Since 2005, Apple stores have been ringing up purchases with wireless handheld point-of-sale terminals. This always felt a little odd, partly because you never see a register, but mostly because the devices run Windows. Not anymore!
A year ago, Android was an unfinished OS for nerds, bursting with potential. With Android 2.0, it’s evolved into something sleeker, more refined and focused—but still something not quite human.
There’s no stopping the eternal tug-of-war between the powers that be and the hackers that will, and for the time being it looks like things are back in the hands of the hackers.
Before we’ve even had time to get sick of the new iPhone 3GS, hints of a fourth-generation iPhone have already surfaced on the web.
I love Nintendo, and I especially love Nintendo games. This is why I hope that one day, the Gameboy line (of which the DS is surely a part, despite the name) will die. Why? Because then the big N, like Sega before it, will sell its real talent – the software – to other console makers. This is a roundabout way to say that I want Super Mario World on my iPod Touch.
We suppose dreams really do come true. Nearly a full year after we heard that VIA was toiling on a new processor line to really give Intel’s aging Atom a run for its money, the company has come clean and confessed that those whispers were indeed true.
Windows: The latest beta release of Google’s Chrome browser ups its dynamic page building speed by quite a bit. What users are really going to notice, however, is the built-in bookmark syncing, a feature previously available in bleeding-edge development builds.
The Vodafone Samsung H1 – the first phone to sport Vodafone 360 social networking goodies hits the shelves today.
Apart from the hideous Amazon leather case for my Kindle, which makes the device easier to hold.
By now, Tweetie 2 has probably stormed your iPhone. If not, you should check it out; in our opinion, it’s the best Twitter iPhone app out there (and yes, definitely worth the $3 [iTunes link]). But developer Loren Brichter isn’t resting on his laurels. Instead, he’s hard at work on Tweetie 2.1.