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Europeans have been cruising around on Kalkhoff e-bikes for millenniums now, but ye old Americans have been forced to either walk, pedal similar two-wheeled machines with our own energy, or fire up the HEMI-based Charger while throwing a finger up at Ma Earth. Thankfully, Portland’s own Greenlight Bikes is doing what no one else would: importing these beauts for enjoyment here on US soil. What’s most interesting is that the company’s range of pedal-assist electric bicycles (or pedelecs, for those “in the know”) don’t look much different than the Schwinn Windwood Cruiser that your dad still uses to fetch the mail with, but believe it or not, an electric motor is …

Oh boy, you heard that right. Google’s slinging its Nexus One to Verizon in the Spring for an undisclosed amount. At a purchase page that went live during the company’s product launch event in Mountain View, users are notified that the phone will soon be available on America’s largest carrier. Two things are immediately interesting here — for starters, it’s not coming (right away, at least) to bump heads with the iPhone on AT&T, and secondly, Google is openly suggesting that you buy Motorola’s (as in, not HTC’s) Droid now if you just can’t wait a day longer for some of that Android goodness. If AT&T wasn’t scared , it should be now. [Thanks to everyone who sent…

This morning we are at Club Melcion in Paris with the Traveling Geeks. We are meeting with Julien Coulon, Cedexis co-founder and General Manager. The company is an early stage startup and does not have a website yet. Cedexis provides a collective intelligence platform that enables next-generation traffic management strategies. It measures the best performances provided by different CDN providers and will select the best one for internet services providers. Changes in performances vary by the minute; Cedexis monitors them in real time and switch to the best performing CDN instantly. Cedexis is especially critical for video streaming websites willing to deliver the best quality. According to Julien Coulon, Cedexis co-founder and GM, the services can…

Topics: Apple Corporate , Developer , iPhone The following is a guest post from developer Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater . Daniel recently attended an Apple iPhone Tech Talk , and came away inspired. He’s also been gracious enough to share his experience on TUAW. Apple’s Technology Evangelists have spent the last 3 months touring the USA, Europe and Asia with advice on how to best take advantage of the iPhone’s technologies. According to Daniel, it’s a fantastic event. –Ed. Apple’s iPhone tech talks are incredible. The format consists of instructional presentations akin to what developers would find at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). But while WWDC lasts an entire week, tech talks are limited to a single day of sessions which Apple takes on …

Remember Dell’s 15.6-inch Vostro 1015? We told you about it this summer when it was announced and today we can tell you that it’s available for purchase in the U.S. Pricing starts at $429 but for that price you’ll get only a measly 2.2GHz Celeron 900 processor. Throw in an extra couple of hundred dollars

AOpen USA has come up with a new barebones mini HTPC, giving you one more option if you’re planning to set up an HTPC in your living room. The XC Mini GP7A series PC supports full 1080p HD video playback via it’s integrated NVIDIA ION (GeForce 9300M) graphics chip, and will also support Intel’s socket P Penryn Core 2 Duo or Celeron M processors. While price and availability haven’t been confirmed yet, the specifications of the computer include: Permalink: AOpen ION Powered GP7A Series HTPC from Ubergizmo | Hot: Motorola Droid Review

Topics: Rumors , iPhone Last week we covered the possibility that the iPhone would get a hybrid chip allowing it to work on CDMA and UTMS carriers (like Verzion and AT&T) simultaneously. Today, Appleinsider is citing industry analyst Ashok Kumar who says that such a chip hasn’t reached field trial status, and that the lead time required for this type of device makes him think consumers won’t see it in 2010. Kumar goes on to suggest that this new “worldmode” chip would be more likely to show up in 2011. While it would be ideal for Apple to have one model of iPhone that would work on nearly all wireless providers in the world, the technology just doesn’t appear to be there at this…

Intel just announced the Intel Reader and no, it’s not an eBook , it’s actually much

For those of you looking forward to Samsung’s Android-powered Behold II, it seems that the phone shouldn’t be too far off. While T-Mobile USA hasn’t explicitly stated when the phone will be released, but word on the streets is that the phone has been scheduled to be ready on November 18th, which is just 2 weeks away. Stay tuned, and we’ll keep you updated on this. Permalink: Samsung Behold II Getting Closer from Ubergizmo | Hot: Motorola Droid Review

[Ireland] Social media consultants Simplyzesty started using Twitter Lists to list blogs. However, a brainwave has lead them to take Twitter Lists to their logical conclusion: creating lists of Twitter users in entire countries. They’ve launched a Twitter list for the UK and the list of users in Ireland is currently going crazy. They call it “crowdsourcing populations”. Who knows – this could end up being a sort of crowd-sourced yellow pages/people directory. A couple of hours ago they launched a USA version with a script built to make the listings automatic. The plan is to do is to cover the USA in 72 hours. Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it&#