It’s an interesting time to be a watchmaker. Big companies like Motorola have been bringing smartwatches to market, and smaller companies like Pebble have raised a lot of buzz for wristwatches with ePaper displays, customizable software, and more. Heck, one of the main characters on a prime time TV show is a clockmaker. Anyway, there’s […]
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Phoenix hits $35,000 goal to bring Android apps to webOS on the HP TouchPad
Want to run Android apps on an HP TouchPad tablet, but don’t want to actually go so far as to install Android? The folks at Phoenix International Communications have been working on porting OpenMobile’s Application Compatibility Layer (ACL) to the platform so that you can run Android apps without leaving webOS. To finish the work, […]
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Casetop project aims to turn your phone into a laptop for $250 (Kickstarter)
Tired of keeping your data and apps synchronized across your phone and your PC? Livi Design is raising funds to build a device that lets you use your phone as a PC. It’s called Casetop, and the idea is that you’d dock your phone into a laptop shell to give it a full-sized keyboard and […]
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UDOO: $109 single-board computer is like an Arduino crossed with a Raspberry Pi
Arduino boards are small, inexpensive devices that let you build things with sensors (to control anything from a robot to a home automation system). The Raspberry Pi is a small, single board computer that can run Linux-based software. But what if you want a board that can do both of those things? That’s where the […]
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GameStick dev units now shipping, early backer units delayed to June
PlayJam’s GameStick is a video game console designed around an Android TV stick and a wireless game controller. It’s available for pre-order for $79 and expected to ship in late June. The company had originally planned to ship units to backers of the successful Kickstarter campaign that helped fund the project in April. But now […]
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Mini MicroSD Reader adds removable storage slot to Android phones, tablets
Some of the best Android phones and tablets on the market don’t feature out-of-the-box support for removable storage. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard people say they’d pick up a Nexus phone or tablet if only it had a microSD card slot for extra storage. Now the folks behind a Kickstarter campaign […]
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MiiPC wants to build a $99 Android PC for kids (Kickstarter)
It doesn’t take much to build a usable computer these days. Android and other light-weight operating systems can run on devices with relatively low-power processors and a little RAM and storage. And that means you can get a machine that lets you surf the web, edit documents, play games, or stream internet video for $100 […]
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GameStick Android game console raises $648 thousand, should ship in April
A month after PlayJam launched a campaign to raise money for a new inexpensive Android-based video game console, the Kickstarter campaign for the GameStick has ended after surpassing the original goal by nearly 648 percent. PlayJam was originally hoping to get about $100,000 in pledges from backers interesting pre-ordering the $79 game console, but ended […]
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2 Comments on Gamestick $79 Android gaming console raises $500 thousand, gets a redesigned controller
Gamestick $79 Android gaming console raises $500 thousand, gets a redesigned controller
2 Comments on Gamestick $79 Android gaming console raises $500 thousand, gets a redesigned controllerPlayJam is tweaking the design of its upcoming $79 GameStick video game console, based on feedback from backers (and potential backers) of the Kickstarter project. The GameStick has two parts: a tiny stick about the size of a USB flash drive which you can plug into a PC to play Android games on a big […]
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GameStick $79 Android gaming console removed from Kickstarter (update: It’s back)
Kickstarter has pulled the product page for the GameStick, a $79 Android-based gaming console that’s about the size of a USB thumb drive. According to Kickstarter, there’s an intellectual property dispute which led to the action. If the dispute is resolved, the project should return, but according to Engadget, if things aren’t worked out within […]