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ASUS Eee PC 1005PR packs Broadcom Crystal HD and high-res screen

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:46 +0000

Today in Tales from ASUS we bring you the story of the 10.1-inch Eee PC 1005PR. While we didn't catch this one hiding out in the overflowing CeBIT booth, it appears big A has gone and swapped out the screen on the 1005PE for one with a 1366 x 768-resolution and tucked a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator inside, which means the little lappie should be able to handle some YouTube HD (at least after you download 10.1 Beta 3). Nothing special apart from that, as it's standard netbook down the……

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Spring Design Alex still not available for pre-order, 'early spring' ship date still planned

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:46 +0000

The first week of March may have brought warmer weather and an awesome episode of the Engadget Show, but unfortunately we're still missing a Spring Design Alex pre-order page. The company had promised to have its dual-screen, 3.5-inch Android and 6-inch e-ink e-Reader ready last week after the original February delay, but we've now been told that there were some slight issues with the order page and that it should be up within the “next week or two,” and Spring Design still plans to hav……

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Windows Phone 7 Series themes for WinMo abound in dev forums

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:32 +0000

We know that it ain't always practical or desirable to put money down on a phone every time a new OS or interface comes out — so what is a gadget hound to do when they realize their hardware won't be supported by Windows Phone 7 Series? Well, if you're anything like these enterprising individuals you roll your own. Both Jaxbot and LeSScro, members of the XDA Developers forum, have skins in the works that mimic the new OS on WinMo devices with varying degrees of success. The work of ……

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RIM dev webinar hints at BlackBerry OS of the future?

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:32 +0000

See that Storm-esque device there? You may have noticed that the home screen looks positively nothing like the experience you're used to — and that's because it's not. Shown off as part of a slide deck in RIM's “Super Apps” webinar for developers last week, the company's official explanation is that this is a pure, off-the-cuff mockup, not indicative of anything they're working on for future devices or releases of BlackBerry OS. To be fair, when you take the shot in con……

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Acer GD235HZ and Alienware OptX AW2310 do battle in 3D HD monitor faceoff

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:35 +0000

We know 3D isn't for everyone, but if you've got your heart set on jumping that bandwagon nice and early, here's a review for you. The folks over at Tom's Guide have sat down with 23-inch 3D displays from Acer (GD235HZ) and Alienware (OptX AW2310) and sought to figure which one offers the better gaming experience. After some sobering notes about the need for a high end system to run 3D games — NVIDIA's 3D Vision solution renders each scene twice, meaning you'll need as ……

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10.1-inch ThinkPad X100e surfaces with Atom N450 processor

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:35 +0000

Well, here's a bit of an interesting development. While we've been seeing Lenovo's ThinkPad X100e out and about for a while now, it's always been with an AMD Neo processor and an 11.6-inch 1,366 x 768 display. According to a spec list that recently turned up on Lenovo's own site, however, it looks like the company may also have another version of the laptop in store that's even more netbook-like. That one not only includes a lower-res, 10.1-inch screen, but an Atom N450 ……

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TAT Home: the gesture-powered 3D home screen your Android device has longed for

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:00:41 +0000

It's hard to believe this homegrown home screen actually runs as quickly as the video demo (posted up after the break) shows, but even if it's just 89.877 percent as fast, we have a good idea we'd be interested. TAT Home is a gesture-powered 3D home screen for Android, and it relies heavily on cascading windows and finger flicks in order to improve your navigational efficiency. Clueless as to what we're referring to? Jump past the break and mash play, and then surf on over to th……

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HexBug's robotic creatures are the creepy crawlers of the future

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:00:41 +0000

Okay, so it isn't as artsy as making gooey bugs in a miniature oven, but HexBug's little micro-robotic tchotchkes are a good time in their own right. The digital entomologists at HexBugs decided to unleash the new Ant Micro and Nano Newton at New York City's Toy Fair, and for some peculiar reason we were quite enamored with watching these autonomous, high speed creatures run around the carpeted show floor. Powered by two button cell batteries, $11.99 Ant Micro has front and rear tou……

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Current MacBook Pro SKU given mark of death in Best Buy database?

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:35 +0000

We'll admit to not being leading the field of study in Best Buy-ology, but here comes a new quiz for us care of a tipster who sent TUAW a screenshot of the inventory screen that shows what looks to be the current MacBook Pro SKU with status: deleted. What that means is no new orders can be made for that unit, at least for that particular store. Sign of impending MBP refresh? Intel certainly had us riled up last month with that Core i5-infused flier, but we won't get fooled again. Don……

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Nokia Nuron spotted again, connection to 5230 cemented?

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:35 +0000

Dear Nokia fan clinging on to all hope that the 5230 and Nuron were two separate entities, whereby you'd have even more Espoo devices to look forward to: you're wrong. TmoNews has picked up what's purported to be another internal T-Mobile documentation for the 5230 Nuron. Like the previously-rumored leak, it's said to be going on sale on March 17 with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, on-screen keyboard, and Ovi Store. Oh, and just in case you weren't sure if you fit the target audien……

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