Archive for August, 2009

Nokia has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the Nokia N900 Internet Tablet after weeks of speculation.
The N900 will be the first device powered by Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo 5 software platform, withh the manufacturer describing the platform’s main puropse to address different markets despite the obvious dangers of marketplace fragmentation and perceived lack of development [...]

Snow Leopard has a particular new “feature” which certainly isn’t going to help the environmental impact of your computer. Essentially, the latest version of Mac OS X has removed the ability to bypass a password check when your display wakes from sleep.
Previous to Snow Leopard, you could set the Screen Saver to trigger a password, [...]

Sony has revealed a new PSP Starter Pack to coincide with the launch of the PSPgo.
The new Sony PSP Starter Pack will be launched next month for $39.99 and features the 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo Mark 2 memory card and the midrange MDR-EX32LP earbuds with a 6-23,000 Hz frequency response, 3.9ft cord and three [...]

After months of rumor and speculation, Nokia has officially announced its entry into the netbook market with its own machine in the Nokia Booklet 3G.
Nokia has chosen the well-traveled path of many other manufacturers with specifications that equal or exceed those in other competing models with an Intel Atom processor, integrated 3G HSPA modem with [...]

We’ve got two major announcements from MechaWorks, and here they are in one article.
First, yesterday we took the wraps off of the final version of PhoneCashback.net. It’s out of beta, and now better than ever before. With quick, direct access to all the carriers, we’re making it easier than ever to get cashback on every [...]

Nikon has begun shipping the successor to the D60 entry-level DSLR in the 10.2 megapixel D3000.
The D3000 features all of the major enhancements found in the D40, D60 and D90 in EXPEED Image Processing with instant auto correction and Active D-Lighting for shadow and highlight reduction along with a smaller body and its trump card [...]

In case you own a MacBook Pro, you may want to consider downloading and installing Apple’s latest firmware update, aptly named Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0.  The 2.0 firmware update combats the noise produced by any 7200 RPM hard drive located in an affected MacBook Pro that was purchased after June of this year.
In addition, [...]

Following up on its plans to mirror Clear service availability, Sprint has launched its bespoke 4G service in three current Clear markets today.
Customers in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Portland will now be able to purchase Sprint 4G branded WiMax equipment which currently consists of the Sprint U300 3G/4G modem manufactured by Franklin at local Sprint [...]

Samsung has announced the availability of its TouchWiz Widget SDK for interested developers to use for deployment of compatible widgets on Samsung devices based on the Eclipse development platform.
To that end the manufacturer has also announced a devcamp set for next month where invited developers will be able to compete in a 24 hour marathon [...]