The problem with these golf GPS devices is that most of them cost north of $300 in an era of smartphones with golf GPS apps that can be had for a song. There’s something to be said about simplicity, though – and battery …
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Galileo Robotic iPhone Dock Lets You Pan and Tilt Video Chats Remotely
Galileo is a Kickstarter project billed as an “iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability.” Translation: You dock an iPhone into it, which can then be tilted and panned remotely via another …
Wii U Launch Date Leaked: Remember, Remember the 18 of November
If the world doesn’t end before the 2012 holiday shopping season rolls around, it sounds like there’s a decent chance we’ll actually see Nintendo’s Wii U on Sunday, Nov. 18. That’s the date plucked by WiiUDaily from an email it …
Is the Flat-Screen TV Boom Over?
The consumer electronics trend that had us shuffling out our perfectly good but perfectly bulky CRT televisions in favor of fancy-new flat screens appears to be ebbing.
Consumer Reports Names Apple’s New iPad as Top Tablet
Apparently the new iPad’s supposed overheating problem didn’t bother Consumer Reports too much: The nonprofit organization put it at the top of its tablet ratings released earlier today.
If you have read any iPad reviews — …
What’s in the Next Xbox? Blu-ray, ‘Always Online’ Requirement Claims Site
It sounds like nonsense because it probably is: an Xbox with a Blu-ray drive? But that’s what VG247’s claiming, that the next Xbox — they’re dubbing it the Xbox 720, which you can bet is precisely what Microsoft won’t call …
Why America Needs Apple
I was having a discussion with a few executives at a technology summit I was attending, and an interesting question was asked to me concerning what America would look like without Apple.
They asked me about this since I do …
Finally, an Espresso Machine for the Car
Handpresso lays claim to being “the undisputed leader of the portable espresso” with its line of handheld espresso makers, but perhaps the company’s greatest gift to coffee lovers on the go has recently landed in the form of the …
Report: Google Planning Its Own Online Store to Sell Branded Tablets
Our own Jared Newman thought that the release of the new iPad was a wake-up call for the people at Google. Apparently they got the message. According to the Wall Street Journal‘s always helpful “people familiar with the matter,” …
Maybe RIM’s Thorsten Heins Isn’t So Clueless After All
Two months ago, when RIM CTO Thorsten Heins was named as the company’s new CEO, it was easy to be skeptical about his chances of turning around the ailing BlackBerry maker. In fact, it was hard to be anything but skeptical. In …
Good Deal: Refurbished Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets for $139 Today
Today only, Amazon is selling refurbished 7-inch Kindle Fire tablets for $139. That’s a good deal considering new versions cost $199, and these refurbished units carry the same one-year warranty as the new models.
Camera Awesome Adds Instagram Support, Loses One Cool Feature
Instagram is my favorite photo-sharing service. SmugMug’s excellent Camera Awesome has became my default iPhone picture-taking app. So when I learned this week that there was a new version of Camera Awesome with built-in …