Archive for January, 2008
HTC TouchFLO 2 “Manila” leaks out, are you brave enough to install it?
Filed under: Handsets, HTC
Alright, HTC Touch owners — who’s going to take the hit and install this leaked build of TouchFLO 2.0 that’s been spreading around under the codename Manila? From the screenshots, it looks like it does a better job of taking over from the standard WinMo interface, but it…
AgfaPhoto’s DV-5000G camera plays games, falls short of potential
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Gaming
AgfaPhoto — you know, the company that used to just make really high-end gear, but now lends its name to lame sauce stuff built by plawa — has a new camera on display at PMA, the DV-5000G. In addition to the regular 5 megapixel camera duties, this thing works o…
LED pranksters remember the Aqua Teen Hunger Force “bomb” scare
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
In an expression of remembrance for a historical moment in hair-trigger overreactions, artists all over the Boston area have taken to the streets armed with provocative LED signage. Paying homage to the “bomb” scare of January 31st, 2007 (which was actually just viral prom…
Motorola officially considering dropping its phone unit
Filed under: Handsets, MotorolaRumor no longer, Motorola is taking a hard look at its Mobile Devices unit and might very well give those slackers the ol’ Freescale treatment and spin off the division as a separate company. This sort of love ‘em and leave ‘em tactic is oddly a bit of a habit with Mot…
Are Cell Phones Our Last Hope for Literacy?
Half of Japan’s top 10 best-selling books last year — half! — started out as cell phone-based books, according to the New York Times.The books-on-phones genre started when a home-page-making Web site company realized that people in Japan were writing serialized novels on their blogs, and figured o…
Dell unsurprisingly denies rumors of Google phone
Filed under: Handsets, AndroidAs is the custom in these matters, Dell has flatly denied the existence of any product to announce at MWC, and went further on to state that the company doesn’t even plan on attending the show. Rumors of a “Gphone” were probably greatly exaggerated to begin with, and no…
Interlocking Pac-Man lights offer endless mazes, zero subtlety
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Those intrigued by the idea of interlocking light blocks but disappointed by the subtlety of some of the current options available may want to take note of Remake Design’s latest creation, which takes the idea to excessive new heights. As you can see, they’ve churned out a…