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Android 2.3: Yup, you need a task killer.

Then: Now:

Andy Ihnatko sums up the Android UI perfectly

In his double-feature review of the HTC Droid Incredible and the Sprint EVO Andy Ihnatko summed it up perfectly when he said: Working with any user interface developed by Google is like making out with Mister Spock. The company rarely demonstrates any sort of a working understanding of what the Humans respond to and doesn’t [...]

Tango Pro Review?

I had planned on reviewing this Tango Pro USB/Firewire HDD enclosure this weekend. I drove down to Microcenter, picked up the Tango Pro, and then since Microcenter didn’t have the HDD I wanted I got that from Fry’s. You’ve probably heard of the drive I wanted to use, it is the only 1 Terabyte 2.5 [...]

Sprint’s Palm Pre Advertises T-Mobile

Thanks to intrepid field reporter Joshua Kleiner, we have this exclusive screenshot of the Palm Pre (temporarily exclusive to Sprint) advertising T-Mobile in the Accuweather Weather app:

Qwerty to Dansdata to Dvorak

The KeyGhost people asked me whether I’d like to review a QIDO, but I don’t really see that there’s a great deal to review in there. I can tell you now what my review would say: “I plugged the thing inline with a USB keyboard, and the keyboard continued to work normally, except when I [...]

(Free) Box of Kotex Tampons-Super Plus (via Craigslist)

Found tonight under the free section on Craigslist in Philadelphia: “Unopened box of Kotex Super Plus tampons. They will be in a plastic bag hanging on the mailbox at 359 Richfield Road in Upper Darby. Don’t bother emailing, just come and get them. Post will be removed as soon as they’re gone.”

Retro Mini Handheld NES System

ThinkGeek :: Retro Mini Handheld NES System.

The Drobo Pro from Drobover

Today Data Robotics announced their follow-up to the Drobo RAID-style device, the Drobo Pro offers the same deal in a rackmountable setup. More drives, expected technology upgrades, etc. Can they please stop raping non-business users who bought the original Drobo before their shitty service plan came into effect now and give me my fucking firmware [...]

Pure Digital’s Jonathan Kaplan–aka the Flip Guy–Speaks (Post-Cisco)!

Kara Swisher from the Wall Street Journal’s All Things D spoke with Pure Digital’s Jonathan Kaplan on the subject of the Mino HD maker’s future now they they’ve been acquired by Cisco. I’m just hoping they keep iterating on their fantastic Flip Mino HD series.

Speed is Represented by Height

This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the alps and he teaches you how to log GPS data on top of google maps.

iPhone OS 3.0 Video Tour

Engadget has put up a video tour of the new (in beta for developers) iPhone 3.0 OS firmware. You can find it after the break:

Small, Pretty, Hybrid, Cars

Hybridcars has a post up detailing more information on some cars we’ll be seeing from Honda in next two years: The first new dedicated hybrid vehicle, due in 2009, will be offered as a 5-door hatchback with seating for five passengers and will employ an exterior design concept that evokes the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. [...]

Metal Gear iPod? (Updated)

Shacknews has screenshots depicting Metal Gear Solid 4′s newly-revealed in-game product placement campaign. Update: Shacknews now has news that MGS4 is gold, and the clarification that the iPod feature allows players to play music found within the game.

Ikea Pax wardrobe-cum entertainment center

Like much of the first worlds’ over-fed population, last year I went out and indulged in a flat-screen television. Consequently, like the rest of flat-screen T.V. buyers I found out that my old C.R.T.–based entertainment center was inadequate for the new wideness of L.C.D. The temporary (over a year) solution was to simply put the [...]