Personal Devices Category - Page 7

Ever wanted to take credit cards at your roadside fruit stand or the like? Before, it was a downright impossibility unless you had a portable generator and a cell phone. But now, with things like the ROAMpay from QuickPay, you can take credit cards most anywhere.

Be advised that the following bit of news is extremely early-stage stuff, though it is based on some evidence, so it bears considering. It seems that a bit of code in the iPod Nano shows a possible move to include video playback capabilities.

I’m personally very fond of TomTom’s GPS systems. I’ve had mine for a few months now and still find it spectacularly useful. And if you’re looking to get the TomTom app for your iPhone, you’ll likely be wanting a car kit for it. And that’s where TomTom’s looking to help [...]

Man, what a day for mind controlled appliances–first the wheelchair, and now your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad thanks to PLX’s XWave.

Apple hardware is generally pretty sweet to work with, but it’s really a one-note joke–constantly with the touchscreens. Every so often a person gets to craving some of that tactile feedback–the feeling of something under their fingertips other than a sheet of smooth glass coated with finger oil or stylus [...]

We haven’t heard anything about the Carl-Zeiss Cinemizer glasses since back in March of 2009, so you likely won’t be surprised to hear they’ve undergone a serious update. But some are questioning whether the update will be serious enough.

Any time someone’s willing to pull out the word “stonking” in a review I have to sit up and take notice. I’ve only heard the term used once thanks to Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw out on Zero Punctuation, and maybe it’s because I’m American, but that’s not a word I hear [...]

Sometimes, in the flood of Apple applications, we forget there’s a whole field of apps out there for Android. And the folks at MIT want to take advantage of that field for–get this–complex engineering models.

Sony’s Walkman sure has come a long way since the old days as a combination cassette player and FM radio, and a new one, the Sony NWZ-S574, has just hit at the IFA show out in Germany.

It wasn’t so long ago that Microsoft and United were looking to get some partnership action going, and by all reports, it went well. So it’s not much of a surprise to hear that their partnership is expanding to offer 500 Zune HDs on its long distance flights.