December, 2010

• 6 December

  Sony Bravia KDL

  

  Two thousand zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I’m gonna party like I have a last-generation games console built into my frickin’ television… as Prince is probably singing to himself today while he reads Crave. The new Bravia KDL-22PX300 LCD television is every bit as bonkers as His Purpleness himself, as …

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• 6 December

  Sony’s 2010 TVs beyond ‘just’ Freeview

  

  It’s no longer good enough just to switch on the television and watch free-to-air in 2010, with Sony’s new range of Bravia LCDs offering a wealth of further options including Bravia Internet Video (IPTV) and 3D entertainment. Sony unveiled its largest ever range of 26 different televisions today starting with the new entry-level EX models, continuing with the “Picture Perfection” …

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• 6 December

  Boxee Box update: Has it helped?

  

  We found ourselves more than a little disappointed when we reviewed the Boxee Box. A recent firmware update claims to have fixed several of the problems we had, but has it really cleaned up the major issues? First up, we jumped straight on to Wi-Fi, support for which was a major source of complaint from us in the version that …

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• 3 December

  New Samsung Android phone clears FCC

  

  Blame it on the holidays, but it wasn’t a busy week over at the Federal Communications Commission. Besides a couple of Sharp handsets headed for Japan, we found a new Samsung Android handset, the SHW-M190S. Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold in the United States, not to mention test its SAR rating, the agency’s online database offers …

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• 3 December

  Ask Maggie: Kindle vs. Nook, waiting for the iPad 2

  

  E-readers and tablets may be the hottest gifts of the 2010 holiday season. And if you’re having a hard time deciding which one is right for you or your loved one, you aren’t alone. In this week’s Ask Maggie, I offer my advice on whether to get the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nookcolor. I also advise another …

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• 3 December

  Cookie Rush: Save villagers from a giant cookie

  

  Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti If you fondly remember the famous boulder scene from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” you’ll probably enjoy Cookie Rush–a run-for-your-life side-scroller from Mobjoy. The premise is simple–help the villagers escape the giant, smiling cookie by skillfully placing jump markers along their path. Obstacles appear along the way like big, mean dogs, water traps, and milk carton …

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• 3 December

  Windows Phone 7 jailbreak withdrawn after Microsoft offers compromise

  

  The ChevronWP7 tool that allowed people to unlock Windows Phone 7 phones has been withdrawn by the developers after Microsoft got in touch with a compromise over homebrew apps. Microsoft “has agreed to engage in further discussions with us about officially facilitating homebrew development on WP7,” the ChevronWP7 developers wrote on their blog. “To fast-track discussions, we are discontinuing the …

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• 3 December

  An iPad home theater on the cheap

  

  If you’ve got Bluetooth speakers, add a display stand to amp up your iPad movie-watching. Zerochroma If you don’t have $150 to toss around for the Altec Octiv Stage iPad dock and speakers, there are other, cheaper ways to milk the iPad’s 10-inch screen for its home theater potential. If you’ve already got Bluetooth speakers, simply pair them with a …

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• 3 December

  ‘Related’ tab arrives in Android Market

  

  Google quietly ushered in another new Android Market feature today with the integration of a “related” tab. Designed to aid in application and game discovery, the tab lists apps that are related to the title that you’re currently viewing. For example, when browsing Google Sky Map, related titles include astronomy, lunar, and satellite titles. Depending on carrier or handset, the …

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• 3 December

  Best Twitter apps for Android

  

  Twitter and Android is a coupling so perfect that you can almost imagine the offspring: little greenish-blue robotic birds, happily tweeting away about how much they hate Apple and Nokia. Indeed, there’s no shortage of Twitter clients for the platform, although some are markedly better than others. Since we like to sort the wheat from the chaff so that you …

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