Archive for January 10th, 2008

OLPC spin-off plans $75 laptop

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops According to a report in the New York Times today, a spin-off of OLPC is planning to launch a competitor to the company's $200 XO laptop. Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO of the Nicholas Negroponte-led company, claims that her new organization, Pixel Qi, can do it cheaper and ...

Intel takes an antitrust probe from AMD in New York

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIn addition to laying down the smack, AMD and the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just slammed Intel with an antitrust probe. Cuomo's office issued a "wide-ranging subpoena" on Thursday seeking documents and more information from Intel. The probe was launched after a preliminary ...

Samsung surprises on the last day of CES with the SGH-F490

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Looks like the folks at Samsung woke up on the right side of the bed this morning, and decided to gift us all with the SGH-F490. This handsome prada-esque set features full screen browsing on its 3.2 inch screen in both landscape and portrait mode, 5 mega pixel ...

iriver’s CES tease-fest continues

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Handhelds, Home Entertainment iriver's favorite pastime is toying with our heartstrings, and while the latest barrage of fragmented, high-resolution images does just that, at least we've been able to wrap our paws around some of what we're seeing. Hit up the gallery below for today's pictorial treasures. Gallery: iriver ...

CES 2008: Best iPhone case award

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, CESWe were taken by this innovative iPhone holster in attractive gunmetal finish, spotted at the Pioneer booth/spacepod. Because nothing says committment like welding your phone right to the wall.Gallery: CES 2008: Best iPhone case award Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: [Link]

Sprint prepped to launch Samsung SPH-M800

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Samsung is on a roll this morning, though this isn't as official as the SGH-F490 announced a few minutes ago, but the branding suggest this will show up at Sprint. Sadly, the word is that the 5 megapixel cam found in the F490 has been replaced here with a 2 ...

uPlay touts “iPhone of golf GPS technology”

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Filed under: GPS There's certainly no shortage of GPS devices out there to aid your golf game, but the folks at uPlay seem to think they've got one to beat 'em all, with them even going so far as to tout their new uPro device as the "iPhone of golf GPS ...