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Memory card reader for cellphones

We suspect that it’s much easier to just buy a cellphone with a memory card slot (they do exist), but I-O Data is selling the SnapMemory, an attachable miniSD memory card reader/writer. Looks like it’ll only work with cellphones in Japan. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

How to kill a SPOT watch

We hate to pile on with the problems/complaints about the new SPOT watches, but Peter Rysavy has some “tips” on how to kill your Abacus SPOT watch: Take off a sweater. Touch a thermostat. Have a co-worker touch your watch. All of those actions can at least temporarily disable your Abacus watch. Multiple users have…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

Lie detecting eyeglasses

V Entertainment has been showing off a pair of eyeglasses that they claim comes with a built-in lie detector with LEDs that flash red when a person is lying, green when they’re telling the truth, and (you guessed it) yellow when it’s unclear. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

Why you really have to switch off SPOT watches while flying

Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying: The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off, but this is misleading. The watch is not limited by the FCC rules banning cell phones on planes. It is only subject to the FAA regulations regarding electronic devices.…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

Panasonic’s new D-Snap SV-AV50A tapeless camcorder

New tapeless digital camcorder from Panasonic. The 20mm thick D-Snap SV-AV50A can record up to 3.5 hours of MPEG4 video on a 512MB SD memory card, a 2-inch LCD screen, and can take two megapixel still digital photos. Read [Via I4U]

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

Early word of Sprint’s new video phone

No photos, but Sprint PCS Info has some details on the Samsung A700, which they think might be the first Sprint phone to allow video phone calling (the phone is capable of it, whether Sprint will disable that future or not isn’t clear yet). We wouldn’t get our hopes up. Read [Thanks, Christopher]

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 19

New 20GB MP3 player from Philips

New 20GB version of Philips’ HDD100 hard drive-based MP3 player. The HDD120 looks about the same, just with a third more storage space and Philips claims it’s the lightest recording hard drive MP3 player you can buy. Should be out next month. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

Pretec’s 1GB MultiMediaCard

Pretec has been showing off a 1GB MMC Flash memory card which should be compatible with the great many Symbian Series 60 phones that can only use MMCs. For a long time 128MB was the largest MMC you could get, so this is obviously a big improvement. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

Gillette’s M3Power

Gillette is coming out with a new version of its Mach3Turbo shaver with a battery-powered motor that “emits pulses that work on the skin to prop up hair so it can be lopped off more easily.” The M3Power will cost nearly twice as much as the Mach3Turbo and should be out by May. Read [Thanks,…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

The DIVA

New digital video recorder from Malata called the DIVA that records in the Windows Media Video 9, meaning that it can squeeze three times as much video into a gigabyte as a TiVo, which uses MPEG2. The DIVA comes in two versions, the DIVA-1, which has a DVD/CD-RW combination drive, and the DIVA-2, which has…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

Centrino gets a bump up in speed

Intel is adding 802.11g to Centrino. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

USB-powered air humidifier

Regular readers will recall our ongoing obsession with gadgets that plug into USB ports. The latest we’ve learned of is a USB-powered air humidifier, which we assume might be good for those suffering from dry eyes and throats who also aren’t concerned with the damage all that water vapor might do to their PC. Read…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

D-Link’s new Wireless Media Players

We almost forgot to write about two new gadgets from D-Link that we saw at CES: their forthcoming DSM-310R and DSM-310D Wireless Media Players. Both players can wirelessly stream audio and video from a PC over a home network and access AOL’s Internet Radio service, while the DSM-310R has a Flash memory card reader for…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

Taking one megapixel picture on Mars

Space.com on how NASA’s Spirit Rover has been able to take such excellent photographs from the surface of Mars with just a one megapixel digital camera. Read [Thanks, Alex]

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 16

The Data Glass 2 wearable display

We spotted several wearable displays last week at CES, and Dottocomu points us towards another, this one the Data Glass 2 from Shimadzu which makes it seem as if you’re you’re looking at a 13-inch monitor floating in front of you. Read [Via Dottocomu]

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

Humax’s new instant replay TVs

Humax is going to start selling flat-panel LCD and plasma televisions here in the US starting in June that are able to pause and rewind live TV sort of like a DVR. It doesn’t say how it does this, but we’re guessing the TVs come with some sort of Flash memory built-in which stores the…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

Aiwa’s new digital camera

Odd-looking new digital camera Aiwa that eschews memory cards for image storage and instead uses a 32MB USB flash drive to transfer photos to a PC. The AZ-C7 has a resolution of 2.1 megapixels and a 1.5-inch LCD. Should be out in May. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

SMC’s EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter

A few months back SMC introduced their EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver, which connects your PC to your stereo and television over 802.11a and 802.11g for streaming audio and video. Now they’ve got a new version just for streaming audio, the SMCWAA-B EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter, which uses 802.11b and has a built-in LCD display…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

SPOT watches must be switched off for flying

One thing we hadn’t realized about those new SPOT watches: because they have an FM radio receiver built-in, the radio has to be switched off while flying, just like on a cellphone. So you can add your watch to the list of things that you’re going to be hassled about every time you fly. Read…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

First EDGE smartphone for the US

From Nokia, a new version of their 6600 smartphone designed for use with AT&T Wireless’ new high-speed EDGE data network. The 6620 improves on the 6600 in a few other ways, as well, like twice as much internal RAM (12MB vs. 6MB), a slightly faster processor, and a few tweaks to the software. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 15

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Memory card reader for cellphones

How to kill a SPOT watch

Lie detecting eyeglasses

Why you really have to switch off SPOT watches while flying

Panasonic’s new D-Snap SV-AV50A tapeless camcorder

Early word of Sprint’s new video phone

New 20GB MP3 player from Philips

Pretec’s 1GB MultiMediaCard

Gillette’s M3Power

The DIVA

Centrino gets a bump up in speed

USB-powered air humidifier

D-Link’s new Wireless Media Players

Taking one megapixel picture on Mars

The Data Glass 2 wearable display

Humax’s new instant replay TVs

Aiwa’s new digital camera

SMC’s EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter

SPOT watches must be switched off for flying

First EDGE smartphone for the US

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