Banned Substances

There’s no crying in baseball. There are no mobile phones, smartphones or PDAs either. [Image: Fenway Park visitor's clubhouse, via CNET]


May 1, 2010
Gadgets

The Weird Palm Patents HP Will Soon Own

When the news broke that HP was buying Palm, discussion gravitated to the jewel of the Palm collection: WebOS. But of course HP’s haul doesn’t end there – there’s a whole slew of bizarre PalmPilot patents they’ll soon own, too.


February 17, 2010

Fisher-Price IXL: An iPad For The Kindergarten Crowd

Fisher-Price’s iXL is a learning tool for young’ns that lets them read interactively, draw, look at pictures and play games – pretty much everything your kids currently do on your iPhone but without you having to worry about jam-hands.


January 18, 2010
Gadgets

Apple’s Batmobile

With all the Apple tablet talk these days, it’d be OK to lose sight of the fact that the company’s been there before with the Newton. Seen here is a rare “Batmobile” prototype of that now defunct PDA.


January 2, 2010
Mobile

Microsoft’s Lost Decade In Mobile

Ten years ago, you could buy the HP Jornada 548 with a colour screen, which let you listen to MP3s, surf the web, check your email and keep a calendar. It had a touchscreen. It ran Windows. It was awesome.


January 26, 2009
Computing

Who Needs Netbooks? Acer Plans Detail Mobile Internet Device

Acer, makers of the 10-inch Aspire One netbook coming later this year, could be prepared to take business in a new direction, if a recent U.S. patent filing is to be believed.