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Will hybrid discs do the trick?

SACD and DVD-Audio, those two new super high fidelity audio formats have been struggling, but Audio Revolution thinks that hybrid discs – ones that encode regular CD audio tracks on the same disc as the higher fidelity stuff and so will play in CD players as well – might do the trick and finally get…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

Canon updates its GL2 digital video camera

TechTV review of the GL2, Canon’s update of the GL1 MiniDV digital video camera. They’ve upped the resolution, added an SD memory card slot for taking still pictures, and expanded manual controls. With its high quality video and $2800 price tag, using the GL2 to shoot your family vacation might be overkill, but it looks…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

Sale on Sharp LCD televisions at Amazon

Pretty big deals on all of Sharp’s flat panel LCD televisions over at Amazon. LCD TVs are eventually going to supplant plasma televisions, and since they’re supposed to look better, last longer, and weigh less. Read Amazon

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

More on Nokia’s gamephone

Gamers.com look at the N-Gage, that new gamephone from Nokia (which by the way, was parodied on Saturday Night Live this past weekend), with an overview of the games that are available, its multi-player capabilities, hwo much it’s gonna cost (under $500) and few of its other interesting features. The one that sounds like it…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

World’s smallest Bluetooth headset

Miniscule new Bluetooth headset that fits directly into your ear, and has a small unidirectional microphone that juts out just a little bit so the whole thing is practically invisible. T3 calls the BlueSpoon “the world’s smallest – and possibly wackiest – Bluetooth headset,” but says there’s one downside: it’s also incredibly uncomfortable. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

Sharp’s mini-laptop

The Gadgeteer review of the Linux-based Sharp C700 PDA, which with its 640×480 screen that swivels around to reveal a tiny keyboard, looks a little like a mini-laptop. It’d be nice to see a Pocket PC like this, especially since the C700 is only sold in Japan, only available in the US through Dynamism.com. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 10

The IP Appliance

New Voice over IP telephone for businesses from Mitel called the 5230 IP Appliance that has a docking bay for Pocket PCs so that you can bring all your contact phone numbers and calling preferences with you from phone to phone. Cool, but they could take this a step further. If the 5230 had some…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

SmartDisk’s 80GB portable

Bjorn3D review of a new portable USB 2.0 hard drive, the 80GB SmartDisk, and gives it high marks: SmartDisk really has a winner here with their 80GB portable HDD. It is a great solution for sharing, backing up and transferring MP3s, movies, important files, etc. to your other or your friends’ PCs. I’ve been wanting…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Cellphones as guns

Probably shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise when you think about it, but cellphones that have been converted into makeshift guns, using keypads as triggers, are starting to pop up. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

What’s taking so long?

Scientific American article that makes an excellent point: Why has it taken so long for robots to be actually useful to the general public? Seldom in the history of technology has an industry been so eagerly anticipated, and so slow to emerge, as the consumer robot industry. Back in the early 1980s, when computers were…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

The cellphone/Alzheimer’s connection

New study in Sweden suggests that cellphones might be a cause of Alzheimer’s, though there still isn’t any conclusive evidence that cellphones are dangerous. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Cellphone meltdown

Counterfeit batteries for Nokia phones apparently have a problem with overheating, causing the phones to melt. And according to the article, this isn’t even a ploy to keep people from buying non-Nokia replacement batteries. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 8

Friends don’t let friends use cameraphones

Really great article by Paul Boutin over at Slate about how the perils of drunk dialing are compounded when there’s a cameraphone involved: Cell-phone owners prone to what’s known as the drunk dial now have a whole new way to embarrass themselves: Phone-makers are packing their latest models with tiny video cameras and big color…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Scratch on the go

Bizarre new gadget from from Bandai that let’s you mimic the scratching DJs do with records, on the go. Aimed at “hip hop lovers” who yearn to be DJs, the One Hand Player comes out in Japan next month. Read [Translated from Japanese with Babelfish]

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Introducing our Japanese correspondent

Beginning in April, we’re going to begin featuring regular reports on the Japanese gadget scene from Gen Kanai, our new Tokyo correspondent (and an excellent blogger in his own right). We’re looking forward to his first report. Gen brought up how it’d be great to have other people around the world helping Gizmodo get the…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Amazon sale on Canon’s i320 color printer

Canon’s i320 color bubble jet printer is on sale for $44.18 after rebate over at Amazon. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Samsung’s new PDA phones

Courtesy of BabelFish, a lengthy article, translated from its original Korean, about all the new PDA phones coming out from Samsung. Even if the translation is a little stilted, the photos alone are worth checking out, and the Sprint and Verizon logos emblazoned on several of these phones are a pretty strong indication that these…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

HP Tablet PC sneak peek

Some pics have surfaced of a very thin-looking concept Tablet PCs from HP. No details on whether or not these will actually go into production. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

The phone that knows too much?

Rather glowing review over at InfoWorld of the Nokia 3650, which combines a color screen with a digital camera, as well as handle capably handle your email. The 3650 also has built-in Bluetooth, so it can actually double as a wireless modem for a Bluetooth-enabled laptop. Too bad the phone itself is really ugly. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Bluetooth CF card

New Bluetooth card from Iogear that fits into the CompactFlash slot of a PDA. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 7

Will hybrid discs do the trick?

Canon updates its GL2 digital video camera

Sale on Sharp LCD televisions at Amazon

More on Nokia’s gamephone

World’s smallest Bluetooth headset

Sharp’s mini-laptop

The IP Appliance

SmartDisk’s 80GB portable

Cellphones as guns

What’s taking so long?

The cellphone/Alzheimer’s connection

Cellphone meltdown

Friends don’t let friends use cameraphones

Scratch on the go

Introducing our Japanese correspondent

Amazon sale on Canon’s i320 color printer

Samsung’s new PDA phones

HP Tablet PC sneak peek

The phone that knows too much?

Bluetooth CF card

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