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The Daily Engadget: iPhone Goes Flying, Cigarette Lighter Phone

by Tim Stevens on July 17, 2009 at 09:20 AM

The Daily Engadget: iPhone Goes Up Up and Away, A Cigarette Lighting Phone
Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff. For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

iPhone 3GS Goes on an RC Flight
We knew the iPhone 3GS was flying off store shelves, but not quite like this. A model hobbyist strapped one of the new iPhones to a remote-controlled plane and recorded the results. It's noisy, blurry, and nerve-wracking -- but worth a look.

Cell Phone Packs Cigarette Lighter
We have our doubts about this one, but if it's real it could be the biggest step forward in cell phone tech since text messaging: a handset with a cigarette lighter. Sure beats the Zippo iPhone app.

Blu-Ray Celebrates 91-Percent Sales Increase
Despite all the doom and gloom predicted for the Blu-ray format of high-definition movie discs, plenty of people are buying them. Sales are up 91-percent for Blu-ray in the first-half of 2009.

No Black Wii for the U.S.
Proving once again that Japan gets all the cool stuff, Nintendo has broken the hearts of many an American gamer by indicating that it has "no plans" to release the special edition ebony-colored Wii console in the U.S.

Tracking Your Trash Online
Think that coffee cup just magically disappears when you throw it in the trash bin? Think again. Scientists are tracking where trash winds up and posting it online, with the hopes of making people think a little more before tossing something they might be able to re-use.

EVGA's InterView Multi-Monitor Reviewed
If you spend a lot of time computing while someone is sitting opposite you at a desk, EVGA's InterView dual-monitor articulating display may be for you -- for everyone else, go ahead and spend your $650 somewhere else.

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