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Softbank is to bring the iPhone to the Japanese market later this year. With no release date, no price, and certainly no word on whether the deal is an exclusive one, or whether Japan’s other carriers can get on the act, this is going to be a short post. [Impress]
HTC’s going back to what they do best-Windows Mobile phones with slide-out QWERTY keyboards-by way of the HTC Touch Pro, also known as the HTC Raphael. It’s got a very Touch-Diamond-like back, and has 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 512MB internal storage, 288MB RAM, microSD slot, a 2.8-inch VGA screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, video calling and a…
Nvidia talks a big game about how awesome its mobile Tegra processors are, but paper muscles tear when wet. They’ve got some videos showing that there is at least some meat behind the pulp. Above the fold is Quake III running at 35fps with anti-aliasing turned on, while below is HD video output at 720p…
The Flip Mino, a pint-sized but more powerful companion to the so-easy-your-grandma-will-be-a-YouTube-star Ultra, is now official. We already saw the $180 mini-cam in a fuzzy picture, but now we know that although it carries 2GB of on-board flash for 60 minutes of VGA-quality recording like the Ultra, it’s 40% smaller—a scant 4″ x 2″ x…
The ability to sync your Address Book contacts with Gmail—one of 10.5.3‘s most useful new features—could have used a bit more real-world testing. Rather than just syncing your beautiful, groomed, deliberately added contacts like any reasonable person would expect, Address Book downloads all of your Gmail account’s automatically collected addresses as well, which is to…
The guys at MIT’s gaming lab just unveiled AudiOdyssey, a game for the Wii that doesn’t require sight to play. The game is sort of a musical composition tool, in which players create layered beats for an imaginary crowd of dancers. The game does have a minimal visual component but for the most part just…
The Flaik armband promises to maximize your bragging rights on the ski slopes by recording jump airtime using a GPS system embedded in an armband. It can also keep tabs on measuring speed, distance, and altitude-data that is automatically uploaded to Flaik servers and can be accessed anytime via a web-enabled device. There is even…
Cannondale bikes hired a design firm to render up some possible future features on their rides, one of which is a very interesting one called MetroPolite that has an iPod connector. An iPod seems like the last thing you want to be shoving into your ears when you’re riding in a Metro area, seeing as…
If you are old enough to remember, NeXTCubes were high-end workstation computers built in the late ’80s and early ’90s that featured a die-cast magnesium case. Magnesium was an attractive metal because it was strong and light-but as any high school chemistry student with a penchant for pyromania can tell you, magnesium burns with a…
Tired of being bold and exciting, Radiohead is capping its return to the status quo by finally making the move to iTunes. Everything is available as iTunes Plus, and you can buy tracks a la carte (a first). Was anyone still really waiting for this? [iTunes via TUAW] https://gizmodo.com/radiohead-offers-new-album-for-whatever-you-want-to-pay-305566
XP Vehicles wants to sell you an inflatable car that costs under $10,000. It’ll be shipped to you in two boxes and take roughly two hours for two people to build. Completely electric, the car’s light weight means it can get 300 miles on a single charge or up to 2,500 if you use their…
Man, people are super duper excited about tiny notebooks. At least you’d think so, judging by the tsunami of stuff coming out this week. So, while we might not be able to agree on what to call these things yet, let’s start with the most basic question: Do you actually want one, and what for?…
The MP100 may not be as capable as other palm-sized projectors, but what it lacks in terms of spec it makes up for in design. Actually, scratch that. I have absolutely no idea how a projector with a 5-watt LED, 10-15 lumen output, and 200:1 contrast ratio could be even the slightest bit useful. Plus,…
Those of us that have worked from home when sick in bed know that balancing a laptop on our knees while trying to watch TV and eat cereal at the same time is quite difficult. If we only had this notebook desk, we could easily store our stuff there while at the same time enjoying…
Wow, did this guy really go all out for this new Asus Eee ad and get inked? Because that would be amazing! Nah, nothing more than a cheap sticker. But apparently, certain circumstances dictate a more hands-on approach.
Comcast is finally rolling out its “net neutral” network management scheme, starting with customers in Chambersburg, PA and Warrenton, VA. As we’ve explained before, Comcast says of the new plan that “heavy users, who are doing things like conducting numerous or continuous large file transfers, may experience slightly longer response times for some online activities,…
According to the consulting firm Accenture, most consumers are idiots and return gadgets not because they’re broken, but because they thought they were broken. The overall return rate seems to be hovering around 11% to 20%, with a full 68% of those being returned because they don’t "meet customers’ expectations for some reason." Another 27%…
The upcoming SOCOM Confrontation game for the PS3 will come with a free Bluetooth headset, much like the similar deal last year with Warhawk. This headset, however, looks very PlayStation-branded and neutral (unlike the Warhawk one, which just looked ugly), leading us to believe that it could serve as the “official” PlayStation 3 headset if…
Our pal David Jr.com went over to the 5th Ave. Apple store back on May 29 to check out why that store was closed from 3PM to 9AM the next day. Turns out they were shooting a 3G iPhone ad there, which David got a sneak peek of on video. There aren’t a whole lot…
Looks like those thin mid-range Dell laptops that look like the lovechild of the XPS and Inspiron lines is a new mid-range line called Studio, says Engadget. They also say the Studio line will have desktops, and may eventually supplant the high-end XPS. It’s still all rumors and conjecture for now, but who’s geeked for…