Archive for September, 2009

  • Verizon announces Nokia 2705 Shade flip phone

    Verizon announces Nokia 2705 Shade flip phone

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Nokia 2705 Shade Front Angled Slightly OpenThink what you will, but we're big believers in "keeping it real" 'round these parts. While we swoon whenever a new smart phone hits the scene, the vast majority are still stuck in the flip phone zone - and you know what? There's nothing wrong with that. Have no fear, flip fans, Verizon is here to fulfill all your flipping needs with the new Nokia 2705 Shade.

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  • Verizon debuts the HTC Imagio, their first smartphone with V CAST TV

    Verizon debuts the HTC Imagio, their first smartphone with V CAST TV

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Aaaand the rumor mill nails it again. Confirming rumors from a few weeks back, Verizon has just announced that their big, beautiful Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, the HTC Imagio, will be launching on the same day as 6.5 itself: October 6th.

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  • Verizon announces the Razzle, endless puns ensue

    Verizon announces the Razzle, endless puns ensue

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    When we first got word that Verizon would be announcing the Razzle today, a handful of potential posts popped into our brain almost instantly. Thing is, when it comes that easy for us, it came that easy for everyone else, too.

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  • Major PSP firmware update adds tethering, Media Go

    Major PSP firmware update adds tethering, Media Go

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Since the PSP Go is coming tomorrow, it was reasonable to expect a firmware update the PSP. We just didn't expect one this full of content. Will it be enough to get the homebrew people to upgrade? Probably not, but for the casual user it's quite the step forward. Can you say tethering? I knew you could.

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  • How to photograph a 300 ft tall tree without getting a splinter

    How to photograph a 300 ft tall tree without getting a splinter

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    National Geographic magazine is running an article about the redwood forest this month, and part of that article included a very special vertical panoramic shot of a 300 foot tall tree. Shooting in the redwoods is particularly difficult because you lose the sense of scale. If there's not something like a house or a bus next to the tree, you really can't show how massive the trees really are. Photographer Nick Nichols traveled out into the forest to do just that: capture a photo of a tree that's over 300 feet tall, while keeping a sense of scale. Standard photographic techniques just wouldn't cut it, so Nick had to get creative.

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  • Nokia Booklet 3G to be a Best Buy exclusive in the U.S.

    Nokia Booklet 3G to be a Best Buy exclusive in the U.S.

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    While we’re still in the dark as to when it’ll launch or how much damage it’ll do to our wallets, we just got word of where future owners will be picking up their new Nokia-made netbook. You want one? You’ll have to talk to the dudes in the blue polos. At their holiday gift guide event, [...]

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  • Tabletop gaming hits the silver screen

    Tabletop gaming hits the silver screen

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Anyone who plays Warhammer 40K knows how much work goes into your army. The modeling, the filing, the painting, on and on and on. Then you send hours compiling your army list, carefully pack the Emperor’s superhuman servants in foam, take them down to the local game shop, and for what? To have them destroyed [...]

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  • Make your own Street View rig for fun and profit

    Make your own Street View rig for fun and profit

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    If you suddenly find yourself with $300 to burn, an old laptop, and too much time on your hands this weekend, I might suggest that you build a DIY Google Street View-style rig for your car. That's what West Point student Roy Ragsdale did for his "disruptive technologies" class. And if someone at West Point does it, it's okay for you to do it.

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  • DTV box sales “plummet” – surpise, surprise

    DTV box sales “plummet” – surpise, surprise

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember the big technology story of the first half of the year? Analog signals were suppose to be shut-off on February 17, but Obama saved millions of households from their procrastination by delaying it a few months. But eventually on June 12, those signals were turned off. You have to imagine that retailers moved loads of analog to digital converter boxes through the shut-off date. Not many have likely been sold since though, which is why *gasp* sales have plummeted.

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  • Bad news: That Sprint Touch Pro 2 price cut? Not happening.

    Bad news: That Sprint Touch Pro 2 price cut? Not happening.

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Earlier today, we passed on word of a rumor that the Sprint Touch Pro 2 would be seeing a price cut from the oh-so-absurd price of $349 (after a $100 mail-in rebate, mind you) down to the much more reasonable $149. It sounded great! With Verizon's Touch Pro 2 already at that price, it certainly didn't sound too good to be true - but it was, for the most part.

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  • TENQA rolls out three new Bluetooth audio devices

    TENQA rolls out three new Bluetooth audio devices

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Bluetooth is a really versatile technology, and despite the fact that it has been out for years, we're still seeing new stuff come out that uses it. That's where this latest example comes in from TENQA.

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  • Spime Launches Industry Leading Onboard-Hybrid LBS Map and Navigation Engine for Devices

    Spime Launches Industry Leading Onboard-Hybrid LBS Map and Navigation Engine for Devices

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
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  • The Qualcomm FLO TV retail box leaks out, launch imminent?

    The Qualcomm FLO TV retail box leaks out, launch imminent?

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    The Qualcomm FLO TV is slowly taking shape. First we saw early concept art, which was followed by our exlucisive shots of the interface. But the just last week we saw a leaked photo and learned that it was manufactured by HTC. Today though, the retail packaging has been spotted. So...really the only thing left is the actual product announcement, which can't be that far off. Hopefully.

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  • Greenpeace hates Apple, HP a little bit less today

    Greenpeace hates Apple, HP a little bit less today

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Like many of you, my knowledge of Greenpeace begins and ends with that one Seinfeld episode, the one where the NBC executive, so in love with Elaine, freaks out and joins the organization in order to impress her. That is to say I don't really understand the “point” of the organization, or who appointed it the protector of the environment. But, it is, somehow, so let's roll with it. Good news for HP and Apple: Greenpeace hates you two a little bit less today! Break out the champagne!

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  • No, you can’t use the DJ Hero turntable on any other game

    No, you can’t use the DJ Hero turntable on any other game

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Bad news, sports fans. Well, to be specific, DJ Hero fans. Anyhow, it looks like you won't be able to use the turntable controller on any other video game. Why you'd want to use the turntable when playing, say, Street Fighter IV, I don't know.

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