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XDA IIs, IIi

PDA makers O2 have announced their intention to launch an update to their popular XDA II Pocket PC/Windows Mobile/Phone Thingy, dubbed the XDA IIs. In addition to a boosted battery life, an upgraded 1.3-megapixel camera, a faster 520MHz processor, and all the GSM/GPRS/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth radio brainmelt from before, the IIs is reported to have a slide-out…

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Itronix GoBook III

I feel kind of stupid, but Itronix actually told me about their new GoBook III here about a week ago, and I kept putting it off. Easily remedied, though, and gladly, because this ugly fucker actually hides a really nice laptop – Pentium M 1.8 GHz, Ati Radeon Mobility, all that good modular radio stuff…

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Strange Toys from the Tokyo International Gift Show

Contuing coverage of the Tokyo International Gift Show, ITmedia today brings images and explanations of some various gifts that react to humans. There’s too many explain here, but I found the most depressing to be the “Little Nod” from Bandai (pictured at right). The basic concept is similar to a magic 8-ball, except that you…

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Microsoft MSNtv Preview

It sort of surprised me as much as anybody that I liked Cher. It’s appropriate, I think to ask for a car driver to change the radio station when they’re driving you around, but I’m still sort of new to this whole New York car thing. It still seems pretentious. I feel better about it…

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Luminox Pocketknives with Watch Tools

The new Luminox pocketknives are pretty much standard issue with a couple of exceptions: both look really swanky, with the (easily scratched) vented chrome casing, and both include three tools to help you make quick repairs to your watch. Matching the blades and scissors are a watch back opener, watch pin pusher tool, and a…

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Rave-MP AMP 128 Flash Player Reviewed

I used to hate flash memory players, but I’m coming around, and for one single reason: they’re a commodity now. Being cheap – this Rave-MP AMP 128 reviewed by PCWorld is only $100, and will go for even less soon – means that I can keep a flash player around as a backup to a…

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Plastic Algue

This Algue wall covering isn’t organic – it’s only inspired by algae, not made from it. Each 12-inch by 8-inch plastic piece clips to the next in a variety of ways, allowing you to create a flowing, natural divider between rooms or to break up the starkness of a blank wall. They aren’t even that…

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Whirl-A-Drone

Our buddy Noah at DefenseTech points out a new unmanned flying drone that is sure to be darkening the skies over all the most fashionable warzones of 2014, this time using the power of whirling. Looking somewhat like a rotor that’s lost its helicopter, the “Whirl-A-Drone” (just Whirl to its friends) is a twenty-foot automaton…

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Morning Bits

Product Highlights • Another (Four-Wheeled) Treo [WirelessDoc] • OMWAVE EH1 A/V Component Sized Media PC [eHomeUpgrade] • New Atari Flashback Retro Game Console [I4U] • ADA s New Flagship A/V Receiver (with XM Radio) [Mavromatic] (Wow, that is nuts!) Business • Sony shakes up PC strategy [ArsTechnica] • Intel’s President Talks Up Multicore, WiMAX [ExtremeTech]…

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Pepper Pad 2

I’m going to have to put the Pepper Pad 2 down as a “Huh, weird,” product. A 624MHz Linux-based tablet PDAesque machine with a split QWERTY keyboard? It could be the best interface ever and I don’t think anybody would want to buy it. It does, at least, have built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well…

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Webcam Shootout

I don’t use webcams, because I am ugly. But once upon a time, I was a pretty princess of a man, and had a pretty good time playing around with basic video chat and periodic Brady Bunch groups of pictures on webpages. And while I think it’s sort of the received wisdom that all webcams…

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MetaPass M500 Digital Key

If you find remembering all your various logins and passwords difficult and don’t feel comfortable leaving them saved in your browser, MetaPass’s new M500 Digital Key might be an option. Essentially a USB thumbdrive with some fancy software, the M500 lets you store all your passwords and logins in a single, encrypted application, which you…

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More Nokia 9300 Details

You guys should know by now I’m a big advocate of integrated QWERTY keyboards. I just never got into Graffiti and the like, and typing up articles on my Revo while everybody else was scratching around with a stylus pretty much convinced me. So when it’s clear that the new Nokia 9300 Communicator is taking…

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Axim X30 624MHz $267 Shipped

So finding out you have a dead fan on your videocard is sort of bittersweet. It sucks because it kills your machine, but hey! New video card, right? (Actually, I just got a replacement fan, but I now have a reason to eye those upcoming Nvidia 6600 GTs.) But I was over at Newegg buying…

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Glowing Soccer Balls and More

ITmedia reports from the floor of the 58th Annual Tokyo International Gift Show about stuff that glows. We do of course have an abundance of glow sticks, “Lumipads” and flashlights that automatically turn on when power to the charger is interrupted, but perhaps the most interesting item are glowing balls, like soccer balls and golf…

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Sony HandyCam DCR-DVD301

Despite the ever-present push towards “smaller,” there’s nothing small about Sony’s new “DCR-DVD301″ DVD Handycam’s screen. At first glance, it appears to be a standard DVD Handycam – same 1.4GB 8cm DVD writing, and more or less the same specifications – but when you look twice, you realize this new unit is equipped with a…

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JVC Organic Screen Head Unit

Sporting “the industry’s highest color count” is JVC’s new single-DIN CD receiver, the “KD-SHX929?.” This is quite a headunit – you do of course get a 32,000+ color organic EL screen, but also the ability to play movies and still images on it (the screen) while driving. Furthermore, you can download images onto the unit…

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BlackBerry 7100t Reviewed

My goddamn Windows machine is dying, which is less than awesome. Hopefully I can get this out to you before it decides to reboot itself again. Anyway, MSNBC’s Krakow took the new BlackBerry 7100t out for a spin – available only on T-Mobile – and it looks really nice. Not only are the internals decent,…

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More on the Magical Hollywood DVD Players

Some days I wish I lived in LA, where everything is sunshiney and every confusing bit of gadgetry can be shrugged away as “magical,” like the new DVD players being issue to Academy members that are supposed to help prevent the Oscar screener discs from being copied. Brother blogger Defamer attacks the issue in typical…

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eBay: Apple/Siemens Newton NotePhone

I was never really into the Newton, but I hadn’t realized they made a combination phone device like this Siemens NotePhone (probably because it was Europe-only). Not only did the NotePhone have a 336 x 240 screen (still decent), the unit added telephony and voice mail to the Newton itself, which could also be removed…

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XDA IIs, IIi

Itronix GoBook III

Strange Toys from the Tokyo International Gift Show

Microsoft MSNtv Preview

Luminox Pocketknives with Watch Tools

Rave-MP AMP 128 Flash Player Reviewed

Plastic Algue

Whirl-A-Drone

Morning Bits

Pepper Pad 2

Webcam Shootout

MetaPass M500 Digital Key

More Nokia 9300 Details

Axim X30 624MHz $267 Shipped

Glowing Soccer Balls and More

Sony HandyCam DCR-DVD301

JVC Organic Screen Head Unit

BlackBerry 7100t Reviewed

More on the Magical Hollywood DVD Players

eBay: Apple/Siemens Newton NotePhone

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset