Gadgets
By Cheryl Chong - August 3rd, 2010
With their competitors unveiling their own flashy new phones, Research In Motion (RIM), creators of the BlackBerry, have followed suit. At a Manhattan news conference today, RIM presented the BlackBerry Torch, featuring a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard. The Torch will go on sale on August 12 for $199 with a two-year AT&T contract...
By Cheryl Chong - July 29th, 2010
Blending together two unheard-of concepts in the technology world: solar power and super affordability, India has just designed a prototype for a laptop that will cost the public only $35. Called the “Sakshat,” it was developed by top talent from India's Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. A manufacturer is currently being sought by Its creator, Kapil Sibal...
By Cheryl Chong - May 20th, 2010
If you can never quite get enough of anything Google, the advent of Google TV is sure to get something tingling. Googleheads rejoiced today when Google made the announcement at their developers conference in San Francisco that it was working with Sony Corp. to merge the two biggest entertainment mediums, internet and television...
By Cheryl Chong - April 29th, 2010
Before the iPhone, even before the Blackberry, there was the PalmPilot. On the cutting edge of technology and in the pocket of every suit back in the late nineties, Palm Computing pioneered the Personal Digital Assistant (PDAs). Though the company has found moderate success as of late in the smartphone market with their Palm Centro and Pre models, their weak market share is indicative of the shortcomings that have plagued the company for some time now...