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Garmin’s Connected Nuvi 1690 and Browser

Garmin already had a little fun at CeBIT this year, but it looks as if the PND maker is gearing up for quite a thrilling IFA, too. For starters, we've confirmed that the nüvi 1690 you've seen floating about is legitimate, and if Garmin prices those connected services right (read: gives them away), it stands a chance of being a real winner. Slated to launch on September 3rd just as IFA kicks off, the 1690 will pack a 4.3-inch WVGA display, North American maps, text-to-speech, Bluetooth...

Microsoft’s LifeCam Cinema HD webcam

For when the world needs to see with pristine detail your cat playing inside a paper bag in the middle of the kitchen, or every blemish on your face as you regale the exciting story of your day, Microsoft's unveiled the LifeCam Cinema HD webcam. The USB 2.0 device captures life in 1,280 x 720 HD resolution at 30 frames per second, with auto focus, 4x digital zoom, a noise-canceling mic on top, and something called ClearFrame for smoother video, somehow. It's not without caveats, of course,...

AMD Claims As The Leader Graphics Market Share

AMD today announced that according to the latest industry data, notebook manufacturers have chosen ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) Premium graphics processors to drive more than half of today's discrete graphics notebooks. The data for mobile discrete graphics reveals a 36.5% market share gain, and 87.27% more units sold quarter-over-quarter through the first six months of 2009.(1 )AMD now holds the "Number 1" position with an overall 53% mobile discrete market share. The incredible momentum behind ATI...

Gadgets Today

Available gadgets features the debut of Sprint's green phone. That's green as in eco-friendly, you can have it in blue if you want. Sprint's eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim went up for sale yesterday. In essence, it's a dumbphone that's made out of corn. That may not sound like much, but if you're looking for a full QWERTY phone to just send texts and make calls, you could do worse. John's initial impressions indicate that the Reclaim handles basic functions well, and the green design will let...

Samsung launches TouchWiz SDK

Now that Samsung's standardized on the TouchWiz interface across its entire touchscreen line dumbphone and smartphone alike they've created a fertile playground that offers developers the opportunity to reach a good chunk of the world's second largest phone manufacturer's devices. A dedicated software development kit for TouchWiz is now available direct from Samsung, and since your average code monkey doesn't necessarily have access to fifteen different phones running multiple versions of...