Archive for December, 2009

Nexus One Trounces 3D Benchmark, Gets Caught in High-res Photoshoot

Just when you thought you’d seen it all with Nexus One, along comes an old friend with some higher resolution shots of the handset (hooray!) and a pretty impressive 3D benchmark test using Qualcomm’s Neocore.

HTC HD2 Plays Tekken 3 Using FPSECE Emulator

Not much to say here other than there’s a PlayStation emulator for the HD2 and it bloody well works! The original gangster of consoles, already emulated on other WinMo devices such as Toshiba’s TG01, has made its way to HTC’s finest thanks to version 0.10 of the First PlayStation Emulator for Windows CE. You can [...]

Nexus One Rooted Already?

No, you still can’t have one (not yet, at least), but we’ve received a number of tips directing us Modaco forums, where admin Paul claims to have rooted Google’s not-so-mysterious Nexus One. We can’t validate the “superboot” file works, but the adjacent picture has popped up from another forum member as apparent anecdotal confirmation. Instructions [...]

HTC Russia Says HD2 Will Get Windows Mobile 7 Upgrade, But Other ‘Communicators’ Won’t

And what do we have here? HTC’s Russian contingent has been rather forthcoming with its Windows Mobile 7 plans this morning, which will please HD2 owners but disappoint many others. The good news is that HTC’s flagship WinMo handset is assured of getting Microsoft’s finest when it comes out, but the bad news is that [...]

N900 Turned into PS3 Controller Courtesy of BlueMaemo Emulator

Should you be the sort of person who doesn’t mind fiddling around with alpha level software, you’ll definitely want to know about the BlueMaemo Bluetooth emulator. Available via the Extras-Devel repository on your N900, this app allows the device to mimic other Bluetooth gadgets, such as keyboards, mice, and yes indeedy, gaming controllers. Its developer [...]

Samsung’s Pine Trail-boasting N220 Netbook Spied in France

We’ve been seeing a fair amount of netbooks equipped with Intel’s Pine Trail platform since they were announced early last week, and it looks like we’re going to be seeing at least one from Samsung in the very near future. This one — the N220 – was just spotted in France. The 10.1-incher packs (as [...]

Windows Mobile And Xbox Live Coming Together, According To Microsoft Job Ad

The hints were already pretty strong on this one, but now Microsoft has come right out and said it, albeit in a job posting — the Xbox Live gaming platform is extending beyond the console and specifically onto WinMo phones. Seeking a Principal Program Manager who would be responsible for bringing “Xbox Live enabled games [...]

HP 210 Netbook Forgets Announcement in Lieu of Support Pages, Retail Listings

Uh oh, looks like HP has confused its product release order of operations. Without even a hint of an official announcement, the HP 210 netbook has appeared in two quadrants of the internet: retail and troubleshooting. The former is eCost, which claims the 10.1-inch matte black portable is in stock for $390 and touts a [...]

Unibody MacBook Dips To $728 Educational Pricing

As you may recall, we weren’t exactly overflowing with praise for Apple’s new polycarbonate unibody MacBook in our review a couple of months back. It’s not that it’s a bad laptop (though it does certainly have some shortcomings), it’s just that it didn’t quite feel like $999 of laptop. But $728? Now that’s a bit [...]

Acer, Asustek Working on Custom 3G Phones For China?

If the sources that Digitimes is reporting are correct, then China can expect to see a few more customized, 3G phones in the coming year. The sources are saying that both Acer and Asustek are planning models for 2010, and that Acer is working with China Mobile and China Unicom to produce TD-SCDMA and WCDMA [...]