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HTC HD2 (unlocked)

HTC HD2 (unlocked)

The entertainment-filled HTC HD2 is bound for T-Mobile this spring, but we just couldn’t wait that long. Ever since we got a glimpse of the HD2 at Fall CTIA 2009, we’ve been dying to get our hands on this device and thanks to Expansys USA, we were able to get an [...]

HTC Legend video unboxing

HTC Legend video unboxing

The HTC Legend has landed, and you know we’ve wasted no time in putting the new Android 2.1 smartphone in front of a camera for a video unboxing. Announced last month at Mobile World Congress 2010, and set to hit shelves across Europe sometime next month, the Legend is the [...]

First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars

First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars

Apple’s doing the Oscars up right tonight — not only was Steve Jobs making friends on the red carpet, but the company ran the first iPad ad just now during the broadcast. It’s pretty much what you’d expect out of an Apple ad, but, you know, more magical. Get ready for a [...]

Find your computer’s location with Windows 7 and Geosense

Find your computer’s location with Windows 7 and Geosense

GPS enabled smartphones make it easy to get directions, weather, and many more location based services since they automatically know where you are.  With Geosense, you can bring this functionality to any Windows 7 computer even if it doesn’t have a GPS chip.
Windows 7 introduced the new Sensors and Location platform that [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee: FAQ

Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee: FAQ

Thinking about purchasing Microsoft Office, but you want to wait until Office 2010 comes out of beta? Don’t bother; just pick up a copy of Office 2007 between now and September 30, and you’ll be eligible to get a free upgrade to Office 2010, thanks to Microsoft’s Technology Guarantee Program.
Microsoft apparently [...]

Tegra-Powered Microsoft Courier to Wage War With iPad Late This Year

Tegra-Powered Microsoft Courier to Wage War With iPad Late This Year

Details on the upcoming portable e-book reader/journal device leak :
It may be a battle of the tablets when two of the electronics industry’s biggest stars — Microsoft and Apple — go head to head with competing tablet designs later this year.  According to Engadget,whose sources were some of the first to leak details on Microsoft’s upcoming [...]

All about the Apple iPad (FAQ)

All about the Apple iPad (FAQ)

Apple finally gave us the date the first iPads will hit store shelves: April 3. We’ve been closely following the touch-screen tablet since Apple first announced it in late January, but here’s a quick guide for your most essential questions about the device.

First things first: How big is it?
The iPad’s screen offers [...]

iPhone games port to webOS in a "matter of days"

iPhone games port to webOS in a “matter of days”

Palm PDK to make iPhone game conversion easy :
Palm’s Plugin Development Kit (PDK) will make it extremely simple to convert iPhone games to webOS, a source said today. The kit’s approach, which runs native code within the platform’s web-based framework, is said by AllThingsD to be so direct that an iPhone [...]

Bluetooth 4.0 to reach devices in fourth quarter

Bluetooth 4.0 to reach devices in fourth quarter

The Bluetooth 4.0 wireless specification could start to appear in devices such as headsets, smartphones and PCs by the fourth quarter, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group said on Wednesday.
The new specification will be able to be used in lower-power devices than previous versions of the technology, including watches, pedometers, smart meters [...]

Microsoft shows off "Mobile Surface" - real world Minority Report

Microsoft shows off “Mobile Surface” – real world Minority Report

Microsoft has shown off a system dubbed “Mobile Surface” which links a mobile phone to a camera and projector. The system lets users interact with a projected screen by hand movements.
Todd Bishop at TechFlash, spotted the new device at Microsoft’s annual employee only “TechFest” event. Named after its big brother, Microsoft [...]