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Samsung Rogue Has AMOLED Display, May Be Better Than Glyde

Joanna Stern — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:10:00 +0000

We less than liked Verizon’s Samsung Glyde, but perhaps the Glyde 2 or the Rogue will make us forget. The Rogue looks like a normal slider but its AMOLED display should be bright (much like the Impression’s).

Samsung went with a 3-inch resistive touchscreen for the Rogue, but it does include some more premium features like a 3MP autofocus camera with an LED flash. We are happy to see a 3.5mm headphone jack and a MicroSD slot. It has a HTML browser and EVDO Rev A speeds and supports VCAST Music/Video and VZ Navigator.

Right now the Rogue is $US100 on Verizon’s site (with a two-year contract and after a $US100 rebate). The full retail price is $US420. [Verizon via PhoneArena]

Tokyoflash Rogue Proves Tokyoflash Still Has the Flash

Mark Wilson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Just when we’d sort of gotten over Tokyoflash’s watch design, they announce the Rogue, a wristpiece that refreshes their LED-driven sci-fi style while staying true to their confounding time-telling design. The death-green flavour LCD is standard on the Rogue, but the watch comes in silver and gunmetal (otherwise known as the two official best man colours evar). However, even with Tokyoflash’s helpful cheat sheet, just how one actually tells time with this watch left us scratching our heads:

The outer ring of small dots represents minutes, every fifth dot being slightly smaller to distinguish five minute groups. The ring of large blocks represents rough minutes, the position of the gap indicating approximate minutes in groups of five. The inner ring of blocks represents hours, the position of the gap in the ring showing the current hour as on a clock face.

But if the display made sense without solving complex algorithms to decode, it just wouldn’t boost your ego the same way after leaving friends and loved ones feeling stupid. Available for US$161, the Rogue ships free worldwide. [Tokyoflash]

Self-Contained RPG Game Solely in a Mint Tin

Seamus Byrne — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:20:42 +0000

If you thought putting your iPod nano in an Altoids tin was impressive, check out what Greg Sanders got inside a Penguin mints tin. It’s a self-contained RPG game whose parts all fit inside the tin. All you have to do is plug in a Sega Genesis controller and a TV and you’re set. Yes, but does it tell you how old your brain is? [MAKE via Play Gadgets]