Moto X Hands On: Forget Specs, This Thing Is Awesome »

Moto X Hands On: Forget Specs, This Thing Is Awesome »:

It's been no secret whatsoever that the Moto X was coming, but now it's finally here. It's the first cross-carrier hero phone out of Motorola since it was taken under Google's wing. We just spent a little while loving it up, and here are our first impressions.
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How the Moto X Compares to the Competition »

How the Moto X Compares to the Competition »:
After essentially leaking every spec possibly imaginable, the fruit of Motorola's Google-ized loins is finally here. And just as promised, it's a colorful, smooth beauty to behold. Which is great, but the real test comes with what it's packing under the hood. Can the Moto X keep up with the smartphone market's toughest competitors?
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UPS starts 3D printing things so you don’t have to »

UPS starts 3D printing things so you don’t have to »:
3D printing looks to have a very promising future, but at the moment the costs remain prohibitively high to purchase a printer for your home or small business. International shipping giant UPS has realized…

Best selling pico-projector update (August 2013) »

Best selling pico-projector update (August 2013) »:
Here's our monthly best-selling pico-projectors list for the beginning of August 2013. We're using data from Amazon.com, which seems to be selling the most wide range of pico projectors. This list does not include embedded modules in mobile phones or cameras.

1. 3M MP225a ($104)
2. AAXA P4X ($289)
3. Brookstone HDMI pocket projector ($299)
4. 3M iPhone projector sleeve($91)
5. 3M Roku Streaming Projector ($219)
6. Optoma PK320 ($369)
7. AAXA P2 Jr. ($201)
8. Brookstone pocket projector for iPhone 4 and 4S devices($120)
9. Aaxa P3 ($244) 
10. SVP PPP-03 ($89.99)

3M slashes the price of the MP225a pico projector to $104 »

3M slashes the price of the MP225a pico projector to $104 »:
3M slashed the price of the MP225a pico projector, from $190 to just $104. This helped it become the top-selling pico-projector on Amazon. The MP225a is a pico projector aimed towards iPhone, iPod and iPad owners - it includes cable for most Apple devices (VGA and Composite cables are optional). The projector offers SVGA (800x600) resolution at 32 lumens. This is a stand alone projector with no media player on board.

New iPad mini to use iPhone 5 processor, but no Retina Display »

New iPad mini to use iPhone 5 processor, but no Retina Display »:
Anyone hoping for a Retina Display to form part of the next generation iPad mini is going to be disappointed, but you can expect a much faster tablet from Apple. Three new iPad…

Apple confirmed to be testing new iPad mini model without Retina display »

Apple confirmed to be testing new iPad mini model without Retina display »:
You know that fantastic sounding next-generation Kindle Fire HD with a high-resolution display Amazon is cooking up? And the new high-res Nexus 7 that Google just debuted? As some had suspected, it looks like these new slates might not have any bite-sized high-resolution competition from Apple this year. According to information buried in iOS 7 beta 4 code uncovered by a source speaking with 9to5Mac, Apple is indeed testing a new iPad mini model that features a faster A6 processor but no Retina display. This is likely just one of many iPad mini models Apple is testing of course, but multiple earlier reports claiming a low-resolution second-generation iPad mini would launch in 2013 ahead of a new Retina model next year suggest this new Retinaless model could in fact be Apple's next iPad mini. A screenshot of some of the iOS 7 beta 4 code in question follows below.

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