No one wants to wear 3D glasses. The industry knows this, and Nintendo has only made the point more prominent with the universal excitement for its 3DS in the face of hesitation for 3D in general. Early adopters will scoop up the glasses-required sets, but when can you and I expect to enjoy some three-dee?

Between your average utilitarian cellphone and the smartphone, there's a niche market that caters to a younger, social networking crowd. That niche is blowing up right now, spearheaded by the likes of Microsoft's Kin. T-Mobile and Samsung are dropping three more of these phones on consumers: Gravity 3, Gravity T and one simply called the :).

Samsung just started showing off a 19-inch AMOLED screen that's 30% transparent, allowing you to see right through it. It's super thin and looks straight out of the future.

You're constantly hearing braggadocio about how fast this or that computer is, or how much quicker the iPad or Zune processor is than its predecessor, and on and on. But the most annoying pokiness we all encounter every day seems...