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TWITTERLAND

 First Tweet-Only Device Debuts 

Interesting idea, but bloggers are skeptical it will catch on

Nov 3, 09 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The concept is simple: a device dedicated solely to sending and receiving tweets. TwitterPeek—made by mobile email/text gadget maker Peek—launches today at a cost of $199 with free lifetime service or $99 with a monthly charge of $7.95. Neat, writes Don Reisinger on CNET, but this idea... More »

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social networking • Internet • consumer electronics • gadget • mobile devices • Twitter • Peek • tweet • dedicated device • TwitterPeek

With Spotlight on Apple, Palm Unveils Pixi

Smartphone is 'super-adorably skinny'— but who's paying attention?

Sep 9, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Palm’s tiny new smartphone is taking on a Goliath: The firm introduced the Pixi today, squeaking onto the scene just hours before Apple debuts its latest gadgets at its own San Francisco gathering, All Things Digital reports. Can Palm’s David expect to emerge victorious? Unlikely, writes Kara Swisher.... More »

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Apple • smartphones • Palm • gadget • Palm Pre

 iPhones Plod Along  
 on Crowded Network 

Heavy-using customers frustrated in busy areas

Sep 3, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone has a slick package and a supercool image--but when it comes to speed, the gadget can be a clunker, the New York Times reports. Customers are fed up with the long waits that stem from heavy traffic on the AT&T network, currently the only one available to... More »

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Internet • iPhone • Apple • network • speed • 3G wireless networks • AT&T • gadget • network provider

OPINION

 iPhone 'Makes Life Miserable' 

'Anti-iPhone movement' inspired by range of technical frustrations

Aug 24, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - We’re supposed to be in awe of the iPhone, the device that “was supposed to be our savior.” But after owning four of the "smug, narcissistic little iPhones," Amanda Fortini is fed up. Amid reports that iPhones are overheating and blowing up, “I at... More »

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iPhone • Apple • consumer electronics • gadget

 Gadget Translates 
 'Woof' into 
 Words 

Japanese toymaker debuts dog translator next month

Jul 20, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ever wonder what your dog is thinking? The “Bowlingual Voice” from Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy claims to be able to tell you just that, the Telegraph reports. The device is made up of a microphone and transmitter on the collar that categorizes the dog’s utterances into one of... More »

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weird • Japan • canine behavior • invention • dog • gadget • canines

 Why Don't We Have Cool Japanese Cell Phones?

Makers stifled by hardware too advanced to leave country

Jul 20, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Able to surf the internet, stand in for credit cards, and check body fat, Japan’s smartphones make ours look primitive—yet we’re sticking with what we have. That’s because Japan’s phone makers have been “a little too clever,” writes Hiroko Tabuchi in the New ... More »

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cell phones • Japan • smartphones • cell phone industry • gadget

tech review

Sleep Coach Crunches Z's, May Even Help You Get More

Psychology of gadget makes you sleep better

Jul 16, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Strap on a headband, and the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach—basically, a $400 alarm clock—will tell you all about your night, graphing when you were in light sleep, heavy sleep, or rapid-eye movement sleep. Upload to the Web, and you can “slice, dice and cross-compare your sleep data... More »

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sleep • gadget • tech review

 iPhone Too Dainty? 
 Rugged Competitors 
 Can Take Beating 

New offerings can be used as hammers, soaked, dropped

Jul 14, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone might be pretty, but it’s probably best not to use it as a hammer. If you’re looking for a phone that can handle such treatment—and can be thrown, showered with, or plunged into beer—your best bet may be one of the rugged models from... More »

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technology • cell phones • iPhone • Nokia • cell phone industry • Best Buy • gadget • Sonim

OPINION

 Introducing Web 3.0 

Mossberg and Swisher: it's an iPhone revolution

May 27, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Web 2.0’s a thing of the past, write Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for All Things D. "Something major is happening at the intersection of tech and media, and we think it deserves its own new hyped-up name,” they announce. Web 3.0 is the era... More »

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technology • Internet • Web 2.0 • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • iPod Touch • web 3.0 • mobile services • mobile Internet • gadget • handhelds • mobile devices • Jay-ZTV

 'Hardware
 Hackers' 
 Get Handy 

Programmers leave screens for soldering irons

May 19, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking an escape from the confined world of their computer screens, programmers are applying their technological know-how to the physical world, building and tweaking an array of devices with their hands, the Boston Globe reports. “My normal job is way up in the clouds,” said a programmer at... More »

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technology • computer programming • software • programmers • software developers • hacking • invention • gadget

TECH REVIEW

 A WiFi Hotspot in Your Pocket 


May 9, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon’s newest wireless gadget, the MiFi—a portable WiFi hotspot—has a big fan in David Pogue of the New York Times. The MiFi is a combination of a cellular modem without the “nasty little antenna protuberance” and a wireless router. Anywhere on Verizon’s 3G network,... More »

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Verizon • WiFi • 3G wireless networks • gadget • hot spot • MiFi • wireless router • Novatel • Jay-ZTV

 Think Hard: 
 Telekinetic Toys 
 On Their Way 

Concentration 'magically' lifts ball in tube

Apr 23, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two companies are set to release toys this fall that kids can operate using only their minds—and that’s just the beginning of a telekinetic revolution, experts say. To use one toy, intrigued individuals wear a headset and concentrate on anything. The toy senses the brain’s electrical activity... More »

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technology • toys • mind • Mattel • neurons • gadget • telekinesis

OPINION

 Why Game Boy, 
 at 20, Still Rules 


Apr 21, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo's Game Boy portable gaming system has been around for 20 years today, and even has a spiritual successor in the DS. Benj Edwards takes a look at why the franchise is a lasting one on Ars Technica.
  • Tetris: "Every new hardware platform needs a 'killer app,
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Nintendo • video game console • gaming • Atari • consumer electronics • gadget • NEC Corporation • Sega • Game Boy

 Melinda Keen on iPhone; 
 Bill Says No 

Apple's wares illegal in Gates household

Mar 3, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple products are banned in the Gates home, the New York Post reports—but Melinda “wouldn’t mind” picking up an iPhone, she told Vogue. There isn’t much “on the banned list in our household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • iPhone • Apple • iPod • consumer electronics • gadget • Melinda Gates

 Recession Takes Bite 
 Out of CES Buzz 

Attendance down at Las Vegas electronics expo

Jan 9, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Whether or not the gadgets make a splash, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas is certainly a low-voltage affair, Reuters reports. The sputtering economy has slashed turnout at the expo, which in years past hosted “so many people it’s hard to walk around.” And tech... More »

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Las Vegas • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show • CES • gadget • economic downturn • attendance

OPINION

 Cool Tech at CES, 
 But It's Useless 

3-D TVs, wristwatch cellphone are among the excellent gadgets

Jan 8, 09 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is full of “incredible technology,” Larry Magid writes for CNET. Problem is, it’s all “in search of a practical purpose,” making this year the “year of the gimmick.” Magid runs down a few wowee gadgets of dubious usefulness.... More »

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cell phones • Las Vegas • digital camera • Consumer Electronics Show • gadget • 3-D • 2009 • projector • 3D television

analysis

 Intel Losses 
 Dull Luster of 
 Gadget Show 

Revenue slump looms over Consumer Electronic Show

Jan 7, 09 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Intel's prediction today of abysmal holiday losses has cast a shadow over the year's flashiest gadget show, which starts tomorrow, writes Brooke Crothers of CNET. Fourth-quarter revenue is expected to be down 23% from 2007 and 20% from the third quarter. Intel is the world's biggest chip maker, and the... More »

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Taiwan • recession • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show • economy • computer sales • computer hardware • gadget • Intel Corp • chip industry

 First Laser TV Hits the Market 

LaserVue promises more colors, needs less electricity

Oct 29, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitsubishi has released the world’s first laser television, TechRadar reports. The LaserVue L65-A90 uses DLP technology, which runs most projectors, to deliver colors twice as rich as an HDTV. The LaserVue is also greener than HD, using a quarter of the power of a plasma TV. But it will... More »

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television • HDTV • Mitsubishi • gadget • LaserVue

 Oprah Flips for 
 Amazon's 
 Kindle 

Reading gadget is 'life changing,' TV host declares

Oct 24, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is taking her book-promotion prowess to the tech world: The multimedia mogul declared the Amazon Kindle device her “new favorite gadget” on today’s show, calling it “life changing.” That should give the year-old electronic reader a boost, reports Forbes, but the Kindle may... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • electronic books • Kindle • gadget • Amazon

PRODUCT REVIEW

Google's Debut 'Not Just Another iPhone Clone'

Android-based Dream will include physical, other features missing from Apple hit

Sep 23, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The long-anticipated Google phone debuts today, and it’s “not just another iPhone clone,” Anita Hamilton writes in Time. The $179 HTC Dream from T-Mobile is the first handheld to run Android, Google’s mobile platform offering 3G connectivity and a similar application-driven interface. But the Dream offers... More »

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Google • iPhone • Google phone • smartphones • Google Android • T-Mobile • gadget

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