500 Laptop Reviewed

Notebook Review has a review on the Dell Vostro 1500 notebook PC. Dell Vostro 1500 is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 120GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS (128MB) graphic card.

The  Vostro 1500 comes with a DVD SuperMulti DL burner or Blu-ray drive, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, a 15.4-inch LCD display, and a 8-in1 card reader.

NotebookReview’s Conclusion:

The Dell Vostro 1500 is a solid notebook with an impressive set of features at a value price. As the holiday buying season jumps into full swing the Vostro 1500 will certainly be a strong candidate for a small business or school notebook. The choice of processors, graphics cards, and other configuration options means that the 1500 can serve just about anyone’s needs. While the entry-level version of the 1500 with integrated Intel graphics lacks the power for serious gaming, the dedicated nVidia graphics card makes for a capable value gaming machine and mobile multimedia center. Given the fact that the Vostro 1500 is virtually identical to the Inspiron 1520, this notebook is an amazing value if you can live with a notebook that is available in only one color.

Bottom line, the Vostro 1500 is a solid notebook at a value price … and we can’t help but say that black is indeed beautiful.

Pros

* Fast Core 2 Duo processors, and up to 4GB of RAM provide plenty of system performance

* Dedicated graphics option performs well

* Still available with XP and zero bloatware!

* Solid build quality and sturdiness

* Good keyboard and touchpad

Cons

* Not-so-stylish design

* Lower-resolution screen isn’t great … select the higher resolution option

* Average battery life

* A bit bulky and heavy for a 15.4″ notebook

* Bad location for built-in speakers

Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone Most Feature-Rich Yet, and Now It's Real

This Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone is not the first cellphone in the form factor of a watch, and it's probably not going to be the last, either. Hyundai is apparently marketing this watch we showed you in the form of prototype last summer from Chinese company Cect. That's a lot of tech to pack into a small space, and this is the best looking watch phone we've seen yet, too.

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It's equipped with Bluetooth so you can walk around and look like you're talking to yourself, and then you can be sneaky and take some pictures with its 1.3-megapixel onboard camera. It even has an MP3 player, and if your eyes are sharp enough, it plays videos, too.

No pricing info was forthcoming yet, and we're not sure this is going to be available in the US, either, but it's a nice design exercise, and we can expect to see more of these kinds of watches Stateside before too long.

le Electronic Sensing Jewelry Blings Your Mood

Designed by Philips alongside Stella, a project that is developing flexible electronic substrates for the medical world, Skintile jewelry is an adhesive body adornment that can light up depending on your mood. Everything is contained in the substrate—energy supply, sensors, actuators and display, and Philips rather saucily claims that it is "arousal enhancing." Well, I guess if you wind the design below round your erect penis to signal that you've got a hard-on, then yes, I guess it is.

The Philips blurb describes it as a "semi disposable, bio compatible, non-allergenic, breathable, mass customizable, self contained body-worn accessory." And I'm guessing it's one for the ladies, although, if it really does reflect your mood, then I'd pass on it if you're prone to PMT, as it will probably turn black and start spelling out "Crazy-Assed Bitch. Leave now if you wish to survive." in Morse code. [Stella via Philips and Yanko]

Best Buy and Microsoft Get No Love From Supreme Court on Racketeering Charges

The Supreme Court ruled today that Microsoft and Best Buy would have to face a lawsuit alleging fraudulent sign-up of MSN customers, a crime that violates the Mafia-busting RICO anti-racketeering act. Here's the backstory:

In return for a $200 million strategic investment from Microsoft back in 2000, Best Buy promised to sign up customers to MSN when they bought a computer. Best Buy would grant the customer a free six-month MSN subscription, but they would use the buyer's credit card to secure the automatic re-bill of the subscription. In other words, they were transmitting customer credit cards and personal information to Microsoft. A 2003 lawsuit filed by James Odom alleged that this was, in fact, wire fraud.

The lawsuit has snowballed into a major class-action suit, with thousands of plaintiffs and potentially tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The Supreme Court decision didn't actually rule on the case, but it did confirm the legal legitimacy of the suit. [AP/Yahoo]

Leopard: final features and further upgrade details

We got a chance this morning to pose a few queries to Brian Croll, Senior Director of Mac OS X Product Marketing, about today's Leopard release announcement. Here's some of what he had to say, as well as some of the new features we're looking forward to in the next release.

Users who bought Apple machines from October 1st on can participate in Apple's Up-To-Date Program, which provides free Leopard upgrades (for $10 shipping).

Boot Camp's beta Assistant software expires at the end of 2007, meaning Tiger users that want to continue editing / creating Windows partitions on their Macs need to do so before January, or upgrade to Leopard. Post-January you'll still be able to boot to the partitions you've created, though.

Users shouldn't expect expanded sync capabilities between Mail.app and the iPhone, although it looks like you'll be able to read iPhone notes on your desktop machine now.

File system is, indeed, still HFS+; OS X now supports read-only ZFS, as we'd heard.

Don't forget to peep the new features / changes list on Apple's site.

Call us crazy, but with a 6:00PM Friday launch, we think you should expect lines -- but not for Apple to sell out.