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LeapFrog’s Text and Learn QWERTY BlackBerry-styled educational toy for the little ones left such an impression on us that we went back to check out its latest offerings. Two things caught our eye — up first, the Scribble and Write, which is a Text and Learn-style device applied to writing skills. Designed for children about [...]

You sort of knew this was coming after he shepherded the Pre to launch, but Palm just announced that Jon Rubinstein is taking over as CEO, replacing Ed Colligan after sixteen years in the top spot. After a short break, Colligan will join the very vocal Roger McNamee at major Palm investor Elevation Partners, so [...]

Don’t get us wrong, we’re completely enamored with the idea of having a real laptop-style keyboard in a pocket-friendly form factor, but based on our quick look at a very rough mockup of the device today, we’re not so convinced that CTD’s “crossfolding” Dragonfly MID will be the one to bring it to market. We [...]

Virgin Mobile‘s just announced a prepaid 3G service under the Broadband2Go moniker, which will offer customers a contract-free internet option. The Novatel MC760 USB dongle — which will be available exclusively at Best Buy — will run $150, with fixed data rates of $10 for 100MB, $20 for 250MB, $40 for 600MB and $60 for [...]

Reaction to the rumored X2 pictures leaked this far has been lukewarm at best, but hold up — it’s looking a whole lot different (and arguably better) in silver. We can certainly buy that this is dead-on real, since… well, it looks real, and also because the X1′s also available in both shades. We’re still [...]

It’s not all that easy to make a keyboard that stands out these days, but the folks at Econo-Keys have managed to do just that with their new EK-76-TP model, even if they may not have gotten the whole “usefulness” thing down pat. As you can see above, this one’s claim to fame is a [...]

It wasn’t all that hard to see a bit of a brouhaha erupting now that all three console makers are more or less firmly committed to motion-control technology, but it’s still always notable when one of the big three throws a shot across the bow, and Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata did just that in a [...]

Sure, this isn’t the sexiest MID render we’ve ever seen, but it does make for a fun little video. Cambridge Technology Development, known around MIT and environs for fluidic device design, CFD analysis, and a number of other things we know less than nothing about, have designed a collapsible, pocketable PC that they call the [...]

We’ve only just started playing with our new 13-inch MacBook Pro, but the cats at iFixit have different ideas — they’ve already torn one open for your morbid viewing pleasure. Interestingly, battery replacement involves only the removal of a couple tri-wing screws and a sticker, so the situation isn’t totally dire, although we’d obviously prefer [...]

Well, well — what’s this? Amazon’s Kindle DX just arrived a little earlier than we expected, looking every bit like the big brother to the Kindle 2 it did at launch. Seriously — apart from new, less comfortable keyboard, externally you’re just looking at a Kindle 2 with a bigger screen. Turn it on, though, [...]