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Dark Horse Comics graphic novels coming to Nook Tablet and Nook Color Mar 5th 2012, 16:57 Dark Horse Comics has penciled a contract with Barnes & Noble (it'll be sent off to be inked and colored next week*) to get the former's content onto the latter's Tablet and Color e-readers. Available in the Nook Comic store, you'll be able to pick up a mix of the publisher's licensed titles like Mass Effect and Star Wars as well as home-grown fare like Hellboy and Sin City. The range will gently expand month-on-month and is available from today, with titles priced around $10 depending on what you want. * This is a comic book joke. Continue reading Dark Horse Comics graphic novels coming to Nook Tablet and Nook Color Dark Horse Comics graphic novels coming to Nook Tablet and Nook Color originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Crapgadget: Spring Phling edition Mar 5th 2012, 16:32 As winter recedes, the Crapgadgets emerge from their hibernation as they attempt to separate fools and their money. Today's selection includes a ridiculous workaround to a ridiculous accessory, an iPad case that has lips like Jagger and a hook for, er, spinning your iPhone around like a Wild West gunslinger. Read - Our biggest regret in life is not being able to spin our $600 cellphone around on a $20 sticky coat hook. Read - We're expecting the iPad 3 to be able to recreate the title sequence of the Rocky Horror Picture Show without the aid of this case. Read - If you were into smartphones before they were cool and portable, you'll love the ability to carry around your over-sized retro handset on your jeans. Read - Nothing evokes the grace, beauty and power of Enzo Ferrari's engineering than these decade-old-spec flip-phones that kinda resemble a Ferrari 966, if you squint from a distance. Read - This "noiseless microphone" has two functions, and only one is to prevent your karaoke from annoying your neighbors. View Poll Crapgadget: Spring Phling edition originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Tobii's IS-2 eye tracker is cheaper, 75 percent smaller than its predecessor Mar 5th 2012, 16:09 Of all the things we saw at CES, Tobii's eye-tracking Gaze interface was one of the most memorable, even if the execution was a bit flawed. Now the company's back with a next-gen sensor that fits on a single board and is 75 percent smaller than the iteration we saw at CES -- a milestone that will presumably allow it to accommodate a wider range of devices. Tobii also says the IS-2S eye tracker consumes 40 percent less power than its predecessor and will be cheaper to implement, though the company doesn't specify how much it'll cost. It's also unclear which Windows PC and tablet makers will take a chance on the technology, though that won't necessarily stop us from getting an early demo at CeBIT this week. Gallery: Tobii IS-2 eye tracker Continue reading Tobii's IS-2 eye tracker is cheaper, 75 percent smaller than its predecessor Tobii's IS-2 eye tracker is cheaper, 75 percent smaller than its predecessor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments China Mobile claims 15 million iPhone subscribers without selling Apple's handset Mar 5th 2012, 15:46 China Mobile may be the world's largest telco with 655 million subscribers, but it's missing one major ingredient that any top tier carrier needs -- the iPhone. Apple's exclusivity deal with China Unicom is about to come to an end and China Telecom is going to start selling the 4S next week. Yet, China Mobile, the state owned behemoth, won't be joining the iOS fray officially until it starts shipping with an LTE radio (which we assume will happen next year). Still, according to the company, it has managed to rack up 15 million subscribers using unlocked iPhones on its 2G network. Perhaps most amazing, is that it was only in October that China Mobile announced it had 10 million subscribers using Apple's pride and joy. We can only imagine the pandemonium that will break out when the world's most popular phone comes to the planet's largest cellular carrier. China Mobile claims 15 million iPhone subscribers without selling Apple's handset originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Next Web, Penn-Olson, Textually  |  Sina Tech (translated)  | Email this | Comments Naver's Skype competitor Line crosses 20 million mark Mar 5th 2012, 15:23 In just eight months, Line has gone from a glimmer in Naver's eye to a 20 million member strong VoIP and messaging service. Perhaps most impressively, it's done so with only iPhone and Android apps available. The company is working on PC, Mac and tablet clients, but for now this is a mobile phone-only app. The speed at which its growing is significantly faster than both Facebook and Twitter, a fact the company is immensely proud of -- but, we wouldn't read to much into that. Naver's Skype competitor Line crosses 20 million mark originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  The Next Web  | Email this | Comments

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