Google’s flagship Android phone has finally landed on Sprint as the Nexus S 4G. It went on sale over the weekend for $200 through Sprint and $150 at Best Buy.
Announced at the CTIA conference in March, the Nexus S 4G is similar to the model that launched on T-Mobile in December, but with support for Sprint’s WiMax 4G network. The …
iFixit’s latest teardown victim is not a shiny phone or fancy tablet, but an FBI tracking device for automobiles.
iFixit, a group best known for ripping open new gadgets and examining their internal components, got hold of an actual FBI tracking device from an “unknown owner,” who found it underneath his or her car. “Being in its …
The shameless ogling of Playboy bunnies is almost at hand for iPad users.
The word comes straight from Hugh Hefner, who confirmed the news via Twitter: “Playboy will be available on iPad, complete & uncensored, on May 18,” he wrote. What’ll it cost? $8 per month, commitment-free.
But note what’s missing. Hefner avoids the word …
Industry sources are blaming LG Display for light leakage problems in the iPad 2, which in turn caused supply shortages.
Finding an iPad 2 for sale has been rather difficult since the tablet launched on March 11. Retailers sold out of the iPad 2 on launch day and have yet to catch up with demand.
Now, a report by DigiTimes says LG …
If you thought leisure activities were safe from a robot takeover, you might want to watch OptoFidelity’s robot play Angry Birds.
This particular machine can’t walk or talk, but it can fling avian avatars into plump pigs with ease. The robot was programmed ahead of time by humans, so don’t get too freaked out. It just happens to have …
Verizon may be preparing an answer to its testosterone-laden Droid smartphone line with the HTC Bliss, an Android phone for women.
It’s just a rumor for now, but This Is My Next reports that the Bliss will be an ordinary-looking Android smartphone with female-centric apps and accessories. For example, the phone will reportedly include …
For humans, associating with video game characters is second-nature. I ducked. I jumped. I fell off a cliff and died.
As it turns out, chimpanzees are capable of similar associations. At Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute in Japan, scientists discovered that chimps become aware of their digital avatars when playing video …
In a rare case where I hope the rumor proves false, Research in Motion may be planning a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
According to Boy Genius Report, the 10-inch PlayBook would debut this holiday season. The original PlayBook, a 7-inch tablet, launched last month.
Here’s the problem: The existing 7-inch PlayBook needs a lot …
If you’re not a fan of the oversized smartphone craze, seek solace in HP’s Veer 4G, a diminutive smartphone that’s coming to AT&T for $99 on May 15.
By hiding a slide-out QWERTY keyboard behind a 2.6-inch, 320-by-400 resolution display, the HP Veer manages to be puny. Length and width are roughly equal to a credit card, and thickness …
At a glance, Gigwalk sounds like a shady work-at-home marketing scam: Take pictures on your iPhone! Get paid!
In reality, Gigwalk is not as sketchy, but also not as simple. Yes, Gigwalk will pay you (via Paypal) to report on various locations and establishments in a handful of major U.S. cities, using pictures and text. The …
A home without a TV isn’t quite as unheard of as it used to be.
New research from the Nielsen Company found that 96.7 percent of American homes have at least one television, down from 98.9 percent the last time Nielsen took count. This is the first time in 20 years that TV ownership has declined.
Nielsen partly blames the drop on …
Microsoft’s model home of the future is packed with cutting-edge technology, including touch screens, capacitive chargers and completely digital wallpaper. But the living room is still controlled by a crusty old remote control instead of gesture controls like those of Kinect for Xbox 360.
Microsoft posted a partial video tour of the …
