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Video: Smartphone Simulates Sensation Of Buttons On A Touchscreen

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:10 AM PDT

Do you miss the feeling of pressing physical buttons when you touch icons or letters on a smartphone touchscreen? Japan's second largest mobile carrier KDDI is working on a display that recreates exactly that "clicking sensation" by combining vibration with a pressure sensor. Read the rest on MobileCrunch.


Padfone: Asus Officially Announces Its Android Tablet/Phone Combo (Videos)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Today, on the first day of the yearly Computex Taipei exhibition in Taiwan, Asus took the wraps off the Android tablet/phone combo it teased last week. Dubbed Padfone, Asus is relatively mum on details (specs, pricing, availability) at this point.

But the general idea is to dock the handset in the tablet for a wider view, charging it through the tablet’s bigger battery or making use of the phone’s 3G connection on the tablet. Users can also avoid data transfer and sharing hassles between phone and tablet.

Asus says that the layout of applications running on the phone adjusts automatically once you place it into the tablet to get an expanded view (see clips below).

I have my doubts this is what the world needs now, but here are Asus’ official promo videos:

Video: NTT Docomo’s Mobile, Simultaneous Translation System

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:24 AM PDT

The idea of translating spoken language from cell phone to cell phone isn't exactly new, but the mobile simultaneous translation system NTT Docomo is currently working on looks really impressive. Japan's biggest mobile carrier says it uses the "best technologies" for voice recognition, machine translation, and voice synthesis out there for its solution. Read the rest on MobileCrunch.


CrunchGear Week In Review: Freshly Cut Flowers Edition

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Paul Picot C-Type Yachtman Watches For 2011

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Paul Picot offers these new C-Type Yachtman watches for 2011. The naming schemas confuse me. The C-Type I know, but I am not sure whether these are C-Type and Yachtman watches, or C-Type Yachtman watches!? Screw it, I’m just going to use the Yachtman name for now. Yachtman 3 to be exact – which sounds like an awful movie name. The watches are still cool looking, though, and this year they make equal jabs at Rolex and IWC wanting to be something like a Submariner or Aquatimer.

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