Windows Phone 7 is almost, finally, sort of, pretty much ready to go. And by that, it’s reached the “RTM” milestone. RTM stands for “release to manufacturing,” which basically means that the software is complete enough to send off to the companies who will be making Windows Phone 7 handsets.
Is the Windows Phone team really ready? …
Apple announced new products today, and like every blog remotely affiliated with technology, we must all pay close, close, close attention and excruciatingly analyze every last detail. Let’s dig in and take a look at some of the hits and misses from today’s announcement.
iOS 4.1
An update to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch …
Archos has announced five Android-based tablets due for the fall ranging in price between $100 and $349, with screen sizes between 2.8 inches and 10.1 inches.
The two smallest devices, the Archos 28 and the Archos 32, are both Wi-Fi connected portable media players for listening to music and watching movies. The 28 features a …
Microsoft has officially unveiled its new Arc Touch Mouse today, with a suggested retail price of $69.95 and an availability timeframe of “early December in time for the U.S. holiday season.”
The wireless mouse folds flat down to a little over half an inch in size and comes with a USB nano receiver that attaches to the underside …
Hewlett-Packard has announced newly updated 17-, 14-, and 13.3-inch consumer notebooks and revamped its 10.1-inch Mini 210 netbook.
The HP Envy 17 3D is a 17.3 inch, 3D-capable laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor, Beats Audio, ATI graphics, Blu-ray support, and up to 2 TB of storage. Pricing hasn’t been set yet, but the
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The Samsung Epic 4G marks Sprint’s second 4G-capable Android handset and the first one with a slide-out hardware keyboard. The phone features a 4-inch, 800×480 Super AMOLED screen, Android 2.1, rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, front-facing VGA camera, 1GHz processor, and 16GB of storage which is expandable to 32GB via …
Staples has announced that it will be carrying all three versions of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader in its retail stores this fall. All of Staples’ retail locations—over 1,550 in all—will be stocking the Kindle, Kindle 3G, and Kindle DX for $139, $189, and $379, respectively.
Those are the same prices you’d pay on Amazon. Staples …
Google will soon be rolling out an optional feature called Priority Inbox for Gmail users. Basically, it splits your inbox into three sections: the topmost section containing important and unread messages, the middle section containing messages you’ve starred, and the bottom section containing other less important messages to read …
Whether you’re a soon-to-be college student looking for a new laptop or a grown adult looking to cash in on the bevy of laptop deals that retailers will be offering during the coming weeks, here are some quick and simple tips to keep in mind when shopping for a portable computer.
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In honor of Star Wars Month, I volunteered to painstakingly watch all six Star Wars movies and compile a list of gadget-like devices I spot in each one. I can promise you I will miss a few and I won’t know what some of them are supposed to be called, but I’ll be damned if I don’t watch all six episodes of one of the greatest film
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If you’re anxious to see what all the “4G” mobile broadband fuss is about but you don’t want to get locked into a two-year contract, Clearwire’s “Rover” service might be worth a look.
You purchase the “Rover Puck” cellular hotspot for $150 and then use it to share Clearwire’s 4G data connection with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices. …
Though not officially confirmed by Toshiba yet, there are some relatively convincing images and specs of a 10.1-inch Toshiba Android tablet over at NetbookItalia.it (translation required).
The tablet has been dubbed the Folio 100 and apparently runs Android 2.2 atop an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. The screen is reported to be 10.1 …