by Bryan Sherman on April 17, 2012 · 0 comments
We posted news about the upsoming Sony SmartWatch back in January, but now it is actually shipping and we have more details. This $149.99 device connects to your Android smartphone and displays various pieces of information. You can order the SmartWatch at the Sony site. The specs include: 1.3″ OLED display 128 x 128 pixels 65k [...]
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by Jackie Cheng on April 14, 2012 · 2 comments
in Android related, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News, Tablet Computers and Gear
Wacom just released an update to their Bamboo Stylus. Their new Bamboo Stylus Duo adds a ballpoint pen on the other end of the stylus. This new design makes much more sense as you won’t have to carry an additional pen. They will sell for $39.95 when they come out in May.
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by Ian Lim on April 13, 2012 · 3 comments
Hands up! Who likes to start their morning with a coffee and a catchup of the daily news? In “the old days,” this meant grabbing the latest newspaper to read, but these days with all the digitised content out there, you’re no longer constrained to having to read a single source about a single subject. [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on April 13, 2012 · 3 comments
in Android related, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News, Watches and Clocks
This Pebble E-Paper Watch is a Kickstarter project. It probably set a funding record, receiving pledges of over a million dollars in 28 hours. The Pebble watch connects to an iPhone or Android smartphone via Bluetooth, so you’ll be notified of incoming calls or emails with a vibrating alert. You can access functions of the [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on April 11, 2012 · 8 comments
in Android related, Gear, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, Miscellaneous, News
The Feinger system consists of an mount attachment for the back of your phone and a finger sleeve to attach the phone to your hand. The neoprene finger sleeve is available in sizes to fit fingers of most sizes. The mount has an adhesive pad that attaches to your phone or small, handheld device. Snap [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on April 5, 2012 · 0 comments
The Next Issue app for Android gives you unlimited access to all the magazines in their library, with new issues available each month. All the magazines have enhanced content, like videos and interactive content, and all are managed by a single app, so the reading experience is the same for all titles. The app is [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on March 28, 2012 · 7 comments
in Android related, News
With the Moverio BT-100 wearable display from Epson, you’ll always have a floating 80″ high-res, quarter HD display with you so you can enjoy streaming video and side-by-side 3D content. The “screen” is see-through, so you’ll always be aware of the world around you. The Moverio BT-100 runs on an Android 2.2 platform with Adobe [...]
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by Julie on March 13, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, News
Today in London Sony announced the Xperia sola smartphone which is powered by Android version 2.3. That may cause your eyes to glaze over in boredom, but keep reading because they’ve added some “magic” to what might otherwise be just another Android smartphone. The sola’s key features include: NFC enabled and Xperia SmartTags in the box to enable [...]
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by Ian Lim on March 12, 2012 · 0 comments
in Android related, GPS, News, Outdoor Gear
Anirudh Sharma, a student of Informatics Engineering at the Rajasthan Technical University, has designed Le Chal (Hindi for ‘Take Along”) to assist the blind and visually impaired to navigate around. By pairing Le Chal with an Android smartphone with GPS, the user can speak a destination into Google maps and then manoeuvre via Google’s navigation. Four small vibration motors [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on March 10, 2012 · 3 comments
in Android related, Geek Toys, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News
Brando is offering the iDroid, the latest entry in the MIDbot series. This robot has 9 motors that allow it to move body parts, box, launch missiles, and even walk in a “humanoid walking model.” Instead of a remote controller, you download a free app to your iOS or Android device and connect to iDroid [...]
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by Mark Adkins on March 4, 2012 · 7 comments
in Android related, Blackberry related, Digital Cameras and Gear, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, Portable and Console Gaming, Reviews
I’ll admit that when I saw the ThingSling for the first time, I was not impressed – a small strap for the back of your phone? More basically – something else somebody wants to stick on my phone? I already have a case that demands I adhere some micro-Velcro to it, and a car mount [...]
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by Morgan Bornstein on March 3, 2012 · 3 comments
in Android related, Fitness, Sports, iPhone, iPad, iPod related, News
Yeah, yeah, we know we need at least thirty minutes of exercise a day, but come on, it’s just so boring. You know what would make it better? That’s right–Zombies! Zombies, Run! is an app for the iPhone/iPad/Android that casts you as a survivor in the zombie apocalypse. You become Runner 5, and it’s your [...]
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Winters here in Southern Indiana can be pretty brutal. Not this year though. Heck, it was 70 degrees on the last day of February. But in general, temps get well below freezing, which means I have to dig out a pair of gloves every morning for my drive to work. Gloves plus a touchscreen phone can equal [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on March 2, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, Kid Gadgets, News, Tablet Computers and Gear
Children always want to have things like their parents have, and I’ll admit that my daughter had her first (hand-me-down) PDA when she was five. Before that age, I wouldn’t have been comfortable even letting her play with my devices because very young children can have trouble understanding the need for being very careful with [...]
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by Ian Lim on March 2, 2012 · 0 comments
How do you use your Android tablet? How are your screens set out? Is it just a bunch of apps ? This article is supposed to be in the vein of my Thinkpad Tablet review, a “how it works for me” rather than any sort of technical discussion. ( And you’ll note that I haven’t [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 29, 2012 · 0 comments
in Android related, News
Okay, you’ve got your free 50GB Android Box Account, you’ve set your Box account up as a network drive, what else can you do with it ? If you use Dolphin HD browser on your Android device, then you can load the Box for Dolphin extension. So while you’re surfing and you find a site that you [...]
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If I were to ask a group of our readers to name an Android smartphone with a built in keyboard, I would expect the majority of them to say a Motorola Droid. This wouldn’t be a surprise given the fact that the original Motorola Droid remains a popular phone to this day over 2yrs after it was first released. [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 28, 2012 · 2 comments
in Android related, News
We first reported a prototype of the FXI Cotton Candy in November 2011, and a new updated version is now available for pre-order for $199 with limited availability in March 2012. As a quick reminder, the Cotton Candy is a self contained USB memory stick sized computer device that allows users to connect to personal [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 25, 2012 · 7 comments
in Android related, News
Need some cloud storage? Feel left out after Box’s iOS free 50GB offer? Box is now offering 50GB of free space to all Android users. Just login to Box from the newly updated Android app before Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:59pm PST and the space is yours. Normally a 50GB Box account would cost you [...]
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by Morgan Bornstein on February 24, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related, Gear, News
Power by Gen has created what can safely be hailed as just the most adorable Android charger on the market. Meet Andru, a 2.5″ tall charging assistant for your Android phone or any USB-powered device. When not in use, he has his own stand and you can move his arms and bend his antennae, but [...]
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