Friday, November 20, 2009
Phones
11:57PM Danny Allen | The true successor to the compact BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is styled like a slimmed-down Bold 9700. And while it ditches the “pearl” trackball for RIM’s new optical touchpad, the QWERTY keyboard has made way for a reworked SureType setup. More »
First 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Pics Leak
11:57PM Danny Allen | The true successor to the compact BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is styled like a slimmed-down Bold 9700. And while it ditches the “pearl” trackball for RIM’s new optical touchpad, the QWERTY keyboard has made way for a reworked SureType setup. More » 
Screens
Video: Sony’s Massive 280-inch (711cm) 3D LED Display
11:34PM Danny Allen | Similar to Mitsubishi’s 155-inch OLED screen, Sony’s huge display is made of individual panels (70 smaller LED screens in this case) and is designed for outdoor marketing. You know, because we all carry around polarised glasses, right? More »
Phones
Samsung Omnia II Hits Verizon Dec. 2 For $US200
10:58PM Danny Allen | I still don’t know why the Omnia II’s 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon’s own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it’ll be $US200 on contract after $US100 mail-in rebate. More »
Phones
Motorola Motus Android Phone Caught On Shaky Cam?
10:27PM Danny Allen | The Motus is rumoured to be a mid-range Android slider due early next year, and if this supposed spy shot is anything to go by, it’ll look sorta like the CLIQ — but with a flatter, harder to use keyboard. More »
Gadgets
Will Ereaders Really Become Gaming Devices?
10:04PM Danny Allen | Ereaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That’s a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm is investigating the idea for that Snapdragon-powered ereader prototype we first showed you on Wednesday. More »
Gadgets
Chumby Guts Turn Anything Into A Chumby
Software
Intel Atom’s Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple, understandably, broke Atom support in its latest 10.6.2 update for Snow Leopard — but that’s not going to keep enterprising Hackintoshers from finding a workaround. More »
Gadgets
4:38PM Nick Broughall | Last week, while watching an extremely disappointing movie on Blu-ray which won’t be named for fear of inadvertantly promoting it, my receiver switched off on its own, naturally at the film’s climax. At first I thought it had just overheated, but after a bit of playing around, I discovered that one or more of the speaker cables had short circuited. So my weekend will be spent replacing those cables – Joy! Oh, I’ll also be playing with the new HTC Tattoo and HTC Hero Android phones. More »
Weekend Gadgets: The Tattoo Hero And His Audio Cables
4:38PM Nick Broughall | Last week, while watching an extremely disappointing movie on Blu-ray which won’t be named for fear of inadvertantly promoting it, my receiver switched off on its own, naturally at the film’s climax. At first I thought it had just overheated, but after a bit of playing around, I discovered that one or more of the speaker cables had short circuited. So my weekend will be spent replacing those cables – Joy! Oh, I’ll also be playing with the new HTC Tattoo and HTC Hero Android phones. More »
Random Stuff
The Real Most Important News From The Chrome OS Event (Not)
4:34PM Matt Buchanan | Forget Chrome OS. The two things you actually need to know from today’s Google event? Sergey Brin wears Vibram Five Finger shoes. And carries a Motorola Droid, not a super secret phone we’ve never seen before. See? More »
Gadgets
