AT&T has just announced that the Palm Pre Plus will be hitting store shelves on May 16. The price tag is a bit high considering Verizon is offering the Pre Plus for $50, but AT&T is giving away free Touchstone charger kits for a limited time (in stores only). No word on when the Pixi Plus will find its way onto AT&T.
Gadgets
Sony Adds Trackpad, New Colors to VAIO P Ultraportables
Sony’s VAIO P series is kind of in a category of its own. At 1.4 pounds with a 1600×768 resolution 8-inch screen, the computer packs netbook features into a tiny body while commanding a very non-netbook price tag of $800.
What you get for your money, though, is one of the most portable computers available. Sony’s newest revision to
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Android Rockets Past iPhone To Snag 28% Market Share
The NPD Group has just released its Q1 2010 numbers and Android has slipped into the number 2 slot behind RIM and ahead of the iPhone. Based on strong sales of the Droid, Eris and Incredible from partners like Verizon Wireless, Google’s mobile OS claimed 28 percent of the market while RIM retained the crown with a 36 percent share. …
Top Ten Monday Tech Deals
New Monday, new set of handpicked deals. Walmart has a 42-inch TV for under $500, Woot has a $13 MP3 player that’s almost iPod Shuffle-like in its simplicity and size, and Walmart has yet another aggressive deal with the black Nintendo Wii priced at $199 and bundled with extra controllers and a free bonus game of your …
HP Hurricane webOS Tablet Coming In Q3?
Less than two weeks ago, HP announced that it would be acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion and it was then that speculation began to run rampant about a webOS tablet. According to an “insider at HP” the company is already fast-tracking a webOS tablet to launch in the third quarter of this year. Codenamed Hurricane, the webOS tablet is …
Toshiba Working on 13-inch Laptop That Weighs 2.2 Pounds?
Here’s a quick rumor for you to take into the weekend. Looks like Toshiba may be working on the world’s lightest 13-inch laptop. It’s reported to weigh just 2.2 pounds, feature Intel’s new Core i3/5/7 processors, and come with something called a “super charged ion battery” that’s capable of recharging to 90% capacity within …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal
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.
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With your income, you …
iPad To Take Over The World On May 28
Maybe not the world, but part of it. Beginning May 10, those of you living in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK can pre-order the “magical” iPad and have it delivered to your doorstep on May 28. That is all.
UK
• 16GB WiFi-only £429
• 32GB WiFi-only £499
• 64GB WiFi-only £599
• 16GB …
Kobo eReader from Borders Now Available for Preorder at $150
Like the idea of the Kindle or the Nook but don’t want to shell out $260? Borders has you covered with the $150 Kobo eReader. It’s lacking the all-over 3G wireless connections found in its competitors but it costs over $100 less and features a Bluetooth connection that can be used to synchronize it “wirelessly with select …
AT&T Extends iPhone Exclusivity, Verizon Shut Out, Says Analyst
Sorry to dash your hopes, Verizon customers, but you probably won’t be getting the iPhone this year. Why? Well, according to Brian Marshall, an analyst at BroadPoint AmTech, AT&T finagled a new deal (only for six extra months) with Apple by cutting data plans for in half to lock in the iPad. But Marshall doesn’t necessarily have the …
Microsoft Office Filled With Alarm Left on Sidewalk, Hilarity Ensues
If you saw a copy of Microsoft Office sitting unattended in a public area, what would you do? I’d think to myself, “Hey I use Google Docs, but Microsoft Office is expensive! I wonder where the rightful owner is. I’ll call Microsoft’s tech support hotline to ask them how to return it to said rightful owner and if they have no idea …
Exclusive: Google Goggles Translate In Action
I wrote a little piece about Google’s latest Android app Goggles Translate for the magazine, which you can read about here. That’s all well and good, but you’re better off watching this video instead.
