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ITU Telecom Asia 2004: Pantech & Curitel Booth

It’s always good to see innovation brought to the market, even if the innovation doesn’t necessarily do well. Or at least I think so. Take a look at the N-Gage – it’s almost unanimously disliked, and has basically proved that “side-talking” is worthless. Taking another stab at the game/phone hybrid device is Korean “Pantech &…

Tech News LIAM "INTERN CAMP" MCNULTY Sep 10

Actually Cheap 256MB USB Drive/MP3 Player

Here’s something we’re not used to see coming out of Japan: low-cost products. Evergeen has announced the “EG-MP3” series of USB memory type MP3 players. And cheap for Japan means about $60 USD for a 256MB model, which isn’t half bad in America, even. Looking at the low cost, and seeing as how this can…

Tech News Joel Sep 10

Vodafone Personal Assistant III (VPA III)

Vodafone has met the call of the XDA IIs with a Windows Mobile smartphone of their own, called the Vodafone Personal Assistant III, or VPA III. And the best bit of news? It’s a quad-band, so it should be a mail-order lover candidate if you find its built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SDIO slot, slide-out QWERTY keyboard,…

Tech News Joel Sep 10

Nokia 9300 Communicator Interview

All About Symbian has a nice article with Mark Squires, Nokia’s UK Head of Communications. It’s a bit fawning, but considering the source I think that’s somewhat understandable, and it does go a long way in explaining the mindset behind the 9300’s relative lack of features compared to its big brother, the Nokia 9500. According…

Tech News Joel Sep 10

Sharp Mebius Muramasa “MP,” PC-MP70G, PC-MP50G

Sharp has a new Mebius Muramasa on the way (to Japanese stores) called the “MP,” or PC-MP70G and PC-MP50G, if you want to get model number about it. It’s a sub-notebook as should be expected from the Muramasa line, and although it isn’t the smallest laptop they make, in this instance that should be a…

Tech News Joel Sep 10

Sony PSP at the AGC

Portable gaming nerds hungry for any scraps of information about Sony’s upcoming PSP handheld might want to talk a look at ConsoleConspiracy, where they’ve cribbed some notes from today’s “Programming the PSP” talk at the Austin Game Conference. Nothing particularly sticks out at the moment, although they do confirm that the 7.1 surround sound out…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

WallyPower 118

Gizmodo publisher Nick Denton has been asking me – well, not asking, but it’s there in his eyes – which yacht I’d like to be doing most of my blogging from. Normally this hopped-up space harrier that I bop about the atmosphere in each day is enough, as my needs are meager, but I’ve decided…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

H2O Audio SV i700 Waterproof MP3 Housing

Anders Steele (someone’s mom had high hopes) sent me this image of the H2O Audio SV i700 MP3 player that I thought I’d pass along. H2O Audio doesn’t make the MP3 player inside – that’s an iRiver iFP-870 – but instead designed the waterproof housing and fully submersible headphones. You can even use regular headphones…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

One-Handed PS2 Controller

Japanese manufacturer Sanwa Denshi has created a special one-handed Playstation 2 controller, designed to work with the online-only Final Fantasy XI. Apparently the control in FFXI are so basic that you only need a D-pad and four buttons, though, and not the full compliment of shoulder buttons and the like – making it wholly unsuited…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Fashion Forward Nokia 6600 in Awful Movie

I didn’t really want to see that new movie “Cellular” before, but after hearing that it’s about “getting [viewers] to identify with the frustrations of the police officer as he attempts to track down and rescue Ms. Basinger” using a crappy Nokia cellphone, I sort of started thinking that was maybe a little too close…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Audiomotive: Car-Bound PCs

Guest Editor Lionel Felix takes another look at making you car a little more modern – this time by adding a full-blown PC into the mix. Car DVD players are so 5 minutes ago. DirecTV in the car, old news. X-Box in the back seat, puhleez. Any car enthusiast worth their salt has a computer…

Tech News LIONEL FELIX Sep 9

Apple’s Hot Tips (Indeed)

Wow, Apple. I didn’t realize you were such a skank. Don’t rename it, though. We like it when you talk dirty. I’m fairly sure “El amor de mi vida” is “I brought you a soothing salve.” (Thanks, Boo Boo Prime!) Read – iTunes Hot Tips [Apple]

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Morning Bits

Product Highlights • Fly-Eating Robot [News.Google] • Panasonic Introduces New DVD-Recorders with 400 GB Hard Disk Drives [PhysOrg] • Leather Case for Rio Karma [VajaCases] • Mirra Personal Server Version 2.0 Released [DesignTechnica] • “OPERATING ROOM IN A BOX” UNFOLDS [DefenseTech] Business • Phone Gadget Wars Heat Up (RIM) [TheStar] • Ultra wideband may get…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

New Nokias: Nokia 7280, Nokia 7270, Nokia 7260

Okay, so Nokia just dropped three phones onto us, and they’re pretty crazy, and by ‘crazy’ I mean ‘sort of ugly.’ I have to cop to sort of liking the Tron-style and the asymetrical design – the one round corner, one square corner ‘new Nokia’ look – but I have a feeling I’ll be in…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Next Windows to Limit USB Key, iPod Use

CNet is reporting that Microsoft’s upcoming Longhorn version of Windows will have tools designed to help businesses prevent the use of USB keys, iPods, or any other mass storage device that can be connected to work computers, all in the interest of protecting company data. Sounds like a cluster to me, but if iron-fisted sysadmins…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Logitech Mobile Freedom Bluetooth Headset

Logitech has a new “affordable” Bluetooth headset on the way, as long as you consider $70 not a lot of money for a fancy speaker and microphone. Believe it or not, I’ve so far resisted the Bluetooth headset thing, mostly because I don’t need one, but also because it pains me to pay almost half-again…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Sony Cybershot DSC-M1

Oh Sony, when you aren’t acting like a blind, lumbering bastard of a company sometimes I almost want to give you a big bear hug. Like when you make something like this new Cybershot DSC-M1 – there’s no reason for it, you just decided to get funky, and let the engineers take a long, deep…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

XDA IIs, IIi

PDA makers O2 have announced their intention to launch an update to their popular XDA II Pocket PC/Windows Mobile/Phone Thingy, dubbed the XDA IIs. In addition to a boosted battery life, an upgraded 1.3-megapixel camera, a faster 520MHz processor, and all the GSM/GPRS/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth radio brainmelt from before, the IIs is reported to have a slide-out…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Itronix GoBook III

I feel kind of stupid, but Itronix actually told me about their new GoBook III here about a week ago, and I kept putting it off. Easily remedied, though, and gladly, because this ugly fucker actually hides a really nice laptop – Pentium M 1.8 GHz, Ati Radeon Mobility, all that good modular radio stuff…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

Strange Toys from the Tokyo International Gift Show

Contuing coverage of the Tokyo International Gift Show, ITmedia today brings images and explanations of some various gifts that react to humans. There’s too many explain here, but I found the most depressing to be the “Little Nod” from Bandai (pictured at right). The basic concept is similar to a magic 8-ball, except that you…

Tech News Joel Sep 9

ITU Telecom Asia 2004: Pantech & Curitel Booth

Actually Cheap 256MB USB Drive/MP3 Player

Vodafone Personal Assistant III (VPA III)

Nokia 9300 Communicator Interview

Sharp Mebius Muramasa “MP,” PC-MP70G, PC-MP50G

Sony PSP at the AGC

WallyPower 118

H2O Audio SV i700 Waterproof MP3 Housing

One-Handed PS2 Controller

Fashion Forward Nokia 6600 in Awful Movie

Audiomotive: Car-Bound PCs

Apple’s Hot Tips (Indeed)

Morning Bits

New Nokias: Nokia 7280, Nokia 7270, Nokia 7260

Next Windows to Limit USB Key, iPod Use

Logitech Mobile Freedom Bluetooth Headset

Sony Cybershot DSC-M1

XDA IIs, IIi

Itronix GoBook III

Strange Toys from the Tokyo International Gift Show

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