Monthly Archives: August 2009

Too busy following in the tracks of Snow Leopard this week to keep up-to-the-minute on the rest of the Crave goings-on? Don’t fret. Here are just a few of the stories you missed. • Sony upped the ante on its … Continue reading →

Now you can type in landscape mode! (Credit: Screenshot by Daren Darrow/CNET) The WebOS Internals crew on Friday released a virtual keyboard patch for the Palm Pre. Now, with the homebrew patch installed (homebrew apps are developed and distributed through … Continue reading →

Nokia 3710 (Credit: CNET Asia) Passionate cell phone geeks know that the Federal Communications Commission holds a treasure trove of information on upcoming handsets. This week the highlights are the Nokia 3710 and the Samsung SCH-M720. Because the FCC has … Continue reading →

(Credit: Hercules) For this week’s installment of the weekly Crave giveaway, we’re offering up the Hercules ePlug 200 Duo. The product is an Ethernet-to-powerline adapter set, and it’s ideal for anyone who wants to extend a home network into another … Continue reading →

Get ready for an Eee-book reader. Word came Thursday of Asustek’s plans to enter the hopping e-book market with an e-reader marketed under its popular Eee brand. Samsung shows off its new e-book reader, the SNE-50K, in July. It's yet … Continue reading →

(Credit: Iomega) It’s back-to-school time, and this is something students might get to use without having to pay for. Iomega announced Thursday the worldwide availability of the quad-drive desktop NAS server, the Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d. EMC, the parent company of … Continue reading →

(Credit: Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET) Windows 7 isn’t officially out until October, but if you want to start an online backup service and make sure you can still use it once upgraded to the new operating system, Proxure has something … Continue reading →

Spotify’s much-hyped streaming-music service has been given the green light by Apple’s iPhone app approval board, according to a report from U.K.’s Paid Content. Though the Spotify app has yet to officially surface in the iTunes App Store, an Apple … Continue reading →

Nokia wants you to chat up a storm with its new N900. (Credit: Nokia) With its new N900 handset, Nokia is playing up the Linux angle. Part cell phone, part computer, the N900 takes advantage of Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo operating … Continue reading →

(Credit: Altec Lansing) Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with “cassette tapes,” boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec … Continue reading →

(Credit: Sirius XM) Like satellite radio, but don’t want to deal with the kludge-y “dock and play” satellite radios that clutter up your car’s dashboard? The XM SkyDock could be for you. It looks little different than your average iPod … Continue reading →

(Credit: XM Sirius) Many (but not all) of the XM Sirius satellite radio audio channels are also available online to subscribers, for a small additional fee. The browser-based service is great for listening in those places where you don’t–or can’t–have … Continue reading →

The Archos A5S, propped up by a wooden block during testing for FCC clearance. (Credit: FCC) Just when you thought Zunes and iPods would have September all to themselves, the portable video player powerhouse known as Archos drops off two … Continue reading →

(Credit: Twelve South) If you want to use your MacBook as a desktop (and I don’t see why), there’s now an easy and pretty way. Mac accessory maker Twelve South released BookArc, a metal stand designed to hold any Apple … Continue reading →