Posts Tagged ‘handhelds’

Palm going Centro for next webOS handset?

Written on April 30th, 2009 by adminno shouts

The Boy Genius Report just got ahold of this ultra-blurry shot of what purports to be Palm’s next webOS device, with a supposed fall release date and zero other info to go on. From the looks of things the keyboard is stationary, but with the relative height-to-width ratio (and last night’s “Mini-Pre” rumor ) we’re thinking the keyboard and screen might be shrunk down slightly — which, were we to conjecture further, could mean a webOS Centro

Motorola posts $291 million loss in first quarter, mobile sales fall 45 percent

Written on April 30th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Motorola has spilled some very unappetizing beans with its first quarter results. The company missed its projected sales figure of $5.62 billion, posting $5.4 billion, $1.8 billion of which were in its handsets division. The cellphone space is where the company seems to be hurting the most — sales were down 45 percent there — though some projections had it faring worse than that

NES gamepad mouse is the most amazing piece of industrial design in the history of humankind

Written on April 30th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Apparently as of right now, this stunning piece of high art is just a foam model mock-up, but listen to us, mouse manufacturers of the world: if you build this, we will give you every penny we have to own it. Our only gripe? The D-pad should definitely be up top for navigation duties.

Nokia throws up "pre-order soon" logo on US N97, drives the kids crazy

Written on April 30th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Thanks to the always revealing FCC , we knew good and well Nokia’s painfully expensive N97 had Carolina (and probably the other states, to be fair) on its mind, but now we know the moment of truth is drawing near.

Maemo 5 Beta SDK released into the hands of an eagerly waiting world

Written on April 29th, 2009 by adminno shouts

Sure, you’ve seen the alpha SDK , and you’ve even seen it in pre-alpha , but if you’re really serious about your Maemo 5 development you gotta check out the beta release. This should be music to the ears of all you crazy kids who are hard at work developing software for Nokia’s next-gen Internet tablets . And “Maemo 5 Beta SDK” is not only fun to say, but it also brings several new features to the table, including: support for widget development, a new version of the Modest open-source email app, OMAP3 support, HSPA data connectivity, hi-def camera support, and hardware-based graphics acceleration

Birthday boy gets box of rocks instead of Nintendo DS

Written on April 29th, 2009 by adminno shouts

No, you’re not being mercilessly attacked by an unyielding feeling of d

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