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

Posted on | December 19, 2008 | No Comments

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 could take that to mean it’s the bestselling right now (highly probable) or that it has already outsold all other VZW handsets in two short months (not at all probable). In other, more substantiated news, RIM has proclaimed that it sold 6.9 million smartphones between September and November of this year, which — coincidentally enough — is exactly how many iPhone 3Gs that Apple sold through in its Q4. So RIM, whenever you feel like dishing out that exact figure that only everyone, everywhere is waiting for, we’ll be listening.

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

Posted on | December 19, 2008 | No Comments

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 scheme similar to the system you see here, but is “different,” and we’re told that it’s most definitely Dell’s play to nab some of that MacBook Air marketshare.

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

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 new type of memory that will be cheaper, faster, and more efficient than current RAM, while also having the flash-like ability to retain data without power. IBM, who first floated the idea last year, is now sharing some more details about its prototype device that, while only able to store 4Kb of data (roughly half the text of this post in ASCII), is said to be able to retain that for 10 years. There’s still no word on when we might be able to buy some of the stuff for our home computers, or when it’ll be able to hold something a little more impressive (like maybe a whole post), but we’re guessing it’ll be well into the next decade before your Three 6 Mafia MP3 collection starts ridin’ spinning electrons that don’t stop.

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Samsung BlackJack II tops Consumer Reports’ list of best smartphones

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 these days, but you’ve got to admit it’s just about as functional as you’d ever need a business-class handset to be with GPS, HSDPA, and WinMo 6.1, which gladly sucks up Exchange accounts until you’re blue in the face. When you factor in the fact that it runs just $80 these days on an AT&T contract in a choice of four colors… okay, yeah, we can kinda see it. The iPhone 3G and T-Mobile G1 don’t play second fiddle terribly often these days (they were way down in the middle of the Consumer Reports pack in this testing cycle, in fact), so let’s just let this old dog have one more moment in the spotlight, shall we?

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

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 ones like OGG, AAC, DivX and XviD. The whole kit is running Windows CE 5.0, with what looks to be a resistive touchscreen (480 x 320) and a purty home-grown interface. No word on price, but it’s not like we’d have much use for that DMB antenna anyways. We’re not bitter.

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Star Wars Wii mod realizes very few of our childhood dreams

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 just hit the eBays, with a $500 starting price that includes the work of art you see before you, a red LED Wiimote and nunchuck, and a copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You can’t usually put a pricetag on this sort of midi-chlorian concentration.

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More of Motorola’s 2009 Verizon lineup leaked

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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), a slider in the vein of yesterday’s “Calgary” QWERTY phone, a dowdy looking number called the “Fairbanks” (a PTT device), and a clamshell called the “Harmony.” The latter two phones could hardly stoke much excitement, but the Niagra definitely gives us some hope for Moto’s big comeback. Now — these will all be powered by Android, right?

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Microsoft Fixes Explorer Flaw.

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 to software security firm Trend Micro.The company’s senior security adviser Rik Ferguson told Sky News Online: “It’s a flaw that affects every version of Explorer on all versions of Windows.”Mr Ferguson explained that many cyber criminals operate by using malware - software that is installed on people’s computers without them knowing. Read more

TwoNav Aventura, GPS navigator SUV

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 because it’s specially prepared for this. Created by the Spanish company CompeGPS Team, we will have no problem with its use outdoors because it’s specially prepared for this. Is made of components is very resilient and resistant to rain and splashes, so it would be the ideal companion on excursions to the countryside. Is made of components is very Resilient and resistant to rain and splashes, so it would be the ideal companion on excursions to the countryside. In addition, the screen is perfectly even under sunlight. In addition, the screen is perfectly even under sunlight. Read more

WriteSense, capacitive screens not just the finger

Posted on | December 18, 2008 | No Comments

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 to use a stylus to work with them. Read more

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