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CES begins!

It’s time for the Consumer Electronics Show again, the giant yearly trade show that takes place in Las Vegas every January. Some highlights: a 1GB SecureDigital storage card from Panasonic; a Personal Video Player with a four inch screen and room for ten hours of video from SONICblue and Intel; and a satellite TV dish…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Two new Pocket PC Phones

Two new Pocket PC Phones that run on CDMA wireless networks (the type of network used by Sprint PCS and Verizon) debut today, the i700 from Samsung and the Multimedia Communicator from Hitachi. Both the i700 (pictured at right) and the Multimedia Communicator come with built-in digital cameras, but the Hitachi has an integrated keyboard…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Amazon sale on Phillips portable CD player

Amazon’s having a post-holiday clearance sales, and one of the nifty little gadgets on sale is Phillips’ AX511117 Ultracompact Portable CD Player, which comes with 45 seconds of electronic-skip protection. Just $49.88. Amazon

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Asustek to build a Smartphone

There are now two handheld manufacturers signed on to produce handsets that will run Microsoft’s new Smartphone operating system, Compal, and now Asustek. Compal is beginning production this month on their first Smartphone, the AR11, which is expected to retail for a hefty $500 to $600. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Leave the headphones at home

They’ve discovered an entirely new way to annoy me: FPS have come out with a backpack that comes with flat-panel speakers. The idea is that people can walk around town blasting their music to everyone around them: The FPS Personal Backpack Audio System is a tough, lightweight backpack that employs a pair of patented, water-resistant…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Asimo’s father

The Daily Yomiuri has an interview with Yoshiaki Sakagami, chief engineer of Honda R&D, and the man behind Honda’s Asimo robot. Along with Sony’s SDR-4X, these new humanoid robots are the next wave of robotics, and are going to start showing up in people’s homes within a year or two. Read [Via BoingBoing]

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 6

Or perhaps not

Glenn Fleishman, of 802.11b Networking News, writes in that contrary to what ThinkSecret says, it’s not a done deal that Apple is going to support 802.11g in the next version of AirPort: I’ll definitely bet you that Apple, if it announces an AirPort 3.0 system at Macworld, will go for dual-band, probably summer introduction, not…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 5

802.11g Airport coming from Apple

Oh, and it’s not quite as exciting as a video iPod, but ThinkSecret is confirming that an 802.11g Airport will be announced next week at Macworld SF. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 5

A video iPod?

There’s speculation that next week at Macworld SF Apple will introduce an iPod with a color screen that will play video files, specifically MPEG-4 Video, AAC, and MPEG-1. Seems unlikely, but if true, this would be huge, and probably open up a whole new market for portable video players. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 5

Bill Thompson on Cameraphones

Bill Thompson’s most recent column for BBCi is about cameraphones, and the risks they pose to personal privacy. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 5

2003: the year of the PVR?

Ric Manning, who does the Gizmo Page for the Louisville Courier-Journal, thinks that 2003 will finally be the year PVRs find a mainstream audience. One can only hope. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

19-inch LCD monitor roundup

CNET roundup of the best 19-inch LCD monitors. Their picks for the best of the bunch: Princeton’s SENergy 981 and Planar’s PL191M (pictured at right). Read Amazon – Planar PL191M

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

New external DVD-RW drive from Archos

A new external DVD-RW drive from Archos. The DExDVD-RW connects over USB 2.0, and with DVD-RAM disks, can double as an external hard drive as well. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

D-Link router: just $32.01 at Amazon

D-Link 4-port cable/DSL routers are just $32.01 (after rebate) at Amazon. It’s amazing how it can cost under $50 now to build a home network. Amazon

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

What the heck are we talking about?

We try to keep the useless jargon to a minimum here at Gizmodo, but there’s a certain amount of technical terms that are just unavoidable. This is a gadgets weblog we’re talking about. But if you’re puzzled by the sea of acronyms and terms we throw out every time we blog about a new handheld,…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

Wristwatch plus geiger counter

Anyone worried about possible radiological terrorist attacks might want to pick up this radiation detecting wristwatch from vigiWATCH. Hopefully you’ll never have a chance to actually see how well it works. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

DVD players in hotel rooms

Lots of hotel rooms come with VCRs these days, but has anyone stayed in one with a DVD player? UPDATE: Several readers have written in to say that, yes, they have stayed in hotels offering DVD players in their rooms, including the Meridian and 60 Thompson here in New York City, Porches in Massachusetts, the…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 4

Vaporware 2002

Wired News has its list of the top vaporware of 2002 – overhyped products that for whatever reason failed to materialize, among several gadgets like the “new” Amiga, Electronic Film, and the OQO Ultrapersonal computer. Read

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 2

Dan Gillmor predicts a PDA from Apple in 2003

Dan Gillmor, of the San Jose Mercury News, among his other prognostications for 2003, is predicting that Apple will introduce a PDA this year. There’s been speculation about this for past year or so, but remember that Steve Jobs has publically proclaimed his dislike for handhelds (he killed off the Newton soon after returning to…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 2

TiVo vs. the City of New York

Finally, an article suitable for blogging by both Gizmodo and our New York-obsessed sibling blog, Gawker! Simon Dumenco fears that TiVo and digital cable are turning New Yorkers into a city of VH1 Classic obsessed loners. It’s about time! Have you seen how good VH1 Classic is? In just one hour I once saw videos…

Tech News Gizmodo Jan 2

CES begins!

Two new Pocket PC Phones

Amazon sale on Phillips portable CD player

Asustek to build a Smartphone

Leave the headphones at home

Asimo’s father

Or perhaps not

802.11g Airport coming from Apple

A video iPod?

Bill Thompson on Cameraphones

2003: the year of the PVR?

19-inch LCD monitor roundup

New external DVD-RW drive from Archos

D-Link router: just $32.01 at Amazon

What the heck are we talking about?

Wristwatch plus geiger counter

DVD players in hotel rooms

Vaporware 2002

Dan Gillmor predicts a PDA from Apple in 2003

TiVo vs. the City of New York

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