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You do not need to feed or take Yuruppys virtual pets for a virtual walk, they only require to be “digitally” fondled. Sounds strange? Users have to complete 14 mini games with their puppy, kitten, or chicken by controlling them with their fingers using the touch screen. Yuruppy is manufactured by Tomy Takara and retails [...]

Today, DEMO 09 revealed the lineup of new technology companies that will launch new products during six-minutes live stage demonstrations starting that Monday in Palm Desert.
For the first instance Chris Shipley will co-present the show with Matt Marshall from Venture Beat, the new co-executive producer who will run the show in 2010. I have a [...]

Motorola has certainly been floundering due to the global financial crises of late. That being said, it has still managed to come up with its iDEN phone that has a full QWERTY keyboard. Press release pictures of that phone have conveniently presented online, so you’ll probably want to take a good look at the device. [...]

I do not like Bluetooth headsets but that one is beautiful. Ilshat Garipov took his inspiration from the formation of a water droplet and the device comprises a singled-out button for receiving and ending calls. I want one!
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Internet stores (MacMall, OnSale, and ClubMac.) are reporting that high-end iMacs stocks are becoming sparse, and it is everyone’s guess that that is a sign that a new model will come out soon. Better yet, Amazon itself has removed the previous model from its catalog completely. whether you have followed the rumor mill recently, you [...]

It’s pretty hard for a webcam to get any buzz these days, but the design of the Tandberg PrecisionHD Camera and its HD (720p) capabilities with autofocus have caught our attention. In addition to its optical abilities, at least on the paper, the camera additionally has noise a canceling microphone. Now, you should know that [...]

There were a number of reports that AM about LG quitting the Plasma TV business, but when T3 asked LG UK’s George Mead, the official reply is clear: LG has “no intention to withdraw from the Plasma TV market”. Mr. Mead goes further by saying: “we have recently implemented a bespoke strategy to promote and [...]

It looks like the Blackberry Niagara’s model number will be 9630 and it will be a “world edition” considering it will support CDMA and GSM with variants of 3G for both standards. The big issue, however, is that it won’t have WiFi. Yes it sucks, and we still wonder why Verizon keeps castrating cool phones, [...]

First Solar is saying that their “manufacturing cost is now below $1 per watt“, which is a huge milestone. Not so expanded ago costs were above $3/Watt! But as treehugger points out, installation costs play a big role in the overall cost and should not be forgotten. It’s just very cool to see the kind [...]

We’ve been calling it Fennec for such a distant date, and in case you’re not certain what we’re talking about, it’s the mobile version of Firefox, that should be released in the near future. In terms of its name, word is out that it will be called “Firefox”, nothing more. So perhaps we can ditch [...]

Format conversion is one of the most annoying thing when it comes to video recording, so JVC built the GY-HM100U with native recording in the format that Final Cut uses (a flavor of Quicktime) so that users can copy and edit files right away. Videos will be recorded on two SDHC flash cards and the [...]

First generation BeBook
Endless Ideas (a Dutch company) has just announced that the next generation BeBook will be demonstrated in March at Cebit (March 6th) and at the Salon du Livre (Paris, March 13th-18th). While the physical design is not known yet, here are the highlights:

WIFI and/or 3G connectivity
TouchScreen Navigation
Wireless RSS support
Support for composition from multiple [...]

Yesterday, we saw that video that was meant to be a Blackberry advertisement at some point, but RIM never gave the green light, judging it “too aggressive”, we guess. Anyhow, it’s an interesting video to watch. It basically shows a “Blackberry” bullet smashing into an “apple”. The meaning is clear… except that the “bullet” was [...]

This is an Asus S101
The Commercial Times (in Chinese) reported that Asus is about to unleash is Eee PC Shell in April. At the moment, little is known about the Netbook except a few critical highlights: it will be thinner, more compelling and have a longer battery life than the Asus S101. “How much?” you [...]

Taiwanese website Digitimes believes that a larger sized Kindle is (still) in the works and should seem at the end of 2009. the site cites “industry sources” (understand manufacturing contractors and components providers) and mentions “touch functions”, which hints to a touch-display – that would be a first for an e-paper device, we think. The [...]

Dell has sent a mass newsletter about its reduction of the Mini 9: the Netbook will cost $199 until 10:59pm (US Central Time) today, February 27th. whether you’re not familiar with the device, it has a 8.9″ display (1024×600), runs on Linux, has an Atom CPU and 4GB of storage space. The link is here… [...]

Sometimes, you might want to form out the TV from a distance, but without increasing the overall volume too much – may be considering you’re in the kitchen, or considering your spouse is sleeping next to you or considering grandpa is the only one who needs a sound boost – these are examples from the [...]

Shortly after the Blackberry Bold went on sale in Japan, DoCoMo had to pull it off the shelves after being alerted by early adopters of a possible overheating problem. Of the 4000 units that were sold, DoCoMo has been notified of about 30 complaints regarding such issues. While that might not seem like much (that’s [...]

Just when Netbook manufacturers are trying to move to larger display size (11″, 12″, 13″) and add a bit more graphics capability to their offerings, Fidelity comes in with a first-generation Netbook type computer at the discounted price of $199. Other than its 1.5lbs weight, there’s nothing groundbreaking except the price (7″ display, USB, Ethernet, [...]

Photo from technoportal
We’ve been following the Asus P835 (Galaxy 7) for some date, and we can finally report that it has been launched by ASUS. The P835 is a touch phone that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1. It has an excellent 3.5″ display (800×480) and comes with its own finger-friendly user interface “skin” to replace [...]