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The Golden Compass
2007-12-31 16:37:00 The Golden Compass owes a lot to 2005?s The Chronicles of Narnia. Like Narnia, it is a game based on a film based on a fantasy novel, and it even goes so far as to summarily lift hunks of gameplay directly from the older title. Yet for some reason, the designers picked all of the ... More About: Gaming , The Golden Compass , Golden Compass
LG?s colorful KH1800 slider
2007-12-31 16:36:00 Oh, we get it, the oranges are in the picture because the phone has orange on it! Funny. Anyhoo, LG?s KH1800 will never see the light of day outside South Korea ? at least, not in this exact form ? but for the domestic folk, you get a 13.3mm thick slider with a flashy ... More About: Colorful , Slider
Turn Your SD Card Into An IDE Drive
2007-12-26 12:19:00 If you?ve ever wanted to use a flash memory card to run your PC?s operating system, you?re not alone. Flash memory has proven itself to be fast, quiet and less susceptible to damage due to shock and vibration. The easiest way I have found to do this with an SD/MMC card would be to use ... More About: Computers , Card , Drive , Turn
DVD Coach Single-Target Portable DVD Duplicator
2007-12-26 12:18:00 This is a great little device for ?that friend of yours? who?s always copying DVDs or CDs. The DVD Coach from EZ-Dupe looks to be about as large as the first personal CD players to hit the market, but includes 2 drive trays allowing you to copy DVDs or CDs without the need for a ... More About: Technology , Portable , Target , Single
LG Viewty Debuted in Korea
2007-12-19 09:23:00 LG Electronics unveiled the long-awaited Korea n edition of its Viewty phone, which was previously launched in Europe in October. The Viewty is LG’s first high-tech category phone, in contrast to the company’s popular Black Label Series of design-focused handsets with emotional appeal. Armed with a 5.0-megapixel camera with certified Schneider-Kreuznach lens and manual focus, this full ...
Pink LG Venus Hits Verizon Wireless Stores
2007-12-19 09:22:00 Starting today the LG Venus , from Verizon Wireless , is available in pink. An ideal handset for the fashionista, the Venus’ sleek slider design now comes in a sparkly pink finish with the same mobile features available on the popular black Venus. The LG Venus features a 2.0-megapixel camera, VZ Navigator capability, a microSD memory slot that ... More About: Pink , Verizon Wireless
Palm Treo 755p Launched for Verizon Wireless
2007-12-19 09:21:00 Verizon Wireless today announced the online availability of the Palm Treo 755p smartphone. The device will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Jan. 7. Compared to its Treo 700p predecessor, the Treo 755p has a sleeker design with an internal antenna and a soft-touch feel. Featuring a large, high-resolution, color touch-screen for quick stylus access ... More About: Verizon
BMW X6 Sport Activity Coupe to debut at Detroit
2007-12-19 09:19:00 BMW?s big Detroit debut will be the production X6 Sport s Activity Coupe (unsurprisingly, BMW avoids the somewhat unbecoming ?SAC? acronym), which will be arriving in US showrooms sometime during the second quarter of 2008. When it does, buyers get two flavors to choose from. The xDrive50i is powered by a new twin-turbo, direct-injected 4.4L V8 pumping ... More About: Debut
World?s first Penryn ultra-portable : Fujitsu?s 12.1-inch LOOX R
2007-12-19 09:19:00 That unassuming little 12.1-inch laptop is Fujitsu ?s LOOX R ultra-portable. It weighs in at 1.27-kg (2.8-pounds) with an LED backlit 1,280 x 800 display, up to 4GB or memory and 120GB of disk, dual-layer DVD writer, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 a/b/g WiFi, SDHC slot, Firewire, fingerprint sensor, PCMCIA, and more. Lots to like already. Now this: ... More About: Computers , World , Portable , Ultra
A world?s first HD DVD-RW drive in a laptop
2007-12-17 21:59:00 Notice anything special about that laptop up there? No besides it?s monstrous footprint. Right, a world?s first HD DVD-RW drive in a laptop. Otherwise, it?s the same 17-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Qosmio G40 we know and love now topping out with a 2.2GHz T7500 Core 2 Duo, up to 400GB of disk and 4GB ... More About: Computers , World , Laptop , Drive
Toshiba?s Portege G910 / G920 go FCC
2007-12-17 21:58:00 Probably because it?s not that big of a player in the domestic cellphone space, Toshiba may not be familiar with all the ins and outs of FCC confidentiality agreements, as evidenced by its testing subcontractor leaving tons of juicy photos of the unannounced Portege G910 / G920 smartphones in those devices? recently-declassified applications. Tosh?s blunder ...
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
2007-12-17 21:57:00 There?s something about high-fantasy settings that just seems to work well for massively multiplayer games. We?re not sure if it?s the pointy ears on the elves, but for some reason, the addictive gameplay of online role-playing games?the fighting, the questing, the looting, and the adventuring with other like-minded players?seems to go hand in hand with ... More About: Gaming , Adventures , Conan , Age of Conan , Ventures
Centro, i760 best designed phones
2007-12-08 22:57:00 Although ?innovative? isn?t exactly the word we chose to use when summing up Palm?s Centro , apparently the public at large sees things a little differently ? or, so says this report, anyway. According to a buyer behavior writeup from Strategy Analytics, the Centro ?attracted the most attention from nearly half of the tested US consumers ... More About: Phones
Samsung?s F250 slider
2007-12-08 22:56:00 If you?ve been dreaming of a sleek, stylish new slider from Samsung , look no further than the company?s Russian site. Sure enough, the aforementioned location is where the F250 is being debuted (its stop in the FCC?s database notwithstanding), and we?re seeing that the 94- x 46- x 17.5-millimeter device is designed with music lovers ... More About: Slider
Sharp?s LC-32GP3U gamer centric LCD
2007-12-08 22:55:00 Sharp was liberal with the specs this morning on its new LC-32GP3U gamer-centric LCD, but left out the press shots ? our favorite part. All is mended now, and while the design isn?t particularly stunning, we remain wholeheartedly in support of the hardware on this 32-inch 1080p set. More shots after the break. More About: Computers , Gamer , Sharp , Sharp S
NCAA March Madness 08
2007-12-08 22:54:00 After a prolific freshman season at Texas, Kevin Durant is getting acclimated to the level of competition in the NBA. Judging from Durant?s 20 points per game average through the first 18 games, he isn?t having problems adjusting. We had a chance to catch up with KD after practice and talk to him about ... More About: Gaming , March Madness , March , Madness
HTC Shift slightly delayed
2007-12-08 22:53:00 HTC hasn?t been terribly forthcoming about this, since its ?official? launch date for the Shift ? at least in Europe ? was November. but we gave them a ring today and they say the UMPC should be shipping in Europe and Asia in about a week, and Stateside in about a month. Nice and vague, ... More About: Computers
?Fastlane? Future Car
2007-12-08 22:45:00 Now here?s a Fiero bodykit that?s worthwhile. TransFX, a California-based custom car maker responsible for several GM concepts as well as lots and lots of Batman?s cars, boats, and planes, built four of these bodies for a Universal Studios project. Designed to be mounted on a stretched Fiero chassis, only a single roadgoing version exists, ... More About: Future
NFL Tour
2007-12-08 22:44:00 Why exactly EA took the NFL Street series out behind the shed only to replace it with the upcoming NFL Tour is anybody?s guess. After all, as arcade football games go, the Street series had its charms (as well as its flaws). Regardless, the folks at EA Sports Big must have felt as if a ... More About: Gaming
LG?s Rhapsody in Music LG-LB3300 slider
2007-12-08 22:43:00 Mark Levinson ? heard of him? Probably not unless you?re an up-market, audio consumer or Lexus driver with optional Mark Levinson sound system installed. Now he?s teamed up with LG on this, ?The Rhapsody in Music Phone.? Known less hyperbolically as the LG-LB3300. The slider brings an LED-lit touch-wheel to get you disco on, 1GB ... More About: Slider
Pixel Lab intros Prism-esque RippleNote T7700 laptop
2007-12-08 22:42:00 We can?t exactly say we were expecting a Korean company to up and create a laptop that matches perfectly with your Nokia 7500 Prism , but lo and behold, Pixel Lab has done the unthinkable. The Ripple Note T7700 stays true to its name, rocking a textured lid and an all black design that will certainly have ... More About: Computers , Laptop
Nokia 6263 Arrives to T-Mobile
2007-12-06 22:49:00 T-Mobile today announced the Nokia 6263, a classic clamshell designed for consumers who want to have the latest features such as email capability with support for attachments, a 1.3-megapixel camera with video recorder and a music player. The 6263 features a fold-style design, a 2.2-inch 16.7 million color QVGA primary display, large exterior mounted music keys ... More About: T-Mobile , T Mobile
Motorola Z6c World Slider Released for Verizon Wireless
2007-12-06 22:46:00 Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the Motorola Z6c World Edition, an eye-catching dual-mode GSM / CDMA slider. The slim Z6c adds global connectivity, comes with advanced mobile phone technology and multimedia features, and is available in Verizon Wireless Stores on Dec. 12. For customers traveling within the GSM network coverage area outside of the ... More About: Verizon
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball
2007-12-06 22:44:00 Earlier today, during a meeting with representatives from Blazing Lizard and Gamecock, we had an opportunity to get our hands on Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball for the first time. Currently scheduled for release via Xbox Live Arcade early in 2008, the game pits two teams of up to four players against each other on ... More About: Gaming , Irate
Dell launching Latitude XT tablet PC on the 11th
2007-12-06 22:44:00 Oh, your holiday shopping budget just took a turn for the worse, dinnit? We?ve gotten a slew of reports from sources all agreeing that Dell intends to launch its forthcoming Latitude XT tablet PC on the 11th (next Tuesday). You already know the rest, we?ll see you next week for the launch of tablet PC ... More About: Computers , Tablet
Porsche announce the new factory-developed aero for your 997 Turbo
2007-12-06 22:43:00 Porsche announced today that a new factory-developed aero kit is available for the 997 Turbo . If you?re placing a new car order, adding the kit will tack an additional ?4,500 to the bottom line. (Existing Turbo owners can acquire the unpainted, uninstalled kit as an aftermarket item for ?4,100, as well.) The added expense gets ... More About: Porsche , Factory , Anno
Samsung?s SP-A400B DLP projector
2007-12-06 22:42:00 We?ve already seen Samsung ?s SP-A400B DLP projector floating around the more Germanic parts of Europe. Thing is, we forgot to tell you. So here it is, the pretty half-sister to the curvaceous SP-A800B 1080p DLP. Samsung?s trying to convince us that it belongs in either the boardroom or home theater. Know what? We agree. While ... More About: Technology , Projector
Roewe, SAIC?s renamed Rover ?SUV?
2007-12-06 22:41:00 Roewe , SAIC?s renamed Rover , has an SUV in the works. Details are scant, though it?s reportedly based on a Ssangyong model. We think the Ssangyong Kyron is hiding under the Roewe?s handsome sheetmetal. The Kyron carries its Mercedes-esque styling atop a ladder frame and off-road capable 4WD componentry, so Roewe?s new SUV should be able ...
Samsung readying ?Ace? SPH-i325 smartphone for Sprint
2007-12-06 22:40:00 From a distance, this thing looks just a little too much like the BlackJack (the old one, not the new) for comfort ? but when you zoom in a bit, it looks like Samsung ?s spinning a few cute touches into its SPH-i325 ?Ace? for Sprint . Mobiledia has this one pegged for the first quarter of ... More About: Smartphone
Pogo Stylus touchscreens and styli iPhone
More articles from this author:2007-12-05 17:27:00 We kinda thought that the iPhone?s interface was designed to be used and mastered without so much as a fleeting moment of longing for a pointing implement ? once you get past the keyboard?s growing pains. anyway ? but we suppose the automatic mental association between touchscreens and styli can be a tough one to ... More About: Music , Iphone , Pogo , Stylus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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