Aesthetics Archive

  • Seidio Develops Revolutionary Tempered Glass Screen Protector, VITREO, for iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III

    Posted on December 18, 2012 | No Comments
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  • Video: Hands-on with the Motorola Droid 2

    Video: Hands-on with the Motorola Droid 2

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    You love Motorola, don't you? You've been rockin' each of their models before even the RAZR was cool. So you've no doubt been excited by the upcoming sequel to the brought-moto-back-from-fiery-doom Droid: the Droid 2. Yes, the Droid 2, not X. I know it's getting a litle confusing remembering which Droid is which, but let me remind you: the Droid 2 has a physical QWERTY, the X doesn't. But anyway, Android and Me have posted the world's first* hands-on video with the device, as well as run the device through a few benchmarks. And what did they find? Follow the read link to find out.

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  • Hands-on with the AT&T HTC Aria

    Hands-on with the AT&T HTC Aria

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    June 20th. That’s when AT&T gets the HTC Aria — a phone which, at least in my mind, is AT&T’s first to be powered by Android. What’s that you say? The Motorola Backflip was the first Android phone on AT&T? Sorry, I guess my mind has a tendency to block out tragic events. With past sins [...]

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  • Do you wish to own a Joule iPad Stand? Yes?

    Do you wish to own a Joule iPad Stand? Yes?

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    So Joule sent us an $129 iPad stand to give away and we want you to have one. It’s actually quite cool. It’s made of a solid piece of metal and just kind of feels weighty and important. It’s amazingly heavy duty and it’s great to know someone out there still cares about aesthetics. Biggest [...]

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  • So that’s what my universal remote was missing

    So that’s what my universal remote was missing

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Looking for more ways to go green? Powerplus just introduced the Leopard, a solar-powered universal remote that can charge its internal lithium-ion battery using either direct sunlight or artificial light. Basically, if you keep it facing up in a lit room, you will never have to worry about running out of batteries again.

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  • Lumigon T1, S1 and E1 packs Android into some gorgeous hardware

    Lumigon T1, S1 and E1 packs Android into some gorgeous hardware

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Hardware specs and software and application support are probably the biggest things we look at when deciding on a new phone, but sometimes we quickly dismiss design and aesthetics. Now we can have a generous serving of both thanks to Scandanavian manufacturer Lumigon.

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  • Apple, here, this is the iPad we wanted

    Apple, here, this is the iPad we wanted

    Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
    It seems so elementary to all of us around CrunchGear’s HQ that the iPad should have had three simple features: a camera, SD card slot, and external battery indicator. I mean, the iPad missed the mark by a lot in many areas, but it’s just silly that Apple didn’t included those items. I won’t bother [...]

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  • Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you

    Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you

    Posted on December 31, 2009 | No Comments
    iPhone accessory maker and recession antidote regular Mophie is about to make the most buzzworthy move of its short history by offering a credit card reader and accompanying transaction app for the Apple handset. Positioned as a direct competitor to Jack Dorsey's Square iPhone Payment System, Mophie's solution looks to be integrated into an iPhone case -- making it possible to keep the reader on permanently, albeit at a slight cost to your device's aesthetics. The decidedly cube-shaped Square system has a less ergonomic design, but we suspect that the winner (if either of these two succeeds) will be primarily determined by the usability of the app and affordability of the service. Look out for more info to emerge at some point during the maelstrom that will be CES 2010.

    Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Round 2

    Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Round 2

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    My inbox is in pain. Almost immediately after I hit the publish button on last week’s iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Smartphone Showdown, a torrential blast of comments and questions has been barraging just about every communication inlet I’ve got. Phone calls. Twitter DMs. Lots, and lots, and lots of emails. Across the board, it [...]

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  • BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions

    BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments

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    RIM's successor to the original Bold -- the BlackBerry Bold 9700 -- has finally landed on our doorsteps. The 9000 is in many ways a hard act to follow. Hardware-wise, it lived up to its name, going where most phones never went with its retro, leathery, nearly clunky looks in an age of rounded edges and shiny curves. Don't get us wrong -- we loved the 9000's aesthetics obsessively -- which is why we couldn't wait to get our hands on its newborn child. A few questions we had in mind: would the 9700 live up to its predecessor's notoriously uncompromising fashion sense? Would the new Bold feel as good to hold and use in the hand as its loving parent? How would it stack up against other, new devices from RIM? If these are the kind of questions you think you might want answers to, read on for our impressions.

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    BlackBerry Bold 9700 hands-on and impressions originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Maemo 6 UI concept revealed to include portrait mode, capacitive multitouch

    Maemo 6 UI concept revealed to include portrait mode, capacitive multitouch

    Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments

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    Today at the Maemo Summit -- which we like to imagine happens in a lavish, remote mountain fortress somewhere in Finland -- Nokia dropped some interesting hints about what we can expect from Maemo 6. Look for both portrait and landscape support, multitouch, capacitive touchscreens, an "iconic user experience and integrated internet services in one aesthetic package" (as opposed to a user experience that lacks icons, integrated internet services, or aesthetics, we suppose), and a desktop significantly larger than the display, which can be navigated either vertically or horizontally: Nokia is calling this "the canvas principle," although we'd call it "possibly quite confusing" unless the design is particularly well implemented. But the designers have plenty of time for that: Maemo 6 probably won't see the light of day until late 2010. Hit the read link for plenty more mind-blowing slides.

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    Maemo 6 UI concept revealed to include portrait mode, capacitive multitouch originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony VAIO W netbook reviewed

    Sony VAIO W netbook reviewed

    Posted on August 26, 2009 | No Comments
    vaio Sony's first official netbook, the VAIO W, has been poked and prodded by Darren Gladstone over at PC World. You'll recall that the $499 machine features pretty standard netbook components, with the added bonus of the slightly-faster 1.66GHz Atom N280 CPU and a 10-inch 1366x768 resolution screen. Let's check out the highlights and lowlights, shall we?

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  • Review: BlackBerry Curve 8520 (T-Mobile)

    Review: BlackBerry Curve 8520 (T-Mobile)

    Posted on August 6, 2009 | No Comments
    John already gave you his “quick look” on the 8520, but a second look never hurt. Take into account the fact that my main phone is the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and you can see why I’m anxious to give you my thoughts on the latest Curve to hit the streets. It’s a budget BlackBerry that skimps on aesthetics, but manages to offer a lot of “must have” features that BlackBerry users have become accustomed to from other devices. Compared to the 8900, the 8520 is sans GPS and the 3.2-megapixel AF camera that’s on the 8900 is now a 2-megapixel variant on the baby Curve. Here are a few sample images taken side-by-side with the 8900. Video quality is somewhat similar, but the 8900 does a better job with color than the 8520. Check out the screengrab after the sample photos.

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  • MSI X340 ultraportable now available in the US for $799

    MSI X340 ultraportable now available in the US for $799

    Posted on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
    x340Looks like MSI is the first out of the gate to ship an ultraportable with Intel's new CULV chipset here in the US. The X340 is now up for sale for $799 at Newegg, Amazon, Buy.com, and elsewhere.

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  • ASUS Eee PC 1005HA found in the wild, bests the Seashell in the little things

    ASUS Eee PC 1005HA found in the wild, bests the Seashell in the little things

    Posted on May 26, 2009 | No Comments

    We just got through looking at ASUS's new Eee PC 1008HA Seashell, but it might be the 1005HA that really strikes a balance between form and function. The upcoming netbook has many of the Seashell's stylings, but forgoes the recessed ports, port doors and hokey mini VGA plug to bring a more functional experience while hardly sacrificing the aesthetics. This version in the wilds of Germany also has a 6 cell removable battery instead of the 1008HA's "next-gen" 3 cell integrated battery -- we'll have to wait for the benchmarks to see who is crowned the winner, but anybody who's ever had the joy of swapping batteries on a transoceanic flight has probably already made up their mind.

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    ASUS Eee PC 1005HA found in the wild, bests the Seashell in the little things originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 May 2009 12:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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