Portable Technology Category - Page 7

We all know Borders bookstore hasn’t been doing any too well lately, but it may well be one of the biggest surprises of the day to hear that they’re eying rival Barnes and Noble for a takeover bid, so much so that they’re even putting a price tag on the [...]

Anyone who’s used a portable device for any length of time (and I mean in terms of total use, not single use) knows that it’s never a bad idea to have a way to recharge it on hand. The last thing you want is to be out somewhere enjoying your [...]

A Google-branded device running Chrome OS is rumored to come out before the year ends. Google is also planning to release Chrome OS for TVs, tablets and other such devices. Will Chrome OS compete directly with Android?

Black Friday might be over, but if you are like us your holiday shopping is nowhere near complete. You still have that electronics buff to get something for on your list and even more horrifying, you simply have no idea where to even start. Well have no fear, that’s why [...]

Way back in the deep dark depths of three years ago–which in technology terms equates roughly to the Bronze Age–the folks out at Sony made an earth-shaking decision. Their eBook reader, you see, wasn’t selling very well in Japan, and thus, they decided to stop selling them there and focus [...]

If you’re looking to pick up a new ereader for Christmas, one of the other holidays, or just because you can, then this is a great time to go shopping for one. After all, there are plenty of deals, and the stores are practically slitting each others’ throats to get [...]

I’m sure we’ve all been there at least once–you’re out for a nice walk or run or what have you, your MP3 player is cheerfully playing your song of choice, and all of a sudden, you’re about half a mile out when your battery cuts out. Now you get to [...]

Yes, you’re reading that title as correctly as I can make it–the folks out at Beseto Japan claim that their DP1000 digital recorder can go for a week on just four AA batteries.  That’s a pretty lengthy run time no matter how you slice it (the fact that it’ll play [...]

The folks out at Hanvon are going to get a bit of short-term cachet pretty soon here, announcing that preorders will be taken on their new e-reader. Where does that cachet come from, you ask? Simple–it comes from being the first ever device to offer E-ink in a Triton base.

There are a lot of people out there who have trouble reading. The blind or those with other vision impairments top the list, though even older folks with weak eyes, or nearsighted folks like me, we can all have trouble with reading sometimes. But the Intel Reader looks to change [...]