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Droid beats iPhone, picked as Time's 2009 Gadget of The Year

Android It’s official — the Motorola Droid has kicked the iPhone off the pedestal to take the title in Time Magazine’s 2009 Gadget of the Year. As for the Apple smartphone, it didn’t even come in second. Or third. No, it weighed in at FOURTH place.

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 22

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Sprint and Clearwire launch new WiMAX markets, along with a subsidized netbook

4g What's better on a boring Monday afternoon than a few new WiMAX market launches?  That's right, nothing. As promised earlier in the year, customers in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Greensboro, Winston-Salem,...

from 2009 by Aaron Baker 7

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Nokia Booklet 3G - hands-on @ CTIA

3g Nokia's new Booklet 3G is HD-ready and rarin' to go. Check out the demo here, from the show floor at CTIA.

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 5

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Verizon Gateway Netbook LT2016u - Unboxing

Gadgets Verizon Gateway Netbook LT2016u - Unboxing, Noah Kravitz

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 2

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Best Buy to be exclusive retail partner for Nokia Booklet 3G

3g If the ho-hum $300-ish Dell, HP, Compaq, or Acer netbooks aren't tickling your fancy, consider the Nokia Booklet 3G, launching exclusively with Best Buy later this year.  The Nokia Booklet 3G will offer a 1.6 GHz processor, 1 GB...

from 2009 by Aaron Baker 1

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Verizon Wireless launching second netbook on October 4th?

Gadgets While I think the subsidized netbook concept appeals to a niche market at best, Verizon seems interested in increasing their marketshare, as they're reportedly planning to launch a second netbook on October 4th.  As an...

from 2009 by Aaron Baker 2

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Zune, nano, and Courier: The ever-changing landscape of gadgets

Gadgets (Microsoft Courier photos in this post via Gizmodo ) This week I've been lucky enough to start some coverage of non-phone gadgets that readers have been asking me about: Microsoft's Zune HD and Apple's iPod nano 5G. While all of us...

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 8

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Apple iPod nano 16GB - Unboxing and Video Sample

Gadgets Noah gets the new iPod nano and unboxes it. Then he shoots some video with the built-in camera. Then he edits it all together. Crazy, huh?

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 6

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iPods, iTunes event, pt 2: Apple, you got some ’splaining to do…

Gadgets Maybe we’ve been spoiled. There have been so many groundbreaking Apple products. Were our expectations too high? I don’t know, but the press event on Wednesday was definitely a letdown. (For the summary of announcements, click...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 11

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iPods, iTunes event, pt 1: The Breakdown

Gadgets If you saw Noah’s video coverage, Apple’s recent music-oriented announcements may not come as news. (If you haven’t, the links are included at the bottom of the page.) As a companion guide, here’s the written...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 0

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iPod Touch 64 GB - Hands-On

Gadgets Hands-on with the new iPod Touch 64 GB version at Apple's iPod event in San Francisco, Sept 9, 2009.

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 11

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iPod nano with video capture - Hands-On

Gadgets Hands-on with the new iPod nano and its video camera. $149 for 8gb, $179 for 16gb. Live from the Apple iPod event, Sept. 09 in San Francisco.

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 2

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Live Coverage: At the Apple iPod event in San Francisco

Gadgets Hey everyone! Just a note to say I'm live at the Apple iPod event at the Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco. New iPods? iPhone OS 3.1? The return of Steve Jobs? Mick Jagger? Whatever comes out of the event, I'll have it for you. ...

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 2

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Mini-Review: Klipsch Image S4i Headset for iPhone and iPod

Gadgets For the past few weeks I've been testing a beta sample of Klipsch's new Image S4i "In-Ear Headset with Mic and 3-Button Remote." These are the iPhone/iPod-specific version of Klipsch's S4i in-ear earphones - the S4 adds an inline...

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 0

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Does an 8-year-old really need to have a texting gadget?

Gadgets The New York Times recently ran an article called “They’re Old Enough to Text. Now What?” In it, author John Biggs outlines some age-appropriate gadgets, courtesy of HiTechMommy.com. The story features a range of...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 55

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Will Apple unveil a new iPod lineup on Sept 9?

Gadgets Word on the street is that Apple’s fall event will take place on September 9. You know what that means: There will hopefully be something juicy on tap from the Cupertino-based iPhone maker. Details have been somewhat fuzzy on...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 15

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Nokia Netbook: Booklet 3G Packs 3G, WiFi, aGPS into Shiny Little Box

3g How very odd it is to see the Windows logo on a Nokia device. And yet, there it is on the new Nokia Booklet 3G. Nokia's entry into the netbook market - even though they're calling it a "mini laptop," not a netbook - will run Windows,...

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 12

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Video ads for magazines have arrived

Gadgets Just like The Daily Prophet newspaper from the Harry Potter films - but probably without the spastic sneering - Entertainment Weekly is about to publish video ads on paper. CBS and Pepsi put together the experiment, which is expected to...

from 2009 by John Walton 1

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Mini-Review: Joby Gorillamobile Gadget Tripod

Gadgets   The idea behind the original Joby Gorillapod was simple, clever, and winning: Take a camera tripod, shrink it to handheld/tabletop size, and give it bendy legs that can wrap around bars and handles and other surfaces. The...

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 5

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iPod Touch with camera on the way?

Gadgets It's natural evolution, right? Looks like very soon the only thing iPhone will have over iPod is that whole telephony thing. When can we expect iPods with cams? If the buzz is correct, September. A rumored September keynote lines up nicely...

from 2009 by John Walton 25