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HP Announces iPAQ rw6800 For Asia

HP just announced their latest iPAQ series for the Asian market, the HP rw6800 Multimedia Messenger, running Windows Mobile 5.0. The rw6800 series iPAQs are all tri-band GSM, will do GPRS/EDGE, have Bluetooth 1.2 and infrared, a MiniSD slot and dual stereo speakers, as well a built-in FM radio tuner; the rw6828 model will also…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Mar 3

Glo Leash: Its a Dogs Light

The petgadgets Glo Leash has what the company calls a dual-beam, super-bright LED on its handle that runs on two AA batteries, lighting your way as well as your dog s, and at the same time making you more visible to those reckless drivers careening down your block. Adding to the safety factor is a…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Brunton SolarRolls: Portable Power on the Road or Trail

Brunton SolarRolls are waterproof flexible solar panels that are available in a variety of sizes and can power or charge up electronic devices both large and small. The smallest is the SolarRoll 4.5 ($169), a 12″ x 22″ panel when it’s open, which weighs 6.4 ounces and can output 4.5 watts, 15.4 Volts/300mA. That’s enough…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

GIZMODO Gallery: Amy Franceschini

“Photosynthesis Robot” (Franceschini, 2003) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen As technology gains ubiquity in our everyday lives, a danger exists that we will eventually lose touch with how this increased use effects our natural environment. With a growing reliance on electrical power and silicon chips used in our daily electronics-entrenched existence, the question remains as to…

Tech News Coinop Mar 3

Pick Up Used Critters, Right Here

Did you ever wonder what happens to those props used in horror movies? Here’s a site that’s helping a special effects house get rid of a variety of animatronic critters, all of them used as props in motion pictures and TV shows. For instance, they are offering this scary-looking bat whose animatronic head nods and…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Apple’s Wide Touchpad Patent

In today’s episode of Apple’s Latest Patent Documentation we see Figure 3. A sketch that appears to show a ultra-wide touchpad for laptops. The patent for this was originally filed on August 25, 2004, but the US Patent office has just now released it. The documentation states that this is a traditional touchpad used to…

Tech News Travis Hudson Mar 3

More Wireless Headsets from Sony Ericsson

In the middle of all the announcements of new phones from Sony Ericsson earlier in the week, someone forgot to mention the matching headsets. All using Bluetooth, the SE HBH-IV835, HBH-PV705 and the HBH-GV435 represent three different (and pretty decent-looking) choices should you be in the market for a new headset. The IV835 and GV435…

Tech News Gizloco Mar 3

Intel’s UMPC Teaser Site is Live

This image from above comes from the ultra-mobile PC teaser page put up from Intel. Coincidentally the planned UMPC announcement comes on the eve of CEbit 2006. Technology blog is speculating that this teaser is referring to the official announcement of theRuby PC Prototype that we saw way back in April. We’ll keep you posted…

Tech News Travis Hudson Mar 3

Toilet Seat Guitar for Only the Most Discerning Guitarists

There’s a shitload of toilet news today for some reason, and here’s a guitar joining the chorus, made out of a toilet seat complete with toilet paper neckstrap and, uh, a poopy pickup. And look—there are toilet paper holders for both ends of the neckstrap and the bridge, too. You ve got to admire the…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Zylink-100 Wireless Audio/Video Transmitter

The Zylink-100 is a wireless audio and video transmitter that can send multimedia from PC to TV at a distance of 150 feet. Besides multimedia files from your computer, the system can also transmit streaming files in real time to a TV. Now if the company can just crank up the bandwidth of this product…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Wikipedia on Your iPod

Despite what the haters say, it s hard to deny Wikipedia its place in the sun. Now you can load up the online encyclopedia on your (third or fourth generation) iPod. Folks with newer iPods, such as the nano or fifth-generation iPod with video, will be disappointed to find out their iPods aren t compatible.…

Tech News Gizloco Mar 3

Flushless Urinals Receive Awards, Save Water

Thanks to the laws of physics and some good old ingenuity, there’s no need to use water to get rid of liquid waste any more. Even though it sounds gross, flushless/waterless urinals received a 2006 Award for Design Excellence and have been endorsed by the U.S. Green Building Council. Best of all, if just 10%…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Kensington Entertainment Dock 500

Here’s another device riding the coattails of the iPod, Kensington’s Entertainment Dock 500, and this one lets you connect any fifth-generation iPod to your TV or home stereo. The Entertainment Dock 500 lets you charge your iPod and watch its video on a decent-sized screen at the same time. A nice touch is its RF…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

Seiko Shows Cellphone-Friendly Bluetooth Watch

Seiko Japan revealed an improbably big watch prototype that hooks up with your cellphone via Bluetooth. The huge display shows you that little envelope indicating that you ve received a new message, and then can also reveal who sent it and the message subject. Continuously communicating with your cellphone, the device can either make a…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

iBoxers for Women

December 2005 saw the launch of the iBoxer, men’s boxers with a special pocket on the side to carry your iPod. Play Underwear’s site has a page up for the Womens iBoxer now and it’s surprisingly attractive, as you can see to the left. Price is still TBA though, so who knows if it’ll actually…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Mar 3

MSIs Mega Blowout

While not necessarily known for being the best player on the field, MSI certainly makes a good effort with its Mega line of portable media devices. The Mega View 588, pictured here, is a portable media player that sports just the type of features you d expect: DivX, WMV9 and MPEG-4 video playback; MP3 and…

Gadgets Gizloco Mar 3

Baltimore Teaches Streetlight Cameras to Shout At, Take Pictures of Anything That Moves

Bold thievery runs rampant in the streets of Baltimore, where 136 streetlights have been stolen in the past few months. How to deal with this larceny? That’s easy, do something indiscriminate and stupid. Train five solar-powered cameras on the remaining streetlights, and teach those cameras to cry out when they see anything moving around them.…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 3

LG Xnote TX is Ultra-Portable, Impossibly Thin

The LG Xnote TX is reed-thin and weighs just 2.4 pounds, but still finds room for a 1.3 GHz Pentium-M ULV 773, a 60-gig hard drive and a gigabyte of RAM. You won’t be playing a lot of rip-roaring games with its GForce Go7300 64MB graphics card, but that 64MB will be a gracious plenty…

Tech News Charlie White Mar 3

Moshi iGlaze Nano Stickers

Let’s face it, iPod cases all kind of suck. You buy a gorgeous, super sleek iPod and then in the name of not getting it all horribly scratched up you then have to buy an ugly bulky case to cover it up, one that probably doesn’t even fit in your pocket. So lame, right? If…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Mar 3

Schwag Watch: February ’06

Hey, readers. Joel here. This is the first in a series of reoccurring features called ‘Schwag Watch,’ where we tell you exactly what products and gifts companies have given our writers. We never trade editorial for gifts, but in the process of dealing with PR companies—especially in the consumer electronics space—some schwag is going to…

Tech News Joel Mar 3

HP Announces iPAQ rw6800 For Asia

Glo Leash: Its a Dogs Light

Brunton SolarRolls: Portable Power on the Road or Trail

GIZMODO Gallery: Amy Franceschini

Pick Up Used Critters, Right Here

Apple’s Wide Touchpad Patent

More Wireless Headsets from Sony Ericsson

Intel’s UMPC Teaser Site is Live

Toilet Seat Guitar for Only the Most Discerning Guitarists

Zylink-100 Wireless Audio/Video Transmitter

Wikipedia on Your iPod

Flushless Urinals Receive Awards, Save Water

Kensington Entertainment Dock 500

Seiko Shows Cellphone-Friendly Bluetooth Watch

iBoxers for Women

MSIs Mega Blowout

Baltimore Teaches Streetlight Cameras to Shout At, Take Pictures of Anything That Moves

LG Xnote TX is Ultra-Portable, Impossibly Thin

Moshi iGlaze Nano Stickers

Schwag Watch: February ’06

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