http://worldtechmag.com Your daily tech Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems almost too good to be true, but it looks like the era of usable Gmail integration on BlackBerry might finally be upon us. CrackBerry is citing information that BIS 3.0 will be rolled out to North American customers in the wee hours of Sunday, March 28, when most ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/bis-30-coming-to-north-american-blackberry-users-next-weekend/ Three mobile phone platforms struggle for dominance in the real world (the Real World) and in the Engadget Podcast (the Fake World). Hosts: Josh Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller Ultra-special Guest: Chris Ziegler Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Castor - Green Hill Zone Hear the podcast 00:01:57 - Windows Phone 7 Series: ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/engadget-podcast-188-03202010/ It's no Pine Trail when it comes to power consumption, but AMD's Congo platform is no slouch, either. TestFreaks recently received the Congo-powered MSI Wind12-U230 for review, and discovered that its dual-core Athlon X2 L335 CPU and speedy Seagate drive made neat work of last year's Atom netbooks, including the ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/msi-wind12-u230-unboxed-and-benchmarked-trounces-netbooks-of-yesteryear/ Keep your eyes tuned to this post -- because at 5:00 PM ET, we'll be starting The Engadget Show live, with Nicholas Negroponte of the MIT Media Lab and OLPC Project, Dr. Richard Marks showing off Sony's PlayStation Move, commentary from Joystiq editor Chris Grant, plus much, much, more! You ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/the-engadget-show-live-with-nicholas-negroponte-playstation-move-and-joystiqs-chris-grant/ If you recall, about a month ago Sprint tweeted that it was working on delivering Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in early Q2 this year. An optimistic guess would be April, right? Funnily enough, Techie Buzz has heard that two eager customers managed to squeeze ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/sprint-to-release-android-21-update-for-hero-and-moment-over-the-coming-weeks/ If you've been following the news about Microsoft's reinvention of its mobile presence, Windows Phone 7 Series, chances are you heard about how the company's developer-friendly emulator was... modified slightly by Dan Ardelean to expose a series of applications and hubs that you weren't supposed to see yet. Microsoft ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/taking-the-windows-phone-7-series-emulator-for-a-test-drive-video/ Something big is coming March 23rd, and like a good used car salesman, SanDisk has rolled out an inflatable superhero in its honor. What could it be? We honestly have no idea. SanDisk has already introduced 64GB SDXC cards and the G3 SSD, condensed commercial FM into sugary syrup with ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/something-big-coming-from-sandisk-complete-with-cape/ How many scientists does it take to properly install a lightbulb? When that lightbulb is an implant that stimulates retinal photoreceptors to restore one's sight, quite a few -- even if they disagree whether said implant should be placed on top of the retina (requiring glasses to supply power ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/subretinal-implant-successfully-tested-on-humans-makes-blind-narrowly-see/ It took a little longer than expected, but the first major docking solution to transform ones iPod touch into a full fledged navigating machine is now shipping directly from Apple. Dual Electronics' XGPS300 was originally announced way back in November of last year, and after a minor hiccup in January, ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/dual-electronics-ipod-touch-gps-dock-ships-at-long-last/ Microsoft's not going to allow HTC to cover Windows Phone 7 Series with its Sense UI overlay (which is going to be an interesting thing to watch in and of itself), but there's no question that the homegrown user interface has made a-many Windows Mobile phones look and feel a ... http://worldtechmag.com/2010/03/how-would-you-change-htcs-sense/