Okay, now we’re talking. Samsung just announced an impressive little number in the Galaxy S, a 3G smartphone running Android 2.1 with a 1GHz processor and a 4-inch 800×480 AMOLED screen.
Other features include a “Daily Briefing” app that shows weather, news, stocks, and scheduling information, DLNA home networking compatibility, …
Skype Mobile will be available on nine Verizon smartphones starting this Thursday. The app will allow users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls and send Sype-to-Skype instant messages over Verizon’s network without using plan minutes or data allowances.
It’s a step in the right direction although if you think you’d be able to use …
Earlier this year, Eye-Fi released its “Pro X2” 8GB wireless SD card at $150. The card features Class 6 read and write speeds and an 802.11n Wi-Fi module for super fast image and video uploads directly from a digital camera or camcorder. Add to that the ability to use the card across an Ad Hoc network (no router needed), RAW image …
Yahoo! launched two new iPhone apps today at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas. The Yahoo! Search iPhone App appears to be somewhat similar to search features that were found in its all-around app that was released over a year ago—namely voice search and current location search—but focuses solely on searching while dropping …
This is “They Should Make It.” It’ll appear here every Tuesday and will contain some really mind-bending ideas for products and services that don’t yet exist—but should! You may not agree with my ideas, and that’s okay. It’s not like we’re taking a road trip together or anything.
There I was with a plate full of various delicious
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Overview: Racquet Sports for the Nintendo Wii (Ubisoft, $30) consists of tennis, ping pong, badminton, squash, and beach paddle games. So for those of you who like badminton, squash, and paddles, this is your game. Tennis and ping pong lovers have a few other options.
The game is unique in that it’s compatible with the Wii’s new-ish
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Portable USB-powered monitors aren’t anything new but the current crop is made up mostly of 8-inch screens with 800×480 resolutions. A Hong Kong-based company called MEDL, however, has just introduced a 13.3-inch portable LED-backlit monitor called “The Panel.”
The Panel isn’t fully powered via USB like current travel monitors
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Oh Monday, you come around approximately once every seven days. Your ability to abruptly end fun knows no limits. The only suitable recourse against your nefarious existence is for us to purchase discounted electronics items in preparation for the upcoming weekend–a weekend which always seems so far away. Well played, Monday. You’ve
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Spanish-language site Clipset.net apparently got some hands-on time with the HP Slate and revealed that European pricing will be set at 400 Euro, which is equivalent to just under $550 here in the US.
That’s not to say that it’ll actually cost $550 here, though. If I were a betting man, I’d think that HP might be shooting for
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It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,375)
Money’s tight but that …
This defeats the purpose of being able to bring your data with you. It’s a 4GB USB thumb drive that looks like a gun. A small gun, sure, but small guns have existed since the Derringer–maybe even before that.
My dad got stopped bringing a souvenir Derringer through airport security about 20 years ago after a trip to Disney World. …
Mac users can now download Amazon’s Kindle software, which will synchronize books between an actual Kindle, compatible mobile devices (currently iPhone/iPod touch and BlackBerry), and the desktop client.
Like the PC version, you’ll only be able to access your books—no magazines, newspapers, or blogs can be read on anything except
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