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DVX-POD 7010 Finally Coming to the US

Even though I am of the persuasion that portable video players should be as small as possible, even I can’t deny that the DVX-POD 7010 is a nice looking beast—and I’d not just saying that because it looks like a distended iPod. A native 720 by 486 widescreen resolution is seriously hard to hate on,…

Tech News Joel

Super Mario Bros. Dioramas

It took real will power to resist buying these plastic Super Mario Bros dioramas from J-List, but I already had indulged in the perfectly useless Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum, so I’m just going to have to let the go. For $30 or so (after shipping), you can have all six of the 3D pixel scenes…

Tech News Joel

Graphic-DMM CompactFlash Multimeter

It is perhaps a little unwieldy in shape, but the Graphic-DMM will turn any CompactFlash- or PCMCIA slot-equipped PDA or notebook into a full-function, dual-channel digital multimeter. Not only does it allow all the normal multimeter functions, but features software that helps troubleshoot problems, record data, and compare results from the two independently-grounded channels. Multimeters…

Tech News Joel

Multilingual

For those of you who fetishize all things Japanese but have the lingual talent of a turnip, your future pilgrimage to Japan just got a whole lot easier. NEC has made a handheld device which takes what you say in English or Japanese, translates it, and then speaks the translation for you. The whole process…

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Olympus m:robe Players Coming to America

Olympus contacted us to confirm that those two hot m:robe players, the M-500i [right] and the M-100 [left], are indeed coming to the us, at $500 and $250, respectively. I think they’re both overpriced, especially the M-100, considering how many $200 5GB players are out there already (or even the $250 20GB Archos player coming…

Tech News Joel

New Navy Dress Code Allows Gadgets

Among other changes to the U.S. Navy’s dress code—like making skirts optional for women and allowing them to purchase their own, more stylish purses instead of using horrendous government-issue bags—sailors in working uniforms will now be able to wear cell phones, PDAs, and other gadgets. When on “official business,” sailors must wear their gear on…

Tech News Joel

PalmOne Announces Treo 650 (Mostly)

Damn, how’s that for a prediction? I just said a couple of hours ago that information about PalmOne’s new Treo 650 would leak out this week, but I didn’t think it would be from PalmOne themselves. This article at InternetNews sure sounds a lot like a product launch, although it doesn’t exactly have all the…

Tech News Joel

Sushi USB Flash Drives

What’s better than USB flash drives shaped like sushi? Nothing. This will probably be our last post ever. Sushi USB [SorobanGeeks]

Tech News Joel

Mini Apple Store

If you’d like to know what one of those new Mini Apple stores look like, well, they look like this. (Thanks, Goopy!) Full Size Image [Gizmodo] Looks like the employees are using the Vocera Communication Badges, too. How very Sterile Trek of them. Mini Stores: Airports, Self-Service and Trekkie Comlinks [CultOfMac] https://gizmodo.com/vocera-communications-badge-8903

Tech News Joel

iPodMods

As older-generation iPods start to creak and die, it’s good to see companies other than Apple spring up to address the eventual failings of the much-jostled hardware. Now I’ve never used these guys before, so don’t take this as a recommendation, per se, but iPodMods had announced a price drop on their iPod LED replacement…

Tech News Joel

Steam-Powered Model Locomotive

UK model train outfit Hornby has developed a locomotive engine that is powered by real steam, yet runs on standard ’00’ gauge, 12-volt track. After filling a small tank with distilled water, the locomotive slowly heats up over the next five to ten minutes, using power from the track like a regular toy engine. Then,…

Tech News Joel

DEMA Report: Digital Underwater Gear

Digital underwater photography is really coming into its own, with the rapid adoption of digital cameras pushing out a lot of the film-based units of the past. No surprise, really, especially when you consider the massive additional number of photos flash memory gives a photographer in an environment where switching film means switching cameras or…

Tech News Joel

PalmOne Treo 650 Leaks Some More

Some rabid PalmOne fans noticed this page over the weekend on the Software Connection site, a ‘Top Ten Software Downloads’ collection for the yet-to-be-announced Treo 650. Shown in a tiny image are three versions of the 650, in what appears to be a carrier-branded blue model on the left (some have speculated AT&T, T-Mobile, or…

Tech News Joel

Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse

Good morning, internets friends. I have a hell of a headache—not from whisky, as you might suppose, but from an unknown culprit. I suspect yesterday’s marathon Katamari Damacy session might have a little bit to do with it. It’s a hard row we bloggers hoe, but I’m sure I’ll make it somehow. https://serif.kinja.com/the-happiest-days-of-our-lives-21830 On a…

Tech News Joel

Bookeen Cybook

The Bookeen Cybook is an odd bird. They are pitching it as an eBook reader, and with a 10-inch 800 by 600 pixel screen and the ability to read a variety of open eBook standards (PRC, PDB, DOC, HTML, RTF and TXT, although no PDF) it is probably better than using, say, another smaller PDA…

Tech News Joel

Motorola MPx220 Nationwide Sunday

PhoneMag reports that the Motorola MPx220 will be available nationwide in Best Buys from Sunday on, for those of you who really wanted to get your hands on one but weren’t lucky enough to live near a Best Buy that participated in the soft launch. Phonemag actually flew out and picked up one last week…

Tech News Joel

Mitsubishi’s $400 Heads Up Display

Mitsubishi is planning on releasing a $400 heads-up-display for those looking for bargain-basement augmented reality or just an at-hand excuse on why you never, ever get laid. That’s going to pull them out of their poor financials, I’m sure. I just realized this post is going to haunt me when I’m caught wearing one of…

Tech News Joel

Liebermann/Go-L Computers Kaput

It is good to know that this horrible week is capped off by a single bit of good news: Liebermann Computers is dead. I don’t hate small businesses or anything—in fact, I love watching well-run startups kick the ass of the big players (see: NewEgg)—but when a company whose stock in trade was not innovation…

Tech News Joel

Hybrid Mobile XmDirect Tuner Interface Cable

XM Radio had quietly pulled its XM-to-PC interface off the market right before announcing its new music service that let subscribers listen to XM stations on their PCs (but not record anything). That put a real cramp in the plans of TimeTrax, the company (guy?) whose software allowed XM subscribers to record copies of songs…

Tech News Joel

Logitech Wireless Xbox Headset

Kotaku has word on the new Logitech Wireless Xbox Headset, a rechargeable over-the-ear boom with a 30-foot range. It’s definitely on the expensive side at $80, but Logitech has also really been making stand-out wireless gaming accessories this year, so it might just be worth it. Of course, I’d have to upgrade to Xbox Live…

Tech News Joel

DVX-POD 7010 Finally Coming to the US

Super Mario Bros. Dioramas

Graphic-DMM CompactFlash Multimeter

Multilingual

Olympus m:robe Players Coming to America

New Navy Dress Code Allows Gadgets

PalmOne Announces Treo 650 (Mostly)

Sushi USB Flash Drives

Mini Apple Store

iPodMods

Steam-Powered Model Locomotive

DEMA Report: Digital Underwater Gear

PalmOne Treo 650 Leaks Some More

Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse

Bookeen Cybook

Motorola MPx220 Nationwide Sunday

Mitsubishi’s $400 Heads Up Display

Liebermann/Go-L Computers Kaput

Hybrid Mobile XmDirect Tuner Interface Cable

Logitech Wireless Xbox Headset

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