9:55AM PST: That’s it! We are done for today’s keynote! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s keynote though. 9:52AM PST: Google’s showing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition. 1GHz dual-core CPU, 32GB onboard, 1GB of RAM, and Android 3.0. It’s launching in a month, and everyone here at Google I/O 2011 is getting one! 9:47AM PST: Project Tungsten is being introduced by Google. Music Beta by Google is used to demo with this project. 9:43AM PST: Android at Home is the new vision, making your Android device the “center” of your life. Discover, connect and communication with devices in the home. 9:41AM PST: Whoa, some seriously crazy stuff… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Here it comes again: the annual Google I/O event on May 10th and 11th, and we expect Google to make a whole slew of announcements during the two-day event. For those of you who have no idea what Google I/O is, it’s a conference which brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content. Google I/O focuses on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications using Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. Here at Gear Diary, we’ll be bringing you exclusive on-site coverage with the latest announcements. Here’s what to expect: Android - Android will clearly get a big Continue reading on Gear Diary …

On Tuesday, March 23rd, Starbucks will offer a pastry item for free with the purchase of any handcrafted beverage. The free pastry event is to take place at participating U.S. Starbucks stores from store opening until 10:30 am. To qualify for the free pastry, purchase a handcrafted beverage at a participating Starbucks location and present the invitation which can be found and printed off from the Starbucks Blog. The invitation can also be shown to a barista from a hand-held mobile device. Limit one free pastry per customer.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Be.ez (be easy), a French brand that designs stylish accessories for the mobile lifestyle, announced a new addition to their popular line of protection sleeves for netbooks – LA robe Netbook 11.6. This netbook sleeve is nicely made with a very thick shock absorbing material, and it’s available in 2 different colors — Black & White and Red Kiss. So, how good is this sleeve in doing its job, protecting your precious netbook? Read on to find out! Features:- Low Resilience Polyurethane (LRPu) Technology Robe protection Thickness 5MM Trendy, Unique Design Inner Lip for maximum protection Stand alone or in your bag No more scratches for your Netbook Continue reading on Gear Diary …

SKTools, a popular system maintenance suite for Windows Mobile, has been updated to version 4.5.1.4. This update brings a new tool to SKTools, File Explorer. The newly implemented tool brings lots of functionality features such as Copy, Move, Rename and Delete as file operations, preview for certain file types, change attributes, create shortcuts, etc. Here’s the list of the latest changes: TuneUP!: added tweak “Enable/Disable Call Record menu item” (WM6.5+) “File Explorer”: set/clear file attributes for current item extendent tweaks definitions file format 4.4 -> 4.5 compatibility fixes I have been using SKTools for as long as I could remember, and dare I say, it is one of the best system… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Mamiya, manufacturer of professional medium format cameras, lenses and accessories, has just announced the latest addition to their lineup of professional large-sensor DSLRs, the DM40. Featuring a resolution of 40 megapixels with a peak capture rate of .8 seconds per frame and a sustained capture rate of 60 frames per minute, the Mamiya DM40 is the industry’s fastest large-sensor DSLR. The heart of the DM40 system is the new “DF” camera-core technology, developed by Mamiya, featuring two user-selectable shutter systems: leaf or Continue reading on Gear Diary …

photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Starting next month, we’ll be bringing the Dear Gear Diary series. Each week, we will be picking out an email or two sent in by our readers, and then posting them with our answers. With this series we hope that we will be able to help out with your gadget-related questions. We have a large group of writers with very different backgrounds, and we are confident that someone here will be able to help with just about any tech or gadget-use questions you… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Logitech G27 racing wheel is the follow up to Logitech’s wonderful G25 racing wheel that came out a few years back. It is developed mainly for the hardcore gamers who love to experience every bit of the game, and play it in true sense. It is designed to provide the best racing experience to the PlayStation gaming station users and PC gamers. Having used the G25 in the past, I would say I am a very happy owner of the fantastic G25 racing wheel made by Logitech. The G27 racing wheel from Logitech is everything a racing simulation fan would ever want; leather-clad steering wheel, two motors for force feedback, manual gearbox, with clutch pedal. I would like to thank Logitech as they are kind enough to provide me with a review unit of the G27. A full review is scheduled within the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, I would like to share these unboxing photos with you racing simulation fans out there! Take a look!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Our February 2010 Monthly Software Giveaway has recently ended. I would like to thank all our Gear Diary readers out there for participating. Don’t be disappointed if you didn’t win this round because there are more goodies to come every month! Here are the winners for each category: Windows Mobile – lamjv, uzziah0, melvynadam iPhone/iPod Touch – andreasr2d2, breley, ryanwelch Winners will be receiving a copy of Pocket Informant courtesy of WebIS. Congratulations to our winners! P/S: Winners have been notified through email. Please check your spam mails if you have not received anything. … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Mobile World Congress 2010 kicks off with Microsoft officially unveiling a whole new operating system for Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7 Series. How crazy is that? I am sure we all are excited to actually see a hands on demo video, and the folks over at MSDN has one! The 22-minute video walks us through every new features from the fresh OS for Windows Phone. It looks pretty awesome. Take a look for yourself. Source: MSDN Continue reading on Gear Diary …

You still have a chance to win this month’s software giveaway by WebIS! A total of 9 copies of Pocket Informant (3 for each category) will be up for grabs! And it will be ending today, February 15th, 2010 at 11.59pm CST. To be entered for drawing, simply post a comment telling us how Pocket Informant will change your daily task management. Don’t forget to mention which platform would you like to be entered for drawing. This is a really good chance to try to get your hands on Pocket Informant by WebIS. Good luck!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Howdy! Guess what time it is again! Yes, it’s Gear Diary’s Monthly Software Giveaway. This month, we have an amazing application for all our loyal readers. Before I announce the application up for grab for this month’s giveaway, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsor, WebIS, for providing us with this wonderful application for all 3 platforms (Windows Mobile, iPhone & BlackBerry)! Without further ado, this month’s software giveaway is WebIS’s best selling application, Pocket Informant! Pocket Informant lets you manage your life in the easiest most versatile life management program on any mobile device! Use Pocket Informant’s exclusive Roles system to scale the interface to your needs and… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

PocketShield is an intelligent screen locker. It completely locks the screen and hardware keys when phone wakes up and is inside your pocket or case, and unlocks it automatically as soon as you take it off. What’s New:- Automatic unlock with proximity sensor. Behavior: if device wakes up and is close to an object (3cm close at most), device remains locked, screen turns off, auto powers off after X seconds if not unlocked. Else it will unlock. * Added extra unlock check for both light and proximity unlock: * if device is upside down it will not unlock even if light present or device is cleared from objects. The tip: Store phone Continue reading on Gear Diary …

With Resco updating their latest Resco Explorer version 8.0, it now supports New features in Explorer 2010: Image Upload to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Picasa, MySpace and Photobucket — the program is now able to upload image files to the most popular social networks including the largest web image database — Flickr. Thumbnails View Mode — The new view mode displays previews of images. It becomes handy (improves the navigation) while seeking in folders with many image files. Interaction with Resco Photo Manager — The new Explorer can utilize tools and strengths of Resco Photo Manager. If users have both of these programs installed on a device, they will sense that the thumbnail loading Continue reading on Gear Diary …

IM+ for Windows Mobile has recently been updated to version 7.6.1. This new version brings new features to Windows Mobile users. New features include: Skype Functionality New chat window user interface and own avatar MSN <-> Yahoo! contacts Improvements and bugfixes I guess the main feature here is the implementation of Skype functionality to IM+ for Windows Mobile. With that, IM+ now supports up to 11 IMs; AIM, iChat, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Skype. Having the price tag set at $39.95, it is pretty steep but as mentioned before, you have a messenger that supports 11 IMs and it’s… Continue reading on Gear Diary …