Gadget picks
Picky reviews of gadgets and gizmos that I come across
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
AT&T's Eco-rating makes in-store debut alongside Pantech Renue
Must See HDTV (July 31st - August 5th)
Archos' ICS-loaded 97 Carbon tablet now up for sale, priced at $230 for a limited time
Samsung Retina-like 11.8-inch tablet in the works according to court docs
Huawei Ascend G 302D goes public in FCC docs
X-RHex Lite robot grows a tail, always lands on its feet (video)
Samsung Galaxy S Duos details make the rounds, bring Galaxy S III vibe to the dual-SIM world
Republic Wireless reopens its unlimited $19 per month beta, starts offering Motorola Defy XT
Nexus 7 dock and covers leak, promise high style in small sizes (update: source goes down)
Bing search lets you tag Facebook friends, forces them to Google 'Bing'
Panasonic's 2013 Q1: things are looking up with a $164 million profit
Toshiba slips into the red as latest earnings reveal $153 million loss
Verizon may cut what's left of Alltel data starting January 10th, 2013
Twitter quietly adds clickable stock symbols
First GHz Edition Radeon HD 7970 hits shelves, throws $699 wrench into AMD's pricing strategy
Wikipad specs get real: 10.1-inch 1,280 x 800 display, 1.4 GHz Tegra 3, Jelly Bean
Panasonic Photosynthesis System converts carbon dioxide to organic material with plant-like efficiency
Engadget Mobile Podcast 147 - 07.31.2012
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Spotify adds radio streaming to its Android app
Sony Xperia Tablet leaked from internal slides: Surface-style keyboard and tentative $450 price tag
The mighty Kuratas gets assembled on video
T-Mobile urges the FCC to approve Verizon's spectrum deal, wants its cut
OUYA partners with Square Enix, names Final Fantasy III as launch title
Hulu Plus app live on Apple TV
BBC shows off 33-megapixel Super Hi-Vision Olympic footage, we ask: why?
Google brings NYC subway alerts to Maps, makes public transit a little more bearable
Pantech Marauder QWERTY slider gets official for Verizon, runs $50 after rebate
Sprint starts rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich update to HTC EVO 3D
Power goes out in India, affecting 600 million
YouTube will throw another $200 million at wannabe channel producers
Miramax arrives on Lovefilm to let you relive the golden age of Weinsteins
Microsoft launches Outlook.com, a new email service with limited ads, unlimited storage and built-in Skype
Outlook.com preview: Microsoft reinvents its online email offerings
PSA: Apple to shut down iWork.com beta today, iCloud patiently awaits you
Samsung Music Hub launches on Galaxy S III stateside with free trial in tow
FreedomPop's $99 WiMax iPod touch case promises an iPhone without the bills (video)
Gmail for iOS adds option to save photos, becomes a smoother operator
Amazon updates Cloud Player with 256 Kbps matched files, faster import, direct delivery
China sending a probe to the moon next year to look for Moonbase Alpha
Yahoo confirms Mail / Messenger outage, working on a fix
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Researchers use off-the-shelf parts to let you write emails with your eyes (video)
Google delivers My Tracks 2.0 for Android, includes playback in Google Earth and aggregation of statistics
Lenovo IdeaPad U310 review: a reasonably priced Ultrabook for the masses
Roku 2, LT and new HD boxes upgraded for more languages, future remote apps
First solar-geo plant blooms in Nevada's high desert
FCC Fridays: July 13, 2012
RED5 remote control plane can fly like an eagle, spy like one too
Savi People app brings 'smarter' contacts to iPhone, integrates with your favorite social networks
Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows app: new status window, freshened logo
Omrom MEMS thermal sensor tells you how hot your pocket is (video)
Finally: BlackBerry App World gains 'upgrade all' command
Nokia shutters two Chinese offices as part of strategic reorganization in the region
Distro Issue 48 arrives with the Nexus Q, Levar Burton and more
Verizon rolls out GameTanium Android mobile gaming subscription app
LG Optimus Vu review: a 5-inch, pen-enabled phone to take on the Galaxy Note
CyanogenMod developers slap Jelly Bean on an Optimus 4X HD, tease CM10 (video)
Sprint flips the switch on LTE in Kansas City, your Galaxy S III just got a whole lot better
Nokia Transport goes official: public transport departure times for over 100 cities (video)
Google starts shipping Nexus 7 pre-orders, writes a rhyme to celebrate
CasaTunes Air bridges traditional whole-home audio with AirPlay
Bob Mansfield: 'all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT'
Veho Muvi HD 'NPNG' Edition action camera impressions (video)
Merriam-Webster announces Dictionary API for developers, coming to a word game near you
HP Envy Sleekbook 6z review: an inexpensive thin-and-light with AMD innards
Office Next blog is here to answer all your burning questions about the future of spreadsheets
'Extreme' class solar flare heading toward Earth, hopefully bringing nothing but auroras
Simmtronics' $81 XPad debuts, winning the race to the bottom
Giada's i53 mini-PC is book-sized, without all the paper cuts
Did Sony's latest PlayStation 3 redesign just get outed by Brazil's Anatel?
Zero Motorcycles recalls 2012 models with 'lack of weatherproofing'
ASUS Transformer Prime TF700T showing 'in stock' at Office Depot, days before scheduled US release
Greenpeace: Apple's energy policy has improved, still needs to remove the coal smoke from iCloud
RIM slapped with $147.2 million in damages from Mformation patent lawsuit (update: RIM response)
LogMeIn's Cubby offering up 1GB for referrals, tells Dropbox where it can store it
XBMC for Android app revealed; source code available now, beta APKs soon (video)
BAE Systems speaks about unmanned ASTRAEA: no reason it can't stay in air 'for weeks'
Garmin GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver hit the FCC, get torn down for good measure
Google brings five California-based US National Parks into Street View
Samsung Series 7 Gamer review: the company's first gaming laptop makes its way to the US
MapQuest picks TomTom Maps to power iPhone and Android turn-by-turn navigation apps
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Autodesk Scaleform lets you use Flash to build high-end portable device games for $299 (video)
Wacom outs the Cintiq 24HD touch, adds multi-touch controls and more to its largest pen display
Next Issue brings its all-you-can-read magazine store to the iPad, plans start at $10 a month
Intel to buy 15 percent of silicon fab equipment maker ASML, wants manufacturing machines made faster
Researchers find space travel prolongs the life of worms
AT&T officially releases Watson speech API, gives devs a bit of babel fish for their apps
SiliconDust HDHomerun Prime CableCARD tuners hit Woot for $130
Kouziro crafts wired-only, 21.5-inch Android 4.0 mega tablet, makes us think it's compensating for something
Parrot Minikit Neo helps you focus on driving, making off-handed Matrix references
Researchers create space-time crystal schematic, still won't undo those ill-advised high school photos
Austrian city builds public library with nothing but QR codes, NFC and stickers
Jolla startup receives MeeGo patents, nod of encouragement from Nokia (update: only partially true)
Garmin unveils Fenix, its first GPS watch for deep-pocketed outdoorsy types (hands-on)
List of alleged Windows Phones reveals Nokia Dogphone, Fluid and P4301, working titles we hope
Ouya's Android-based, hackable game console now official: we chat with designer Yves Behar
DirecTV vs. Viacom squabble could see MTV, Comedy Central and 16 others go dark at midnight
BlackBerry Curve 9310 makes a straight line to Verizon, July 12th
Apple launches new iPad in China on July 20th (update: here's why)
Canon unveils the SELPHY CP900 compact photo printer, allows you to scrapbook from the backseat
Canon expands its PIXMA line with MG2220, MG3220 and MG4220 all-in-ones
Cablevision Optimum apps for iPad, iPhone upgraded with new UI, ratings and discovery features
KIRF Galaxy S III: designed for cheapskates, inspired by Samsung
Kinect PlayFit launches for Xbox Live, tracks all of the calories you burn playing 'Star Wars'
AT&T Atrix HD priced at $99: coming July 15 (video)
Nintendo 3DS XL review: bigger is better, but it's still not quite enough
Sony Xperia P blushes in metallic pink
Thorsten Heins, Mike Lazaridis elected to RIM board during shareholders meeting
Motion Computing announces CL910 tablet for enterprise, promises Windows 8 upgrades
Heins: RIM focusing on a 'smaller number of devices'
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket gets updated to ICS
Apple nabs patent for NFC-based travel check-in, doesn't quell NFC iPhone rumors just yet
Verizon Galaxy Nexus welcomed back into the AOSP fold, Sprint shunned by Google
Sony VAIO T13 review: the company's first Ultrabook targets the back-to-school set
Dropbox Pro accounts get double the storage for the same price, 500GB option thrown in for kicks
Steve Ballmer says Microsoft won't 'leave any space uncovered to Apple'
Samsung Galaxy S III available on US Cellular's website tomorrow, in stores by end of week
DARPA Innovation House project wants teams to take imaging data, see the big picture
Sony Xperia miro and Xperia tipo hands-on (video)
Microsoft details Windows 8 File History, takes us through a Time Machine
Google+ for iPad hits the App Store, invites you Hangout with your Apple slate
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