Glass Smartphones to Arrive this Year and more In This Issue... Glass Smartphones to Arrive this Year Google-Certified 8- and 10-inch Coby Tablets Coming in March with Awesome Price Points U Can Haz lol-Tweet 10-Inch Asus MemoPad Smart Tablet Official, Coming Soon for Less Than $400 Atlanta Travelers Really Love Foursquare New Surface Pro Commercial Gets Users to Feel the 'Vibe' (Video) Belkin Will Let You Build an iPhone Case from LEGO Bricks These Bungee Stickers Will Help Your Lost Things Get Found Sony Xperia Z Available in Japan, Coming Soon Across Asia and Europe Apple Creating a Smart Watch? Search GadgeTell Glass Smartphones to Arrive this Year Sam Yu, an executive from Taiwan-based firm Polytron Technologies (a subsidary of Polytronix), is confident that consumers will see partially-transparent smartphones later this year. Unlike traditional smartphones, Polytron is looking to have handset makers use a special glass that contains nearly invisible electrical wiring, which results in a transparent effect. While Polytron has focused mainly more » Continue reading Glass Smartphones to Arrive this Year Related posts: Corning Gorilla Glass 2 should begin showing up on devices beginning in April Video: Intel shows off Minority Report-like glass touch screen at CES Sony’s cool glass marble speaker • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Google-Certified 8- and 10-inch Coby Tablets Coming in March with Awesome Price Points Coby has never really shined in the Android tablet décor, but last month's CES saw the company impressing for the first time with something else than a wide number of devices. Besides quantity, Coby finally had quality on its side, showing off gadgets with full Google-certification. That meant users were able to access the Play more » Continue reading Google-Certified 8- and 10-inch Coby Tablets Coming in March with Awesome Price Points Related posts: CES 2013: Coby’s new Google-certified tablets may be their best yet Coby starts shipping its new ICS tablets CES 2012: Coby has nine Ice Cream Sandwich tablets • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • U Can Haz lol-Tweet This comes under the heading of "ideas whose time haz not come." Twitter just added a new "translation" option. Yes, you can tweet in lolcat-speak, assuming you'd want to. The good? Lolcat speak is short, better to fit your message in 140 characters. The bad? Sane people will stop following you right away. This is more » Continue reading U Can Haz lol-Tweet Related posts: Watch what you tweet: woman sued over twitter update Tweet Lanes update brings new Tweet Spotlight feature Use Twitter? 5 bookmarklets you need if you tweet • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 10-Inch Asus MemoPad Smart Tablet Official, Coming Soon for Less Than $400 Asus seems to have learned a precious lesson after the Nexus 7 tablet hit – you don't need the best hardware to succeed, you just want the best quality-price ratio. But now the "grasshopper" has to apply the lesson without the master's (aka Google's) aid. The first step in that direction has been a pretty more » Continue reading 10-Inch Asus MemoPad Smart Tablet Official, Coming Soon for Less Than $400 Related posts: Rumor: Asus prepping a cheap non-Nexus 7-inch tablet, could be unveiled at CES 2013 Polaroid M10 Tablet Official – 10-Inch Display, Quad-Core CPU and Jelly Bean for Just $229 Asus $150 MeMO Pad Tablet is No Nexus 7 Competitor • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Atlanta Travelers Really Love Foursquare The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has one more claim to fame. In addition to being one of the most visited airports on Earth, the airport has also entered Foursquare's history books as being the first location to receive over 1 million check-ins.  In case you've never heard of it, Foursquare is a location-based social network. Users can use… Continue reading Atlanta Travelers Really Love Foursquare Related posts: Photos, comments and check-in widgets added to Foursquare for Android Foursquare for iOS updated to version 5, Android app to follow Boingo covers the airports • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • New Surface Pro Commercial Gets Users to Feel the 'Vibe' (Video) Microsoft's first video advertisement for their Surface Pro tablet notebook mimics my typical office day. A team of business people work together at a round table, all on their Surface Pros; a mutual vibe is felt and choreographed dancing and beat-boxing ensues. It's really not that crazy. The ad shows the quick transformation from tablet more » Continue reading New Surface Pro Commercial Gets Users to Feel the ‘Vibe’ (Video) Related posts: Microsoft releases ‘Learn more about Surface’ video Microsoft begins airing the Surface television commercials, begins with “The Surface Movement” Gadgetell Hands On Video Edition: The Microsoft Surface, Part 5 • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Belkin Will Let You Build an iPhone Case from LEGO Bricks Belkin, a company that creates all kinds of consumer electronics and accessories, has partnered with The LEGO Group for a new range of cases for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Starting this spring, you'll be able to purchase cases that are made from LEGO bricks. These bricks will behave like normal LEGO pieces, so you'll also be able to customize… Continue reading Belkin Will Let You Build an iPhone Case from LEGO Bricks Related posts: LEGO Harry Potter comes available in the App Store Belkin’s new iPod cases revealed LEGO my programmable Mindstorm-o • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • These Bungee Stickers Will Help Your Lost Things Get Found If you've never lost anything important to you, you're a liar. Losing a valuable hurts, we all know this. And with all the modern technology and capabilities placed right in our hands these days, we're long overdue for a solid solution in preventing these unfortunate experiences, aren't we? New York startup Bungee is here to save the day. Their new Virtual Lost+Found service is an innovative and simple way to retrieve your most important can't-lose items (that… Continue reading These Bungee Stickers Will Help Your Lost Things Get Found Related posts: Reward Tag: the easiest way to retrieve your lost gadgets If you lost it on your PC now you can Foundit Gmail Rant: A few features that would make my life easier • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Sony Xperia Z Available in Japan, Coming Soon Across Asia and Europe Although you can't say last month's CES was packed with high-end gadget launches, there were a couple of head turners in Las Vegas. Sony's Xperia Z was the most attractive of them all, given its state-of-the-art Full HD panel, uber-snappy quad-core chipset and distinct waterproof capabilities. Still, we couldn't fully enjoy Z's launch because it more » Continue reading Sony Xperia Z Available in Japan, Coming Soon Across Asia and Europe Related posts: Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z to Get Japanese Intro Next Week? Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo coming to Europe in early July Sony Xperia E Priced at €159 in Europe, E Dual To Go for €169 • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • Apple Creating a Smart Watch? The New York Times has quite a long piece on this new Apple rumor. And I have to admit, the idea has appeal, depending on what it could do. I stopped wearing a watch several years ago, and I just use my phone as a timepiece. But there are several things that would be handy more » Continue reading Apple Creating a Smart Watch? Related posts: Rumor: Apple’s Smart Wrist Watch Starbucks should have Passbook app support by months end Airbnb, Eventbrite and McDonalds now supported in Apple’s Passbook • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •

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