smartphones

5 Things You Need To Know About The New BlackBerry

BlackBerry has completely reinvented itself with a brand-new operating system and two killer-looking new phones. Here's what you need to know about them.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 01.30.2013 at 12:30 pm 5 Comments

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DIY

Make Your Own DIY Solar Charger

Keep your gadgets powered even when you’re off the grid.

By The Big Book Of Hacks Posted 01.18.2013 at 2:00 pm 5 Comments

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DIY

Build Your Own DIY Virtual Reality Glasses

Go anywhere Google Street View goes.

By The Big Book Of Hacks Posted 01.15.2013 at 2:00 pm 2 Comments

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DIY

Hack Yourself An Emergency DIY Car Charger

On the lam without your car charger? Splice some wires and be on your way.

By The Big Book Of Hacks Posted 01.07.2013 at 3:30 pm 5 Comments

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Gadgets

What To Expect At CES 2013

The year's biggest gadget expo is next week in Las Vegas. Here's what we're expecting (and hoping) to see.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 01.04.2013 at 3:00 pm 7 Comments

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Gadgets

Say Hello To Mobile Ubuntu, Coming To An Android Phone Near You

A brand-new operating system for your previously-Android device!

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 01.03.2013 at 1:00 pm 5 Comments

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Gadgets

2013 Prediction: Hackers Attack Mobile Phones

Your mobile phone could soon be a mobile spy.

By Robert Lemos Posted 01.02.2013 at 9:00 am 5 Comments

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Gadgets

Smartphone-Controlled Japanese Toilet Keeps A Personal Poop Diary

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.18.2012 at 4:45 pm 5 Comments

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Technology

Is It Good For Our Work Lives To Be Constantly Connected? [Infographic]

Wake up, check phone. Go to work, look at computer. Go home, play with tablet watch TV check phone look at computer. Go to bed.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.03.2012 at 3:00 pm 3 Comments

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DIY

Turn Your Favorite Mitts Into Gadget-Compatible Manipulators

Four steps to texting without freezing.

By Taylor Kubota Posted 11.29.2012 at 9:58 am 8 Comments

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Gadgets

Korean Government Will Intervene On Gadget Addiction, Starting With 3-Year-Olds

Gadgets and the Internet are big in South Korea. Really big, as this Associated Press story points out. Now "addiction" to the devices is enough of a problem that the government is stepping in. Officials plan to make mandatory classes for children as young as three (!) so the problem is dealt with early. This is the first line of the article: "Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear." Yeah, that sounds like an issue. [PhysOrg]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 11.28.2012 at 11:28 am 3 Comments

Gadgets

Samsung Thinks It'll Release Flexible OLED Displays Next Year

The Wall Street Journal reports today that Samsung is "in the last stage of development" for flexible plastic OLED displays, and that the displays will be released in the first half of 2013. The idea with plastic flexible displays isn't that you can fold a phone up into an eighth of its size--it's more that they're both more durable and lighter than comparative glass displays. And given that top phones like the iPhone 5 and Nexus 4 are highly breakable, we could do with some durability. A release in the first half of 2013 sounds optimistic based on the prototypes we've seen, but here's hoping. [WSJ]

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By Dan Nosowitz Posted 11.26.2012 at 5:30 pm 8 Comments

Gadgets

Google Nexus 4 Review: The Phone You Should Buy This Black Friday

It's probably the best smartphone on the market, period.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 11.21.2012 at 2:15 pm 14 Comments

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Gadgets

Nokia Lumia 920 Review: A Fisher-Price Phone For A Giant

A very pretty, shiny phone with a very pretty, shiny operating system that's got just a few flaws--but they're not small flaws.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 11.16.2012 at 3:30 pm 26 Comments

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Gadgets

Still Hate Apple Maps? Nokia Is Here To Help

Apple Maps has, as promised, come a long way since its disastrous beta days, but it's still not great, lacking public transit directions, bike directions, and offline maps, and still getting things wrong sometimes (or jeopardizing national security). We've been waiting for Google's replacement Google Maps app for iOS, but there might be a third competitor: Nokia.

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By Dan Nosowitz Posted 11.14.2012 at 12:00 pm 1 Comment

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