Android for Windows phones — simple concept, simple enough installation, but awesome results. The good people behind the XDAndroid project have been working hard to allow you to get your Google juices flowing nice and freely on your WinMo device and the latest build looks to have all but completed the task. ... Read More...
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PRS Guitarbud jacks your axe, ego into iPhone / iPod touch
March 11th, 2010 
Eric Whatever happened to that dreamy Line 6 / Apple tie-up ? Who knows, right... Read More...
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Tags: apple, audio, available-today, Axe, Ego, iphone, ipod, ipod accessory, ipod touch, Line 6, obvious-market, paulreedsmith, prsguitarbud 
No Comments »PrimeSense talks full-body motion control at GDC, gives us a video demonstration
March 11th, 2010 Eric PrimeSense was formed in 2005, and unless you’re a sickly obsessed silicon junkie, you’ve probably never heard of them. All that changes today. We sat down with the company at GDC to learn more about the chip that it produces, and we left with an imagination sore from being stretched so severely. ... Read More...
Posted in Internet, Laptop, Mobile Phones, News Technology, Object, Software Tags: after-the-break, Body Motion, Control, david rivas, Full Control, gdc, Images, imagination, microsoft, Motion Control, motioncontrol, motionsensing, Nokia Symbian, primesense, Silicon, symbian 3, symbianthree, talks-full-body, video, Video Demonstration No Comments »Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition ‘Gulftown’ review roundup
March 11th, 2010 Eric Six cores. ... Read More...
Posted in Gadget, Internet, News Technology Tags: Benchmarking, core i7, Cores, cpu, even-the-other, Extreme Edition, gdc, Gulftown, intel, Joystiq, review roundup, Roundup No Comments »HTML5 vs. Flash comparison finds a few surprises, settles few debates
March 11th, 2010 Eric Think we’d all be better off if HTML5 could somehow instantly replace Flash overnight? Not necessarily, according to a set of comparisons from Jan Ozer of the Streaming Learning Center website, which found that while HTML5 did come out ahead in many respects, it wasn’t exactly a clear winner. The tests weren’t completely scientific, but they did find that HTML5 clearly performed better than Flash 10 or 10.1 in Safari on a Mac, although the differences were less clear cut in Google Chrome or Firefox. ... Read More...
Posted in Internet, Laptop, Mobile Phones, Web Review Tags: chrome, comparison, Debates, entry, Few Surprises, flash, flash10, google, google-chrome, hardwareacceleration, html5, Jan Ozer, mac, Respects, safari, take-advantage, the-differences, windows No Comments »Motorola partners with Microsoft, will use Bing search and maps on Chinese Android phones
March 11th, 2010 Eric Uh, whoa . When we heard Google’s threatened pullout of China had prompted Motorola to seek out an alternative search provider for its China-bound handsets, we can’t say we were expecting a partnership with Microsoft to result. But here we are, staring at a press release announcing the Bing search and Maps will be the default on Moto’s Chinese Android phones starting in Q1 — and the partnership is described as “global,” so there’s a chance it could spread. ... Read More...
Posted in Internet, Mobile Phones, NetGear, News Technology, Object, Software Tags: Android, bing, bing maps, breaking news, BreakingNews, China, chinese, default-on-moto, entry, Few Surprises, google, maps-on-chinese, microsoft, Microsoft Maps, Microsoft Search, Moto, motorola, Motorola Partners, Partnership, Press Release, Pullout, Q1, Search Provider, Touchscreen, uses-the-screen No Comments »PlayStation Move first hands-on (update: video!)
March 11th, 2010 Eric At last, we’ve felt Sony’s long awaited motion controller, now at last officially known as ” PlayStation Move ,” in our unworthy, sweaty hands. ... Read More...
Posted in Computer, Gadget, Internet, Laptop, Mobile Phones, NetGear, Web Review Tags: breaking news, Few Surprises, gdc2010, Motion Controller, motorola, Playstation, playstation 3, playstation3, ps move, psmove, Sony, sports, station-move, subcontroller, Sweaty Hands No Comments »PlayStation Move motion controller launched at GDC, starter kit to be under $100 with game
March 11th, 2010 Eric No surprise here: Sony just officially announced the PlayStation Move motion controller at GDC 2010, calling it the “next generation of motion gaming” because it’s so precise — latency is about the same as the DualShock 3. As expected, it uses the PlayStation Eye camera to track the controller, and Sony says it becomes an “extension of your body.” The plan is not only to engage casual gamers, but to use the precision of the controller to create “new experiences for core gamers” — many of the demo videos we saw involved using a controller video in each hand, and there were quote a few demos of action / RPG games. We also saw a demo of Move Party, which uses the camera to do augmented reality gaming and video chat. ... Read More...
Posted in Gadget, Internet, NetGear, News Technology, Web Review Tags: Action Rpg, Casual Gamers, controller, Core Gamers, Demo, Dualshock 3, Eye Camera, Game, games, gdc, gdc2010, holidays, Latency, launched-at-gdc, Motion Controller, New Experiences, Next Generation, Playstation, playstation 3, Playstation Controller, playstation3, Reality Gaming, says-it-becomes, Sony, Starter Kit, Surprise, uses-the-camera, Video Chat No Comments »Live from Sony’s ‘PlayStation Move’ motion controller event
March 11th, 2010 Eric We just got underway at Sony’s PlayStation Move motion controller event. Sure, they haven’t called it “Move,” just yet, but we just saw the “Move” moniker on a demo screen at the side of the stage, so we’re feeling pretty confident at this point. Continue reading Live from Sony’s ‘PlayStation Move’ motion controller event Live from Sony’s ‘PlayStation Move’ motion controller event originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:00 EST. ... Read More...
Posted in Internet, Mobile Phones, News Technology, Software Tags: Demo Screen, Engadget, friend-via, gdc, gdc 2010, gdc2010, Live Motion, Moniker, Motion Controller, Playstation, Playstation Controller, playstation move, playstation3, point, Ps3, says-it-becomes, Sony, Sony Playstation, stage, the-side No Comments »JooJoo revamps interface ahead of launch, adds local video playback — and changes color
March 11th, 2010 Eric The JooJoo tablet’s launch date might have been pushed back a month while Fusion Garage sorts out issues with the capacitive touchscreen, but it looks like the extra time has given the company a chance to tweak the interface and add in some features. Obviously the most noticable change is the revised homescreen, which has gone from line art on a garish solid color background to a nicely rendered icon grid over a high-res customizable wallpaper, but Fusion Garage has also ditched the confusing pinch-to-go-back gesture and replaced it a vertical swipe that brings down a status bar containing the home button, status indicators, browser navigation controls, and a combination address bar / search field. Scroll behavior has been revised as well, with two separate behaviors: a two-finger scroll that works like a scroll wheel, and a single finger “pan” that works like a mouse arrow. ... Read More...
Posted in Gadget, Internet, Laptop, Mobile Phones, Web Review Tags: avoid-the-issue, Button Status, capacitive touchscreen, Color Background, custom, entry, Extra Time, fusiongarage, Gesture, High Res, Home Button, homescreen, inthewild, Joojoo, joojoo tablet, Launch Video, Line Art, Mouse Arrow, Navigation Controls, Noticable Change, Ps3, Scroll Wheel, Search Field, Sorts, Status Indicators, Swipe, Video Playback, Wallpaper No Comments »
