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We talked about this briefly in our review of Callpod's Dragon Bluetooth headset, but the company (who also brought you the Chargepod) is coming out with a conferencing solution as well. Instead of hooking up two Dragon headsets directly to each other, you can connect a bunch of them through a Phoenix, which serves as a teleconferencing base without making everyone crowd around a table with a Polycom on it. In fact, people don't even have to be in the same room—you could walk to the bathroom and take a leak and nobody would even know. [Callpod]
Callpod Phoenix Provides Bluetooth Conferencing With Headsets
We talked about this briefly in our review of Callpod's Dragon Bluetooth headset, but the company (who also brought you the Chargepod) is coming out with a conferencing solution as well. Instead of hooking up two Dragon headsets directly to each other, you can connect a bunch of them through a Phoenix, which serves as a teleconferencing base without making everyone crowd around a table with a Polycom on it. In fact, people don't even have to be in the same room—you could walk to the bathroom and take a leak and nobody would even know. [Callpod]
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HP Updates HDX Dragon With Higher Res Screen, Fresh Chips
The Skinny: HP updates the HDX Dragon, its beastly 20-inch gaming notebook, with a shiny new gamer-worthy 1080p res screen: The world's "first 20.1-inch WUXGA XHD Ultra BrightView widescreen display" and a fresh 512MB GeForce 8800M GTS plus newer Core 2s to pump all those pixels. The Drag: It still weighs about as much as your desktop.
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The "Dragon Bike" is the latest creation from famed bike artist Jay Broemmel—and it would undoubtedly turn some heads if you were to ride it down the street. Broemmel even added some special touches in the form of Blue LED headlight eyes that move when you turn the handlebar and a jaw that bites down when you squeeze the left brake (no flames shooting out of the mouth?).
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Dragon Bike is Perfect for Chinese Food Delivery
The "Dragon Bike" is the latest creation from famed bike artist Jay Broemmel—and it would undoubtedly turn some heads if you were to ride it down the street. Broemmel even added some special touches in the form of Blue LED headlight eyes that move when you turn the handlebar and a jaw that bites down when you squeeze the left brake (no flames shooting out of the mouth?).
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Lightning Round: Callpod Dragon Bluetooth Headset With Walkie-Talkie Mode
The Gadget: The Dragon, a dual-microphone, class 1 Bluetooth headset is made by Callpod, the folks who brought you the Chargepod universal six-way charger. It doesn't only act as a noise-filtering headset, you can actually connect two of them together to enable them to act as a Bluetooth walkie-talkie.
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Lightning Round: Blue Aurora DragonLasers Pointer
The Gadget: A hand held laser that ditches your stereotypical red and green for a blue diode. It's claimed to be the worlds' most powerful blue laser pointer (models vary).
The Verdict: When most gadget nerds think lasers, they think scary, techie gear. But everything from the Aurora's pen-like casing to its lack of warning labels and bundled goggles makes the Aurora more classy than scary.
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Dragon Fire Rechargeable Stun Gun Puts Lighting in Your Pocket
The Dragon Fire Rechargeable Stun Gun packs a powerful punch, smacking down bad guys with 650,000 volts of electro-devastation. Small enough to conceal in the palm of your hand, they won't know what hit 'em. And, you can blind them first with its built-in LED flashlight. But wait a minute here. I've never seen a stun gun this cheap. More »
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The Dragon Tank Truck
Somewhere in Russia, a man (who knows something we don't) is getting prepared for the post-apocalyptic trek across Europe with this Dragon Tank Truck. It's a truck, but it's also a dragon tank, thanks to the many, many pieces of steel (?) melded onto its exterior. More »
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HP's 20-inch HDX "Dragon" Laptop Walked Through and Reviewed
The HP Mobility Summit is going down in Shanghai as we speak, and they've just unleashed no less than 13 lappies. I don't care about any of them as much as I care about the Santa Rosa powered HDX Dragon, previously leaked, now unveiled in all its scaly glory. The 20-inch pivot hinged monster that is built to bite Acer and Dell's 20-inch lappies right on their ass. Beyond our explanation of what we like, two Giz friends happened to get video tours and reviews on day-zero. More »
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Dragon I iPod Dock: Hot.
Just when we were sick of iPod docks, Smart Design releases the Dragon I. More »
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Chinese Mouse Tablet Looks Like the X-Men's Launchpad
Remember the basketball court that opens up and lets out the X-Jet in X-Men? That's exactly what this mouse looks like—except instead of a jet, a dragon comes out. It's too bad this dragon doesn't fly or shoot eye beams or throw exploding cards (we suppose it does have claws). It just acts as a tablet for users to scribble Chinese characters or other handwriting on. Plus, there's a stylus hidden there behind the left mouse button so you won't have to ask your butler to fetch one for you. More »
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Microsoft to Release Blue Dragon Xbox 360 Bundle in Japan in Hopes of Selling Systems
At last count, Microsoft has sold dozens of Xbox 360s in Japan, but it hopes to up that number significantly with the release of a special Blue Dragon Core edition of the system. (Blue Dragon is an RPG developed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; it's bound to sell more than a few systems.) In this limited edition pack, users get a Core Xbox 360, a copy of the game and an attractive faceplate. There's also five mini figures based on characters from the game. Typical "Japan-always-gets-cool-stuff-and-we-always-get-screwed." More »
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