Lenovo launches IdeaTab S2005 (aka LePad S2005), a 5-inch Gingerbread tabletphone

You may recall that last week we had a cheeky peek at Lenovo’s upcoming tabletphone, and now our brethren at Engadget Chinese are actually touching one in Beijing! Dubbed the IdeaTab S2005 aka LePad S2005 in China, this Android 2.3.5 slate packs a 5-inch 800 x 480 LTPS display with 178-degree viewing

iTether app skirts carrier tethering plans, sets up shop in iOS App Store

Ready to share your iPhone’s data plan with your laptop without springing for the requisite tethering plan? No, it’s not another brightly colored, data smuggling easter egg, it’s iTether, a USB tethering app that has apparently made its way through Apple’s approval process. The data sharing newcomer

DAP Tech M9010 hits the FCC packed with radios, shows them off in epic teardown

The M9010 from DAP Tech may only be running Windows Embedded Standard 7 on a rather miserly 1.3GHz Atom, but it’s got more communication options than you can shake a stylus at. There’s a Gobi 3000 chip for connecting via both EVDO and HSPA, GPS, 802.11 a/b/g/n, Zigbee, Wireless USB and Bluetooth, not

Games coming back to Android Market in South Korea

Google has just announced that its bringing back games to the Android Market in South Korea. The decision follows Apple’s re-introduction of iOS platform games earlier this mont,h and comes because South Korea has changed its policy regarding mobile applications. Until recently, the South Korean

US leading way in LTE smartphone subscribers, facing competition in Asia

What’s up, fellow Americans. We’ve officially taken the early lead in LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphone subscribers, according to a new study by TeleGeography. Although, it really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, given that the first inaugural wave of LTE 4G deployments took

Apple’s founding contract signed by Jobs & Wozniak could fetch $150,000 in auction

Reports from Bloomberg have come in that auction house Sotheby’s is gearing up to auction off the original three-page contract among Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne that established Apple Computer Co. on April 1st, 1976. The document, which will be one of Sotheby’s highlights, is

Nintendo looks to keep you warm, bundled even, with two more 3DS packages

So you’ve got a few folks on your holiday shopping list that just aren’t Zelda fans. You can still spring for some Nintendo hardware with two more bundles due out December 4th. Inside, you’ll find a pink Nintendo 3DS paired with your choice of nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog and New Friends or nintendogs

Venezuela’s Chávez Hacks Critics’ Twitter Accounts – With Cuba’s Help

Despite his reputation as a darling of the Left for his anti-American rhetoric, Venezuela’s strongman Hugo Chávez is known by many in his country as a dedicated suppressor of free speech. An article in the International Herald Tribune today by Francisco Toro spells out the lengths Chávez has gone to

Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSHD official, test videos released

The folks at Seagate have announced the 3rd generation unit in their Momentus solid state hybrid drive line, here in the Momentus XT 750GB – as large as an HDD and as fast as an SSD, and at one tenth the price. This newest unit comes with 750GB of space, SLC NAND at 8GB, and

iPhone 4 combusts spontaneously aboard Australian flight

Well, this is one of those unexpected, crazy stories about consumer electronics gone wild again. An iPhone 4 began spontaneously smoking and emitting a red glow while aboard an Australian airplane, specifically, the Regional Express flight ZL319, flying to its destination of Sydney. According to the