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Like we’ve seen in bits before, Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ was designed with tablets in mind. That means bigger animations, more useful widgets, a new tablet-optimized Gmail, and even Google Talk video chat. Looks awesome. Check it out! [AndroidPolice] https://gizmodo.com/android-3-0-aka-honeycomb-makes-a-surprise-appearance-o-5707803
Some pocket cams are big. Some are small. Some are waterproof. But they’re are basically the same. At least when you compare ’em to the Casio Tryx, a 1080p cam with a fairly ingenious new design. Er, several designs. Take your average camcorder and replace everything that’s not the display with a super thin plastic…
Slipped in at end of a string of small announcements from the company and its partners—some cool Tegra-powered games, and Skype HD on Android—was a telling glimpse at Nvidia’s future. Yep, they’re making a processor. A weird processor! There’s no release window and not much technical information right now, but even in broad strokes, Project…
The new GeForce DirectX 11 500M models aren’t a GPU breakthrough, but the tried and true Fermi architecture will get boosted graphics and processor core speeds, meaning laptop gaming that doesn’t suck, and better application acceleration without taxing your CPU. The only significant change in the 500M models is an improvement in graphics and processing…
The Loop is reporting that Apple’s Mac App Store will launch at 12p EST (9a EST) tomorrow. The January 6 launch date has more or less been confirmed by multiple reports, but Jim Dalrymple has sources telling him that Apple will flip the switch when they begin their work day on the West Coast. The…
Today we’ve got deals on a 15″ Shuttle All-In-One, a Linksys Wireless G Adapter, a free sample of Nature Made Vitamin D, and much more. Top Deals: • Shuttle XPC X50V2-01 Intel Atom Dual-Core D510 All-in-One Barebones Desktop w/ 15.6″ Touchscreen LCD for $309.98 with free shipping (normally $439.98 {Savings of $130 / 30% off})…
This winter, PBS’s NOVA is teaming up with New York Times columnist and all-around smarty-pants David Pogue to bring you Making Stuff, a four-part series dedicated to exploring how materials will shape our future. Think invisibility cloaks and landfill-friendly plastic. But the excitement doesn’t end there—if you enter the Show Us Your Stuff contest, you…
Casio isn’t the first company to try to connect a watch to a smartphone, but I’ve got high hopes about the prototype they’re showing off this year. Its new Bluetooth Low Energy system promises a battery life of two years. The watch just does a few things—which is just fine by me. I don’t want…
It looks like the 13-inch MacBook Air finally has some serious competition: the 13-inch Samsung 9 Series is a shade lighter, a touch thinner, and looks like the Air’s evil twin. The differences in size and weight may amount to not much more than a rounding error—2.89 pounds to the Air’s 2.9, and profiles of…
Come March the original high-end iPod dock won’t require docking. Equipped with new drive units and some subtle design tweaks, B&W’s Zeppelin Air also adds streaming AirPlay to the mix. Unfortunately, at $600 it’s still crazy expensive. [Bowers & Wilkins] https://gizmodo.com/b-w-zeppelin-ipod-dock-blasts-the-real-zeppelin-285056
After Nintendo warned the world that it’s upcoming 3DS portable might ruin the eyes of kids under 6, eye specialists are skeptical that such a device will have any physical effect whatsoever on children. Is Nintendo just covering their ass, legally speaking? https://gizmodo.com/the-nintendo-3ds-will-destroy-childrens-eyeballs-no-r-5720422 Speaking to multiple Opthamologists around the country, they nearly all agreed that…
It’s everywhere. CES, which hasn’t even officially started yet, has already given birth to more Tegra 2 phones and tablets than I care to count. So, again, what’s so special about this thing? https://gizmodo.com/tegra-2-coming-in-january-nvidia-promises-netbooks-sm-5428016 It’s a system on a chip… A system on a chip combines a CPU, GPU (graphics processor) and various interconnecting bits…
Intel’s next-generation core processors are just out of the oven, and you can already overclock the bejeezus out of ’em. The G Series notebooks from MSI? They let you overclock 10-15% beyond what Sandy Bridge intended. https://gizmodo.com/intels-2nd-gen-core-processors-mega-media-machines-5722983 The 17.3-inch GT780 and 15.6-inch GT680 both pack the latest Core i7 quad core processors, along with MSI’s…
So we know AT&T’s calling its HSPA+ “4G,” along with its LTE service (launching this summer). But did you know it’ll launch 20 4G devices this year—and one LTE device from Apple next year? Those 20 devices include phones, hotspots and modems, but we do know there’ll be the Motorola ATRIX 4G, the HTC Inspire…
Oh, Illinois: this is too stupid to believe. A woman received a call from her husband, who unbeknownst to her had accidentally dialed her from his pocket. Believing he’s been kidnapped due to the “gangster-like” music playing, she calls 911. The man was driving along in his car, listening to rap music, probably blissfully gazing…
Now, here’s a story that makes me happy. European airline Spanair decided to surprise 190 passengers flying on December 24 from Barcelona to Las Palmas—in the Canary Islands—with Christmas Presents. And not just stupid little gifts. Real presents. When the passengers went to pick up their suitcases in Las Palmas, they watched in amazement as…
They say there’s no use crying over spilt milk…but in this case, I think the pilot would be allowed to shed tears over his spilt coffee—the terrified passengers of the United 777, too. [AD via Airliners via Engadget]
It runs Android 2.2, with HTML5 support, and is AT&T’s first dual-core processor in an Android phone. And it docks into a laptop. They’re calling it the world’s most powerful smartphone. ORLY? It also has 1GB RAM, a 1900mAh (that’s ginormous) battery, and 2x faster than competing web browsers. You can “view HD video”. Also!…
“Holy shit.” It’s not what usually comes to mind when I touch a new phone. But Samsung’s Infuse 4G is spectacular. Ridiculously good 4.5-inch screen. 1.2GHz processor. 4G on AT&T. Why, exactly, wasn’t this the new Nexus phone? I pick it up. Whoa. This is quality. The first Samsung phone in ages that doesn’t feel…
AT&T is going call their HSPA+ (normally considered fast 3G), 4G, like T-Mobile. They’re also going to start deploying their LTE network (Verizon’s type of 4G) starting this summer. For an explanation between the two, see here. https://gizmodo.com/the-dirty-secret-of-todays-4g-its-not-4g-5680755 Unlike T-Mobile, who only have HSPA+, or Verizon, who only are going to call LTE “4G”, AT&T…
