Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400?

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Ryan, who reckons it’s about time he stopped playing with Lego blocks and began playing with a real man’s robot platform. Just kidding [...]

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iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards

iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards Millions of iPhone users are experiencing new freedom with their smart phones. Read more on ABC 26 New Orleans Possibly Related Posts: Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400? Some Windows CE-based ATMs especially generous (and vulnerable to hackers) iPhone Apps: Noter2 for iPad, VideoPix, Mr. Moneybags New Kindles [...]

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Some Windows CE-based ATMs especially generous (and vulnerable to hackers)

Speaking at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, a fellow named Barnaby Jack (really!) used custom software to hack Windows CE-based ATMs on stage. After using an industry standard key to gain entry to the machines (apparently many ATM owners are too lazy to install new locks on their machines) Jack was able to [...]

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iPhone Apps: Noter2 for iPad, VideoPix, Mr. Moneybags

iPhone Apps: Noter2 for iPad, VideoPix, Mr. Moneybags IPad – IPhone – Handhelds – Smartphones – Apple Read more on MacNN Possibly Related Posts: Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400? iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards Some Windows CE-based ATMs especially generous (and vulnerable to hackers) New Kindles now available for pre-order iPhone faces [...]

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New Kindles now available for pre-order

You might’ve heard about a new Kindle model or two this evening, and good news if they tickled your fancy — they’re now on Amazon and available for pre-order. Both the WiFi-only and WiFi / 3G models are shipping August 27th, the former in graphite and the latter in graphite and white options. Search your [...]

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iPhone faces challenge

iPhone faces challenge Apple’s iPhone is set to face stiff competition in the smartphone market. Read more on BigPond News Possibly Related Posts: Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400? iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards Some Windows CE-based ATMs especially generous (and vulnerable to hackers) iPhone Apps: Noter2 for iPad, VideoPix, Mr. Moneybags New [...]

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Aircord Lab’s N-3D concept turns an iPad into world’s second least practical 3D display (video)

Think giant active-shutter glasses are a roadblock to 3D adoption? Wait until you get a load of this, the N-3D from Aircord Labs, a glass pyramid with semi-reflective sides that allows you to peer through while reflecting the image of a screen above. In this case the screen is provided by an iPad which, as [...]

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LG aiming to ship ‘a couple’ of Windows Phone 7 devices by year-end

The company’s not committing to any US carriers just yet (ahem), but LG is already puffing up its chest and talking big about its impending Windows Phone 7 release plans. To date, all we’ve had to go on was Microsoft’s vow of seeing WP7 devices on store shelves before this holiday season, but now Ken [...]

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iPhone faces Android challenge

iPhone faces Android challenge APPLE’S iPhone will likely dominate the high-end smartphone market in the next five years, but faces strong competition from handsets using Google’s Android platform, a research firm said on Tuesday. Read more on Northern Star Possibly Related Posts: Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400? iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards [...]

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Android 2.2 upgrade for Droid X may already be trickling out, other Droids shortly?

We’ve already gathered that Verizon, Moto, and HTC all seem to be pretty well committed to bumping most of their Droid models to Froyo (as well they should), but things are starting to get real — really real. First off, we’ve been fed a shot of a tipster’s Droid X that has apparently already been [...]

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iPhone 4 Will Go on Sale in 17 Additional Countries

iPhone 4 Will Go on Sale in 17 Additional Countries Apple’s iPhone 4 will ramp up its world tour Friday, reaching new markets in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. The popular but trouble-plagued handset has been available since late June in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom for the same cost as the [...]

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Google Maps for Android updated to 4.4, adds dedicated ‘Places’ for searching nearby

Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good. Version 4.4 has just been shoved out into the bright, hopeful world that we call home, with this one bringing about an easier way to find places around you. With the update will come an entirely new logo, [...]

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Lumigon announces unveiling party for first smartphone, invites everyone on Facebook

Yes, you’re invited too. Lumigon wowed us with some simple, sophisticated looking handset renders way back in February, the S1 and the T1, promising things like HDMI output and Android 2.1 — wild things way back then. Just five months on and those features are a little more pedestrian, so we’re wondering how it will [...]

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Jailbreaking iPhone apps is now legal

Jailbreaking iPhone apps is now legal IPhone users can now legally hack their phones to download applications that aren’t in Apple’s App Store. Read more on CNN Money Possibly Related Posts: Ask Engadget: best robot platform for under $400? iPhone “Jailbreaking” Risks And Rewards Some Windows CE-based ATMs especially generous (and vulnerable to hackers) iPhone [...]

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Source R&D ships Wisair-based Warpia Easy Dock wireless docking station

It took ‘em a few months, but Source R&D is finally ready to save your desktop replacement from those awful cables that are typically required when connecting a bona fide monitor, keyboard and mouse to a laptop. The Wisair-based Easy Dock works with Macs and PCs, with a single USB transceiver used to connect your [...]

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Apple iPhone 4 Bumper Giveaway Timeline Doesn’t Add Up

Apple iPhone 4 Bumper Giveaway Timeline Doesn’t Add Up Apple launched the iPhone 4 Case Program app in the App Store a few days ago, and is expected to invest somewhere in the neighborhood of $175 million on the free bumper program aimed at reluctantly addressing reception issues with the iPhone 4. There is… IPhone [...]

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