June 5, 2009 5:18 PM PDT
What we craved this week: E3, Palm's Pre plans, and cheap laptops
It's Friday, time for beer.
(Credit: Matt Hickey)E3 was a blast this year with exciting announcements from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. But it wasn't all about gaming. In fact we've given much attention to Palm and Sprint's rollout of the Pre, a device we fell in love with on accident at CES a few months ago.
We also found some sub-$300 laptops from Dell that had us interested, as well as Sony Ericsson's take on an app store.
And finally we discussed future tech, including AMD's DirectX 11 GPU and prototype self-assembling robots that will kill us all.
Oh, and some band named the Beatles is getting its own version of Rock Band. Wake me up when the Monkees get one, OK?
With more than 15 years experience testing hardware (and being obsessed with it), Crave freelance writer Matt Hickey can tell the good gadgets from the great. He also has a keen eye for future technology trends. Matt has blogged for publications including TechCrunch, CrunchGear, and most recently, Gizmodo. E-mail Matt. 
