This Wired article by Gus Mastrapa sure hits close to my heart. Dan and I are avid players of Battlefield 2 and often discuss this very topic. No matter how much we communicate and work together there is always someone waiting around the next corner who is faster than you. It can be very frustrating, and I know that my reflexes aren’t what they used to be, but I still love to play this game.
Read the Wired article HERE
Engadget has their hands on a Google Nexus One phone, as well as a video showing off some of the eye candy Google added over the top of Android 2.1. Their opinion is that it is slightly faster than the Droid, but not by much. Check out the video and the rest of the story at engadget.
Judie Lipsett received her pre-ordered Camangi Webstation tablet and shot a video of her taking it out of the box. Check it out HERE.
Chippy at UMPC Portal has received an Archos 9 for some testing and hands-on time. Check out the link to see his unboxing and overview video.
Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceshipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today revealed Spaceshiptwo, the first manned commercial spaceship. SS2 was designed to take hopefully thousands of private individuals into space, after testing and licensing is complete. More details and more pictures at virgingalactic.com
Chippy reviews the Archos 5 running Android with a 32GB SSD. Check it out at Carrypad.com
Netbooknews.com has a video of the software running on a pre-production eDGe. I really like the look of this device, hopefully they will release on time and I will be able to lay my hands on one!
Video @ netbooknews.com
Sunday I made a trip to my local Best Buy and bought myself a new netbook to replace my EeePC 900. I got the Gateway LT2005u for $229, and so far I am quite pleased with my upgrade. More details will follow.
Now this looks kick-butt! For those of us who have and love using our HTPC’s, the main problem is always having to have a mouse and keyboard handy for browsing or searching. USB.Brando now has a very cool looking solution to the problem, a PDA sized device with a track pad and keyboard built in. Head over to dvice.com and check out the video of it in action.
Liliputing has an interesting article up talking about 5 recent games that run decent on typical netbooks. Check it out HERE, and for more netbook gaming news check out gear diary’s The Netbook Gamer series HERE. For myself, I love to play Unreal Tournament and Jedi Knight 2 on mine.
Follow along as I check out an HDMI cable provided by Optimized Cable Company.
The new T91MT from ASUS gets a full on review at Myt91.info. I would love to get my hands on on of these. Check out the review at Myt91.info.
The Atom powered, convertible 4.8” screened Kohjinsha PA series is shown off at pocketables. Looks very interesting, but I don’t know if I could get used to that small of a screen.
Gearlog had the chance to spend some hands on time with the enTourage eDGe, the android powered dual screen e-reader/tablet, recently and has posted about it, along with a bunch of pictures. Check it out at Gearlog.
Apple’s custom point-of-sales iPod Touches are wrapped in a large plastic case, which includes a barcode scanner up top and a card reader slot in the side, as well as an extra battery. There is obviously a custom iPhone app, and a stylus for credit card signatures. Check out more pics at Gizmodo.
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