Archive for January 11th, 2008

iriver says iPhone-like interface just proof of concept

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, CES, Features We hit the show floor excitedly looking for iriver's GSM phone which they showed off earlier in the week, but when we got to their booth, the little guy was nowhere to be found. We managed to wrangle a chat out of some of the ...

Crapgadget CES edition, round 11: Janky-ass MP4 watch

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Features, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables The screen is really pretty stellar for a watch, too bad you'll need a forklift to keep your wrist propped up while wearing this behemoth.Gallery: Crapgadget CES edition, round 11: Janky-ass MP4 watchContinue reading Crapgadget CES edition, round 11: Janky-ass MP4 watch Read ...

Hands flailing wildly with Toshiba’s SpursEngine laptop

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: CES, HDTV, Laptops, Media PCs Toshiba's Cell processor-based SpursEngine B.E. was on full display at CES, with a variety of tech demos to show off its power. From HD video transcoding, facial recognition, or the always popular gesture-control Toshiba's baby went through a series of workouts, trying to ...

Crapgadget CES edition, round 12: iPod docking pink plastic purse

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Features, Portable AudioIncludes iPhone cardboard cutout. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: [Link]

Qtopia up and running on Archos 5 series, with how-to

Friday, January 11th, 2008

We already knew that hacking of Archos 5 series players was picking up some considerable steam, but it now looks like that effort has produced the first genuinely useful (to some) hack, with the Linux-based Qtopia platform now up and running on at least some of the devices. Better yet, ...

Alienware Area-51 m15x release info revealed

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Alienware made quite a splash when it announced its new Area-51 m15x and m17x laptops a couple of months back, but anyone actually planning on buying one has had to put up with quite a wait for any firm release details. That's now changed in a big way, ...

E-TEN glofiish V900 surfaces, flush with mobile TV support

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Very little is known about the glofiish V900 from E-TEN -- in fact, nothing is known about it other than what we have on this promotional image advertising E-TEN's presence at the GSM Association's Mobile World Congress next month. What few details are revealed here, though, are ...