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TomTomGo Contest: You Have Until Tomorrow

A few of you have asked about the TomTomGo contest. It’s going to be open for entries until tomorrow and then we’ll announce the winner on Monday. There aren’t as many entries as I would have suspected, but they’re all pretty close. I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody hits the total mileage spot on. TomTomGo…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

iRiver H10 Official

iRiver officially unveiled the H10 today in Korea, the 5GB hard disk-based player that looks a lot like a mini Creative Zen Touch (or Zen Micro, even). It’s got pretty much the same specs as everything else in this segment, except notably the 1.5-inch screen. It’ll be available on the 22nd in Korea for around…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

iPod Flash Mockups Galore

I hope you like iPod Flash mockups, because that’s what you’re getting. iPodLounge must have solicited a bunch of fan mockups or something, because they have a gallery three pages wide full of every sort of pen-like, pendant-like, and scroll-wheel-centric iPod ideas you could think of, ranging in quality from awful to amazing. Almost everyone…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Morning Bits

Product Highlights • Mechanical Lego Logic Gates [IkarugaUK] • Recording Software and XM Do a Dance [Circuits] Time Trax. U.S.B. • PowerBooks burn dual-layer DVDs with new MCE drive [MacCentral] Next Powerbooks with DL-DVD Superdrives? Business • Companies ask SBC to block T-Mobile calls [STLToday] The little LECs that could. • Ipod shortage hits Christmas…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Dunk Mug

I’m not a dunker. Occasionally, I’ll get crazy and maybe swig some milk with cookies, but I try to keep my fingers out of the mix, especially when its steaming hot coffee. Apparently there are enough of you finger-licking freaks out there to warrant a Dunk Mug, however, and designer Dominic Skinner has created this…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Free TiVo for Bay Area Cable Subscribers

TiVo will be giving away 40GB Series 2 units at its Alviso, California, offices tomorrow between 11 am and 1 pm to anyone who brings in their cable bill and a gift for charity. It’s not exactly charity work, however, as its generally being taken as a snipe at Comcast, who was supposed to have…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

DoCoMo Releases NEC 900iG, GSM FOMA Phone

NTT DoCoMo has released the NEC 900iG, a dual-mode FOMA W-CDMA 3G and standard GSM phone. Not means not only will the phone be able to take advantage of all the high-speed infrastructure in Japan, but will be able to roam throughout the rest of the world with relative compatibility. Engadget said it might be…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Dreamcast Guitar Amp

It’s sort of a cut-and-paste job, but Vince Veneziani took a non-functional Sega Dreamcast and turned it into a guitar amp. The 1/4-inch jacks come out of the B and C controller ports, and the speaker (must be a small practice amp) is stuck where the fan used to be. Ah Dreamcast, we will keep…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

DIY Nintendo DS Smint Case

Hooray for literal hacks! Jim Younkin used his years of experience in Smint-eating and box-cutting to craft this homemade carrying case for up to three Nintendo DS games. Then he posted pictures on his site to show you how you can do the same (if you can get Smints in your area—I don’t know that…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Rio Japan Wireless Speakers

I think we can all get with wireless connections to our speakers from our portable music players—it’s mostly pointless, but potentially handy, what with the ability to switch songs around from your pocket (I tried this for a while with an iPod and an iTrip, until I found myself virtually tethered, always turning to get…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Mobiado Professional

The last thing “crafted on a CNC machine” I had next to my face was a pair of hand-made brass knuckles outside of my 10th grade “bowling education” class. The Mobiado Professional looks a lot less stitchy, although it still has plenty of hard edges in its aircraft aluminum body to be used as a…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Unofficial Treo 650 Wi-Fi Card Drivers

Oh ho! Looks like Shadowmite from Treo Central has done it: Wi-Fi drivers for the wireless PalmOne SD card have been ported to the Treo 650. They’re being hosted at Uneasy Silence, but I didn’t get a chance to try them. My 650 is all boxed up to go back to Sprint, and I don’t…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Why the Nokia 6600 Might Be Better Than a Treo

Paul Boutin has a nice write up of the Nokia 6600 over at Slate, putting that relatively staid phone up against the Treo 650 and explaining why the generally less-impressive Nokia might be a better choice for many. It all boils down to the beauty of Series 60, to me. Nokia may be a heartless…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Doss DS-220 CD Alarm with Bluetooth Speakers

I can’t imagine this DS-220 CD player alarm clock from Doss is terribly high quality, but its wireless Bluetooth speakers do allow for the possibility of placing blaring noise directly to either side of your sleeping head, while still keeping the snooze button uncomfortably across the room. Of course, wireless speakers are easier to throw.…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

Brix GT Streamer Revisited

Here’s a better picture of that Brix GT Streamer Sirius radio we talked about yesterday (but had the cheesy little aliased thumbnail). Still not much to get the blood flowing to spongy tissues, but it’s not bad for what it is, either. Orbitcast has another picture, where it is held in someone’s hand, for visual…

Tech News Joel Dec 16 '04

eBay: Cingular Sony Ericsson S710a

Cingular got the Sony Ericsson S710a approved by the FCC, so that carrier-exclusive phone should be out fairly soon (although it might not be until January). The 1.3-megapixel phone with the camera-like profile can be yours today, though, for just $430+, as someone appears to be selling a Cingular-branded unit on eBay. I am simultaneously…

Tech News Joel Dec 15 '04

GE GlamCam

I can’t believe that someone actually announced a new product before CES, but GE is showing off its new ‘GlamCam’ webcam/personal imager. Apparently it won yet another one of these bullshit CES pre-show awards (I’m still not sure how that works) in the “2005 International CES Technology is a Girl’s Best Friend (TechGirl) Diamond Product…

Tech News Joel Dec 15 '04

Burton Headphone Beanie Reviewed

There’s not a whole lot of details in this review of the Burton Headphone Beanie, but then again, there’s not a lot to say. It’s comfortable, it sounds nice, and it would appear to stay strapped to domes beyond necessary X-Trem sports tolerances. And since it’s not an in-ear or noise-canceling set of mini-cans, you…

Tech News Joel Dec 15 '04

Bluetooth Dial-Up Modem

This Wireless Modem Set is neat. Plug the base station into a phone socket and the receiver into a spare USB port and the unit uses Bluetooth to bridge the modem connection. It’ll be slow, of course, but if you happen to be cursed with a lot of travel to places that still have only…

Tech News Joel Dec 15 '04

Sprint Nextel Going CDMA/EV-DO; Dual-Mode Phone From Moto (Someday)

Om Malik, who not only knows more about the business of wireless communication than any given Apache fork-load of hacky tech bloggers, but actually cares about it, has his initial thoughts and analysis of the Sprint Nextel (“Sextel”) merger up on GigaOm. Important for we (l)users in the field is word that Sprint Nextel will…

Tech News Joel Dec 15 '04

TomTomGo Contest: You Have Until Tomorrow

iRiver H10 Official

iPod Flash Mockups Galore

Morning Bits

Dunk Mug

Free TiVo for Bay Area Cable Subscribers

DoCoMo Releases NEC 900iG, GSM FOMA Phone

Dreamcast Guitar Amp

DIY Nintendo DS Smint Case

Rio Japan Wireless Speakers

Mobiado Professional

Unofficial Treo 650 Wi-Fi Card Drivers

Why the Nokia 6600 Might Be Better Than a Treo

Doss DS-220 CD Alarm with Bluetooth Speakers

Brix GT Streamer Revisited

eBay: Cingular Sony Ericsson S710a

GE GlamCam

Burton Headphone Beanie Reviewed

Bluetooth Dial-Up Modem

Sprint Nextel Going CDMA/EV-DO; Dual-Mode Phone From Moto (Someday)

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