Archive for May, 2011

Zinio comes to Android tablets, gives you 24 magazine issues for free

The iPad has yet to transform the publishing world as many expected it would, but some healthy competition from Android tablets should help to keep that process in motion. Zinio‘s reader app is now available on select Android 2.2, 2.3, and all 3.0 tablets, bringing Esquire, National Geographic, and 20,000 other magazine titles to the [...]

TransPhone Android Tablet And Smartphone Combo

CMIT’s TransPhone is a combination of an Android tablet and a smartphone. This combo gadget includes a Bluetooth headset and a slide-in smartphone dock. The CMIT TransPhone reportedly packs a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, a SVGA display, HDMI and USB ports. Too bad, there is no info on pricing or availability at this moment. [Engadget [...]

Magnet Powered Spinning Top

Have you watched Inception, and ever wondered at the end where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character’s totem, a spinning top wobbles but you were left wondering whether it fell down in the end to indicate that he is in the real world? Perhaps it didn’t – but that does not mean that he is back in reality [...]

7 iPad Habits of Highly Effective Remote Workers

The use of the iPad by mobile workers is on the rise, and that brings with it both boons and challenges for worker productivity. Here’s how you and your remote staff can stay on top of iPad usage, lest iPad usage controls you and your organization instead. 1. These Are the Apps You Need; These [...]

USB Bluetooth Alarm

Brando has started selling the USB Bluetooth Alarm. Measuring 25mm x 40mm x 10mm and weighing 8 grams, the device is used to protect your gadgets such as Samsung Galaxy Tab, iPhone, Macbook Air, etc. You just need to connect the device with your gadget via Bluetooth. When the device is away from the alarm [...]

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer To Be In Stock June 2nd On Amazon

It was certainly a big day for ASUS, with the unveiling of the Padfone, but let’s not forget about the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. The Transformer tablet has been incredibly popular, but getting a hold of it was rather difficult as the device sold out quickly. But if you’ve been searching for one, then the [...]

Disrupt Backstage Pass: Google’s Marissa Mayer Talks Serendipity (And Dodges The Apple Question)

Hey, this is Jason K. with TechCrunch TV. And I am here with Marissa Mayer. Again, I actually just got a chance to interview her earlier this month. But now I have another chance to ask more questions about all the cool local and other products that you guys are working on. And once again, [...]

Samsung Infuse 4G Gets Amazon Price Cut

The Samsung Infuse 4G was unveiled last month as the thinnest smartphone with the largest display in the AT&T lineup. It was also released as the first HSPA+ enabled device on launch for the carrier. If you’ve been wanting this phone, now you’re in luck because Amazon just gave it the usual price slash treatment. [...]

Sunny Day in May Roundup

It’s a beautiful day here, so take your laptop outside and check out what’s going on our other sites. Have you entered our Giveaway yet? It’s for an iPod/iPhone/MP3 speaker case worth $ 70. Ends Monday night so go go go. If you’re new to Craziest Gadgets, you might want to check out our Random [...]

ASUS Padfone: Twice as appealing or doubly-dumb?

Maybe it was too many Transformers toys when I was younger, or because I have a frustrated engineer inside me, but I – like plenty of others – can’t take my eyes off the ASUS Padfone. The new tablet/smartphone hybrid, fresh (after a leak or two) to Computex 2011 this morning, taps into a geeky, [...]