People might be hyped up about the Nintendo 3DS right now, but sources say that Playstation is ready to take on the masses with their own handheld device. MCV reports that insiders have told them that the PSP2 will be announced at a January 27 press conference in Tokyo and could be in stores as early as October 2011. Sony mentioned the …
New BlackBerrys Leaked: Curve, Torch 2, And Bold-Style ‘Dakota’
A handful of upcoming BlackBerry handsets have been leaking to BGR.com throughout the day today and, while pricing and availability aren’t quite yet in the cards, we can at least take a look at what RIM’s got in store for everyone.
BlackBerry Dakota (link)
First up is the “Dakota,” which appears to be part of the BlackBerry Bold …
iPad Time-Shifts Users Reading To Primetime
It may not look like it, but the iPad might just end up becoming known as a DVR for reading. According to data collected by Read It Later – an app that allows users to save web pages for reading at their leisure, even without an internet connection – today’s readers are time-shifting their reading until later in the day, with iPad users …
Is 3D Gaming Bad For Young Kids’ Health? Nintendo President Wants to Find Out
Nintendo has recently expressed concerns about 3D technology and its effect on children under the age of 6 after experts consulted by the company suggested that 3D could cause young children to suffer from stunted eye development. So how does this warning fare for the future of the 3DS and Nintendo’s own plans for the next dimension of …
Google Buys E-Book Publisher, But Why?
Google is continuing to push into the e-book space with the purchase of eBook Technologies, a company focused on developing both hardware and software to create and distribute content for electronic readers. The acquisition, announced by Google yesterday, will allow the company to – according to a statement on the front page of its …
Free PBS App Comes to iPhone, Streams Full Episodes
If you’ve been looking to get your NOVA fix on the go, you’re in luck.
Following up on the success of its free iPad app, which was unveiled in October, PBS is now offering a free iPhone app that streams full episodes. While the two apps are quite similar, the iPad does offer a slightly more extensive list of shows and episodes. Even …
Is Apple Killing Off The iPhone And iPad ‘Home’ Button?
Well this ought to be interesting. Apple has made the pre-release code for the next version of its iOS software available for developers to tinker around with. This is the underlying software that will eventually end up on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches—called iOS 4.3.
Scores of curious developers have finished scouring the code …
Google Places: Google’s Own Local Recommendation App
Move over, Yelp and Urbanspoon–Google’s getting in on the local recommendation app action.
The company has come a long way from being just a search engine. And with this week’s release of its latest iOS app, Google Places, Google is moving ever closer to social network territory.
The free app, which is available now in the iTunes …
Should Customers Have The Right To “Hack” Their Consoles?
For every video game console, there’s been dozens – no hundreds – of gamers who’ve tried to hack the system. The ability to mod your own device is part of the fun for some avid players who want to be available to install other operating systems, run homebrew (user-produced software that runs on systems not meant to run consumer-created …
Smart Packaging Brings Light-Up Cereal, Self-Heating Soup Cans
Your grocery shopping experience could soon be riddled with special effects. At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, intelligent power companies Fulton Innovations and eCoupled debuted a new smart packaging technology, an amazing use of induction power that actually illuminates products as they rest on shelves. (Trust me, I’ve seen …
Google ‘Translate’ Voice App: In Goes English, Out Comes Spanish
Babel be damned. Google’s free “Translate” app for Android now includes a feature called Conversation Mode that does a pretty decent job of facilitating a verbal back-and-forth between English and Spanish.
Per Google’s blog post:
“In conversation mode, simply press the microphone for your language and start speaking. Google …
Two Minute Video: Why Not To Switch To The Verizon iPhone
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here. With the Verizon iPhone set to be available in less than a month, plenty of disgruntled AT&T customers and Verizon lifers alike are getting ready to light up the airwaves of the self-proclaimed “most reliable network in America” with Apple’s iPhone 4. And while there are several reasons the …