Tag Archives: Cellphones
Up to 25% of Accidents Are Associated With Gadgets – Mashable
Moneycontrol.com Up to 25% of Accidents Are Related With GadgetsMashableA new research from the Governors Highway Security Association (GHSA) highlights the impact that cellphones and other gadgets can have on vehicle crashes. According to the study, as a lot of as 25% of US car crashes are related with drivers distracted by a …Mobile phones … Continue reading
U.S. Presses to Rein In Web Gadgets in New Cars – Wall Street Journal
U.S. Presses to Rein In Internet Gadgets in New VehiclesWall Street JournalWSJ's Joe White reports on a new effort by the US Department of Transportation encouraging drivers to put down cellphones and social networking tools even though driving. Photo: Reuters/Chris Roussakis As customers clamor for far more tools to …
Screen Grabs: Nokia N96 preserves the evidence on Dexter
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com. No this isn’t the first Nokia-wielding fictional character or celeb that we’ve seen in this space, but the N96 recently spotted in the hands of our favorite … Continue reading
LG BL40 New Chocolate review
You know the deal by now: we grab a slab of fresh new hardware, fiddle, play, and tinker with it until exhaustion or boredom is reached, then wax poetic about the whole experience, with a side serving of pictures and videos thrown in. Today’s candidate for a grilling is LG’s BL40, which is now available … Continue reading
Samsung conjures up new chip
Samsung isn’t just about fancy and large TVs in addition to cool solar-powered cellphones, as the company does have quite the repertoire of gizmos and devices to satisfy just about and gadget lust. This time round, the consumer electronics, telecommunications and information technology giant has recently announced that it has managed to roll out the … Continue reading
Caption contest: Palm strikes a pose in Spain
There are three things in this crazy world that scare the living daylights out of us: poor battery life, scratched screens, and seven-foot tall she-bots wielding Pres like concealed weapons. This, it seems, was the nightmarish scenario facing Madrid as it launched Palm’s first webOS-based phone this week. Chris: “I’m being treated well, but please, … Continue reading
First Sidekick class-action lawsuits predictably get underway
Our usual rule is to ignore attention-seeking class-action lawsuits until they make it past the critical step of being certified by a judge, but we think it’s pretty wild that the Sidekick debacle has already resulted in two separate suits in two different states. That’s a turnaround time of just a few days, really — … Continue reading
T-Mobile ‘considering additional measures’ to compensate Sidekick owners
The official line is still that T-Mobile customers affected by Sidekick amnesia will be given a months’ credit on their data plan, but that may not be the end of it (and considering the magnitude of the issue for affected folks, we’d certainly hope not). At this point, they’re leaving the door open to more … Continue reading