Recently-freed Google executive Wael Ghonim appears to be calling for another huge demonstration. “We are hoping that the ‘Friday of Martyrs’ will be the world largest funeral to bid farewell to 300 Egyptians,” Ghonim tweeted today. Ghonim also talked to CNN , saying it is “no longer time to negotiate” with…
Continue reading …The HP Pre 3: 1.4GHz Qualcomm CPU, 3.6-inch WVGA, familiar sliding QWERTY
February 9, 2011 No Comment
The first Pre breathed new life into Palm. The Pre 2 , on the other hand, didn’t exactly have the same luster and longevity. Here’s to a decidedly Palm-less round three . The QWERTY slider with the all-too-familiar form factor has a 3.6-inch 800 x 480 display, 5 megapixel camera with AF and LED flash, HD video, a front-facing camera for video calling, mobile hotspot. Under the hood? A Qualcomm CPU running at 1.4GHz (!), HSPA+ and EVDO Rev A — yep, it’s a world phone — and the same RAM as the Pre 2 (that’s 512MB DRAM). It’ll be Touchstone compatible, naturally, and will switch to Exhibition mode when docked to show pictures and upcoming appointments. It’ll comes with either 8GB or 16GB of storage. There’s some interesting synergy going on where the TouchPad tablet can take Pre 3′s phone calls. So yeah, we’re looked at marked improvements over the Pre 3′s predecessors, particularly in resolution and processing. This one’s gonna keep you waiting, though — available is this summer. Developing. Check out our liveblog of HP / Palm’s “Think Beyond” webOS event , and news on the HP Veer and HP TouchPad ! Gallery: HP Pre 3 The HP Pre 3: 1.4GHz Qualcomm CPU, 3.6-inch WVGA, familiar sliding QWERTY originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring
February 9, 2011 No Comment
You wanted a small smartphone? Well, you’ve got it in HP’s Veer , the very first webOS -based device to bear the HP name alone without Palm’s alongside packing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7230 processor at 800MHz. Other headline specs include a 2.6-inch 320 x 400 display, 5 megapixel EDoF camera, HSPA+ support, 8GB of storage, an accelerometer, proximity and light sensors (as usual), Touchstone compatibility, and mobile hotspot support. It’s genuinely cute — but keyboard usability will be a big question that we’ll need to have answered when the phone is released this spring. No word on carriers yet, and pricing is set to be decided upon “at a later date.” Update : Added the full press release and a demonstration video after the break! For more on all of HP’s webOS announcements today, click here ! Gallery: HP Veer Gallery: HP Veer press shots Continue reading HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A second powerful blizzard in a week roared through parts of the nation’s midsection on Wednesday, bringing biting winds and dumping more than a foot of snow on areas still digging out from last week’s major storm. (Feb. 9)
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A 90-year-old man in South Florida is in critical condition after an SUV runs him over while he waits at a bus stop. The collision is captured on a security camera inside the city bus. The driver of the SUV later flees the scene. (Feb. 9)
Continue reading …The world may be on the verge of an oil crisis, according to WikiLeaks cables released to the Guardian today. According to the cables, Sadad al-Husseini, the former head of Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil monopoly, warned diplomats that Saudi reserves were overstated by almost 40%, and that the country couldn’t…
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Image credit: NatalieMaynor , used under Creative Commons license. Whether we are talking about Colony Collapse Disorder , keeping native bees , solar-powered bee hives or Bar… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New Braunfels police report no new developments in the search for Joshua Davis Jr., whose family reported missing from their mobile home in southwest New Braunfels Friday evening. (Feb. 9)
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The United States fears Saudi Arabia may not have enough oil reserves to prevent world prices rising sharply, according to cables from its embassy in Riyadh. The cables, obtained by WikiLeaks, urge Washington to take heed of a warning from a former Saudi government oil executive that the kingdom’s crude oil reserves may have been overstated by as much as 40 per cent. US diplomats reported that Sadad al Husseini, the ex-head of exploration at Saudi oil monopoly Aramco, “disagreed” with Aramco’s analysis that it had reserves of 716bn barrels and that would rise to 900bn barrels in 20 years. The claims about the world’s largest crude oil exporter, published in The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday, come as the price of oil has soared in recent weeks to more than $100 a barrel amid tensions in the Middle East and global demand. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports.
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We’re inside and things are getting underway — the event officially starts at the times below. Read along after the break to see what’s happening right now! 07:00AM – Hawaii 10:00AM – Pacific 11:00AM – Mountain 12:00PM – Central 01:00PM – Eastern 06:00PM – London 07:00PM – Paris 09:00PM – Moscow 11:30PM – Mumbai 03:00AM – Tokyo (February 10th) 05:00AM – Sydney (February 10th) Continue reading Live from HP / Palm’s ‘Think Beyond’ webOS event! Live from HP / Palm’s ‘Think Beyond’ webOS event! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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