Portable Technology Category - Page 11
The Peek 9 Does Exist [The Newest Model of Peek Has Been Spotted For Sale, Confirmed By the Company To Exist]
Well folks, if you were dying to get your hands on the latest in portable email-only devices, then you’ll be happy to know that the Peek 9 does in fact exist and is apparently taking preorders.
Netherrealm Studios Has A PSP2, Calls It “Pretty Powerful” [The Developers of the New Mortal Kombat Game Have a PSP2 And Are Putting It Through Its Paces]
For those of you who might have been concerned about the capability of the PSP2–Marcus’ eager pronouncements not withstanding–you have one less reason to be concerned. The folks behind the newest Mortal Kombat title, Netherrealm Studios, actually have a prototype in hand and are pretty surprised about its capability. And [...]
Texas Instruments Working on Gesture System For Mobiles [Extreme Reality And Texas Instruments Join Up To Make Gesture Controls On Your Mobile Gear]
If you’ve ever tried to multitask (and you know how I love multitasking) and eat a sandwich while working your iPod at the same time, you know that it can get pretty messy and unpleasant. But the folks out at Texas Instruments want to change that along with the crew [...]
Google Music To Offer Both Subscriptions and Downloads? [Early Word Suggests That Google Music Might Offer Both Cloud Storage and Downloads]
The word is coming out with steadily more rapidity about the upcoming Google Music launch, and something new has emerged about what kind of services they’ll be offering.
Sony Shows Off Flexible Paper Display [Sony's Flexible Monitor Folds, Rolls Up, Flexes as Needed]
So we’ve got another entrant into the flexible paper display market, and it’s the folks at Sony who’ve got this one, and it showed up out at their annual Dealer Convention.
Lemoptix Projector Smaller Than Pico [Lemoptix, a Spinoff of EPFL, Creates a Projector With a One Cubic Centimeter Head]
Projectors are great, especially when you can attach something like “biggest” or “brightest” on to the narrative somewhere. But “smallest” definitely works, and the upcoming projector from Lemoptix may well be one of the smallest ever seen.
Fujitsu Readies For Widespread Contactless Charging By 2012 [Plugging in Toshiba Products after 2012 May Be A Thing of the Past]
The folks out at Fujitsu have been hard at work developing a system by which you will no longer need to plug in your Fujitsu portables, and they think they may have figured it out in time to start releasing it on a wider scale by 2012.
Pandora Handheld Consoles Sold Out! [Pandora Miniature Computer Now Sold Out and Placed on Pre-Order Once Again]
Pandora’s handheld gaming console which runs on Linus is all sold out, all initial 1,000 units that were pre-ordered. This is the same handheld device which reportedly runs on Linux and was designed by a group of hobbyists.
Disney Wants Standards For Web-Connected Toys [Disney Looks To Create a Set of Technology and Manufacture Standards For Toys That Connect To the Web]
Say what you will about Disney–and you can say a lot in either direction–but the one thing you can’t say is that they don’t understand tech. Disney may well be one of the most aggressive engineering forces on the face of the earth, and their constant innovation brings about lots [...]
India’s Cheap Tablet Made In China? [Analysis of India's Vaunted $35 Tablet PC Suggests Chinese Manufacture]
Here’s a bit of a shocker coming out of India, suggesting that something’s up with the much-talked-about $35 tablet PC from India, recently dubbed the Sakshat and given a contract for manufacture with HCL Technologies. Analysis of the tablet shows an incredible amount of similarity between it and the Hivision [...]

