Sony’s Personal 3D Viewer’s finally found its way off the showroom floor and on to the shelves of Harrods? That’s right, the dual screen 1280 x 720 0.7-inch OLED sporting headset’ll initially be a limited exclusive to the well-heeled UK retailer, with a general country-wide release set for later this month. US gamers will have … Continued
Facebook blackmail puts woman in the dock
Threatened business partner with exposing “inappropriate pictures” on social networking site. A Moroccan businesswoman allegedly threatened her partner that she would post inappropriate pictures of him and his family on Facebook if he did not drop his complaints against her, the Dubai Criminal Court heard on Sunday. NFA, 33, is also accused of abusing ARA, … Continued
Refresh Roundup: week of October 17, 2011
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make … Continued
Samsung Stratosphere, Motorola Droid RAZR to be first Verizon LTE phones with Micro SIMs?
Looks like Verizon’s got a hardware-crush on teensy 3FF Micro SIMs. The carrier’s two latest 4G handsets, Samsung’s Stratosphere and Motorola’s Droid RAZR, both appear to make do with the diminutive cards. Neither, however, would be the first, as that honor was bestowed upon the carrier’s version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. If you’re eager … Continued
AmtrakConnect WiFi now available on at least one Northeast Regional train
Okay, so it’s a little later than expected, but we’re happy to report that at least someNortheast Regional trains have now been augmented by AmtrakConnect. This (free) WiFi has been available on Acela trains for some time now, and in a few lucky Regional trains in the Northwest. Amtrak still hasn’t confirmed the existence of … Continued
Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case
Coby’s latest in budget slates hit the federal testing tables on Friday, getting the customary teardown and tell-all photo shoot. The Coby Kyros MID7012 comfortably fits a 800Mhz processor, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, WiFi and a microSD card slot into its case. The seven-inch Gingerbread tablet hasn’t landed on Coby’s US website … Continued







