Archive for March, 2008
Nokia WiMAX N810 appears in the wild
Filed under: Handhelds
The WiMAX version of Nokia’s N810 Net tablet has already popped up on Nokia’s European site, lending creedence to all those whispers about a CTIA debut tomorrow, and now we’ve got units showing up in the wild, which is probably a good sign. There were apparently some other sho…
Cybook Gen3 e-book reader gets reviewed
Filed under: Handhelds
Bookeen’s Cybook Gen3 e-book reader has been a faraway duration coming, but now that it’s out in the wild we’re finally starting to get some reviews of the device, including that fairly thorough one from the folks at The Future of Things. Unfortunately for those looking forwar…
ControlThink’s new Z-Wave USB Adapter is firmware-upgradeable
Filed under: HouseholdWhile we have interns to switch off the lights and regulate Engadget HQ temperature, plenty of folks rely on the the Z-Wave standard for home automation. Unlucky for them, most Z-Wave adapters need to be replaced every year or so to support new protocol features, so ControlThin…
Cancer patient has PSP stolen en route to chemotherapy treatment
Filed under: Gaming, HandheldsThere’s depressing gaming stories, and soon after there are outright travesties. Unfortunately, that case falls squarely into the latter category, as a 7-year old cancer patient had his beloved PlayStation Portable swiped — right along with his medical records, a backp…
Atom processor to cost Intel just $6 to $8?
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops, Tablet PCsEver since Intel compared the criticality of its (still) forthcoming Silverthorne (which now goes by Atom, whether you couldn’t guess) processor to the original Pentium last June, we’ve all wondered just how fantasmical our worlds would become when that thi…
New Sony PSP Lighter, Faster
Sony is trying some new things with its PSP gaming machine, trying to keep up with Nintendo. There is a new slimmer PSP that is to be released in September of that year, with a price of about $200. The PSP is 30% lighter, and 20% thinner than the previous model, which makes it a little easier to ha…
Apple looking to put handwriting recognition into the iPhone?
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablet PCs
We know Apple’s had its Inkwell handwriting recognition software in OS X for years now, so we might have otherwise just totally glossed by that Handwriting Recognition Engineer job listing on Apple’s site. Except for the part that reads: “The recognition technolog…
