Archive for November, 2009

LG IQ (Monaco) Demoed On Video, Coming To Telus ‘This Holiday Season’

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Clocking in at 1:48, this glimpse at LG’s IQ (a.k.a. Monaco) is indeed very brief and not much is said. It’s got a fingerprint sensor lock, S-class UI (which we knew), and that backing is definitely Windows Mobile 6.5, but for everything else we’ll have to refer to the previous specs we’ve seen leaked. As [...]

HTC HD2 Capacitive Stylus Just Around The Bend?

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Ah, ha! Remember that curious patent application that popped up from HTC back in mid-August? You know, the one dealing specifically with a “capacitive stylus?” If UK e-tailer Clove is to be believed, one of those very devices will soon be shipping for the wide-faced HD2, though little else about the product is known. In [...]

Acer To Unveil 8 to 10 Phones Next Year, Show More Love to Android

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Acer’s far from being a major player in the smartphone space, but to call it irrelevant would be grossly inaccurate. Up until now, however, the outfit has relied largely on Microsoft’s mobile OS to power its phones, though even it seems shocked by the warm reception the Android-powered Liquid has received. According to the company’s [...]

Nokia X6 Comes With Music and Capacitive Touchscreen: Shipping Now

Friday, November 27th, 2009

What are you thankful for today? If you live in Finland or the UK and pre-ordered a X6 then you might be obliged to Nokia for having just set your new handset free. That’s right pilgrims, Nokia’s new flagship Comes with Music handset is now shipping. The X6 you’ll recall, introduces S60 5th to a [...]

Lenovo’s Snapdragon Smartbook Gets Android, Pictured Properly (Updated)

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Xbox 360 Elegant Edition Shows Microsoft How it’s Done

Friday, November 27th, 2009

You know, we’ve pretty much all been enamored with the Zune HD’s industrial design, but one unintended consequence for Microsoft was that it made its console look even more childish and toylike. It was inevitable, then, that a group of industrious Swedes would take up arms against this injustice and right the world with their [...]

Buffalo Busts Out its First 12x Blu-ray Burner, Powered by USB 3.0

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Sure, your computer doesn’t have a USB 3.0 plug, and there’s no such thing as a 12x Blu-ray disc for mass consumption just yet, but we shouldn’t let those pesky details get in the way of progress. Buffalo just announced the BR-X1216U3, which is the “world’s first” (er, not exactly, but anyways…) 12x Blu-ray burner, [...]

ASUS’ USB 3.0-equipped P6X58D Premium Motherboard Now Available

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Eager to get in all the USB 3.0 hard drives, SSD drives and… other hard drives cropping up these days? Then you’re in luck, as ASUS’ brand new, USB 3.0-ready P6X58D Premium motherboard is now finally available to order. Of course, being an early adopter doesn’t come cheap, and this particular motherboard will run you [...]

iBuyPower Lets lout five liquid-cooled Gaming Desktops

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

It’s never too early to start thinking about that desktop that you really, really need under the tree by the third week in December, and rather than waiting until the last moment and getting stuck with some random configuration and a lofty overnight shipping fee, iBuyPower is encouraging you to have a gander at the [...]

4iThumbs Overlay adds a Tactile Keyboard To Your iPhone… Sorta (video)

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The iPhone keyboard (or the lack thereof) has been a polarizing point for many, and while we’ve seen a workaround or two in our day, we’ve yet to see a solution to the lack of tactility as beautifully simple as this. 4iThumbs is a screen overlay that adds minuscule bumps on your iPhone display — [...]