May 10

ATT Unveils GSM Palm Pre, $149.99 on May 16th

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AT&T announced on its Facebook page that the Palm Pre Plus will hit retail stores and online on May 16th for $149.99 after contract and rebates.
This marks the first time the Palm Pre will be available in a GSM version, as the two prior models were both CDMA (Palm Pre on Sprint, and Palm Pre Plus on Verizon).
The Pre continues to be one of the best smartphones on the market, thanks to its Cortex A8 processor and slick webOS, and despite Palm’s troubles (which will hopefully be over soon, now that HP bought ’em out).
AT&T also said that anyone buying a Pre in AT&T retail stores will get a free Palm Touchstone charging dock.
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May 10

The Real Story Behind Twitter’s Ridiculous Follow Bug [Twitter]

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For a while today, a Twitter bug let anyone force anyone to follow their accounts. It was a hilariously simple trick, and equally bizarre. Even better? This bug was discovered by accident, by a Turkish Twitter user. Here’s what happened. More »

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May 10

CNET’s top gaming monitors

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CNET narrows down the best gaming monitors.

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May 10

Mitsubishi and Tokyo Institute of Tech pair up to stop wasteful late-night windmills

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Mitsubishi and Tokyo Institute of Tech pair up to stop wasteful late-night windmills

Ever see a windmill spinning at night? Probably not, since it’s usually quite dark, but if you ever do, you could be looking at wasted energy. Utility companies often won’t purchase evening wind power because the low demand is easily met by idling traditional facilities. Mitsubishi and the Tokyo Institute of Technology are devising a means to take that otherwise unwanted wind power and shove it straight into your electric car’s battery, detecting which vehicles are plugged into the grid and ducting that juice straight to ’em so that they’re bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning. Don’t have an EV yet? That’s okay — this tech is at least a few years off, too.

Mitsubishi and Tokyo Institute of Tech pair up to stop wasteful late-night windmills originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 15:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 10

Giz Explains: Why Streaming Video Over 3G Sucks [Giz Explains]

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The thing about wirelessly streaming video to millions and millions of phones is that it’s, like, hard. More »

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May 10

Pre Plus comes to AT&T on May 16, $149.99 with free Touchstone

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AT&T has finally sent out the rundown on when (and for how much) its customers will be able to saddle themselves with a Pre Plus and matching two-year contract, and the wait isn’t a long one: it launches this coming Sunday, May 16, just as we’d expected. It’ll run $149.99 on contract after rebate — the same that Sprint is charging for the Pre, and $100 more than Verizon is charging for its own Pre Plus — but buyers will be getting a free Touchstone charging dock along with their purchase “for a limited time” when the phone is picked up in a corporate-owned store. There’s no word on the Pixi Plus yet, but hey, at least this gets Palm back on the network after an extended vacation. No word on a free mobile hotspot add-on, but hope springs eternal, we suppose.

Pre Plus comes to AT&T on May 16, $149.99 with free Touchstone originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 14:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 10

BlackBerry 9670 caught trying to justify its existence on video

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Look, we’ll admit that we may have gone a little hard on the BlackBerry 9670 the first time we saw it — but seriously, could you blame us? Thanks to the 8200 series, RIM’s developed a reputation for making gargantuan clamshells, and the 9670 certainly doesn’t seem to buck that trend — in fact, it’s very likely even wider on account of its full QWERTY keyboard, and you can tell from this new video that it doesn’t make any apologies about its thick waistline, either. That being said, the phone seems to look just a smidge sexier now than it did before, though it’s still not necessarily clear why you’d pick it over a 9650 or 9700 when it’s essentially the same size folded. Guess we’ll know when — or if, rather — RIM launches this thing. Follow the break for video.

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BlackBerry 9670 caught trying to justify its existence on video originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 10

PressReader: Ultimate newspaper app for iPads?

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Not quite, but it does offer a more traditional reading experience, along with a massive selection of worldwide newspapers. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20004571-243.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPad Atlas/a/p

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May 10

195 Splashing, Rippling Wallpapers [Photography]

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For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’ve brought in a special guest judge. Martin Waugh is not only a master of catching water drops in flight; he’s oft-labeled the inventor of the “drop collision” shot. More »

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May 10

Dell rolls out compact, inexpensive WM311 wireless mouse

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It may not be quite as sleek as a Magic Mouse or as button-happy as the WarMouse, but we’re guessing there’s plenty of folks looking for something just like Dell’s new WM311 wireless mouse, which is compact, decent-looking and cheap. Running just $30, the travel size-friendly mouse promises 1000 dpi optical tracking, packs a nano USB receiver with “concealed, fold-up storage,” and is available in your choice of black, red, white or blue (each of which sport a black base and a glossy finish). Hit up the source link below for a closer look, and to get your order in if you like what you see.

Dell rolls out compact, inexpensive WM311 wireless mouse originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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