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More Leaked Samsung Concept Phones

Looks like those Samsung concepts weren’t the only ones to leak out onto the web, as iDNES.cz displays what they presume to be the entire 2005 Samsung GSM phone road map. It’s an attractive looking bunch of phones, with traditional clamshells complimenting rotating screens and all sorts of other interesting (if perhaps pointless) features. And…

Tech News Joel Jan 4

Sanyo VPC-C3 Digital Media Camera

If you’re wondering how Sanyo can cram an 8-megapixel sensor into this new VPC-C4 camera, I can tell you: cheating. It’s really just a 4-megapixel unit which can use interpolation to upscale the resolution of the shots. That’s a not a bad thing, really, but it will provide results far different than those from a…

Tech News Joel Jan 4

Mini Robosapien and More

Having made many of the “must have” lists for Xmas 2004, WowWee is introducing follow ups to their breakout product, the Robosapien. A new 7-inch Mini Robosapien is the first to be shown, shipping in February for just $10. More robots will be shown at CES this week, including a new ‘Robosapien V2,’ a ‘Roboraptor,’…

Tech News Joel Jan 4

FIC Vassili

Here’s a pic of that new AMD Alchemy-based portable video player from FIC, called the ‘Vassili.’ It’s cool and all that it uses the new AMD chip that does look mighty nice, the specs of the player itself aren’t all that impressive: 20GB hard drive, 3.6-inch screen, and USB 2.0. I think it’s pretty safe…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

AMD Alchemy Chip with TiVoToGo

AMD has announced a new chip called the ‘Alchemy’ Au1200, designed to power portable video devices of all sizes. The hot heat about the Alchemy is two-fold: first, it can resize almost any major format video into different resolutions on the fly (upscale and downscale, it seems), meaning that devices that use the chipset won’t…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Quirkle Quark

The Quark claims to the world’s “highest performance classic spinning top in the world.” That means it’ll spin for a long, long time—up to 15 minutes a twirl, they say. Manufacturer Quirkle will even include a laser pointer with each purchase to aid in “precision dynamic balancing,” as well as a glass spinning surface (aka…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

2Wire MediaPortal

There’s an opportunity for set-top manufacturing companies like Moxi and 2Wire to really outclass TiVo, simply because they designing devices around a very specific set of, well, specifications. The newly announced 2Wire MediaPortal, for instance, isn’t just a satellite receiver. It’s also an internet/Ethernet-enabled media streamer with a built-in 250GB hard drive, designed to provide…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Gawker Media Corporate Intern

Gawker Media (publisher of Gawker.com, Wonkette.com, Gizmodo.com, Defamer.com, Fleshbot.com, Screenhead.com, Kotaku.com, and Jalopnik.com) is looking for a corporate intern. You will have to share a Glock. Update: We’ve been flooded! Hold off sending in any more emails for now. The ideal candidate will be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as s/he bounces out of bed each day…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

StroboPick

The StroboPick is a tiny strobe light guitar tuning pic, designed to let you tune your guitar visually by shining red and green LEDs on the string until they line up. While strobe tuners have been around for a while, the StroboPick is considerably cheaper than conventional $200 models, ringing up for just $35. And…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Cingular’s Samsung SGH-P777

There is just a teensy bit of information floating up about the Samsung SGH-P777, an EDGE-capable phone that should show up on Cingular sometime in Q1 of ’05. MobileTracker has the basics, including this tiny picture we ripped off. I would expect to hear more from Samsung real soon, as references to the SGH-P777 are…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

2005 Robot Porn Calendar

It doesn’t get much hotter than bot-on-bot action (it’s enough to make your circuits fuse), and the eRobotica 2005 PlayBot Calendar aims to please. Each month has a different robot Playmate, with shots ranging from the relatively tame (like this upskirt) to downright bestial, with two Sony AIBO slipping it doggy style. It’s safe for…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

JVC’s Blu-Ray/DVD Hybrid Disc

Just like the recently-developed HD DVD/DVD dual-disc format from Toshiba, JVC is showing a new prototype triple-layer Blu-Ray/DVD hybrid that puts a 25GB Blu-Ray layer on top of a coventional two-layer 8.5GB DVD disc. Dual format discs are hoped to ease the transition from DVD to whatever format will win the upcoming standards war (probably…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Carriers Make ‘Super 3G’ Plans

Development of the next round of high-speed wireless data services has officially started, with a new consortium of carriers signing a ‘Super 3G’ agreement. The new system, planned to be at least 10 times as fast as modern 3G services, should first been seen in testing environments in 2007, with commercial deployments to follow. Companies…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Sumitronics SP-103 MP3 Docking Station/FM Radio

The Sumitronics SP-103 MP3 Docking Station is a $300 FM radio designed to capture ‘the latest Top-40 music hits’ and copy them automatically to your USB Host-capable MP3 player. I can only presume by ‘latest Top-40 music hits’ they mean ‘whatever happens to be playing on the radio at any given time,’ but until the…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Economy of Scales: Dave Smith’s Xmas Surprise

Once a week, createdigitalmusic‘s Peter Kirn checks in with favorite music equipment picks. This week brings a new keyboard from pioneer Dave Smith; it’s not even out yet, but blinking blue lights, lots of knobs, and the combination of two generations of synthesis technology with both analog and digital circuitry might make even a non-musician…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

KlikoTrekker

It’s commonly accepted that the Dutch, despite their many achievements in legalized prostitution and hippie tourism, have been held back from total world domination due to their extremely long driveways, which wear down the nation’s young husbands as they trek two or three miles each morning to place out their garbage cans for collection. Now…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Cell Phone Booth

Another day, another artist complaining about the lack of respect/personal interaction from those pesky cell phone users. At least Nick Rodrigues bothered to wear a suit as he showed off his personal cell phone booth, designed to illustrate how disrespectful people are when they dare call their friends and family in public. Remember the good…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Samsung Q30 Notebook Reviewed

Sony’s VAIO X505 laptop may be slightly smaller than the new Samsung Q30, but I know which one I’d rather have: the one that doesn’t require me to carry external Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and memory card reader adapters to squeeze out that slimline package. The Q30 does have an external DVD drive, but considering how infrequently…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Samsung 2003 SE Concept Phones: “Javelin” and “B-Bop”

These two concept phones from Samsung are likely to be introduced sooner than the Thor concept, as both are slated to run Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2003 SE operating system. The white slider model, code-named “B-Bop,” is a tri-band GSM device with a 2-megapixel camera, music player, and built-in Wi-Fi. The clamshell concept, code-named “Javelin,” is…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

Samsung’s iPod Killing Phone Concept: “Thor”

A trio of Samsung concept phones have slipped out onto the web which give us a good idea of what to expect from the company in 2005. Code-named “Thor,” this phone includes a 3GB hard drive and an iPod-like jog shuttle for navigation. Said to run the upcoming version of Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system code-named…

Tech News Joel Jan 3

More Leaked Samsung Concept Phones

Sanyo VPC-C3 Digital Media Camera

Mini Robosapien and More

FIC Vassili

AMD Alchemy Chip with TiVoToGo

Quirkle Quark

2Wire MediaPortal

Gawker Media Corporate Intern

StroboPick

Cingular’s Samsung SGH-P777

2005 Robot Porn Calendar

JVC’s Blu-Ray/DVD Hybrid Disc

Carriers Make ‘Super 3G’ Plans

Sumitronics SP-103 MP3 Docking Station/FM Radio

Economy of Scales: Dave Smith’s Xmas Surprise

KlikoTrekker

Cell Phone Booth

Samsung Q30 Notebook Reviewed

Samsung 2003 SE Concept Phones: “Javelin” and “B-Bop”

Samsung’s iPod Killing Phone Concept: “Thor”

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