When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad back in January, there was very little to compare it against–and so it wasn’t clear whether its 9.7″ screen made it an unusually large tablet, a rather little one, or just about right. At the moment, it’s looking like a big boy: The two most intriguing iPad alternatives of the moment, Samsung’s …
Accessories & Peripherals
Recon Instruments’ Goggles: A GPS-based Dashboard For Your Eyeball
When Contour launched their GPS model the other week, I thought it was one of the coolest things to happen to action sports. The ability to see video of what you just did is one thing but to see it on an interactive map that displays speed and elevation is something that hasn’t been done before. I was blown away. But our friends to the …
Raytheon’s XOS2: I Am Iron Man… Or The Closest Thing Real Life Has To Offer
With Iron Man now one of the most well-known superheroes in the world, thanks to two successful movies – the second of which is released on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow – what better time to unveil the closest thing real life has to Tony Stark’s famous suit of armor? That’s the thinking that took me to Salt Lake City last week, to see the …
Razer Vespula: The Case for A Good Mouse Pad
Whether you’re rocking a wired ball-mouse or the latest in ergonomic laser gaming mice, one fact remains: your mouse is only as good as the surface it glides on. Most surfaces are not uniform, thus affecting both the physical motion of a mouse glide and the tracking that relays information from mouse to computer. When a millisecond in …
Resolved: Tablets are Hardware, Not Software
Hello out there in Techland–my name is Harry McCracken, and I’m new in these parts. I blog about the Web, mobile gear, consumer electronics, and PCs and Macs at a site called Technologizer, which I started in 2008. And starting today, I’m writing a weekly TIME.com column–also named Technologizer–and contributing to Techland. It’s …
LOL of the Day: App Store Review Guidelines
With all the back and forth between Apple and developers over what is and what isn’t appropriate for the App Store, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all wondered what the guidelines are to get into the pearly gates of the App Store. Apple has posted the review guidelines and we can’t help but laugh out loud. I didn’t think …
Canadian Government Sponsors The Ultimate Green Car
Leave it to the Canadians to create a car made out of marijuana.
Really latching onto this trend of green technology, Motive Industries has invented the Kestrel. The electric automobile (ha, I guess an internal combustible engine was out of the question) has a body shell made of hemp. And, this car is completely legal since the weed …
What is the Microsoft Hardware Team Teasing on Twitter?
The team at Microsoft who’s in charge of mice, keyboards and other peripherals has turned to Twitter to tease out an upcoming product.
We caught a glimpse of said new product on July 27 with a spliced image revealing the corner of a matte black finish peripheral. Yesterday they offered the following hint: “Don’t be so …
Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive: IDW Launches New Digital Partnership With Nokia
Even though Comic-Con 2010 is still hours away from officially opening, news has started to come from the event with the announcement that IDW Publishing is extending its digital reach by being the first comics publisher to offer titles through Nokia’s Ovi Store.
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Hands-on With Mimico’s Comic-Con Exclusive, Lobot
Take a gander at what the man in brown dropped off at the Techland office – it’s Lobot! Jealous? Don’t forget to pick one up at Comic-Con or Celebration V. These are limited to a 1,000 unit run.
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Netflix Comes To Canada, Eh?
The Netflix instant streaming service is coming to Canada, the company announced Monday.
This fall, Netflix is expected to make its first international expansion as it offers its Watch Instantly package to Canadians. Though initially, the service will be available in English only, the company has made its intent to open up the service …
Want: ThinkGeek’s BeerBot T-shirt With Built-In Bottle Opener
I’m neither manly enough to open up a bottle with my teeth or smart enough to open one up with a lighter, so the BeerBot Bottle Opening Shirt from ThinkGeek would make the perfect belated birthday gift for me, people. But something tells me too many beers in one night with that shirt will leave my chest bruised. How else am I going to …