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Nokia 3555 T-Mobile?s nascent 3G lineup
2008-03-19 10:00:00 Right on time, the Nokia 3555 flip has come to add precisely zero spice or flair to T-Mobile ?s nascent 3G lineup, a ragtag group of middling phones that currently includes the Samsung t639 and t819 along with the Nokia 6263. To be fair, the $50 price on contract is plenty easy on the pocketbook, but ... More About: T-Mobile , T Mobile , Lineup
Black Nokia N82 Unveiled with Nokia Sports Tracker
2008-03-19 09:54:00 Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N82 in stylish black, letting users geotag images captured on the integrated 5.0-megapixel camera. The 5.0-megapixel camera features a Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus with a dedicated assist lamp, fast reloading between shots and DVD-like quality video capture. Taking advantage of its integrated A-GPS functionality and high resolution camera, the ... More About: Sports , Nokia , Black , Tracker
BlackBerry 8120 Global Wi-Fi Device Unveiled for AT&T
2008-03-19 09:51:00 AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the BlackBerry Pearl 8120, a global handset with built-in Wi-Fi. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 features a large, ultra-bright 240 x 260 px display that supports more than 65K-colors - measures just 4.2″ x 2.4″ x 0.5″ and weighs 3.2 ounces. Combining BlackBerry email and messaging capabilities, the Pearl ... More About: Blackberry , Global , Device
HTC Mogul Update Adds EV-DO Rev A Data and GPS
2008-03-19 09:49:00 Sprint today announced a software upgrade for the Mogul , a Windows Mobile device packed with advanced wireless capabilities. EV-DO Rev. A technology supports faster data rates and higher system capacity letting users send and receive data at broadband speeds (comparable to basic DSL). Average download speeds will increase from 400-700 Kbps to 600 Kbps-1.4 Mbps and ... More About: Data , Update
Apple Tweaks iPhone for Business Uses
2008-03-19 09:47:00 Apple today unveiled tools for outside developers to make software programs for its iPhone, a move intended to widen the appeal of the multifunction device. Previewing the iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, Apple announced the beta release of the software, offering new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to ... More About: Business , Apple , Iphone
Levi?s Launches Denim-Inspired Cell Phone
2008-03-19 09:44:00 Levi’s today unveiled The Original, a classic monoblock cell phone. The front and back panels and keypad are made of high-quality steel, while the top is manufactured from soft plastic to be pleasant against the speaker’s ear. A diagonal pattern on the front and back ensures The Original doesn’t slip out from hands, while 12 miniature ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Denim , Levi
Yahoo onePlace Gathers Favorite Web Topics on Cell Phones
2008-03-19 09:43:00 Yahoo today unveiled onePlace, a bookmarking tool that lets users keep track of favorite Web topics on their cell phones. Based on using bookmarks to link to any piece of content, onePlace keeps information automatically updated as well as assigns categories and tags. Content is put in customized “collections” that users create - making it ... More About: Cell Phones , Phones , Cell , Topics
Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism Adds a Touch of Glamour
2008-01-29 12:37:00 Nokia unveiled its latest addition to the Prism Collection, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism. With its diamond-cut design and crystal center key, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism is aimed at design-conscious consumers, highlighting the geometric shapes and of the Prism Collection. Collaborating with creative designer Frederique Daubal, the unique laser-etched graphic designs, distinctive wallpapers and accessories, ... More About: Nokia , Touch , Glamour
Sexiest laptop around today, the MacBook Air
2008-01-29 12:35:00 It fits in a manila folder, you can slide it under a door, and if you threw it hard enough you could probably chop someone in half with the thing. It?s the thinnest, and if we may say so, sexiest laptop around today: the MacBook Air. But looks aren?t everything to everyone, and despite all ... More About: Computers , Laptop , Today , Macbook , Macbook Air
Burnout Paradise
2008-01-29 12:34:00 Is there any developer buzz term more meaningless these days than ?open-world gameplay?? Let?s face it, it?s kind of been done to death at this point, so you have to look on with a bit of skepticism when a developer touts the concept as the next big thing for its franchise. It?s understandable, then, if ... More About: Gaming , Paradise , Burnout , Burnout Paradise
Verizon?s pink BlackBerry 8130
2008-01-29 12:34:00 In case you?re too good (or too bad) for the original silver version, the previously outed pink variant of Verizon ?s BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is now available. Think of it as light red, if you will. Grab it for $199 on contract after rebate, and if you play your cards right (that is, sign up for ... More About: Pink , Blackberry
Universal Remote?s KP-900 RF keypad
2008-01-29 12:33:00 So do you go out and throw down on a fully-featured RF remote to control your home automation gizmos, or do you get one of those snazzy wall-mounted keypads installed to handle the same duties? Frankly, we?d recommend option C, which would involve picking up a device that operates as both depending on your mood. ... More About: Technology , Universal , Remote , Keypad
CybertronPC CM900 name to fall back on
2008-01-29 12:32:00 Sure, it looks like the Eee, it sports the same CPU as the Eee, heck, it even appears to use the Eee?s OS ? but it?s actually the CM900! What does that mean? Well for starters, you?ll pay more money for less computer ($349.99 for a 2GB system, the same price for a 4GB ASUS)? ... More About: Computers , Back , Fall
Nikon?s new Coolpix S550, S520, and S210
2008-01-29 12:32:00 Nikon?s new mid-to-low-enders land tonight, say hi to the Coolpix S550, S520, and S210. Casual photographers take note, only the S520 features optical stabilization, you?ll want to try and aim for that instead of messing with any of that electronic stabilization stuff. S550 - 10 megapixels, 5x zoom, electronic stabilization, 2.5-inch LCD, out February for $229 S520 ... More About: Nikon , Digital Cameras
Nikon?s Coolpix Pretty decent L18 for 8 megapixel camera
2008-01-29 12:31:00 Last up for Nikon this morning is their L18 compact point and shoot camera. Pretty decent, but standard specs here: 8 megapixel sensor, 3x Zoom-NIKKOR lens, 3.0-inch LCD, anti-shake AE (adjusts shutter speeds and ISO), face detection, and automatic red-eye correction. It also boasts a ?TV quality? movie mode which we?re assuming means VGA. Available ... More About: Camera , Digital Cameras , Coolpix
40GB Ceramic White PS3 for US consumption
2008-01-25 14:17:00 The FCC just approved the 40GB Ceramic White PS3 for US consumption. It?s apparently the same model announced for Japan back in October. Perfect for the living room laboratory if ever released this side of the Pacific. More About: Gaming , Consumption
Polycom unveils HDX 7000 HD video conferencing solutions
2008-01-25 14:17:00 Although Polycom just got around to shipping its HDX 4000 / 8000 HD video conferencing systems last month, you won?t catch this firm resting on its laurels ? oh no. Instead, it?s pushing out an entirely new series in its HD video portfolio, the HDX 7000. This one, which caters to small and medium-sized conference ... More About: Video , Technology , Solutions
Seagate?s 250GB laptop drive
2008-01-25 14:16:00 That does it. Seagate ?s 250GB Momentus 5400.4 laptop drive is now shipping. Spec-wise, it?s on par with Hitachi, Samsung, Western Digital, and Fujitsu and makes 9.5-mm high, 2.5-inch, 250GB disks spinning at 5,400RPM near ubiquitous. Seagate?s explanation for coming so late to the party? Easy, now is simply the right time. Whatever, just throw your ... More About: Computers , Laptop , Drive
Nokia?s 1209 and 2600 classic
2008-01-25 14:16:00 Doesn?t seem like that long ago that Nokia totally juiced its low-end offerings, but the world of inexpensive ear candy moves just as quickly as the rest of the market ? if not quicker ? and so the fleet is getting rejuvenated just a tad. The 1209 (pictured left) is naturally the lower end of ... More About: Classic
Alone in the Dark
2008-01-25 14:14:00 Director Uwe Boll was more than a little unkind to the Alone in the Dark franchise with his 2005 Christian Slater-powered cinematic schlockfest, but Atari is looking to restore this seminal survival horror series? good name in May with a new release, simply titled Alone in the Dark. The game will bring longtime hero ... More About: Gaming , The Dark , Alone In The Dark
Olympus loosed nine new shooters
2008-01-25 14:13:00 Basically just pre-PMA upgrades to existing models all around, Olympus just loosed nine new shooters. Almost all feature ?HyperCrystal? or ?HyperCrystal II? displays (not to be confused with hypercolor, dudes), facial recognition, OIS, high ISO modes, and a bunch of other stuff that every other camera company does now. Here?s the quick rundown. FE series (February) FE-310 ... More About: Digital Cameras , Shooters
Bird Electron?s EZ17-B speaker puts your old iPod nano
2008-01-25 14:13:00 Don?t pretend that you?ve ?thrown away? or ?misplaced? your old iPod nano / Shuffle case ? we know you Apple folk respect Cupertino?s packaging just as much as what?s inside (we kid, we kid). If you just so happen to have the case that your first- or second-generation nano / second- or third-generation Shuffle came ... More About: Music , Speaker , Ipod , Bird , Ipod nano
Pentax unveils compact Optio M50 digital camera
2008-01-25 14:12:00 If those high-end Pentax DSLRs aren?t your thing, then perhaps the company?s just-announced Optio M50 will be more to your (and your bank account?s) liking. Available in your choice of silver, blue or pink, this one boasts 8 megapixels and a slightly better than usual 5x optical zoom, along with a 2.5-inch LCD, ISO shooting ... More About: Digital Camera , Camera , Digital Cameras , Digital
Nokia?s 7900 Crystal Prism is now really, extra-super official
2008-01-25 14:12:00 Eww, it?s back. Nokia ?s 7900 Crystal Prism is now really, extra-super official with a scheduled Q1 2008 launch for ?375 (before taxes and subsidies). Besides sporting a slight redesign from that earlier pic, we now know that the 7900 packs WCDMA 2100/850 in addition to those quad-GSM bands, 2-inch OLED, and 2 megapixel CMOS camera. ... More About: Super , Extra , Official
Mystery supercar revealed as the MCE MC1
2008-01-25 14:11:00 Spy shots of a mystery car being tested in the UK last year caused quite a commotion. Many speculated its identity, with the upcoming return of the Lotus Esprit or a new Lotus sportscar being the odds on favorite. All of those guesses are incorrect, as the identity of the mystery supercar has been revealed ... More About: Supercar , Mystery
Amtek?s iTablet T221
2008-01-14 13:52:00 While Amtek is a bit short on history in the tablet and UMPC scene, the company seems to be making some pretty sweet moves. The latest from Amtek is this iTablet T221, which we found just as stylish in person as it looks in pictures. The version with the flush display is digitizer (pen) ... More About: Computers
Belinea s.book 1 Mini-Note, powered by Via?s miserly 1.2 GHz C7-M processor
2008-01-14 13:51:00 German hardware outfit Maxdata have converted Via?s simply named NanoBook prototype into the awkwardly named Belinea s.book 1 Mini -Note , powered by Via?s miserly 1.2 GHz C7-M processor.But just because it?s short on electricity (and branding smarts) doesn?t mean it?s totally watered down: you?ve got an 840×480 screen, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, and a DVI port all prettied ... More About: Computers , Processor
Sprint prepped to 5 megapixel Samsung SPH-M800
2008-01-14 13:50:00 Samsung is on a roll this morning, though this isn?t as official as the SGH-F490 announced a few minutes ago, but the branding suggest this will show up at Sprint . Sadly, the word is that the 5 megapixel cam found in the F490 has been replaced here with a 2 megapixel shooter, but it does ... More About: Samsung , Megapixel , Prep
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish replica
2008-01-14 13:49:00 In our day-to-day, we come across a fair number of replicars. Some are especially convincing, while others are just plain bonkers. Far more so than the Miata-based AMX07 we brought you back in 2006, this Aston Martin V12 Vanquish replica could have had us fooled. Made by Ontario, Canada-based Exclusive Motor Cars, this Aston replica is ... More About: Replica
iPhone of golf GPS technology
More articles from this author:2008-01-14 13:48:00 There?s certainly no shortage of GPS devices out there to aid your golf game, but the folks at uPlay seem to think they?ve got one to beat ?em all, with them even going so far as to tout their new uPro device as the ?iPhone of golf GPS technology.? Exactly what earns it that designation, ... More About: Technology , Golf , Iphone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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