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Archive | December, 2009

Palm App catalog hits 1,000 apps… okay, 946

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Hey, good news everybody! The Palm App Catalog, which has lagged far behind its peers, has reached the 1,000 app milestone as of this morning. Well, to be precise, it’s hit 946, as pointed out by Electronista, but still, it’s a nice little sign of growth for the webOS apps, whose development was hampered by [...]

Invetech 3D bio-printer is ready for production, promises ’tissue on demand’

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Say hello to “the world’s first production model 3D bio-printer.” What you’re looking at is a machine capable of arranging human cells and artificial scaffolds into complex three-dimensional structures, which result in such wonderful things as replacement liver and kidney tissue, or such simple niceties as artificially grown teeth. All we’re told of the internal [...]

Study: middle-aged people unimpressed with modern technology

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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The Olds — they’re never happy, are they? Just look at this study conducted by the feared and respected Zogby International. According to a poll, those aged 35-54 are most disappointed by how far technology has come by 2010, having grown up with the concept of that Jetsons robot that automatically [...]

Entelligence: Gartenberg’s best of 2009 in personal tech

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels [...]

BPhone looks like a netbook, acts like a netbook, has ‘phone’ in its name (video)

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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If you were looking for a large and impractical “cellphone,” we just might have some news for you. Hot on the heels of a certain Dell netbook mod, we submit for your approval a 5-inch convertible device that features a QWERTY chocolate keyboard, trackball, and quite possibly Windows XP. We’ve got no relevant data [...]

Dell netbook modded into a rather large handset (video)

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Eager to get a hold on your very own Dell-branded Android smartphone? This guy here took matters into his own hands with nothing more than his modding skill, his imagination, and a Dell Inspiron Mini. Of course, this thing won’t exactly fit in most pockets, but as a curiosity (and a conversation starter) it performs [...]

Acer Aspire One AO532h joins the Pine Trail party with a $299 pricetag

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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It’s about time that the number one netbook manufacturer officially release details on its Pine Trail packing netbooks. The 10-inch Acer Aspire One A0535h seems to look slightly different than its predecessors, but its brand new Intel Atom N450 CPU, GMA 1350 graphics and promised 10 hours of battery life should give it bragging [...]

Appeals court sides with Apple in iPod hearing loss dispute

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Well, it looks like that iPod hearing loss lawsuit that’s been nagging Apple for the past couple of years may finally be going away (in its current form, at least), as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has now affirmed a 2008 district court ruling and rejected a class-action lawsuit that sought [...]

SmartQ V5 MID available now to a world that’s just stopped caring

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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When we first laid eyes on the SmartQ V5, we were pretty underwhelmed… yet another resistive touchscreen MID? We’re beginning to long for those halcyon days of late 2009 when an Android handheld was a thing of awe and wonder. Just a refresher: this guy features a 4.3-inch display, 600MHz ARM11 processor (which the [...]

Picture of Motorola ‘Shadow’ leaked, inverted on Taiwanese forum

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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While everyone’s gearing up to celebrate New Year’s Eve, it seems that Motorola’s busy squeezing out the last bit of rumor juice of 2009. We’re looking at what’s purported to be Motorola’s ‘Shadow’ (not ‘Mirage’ as Google Translate unhelpfully suggests) — a phone with 9mm thickness, 4.3-inch 850×484 screen (larger than the devices on the [...]