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HP LD4200tm 42-Inch Touch Display Hands-On: Meant For Retail Stores, Still Finger Fun [Hp]

HP is smoking a big touch pipe, and its 42-inch finger friendly LCD is the ultimate rip. Unlike the TouchSmart, it is meant for use as digital signage in a store or for presentations. It’s still really fun to touch.
The 42-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution monitor uses infrared touch technology (just like the TouchSmart 600). [...]

The Competition: HTC HD2 Does What Microsoft Couldn’t?

While reaction to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 release ranged from “yawn” to “yeesh”, one device, not even given the stage, certainly seems to have stolen the show — HTC’s HD2.
Theories on why Microsoft didn’t see fit to show off, indeed highlight, the HD2 range from friction with HTC over their foray into Google’s Android OS, [...]

HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates [Hp]

HP was ahead of the touch game even before Windows 7’s finger friendliness, so it makes sense that the crazy computer maker decided to take after fluffy bunnies and breed lots of touch PCs.
In time for Windows 7’s launch, HP will release three new TouchSmart all-in-ones. The 20-inch TouchSmart 300 and the 23-inch TouchSmart 600 [...]

Your Choice: A Universal Media Tablet or an E-Ink Reader? [Question Of The Day]

E-ink readers are great for book replication, but can’t play back video. A tablet like Microsoft’s Courier or the Apple Tablet may not handle books as well, but can do it all. Which is for you?
All-in-One Media Tablet or E-Ink Book Reader(poll)
[ Source: Gizmodo ]

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T-Mobile sent out an update regarding the first great tragedy of the 21st century (involving Sidekicks): They’re still holding out hope for data recovery, but if they can’t, they’ll show how sorry they are with a $100 credit.
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Windows Vista Was Awesome, Don’t You Remember? [Windows]

The funny thing about Windows Vista is that the vast majority of launch reviews were really positive, just like the current ones for Windows 7, before it turned into an object of deep fear and intense loathing.
Technologizer excavated the reviews from every major publication of the time, and the early reactions are kind of amazing [...]

Microsoft’s Project Pink Probably Killed Off the Sidekick and Itself [Sidekick]

The crazy Sidekick data mess might be the least troubling thing to happen to fans of the platform. The latest rumors, which build off of previous Pink rumors, say that the platform is pretty much dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead.
According to Channelweb, the Premium Mobile Experiences (PMX) team has caused, either by layoffs or by [...]

T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free [Rumor]

T-Mobile’s initial apologia to Sidekick users grieving their lost data was a joke. A month of free data service? To access what? Now they’ve manned up, giving affected customers something they might actually want: A way out of their contracts.
An exasperated tipster who just spent some quality time on the phone with an equally exasperated [...]

How to Turn Off Gizmodo’s NSFW Content (Or Any Other Stuff) [Content Filtering]

We’ve mentioned this a few times before, but with new readers stopping by all the time, these tips get lost in the mix. Regardless, you too can turn off Gizmodo content in our feed, from NSFW to Apple.
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Nokia Booklet 3G Hands On: Nice Netbook, But How Much? [Nokia Booklet 3g]

The Nokia Booklet 3G has touched down on US soil. The cell phone manufacturer’s first laptop is made of sturdy stuff and is mobile broadband/SIM-card friendly. I’d buy one if the price is right. But chances are it’s not.
I’ve got to say for a company that has never made a computer before the Booklet 3G [...]