SwiftKey X virtual keyboard launches for Android tablets, we go hands-on (video)

We're no strangers to SwiftKey here at Engadget HQ, and today TouchType is launching a major new version of everyone's favorite Android virtual keyboard -- SwiftKey Tablet X for devices running Honeycomb, and SwiftKey X for devices running Android 2.x. Both applications improve upon the original by using TouchType's Fluency 2.0 artificial intelligence engine, a unique predictive phrase system which learns how you write. New features include cloud learning, which analyzes how you type in Gmail, ...
Volvo to test range extender electric vehicle concepts next year

As green as electric vehicles (EV) are, the fact of the matter is that the range they can cover is not quite up to par with gasoline powered vehicles, which is why Volvo has decided to produce a few electric test vehicles with range extenders through the use of combustion engines, which essentially turns them into hybrids. However unlike hybrids, the combustion engine will mainly be used for starting up and to generate electricity, which in turn will be used to ...
Fujitsu’s e-reader gets a refreshed look at e-Book Expo Tokyo (video)

Fujitsu got to show off its recent color e-reader flossy flossy at the e-Book Expo Tokyo (the former Digital Publishing Fair) in Japan last week. Besting its previous market entry -- the FLEPia Lite -- this 8-inch, 157 dpi cholestric LCD module sheds both its predecessor's weight and Windows OS for a 220 gram, Linux-operated, slimmed-down profile. While the 4,096 color range remains exactly the same, it's the elimation of dithering from the display that'll ...
Mini Digital Microscope For iPhone 4 Review–Big Zoom, Tiny Package

The folks out at Chinavasion, who have sent us a lot of great gear, sent out one of their Mini Digital Microscopes for iPhone 4, and the end result is a deeply unexpected one. It’s a strange little device, but if you have an iPhone and like getting a better look at stuff, well, you’re going to be abundantly satisfied.
Chinavasion’s Mini Digital Microscope for iPhone 4 offers up, very simply, a microscope with an included frame, so it can attach easily ...
iOS 5 beta 3 jailbroken

Boy, was that fast. We just reported about iOS 5 beta 3 being made available to developers recently, and here we are with news that it has already been jailbroken – thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team, as usual. This merry group has confirmed that a Sn0wbreeze update is available that will support jailbreaking on that particular build. At the moment, it will remain tethered with the iPad 2 being left out of the loop, but for folks ...
Bing Indoor Maps and Visual Voicemail shown in latest WP7 Mango demo videos

Steve Ballmer may have confessed during today's WPC keynote that Windows Phone 7's market share is still "very small," but it's obvious the team is doing monumental things with Mango. As the mobile OS finds it own, things like indoor mapping and a pristine iteration of Visual Voicemail could be key to swaying folks who still believe that Microsoft's latest attempt in the smartphone universe still lacks the basics. The fine folks over ...