Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Palm has recently rolled out their Developer Purchase Program, which will allow developers to purchase either the Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi or Pixi Plus. Sadly though these handsets are not coming as unlocked, but instead need to be purchased for the carrier that you plan to use it with. In other words those hoping to grab a Pre or Pre Plus and enjoy it on AT&T here in the US are going to be disappointed. In terms of the carriers, the Pre is available with Sprint, Telcel and O2, the Pixi is available with Sprint and the the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are available with Verizon Wireless. Otherwise, and as a nice plus the handsets do come at a slight discount as compared to regular retail. - Pre - $439.99
- Pre Pus - $479.99
- Pixi - $319.99
- Pixi Plus - $319.99
Oh, and all handsets come with free two day shipping. Read [Palm] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile This is not the first we have seen in terms of leaked images of the BlackBerry Slider, but if nothing else this latest batch of images does offer a few more angles. Anyway, included here is a shot of the back, a shot of the back with the batter cover removed and a few side shots. Interestingly enough, the Storm 3 name seems to have gone away in favor of this being a Bold. Or more specifically, a Bold 9700a. Of course, in the end both name suggestions are nothing more than rumor and speculation. Personally I would like to see it called a Bold, if for no other reason than the Bold seems nicer than the Storm. Additionally, there is also some question about the camera. Is is the Blackberry standard of 3.2-megapixel or has that been upgraded to a 5-megapixel. Sadly these images do not confirm that because the megapixel description that is typically printed near the lens is not shown. Basically, what we have here remains a mystery. Read [BlackBerry Leaks] Via [CrackBerry] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Computers, Mobile Computers, Laptops  According to the rumor mill, the clamshell styled Viliv N5 is going to be available for purchase as of this May. According to the details, which come courtesy of Pocketables, “the plan right now is to release the Viliv N5 in May.” In other words, nothing official has been announced as of yet.
In terms of the Viliv N5 and what it has to offer. Well, feature wise it has a 4.8-inch WSVGA touchscreen display, a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD and is running Windows 7. Additionally, due to the clamshell design, the N5 also comes sporting a QWERTY keyboard, albeit a small QWERTY keyboard. Honestly I am not sure about these style of devices, I was able to mess around with the N5 during CES for a few minutes and for me the small keyboard is a device killer. I am in the mind set that if the keyboard is not large enough to touch-type is is not as useful. Personally on a device with a 4.8-inch display I would feel better served by a virtual keyboard, or the ability to pair it with a full-sized Bluetooth keyboard for the occasional typing. That said, my personal feelings regarding the keyboard aside, the Viliv N5 appeared to be a very nice device when I was able to check it out. Read [Pocketables] Via [CrunchGear] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks  Here we have yet another ebook reader and yet another rumored launch date. This time the rumor is in regards to the Alex ebook reader from Spring Design and suggests that it will soon be available. Well maybe soon is an understatement here, according to the rumor it will be available as of March 16 which is just a few days away now. Of course, rumor aside the official Spring Design website is still referring to a “first week of March” time frame. And as we can tell from the calendar, that has already passed.
Via [SlashGear] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Web, Google  Everyone was shocked when Google took a stand against China’s censorship laws in early January for various reasons spanning from cyber attacks to stricter censorship laws. Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, has gone on record saying that Google will conclude talks with China soon over the search issue. If a compromise can not be made, Google will stop filtering search results to Google.cn, something Li Yizhong, China’s minister of Industry and Information Technology, does not approve of. Yizhong was quoted saying, “I hope Google can respect Chinese rules and regulations. If you insist on taking this action that violates Chinese laws, I repeat: You are unfriendly and irresponsible, and you yourself will have to bear the consequences.” Whatever these consequences might be, the end result will most likely end up with Google moving search out of the country and losing the largest market of internet users in the world. Read [Engadget ] Via [The Wall Street Journal] Full Story » | Written by Hunter Clarke for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Computers, Gadgets / Other, Peripherals, Features, Originals I am a firm believing in backing up your data, and for the most part I am diligent about doing do. Up until now I have used a mix of services that probably was not the best method of attack, but at the same time it was far from the worst either. If nothing else I can say that I had been much better than most computer users, but now I am looking to be fail proof. In the past I always did a mix of complete backups along with misc file backups, which was good. The bad part here is that I was breaking a golden rule in terms of the complete backups—I was only backing them up locally. You see, I had become dependent on Time Machine and that taught me a lesson yesterday—the external hard drive that I was backing up to died. It just shut off and never came back on. Luckily I had a spare drive in the closet and was able to set that backup again. Of course, that just served as a little wake up call. Moving forward I have decided to do an on-site and an off-site backup of everything. For that I have chosen to stick with TimeMachine and also add in MozyUnlimited. The Time Machine is a no brainer for a Mac user (plus I already had it set up) and the MozyUnlimited seems to be a good option. Plus MozyUnlimited is only $5 a month. As for those partial file backups, those are typically my documents and other misc files. They consist of a few folders and range in the ballpark of 5-10GB of space. Nothing major in terms of size. Anyway, for those files I am also going to use a mix of on-site and off-site backups. Except with these I want to be able to access them on the go, just in case. So I guess I am looking for a mix of backup and cloud access here. Luckily there are two good services for that, both of which I had been using already. For these backups I am going to be using Pogoplug and SugarSync. The Pogoplug will be my local copy with SugarSync my off-site copy. And as a bonus both of these services have apps for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as Android. Anyway, take this drive failure of mine and rethink your backup plan. Remember its best to have backups that are both on-site and also off-site. Unfortunately even with drive failure aside there are things that can ruin a local backup such as a house fire, a burglar or in my case bad weather such as a hurricane. And for those that are looking for an alternative to the services that I have mentioned, you can always back files up locally and manually to an external USB drive. Of course the best system is one that you do not have to remember to do. I would suggest automating your backup schedule whenever possible. Also, as an alternative to MozyUnlimited you can check out Carbonite, and as an alternative to SugarSync you can also check out Dropbox. Finally, in terms of costs. Obviously there are some involved here, after all external hard drives and services are not free. Luckily storage has gotten pretty cheap these days and if you ask me, having my data safe seems well worth the price. After all, I have years and years worth of family photos at this point and plenty of documents that I have saved/archived over the years. Not to mention a 101.44GB iTunes folder that I would hate to lose. In short, backup and then backup your backups. Now with Saturday just beginning I have to go and start my Mozy backup process, which with roughly 250GB of data is going to take some serious time. Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Computers, Laptops, Netbooks, Gadgets / Other, Green Those planning to purchase an Asus notebook or netbook in the future can expect to see a few less items included in the box. That items that will be missing—a printed user manual and a recovery DVD. “ASUS is devoted to creating environment-friendly products/packaging to safeguard consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment. In order to reduce the use of substances harmful to the environment, the EeePC and notebook product package does not come with the notebook support DVD. For system recovery, use the F9 recovery function instead.”
This seems to make sense, especially in the case of the Eee PC’s that do not even have a built-in optical drive. I would imagine that not having a recovery DVD will anger, upset or confuse some but at the same time it always puzzled me a little to include one with an Eee. Either way, moving forward, Asus owners will be able to view the complete user manuals online and should use the F9 key to aid in any recovery efforts. Read [Asus] Via [EeeUser Forums] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
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