Handset maker promises to detail devices featuring the company’s new operating system.

Originally posted at Dialed In

Good luck escaping the barrage of ads during the second day of Comic-Con, but there’s more going on than the full-court press. A-list comics creators demonstrate how they work, and an awards ceremony acknowledges the best of them.

Walter Denlinger builds punked-out accessories for tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. His building materials include a Mr. Potato Head.

Nearly everybody has seen a movie adapted from a comic book or has played a game inspired by a comic book. Yet one company goes in the other direction, taking mobile games like Cut the Rope to print comics.

Apple’s new MacBook Air leapfrogs from old Intel Core 2 Duo silicon to a fresh Sandy Bridge chip. That’s a leap of two generations, and it shows in the performance.

Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog

The LS5 looks like a basic point-and-shoot with an above-average lens.

Lenovo unveils its Android 3.1 ThinkPad and IdeaPad K1 tablets, both of which are priced at $499 and available in August 2011.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

You read ebooks on your iPad, so why not make it look like a book?

A man with a water-powered jet pack is supposed to introduce a San Diego Fox station’s news broadcast by taking off. Instead, he falls straight into the water, almost taking a Fox presenter with him.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

editor’s notebook I have what, for a tech editor, is a shocking confession to make: I’m–gasp–not an early adopter. But at these prices, maybe it’s time to join Generation i.

Originally posted at News – Apple

CNET editor Dong Ngo’s take on D-Link’s new PowerLine AV 500 4-Port Gigabit Switch, model DHP-540.

Google Chromebooks, despite receiving tepid reviews, are still holding steady on Amazon. The small laptops average about 3 pounds and run Google’s Chrome OS.

Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog

Android 3.2 is launching on the Motorola Xoom. A couple of marquee improvements include a new zoom mode and support for long-dormant hardware. The new version of Honeycomb will also come to other tablets in the near future.

Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog

The latest update to the HTC Thunderbolt certainly address some serious issues, but it reminds users of Verizon’s new data plans.

Originally posted at Android Atlas