WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video)

WowWee's AppGear turns toys into smartphone 'appcessories' (video) - WowWee, the company best known for its endless supply of adorable robot toys, is kicking off 2012 with something a little more virtual than visceral. AppGear combines actual physical toys with iOS and Android apps, like the launch title Foam Fighters. Each collectible, action figure or playset is paired with its own free, downloadable app that offers an augmented reality game or virtual way to interact with the toys. The line will be launching in "early" 2012, for between $9.99 and $19.99 depending on the particular toy. Six products will be available at launch, including Alien Jailbreak, Zombie Burbs, and Elite Commander which you can check out in the videos below alongside some incredibly vague PR. And we'll be gunning for WowWee booth when we land in Vegas to get some hands-on time with this lineup of AR-toys.

Samsung Infuse 4G on AT&T Review & Specs

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Samsung Infuse 4G on AT&T just sounded too big. Ridiculously big. Some 4.5 inches big. If you don’t count the Dell Streak as a smartphone (and we don’t, really), it’s the biggest damn Android device that’s intended to be occasionally used upside your head to make phone calls.
But we’ll clue you in on a little secret: It’s not too big. No, really. We’ve spent the last week or so with the Infuse and have found ourselves thoroughly surprised by just how usable a 4-and-a-half-inch phone can be.

That’s not to say the Infuse is without its quirks. But we put it through its paces the best way we know how — in the field, on the road, and in our hands at the Google IO developer conference.
So how’d it hold up? Read on for our complete review.

There’s no denying it, the Infuse 4G is big. But it’s also thin. And that makes all the difference here. Put it next to, say, the 4.3-inch HTC ThunderBolt, and the differences are pretty apparent. The Infuse is a tall 5.2 inches, and it’s wide at 2.8 inches, but it’s a mere 0.35 inches thick. And that’s the ball game, folks. That and it weighs 4.9 ounces. It’s tall, but it’s thin and light. It’s wiry.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 to get Android 2.1 update next month

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Sony Ericsson has confirmed its users via twitter that they are working on Android 2.1 Éclair update  for Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and it will start rolling out before the end of September 2010. Previously news about the update circulated back in May, that XEPERIA 10 will get Android update in the fourth quarter of on-going year. Currently this device is running on Android 1.6 but after getting Android 2.1 update it will bring various enhancements to the device.

Sony Ericsson has not mentioned anything whether the AT&T XPERIA X10 will get the update or not. The Android 2.1 update is going to work as a bridge until Android 2.2 Froyo update is available. It is expected that Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini and X10 mini pro will also get the Android 2.1 update at the same time.