It’s been nearly a month since the launch of Palm’s newest handset, the Pre. Since then, we here at Engadget have heard some vague and hard to substantiate claims of hardware failures — cracked screens, a little broken plastic here and there — but nothing on a large scale, so far as we can tell. We thought it was about time… Continue reading

Filed under: Video, Browsers, Mobile

Mobile web browser Skyfire is one of the only browsers around that lets users watch movies from online video site Hulu. Or rather, it was. WMExperts reports that Hulu has begun blocking Skyfire users. This development comes on a long, protracted battle between Hulu and

Filed under: Handsets, Others, Orange, GSM, EDGE

Of course the first question we have when a handset maker launches a set with an unconditional guarantee is, could we break it if we worked hard enough? Seems the tests Land Rover put its Sonim manufactured S1 through, including baking in a 300

A 26-year-old employee was shot today during a “violent armed robbery” of the Clarendon Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia. Video news report embedded below—details at Cult of Mac. [Cult of Mac via BBG]

RunPee, that great website that tells you precisely the best time to run and pee during a movie so you don’t miss anything good, has taken the next step and released an iPhone app for quick reference.

The RunPee app features a countdown that lists all of the most opportune times to dash away, and like the site, it’ll tell you what happened during your… Continue reading

If you were a little blue bird, with a good pile of money and a whole lot of hype, what would you buy to spice up your nest? There are so many little services being built on top of Twitter that we wouldn’t be surprised to see some more of them acquired by the company soon. That would mean more features for everyday users… Continue reading

If you were a little blue bird, with a good pile of money and a whole lot of hype, what would you buy to spice up your nest? There are so many little services being built on top of Twitter that we wouldn’t be surprised to see some more of them acquired by the company soon. That would mean more features for everyday users… Continue reading

It was only a few months ago that we were fielding rumors about Sony’s CyberShot DSC-HX1, and now we’re struggling to keep our credit card at bay each time we waltz by one in the local camera shop. Today, Sony Insider has pointed out that the outfit may be readying a new duo to complement the megazoom: the DSC-TX1… Continue reading