Gizmodo posted a story yesterday asking whether or not paying $12 extra for expedited iPad shipping was really worth it. It seemed that no matter the shipping method, people were going to get their iPads this Saturday, April 3rd. Well it turns out that Apple had a nice surprise in store for those who opted for expedited shipping: early …
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8 Netbooks Worth Buying Right Now
Tablets like Apple’s iPad will soon be all the rage, but netbooks are still holding strong and demand doesn’t appear to have dropped off drastically from last year. So we’ve compiled eight of the best and brightest available today. Each netbook on the list has a screen larger than 1024×600 because anything smaller just wouldn’t …
iPad Review Roundup
Like clockwork, the iPad reviews are starting to pour in and the general consensus is positive. Before we get to them, I’ve listed a few notable tidbits from each review.
• Looks as though Apple plans to have at least 1,000 iPad apps at launch
• 60,000 iBooks at launch
• Marvel Comics app “closely replicates printed comics.”
• Some …
What’s In Your Pocket?
I’ve been meaning to put this poll up, but haven’t had the time to really put it together until now. I’m curious to know what device you carry around and/or whether or not you give a damn about phone reviews since I have a stack of devices on my desk waiting to be reviewed. Is there a particular device you’re waiting to get?
doubleTwist: An iTunes-like Portal To The Android Market
You’d think Google would have come out with a desktop app for viewing apps in the Android Market but if that were the case then I’d point my finger and laugh at you. doubleTwist announced today that they’ve updated their media syncing software for Android users with the aforementioned feature for Mac with a Windows update coming …
Microsoft Makes the Zune HD 64GB Official, Available 4/12
The most underrated product in Microsoft’s consumer portfolio has to be the Zune. I’m serious. For $15/month you have access to unlimited music. If you don’t renew you lose everything, but $15/month isn’t that much. Also, all the cool kids at Microsoft don’t even work on the main campus. The Xbox, Zune, Bing and Windows Phone …
King Tut Takes 2010 Rube Goldberg Competition
The Rube Goldberg Competition challenges teams of college (and high school) students to over-engineer a contraption that will perform a simple task – think, Mousetrap. Saturday, engineering students flocked to Purdue University for the national contest, ready and excited to … dispense some hand sanitizer.
What I love about this …
Broadsword Handle Umbrella Glove Slaps All Other Umbrellas
There’s not much that’s inherently cool about umbrellas, but there’s a lot that’s cool about broadswords. Mix an umbrella and a broadsword together and you’ve got a combined level of coolness that’s somehow equal to more than the sum of its parts.
Available from ThinkGeek for $40, the Broadsword Handle Umbrella features a …
Verizon Getting the iPhone This Fall? [Update: Specs]
I hate to do it but I have to.
The WSJ is reporting that Verizon will land the iPhone this coming fall with production set to ramp up on the CDMA version in September from Pegatron. Oh, and a new iPhone is slated to launch in June or July for AT&T. The former bit of news is important because the WSJ doesn’t just publish any ole …
Apple Posts Several iPad User Interface Videos
If you like the iPad and/or well-manicured hand models, you’ll love the “Guided Tours” videos Apple posted to its site today. There are user interface demonstrations of Safari, Mail, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, iBooks, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.
The landscape Mail interface looks pretty nice, and iTunes seems like
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Monday Morning Tech Deals
Oh Monday, you come around approximately once every seven days. Your ability to abruptly end fun knows no limits. The only suitable recourse against your nefarious existence is for us to purchase discounted electronics items in preparation for the upcoming weekend–a weekend which always seems so far away. Well played, Monday. You’ve …
Litetouch Keyboard Features Programmable LCD Touch Panel
Mad Catz’ Eclipse Litetouch keyboard sports a 3-in-1 LCD touch panel where you’d normally find the number pad. And while one of the three modes is indeed the tried-and-true number pad, you can quickly toggle to a media-centric mode or to a programmable “MyEclipse” mode.
MyEclipse mode features “12 pre-defined icons covering …
