Filed under: Household

Going out for coffee is so pre-recession, right? Either way, what you see above is a purported rendering of Philips’ next-generation Senseo coffee system, which actually looks to be taking a step backwards in the design department. Not that we have anything against non-futuristic styling — just an observation, is all. We know, at least a handful of you are already champing at the bit to yell “FAKE1one!,” but really, who spends time creating a mockup of a java machine? And besides, aren’t all the good designers working up those derisory iPhone nano images?

[Thanks, GPFransen]

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Filed under: Handhelds

You’re already well aware that Apple and Starbucks are buddy-buddy on at least some level, but this application would really cement their friendship. Quickorder, as you can probably imagine, would enable iPod touch users to swing by their local Starbucks, order up their favorite drink and avoid a good deal of that always questionable human interaction. Granted, what you’re peering at above is still a mockup for now, but it’s brimming with potential, no? Hit up the read link for lots more pics.

[Via DVICE]

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Filed under: Laptops

When we saw Spicu’s Air-inspired MacBook Pro mockup last week, we asked if you could guys could do better. In terms of true-to-reality, the jury’s still out until Apple hits us with the truth, but when it comes to “imagination” and “rainbows,” you guys win in a landslide. Up top we have the MacBook Pro touch from Alex W, who slapped an exterior touchscreen onto the MacBook Pro’s lid for maximum optimism. Check out the gallery below for the rest of the entries so far, with descriptions if they sent ‘em. Thanks so much to everybody who participated, and be sure to check in next time when we prototype new facial hair configurations for the Engadget staff — sure to be a riot.

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Filed under: Gaming

Good gawd y’all, we don’t normally bother with fan renders and mockups, but excepting the awkward placement of the L and R triggers there’s almost nothing about this PSP re-visioning that leaves us wanting. Gank that UMD, add some flash memory, and this is our be-all end-all fantasy portable gaming device — that will likely never ever be made.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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Filed under: Features, Laptops

It was inevitable, Apple’s got a bit of a new laptop design direction in the MacBook Air, and nothing’s going to stand in the way of the hordes of MacBook Pro Photoshops to follow. This one here is from spicu, and we’re afraid it leaves some proportionality “to the imagination,” but it’s as good we’ve got so far. Think you can do better? Submit yours to contests at engadget dawt com with “MBP mockup” in the subject and we’ll get a little gallery going. Optimists have Apple launching an update in February, and while that rumor might be a tad sketchy at the moment, there’s no better time than the present to make a bid for Photoshop greatness. Optometrists think you shouldn’t look at the computer screen so much. Oh, and there’s nothing up for grabs for the best mockup, only pride.

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Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

So, if you’ve been paying any attention to tech news over the past few days, you have probably seen an Apple UMPC rumor floating around. The cats behind these latest whisperings seem to be super-duper whizzes with Photoshop and possess pretty active imaginations. Apparently, when they heard that people were speculating on a new type of touchscreen Apple device, they decided to whip up a couple of specs, the not-so-tasty image above, and a dust cloud of hype based off of a post made on a personal — yet largely unread — Apple news blog. It seems to have worked, save for one small problem: there isn’t one verifiable or reliable piece of information in the whole thing. Maybe Steve Jobs will see the mock-up and decide to make this thing for real so we can all get a sweet new device — but really just so the rumor-starters in question won’t be proven wrong.

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Filed under: Features, Handhelds, Wireless

So we were doing some followup research on yesterday’s post about the upcoming mylo 2 Personal Communicator, when we happened to stumble upon the picture you see above, first posted in the beginning of October by qj.net. Part of an article sourcing someone claimed to be “close to Sony.” this supposed mockup of the second-generation mylo immediately struck us as having an almost identical form factor to the FCC render that we just saw. And sure enough, as you can see after the break, a little resizing magic does indeed show the two outlines lining up pretty closely — although not perfectly. Hmm…if this is in fact the production version of the mylo 2, what does that PlayStation-style typeface on the keyboard say about the device’s features, we wonder?

[Image courtesy of qj.net]

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