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HTC One S Review: I Give It A Fly

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:32 PM PDT

HTC One S Review: I Give It A Fly


HTC One S Review: I Give It A Fly
Short Version Despite the fact that there's no real wow factor here, it would be entirely unfair to say that HTC's One S isn't a great phone. It is. The hardware is some of the best I've seen in a long time, Sense 4 is quite nice albeit a touch heavy for my taste, and the specs are right in line with what we're seeing on the market today. Truth be told, anyone...

Google TV YouTube app updated for better recommendations, search and sharing

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Google TV YouTube app updated for better recommendations, search and sharing


Google TV YouTube app updated for better recommendations, search and sharing
It only makes sense that the Google TV initiative to increase personalization would extend to videos served up from its YouTube site, and now the official app has been updated to do just that. The new version brings recommendations meant to pull gems you might like out of the ever growing pile of content available, as well as a way to search between the new YouTube channels on your TV....

Fisker's DOE loan is new right-wing political target of 'wasteful spending'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Fisker's DOE loan is new right-wing political target of 'wasteful spending'


Fisker's DOE loan is new right-wing political target of 'wasteful spending'
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Fisker Is conservative ire at plug-in cars shifting (slowly) from the Chevrolet Volt to Fisker Automotive? A new attack ad targeting President Obama certainly brings the California-based automaker further into the political fight - following Fisker ex-chair's comments about Mitt Romney - by making insinuations that the DOE is spending money to create jobs in Finland....

Justice Department clears Google of WiFi wiretapping violations

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Justice Department clears Google of WiFi wiretapping violations


Justice Department clears Google of WiFi wiretapping violations
Two years ago, Google drove its way into a fair amount of hot water when it accidentally (as was claimed) scooped up private data over WiFi while collecting Street View and location data. Now, the Justice Department has cleared the prolific mapsters of the wiretapping violations. The DOJ made its decision not to push for prosecution based on reports from employees and investigating key documents reports Wired....

Predictably named iPavement puts hotspots into the sidewalk

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:15 AM PDT

Predictably named iPavement puts hotspots into the sidewalk


Predictably named iPavement puts hotspots into the sidewalk
We know what it's like to be in a foreign country without a mobile internet connection. Although there are domestic options making it easier to connect our devices abroad, Spanish company iPavement wants to help confused tourists (and their confused devices) by seamlessly integrating hotspots into tiles -- which are seamlessly integrated into the ground....

Woz: Windows Phone is 'beautiful,' Android 'no contest,' still loves iPhone, ask...

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Woz: Windows Phone is 'beautiful,' Android 'no contest,' still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow


Woz: Windows Phone is 'beautiful,' Android 'no contest,' still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow
When Steve Wozniak talks mobile, people love to listen. Last time we checked in, he was lauding some of Android's finer points, and now he's raining praise on Windows Phone. In an interview with A New Domain, the Apple co-founder was all too happy to share his recent positive experiences with the Espoo / Redmond collaboration....

Lenovo's Eedoo CT510 motion gaming console to finally hit China, wants your $600

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Lenovo's Eedoo CT510 motion gaming console to finally hit China, wants your $600


Lenovo's Eedoo CT510 motion gaming console to finally hit China, wants your $600
Product delays that push back release dates a full year are never good. What's worse? When that product finally does launch and even someone inside the company votes against it. That's exactly what's going down with the CT510 GameBox, the Eedoo Kinect competitor for the Chinese market. Though it's gone through a fair share of reincarnations before arriving at its current config (it was formerly known as the eBox), the final...

Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:13 AM PDT

Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)


Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)
Following news of the first successful white space trials in Cambridge, UK, Nokia is now touting its research in the area with a demonstration of location-based services for the unlicensed spectrum. Traditionally, proponents of white space usage have positioned this unused portion of the airwaves as a viable, low-cost method of data transmission, but the Nokia folks have now demonstrated its ability to pinpoint one's location with much greater accuracy than...

Rimac Concept_One shows up in Monaco with $980k sticker price [w/video]

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Rimac Concept_One shows up in Monaco with $980k sticker price [w/video]


Rimac Concept_One shows up in Monaco with $980k sticker price [w/video]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Videos It takes a lot to stand apart at an exposition as jam-packed with glitzy treasure as the Frankfurt Motor Show and impress the hordes of automotive journalists there assembled, but we were suitably impressed when we laid eyes upon the Rimac Concept_One at the Messe this past September....

Micromax's Superfone A50 Ninja enters India with AISHA voice assistant, forgets...

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Micromax's Superfone A50 Ninja enters India with AISHA voice assistant, forgets its shuriken


Micromax's Superfone A50 Ninja enters India with AISHA voice assistant, forgets its shuriken
Hoping to compete with the Siris of the world, Micromax has announced its new Superfone A50 Ninja alongside a novel feature dubbed AISHA -- which is short for Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant. Similar to Cupertino's personal secretary, AISHA vows to help folks with every-day elements such as making calls, setting up calendar events and even reporting what the weather looks like....

Google Maps 'Cube' game rolls out, back, up, back again

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:27 AM PDT

Google Maps 'Cube' game rolls out, back, up, back again


Google Maps 'Cube' game rolls out, back, up, back again
Cast your mind back to January if you will. Head full of steamy CES action? Of course, but you may also remember Google teased us about a new tilt-and-roll Maps game. Well, it looks like the creators may have missed the original February deadline, having finally snuck it out this week....

Canon reports slightly higher profits in Q1, teases new compact cameras on the way

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:24 AM PDT

Canon reports slightly higher profits in Q1, teases new compact cameras on the way


Canon reports slightly higher profits in Q1, teases new compact cameras on the way
Canon reported its Q1 2012 earnings this week, and things certainly appear to have gone better than the last time we checked in when it replaced the company president. While revenue declined slightly, net profit reached 61.54 billion yen ($766 million), up 11 percent from a year ago. There's no executive moves to report, however on the earnings call executive VP and CFO Toshizo Tanaka noted a unit sales increase of...

ShelfX's Vending Fridge nixes the cashier, uses QR codes, RFID to 'know what you...

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:14 AM PDT

ShelfX's Vending Fridge nixes the cashier, uses QR codes, RFID to 'know what you took'


ShelfX's Vending Fridge nixes the cashier, uses QR codes, RFID to 'know what you took'
QR codes and RFID tags aren't uncommon when it comes to automated payment applications, and now Colorado-based ShelfX has purposed them for its new wireless-equipped Vending Fridges. Eliminating the need for a cashier -- or cash, for that matter -- each unit allows you to purchase any items packed inside by scanning a QR code with your phone (using the company's app) or an RFID badge....

Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:22 PM PDT

Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool


Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool
Want to get from New York to Perth in under 4 hours, or maybe just head to outer space on a lark? Reaction Engines' "Skylon" mach 5 spaceplane might be your chariot -- or not. Its scheme of ingesting oxygen from the atmosphere instead of stowing it like a 50-year old modern multi-stage rocket sounds good, but the project's fate may hang on critical new tests....

Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:57 PM PDT

Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices


Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices
Looks like our friends over at TMoNews have unearthed a roadmap with some tasty morsels of info about what's coming down the pipe from T-Mobile USA in the next few months. Of course, none of this is set in stone or even confirmed, so take it with a grain of salt....

LG gives away 2,000 specially modified phones for the blind

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT

LG gives away 2,000 specially modified phones for the blind


LG gives away 2,000 specially modified phones for the blind
Skipping on the LTE, HD IPS screen or dual-processor is usually not a recipe that will land your phone on the pages of Engadget. But, these LG-LU2700Ss are not just any unspectacular flip phone. The handset has been specially modified for use by the blind and visually impaired. The manual is printed in braille and, rather than require the constant mashing of buttons, the phone is controlled primarily through voice commands....

Honda says new driving-monitoring system cuts traffic jams, boosts fuel economy

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT

Honda says new driving-monitoring system cuts traffic jams, boosts fuel economy


Honda says new driving-monitoring system cuts traffic jams, boosts fuel economy
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Honda Many of us have seen the bumper sticker featuring a gun-toting Yosemite Sam and the words "Back Off." Turns out Honda wants to make them obsolete. The Japanese automaker said it has developed the first-ever vehicle communications system geared to cut both traffic jams and fuel use by monitoring a driver's acceleration and braking habits and providing information that Honda says will encourage smoother driving. Honda, along with...

FAA writing rules for electric aircraft, to allow public to fly them in the next...

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT

FAA writing rules for electric aircraft, to allow public to fly them in the next decade


FAA writing rules for electric aircraft, to allow public to fly them in the next decade
There are those in the general aviation community who think electric planes are the future for private aircraft, but regulatory hurdles are in place preventing them from proliferating in our skies. You see, current FAA requirements for light sport aircraft (LSA) -- planes that can be flown by anyone with a pilot's license -- preclude electric powerplants, and that makes such planes unavailable to most private pilots....

Time Warner Cable is preparing for TWC TV IPTV streaming on Roku boxes

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Time Warner Cable is preparing for TWC TV IPTV streaming on Roku boxes


Time Warner Cable is preparing for TWC TV IPTV streaming on Roku boxes
Time Warner Cable's TWC TV streaming TV service has already arrived on iOS and Android 4.0, so what's next? According to information we've received, the next stop should be connected TV platforms, starting with the popular Roku media streaming boxes. We already got a glimpse of TWC TV on an HDTV during CES 2012 when it was being demonstrated at the Panasonic and Samsung booths, and were told at the time...

Model X will have excellent towing capability. Despite photo, Model S will not o...

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Model X will have excellent towing capability. Despite photo, Model S will not offer option


Model X will have excellent towing capability. Despite photo, Model S will not offer option
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Spy Shots A reader with sharp eyes and quicker reflexes sent us a pic of a Tesla Model S they had spotted on the streets of San Francisco sporting a trailer hitch receiver and a pair of portals of some type around back, which had us scratching our heads. The Roadster, of course, doesn't come with a towing option (though the company's CTO JB Straubel does have a...

The Wearable Computing Startup From Agamatrix’s Founders, Former Apple CEO John...

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT

The Wearable Computing Startup From Agamatrix's Founders, Former Apple CEO John Sculley, Raised $7.6M


The Wearable Computing Startup From Agamatrix's Founders, Former Apple CEO John Sculley, Raised $7.6M
Google Glass isn't the only game in town. Misfit Wearables, a wearable computing startup from the founding team of mobile health company Agamatrix and former Apple chief executive John Sculley, just raised $7.6 million in a round co-led by Founders Fund. The other notable firm in the deal isn't disclosed, but we hear through a source that it's Khosla Ventures. Misfit isn't saying too much about what it's working on, except to say...

Google Drive now offers a bumpy ride for Chrome OS dev-channel users

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Google Drive now offers a bumpy ride for Chrome OS dev-channel users


Google Drive now offers a bumpy ride for Chrome OS dev-channel users
You knew it was gonna happen, but Google's cloud-based storage service has now been married to its cloud-based operating system, as Chrome OS users who receive updates via the dev-channel may now benefit from integration with Google Drive. Most notably, Drive will now appear as an additional folder within the file manager, although the implementation isn't without its quirks....

A Run Down Of The Mobile Startups At MLove, Monterey

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:41 PM PDT

A Run Down Of The Mobile Startups At MLove, Monterey


A Run Down Of The Mobile Startups At MLove, Monterey
MLOVE is a European mobile conference with a difference. If a mobile conference was crossed with TED and a music festival, that's vaguely like Mlove. Its big annual event is in an old East German castle 200 miles outside of Berlin. Yes, it's as exotic as it sounds. But this week it took the plunge and brought it's special atmosphere to Monterey....

Audi Takes Us To LeMans... Again

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:41 PM PDT

Audi Takes Us To LeMans... Again


Audi Takes Us To LeMans... Again
Audi Releases Trailer for Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts

Panasonic details radar-based technology that can detect collisions in low light

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 03:41 PM PDT

Panasonic details radar-based technology that can detect collisions in low light


Panasonic details radar-based technology that can detect collisions in low light
Collision detection for cars? Yeah, scientists are on that. But whenever we read about concepts like this, the accompanying literature is often curiously light on details pertaining to real-life driving conditions; it's often unclear how well the tech will fare if you dredge it up on a foggy day, or in the middle of torrential storm....