Archive for August, 2008
Toshiba’s SD Multi Tool and SD Photo Editor are a nice, touchable surprise
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Handhelds
Toshiba is offering up a nice respite from the inane quantity of LCDs and, um, more LCDs at IFA that year. The SD Multi Tool and the SD Photo Editor are two touchable handhelds, offering up some beefy features where similar devices lack, and plus skipping by s…
LG’s 7000-series TVs win Gadgie Award for best menu design pertaining to a superfluous connectivity feature
Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment, Household, Wireless
Alright, perhaps “superflous” is a bit harsh, but we’re still a bit confused as to why LG stuck Bluetooth into its new 7000-series LCDs and plasmas. certain, whether they offered a Bluetooth remote we’d take it all back in a heartbeat, b…
HTC wars: Touch Pro, Touch Diamond and S740 go head to head
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Now that the cat’s out of the bag it was no trouble tracking down HTC’s S740 that dawn, and just for kicks we rammed the phone up against the Touch Pro, which we subsequently rammed against the Touch Diamond and an iPhone for a generally violent display of smartpho…
VAIO UX gets hot-rodded with Core 2 Duo mod
Filed under: Handhelds
Sony’s VAIO UX UMPC is definitely one of the sexier handheld PCs out there, but it’s never been accused of being a rocket — even the latest models only offer a lonely single-core 1.2GHz Core 2 Solo for your $2500, and since the chip is soldered onto the board, swapping it out…
Apple patent filing details touchscreen tablet
Filed under: Tablet PCs
Trying to divine what Apple’s up to from patent applications is never easy, but every now and again the diagrams actually prepare it obvious — and it looks like Steve and his elves are hard at work on large-format touch interfaces, possibly for a tablet Mac of some kind. The…
Lenovo Ideapad U8 gets priced, unboxed, reviewed in Chinese
Filed under: HandheldsAlthough Lenovo’s slick IdeaPad U8 has been floating around in prototype style for a while, it only made its formal debut at the Olympics recently, and now it’s starting to seem on Chinese websites — Zol.com.cn has a huge unboxing and review, while Yesky says it’ll be priced a…
BlackBerry Bold hitting AT&T on October 2?
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
With hope of a summer release fading with the passing of each and every day, Boy Genius Report cites a “pretty solid bit of info” that the BlackBerry Bold is now pegged for launch on AT&T on Thursday, October 2. So whether you see a throng of three-piece suits …
