As much as I’m enamored with the Eee PC, a bit of break from it is welcomed.
The ASUS G70 introduced by the end of April is a gaming laptop meant for the most hardcore. The ASUS G70 has a “Multi-Dual Engine” architecture since it’s everything inside it is in pairs.
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Believe it or not, there are actually still folks out there who design websites and applications for devices other than the iphone. It may sound like crazy-talk to Apple die-hards, but it’s true. The latest company to recognize that people do use other phones is Godiva, which has teamed up with Digby to create a mobile application that provides BlackBerry users with secure shopping and quick access to the chocolatier’s bestsellers. Featuring full-color images, Godiva Mobile integrates with the phone’s address book and BlackBerry Maps to simply on-the-go online purchases and identify the nearest retail store for in-person browsing. (Read the full post about ‘Godiva Mobile fills BlackBerrys with chocolate’…)
There is a new Face Bank version available, and this time he has lost his smooth face, ending up with a bricked texture instead. Other than that, this money-eating piggy bank remains as cute as ever, retailing for $23.68 a pop. Tags: wireless, pvp, digital, high definition TV (Read the full post about ‘Banpresto Face Bank gets Bricked’…)
Word on the street has it that Verizon will roll out a couple of its highly anticipated advanced smartphones sometime this week. It seems that the blackberry Curve 8330 will make its debut this May 9th, featuring a recommended retail price of $270 after signing a contract and rebate. Those who prefer not to be tied down can always settle for a $440 purchase. As for the Samsung Glyde, this touch screen slider cell phone might also be released on the same date. Rumors abound that the Glyde will be priced higher than the Curve when on contract, sitting on a handsome $300 price tag with a 2-year plan while costing $420 as an individual, contract-less phone. Will you wait for the 3G iphone instead? (Read the full post about ‘Verizon BlackBerry Curve, Samsung Glyde out this month?’…)
What looks like a couple of phones duct-taped together is actually the WND Wind DUO 2200. This unique handset reminds me of Siamese twins - it features two of nearly everything, including displays, SIMs, keypads, colors, and 2 megapixel cameras. It will feature 180 hours of standby time, but here’s something to get you thinking - what happens when both phones ring simultaneously? I think this is perfect for the couple who cannot bear to be apart from one another even for a second, and it definitely helps build up trust between two people as they share one physical handset. Pretty weird, this. No idea on pricing though. (Read the full post about ‘WND Wind DUO 2200 Dual Phone’…)
by Joshua Topolsky, posted May 1st 2008 at 8:59AM Do you enjoy gangs of tiny, spider-like robot insectoids swarming all over your house, car, or personage? If you answered “yes,” you’re going to love what BAE Systems is cooking up. The company recently received an infusion of $38 million from the US Army Research Lab to fund the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) consortium; a team of scientists and researchers hell-bent on developing an “autonomous, multifunctional collection of miniature intelligence-gathering robots that can operate in places too inaccessible or dangerous for humans.” Sure, that description (and accompanying photos, straight from BAE) does give you the impression that whoever came up with this really liked Minority Report, but won’t it make you feel safer at night knowing a swarm of metallic spiders are looking out for you? (Read the full post about ‘BAE Systems working on spider-bots, other ways to scare you to death’…)
There are many things that the Meaning of Time looks like. Pop-up sprinkler, shelf bracket, vibrator. It is none of these. It is in fact a minimalist clock. A mechanism cut back to its barest essentials, it exists without hands or face. What Bomi Kim’s conceptual plastic widget does have, though, is holes. Two holes into which you can shove the hands of your choice, and two grooves that can be pushed into yet another hole, a face-hole. This is a truly stripped back design, where, as in quantum physics, the hole is as important as the electrons surrounding it. Aside: While hitting up the Google to check my electron hole facts, I came across a site which seems to be a giggling schoolboy’s dream, called Saturn Daily. (Read the full post about ‘Minimalist Clock Tells The Time, The Hole Time, And Nothing But The Time’…)
by Joshua Topolsky, posted May 1st 2008 at 8:24AM
Apparently, not only is CompUSA rising from the dead like a horrific, zombified corpse, but now its guts are getting bought up and replaced by another retail behemoth. According to reports, Best Buy has just paid $13.5 million for 17 CompUSA store leases, ranging in time from three to 14 years and totaling 453,000 square feet. If the nightmare of CompUSA wasn’t enough to haunt you in your sleep, the news that its now-defunct locations will be replaced with essentially more of the same should shake you to your very core. (Read the full post about ‘Best Buy snaps up 17 CompUSA leases’…)
While we are yet to see an official announcement from AT&T, or any of the available locations there are reports of iPhone users being allowed free Wi-Fi access at a variety of locations. As you can most likely guess, thanks to all the recent switch over news that Starbucks is included in this offering, but there has also been some success reported at Barnes and Noble. With AT&T’s whopping 71,000 available locations that include many airports and McDonalds locations as well as the previously mentioned Starbucks and Barnes and Noble this should be welcome news to just about every iphone user.
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by Thomas Ricker, posted May 1st 2008 at 3:26AM We know it’s coming in Q3 but the price of Garmin’s hotly anticipated Nuvifone has always been a mystery. Until now. We just received a screenshot that a helpful reader snagged from a Garmin survey. In it, our tipster was asked the following question: “Now, how likely would you be to buy the Garmin nüvifone (for yourself or as a gift) if offered by AT&T for $499.99 with a two year contract? You would be required to have both a data plan that would include unlimited Internet browsing and unlimited Navigation for $19.99 per month and one of the standard voice rate plans for a monthly fee.” So dear readers, we ask you… (Read the full post about ‘Garmin Nuvifone hitting AT&T for $500 plus?’…)
