Archive for June, 2008

HTC Touch Pro gets handled, keyboard better than X1’s?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
The question on quite literally every WinMo fanatic’s mind as we go into the second half of the year here is, “Touch Pro or X1?” It’s not an easy question to answer, and anyone hoping to sink some cash on either one of these models in a few months is going to […]

Video: Darth Vader and R2D2 hubs fulfill your dork destiny

Filed under: Peripherals
Put down that Lego nerd, it’s time to give your (only?) other interest a poke. Meet the $68 animatronic Darth Vader and R2D2 USB hubs. Just stuff a USB Princess Leia into Darth’s neck and watch the dark lord’s eyes glow red as he scans side-to-side for the pretentious scowls of your contemptuous […]

Debunk: Nikon “D700″ spyshot

Filed under: Digital Cameras
Ah, so sorry fakers. Don’t you hate it when all your Photoshopping efforts come undone after the original D300 picture turns up? Oh well, D700 dreamers still have the alleged specs and hopes of a possible Monday announcement.
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Nike+ gym equipment coming July — iPhone integration imminent?

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables
24 Hour Fitness just announced that it will be the first to offer Nike+ iPod enabled gym equipment at select clubs starting next month. The press release says the following:”Nike and Apple worked with major gym equipment manufacturers to make their cardio equipment Nike + iPod compatible so gym […]

NASA creates hyperwall-2, the world’s highest resolution visualization system

Filed under: Displays
Leave it to space nerds with money to come up with the world’s highest resolution visualization system. NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames has created the 128-screen hyperwall-2, a mega display capable of rendering one quarter billion pixels. Hyperwall-2 measures 23- x 10-feet of LCD goodness, and is powered by 128 GPUs and […]

Volkswagen prepping a plug-in “Twin Drive” hybrid for 2010

Filed under: Transportation
You know how we love plug-in hybrids around these parts, particularly if they’re actually going to get built — crazy, we know. Now it looks like Volkswagen is going to get into the game, with a “Twin Drive” Golf powered by a 122 horsepower diesel engine and 82 horsies of electric motor. The […]

Rogers announces iPhone 3G plans, unlimited data isn’t one of them

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/OFFICIAL_Rogers_announces_iPhone_3G_plans’; Here we have it, iPhone 3G pricing for our better mannered, gun-toting friends up north. All the plans from Rogers Wireless require that lovely, three-year contract and include visual voicemail, free evenings and weekends, and unlimited WiFi at all […]

Palm announces Q4 earnings — it’s not as bad as you think

Filed under: CellphonesPalm continued to flaunt its almost inexplicable boost in health in an earnings call yesterday. According to reports, honcho Ed Colligan boasted of a 29 percent gain in smartphone sales year-over-year, largely in part to the stellar performance of the company’s budget-priced (with contract) Centro. In light of the recent negative outlook from […]

Dell Studio 17 and Studio 15 review roundup

Filed under: Laptops
It’s not every day we get to glimpse a brand new experience from Dell, and while Studio might just be near-XPS laptops in everyman clothing, that certainly seems to be a good thing. The laptops appear to combine the power of XPS and the prices of Inspiron, with some new perks like HDMI […]

Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39 million in equity

Filed under: Cellphones It’s official, MVNO lone survivor Virgin Mobile is picking up the struggling Helio from SK Telecom and Earthlink for a cool $39 million in Virgin Mobile USA stock. They expect the deal to close in Q3 2008, pending regulatory approval. The acquisition comes as no surprise, but it’s still sad to see […]

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