And here we have the last pocket knife you’ll ever need. The $68 “Switch” from crowdsourced product manufacturer Quirky features 18 different attachments that can be custom configured into three different knife sizes.
The small setting holds two to six tools, the medium setting holds four to 10 tools, and the large setting holds …
Netbook trailblazer Asus is apparently planning to officially reveal its own tablet in early June at the Computex trade show in Taipei. According to DigiTimes, the actual launch will come sometime in the third quarter, “which sources from component makers revealed will be late July.”
The tablet will supposedly run Android and …
Things can certainly change in the blink of an eye. After announcing that they were looking for a buyer less than two weeks ago, Palm now says it can survive on its own with “a strong pipeline of products” coming down the road, said Palm CEO John Rubenstein.
In an interview with the Financial Times Rubenstein remained confident …
Google recently revealed that its free GPS navigation software that currently runs on newer Android devices will someday be available on other smartphone platforms such as the iPhone. No timetable’s been given but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it made available for BlackBerry and perhaps Palm devices, at the very least. Maybe …
Barnes & Noble Nook, you take the lead in e-book readers this round. Amazon, we’re awaiting your counterpoint software update.
The Nook’s version 1.3 software update, available today, brings the following new features to Barnes & Noble’s e-book reader:
- Improved page turn speed.
- Updated home screen featuring new Web, …
There’s only so much I can say about a Windows Mobile device without wanting to gnaw my own foot off. The software is horrendous and the only people I ever encounter that have one are Microsoft employees or the PR folk who represent them. But the HTC HD2 for T-Mobile is different enough – screen size aside – that it warrants a smidgen …
Say hello to the next victim of the Madden Curse. It’s real!
Quarterback Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints beat out Minnesota’s Jared Allen and Indianapolis’ Reggie Wayne to “win” a spot on the first ever fan-selected Madden NFL cover. He’ll appear on Madden NFL 11 boxes everywhere when the game comes out August …
You want Dell phones? You got ‘em. Engadget’s managed to get its hands on information pertaining to the Windows Phone 7 Lightning, and Android Thunder, Smoke, and Flash. Elemental, no?
First, the Lightning. Dell doesn’t seem to be pulling many punches with this one. It’s got a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, gigantic 4.1-inch OLED
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Android phone or iPhone? That is the question. And it now appears that you can have both. Sort of. An enterprising individual has managed to get Google’s Android operating system up and running on a second-generation iPhone. He says that getting the same result on an iPhone 3G “should be pretty simple,” though the 3GS may provide …
All these smartbooks that are due to show up this year may very well be what everyone had in mind for netbooks originally. Case in point: the Compaq AirLife 100, which was announced in Spain earlier this year, has now shown up on HP’s US website.
There’s no word on pricing or availability yet, but specs include a customized Android
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You get the T-Mobile Garminfone.
There aren’t very many details on the just announced Garminfone from T-Mobile. Other than it running Android (no mention of which version, BTW), having a 3.5-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi, a 3-megapixel camera with AF and built-in Garmin nav software, we know nothing about this device. No wait. There’s …
Google’s Chrome OS will be here this year and in a recent interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt explained that Chrome devices will be “completely disposable,” meaning that if you lose one you won’t lose any of your data, and should be priced similarly to netbooks—between $300 and $400.
The entire interview can be found here. …
