Posts Tagged ‘accessories’

Filed under: Software , Apple , Accessories Among the many minor changes included in the 3.0 release of the iPhone OS was one that would enable those myriad of iPhone accessories to work more closely with software. That is to say, to make the plugging in of one result in in a prompting to download the other. The first such piece of hardware is ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones As much as nerds love to accessorize their electronic devices, some products out there would cause even the nerdiest of nerds to turn up their noses. Introducing the Thiphone , a fashion faux pas no one should ever make. According to LikeCool.com , the Thiphone is a holder for your iPhone , which, of course wraps around your thigh, allowing ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Apple , Accessories If you're anything at all like us, you were just a tad disappointed by the color "options" of Apple's newest foray into the world of mobile phones, the iPhone 3GS . After all, who wants to be limited to just black and white these days? Not us, that's for sure -- and ColorWare's just announced a fix ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Apple Now that we know the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre share extremely similar 65nm ARM Cortex A8-based internals , it's time to break out the stopwatches and see how these blood brothers stack up. Anandtech has the first head-to-head tests we've seen, and it seems like the 3G S has the slight edge, loading a ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , HSUPA , Acer As Windows Mobile devices go, it's virtually impossible for an entrant in the game not to be compared to HTC , and Acer's M900 is a prime example -- the specs look great on paper, but it's pretty much got to stand toe-to-toe with the Touch ... Full story

Filed under: Games , Software , LG , Nokia , Samsung , Accessories If you've been desperately searching for a way to motion-control your brand new N97, look no further -- Zeemote's got your back. The company's JS1 controller has just added drivers for every S60 3rd and 5th Edition device on the market -- N97 and 5800 XpressMusic included -- plus a whole ... Full story

Filed under: Palm , Accessories All signs are pointing toward an early June Pre launch at this point; of course, we know it'll launch in the first half of the year -- and we're quickly running out of first half -- but we've heard increased chatter the past few weeks suggesting that June 5 or June 7 are particularly likely targets for bringing Palm's ... Full story

Filed under: Games , LG , Verizon Wireless , Accessories If you've been getting bored of your Versa's QWERTY module, boy, have we got some splendid news for you: as promised , the snap-on game pad is now available. Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Windows Mobile , Toshiba We like where this is headed. Toshiba seems poised to capitalize on its incredibly aggressive TG01 form factor, with the TG02 slated for Q4, and the TG03 for some time after that. We already got the skinny on the new handsets , along with the QWERTY-equipped K01 and K02 counter parts, and now we've got a ... Full story

Filed under: Peripherals , Sprint , EV-DO , CDMA It's not exactly for everybody, but we have a sneaking suspicion that Sprint's new Sierra Wireless AirCard 402 mobile broadband card -- first spotted last month -- will make at least a few multiple laptop owners out there very, very happy. As you can see above, this one can function happily as an ExpressCard one ... Full story

Filed under: Windows Mobile , Accessories Two computer science professors at Washington University have produced a USB ultrasound probe which is compatible with Windows Mobile smartphones. The project, funded by Microsoft, has developed and optimized probe that uses less power, and is enhanced for data transfer rates on cellphones. Full story

Filed under: Accessories What do you call a guy who can charge a Nokia, a Samsung, an LG, and a Sony Ericsson at the same time, all from the comfort of his laptop's USB port? A hero, that's what -- a hero who's purchased Brando's USB Multi-Charge Cable. Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Sprint We've been made privy to some Sprint planning documentation that implies that the carrier is looking to get all its Pre ducks in a row by May 16, which would suggest that there's no way in hell it's launching any earlier than that. Ultimately, that could mean we're looking at a launch on the 17th -- a ... Full story

Filed under: Palm , Accessories Sick of Pre rumors? Full story

Filed under: Multimedia , Sony Ericsson , Accessories When you think of fun, what do you picture? Full story

Filed under: Palm , Accessories Although Palm's reps basically stick to the same script when giving out those lengthy Pre walkthrough demos , every now and again they'll let something interesting slip -- like the fact that the Touchstone inductive charging dock is just the first product in an entire line of Touchstone wireless products. It's not clear if that simply means that "Touchstone" ... Full story

What am I doing next after Gizmodo? Why, I'm going to SeaWorld! Screw Disneyland. Computing & Peripherals • Sabrent TV-USBHD Mini Dual Digital HDTV / ATSC & Analog TV Tuner for $29.99 (normally $50 - valid today only) Full story

Filed under: Palm , Accessories In lieu of real Palm Pre news, here's a case originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read Full story

Imagine an alternate timeline, where cellular phone technology has been perfected and cheaply mass-marketed in the early 1980s instead of the late 1990s. In this reality, a cellular phone is built into every Sony Walkman. Perhaps this would be an era of the Sony Ericsson W205 Full story

Filed under: Software , ATT Manufacturers' app stores have been getting most of the attention lately, but let's not forget that carriers have massive content decks of their own -- content decks that carrier-branded feature phone owners in particular are exposed to almost every time they open their browsers. Carriers like T-Mobile have been making overtures toward developers big and small lately in an ... Full story

Filed under: Games , Peripherals , HTC , Accessories , Android We've already seen the Zeemote JS1 bring wireless nunchuck gaming action (and its vaguely copyright-infringing name) to Sony Ericsson and Nokia handsets. Now it seems the device is leaving those corporate ventures behind, going open source and syncing up with HTC's G1 as shown in the video below Full story

In case you aren't lucky enough to be attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, you can download 1,267 songs from bands in the festival. You'll find the pack broken in to three big torrents, obviously downloadable on BitTorrent. And don't worry, not only is it legal—BitTorrent makes an excellent platform for SXSW music distribution since it saves bandwidth Full story

Don't let Monday stop you from having a BBQ cookout with a free spatula and some cheap video games. We've got discounted digi-cams and camcorders for you to document your fiesta's crazy moments too. Computing Peripherals: • 20'' Samsung Widescreen LCD Monitor for $134.99 plus free shipping (normally $154.99 - use this rebate form ) Full story

Comparison search engines only show you whose price is best in that instant. Now, at least one service finally has a tracker that lets you see what each retailer charged for gadgets over time. Full story

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OK, so maybe you don't exactly get a Sports Illustrated supermodel for free, but oh, it's close enough. Full story

Take a trip to the nerd epicenter of the U.S, to quote Frucci, for only $28 roundtrip today. There you will find Apple brethren, Silicon Valley and be a quick drive away from Snowmodo ! Apple • Apple MB323LL/A 20-inch iMac with Parallels and Printer for $888.99 (normally $1,199 - valid until 4/30 Full story

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn't want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back -- so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We'll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until ... Full story

Curly fries and soda for free? Checked. 4GB of RAM for 40% its original price Full story

It's easy to forget that the PS3 is a fully-equipped PC in your living room attached to your house's best monitor. Installing Ubuntu can help you remember, and play SNES games in the process. It still kind of surprises me (in a good way) that Sony was, from the start, very OK with PS3 owners tinkering with Linux on their PS3s Full story