300+ developers attending the Maemo Summit were given a (pre-production) Nokia N900 for a 6 month “trial” period. One of the lucky attendees was kind enough to share his unboxing video (above) with the world. See, kids [...more]
Immediately after the Verizon Razzle was announced, it was quite clear that this wasn’t a phone made for me. That said, after spending a bit of time with it, I’m not sure this phone is really made for anyone . The Razzle’s gimmick (really – that’s what it is) is that it twists in the center to allow the user to switch between a QWERTY keyboard and a loudspeaker. [...more]
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Well, well. What do we have here? Apparently, Engadget has it on “good authority” that the BlackBerry Bold successor, aka Bold 2 / Onyx (it’s not clear which name will hit the streets, but either way it’s the 9700), will be announced on October 21…for AT&T and T-Mobile. [...more]
Wow, another T-Mobile Android phone ( Sprint's HTC Hero is the only Android-handset on another carrier). The Behold II has a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, and TouchWiz UI (now with 3D cube menu for quick access to multimedia). [...more]
A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1 : Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile . and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly . But the bad news [...more]
Cellphone recycling services are ubiquitous today, but this is the first time I've seen the process automated and presented in a convenient ATM-like package. Updated [...more]
Seemingly right out of the Flight of the Navigator , this " Power Boat " sculpture is one Paul Reubens robot voice short of taking flight and time traveling around Lake Michigan. The "boat" is meant to inspire, says creator/product designer Joey Ruiter . Power Boat: For very small people or no place to sit. [...more]
Oh, TLA Systems , you clever, clever bastards . As we all learned from that one awkwardly-mature kid in our first grade class, there is a glaring fault in nearly every calculator ever made: they double as a means of smuggling smut into the classroom. In an otherwise sterile and pure environment, these tools allow for children (CHILDREN!) to be corrupted (and to subsequently corrupt each other) by displaying words such as “BOOBIES” and “HELL” simply by punching in a series of numbers and turning the calculator upside down [...more]