For those that didn’t snatch a pricey $350 special edition PS Vita last Wednesday, cheaper versions of Sony’s powerful gaming portable will launch in the U.S. tomorrow (technically midnight tonight) along with the final launch …
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The Connected Human: How the World Is About to Get Even Smaller
Ben Bajarin is the director of consumer technology analysis and research at Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
Two Minute Video: Lytro Camera Is Focused on Never Needing Focused
Shoot first, focus later. That’s the promise of a new point-and-shoot camera from Lytro. The rectangular gadget looks like anything but a traditional camera, which is probably a good thing since, well, this is anything but a …
Forget the Vita, I Want a Real PlayStation Tablet
On Monday, Sony’s PlayStation Vita showed up for review. I unboxed the system, popped in the cartridge for Uncharted: Golden Abyss and settled on my couch for a long night of handheld gaming (or rather, about three hours of …
How Vita-PSP Game Compatibility Works, Launch Support List Available Now
It’s nearly time to bid farewell to Sony’s PlayStation Portable, the little handheld that couldn’t-quite in terms of outpacing Nintendo’s DS, a portable that outpaced every other as well as nearly every games console (it’s …
Want a PS Vita Early? Here’s How to Get One on Feb. 15
Sony’s new powerhouse gaming portable, the PS Vita, doesn’t officially launch in the U.S. until Wednesday, Feb. 22. Except that’s not entirely true — it turns out you can lay hands on the system a full week early.
A few …
The 7 Most Promising PlayStation Vita Launch Games
New system launch games are usually pretty dismal — look at what happened to the Nintendo 3DS — but the PS Vita’s looks unusually promising. Here’s a rundown of the seven Vita games we’re most looking forward to (and why).
Bummer: Sony Confirms PSP UMD Discs Won’t Transfer to Vita
Bad news for PlayStation Portable gamers hoping to lug their UMD (disc-based) games over to Sony’s imminent PlayStation Vita — it’ll (probably) never happen. That’s the word from the mount (aka Sony), despite a program in …
It’s CES Early! Lenovo Trots Out ThinkPad Ultrabook, X1 Linux Hybrid
Welcome to CES 2012 everyone! For today’s show, we’ll have a look at new laptops from Lenovo with…wait, isn’t CES next week? Sure, but don’t tell Lenovo — they’ve jumped the gun and unveiled their new laptop lineup early, and …
Samsung Point-and-Shoot Sports Front-Facing Screen and Wi-Fi
Remember in high school when you used to have to take photos of yourself by holding your camera out in front of you, hoping you lined everything up correctly? And then your girlfriend got mad at you because you didn’t have any …
Is Android Doomed to Lag More than iOS?
Ever wonder why Android devices can seem a mite sluggish when manipulating the user interface, where Apple’s iOS-based mobile interface responds like a coiled spring, just waiting for your fingertips to brush its glass surface …
Meet Lytro, the Light-Field Camera that Snaps 4D Pics
Say hello to Lytro, a new consumer-grade camera capable of focusing on multiple points in an image with eye-popping accuracy after you’ve snapped the picture. We first heard about it this summer, and now it has a release timeframe: early next year. What, you thought “4D” was just marketing gibberish? Because 4D implies “time,” and what …