Venezuelan President Threatens To Nationalize Toyota

Can you believe this crazy guy!! Taking over a car company and selling it off to another? Oh Wait isn't that what our President did with Chrysler and Fiat?? Check out the article via edmunds.com

via Inside Line Automotive News on 12/28/09

President Hugo Chavez says government could take over Toyota's local plant and turn it over to a Chinese company if his demands aren't met.

Microsoft’s Project Natal gets detailed and tests our patience with launch date

Wow NOW this is cool check out where Microsoft is taking the xbox courtesy of the Boy Genius Report:

Microsoft’s Project Natal gets detailed and tests our patience with launch date

via Boy Genius Report by Marc Flores on 11/12/09

When we first heard of Microsoft's Project Natal, our immediate thoughts were about public availability. Sadly, it looks like this hot new hardware is going to marinate for another year before it becomes available to the public in November 2010. Microsoft's plan is to release the camera unit, which registers body movement so that you are the controller, along with 14 games ready to go. The camera is rumored to cost somewhere between $50 to $80 (and it might actually include those 14 games for that price), which isn't bad for what Microsoft is trying to accomplish — impulse buys. Why is it going to take so long to release a product that has already been demoed at E3? Well, the 14 compatible games are still being developed and Microsoft is trying to crank out 5 million camera units for launch. And just like refreshing gadgets with new color options, additional hardware and new ways to interface with games will keep the Xbox 360 from becoming outdated any time soon. Hit the jump for a demo ad.

Don't ger ripped off

I get quite a bit of phone calls from friends regarding car repairs. One of the most common questions I get asked is how much a car repair should cost. This is a really important question to ask because believe it or not quite a number of shops out there will try to get the more out of you than they should. Well you can now tell them to screw off!! Before you agree to a repair go to: http://www.repairpal.com/ there you can put in your car's information and what repair it needs and the site will give you a price range. I highly recommend everyone use this free service.

The coolest alarm clock ever

1saleaday.com is selling the coolest alarm clock ever check it out:
Today's Product - 10/28/2009

via 1saleaday.com on 10/27/09

[Flying Alarm Clock] Flying Alarm Clock - To Turn Off You Have To Get Up - PI-722

Trouble getting up in the mornings This will do the trick! When the alarm sounds the propeller is launched up into the air & flies around the room. To turn off the alarm you'll have to get up, find it & return it to the base. With the large easy to read back-lit display you'll always know what time it is and with the easy to set Snooze function you can catch those last few minutes of sleep. This Flying Alarm Clock is perfect for college

Condition NEW Manufacture ID: PI-722 Easy to set & Snooze function LCD Display has day of the week (Sun. - Sat.) displays Seconds, Displays AM or PM Alarm sound is of an airplane taking off & landing Large Alarm icon on display when alarm is set. Backlight is very bright, the entire display lights up in a very bright blue. 2 demo buttons - 1 for the motorized propeller & sound & 1 just for the sound The clock also has a count-up timer mode.

The cell phone king is back

When the latest iPhone was introduced many people claimed that Apple is the new King of the Hill in the mobile world and that long time Giant Nokia was a has been only able to compete in the low end market. While granted some of Nokia's high end options fell short of other smart-phone platforms name the iPhone especially when it comes to the wow factor that is now changing. Check out this video for the latest offering from Nokia the N900. Initially everyone thought the N900 would follow in the steps of the N800 and N810 in the sense of being an internet table only without phone capability but everyone was wrong.

Self parking

Lets be honest parking in a big city is a huge pain, usually you have to parallel park and the spots tend to be very tight especially when you have a big car. When Lexus released the new LS sedan a couple of years ago they added a self parking feature to it which was great but the price of the car is out of reach for most people. So Ford did what their founder Henry Ford pioneered make things affordable for the masses. Ford came up with their own self parking system it is now available in the Lincoln MKS and will soon be available in the MKT an MKX as well as the Taurus, Flex, and Edge. And Ford has every intention of bringing the technology to all their cars soon.

We wanted proof that an American car company can build a High Tech, High Quality, reliable car that was also affordable and Ford is doing it, actually they have been doing that for a few years. And best of all they did it the old fashioned way Without Tax Money. Check out the Self park System in action via thestreet.com

Palm Pre now $99 at Best Buy

Now this is a deal if You're willing to look past the shoddy build quality and the miserable battery life then this is for you brought to you Via the Boy Genius Report

Palm Pre now $99 at Best Buy

via Boy Genius Report by Michael Bettiol on 7/26/09

Likely because a) sufficient funds have been obtained from early adopters, and b) the dirt cheap $99 iPhone 3G is making it hard for people to switch to something new, Best Buy has lowered the price of the Palm Pre to $99.99 for those who purchase it on contract, a savings of $100. What's more is that that pesky $100 mail-in rebate won't have to be dealt with as Best Buy already has you covered where that's concerned. But back to that $99.99 price tag. So far there is nothing to indicate that this new price-point is going to remain permanent, but for the sake of everyone involved we certainly hope that a $99.99 Pre is the new norm.

HTC Brings WiFi Tethering to Windows Phone

You know its no secret that Windows Mobile has its share of quirks and irritations but every now and then a new app comes out that just makes you realize that some things are worth it. Like this new app:

HTC Brings WiFi Tethering to Windows Phone

via pocketnow.com by Chuong Nguyen on 7/21/09

We've been loving WMWiFiRouter, which is a $30 piece of software that creates an ad-hoc wireless network and allows you to tether your computer using your Windows Phone's internet connection. However, word that a new HTC-developed WiFi sharing app will not only make WMWiFiRouter seem expensive, but also obsolete.

The CAB installer is available at XDA-Developers. One note: the app installs but doesn't create a shortcut. You'll have to locate the file using File Explorer or a third party file manager software and create your own shortcut. The app is accessed under: \windows\CMInternetsharing.exe

(via: WMPowerUser)

HTC Leo gets spec’d; mmmmm, Snapdragon

Take that Apple!! from the Boy Genius Report

HTC Leo gets spec’d; mmmmm, Snapdragon

via Boy Genius Report by Zach Epstein on 7/22/09

Earlier this week we reported some rumored details of the upcoming HTC Leo and today it looks like things are now getting flushed out a bit. Actually, it looks like the Leo may turn out the be the HTC Firestone we first saw back in January. While all this is still in the rumor phase of course, we can't help but get a little giddy each and every time we see mention of Qualcomm's 1GHz beast of a processor.So behold — the kind of, maybe, sort of, possible specs for the HTC Leo/Firestone:

• Quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity
• Dual-band HSDPA connectivity (900/2100 MHz)
• 4.3-inch WVGA (480 x 800) capacitive touchscreen display
• Windows Mobile 6.5
• Qualcomm 1GHz MSM 8250 Snapdragon processor
• Wi-Fi
• GPS, A-GPS
• Accelerometer
• Light & proximity sensors
• 3.5mm headset jack
• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with dual LED flash
• 512MB flash memory, 320MB RAM
• MicroSD card support
• 1230 mAh battery
• 121 x 67 x 11 millimeters

Mmmm, Windows Mobile 6.5 with a giant capacitive WVGA touchscreen and a Snapdragon processor. Yeah, we want it.

[Via wmpoweruser]

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Opera Mobile 9.7 for Windows Mobile Beats out iPhone 3GS Safari Browser in Spe

Sorry iPhone boys it looks like Windows Mobile is still king:

From Pocketnow.com

Opera Mobile 9.7 for Windows Mobile Beats out iPhone 3GS Safari Browser in Spe

via pocketnow.com by Chuong Nguyen on 7/20/09

Opera Mobile 9.7 with Turbo is super fast. How fast, you ask? Well, according to @palmsolo (Matthew Miller) on Twitter, it even beats out the iPhone 3GS Mobile Safari in speed tests:

Wow, Opera Mobile 9.7 beta with Turbo even beats out the super iPhone 3GS in WiFi browser speeds

Early comparisons of the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre put the Pre and the iPhone 3G browsers at the same speed, with the new iPhone 3GS and Open GL rendering even faster, though neither the Pre nor the 3G were slouches.

The latest ZDNet speed tests utilizing browsers from Android's T-Mobile G1, a number of Symbian S60 devices from Nokia, the iPhone 3G, the new 3GS, and the Pharos Traveler 137 with Opera Mobile 9.7 with Turbo shows that the Windows Mobile Pharos edges out the iPhone 3GS in browser rendering, beating the Apple smartphone on a majority of the tests. The tests measured rendering on a variety of different sites.

(via: ZDNet)