Archive for May, 2010
Monday, May 31st, 2010
You one of those unlucky folks who found out about the iPad's dislike of low-powered USB ports on standard PCs after you'd already pulled the trigger? Well, you can stop crying yourself to sleep nights and finally do something about it: Gigabyte, MSI, and ASUS have all come out with ...
Posted in Gadget News, iPad |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
If you are one of the few thousand people who own a Nokia N900, then sometime later this week Skype is going to offer you a ability to make two-way video calls on that device. You would be able to call any Skype user (whether on desktop or laptop) and ...
Posted in Apps, Nokia, Smartphones |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Pain expected to be first title compatible with 3DTVs after update
It is expected that Pain will become the first PS3 game to embrace 3D, when a patched version will be available for download on the PlayStation Network very soon. In Asia at least.
3D TVs have been available for over a ...
Posted in Gadget News, Gaming |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
While Asus is making headlines in the tablet category, it’s also revamping its netbook offerings.
The company announced today that it will be opening an app store for netbooks later this year.
The store is reminiscent of the Intel AppUp Center. The Asus app store will be a destination for netbook owners ...
Posted in Other News |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
The Asus Eee Tablet is an electronic bloc-note that uses a 64-levels grayscale display to display black and white content at the resolution of 1024x768. Asus has built it to make the paper and pen obsolete, which is quite an ambitious goal. The device uses a pen as an input ...
Posted in Gadget News |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Sony has demonstrated another 11.7" OLED panel at SID 2010. While the sheer size of the screen is an eye-catcher, Sony has also managed to improve the lifespan of the display as well - one of the many challenges to mass commercialization of OLED displays (the biggest challenge being the ...
Posted in Gadget News |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Weehee! The missing piece of the Motorola i1 puzzle has now been placed, courtesy of an ad shown during the Indianapolis 500: the device will be released June 20th.
The device is Boost Mobile’s first Android offering (and arguably their best phone yet), and is also the first Android device to ...
Posted in Android, Motorola, Smartphones |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
I dedicate this next post to all the budget-minded Windows Mobile fans out there. Here’s looking at you, kids.
We just got word that the LG Fathom will be released on June 3rd. For those not in the know, the Fathom is the last of its kind: a 1GHz Windows Mobile ...
Posted in LG, Smartphones, Windows Mobile |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Boston frugal
Following through on a promise made in April, Orange is leading the charge to put Android smartphones into the hands of budget users.
It plans a range of affordable devices, including its so-called 'Boston' device, which will cost only $2 upfront with a low end contract, and will be targeted ...
Posted in Orange, Smartphones |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Can Harbinger really change the industry?
Harbinger is an equity fund with really big plans: the idea is to build a national 4G network of 36,000 base stations using LTE technology, and then lease it to network operators too poor to build their own.
But to do that the company will have ...
Posted in 4G |
