Archive for August, 2008
Super Nintendo controller table signals a trend
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Remember that fad where everyone had dining room tables of their favorite Disney character? Or the age in the 70s where tables were shaped like lava lamps? No? At any rate, the modders over at SCAD Inc. have spent all summer crafting a fully-functional Super Nintendo…
Sprint, Bluefish taking names for Touch Diamond, September release confirmed
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
Everything prior had been rumors, hearsay, speculation, and leaked documents — but now that Sprint has something out in the open, it’s going to be a whole hell of a lot more difficult to renege on that September time frame we’d all bee…
Stix 200 Wiimote wannabe reviewed: it’s just as awful as we imagined
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Be honest here, GoLive2’s Stix didn’t stand a chance at being taken seriously, and even when one reviewer attempted to have fun with the unashamed Wiimote knockoff, he failed epically. The Stix 200 looks strikingly like Nintendo’s accelerometer-packin’ controller, th…
AT&T’s new Samsungs, USBConnect Mercury in the wild
Filed under: Handsets, Peripherals, Others, Samsung, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
So a few shiny new pieces of hardware are starting to show up in AT&T stores; nothing to get terribly excited about, really, but the recently-released USBConnect Mercury is one of the purdiest data sticks we’ve seen…
French doctors use laser to destroy brain tumor in conscious patient
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsNeurosurgery with robotic assistance is getting pretty old hat nowadays, so it looks like scientists are trying to up the difficulty factor by keeping their patients awake — a team of French doctors just completed the first successful removal of malignant brain tumor from …
HTC’s Android-driven Dream revealed in glorious spy photos
Filed under: Cellphones
Sure, we’ve seen some blurry videos and a few stolen glimpses when Andy Rubin demonstrated this beast, but now we’ve gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory. Not only does this confirm the design s…
BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 surfaces on eBay, trigger fingers get itchy
Filed under: Cellphones
Not that you won’t be able to buy this thing from carriers here shortly, but there’s just nothing quite like being the first on your block to own a new handset. For those with cash to burn and an insatiable desire to play with RIM’s forthcoming Kickstart 8220, look no further…