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  • Flipboard Brings More Social Media to Latest Edition of Its Popular Magazine

    Posted on December 16, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Motorola Droid X first (official) hands-on and unboxing! Update: video!

    Motorola Droid X first (official) hands-on and unboxing! Update: video!

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Yeah, we kind of already saw this phone, but if you don't tell Motorola and Verizon, we won't. We just got our hands on an official, final Droid X at the NY launch event, and it tastes just as sweet. Here are a few notes:
    • It's built of basically the same material as the Droid, but there's something almost kind of "taut" about the phone, where when you thwack it with a finger it resounds like a drum. The phone vibration seems to work on this same principle, giving it much less of the typical buzz (in the funky, cheap sense) you expect.
    • There are three mics, and in video mode you can select between "scenes" based on which mic you want to use: outward facing for regular shoots, inward facing for narration. The third mic is up top for noise cancellation during calls.
    • Yeah, there's not kickstand, but the EVO 4G really does seem chunky up against the Droid X, and the camera bulge on the latter is not annoying at all.
    • PHYSICAL BUTTONS.
    • You get your choice between Swype and Motorola's multitouch keyboard, which is really pretty great. We were typing at speed within a few seconds of using it.
    • You can tell that the processor is fast, but the UI still has a jerky quality to it -- it's not totally fluid. We'd say that's more of an Android thing, though.
    • The new version of Motoblur is much, much more attractive than before -- the widgets are sleeker, smaller, and less in your face. You can also resize them, and they rearrange themselves somewhat intelligently.
    Update: Video after the break!

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    Motorola Droid X first (official) hands-on and unboxing! Update: video! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony’s mysterious universal video game controller patent portends PS3 Virtual Console (or maybe it doesn’t, who knows?)

    Sony’s mysterious universal video game controller patent portends PS3 Virtual Console (or maybe it doesn’t, who knows?)

    Posted on February 19, 2010 | No Comments
    This is more interesting than I had originally thought. Sony filed a patent last year (it was only unearthed today or yesterday) describing a universal video game controller. You know how there's universal remote controls, smart devices that can control a TV, cable box, DVD player, etc.? It's the same principle here: a single device that's about to function as a video game controller for all sorts of consoles.

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  • Wi-Fi school bus keeps kids quiet

    Wi-Fi school bus keeps kids quiet

    Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
    A school district in Arizona has outfitted one of its school buses with a $200 mobile 3G Wi-Fi router and $60-per-month access. And guess what? Instead of punching each other and yelling all the way to school, the kids quietly tap, tap, tap away on their laptops.

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  • CrunchDeals: The Orange Box for $13

    CrunchDeals: The Orange Box for $13

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    If you haven't yet purchased Valve’s Orange Box (which any semi-serious gamer should own just out of principle), now’s probably a good time to do so. It's available for $12.90 until Friday.

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  • UBoard desk shelf features three-port USB hub, cup holder

    UBoard desk shelf features three-port USB hub, cup holder

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Cup holder, eh? I like cups. Who doesn’t? If you constantly find yourself in need of a 22 inch wide glass shelf with a built-in three-port USB hub and cup holder attachment, then today is your lucky day.

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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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  • iPhone app review: Applipedia

    iPhone app review: Applipedia

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    applipediaDoes it seem to you, like it seems to me, that iPhone apps are the new way to drive traffic to various websites? With the always-on Internet connection of an iPhone, why bother building all the content into your app when it can simply phone home to fetch what it needs? In principle I have no problem with this: avoid duplicating data, and focus on providing a great product. In reality, though, people seem to abuse this model by quickly throwing together a decent looking app that doesn't really provide much value to the end user. Case in point: Palo Alto Networks' Applipedia web site and its associated iPhone app.

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  • New service enables total control of factory workers

    New service enables total control of factory workers

    Posted on July 3, 2009 | No Comments
    In principle, any advance in any field of technology is welcome, but I have my doubts about this new service developed by a Japanese company called DSS. It's basically aimed at establishing a "big brother"-like control system [JP, PDF] within factories.

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  • What we think about embargoes

    What we think about embargoes

    Posted on June 10, 2009 | No Comments
    PR People - This is for you. We honor embargoes unless there is a leak and then we will post the news. We won’t sign NDAs on principle but will if it makes your client a little happier. We respect TechCrunch’s position and still stand by this statement but we realize the limitations placed upon [...]

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