Archive for December, 2009 - Page 10

A week after announcing an open API and third-party app support, Ford has announced yet another advancement in their Ford Sync mobile entertainment system.  Ford Sync has revealed Sync Wi-Fi, allowing customers to share a third-party 3G connection with passengers over a Wi-Fi bridge.

Apple’s App Store is one of the most successful business ideas of our modern time. Sure you need a great portable device like the iPhone or the iPod touch in order for an app store to take off. But once you have that device, success is guaranteed. The App Store [...]

Hours after Intel announced a new line of netbook processors, Dell revealed the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10– the first to feature the new Intel Atom N450.  The new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 has received a design refresh and hardware upgrade to take advantage of Intel’s new netbook powerhouse.

We all know the Japanese love humanoid robots. The newest cyborg creation to come out of that country is the Nippon Institute of Technology’s e-NUVO walk bot. The robot pal stands about four feet tall, and will help education school children.

About 10 days ago, British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced it would stop carrying the HTC HD2 in favor of Apple’s finest. While Vodafone won’t have the iPhone out to their customers before Christmas, they have announced the pricing for the iPhone plans.

China’s Aigo is preparing their own eBook reader. The EB6301 is very, very Kindle-like with the wide, flat, white appearance about it. The EB6301 sports 2GB of internal memory and is a bit steep in price, but for now it only appears to be heading for a Chinese release only.

Early Monday, Intel released a press release detailing their next generation of Atom processors, aimed at the netbook light market. The new Intel Atom chips will have the integrated graphics and memory bus on the same die as the processor.

Do you get painful headaches at the end of the day that just won’t go away? Perhaps you should try the hip, cool, new uCrown 2 Massage Helmet from Brookstone. The uCrown 2 is an expensive plastic helmet that ‘massages’ your head and plays soft music for you while you [...]

I’ve had the chance to watch James Cameron’s Avatar in full 3D glory. And I must say that the movie is definitely something else. Sure it’s not the best film I’ve seen this year when I think about the story, but from the technological point of view, Avatar is probably [...]

The Simpson Arcade game is by far one of my all time favorite arcade games, and I have played a few in my time. And this particular arcade game is coming soon to an iPhone or iPod touch near you. That’s what I call good news, especially at this time [...]