Nintendo Wii U GamePad vs. tablets / game controllers: fight!

Posted on 14/11/2012 by Ben Gilbert

The Nintendo Wii U GamePad -- aka "that tablet-looking controller from Nintendo" -- is a strange beast. Perhaps that 6.2-inch resistive screen out front made you think it's a tablet? It's not a tablet. Perhaps those dual analog sticks and slurry of buttons made you think it's a game controller? It's certainly not just a game controller. Of course, that's not stopping us from making both comparisons. Below you'll find a hybrid of our usual "fight!" structure, with one gallery dedicated to comparing the Wii U GamePad against its distant tablet-based cousins, and another comparing the GamePad to its controller side of the family. Wondering just what we think of the GamePad and Nintendo's new console? We'll have a full review of the Wii U -- and its bizarre hybrid controller -- early next week. We've got some early impressions of what's already impressed us, and an extra close look at the Wii U game discs as well, if you just can't wait.

Gallery: Nintendo Wii U GamePad vs iPad Mini / Kindle Fire HD: fight!

Gallery: Nintendo Wii U GamePad / Pro Controller vs. Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 controllers

Joseph Volpe contributed to this report.

Filed under: Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo

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Tesla Coil Fight: Two Men Enter, Two Men Get Electrocuted

Posted on 06/11/2012 by Technabob

I’ve seen some pretty awesome videos involving Tesla coils over the years, but I have to say this is my new favorite. This video was captured at the recent Belfast Festival at Queens, Ireland, and it involves a couple of dudes going all Raiden on each other, firing bolts of electricity at one another.

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Check out the epic electric battle in the video clip below. (Note, there’s a little NSFW language from the audience.)

Pretty awesome, eh? I’m just glad it didn’t start raining during the performance.

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HTC’s Windows Phone 8X vs. the competition: fight!

Posted on 19/09/2012 by Daniel Cooper

HTC's unveiled a pair of Windows Phone 8 devices that seem destined to square off against Nokia's similarly polycarbonated handsets. You may not be able to easily pick 'em out of a crowd, but there's plenty of differences on the inside, and let's be frank, that's where it counts. We've pitted the Windows Phone 8 flagships from HTC, Samsung and Nokia against each other to see which one's going to be getting your cash when it comes to renewal time, and Round One begins just as soon as you jump past the break... ding, ding, ding.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile

HTC's Windows Phone 8X vs. the competition: fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Lumia 900… fight!

Posted on 05/09/2012 by Mat Smith

Both arriving in a fanfare of primary colors and big screens, we've already taken a look at the spec sheet breakdown, but how does the Lumia 920 compare to its predecessor in the looks department? In a battle of polycarbonate matte and gloss, we put them both into an Engadget editor's outstretched hands and let the photography do the talking.

Gallery: Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Lumia 900... fight!

Ben Gilbert contributed to this report.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile

Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Lumia 900... fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS PadFone, Transformer and Transformer Prime hang out under the sun

Posted on 12/06/2012 by Richard Lai

While cooking up our ASUS PadFone review, we decided to bring its Android tablet cousins together for a family portrait, because why not? Sadly, at the time of shooting these photos the Transformer Pad TF300 wasn't yet available in Hong Kong, so the original Transformer TF101 and the Transformer Prime TF201 will do for now. While you enjoy our gallery below, take a close look at how strikingly similar the keyboard docks for the TF101 and the PadFone are. Enjoy!

Update: Regarding readability under the sun (which is a fair question), the PadFone Station was almost just as good as that on the Transformer Prime -- both have an optional outdoor mode that boosts the screen brightness for this purpose, which is why they perform much better than the original Transformer.

Gallery: ASUS PadFone, Transformer and Transformer Prime hang out under the sun