It’s clear that the BlackBerry PlayBook is a tough sell (unless you don’t have to pay for them ), but that hasn’t stopped RIM and their retail partners from going nuts with PlayBook promotions. To wit: Best Buy , Staples , and Office Depot have dropped the prices of RIM’s tablet yet again, starting at $199 for the 16GB model[......]
Short Version The Street by 50 headphones get the job done when it comes to sound quality and volume, but there are a few quirks that didn’t sit well with me. When all is said and done, a decision to buy these headphones all comes down to how serious you are about music and how often you use a pair of cans. Features: 45mm driver Memory foam ear cushions Black and blue color flavors Removable cord with mic and play/pause button MSRP: $299.95 Pros: Solid sound quality Mostly comfortable fit Even in blue, they look pretty slick Cons: Everyone around you can hear your music Not great for talking on the phone That price tag is ridic Long Version Hardware: If appearances matter, then 50 Cent certainly knows what he’s doing. [......]
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I was about to add this coffee maker (excuse me: espresso maker) to the Luddite gift guide but instead I felt it deserved special mention. As a fan of pod-based coffee-makers, I love almost everything about the EA82 – except its price[......]
The Kindle Fire is a hit and Amazon just released an impressive number to back up the widely accepted sentiment. Amazon is currently selling Kindles at a rate of one million per week as demand increases. [......]
Google has been granted a patent for driverless car technology, which can fully take over the control of a vehicle from a human driver. This full-fat version of cruise control uses web functionality to trigger the automated driving tech, with one of the images which goes alongside the patent showcasing what seems to be a massive QR code embedded into a road. [......]
Acer is in a bit of trouble. [......]
Well it’s about time - after months of breathless waiting, Verizon has finally confirmed that the LTE-capable Galaxy Nexus will indeed launch on December 15 (i.e. tomorrow). The word comes courtesy of 9to5Google , who received a release from Big Red themselves celebrating the device’s long-awaited release. [......]
The "Other OS" controversy is one of those things that, while in a way trivial, is really a proxy battle over a much larger problem. Briefly stated, Sony upset some users by removing the ability to install another OS on their PS3 , an option that allowed the powerful console to be used as a PC, media center, or pretty much anything. The removal of this option and effective outlawing of the practice caused a geeky backlash that had less to do with the inability to run a Linux box on your TV than the fact that Sony was dictating what you could do with your device after the fact[......]
Nintendo Reveals The 2012′s 3DS Release Schedule, Look For Kid Icarus, Tekken and MGS 3D This Winter
The 3DS is finally get a shot of games. Nintendo’s next-gen 3D gaming handheld has so far not seen the sort of success as its predecessors. [......]
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And like that they’re gone. $99 TouchPads hit ebay right on schedule and were gone within minutes. But that’s to be expected, really[......]
Indonesia’s telecoms regulatory agency, the BTRI, has told the Jakarta Post that they may have to shut down RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger and Internet services after the company declined to establish BBM servers within the country. RIM opted to put its servers in neighboring Singapore, for reasons not described in the article[......]
