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[ Luofei | 31 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 26 views]
Rumor Mill Round-up

Google. Amazon. Dell. Sidekick. Helio?  Let’s recap all the rumors that floated through the tech-o-sphere this week.

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[ Luofei | 28 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 524 views]
New T-mobile Sidekick LX 2009

Could this be the first fruits of the marriage of Danger and Microsoft?  We sure hope so, this looks like the most exciting Sidekick since the venerable Sidekick 3.

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[ Luofei | 27 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 48 views]
Gmail goes offline with Gears

Ever since Google first came out with Gears a couple years ago, we knew this day would come.  Now you can access your Gmail even when you’re not connected to the internet.

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[ Luofei | 26 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 286 views]
LG VX9600 Versa coming soon to Verizon

LG has really tried to make this a phone that seeks to please everyone.  The phone itself is similar to LG’s Dare.  What makes it very interesting is that the outside case and keyboard is removable.

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[ Luofei | 24 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 95 views]
Verizon Hub: super home phone

Being an ultra-deskphone is like being the best looking guy at M.I.T.  No one cares how “good” you are.  Nonetheless, the Hub does have some very appealing features.  Maybe there is more than meets the eye here.

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[ Luofei | 22 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 39 views]
SPOT watches: the original Dick Tracy watch

Last week, we mentioned how the LG GD910 watch phone and Fossil Wrist PDA were referred to as “Dick Tracy watches”.  However, Fossil actually made a watch called the Dick Tracy based off an orphaned Microsoft technology called SPOT.

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[ Luofei | 20 Jan 2009 | One Comment | 53 views]
CherryPal annouces Bing netbook

We have heard from CherryPal before when it announced its C100 cloud desktop.  Now, they have produced a netbook called the Bing.  It remains to be seen whether or not this too will be vaporware.

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[ Luofei | 19 Jan 2009 | One Comment | 392 views]
Replace Google Notebook with Evernote

Despite the praise I had previously bestowed upon Google Notebook, Google has decided to stop development on this unappreciated service.  With Notebook on death row, where do we go now?

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[ Luofei | 18 Jan 2009 | 4 Comments | 725 views]
New 10″ Acer Aspire One revealed

Finally, we get our first look at Acer’s upcoming 10″ Aspire One. It looks slightly different form the 8.9″ original, and packs one big improvement.

Memory Lane »

[ Luofei | 15 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 49 views]
Memory Lane: Fossil Wrist PDA

This year at CES, LG showed off a watch phone that made quite a splash.  A trip back in the JPT time machine shows us the Fossil Wrist PDA, which made a similar splash at Comdex 2002.