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  • Motorola Droid and Dell Adamo latest to get Gorilla glass

    Motorola Droid and Dell Adamo latest to get Gorilla glass

    Posted on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Corning's darn-near-impenetrable Gorilla glass certainly isn't new -- in fact, we spied it in a few of Motion Computing's tablets just a few months ago -- but it's still not commonplace on mainstream gizmos. Yet. SmartPlanet sat down with Dr. Donnell Walton, senior applications engineer at Corning, in order to discuss the merits of the display technology as well as its importance in the gadget space. The discussion also mentioned that both Motorola's Droid and Dell's Adamo (not to mention Cowon's S9 PMP) are sporting the glass, which acts to make displays "damage-resistant." Not surprisingly, the company is seeing huge demand in the smartphone arena, where touchscreen-centric phones are being shoved into pockets at random and then costing manufacturers big bucks as return rates creep up. It's a pretty interesting read if you're into that type of thing, and yes, we did just give you permission to try and split your Droid display wide open in a moment of frustration. Just don't count on Motorola to accept that as a valid excuse for your RMA.

    [Thanks, Jeff]

    Motorola Droid and Dell Adamo latest to get Gorilla glass originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Bag Week Review Round-up

    Bag Week Review Round-up

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Wow, we just burned through 14 bags over the last seven days. We looked at dual-purpose bags, weather-proof backpacks, camera satchels, and even went hands-on with a bag worthy of Batman. Hopefully you were introduced to a few new options. There is no reason why you should still be using that laptop briefcase you uncle [...]

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  • Bag Week: Crumpler King Single

    Bag Week: Crumpler King Single

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    The Crumpler King Single is a laptop backpack with a low profile. That's not to say it won't draw attention; the color and styling is hard to miss, but the design holds your laptop and your stuff close to your center mass.

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  • Bag Week: Booq Boa Squeeze

    Bag Week: Booq Boa Squeeze

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Short version: Like lots of pockets in a laptop backpack? I count 27 on the Booq Boa Squeeze and wouldn’t be surprised if there are some hiding. Info: Water resistant Holds up to a 15-inch notebook Has at least 27 pockets Terralinq serial number $99 MSRP Pros Crapton of pockets Comfortable to wear Feels durable Cons The small, rounded bag looks funny on this guy This bag can be summed [...]

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  • Heated portable chair costs $120, makes being outside slightly less miserable

    Heated portable chair costs $120, makes being outside slightly less miserable

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    If you've ever spent an extended period of time outside during the late fall or winter watching some sort of parade, sporting event, or interpretive dance, you'll have no doubt A) had plenty of time to re-examine your life and B) wished you’d brought a chair. Now add C) to that list: wished the chair you didn’t bring was heated.

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  • Celebrating Cyber Monday? Then join me in celebrating Awesome Tuesday tomorrow.

    Celebrating Cyber Monday? Then join me in celebrating Awesome Tuesday tomorrow.

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Today is Cyber Monday, a fact you may have already noticed. Oh, and tomorrow, I hereby declare, is Awesome Tuesday. Because if you look at the history of Cyber Monday, then you realize that my creating Awesome Tuesday two seconds ago is just as valid and authentic as the existence of Cyber Monday.

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  • This season, crazy monkey shoes are the new hotness at the Chrome OS event

    This season, crazy monkey shoes are the new hotness at the Chrome OS event

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Velcome, darling! Look what we have for you! Sergey Brin wearing VFF KSOs, CrunchGear's favorite, as Greg calls them, "crazy monkey shoes." I'm personally a VFF convert and I'm very impressed that Sergey is willing to walk around in these. Embiggen after the jump.

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  • Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    If you weren't at the Surly Girl Saloon last night for the Columbus CrunchGear meetup, then you were somewhere else! You missed John sporting a new pair of Onion Goggles. You missed a nerd-a-thon comparing the Droid, HD2, iPhone, Dream, and whatever other handhelds folks could dig out of their pockets. And you missed an opportunity to put your grubby paws on not only the TwitterPeek but also the Nokia Booklet!

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  • What, exactly, is the Twitter Peek?

    What, exactly, is the Twitter Peek?

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    I just got my hands on the the Twitter Peek (AKA the Tweek) and I’m trying to figure out who, specifically, this is for. First, let’s consider this my review: this device is not very good if you’re a Twitter “power user” like myself or anyone else with maybe 100+ followers and a few hundred [...]

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  • Original Body HTC Heros with US 3G coming soon – but you’ll have to import

    Original Body HTC Heros with US 3G coming soon – but you’ll have to import

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    If your pockets are just beggin' to be filled with an HTC Hero, your options thus far (assuming you're in the US) have been limited. You could get one through Sprint or wait for Verizon's Hero-esque Droid Eris - but either of those options means you're on a modified, round-bodied Hero rather than the angled, chin-tastic Hero that nearly 70% of our readers prefer. You could import one of the original bodied Heros from the UK - but then you wouldn't be able to get 3G on any US Carrier. If you wanted US 3G and an original Hero, you were out of luck - until now.

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  • Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments

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    If there's one thing that's sure to break a new Droid owner's heart, it's scratching the hell out of it -- or worse yet, dropping it to its untimely death. Wouldn't that be a tragedy? Of course, one quick and dirty way to avoid a lot of that heartache is to equip your phone with a beefy protective case, and from what we're seeing here, it looks like there won't be any problem whatsoever finding such cases on day one of the Droid's availability (whenever that happens to be). What we've got here is a third-party case (excuse us -- "carrying solution") that's popped up over at Best Buy Mobile, though interestingly, the Droid's model number of A855 is being featured far more prominently than the catchy name itself. Given the look of this thing, we think you'll need to have an extreme dedication to preserving your phone's rugged handsomeness to actually equip it, but hey, more power to you -- meanwhile, we'll carry on with letting our phones rustle around with coins, keys, pens, and switchblades in our pockets.

    [Thanks, anonymous tipster]

    Motorola Droid already getting accessorized originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Keychain-friendly screwdriver set actually looks somewhat useful

    Keychain-friendly screwdriver set actually looks somewhat useful

    Posted on September 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Putting a screwdriver on a keychain isn’t an entirely new concept, but these “heat treated blackened steel” screwdrivers with the flattened heads look like they might actually work pretty well in a pinch, even on otherwise stubborn screws.

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  • Mouse pad enthusiasts, this is your bag

    Mouse pad enthusiasts, this is your bag

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey guys. Hanging out on a pile of rocks with your laptop bags, huh? Can I join you? No? Why, because I don’t have my own laptop bag? Ah, I see. Laptop Bag Owners Club members only, eh? Tough but fair. If I buy one of those bags can I join you? No? Ah, I see. The Laptop Bag Owners Club is also known as the No Dougs Club, too. Gotcha. What if I change my first na—just no? No, in general, no matter what? Okay, thanks anyway.

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  • Belarus officially supports radiation-proof cellphone pockets for kids

    Belarus officially supports radiation-proof cellphone pockets for kids

    Posted on August 14, 2009 | No Comments
    You and I both know that the only way to prevent dangerous EF radiation is by wrapping your cellphone in cling-film and aluminum foil and then battering it and frying it in cornmeal. The resulting phonedog is safe and delicious. Sadly, the Belarussian government is instead depending on specially lined pockets in school uniforms that will keep radiation away from the kids special body parts.

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  • Emergency iPhone charger measures just 1cm thick

    Emergency iPhone charger measures just 1cm thick

    Posted on August 7, 2009 | No Comments
    slim This thing's slim, I tell you. Slim. At just one centimeter thick, the "Ultra Slim (Card Type) Emergency Charger for iPod / iPhone" over at USB Fever might find its way into a few pockets when it's released on August 23rd.

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