Although Lenovo's slick IdeaPad U8 has been floating around in prototype form for a while, it only made its formal debut at the Olympics recently, and now it's starting to appear on Chinese websites -- Zol.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.29 at 13:48
It's a little difficult to delay a device that hasn't gotten a more specific release window than "the second half of 2008" (from official sources, at least), but Sony Ericsson is doing its darnedest.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.29 at 06:46
Google has wrapped up judging on its very first Android Developer Challenge, and some twenty dev shops (or in some cases, individual developers) are finding themselves considerably richer as a result.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.28 at 22:44
Apple's taking a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward one of the most easily avoided security flaws in recent memory, calling the iPhone's passcode lock bypass a "minor iPhone security issue" and saying that a fix will be rolled out in September.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.28 at 17:12
Well, so much for those rumors of a thinner, cheaper, less 80s-hot Kindle coming soon -- Amazon spokesman Craig Berman told the New York Times today that there's nothing in store for this year, and that a new version won't happen before "sometime next year at the earliest.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.28 at 14:37
Nothing says "I'm mad as hell about my iPhone 3G's battery life and I'm not going to take it anymore" better than blasting it out of a loudspeaker.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.28 at 02:01
For many of us, the mere thought of toting yet another device in our pocket, purse, or belt holster is truly disgusting, particularly when said device resembles a primitive BlackBerry hewn from solid stone and does literally nothing but send and receive email for twenty bucks a month.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.26 at 19:50
We've been waiting to get our smudgy digits on RIM's BlackBerry Bold, and finally, Canada's Rogers Wireless gave us a helping hand.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.26 at 17:32
While we're quite certain you can still buy an "electronic dictionary" that is actually only a dictionary (or, maybe, a thesaurus), that seems to be the exception to the rule in Korea, where devices like the Udea Expert 300W are the norm.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.26 at 10:52
Following new plans geared to the decidedly less fruity phones in AT&T's lineup earlier this month, the carrier has announced a pair of international data packages geared specifically toward the iPhone and iPhone 3G.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.08.26 at 10:18