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NHJ’s New Lineup, Plus D’zign DV-5 2GB Hard Drive Videocamera

Japan’s NHJ announced a boatload of new products recently, including updates to their Che-ez! cameras (which tend to live up to their name), a new 1″ hard drive player with a 1.5GB drive for Cornice, new V@MP players, a 5-megapixel camera, and, most interestingly, the D’zign DV-5 video camera [pictured] with an integrated 2GB hard…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Rio Karma 2 in Q4?

If you interpret this product slide from Rio Japan as DAPreview has, you might think that Rio will be launching a new version of the Karma sometime around Q4 of this year. Of course, if anyone at Rio wants to confirm that, we’d be happy to listen. I would hope to see a color-screen Karma…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

DoCoMo’s FOMA Fujitsu F900iT Video Preview

Although, as always, you must sign up/subscribe to get the full video, the preview of Wireless Watch Japan’s video profile from the NTT DoCoMo show on June 1st — the one where they showed all those sexy 3G FOMA phones — gives a good look at the Fujitsu F900iT, the black and silver Symbian clamshell…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Philips Senseo Coffee Pod Review

GadgetMadness reviews the Philips Senseo coffee maker, the other single-serving coffee machine available in the states that uses those quick clean-up coffee pods. They basically flip for it, even going so far as to test the temperature with a laser thermometer, and swearing off Red Bull and Monster for, well, a while. At $70, it’s…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

‘Silence’ Mobile Phone Privacy Booth

Maybe I’m given to pessimism, but I have a feeling this ‘Silence’ mobile phone box — designed to provide a bit of privacy to people who are talking on their cell phones — probably won’t end up being a big success, even if it is slated to appear in an upcoming James Bond movie (in…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Creative MuVo Slim Vs. Samsung Yepp YP-T5 Review

Tom’s Hardware has an at-first off putting comparison review of the Creative MuVo Slim and Samsung’s Yepp YP-T5 where they attempt to contrast the two oddly-shaped flash memory players, but mostly just end up with two separate reviews. Of the two, I definitely prefer the MuVo Slim. It may be twice as heavy and oddly…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Pixela PIX-UVCD/U1W FireWire to USB 2.0 Bridge Cable

Wow, I didn’t even know this would be possible (although I’m far from a cable signaling expert) — Japanese peripheral manufacturer Pixela has released a new FireWire to USB 2.0 cable that allows raw DV (and maybe anything else?) to be transferred from the FireWire port on video cameras to PCs that only have USB…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

ORAC3 Sci-Fi Case Mod

This was on Slashdot yesterday, but the flood kept me from seeing the pictures — now I know why. It’s gorgeous work. This little picture doesn’t do it justice, as you can’t see all the chrome fittings and shiny pipes, but I thought I’d give you detail instead the whole thing. Read [Bit-Tech] Related ‘Blackmesa’…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Sony’s HMP-A1 VAIO Video Pocket Video Review

Portable Media World (a spanking new sister site to our favorite French gadget site, Akihabara News) has a review of the HMP-A1, the second-generation video player from Sony. They’re impressed by its fit-and-finish, but it’s clear from the review that Sony has crippled the device, forcing the user to go through two different programs to…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

UK Considers RFID License Plates

A UK firm has developed e-Plates, license plates with embedded long-range RFID tags that they hope will be adopted by the UK government’s Ministry of Transport. The system, of course, would allow speed checking sensors and other mechanisms to identify which cars were traveling at what speeds — up to 200mph from up to 300…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Sony Updates PSX: DESR-7100 and DESR-5100

Sony has upgraded its Playstation 2/PVR hybrid box, the PSX, launching two new versions, the DESR-7100 (250GB, white) and the DESR-5100 (160GB, white, gray). Although just an incremental release, some changes include an faster CD ripping speed (24x), updated navigation interface, and options to edit your own DVD menus when burning custom discs. Plus you…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

JVC HX-GD8 Shelf-Help System

It might be the best shelf system ever, but the JVC HX-GD8 is more notable for its tragic apportioning of speakers and drivers, making the unit look like a inflated cartoon insect or the hindquarters of an interstellar battleship. And hey, it plays DVDs! Really, even though a lot of shelf systems end up being…

Tech News Joel Jun 16

Pickup Games, Vol. 2 – Knizia’s Samurai

Today’s pickup game just barely qualifies, as games can take more than a few minutes, but I included it because it’s turn-based and easy to get back into in case you do have to stop mid-game. It’s Reiner Knizia’s Samurai, a computerized version of the popular board game, and it even has an OS X…

Tech News MATT GALLANT Jun 15

Google Buzz Index: Next Gen Portable Game Systems, Possible Xbox 2 Names

More loose science Google mining today, starting with a sampling of the five major next generation portable gaming systems. I’m a little surprised — the Nintendo DS comes out on top, even over the Sony PSP. My guess is science is failing us here, as another query for “playstation portable” pulls up another 666,000 hits…

Tech News Joel Jun 15

Atari, EA, VUG Sue as One

Well, here we are again: media makers suing a company that makes a product that bypasses copy protection. The latest go-round is between the game publishers mentioned above and 321 Studios, makers of Games X Copy, which does guess what. Since everyone has heard this song and dance before, I’ll spare the proselytizing and tell…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 15

Brighthand Reviews Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard

Brighthand’s Ed Hardy is now my forsworn enemy. See, Stowaway sent me one of their new folding Bluetooth Keyboards for review, but thanks to the indolent slime slurping shit-for-brains that helm our local FedEx hub, I got to bumble around Queens (“Like Brooklyn, But Norther”) trying to track down a counterfactually extant package while Hardy…

Tech News Joel Jun 15

Nikon Ramps Up D70 Production, Makes Noise About Leaving Film Behind

You know, there’s not even that much to say about these announcements anymore. Nikon announced that it intends to slowly withdraw from the film camera market as it scales up production of its hit prosumer D70 camera. There’s some other minor earnings numbers in the story on Reuters, but that’s the gist of it. Digital…

Tech News Joel Jun 15

Apex PD-840 8.4 Inch Widescreen DVD Player

Apex has added a nice looking 8.4-inch widescreen DVD player to their lineup, called the PD-840. It plays DVDs, music, all that good stuff, with a projected battery life of 2.5 hours — not long enough for two movies, but probably just long enough for one. Although portable DVD players are the sort of product…

Tech News Joel Jun 15

Now We Win. Shooting Robot Cannon.

Square-Enix has shipped Front Mission 4 to North America. The game is not, as its title might imply, about putting on false airs in rap communities, but rather a consolidated political landscape of the near future whose conflicts are resolved by giant robot battles. The fights you command, however, are squad-sized, turn-based battles, as you…

Tech News MATT GALLANT Jun 15

Two Flash Players From Sony: NW-E75 and NW-E95

Sony announced two new flash Memory MP3 players that look not unlike tiny music gas cans, the NW-E75 (256MB) and the NW-E95 (512MB). Both have an impressive playback time of about 70 hours from their rechargeable batteries and look to be able to record to memory, as well. The NW-E75 comes in three colors, red,…

Tech News Joel Jun 15

NHJ’s New Lineup, Plus D’zign DV-5 2GB Hard Drive Videocamera

Rio Karma 2 in Q4?

DoCoMo’s FOMA Fujitsu F900iT Video Preview

Philips Senseo Coffee Pod Review

‘Silence’ Mobile Phone Privacy Booth

Creative MuVo Slim Vs. Samsung Yepp YP-T5 Review

Pixela PIX-UVCD/U1W FireWire to USB 2.0 Bridge Cable

ORAC3 Sci-Fi Case Mod

Sony’s HMP-A1 VAIO Video Pocket Video Review

UK Considers RFID License Plates

Sony Updates PSX: DESR-7100 and DESR-5100

JVC HX-GD8 Shelf-Help System

Pickup Games, Vol. 2 – Knizia’s Samurai

Google Buzz Index: Next Gen Portable Game Systems, Possible Xbox 2 Names

Atari, EA, VUG Sue as One

Brighthand Reviews Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard

Nikon Ramps Up D70 Production, Makes Noise About Leaving Film Behind

Apex PD-840 8.4 Inch Widescreen DVD Player

Now We Win. Shooting Robot Cannon.

Two Flash Players From Sony: NW-E75 and NW-E95

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