Archive for November, 2008
Atari 2600 stuffed into Game Gear, Sega Nomad seen casting envious glances
Oh sure, there’s bound to be some protrusion when shoving a retro console into a gaming handheld, but inelegant styling was a way of life for Sega back in the mid-90s. Modder Chris Koopa has achieved the impossible by stuffing an Atari 2600 (or the important parts, anyway) along with 40 games into …
iPhone 3G unlocking down to a tough, old-fashioned science in Vietnam
Filed under: Apple
Most would-be iPhone 3G unlockers are impatiently waiting for an easy software solution that’s been in the works since release day, but in some parts of the world, entrepreneurs are taking matters into their own hands. Enter Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Do, who employs a team of some 30 tec…
Mythical white Touch Diamond gets handled
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
Remember that white Sega Game Gear that you always read about — maybe even saw in a picture — but never managed to actually find in real life? In the minds of average Game Gear owners, it reached near-legendary status; it didn’t ma…
BlackBerry Storm update leaks to the masses
Okay, remember that bit about waiting for a wide release? Yeah, screw that noise. Firmware 4.7.0.75 for the BlackBerry Storm has drizzled out onto the interwebs, and initial reports from intrepid updaters seem to be generally positive. We can’t verify the authenticity of this sucker, but if you were…
Video: Adobe dabbles in video-object manipulation
Hey you, hot-shot movie cutter! Now that we’ve got your attention, have a look at this. Adobe’s research laboratory has been toiling away with a sophisticated interactive video-object manipulation system, which gives video editors all sorts of creative windows with next to no rendering lag. An Afte…
BlackBerry Storm update available to Verizon customers — a few of them, anyway
Filed under: Software, RIM, Verizon Wireless
The good news is that one of those rumored imminent firmware updates for Verizon’s Storm has just materialized — the bad news, though, is that it’s not available to the unwashed masses just yet. For now, the only way to get version 4.7.0.107 (compared to…
Sony Ericsson’s Paris gets another postmortem tease
Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
Love UIQ? Well, bless your heart; we’re sorry for your recent loss. We’re also sorry that you have to see this, the best picture gallery we’ve seen yet of Sony Ericsson’s doomed Paris — a phone that would’ve undoubtedly been the …