One day we’ll stop posting Chumby case-mods, but nothing cheers up a cold Sunday like a touchscreen penguin.  Modder Ankorite took one of the Chumby guts kits from the MAKE store and squeezed it into a penguin Christmas toy, producing a battery-powered widget and internet radio Tux. There’s...

The Google Nexus One sightings are getting pretty flagrant now, with lucky testers of the smartphone feeling free to whip them out in public.  Nick Starr has apparently seen three of them today, with two being toted in a Safeway line in San Francisco and another caught on camera in Starbucks. Meanwhile...

Honestly, you sit around waiting for one Motorola tablet and a few drop into your lap at once. SlashGear reader Dion flagged up three new Motorola devices seemingly headed for the Chinese market, including one which looks to be the touchscreen handset formerly known as the Sholes : the Motorola XT701...

According to a leaked ROM for the US version of the HTC HD2 , it looks like T-Mobile USA have clinched the deal to offer the Snapdragon-based Windows Phone come Q1 2010.  Unsurprisingly there’s no confirmation from the carrier themselves, but a still-in-testing ROM leaked to WMExperts contains...

Sprint’s latest BlackBerry, the Curve 8530, has finally gone on sale.  Announced as heading to the network back in November , we now know the Sprint Curve 8530 is priced at $49.99 after the usual mail-in rebate; that gets you a full QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad and a 2-megapixel camera....

Windows 7 Starter Edition wouldn’t be our first choice of OS for the Archos 9 PC Tablet – after all, it lacks the handwriting functionality you’ll find in other versions – but at least it recognizes the touchscreen.  Steve from UMPC Portal decided to load up Chromium OS on his...

What with the battle between the Kindle and the nook , we’d forgotten all about the iRex DR800SG .  First tipped to arrive on the market by October, the 3G-enabled 8.1-inch touchscreen ebook reader is now several months late and that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon; according...

Its taken a while, but the Nokia Booklet 3G has arrived for preorder in the UK.  The 10.1-inch 3G-enabled netbook is available SIM-free and unlocked, and is priced at £649 including VAT ($1,049).  Your money gets you Windows 7, WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G, along with A-GPS and an HMDI connection.  No...

The TechCrunch/Fusion Garage saga continues, and as predicted the lawsuit Michael Arrington brought against his former partners over the CrunchPad / JooJoo tablet is only the start of the mud-slinging.   Fusion Garage have released a public rebuttal to Arrington’s comments, suggesting that they...

Intel’s plans for its Clarkdale and Arrandale launch have been revealed , confirming – as was generally expected – that the new 32nm desktop and laptop processors will officially arrive on January 7th 2010.  According to a CES preview presentation available on Intel’s site [pdf...

A shortage of Intel G41 chipsets have supposedly pushed motherboard manufacturers to AMD’s competing products, according to a DigiTimes report, with a spate of unexpected orders overwhelming the 8-inch fab plant responsible for their production.  According to motherboard manufacturers, attempts...

The scrabble to dominate the ebook and digital content space continues, with Sony apparently clinching a deal with The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post for digital subscriptions on their Reader series of ebook devices.  MarketWatch subscriptions will also be available, and Sony expect monthly...