Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Filed under: GPS
Aw yeah, Navigon’s latest widescreen navigators are finally being assigned tracking numbers, meaning that you can get your roadtrip on for just $299 (US-based 2100 Max) or $329 CAD (Canada-only 2120 Max). For those needing a refresher, you can look forward to 4.3-inches of turn-by-turn guidance, optional FreshMaps service, branded icons, a speed […]
Circuit City comes through after trashing man’s Honda Civic
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: GPS, Transportation
It may have given him the runaround at first, but it looks like Circuit City is now finally doing the right thing after totally trashing the Honda Civic owned by an 8thcivic.com forum user that goes by the name VTECnical. As you may recall, that damage, which totaled over $12,000 in all, […]
iPhone gets VoIP and chat options thanks to Fring
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Cellphones
Sure, the iPhone is cool looking, works out a lot, and is really good at math… but it can’t do VoIP, can it? Well, yes it can — and you can, thanks to a company called Fring and a piece of ingenious software (for jailbreakers only). Using the native app, it’s now possible […]
Lenovo’s Ideapad U110 “coming soon” to the US
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Laptops
We got our hands on one of Lenovo’s very slim and very shiny Ideapad U110 laptops way back at CES earlier this year, but it looks like the ultraportable is now finally nearing a release in the US, with at least one online retailer listing it as “coming soon.” According to JR.com, the […]
T-Mobile’s Shadow II revealed in spy pic
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Cellphones
Just when we were getting used to T-Mobile’s Shadow, it appears we’re going to have to make room in our pockets for its successor… the Shadow II. Picking up almost exactly where the first iteration left off, this grainy spy shot reveals that its going to be more of the same for the […]
Microsoft completes Danger acquisition, creates new Premium Mobile Experiences division
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Cellphones
Microsoft’s just announced that its $500M buyout of Sidekick maker Danger is complete, and that it’s rolling the new team into its own unit, the Premium Mobile Experiences division. Ready to follow the chain of corporate command? PMX is under the Mobile Communications Business unit at MS, which itself falls under the Entertainment […]
NuVo Technologies takes NV-M3 music server to 500GB
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Home Entertainment
Not content with just 160GB in the NV-M3 music server? Never fear, as NuVo Technologies has a capacious new version that packs a full half-terabyte of space and an even more astounding price tag. The June-bound NV-M3-500 handles WAV, WMA and those ghastly compressed MP3 files, and its ability to sync […]
Cizmo announces Centrino 2-based CX15 laptop
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Laptops
Germany’s Cizmo isn’t exactly the most well-known laptop manufacturer ’round these parts, but the company’s new 15.4-inch, Centrino 2-based CX15 looks like it could well win it some new fans, with it boasting some pretty impressive specs and some not-too-shabby looks to match. Under that shiny exterior is your choice of a P8400, […]
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT upgrade kit available for older Mac Pro desktops
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals
Owners of first-generation Mac Pros, rejoice. Unless you already laid down the cash for one of those upgrade kits meant only for early 2008 machines, that is. For the rest of you, Apple has delivered a new NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT upgrade kit built specifically for your machine. As expected, the […]
Alienware’s Aurora desktop storms back: AMD Phenom 9850 included
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Filed under: Desktops, Gaming
Check it: AMD’s potent Phenom 9850 processor, which had a fairly impressive showing during its recent benchmarking test, has teamed up with a pair of ATI’s Radeon HD 3870 X2s to bring the Aurora desktop back on the scene. Available now and starting at just $999, Alienware’s (potentially) “value-priced” gaming rig can […]
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