The Korean consumer electronics giant has a new tablet in the works that it says will outperform Apples iPad with PC-class power and desktop connectivity features. According to an exclusive APCMag report, Samsungs yet unnamed device will sport the kind of hardware associated with PCs rather than portable devices. Philip Newton, an engineer with Samsung Australia’s

WiMAX stands for "Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access,`and is a tellecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes. These modes can include point-to-multipoint links, to portable and fully mobile internet access. The technology provides up to 10Mbps broadband speed, with no need for cables. As an aside, the name &q...

TomTom, one of the market leaders in Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs) has released a new version of their iPhone app that turns the iPhone into a turn-by-turn GPS device with voice navigation. TomTom iPhone app (version 1.3) finally gets real time traffic updates, which was one of the most requested...

Ninety-quid NanoNote runs Doom, Quake The NanoNote is a £90 portable computer, sporting open source hardware and software, but no wireless and little more than a Vi editor in the way of applications.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from hybrid vehicles to portable electronics. Click here for more.

A wieldy spider will be crawling on the wall! Don’t cloy on as this one has cropped up to help. Breffo has recently slid the covers off a new portable dock and podium, the Spiderpodium, for iPhone users. Designed with today’s portable handheld consumer products in mind, the portable Spiderpodium is a universal, multi-purpose, gadget grip,

Plastic Logic, whose Que e-reader will be aimed primarily at business travelers and others looking for an ultra-portable way to carry documents, announced through an e-mail to customers that shipments of the Que will be delayed until summer. Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta reportedly cited the need to fine-tune the device and improve the overall experience as the reasons behind the delay. The ...

Roman Loyola takes a look at portable hard drives from LaCie, MXI Security, Western Digital, and Buffalo.

Martin Cooper, while working for Motorola (NYSE: MOT), invented the first portable (as in you could carry it with you) mobile phone. In the video below he spends a little over half an hour and talks about spectral efficiency, explains how mobile phone networks work, what causes congestion, how to solve congestion, and the FCCs

Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Video, Portable Video, Communications, Mobile, Computers, Mobile Computers, Netbooks At 8:30 this morning, Apple is expected to give the iPad an advantage the iPhone never saw, pre-order.  In fact, the Apple Store is down right now.  By allowing pre-orders, is Apple cashing in on the buzz or setting itself up for failure? Apple is taking pre-orders for iPa...