Tag Archives: Portable

Apple kills a Kickstarter project: Portable power project POP refunding $139170 … – VentureBeat

Posted by on December 21, 2012

Edison Junior, the technology and design lab behind the POP portable power station, is returning the full $ 139,170 in funding it received from Kickstarter backers to develop the device. Unfortunately, Apple has refused to give the project permission to …

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Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with new, free iOS Pong game, custom portable Xbox 360

Posted by on November 30, 2012

Atari’s celebrating 40 years of arcade classic Pong today by releasing … another version of Pong. Pong World is being dubbed “the first-ever official new Pong game on iOS” (despite our search of the App Store dictating the contrary), but …

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JBL freshens its portable speakers with Micro II, Bluetooth-toting Flip and Micro Wireless

Posted by on September 5, 2012

Fresh JBL® Ultra-Portable Speakers Let Music Fans Enjoy a Lively, On-the-Go Performance The JBL Flip, Micro Wireless and Micro II Offer Wireless or Wired Sound in a Compact Case That Can Sit on a Desktop or Be Stowed in a …

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IK Multimedia announces iRig KEYS portable keyboard for iOS devices, ships this fall for $94

Posted by on August 31, 2012

IK Multimedia announces iRig KEYSThe universal portable keyboard controller for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac/PC August 30th, 2012 – IK Multimedia – the leader in mobile music creation accessories for iOS – is proud to announce iRig™ KEYS, the …

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Garmin GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver hit the FCC, get torn down for good measure

Posted by on July 14, 2012

Hasty, no? Merely hours after being announced to the world, Garmin’s GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver have touched down in the FCC’s database. Per usual, that’s a fairly solid indicator that the devices will be available for sale on …

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Apple, Google Just Killed Portable GPS Devices

Posted by on June 12, 2012

Image: Apple If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s crystal clear today. The dedicated portable GPS device is dead, with Apple and Google playing pallbearer to Garmin, Magellan and TomTom. Between last week’s hastily organized Google Maps event, where the search …

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Critic’s Notebook: At Sony, Portable Games Just Got Bigger

Posted by on February 29, 2012

Ubisoft Montpellier Rayman Origins is among those games that can already be played on Sony’s PlayStation Vita. So how’s your pocket budget these days? No, I’m not asking about your financial circumstances. I’m asking, literally, how much space do you …

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