Archive for: October 3, 2007

October 3, 2007

Is that the BlackBerry 9xxx?

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Filed under: Cellphones
Just in case you’d been getting tired of iPhone rumors, Zune 2 leaks, and increasingly Centro “in the wild” shots than you can really stomach, we’ve got something to alleviate the pressure. Enter the probably-Photoshopped, appropriately-blurry, rumored next phase of the Resea…

Reminder: Tokyo reader meetup tonight, October 4th!

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Filed under: Announcements
We’re all the increasingly excited to see everyone at our Tokyo reader meetup tonight! That is, tomorrow-tonight — Japan lives a day in the future, remember? Ok, specifically: the event’s in Tokyo October 4th, starting around 7:00PM, Japan Standard moment.However, we do h…

Sony not selling S-Video cables for PSP Slim in US

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Filed under: Gaming, Portable VideoWe’ve got all ideas that that tidbit won’t infuriate too many users, but nevertheless, Sony will reportedly not be bringing S-Video cables to America for its PSP Slim. According to GameInformer, Sony wanted to “streamline its choice, giving owners a choice amidst c…

DIY wooden keyboard kit brings out the carpenter in you

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Filed under: Peripherals
We caught a glimpse of Marubeni Infotec’s wooden input peripherals earlier that year at Computex, and now the makers of the Hacoa type are reportedly readying a DIY kit that will enable users to actually assemble one of their own. Apparently, the company is downright tired o…

Industrious DIY’er constructs Bluetooth headphones from spare parts

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio
We’ve spoted fairly a few DIY journeys involving wireless speakers / headphones, but there’s no better way to build lemonade from lemons than to take Sarah Lemarié’s advice when your favorite Bluetooth ‘phones snap in half. Apparently, the DIY’er figured there was …

Zune 2 bits and pieces, plus an in-depth interface video

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

We know you’ve heard a lot of Zune 2 info nowadays, but we’ve got the word on some other details and features that we thought our loyal, highly intelligent, and downright good-looking readers would like to know. additionally, the folks at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer have scored some quali…

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Linux Developers Take Flex Builder for a Spin

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Adobe that week released its Flex Builder for Linux in alpha mode at the sold-out Adobe Max show in Chicago. “Judging by the applause in the auditorium when they announced it during the ‘Sneak Peeks’ session at Max, Adobe made a lot of developers happy campers,” said Forrester analyst Jeffr…

Palm Admits New OS 18 Months Away

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Palm CEO Ed Colligan has confirmed the new Palm OS won’t be finished until the end of 2008. Originally scheduled for release by the end of that year, the operating system’s launch period has continued to be pushed back, despite the added attention of the engineers freed up by the scrapping of Foleo …

Trolltech Ports Qt to Windows CE

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Trolltech has unleashed a Windows CE version of Qt, its cross-platform application development framework. Qt/WinCE, made available nowadays as a downloadable technology preview, is scheduled to see its final release ‘late in Q1 2008′, the company said. Qt is an application development framework aime…

Apple eyeing Intel platform for future iPhone?

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

It sounds a bit odd that Apple would have to “consider” Intel for anything — you know, considering that it provides the processors for the Mac lineup and all — but according to DigiTimes, Cupertino could be looking Intel’s way for a future iPhone platform. Granted, that rumor is indeed one of the …

Prototype mobile showcases e-ink keypad

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

An e-ink primary display on a cellphone? Eh, that’s so 2006. On display at Japan’s CEATEC show that week is a prototype clamshell that flips the concept on its head, moving the e-ink down below. The benefits are pretty obvious — different keypad configurations can be shown in different phone mo…

Kindle Edition e-books seem on Amazon — reader launch imminent

Filed under: Review - 03 Oct 2007

Here you go, the first honest to goodness proof that Amazon is prepped to launch their Kindle e-book reader. You know, that EV-DO packing device we extracted from the beige dirty bowels of the FCC filing final year. But seriously Amazon, $54 for an electronic book… are you kidding us? besides,…

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