On August 25th, Sony held a small reception for members of the press and public to showcase their upcoming product lines for the holiday season. You better really like 3D, because it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, and it’s going to be pervasive come the 2010 holidays. The Sony offerings were confined […]
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Pogoplug is updating their existing product to support printing to some USB-connected printers or network printers on the same network as the Pogoplug. They USB-based printing works on any HP or Epson printer made since 2005 that is connected to the USB port of the Pogoplug. In addition, Pogoplug is shipping a Wireless Extender that can been
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Android devices such as the Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 are super hot right now. The great thing about them is that unlike the Apple iPhone, there is more than one choice if you want a phone with the Android OS. We usually gravitate to the high end smartphones here on The Gadgeteer, but
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Borders is expanding their ebook reader offerings again. They’ll soon have two Android-based devices from Velocity Micro. They are the Cruz Reader (left) and the Cruz Tablet (right). Both come pre-loaded with the Borders ebook reader app, both have 7″ TFT full-color displays and Android operating systems, allow web surfing, listening to music, and watching video. Both have accelerometers,
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Well, it’s official folks. My AT&T contract has been terminated and my new line on Verizon has been activated with the Motorola Droid X. The whole process was quick and painless. I know I’m going to miss the iPhone 4 hardware and apps. I’m not even going to pretend that I won’t. But one look
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The phrase “high tech/high touch” brings to mind big, puffy chairs in coffee shops, where we surf over the free WiFi or teak furniture with high-tech design. Leather cases for our most current devices, too, is a manifestation of this idea. Aligata, with their Leather iPad case, fits right in.
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There was a lot of talk about this unit from Pandigital (maker of Digital Photo Frames and film scanners) around June when they were removed off the shelves of Kohl’s for poor/slow performance. They came back with newer firmware and much quicker response in July at Bed Bath & Beyond Stores along with Walgreens and
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First Orion is launching PrivacyStar for Android, which will display the name of the caller as the phone is ringing – even if that person is not in your address book. PrivacyStar will give Android users the same level of Caller ID service that has only been found on landline phones. The application accesses the
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Virgin Mobile is offering prepaid plans for the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. This MiFi device allows up to five different WiFi-enabled devices to connect to the internet wherever you may be. The MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is $149. Mobile plans vary from $10 to $60, depending on the amount of data.
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Today Amazon announced a new sleeker, lighter and less expensive version of their popular eBook Reader. The new Kindle is priced at a very affordable $139 and is available in White or Graphite. Besides the obvious physical changes, the display is supposed to have 50% better contrast that previous versions, battery life is supposed to
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