RIM calls the Storm “Verizon’s best-selling device” — whatever that means.

We’re still no closer to determining just how many BlackBerry Storm sales have been reversed by now, but either way, said handset is reportedly Verizon’s “best-selling device.” Interestingly, it’s up to your best guess as to what that really signifies, as the quantity of Storm devices sold remains tightly under wraps. In other words, you [...]

Dell Studio XPS 13 leather-wrapped laptop revealed, Adamo info leaked!.

Rumored Adamo is very much real, and very much like what we’ve been hearing. Apparently the device — which the company plans to market as the “world’s thinnest laptop” — was slated to be released this month, but has been pushed back till at least February. The Adamo will sport a black and silver color [...]

IBM’s prototype STT MRAM device spins your bits right round, baby, right round

If you’re a frequent reader you’re surely well aware of the potential of spin torque transfer memory, or STT-MRAM, and how spin-polarized magnetic currents (and the electrons they love to caress) might hold the potential to revolutionize storage as we know it. If you can’t get your noggin around the concepts, know the potential: a [...]

Samsung BlackJack II tops Consumer Reports’ list of best smartphones

Sometimes it’s the unsung workhorses that deserve the lion’s share of the praise, and that might just be the case with the aging Samsung BlackJack II — a phone that you probably wouldn’t expect to top Consumer Reports’ January 2009 ratings of popular smartphones. Sure, it may not be the shiniest device on the market [...]

MAXIAN M1T Pocket Multi TV does the PMP thing like it means it

No use messing around in this space, if you’re gonna build the umpteenth 3.5-inch DMB-capable PMP for the voracious Korean market, you might as well put some heart into it. MAXIAN’s new M1T Pocket Multi TV shines with 8GB or 16GB of built-in storage, SDHC expansion and just about every codec imaginable, including the extra-sexy [...]

Star Wars Wii mod realizes very few of our childhood dreams

Grab your Light Swords, it’s time to kill some Jedi to save the Empire from the Ewok menace! We know you already own seven Wiis, each one espousing a different sort of childhood memorabilia or cute-overload, but can’t you use the force to make room in your heart for one more? This Star Wars-themed Wii [...]

More of Motorola’s 2009 Verizon lineup leaked

Apparently the Motorola leak-fest begun yesterday hasn’t come to a halt. After witnessing some compelling renders of smartphones the company has headed to Verizon, we’re now privy to a set of featurephone / dumbphone mockups — all courtesy of the Boy Genius Report. The new images show off a device supposedly called the “Niagra” (pictured), [...]

Microsoft Fixes Explorer Flaw.

Microsoft has rushed out an emergency fix for its Internet Explorer (IE) software after the discovery of a flaw which allows hackers to take over PC.The company released the patch on its own rather than waiting for its regular security update next month.The flaw was discovered last week and attacks were “spreading like wildfire”, according [...]

TwoNav Aventura, GPS navigator SUV

Although GPS for athletes are quite common, it is not so usual to find browsers that will serve both for use in the field as on the road. The TwoNav Adventure is one example. The TwoNav Adventure is one example.
Created by the Spanish company CompeGPS Team, we will have no problem with its use outdoors [...]

WriteSense, capacitive screens not just the finger

The capacitive touch screens have several advantages over Resistive, for example to detect more than one touch at the same time. But they also have his share of disadvantages, one of them the inability to use a stylus to work with them. But they also have his share of disadvantages, one of them the inability [...]

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