Archive for the ‘HandHelds’ Category

Sony America abandons UMD-to-PSP Go “good will” program, offers 225 games at full retail price instead

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

You know that UMD-to-PSP Go conversion program? Ain't gonna happen. The "good will" program that would have provided free (or at least heavily discounted) digital copies of games already purchased on UMD discs has been scrapped. A spokesman for SCEA said, "We were evaluating a UMD conversion program, but due ...

Sony offering ePub upgrade / trade-in program for PRS-500 e-reader

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Sony's already made its commitment to the ePub e-book format fairly clear, but it does still have a lingering problem with some older e-book readers that don't support the format. While some of those are beyond hope, the company does now have an upgrade available for the PRS-500, although it's ...

HTC Hero hits FCC with US 3G

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

No mention was made of a Hero with 3G that'd work on Rogers or AT&T back at its announcement a few days ago, but HTC has been getting awfully good at making phones that work properly around these parts -- so we can't say we're entirely surprised to see a ...

Samsung M1 PMP to challenge Zune HD with some Tegra of its own?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Samsung's launched a teaser page for its YP-M1 media player (look familiar?), and while a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen is impressive in its own right, it's the mention of a NVIDIA chipset that has us most intrigued, especially given Samsung's earlier promise that a Tegra-based device was in the works. There ...

HTC Touch Pro2 graces Verizon on September 11

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Alright, so maybe a square Nokia isn't your style -- we understand. Maybe you'd like something a little more businesslike, something with a little more Exchange ActiveSync flair and a keyboard with room to spare. What you're looking for, we reckon, is the Touch Pro2 -- and now that Sprint ...

Verizon Razzle starts twisting on October 6

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Call it a cool idea, call it ridiculous, call it a one-off novelty -- whatever the case, Verizon's unique Razzle will be hitting stores next week. The PCD-sourced handset is Verizon's branded version of the TXT8030 and features a totally unique twisting bottom half with stereo speakers and music controls ...

NYT: Big-screen Kindle coming from Amazon “as early as this week”

Friday, March 5th, 2010

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Big_screen_Kindle_coming_from_Amazon_this_week'; Go ahead and grab the salt shaker, 'cause this one's nowhere near carved in stone... or is it? A breaking report from The New York Times has it that Amazon will introduce a larger version of its Kindle e-reader "as early as this week," one ...

Latest Dell tablet / MID rumor: Intel-based, free-on-contract

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Last we heard, Dell was secretly at work on a handheld / MID that would challenge the likes of the iPod touch, but it turns out it may also have its eye on the Kindle and the still emerging e-reader market, or the two may be one in the same ...

Alleged iRiver Story e-reader pics exemplify imitation as the sincerest form of flattery

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

We can't fault iRiver for striving to beat Kindle at its game, but to be Kindle is a different story altogether. A Korea-based MobileRead forum member posted a trio of pics that apparently show off the company's up e-book reader, aptly titled the Story. Here's the scoop as "dasony" tells ...

Barron’s: Analyst handled Apple tablet, says competitors have paused production lines until launch

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/barrons-analyst-handled-apple-tablet-says-competitors-have-pa/'; tweetmeme_source = 'engadget'; According to a report in Barron's, a phantom "veteran analyst" has actually handled Apple's heavily rumored tablet-device-thing. If you believe what the report is laying down (and honestly, that's a big if -- analysts have a funny habit of making things up) ...