http://www.physorg.com/electronics-news/consumer-gadgets/ en-us PhysOrg Team PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on consumer electronics, electronic gadgets and electronics. (AP) -- The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use. http://www.physorg.com/news177186331.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-11T18:26:18-07:00 Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to pick an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly. http://www.physorg.com/news177173313.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-11T15:10:03-07:00 Nokia is today strengthening its CDMA portfolio with the announcement of three new CDMA mobile devices: Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506. Together this new line-up highlights Nokia's continued commitment to CDMA as a major standard in key markets around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news177150350.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-11T08:40:03-07:00 Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print. http://www.physorg.com/news177146151.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-11T07:30:02-07:00 (AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup. http://www.physorg.com/news177140017.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-11T05:50:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- iPhone users in Australia have been hit during the last few days with a worm called "ikee". The worm replaces the default wallpaper with a difficult to remove picture of British singer Rick Astley and a message "ikee is never going to give you up," a reference to Astley's 1980s hit song. http://www.physorg.com/news177054312.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-10T05:46:08-07:00 Research In Motion (RIM) on Monday announced it is making Blackberry devices friendlier to game applications, as the business-oriented smartphones try to show a more playful side. http://www.physorg.com/news177020765.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-09T21:30:01-07:00 Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, issued on Monday a global recall for 14 million faulty chargers made by a subcontractor this year. http://www.physorg.com/news176969488.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-09T06:12:40-07:00 The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say. http://www.physorg.com/news176878934.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-08T05:40:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has launched its latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner, the Tango, which is capable of vacuuming hardwood floors, carpets, and even beds without human assistance. http://www.physorg.com/news176713649.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-06T07:08:11-07:00 GPS navigation is morphing from a cool luxury to just one more thing you expect out of a decent smart phone. But different phones approach the issue in different ways. http://www.physorg.com/news176643094.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-05T13:40:03-07:00 Bigger, better and faster is what you get from the new Verbatim SureFire portable hard drive. http://www.physorg.com/news176623420.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-05T06:20:02-07:00 (AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications. http://www.physorg.com/news176579615.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-04T17:54:27-07:00 The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades ago. http://www.physorg.com/news176566512.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-04T14:30:01-07:00 (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high. http://www.physorg.com/news176545206.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-04T08:21:08-07:00 US smartphone buyers can't wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore. http://www.physorg.com/news176486383.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-03T21:00:01-07:00 (AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component. You could experiment with new ways of controlling some computers. And you'll see portable PCs slimming down. http://www.physorg.com/news176309142.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-11-01T14:46:18-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ericsson has produced a prototype of a portable computer that projects the screen and keyboard, and a mock-up of a "spider" computer that will be small enough to carry in a pocket. http://www.physorg.com/news176112369.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-30T10:40:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed to interpret foreign languages and project a translation onto the retina, making it possible to have a conversation without an interpreter. Brother's device will project images of documents, allowing the wearer to read them in complete privacy. http://www.physorg.com/news176111763.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-30T08:56:53-07:00 (AP) -- Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models. http://www.physorg.com/news176098623.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-30T05:20:25-07:00 Product: Garmin Nuvifone G60, sold by AT&T http://www.physorg.com/news176061583.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-29T19:30:03-07:00 This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the Jacob Javits center in New York City. http://www.physorg.com/news175978293.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-28T20:30:01-07:00 Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices. http://www.physorg.com/news175954530.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-28T13:16:08-07:00 (AP) -- When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at random. http://www.physorg.com/news175953960.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-28T13:07:05-07:00 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless' answer to the iPhone - the Droid - will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. http://www.physorg.com/news175946292.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-28T10:58:49-07:00 At a Shanghai electronics market, row after row of iPhones -- real and fake -- are on display, as vendors cash in ahead of the official launch this week of Apple's trendy smart phone in China. http://www.physorg.com/news175930547.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-28T06:36:45-07:00 Nokia today announced the Nokia 6788, its first device for TD-SCDMA - China's domestic 3G standard, at an event in Beijing. Chinese http://www.physorg.com/news175869938.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-27T14:20:02-07:00 Nintendo Co. will soon launch a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game console in Japan aimed at elderly people, a report said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175842157.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-27T06:40:01-07:00 The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking. http://www.physorg.com/news175842111.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-27T06:02:17-07:00 (AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year. http://www.physorg.com/news175758261.html Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets 2009-10-26T06:45:31-07:00