TaylorMade R11 Driver $400; taylormadegolf.com Gregor Halenda Missing the fairway is inexcusable now For decades, pro golfers have customized their clubs to help them straighten shots. TaylorMade’s new R11 driver lets amateurs tweak their club in seconds and more accurately adjust shots than with previous models. the company’s last driver had a moveable shaft to [...]
Testing the Goods: HTC’s Inspire 4G* (And That’s a Huge Asterisk)
HTC Inspire 4G, Front Dan Nosowitz Buyer beware: The Inspire 4G was never a 4G phone for me The HTC Inspire 4G is part of a new effort on AT&T’s part to pad out their lineup with some top-flight smartphones, a smart move now that the iPhone is no longer exclusively theirs. What’s especially notable [...]
PopSci’s Guide to The Best New Kids’ Toys for Adults
MindFlex Duel Mattel From Toy Fair 2011, a dozen amusements for grown-ups This time every year, PopSci spends a couple of enjoyable days scouting out the blinkingest, fastest, smartest, most glee-inducing new toys around. Toys, though, ain’t just kids’ stuff. Here are a dozen new tech-savvy toys even grown-ups can love. http://www.popsci.com
Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Vintage Guide to Christmas Past
November 1954 Our favorite gift guides, DIY decorations, and illustrated Santa Clauses from the past 138 holiday seasons If there’s one thing our archives will attest to, it’s that times change, but the holiday spirit remains constant. For 138 years, the most wonderful time of the year arrived without fail, whether we were at war, [...]
New Google Maps for Android: Faster Loading, 3-D Renderings, and Offline Functionality
The New 3-D View from Google Maps 5.0 for Android Image via Gizmodo The wrapper just came off Google’s newest version of Maps for Android (launching soon), and it looks pretty slick. Separating the refreshed Maps 5.0 for Android from its predecessor: faster map loading, an iPhone-like function that spins the map according to the [...]
Sony A55 Named PopPhoto’s Camera of the Year
Let your breaths out: Popular Photography has finally named its Camera of the Year. The winner is the fascinating, powerful hybrid Sony A55. Read the full review and see why the editors were unanimous in their choice of the innovator. http://www.popsci.com
Testing The Best: A Weekend With Mobilegs Crutches
Thanks, space-crutches! When I came into the office hobbling like Igor last week, thanks to a Muay Thai-related sprained ankle, any regular boss would’ve just offered a “get well soon.” Instead, my boss tells me we have some high-tech, ergonomically designed crutches left from Best of What’s New, and won’t I please take them for [...]
First Google TV Box Gets a Name (Logitech Revue) and a Price (High)
Logitech’s Google TV device, the first of its kind, offers lots more than Apple TV. But is it worth the price? Logitech just announced the very first Google TV box, to be called the Revue. With video calling, a full QWERTY remote, and lots of apps, it’s much more capable than the Apple TV (which [...]
The First Glasses-Free 3DTVs Are Coming This Year
Toshiba Glasses-Free 3DTV (20-Inch) Toshiba A recent study found that consumers actually become less interested in 3DTV at home after trying it, due in part to the lack of 3D content and the high price of 3DTVs, but also to the problem of having to wear those dumb glasses all the time. The lack of [...]
What’s Truly New in iPhone 4
Apps on iPhone 4 Apple, through powers of both good and evil, always finds a way to captivate like no other with their new product launches. But in unveiling the iPhone 4 today, they had an unfamiliar challenge to deal with: a world that has already seen in great detail the new product they were [...]
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