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  • Starbucks moving to free, no-registration-needed WiFi on July 1st

    Starbucks moving to free, no-registration-needed WiFi on July 1st

    This isn’t so much mobile news as it is news that mobile users should probably know about. That coffee company, Starbucks.. maybe you’ve heard of them? If not, open the blinds at whatever location you’re currently sitting at, and look across the street (or, at most, down to the corner). Surprise! It’s a Starbucks! Well, [...]

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  • Toyko Flash’s Changing Lanes Watch: Changing the way you view your time

    Toyko Flash’s Changing Lanes Watch: Changing the way you view your time

    Many times during the day, I look at my watch. It’s a rather easy thing to read. Its functionality and simplicity has remained for years. However, that notion wasn’t good enough for one company, namely Tokyo Flash.

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  • Is this the Apple Magic Trackpad? Is WWDC going to be a bust?

    Is this the Apple Magic Trackpad? Is WWDC going to be a bust?

    Steve just can't catch a break. It sure seems like the item above is the unannounced Apple Magic Trackpad, which just got an unofficial Internet debut just like the iPhone 4G/HD ahead of Jobs' WWDC keynote address later today. Apple might as well pack up their massive banners and simply issue press releases like every other CE company. At this rate, there isn't going to be anything left to announce in Steve Jobs' traditional "one more thing" fashion.

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  • Leaked Pics: Samsung’s Android-powered i897 confirmed for AT&T, looks pretty great

    Leaked Pics: Samsung’s Android-powered i897 confirmed for AT&T, looks pretty great

    Waaay back in April, a handset with strikingly similar specs to the beastly Samsung Galaxy S showed up in the Bluetooth certification database. The big difference here, though, was the model number: SGH-i897. Through good ol' fashion science (and by that, I mean looking at the model number), we deduced that this guy was headed for AT&T -- and we were right.

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  • Jabra announces white version of their Stone headset

    Jabra announces white version of their Stone headset

    When Jabra announced the Stone headset last year (and tormented Matt), we really liked it. John dug the design, and Jabra's headset's never lack in the quality department. What they were lacking was color. Well good news, if you've been holding out because you wanted a headset that matched your earbuds, Jabra is ready to help you out.

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  • Asus wants your network to look fabulous

    Asus wants your network to look fabulous

    You’ve been sitting there looking and looking at that horrible little while box that your assistant says is a “wireless rooter” and you are disgusted that this horrible thing has to even be in your house for the Internet let alone somewhere where you can see it. What do you do? You tell your assistant [...]

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  • Tosvet CS79: Monstrous yet strangely alluring

    Tosvet CS79: Monstrous yet strangely alluring

    You guys ready to look at some massive watches? Tsovet’s Ronda Quartz-powered CS79 is quite intriguing even if the 10 – actually a 0? – is a bit off-putting. This monster watch costs $425 and is cased in PVD-coated steel on a leather band. They have a few other interesting models – most are, sadly, quartz [...]

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  • Encrypting your iPhone backups? Time to choose a better password

    Encrypting your iPhone backups? Time to choose a better password

    If you’re using the backup encryption method introduced in iPhone OS 3.0 and your password is something like “cat”, “sex”, or “tetherball”, you should probably change it to something a bit more complicated. There be hackers wantin’ your goods! Password recovery software company ElcomSoft has just released an iPhone backup cracking tool called iPhone Password Breaker. [...]

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  • Open thread: What does your ideal Apple tablet look like?

    Open thread: What does your ideal Apple tablet look like?

    At this point in the game, you know as much about the Apple tablet as we do — squat. Sure, some esteemed tech pundits seem to have it all figured out, but they don’t. Hell, Apple might not even announce the iPad tomorrow. That’s what I’m praying for. But we’re curious, what’s your ideal Apple tablet look like? [...]

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  • Hands-on with the Plastic Logic Que

    Hands-on with the Plastic Logic Que

    And we have another ebook reader! This time around it's the Que from Plastic Logic. Just because it's not the Kindle or Nook, don't write it off. This device, and the software it runs, might be special enough to make a mark in the ebook reader scene.

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  • HTC Nexus One Bluetooth car dock hits the FCC; Nexus One trade name listed as ‘Google Phone’

    HTC Nexus One Bluetooth car dock hits the FCC; Nexus One trade name listed as ‘Google Phone’

    The slow drip of Nexus One info continues at the FCC -- just a day after we saw the Bluetooth desktop dock hit the database, the Bluetooth car dock we'd also seen floating around has turned up for inpection. And what's this? The list of ancillary testing equipment used says the phone's "trade name" is "Google Phone," which is the first time we've seen that name used in a semi-official fashion. It's particularly notable since this form was prepared by HTC employees and the phone is called the Nexus One elsewhere in the document, so you'd think they'd just put either HTC or Nexus One in that space. Of course, it's also entirely possible that whoever filled out this form just got a little carried away, but c'mon -- you wouldn't lie to the government, now would you? Titillating wireframe pic of the car dock after the break.

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    HTC Nexus One Bluetooth car dock hits the FCC; Nexus One trade name listed as 'Google Phone' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Guy brings whole computer rig into B&N, the world snickers

    Guy brings whole computer rig into B&N, the world snickers

    This dude probably had to get some work done and decided to mooch off of B&N's free Internet. But seriously? Did he really have to do it in this fashion? I mean, he's just further advancing the general public's view of nerds.

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  • RIM’s optical trackpads: they weren’t joking about the ‘optical’ part

    RIM’s optical trackpads: they weren’t joking about the ‘optical’ part

    Thinking about how your phone's touchscreen operates, you might assume that the so-called optical pads that have been making appearances on recent BlackBerrys (among other devices) operate in a similar fashion -- but you'd be wrong. RIM's official BlackBerry blog is chiming in today to drop some knowledge on us dullards, and it turns out that "optical" isn't just a cute nickname -- the pads do actually operate in much the same way as modern desktop mice, using a low-res infrared camera to capture movement across the surface and translate it into movement. In practical terms, what this means is that you don't need a conductive surface to operate the pad -- you can use pretty much anything that the sensor can see, so a gloved hand (for instance) is theoretically good to go. That being said, don't expect to be snapping photos with your "camera" any time soon -- we're literally talking about a handful of grayscale pixels here, which should make it only marginally better than the Droid's cam.

    RIM's optical trackpads: they weren't joking about the 'optical' part originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • HP’s Obsidian becomes iPAQ Glisten, officially comes to AT&T

    HP’s Obsidian becomes iPAQ Glisten, officially comes to AT&T

    Wow, talk about digging deep in the memory bank. The same phone that we spotted way back in July (known then as the iPAQ K3 Obsidian) has finally emerged in official fashion on AT&T. Dubbed the iPAQ Glisten, this all-business smartphone boasts a vanilla coat of Windows Mobile 6.5, a 2.5-inch AMOLED display, 3.1 megapixel camera, 256MB of SDRAM, a microSD expansion slot, A-GPS, 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, a QWERTY keyboard, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. 'Course, you'll still be dealing with a resistive screen and a dated OS, but if you're turned on in some weird way, it'll be "available in the coming weeks" for $179.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year agreement.

    HP's Obsidian becomes iPAQ Glisten, officially comes to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Ericsson Pureness hands-on: Pacman edition

    Sony Ericsson Pureness hands-on: Pacman edition

    We've seen it out and about, but at last we got a chance to actually play with Sony Ericsson's tribute to impractical style: the Pureness. As it turns out, using the device is just about as pointless as it seems. You can always just barely make out what's happening on the semi-translucent monochrome screen, and we found ourselves constantly shifting our angle and backdrop to improve readability. The capabilities of the phone should come as no surprise to anyone who's used a Sony Ericsson Java-happy dumbphone in the past, and the handset also has that wild variety of face buttons that are typical on a SE handset. Up top, with the d-pad flush on the face, things start to get crowded, but overall the phone is pretty usable tactile-wise. The meaty numeric pad should be a boon to a T9 afficianado, and we even managed to play a game of Pacman on the handset. Overall the materials used are nice and XPERIA-ey, but the most overt luxury item here is the block of glass that serves as the screen. In the US the phone will be sold unlocked at the Saks online store -- obviously courting the fashion-concious consumer it's built for -- but there's still no word on a US pricetag. Check out some video after the break.

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    Sony Ericsson Pureness hands-on: Pacman edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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