Nokia Internet Tablets to get Ubuntu and Qt ports

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the April 29th, 2008

We've already seen Google's Android mobile OS get shoehorned onto Nokia N810 tablet, but it looks like the Internet Tablet OS is about to get even more flexible with ports of Ubuntu and the Qt toolkit. Nokia is acquiring Qt developer Trolltech, so it's no surprise the Qt is making the jump, but i……

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SanDisk FlashBack ExpressCard adapter enables continuous backups onto SD cards

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the April 22nd, 2008

Oh sure, there's a million and one ways to rightfully cram an SD card into an ExpressCard slot, but does your current multicard reader provide continuous backups out-of-the-box? SanDisk is certainly hoping not, as it's waving its nifty FlashBack Adapter around at CeBIT and boasting of its ability to “……

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MTI Micro trumpets fuel cells for mobile devices… again

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the April 22nd, 2008

If you'll recall, we first got wind of MTI Micro's fuel cell endeavors way back in 2004, but nearly four years later the firm is still at it and hoping to have something rolled out by 2009. Reportedly, the company has conjured up a few working prototypes which utilize methanol and are built to power ……

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Micro SD Card Projector blows up portable media

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the April 22nd, 2008

Mini-projectors are a dime a dozen these days, but the Micro SD Card Projector is whizzing right around all those serious competitors and aiming instead for the carefree crowd. Essentially, the image quality you'll get from this thing is likely to be lackluster — after all, the manufacturer doesn't……

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