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Looks like the 3G version isn’t very different from the non-3G version. The old jailbreak method should work… but back up your blobs.

"Robiwan Kenobi" dashed together this precious little Swiss Army knife that really works, insofar as the bits actually flip out. I am tepid on Bionicle parts in general, but this is just fine by me. [via Brothers-Brick] More »



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Twitter had committed to rolling its own client for Android not long ago -- and like clockwork, here it is. Looks like the OS integration goes pretty deep, too, with support for Éclair's Quick Contact bar and tweeting straight from the Gallery app; you've also got a timeline widget for your home screen, and you can even see your friends' latest tweets from your contact list and the Google Talk app. It sounds like Twitter worked pretty closely with Google to make this happen, contributing the code to Android's trunk for open sourcing in the near future -- and developers will even have access to a set of standard Twitter APIs for their own applications. The only downside appears to be that you need Android 2.1 to use it, but that's just an excuse to run out and upgrade to a sweet new phone, right?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Official Twitter for Android app goes live, will be included in the platform going forward originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading LG Ally to say 'aloha' to Verizon in mid-May?

LG Ally to say 'aloha' to Verizon in mid-May? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Got an old laptop or a netbook without backlit keys? So inconvenient! How did we get by for 20 years without them? If they’re truly indispensable to you, there are a number of hacks you can undertake, but wiring power and lighting and all that can get mighty complicated, and of course every laptop is different. But if you’re slightly less scrupulous about your methods… these stickers ought to do the trick.

I know, I know. Pretty weak… but they’re no worse than the keys you already have, and under the right circumstances they might be a little better. I do have to say, though, if you have light around to “charge” the keys, why are you typing in the dark? Not quite as nonsensical as the submarine screen door and other inventions, but all things considered, actual backlighting is probably the superior option.

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HP buying Palm made some waves, but it's got nothing on the other big tech deals we've spotted on the horizon: More »



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Five years ago, stuffing a fully-functional WiFi radio into the size of a standard SD card would've seemed like science fiction -- and actually, it kind of still does. Be that as it may, Eye-Fi is now well into its third generation of products, amazingly, and we've gotten a chance to check out the company's newest top-of-the-line model that just recently started shipping, the Pro X2. Like the original Pro model before it, the Pro X2 is differentiated from its less pricey stablemates in two major ways: one, its support for RAW uploads, and two, its ability to connect to ad-hoc networks -- in other words, you can wirelessly tether the card straight to your laptop rather than going through an access point. Where the Pro X2 gets the nod, though, is in what Eye-Fi calls the "X2 Engine," a three-pack of features that includes 802.11n support, Class 6 SD performance, and a nifty feature coined Endless Memory. Let's have a closer look at what's changed -- and for current Pro owners, whether the X2 warrants an upgrade.

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Eye-Fi Pro X2 review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, this didn't take long: According to the Dev Team, the iPad 3G is just as easy to jailbreak as the Wi-Fi-only iPad. And they've got the video to prove it. [Dev Team—Thanks, Beatrice!] More »



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While Avatar was technically impeccable, we have already said that 3D is Hollywood's next big scam. Film critic, Russ Meyer devotee (amen), and overall good guy Roger Ebert agrees. And he provides a definitive list of reasons: More »



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