Verizon VoIP phone doubles as DPF

Verizon Wireless announced a VoIP touchscreen phone that incorporates a digital picture frame (DPF) capability and can send navigation instructions to Verizon mobile phones. According to one report, the Verizon Hub (pictured) is based on OpenPeak’s OpenFrame phone, which is said to run Linux.

2012 Porsche Boxster – Spied

The delightful Boxster will evolve—carefully. BY JENS MEINERS As you read this, we’re tearing up country roads in Sicily flogging the face-lifted Boxster with its new direct-injection engine and the PDK dual-clutch transmission. At the same time, our spy photographers were busy tracking down the entirely new Boxster—program code 981—that will hit the road as …

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Aptera 2e Electric Car Production and Pricing Announced – Car News

This electric tadpole is set to shock California commuters later this year. BY STEVE SILER Don’t adjust your screen or rub your eyes. What you’re seeing is not a wingless plane or a rolling tadpole, but rather the preproduction Aptera 2e, a three-wheeled electric vehicle from Southern California–based Aptera Motors, which was founded in 2004. …

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2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4MATIC – Short Take Road Test

Undercutting the wagon competition. BY MICHAEL AUSTIN Associations with Mercedes-Benz and sticker prices typically involve an adjective equivalent to the word “high.” So it’s a bit of a surprise to find out that the 2010 GLK350 4MATIC starts at a not unreasonable $36,775, which is $3450 less than a 2009 BMW X3 sport-ute. A two-wheel-drive …

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