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Dell Streak Gets USB Connection By Homebrew Adapter

Currently Missing a USB Port, Home Modder Builds His Own Adapter
By on Wednesday, 25. August 2010

The Dell Streak isn’t in a great position right now. It’s got that old Android 1.6 on it, and then there’s that SIM lock. But what’s really irking people is the lack of a micro USB port, or even a mini USB. It’s hard to imagine not being able to [...]

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HTC's EVO 4G Having MicroUSB Troubles

Recent Reports Suggest MicroUSB Ports Having Trouble On The HTC EVO 4G Phone
By on Tuesday, 24. August 2010

There have been some recent reports coming out around trouble with a small percentage of HTC EVO 4G phones–more specifically, they’ve been having some issues with their microUSB ports.

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New Potato Gives Your iPhone A Pinball Makeover

Part Unwieldy Bumper Case, Part Pinball Machine, the Pinball Magic Lets You Get A Pinball Experience With Your iPhone
By on Monday, 23. August 2010

Talk about solving all sorts of problems at once–the guys out at New Potato have one of the most amazing “grip of death” solutions for the iPhone I’ve seen in a while: build an iPhone inside a tiny pinball machine. That and, of course, you can also turn your iPhone [...]

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Eye-Fi Wireless Connect X2 Now Available at Target Stores

Eye-Fi Has Announced That the Eye-Fi Connect is Now Available at All Target Stores
By on Sunday, 22. August 2010

Starting today, the Eye-Fi Wireless Connect X2 will be available at all Target Stores, making it easier for consumers to get hold of these wireless memory cards for backing up and sharing photos and videos easily.

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Virgin Mobile USA Confirms $40 Unlimited Mobile Broadband Plans

Virgin Mobile USA Will Offer Unlimited Mobile Broadband For Just $40 Starting August 24th
By on Sunday, 22. August 2010

I remember during the Internet’s infancy I always dreamed of having a connection wherever I went. The thought of even being able to browse the web at all while on the go was fascinating. Now, that dream has become a reality and we’re not only able to browse the web [...]

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PalmOS Lives On With Aceeca's PDA32

Aceeca PDA32 Gets Reviewed Running PalmOS, Gives Us a Blast From The Past
By on Sunday, 22. August 2010

In a world where smart phones are getting so advanced that it’s getting hard to tell them apart from low end laptop computers and eveybody and their uncle are talking about the latest tablets, it’s easy to forget where all of this technology came from. Back in the day, there [...]

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Eking Shows Off 5-Inch E5 UMPC

Eking E5 UMPC Features 5-Inch Display, 1.2GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, $800 Price Tag
By on Saturday, 21. August 2010

While tablets have been stealing much of the portable computer as of late, we needn’t forget the seemingly failed UMPC form factor from yesteryear. Completely clueless as to what UMPC is? Well, it stands for Ultra Mobile PC and was essentially a laptop computer jam packed into a tiny form [...]

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Polaroid And RealD Make Beautiful Glasses Together

Polaroid And RealD Partner On A New Range of Premium 3D Glasses
By on Friday, 20. August 2010

After sitting through a round of Piranha 3D, and trying to fit those godawful 3D glasses over my face, I couldn’t help but take notice of the announcement from Polaroid and RealD that they’d developed a line of premium 3D glasses.

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Planisphere Converts iPhone Into Stellar Photography Device

A New App Coupled With A Tripod and Telescope Lets You Take Pictures of Space on Your iPhone
By on Friday, 20. August 2010

Astronomy…there’s an app for that. Seriously, it’s starting to drive me bananas–seems like every time I turn around the phrase “Everything: There’s an app for that” gets less and less like pie-in-the-sky nigh-sarcasm and more and more like a mind-blowing reality. Today we’re talking Planisphere, the app that turns your [...]

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Sylvania Looks To Put Netbook, eReader, Into CVS Stores This Fall

Soon Drugstore CVS Will Offer a $100 Netbook and $180 eReader
By on Friday, 20. August 2010

Well folks, we’ve got another exciting round of dirt cheap tech to talk about, and it’ll be coming soon to one of the strangest places possible: the CVS drugstore chain. We’re talking about Sylvania’s upcoming netbook, and their upcoming LookBook ereader.

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