Gizmodo: z

Tandem Z Chinook R/C Helicopter Has Two Rotors for Double the Crashes

Kit Eaton — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:46:54 EST

Picoo Z has just doubled the fun of R/C mini helicopters with the Tandem Z Chinook. Yes, two rotors, just like the real thing, for twice the number of high-speed crashes into walls, twice the chased-by-your-cat action. Its also got a three-channel remote control now, so you can try forward-backward moves properly—remember how tricky the original Pico Z was to fly with only up-down and left-right? Available for around $79. [Geek Alerts]

Nintendo Patent Hints at Wii Portable

blongo3 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:48:56 EDT

With the success of the Wii being primarily due to its motion sensing controls, it would seem pretty logical for Nintendo to try it out on their portable line up as well. And it looks like they might do just that with the discovery of an updated patent filing by the big N themselves that states

"A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in a Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g. tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g. tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing."

Well if this is the next version of the DS I've got one big question. How on earth are you supposed to see the screen if you're going to be flaring all around? Riddle me that Nintendo.
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Slider RAZR Z:Koreans Not Appreciative

tgrumet — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:00:51 EST

Though the RAZR Z slider phone has only been shown in Korea, it seems that folks there aren't taking to the new phone as wholeheartedly as Motorola would have liked. Though just .6 inches thick, with 2.2-inch screen, mega-pixel digital camera and MP3 player, it looks like it may be just a little too big for smaller Korean hands.

"My first impression was that the Z is fit for foreigners big hands, not for Korea s smaller ones. Its size is almost similar to that of the RAZR. But, the latter is okay here since it is a clamshell-type phone but a slider is different," a Seoul analyst said.

We've seen plenty of fairly-huge phones in the (presumably similarly-sized) hands of Japanese users, but they were primarily flip phones. Does it really make that much of a difference?

Motorola Unveils Latest RAZR Slim Phone Z [Korea Times]

Best pricing on current RAZRs [Shopping.com]