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Motorola MPx To Have Only 32MB of RAM

Some slightly disappointing news about the Motorola MPx, the upcoming super-phone with the nifty two-way flip. We already had heard the MPx will be using the Texas Instruments OMAP CPU (200 MHz), but will have a relatively scant 32MB of RAM, along with 64MB of flash ROM. But as was pointed out by PocketPCThoughts forum…

Tech News Joel May 4

Highlights from the Apple’s iTunes Conference Call

While the first half of the Apple iTunes Conference Call transcript is mostly Steve Jobs explaining all the new features available in iTunes 4.5, there are a few tidbits in the Q&A sessions with the reporters, such as the fact that the iPod is approaching 50 percent market share in MP3 players; HP’s iPod should…

Tech News Joel May 4

Jens of Sweden MP-130 Mirror Finish Flash Player

Curse those crafty Swedes and their penchant for good design—especially when it makes me want to buy something I otherwise have no desire to own. The new Jens of Sweden MP-130 is a nice flash memory music player, with all the standard stuff, like FM-radio, direct-recording/encoding to MP3, plus a few surprises (good and bad),…

Tech News Joel May 4

Apple Advertises Regular Old iPod

Apple has a new iPod ad up, and from the talk of people on the Mac sites, you’d think it was the third coming of Jobs or something. The Vines score a spot in the ad, which is…cute, but supports the sort of reckless facial hair that’s become far too common around New York, something…

Tech News Joel May 4

BBC Gives Free Television Downloads a Whirl

The BBC, which last August promised to open up its archives for free via the internet, may be taking the first step in a new program that allows users to download television shows to PDAs or burn copies to DVDs. Although the trials for the program will initially only be open to BBC employees, wider…

Tech News Joel May 3

Live Music CD Burning

Apparently that eMusic “Take home the music on a flash drive” machine isn’t the only way concert-goers can bring home the music, according to the New York Times’ Technology cub scouts. “Instant Live” is mastering and burning CD-Rs of live shows, burning CDs as the show is played, so that at the end only the…

Tech News Joel May 3

More Archos AV500 Info: Ignore What I Said About PMPs Before, I’m Getting Excited

eHomeUpgrade has a bit more information about the upcoming Archos AV500 Personal Media Player/DVR/PDA that will debut in both 20GB or 40GB versions. It appears the AV500 will use TrollTech’s Qtopia as the PDA environment (read: Linux, like the Zaurus), support a huge range of formats including most MPEG and WMV variants, and sit in…

Tech News Joel May 3

Siemens SX1 Review: Eh.

The Register takes a look at the Siemens SX1, the Series 60 Symbian handset with the funky up-the-side keypad. They like well enough, nice looking and all that, but find the joystick to be too sensitive and (surprise of surprises) the keypad hard to use. Even the Nokia 3650, birth control keypad aside, can still…

Tech News Joel May 3

Woman Helps Police Investigation With Cameraphone

This is why, despite all the ridiculous freakouts about privacy, cameraphones are a good thing: As the police arrived and a crowd gathered outside the motel, the Browns noticed a strange-acting man. He asked what had happened and ran across the U.S. 1 Bypass, to a van parked at the College Heights McDonald’s, when he…

Tech News Joel May 3

Schmo Stackable Lamps

I don’t know exactly how these Schmo stackable lamps by Helen Kontouris work (do they transfer power through the tops of each unit? Do you have to run new wires?) but really, I don’t care, because not only do I know I want them, I also know I can never have them, as a stackable…

Tech News Joel May 3

Panasonic’s CG-P1 “ToughPDA”

This magnesium-clad Panasonic CF-P1 is the PocketPC analog to their “Toughbook” series of notebook computers, with an operating temperature range between -29°C to +60°C, protection against vibrations to MIL standard, and protection from water and dust. Powered by an 400MHz XScale PXA-263 processor, the CF-P1 runs Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC OS. Optional modules…

Tech News Joel May 3

Vandisori Lightning Bug MP3 Flash Player

The Vandisori MP3 player “makes illusion of dance of lighting bug. You will be the star because of Vandisori when you put Vandisori on during inline skating, skiing, snowboarding and extra extreme sports.” I will be star? Making total awesome! Vandisori—which means “firefly” in Korean—is a simple flash memory MP3 player with a 64 LED…

Tech News Joel May 3

Two New CDMA Phones from Nokia

Two new Nokia phones today, neither one much to speak of (or look at), but they’ll do just fine in the Asia Pacific CDMA markets for which they are designed. The 2112 has a nice white-on-white thing going for it, but besides an integrated flashlight, polyphonic ringtones, and picture messaging (on a black and white…

Tech News Joel May 3

Dell’s Cheap as in Price, Not Cheap as in Value FM Remote

Snaps (in a variety of formations) to Dell for releasing this excellent FM remote with integrated LCD for the Dell DJ music player, with a built-in microphone for voice recording and even the ability to record FM stations to the DJ’s harddrive. What gets them the most love, though, is the fact that they’re selling…

Tech News Joel May 3

Toshiba Gigabeat 21: HiHi WiFi

No promises that it’s coming our way yet, but Tech Digest brings word of an updated Toshiba Gigabeat, this time with a WiFi-enabled cradle that lets the 20GB player update and stream music from anywhere in the house, one-upping both the iPod and the Rio Karma (which has a wired Ethernet connection in its base…

Tech News Joel May 3

MaxPac Class X 3-Panel LCD Computer in a Case

Although it’s always dubious when a product only has mockup pictures, and not a final photograph, I think in this instance we can be fairly certain the MaxPac X Class Rugged Portable Workstations aren’t just vapor, considering MaxVision has been making similar luggable workstations for some time. Available in a variety of server-class configurations, the…

Tech News Joel May 3

PDA OS Marketshare: Palm and Microsoft Neck and Neck

According to the latest numbers from Gartner, PalmSource (the software side of Palm that produces PalmOS) and Microsoft are in a “dead heat” in the PDA operating system race, with Palm taking a huge drop to sit at 40.7% of the market, while Microsoft moved up to around 40.2%. Gartner is speculating that many PalmOS…

Tech News Joel May 3

Apple iKicks

They’ve got the same sort of ridiculous price premium that Apple hardware had in the ’90s, but if you really, really need official Apple-branded shoes, you can get a pair of these vintage “Near Mint Condition” clodhoppers for $399.95 (ladies sneak by for only $299.95). Read [RedlightRunner via CoolHunting]

Tech News Joel May 3

Battlefield Reporting: What’s In Your Gadget Bag, Peter Maass?

Although we started out aiming for other topics, Gizmodo being what it is, we tended toward the technical, and ended up asking accomplished war corespondent Peter Maasss something very much like “What’s in your Gadget Bag?” Which is fine, but it’s the stories and pictures that come out of these harsh situations that make Peter’s…

Tech News Joel May 3

FrogPad Bluetooth Now Taking Pre-Orders

After what seems like an especially long wait, FrogPad is finally taking pre-orders for its one-handed Bluetooth keyboard. It looks like they’ve dropped the green casing, too (or was it blue?) for a new white plastic that looks very nice, and much less like a child’s learning toy. The FrogPad can be pre-ordered for $175…

Tech News Joel May 3

Motorola MPx To Have Only 32MB of RAM

Highlights from the Apple’s iTunes Conference Call

Jens of Sweden MP-130 Mirror Finish Flash Player

Apple Advertises Regular Old iPod

BBC Gives Free Television Downloads a Whirl

Live Music CD Burning

More Archos AV500 Info: Ignore What I Said About PMPs Before, I’m Getting Excited

Siemens SX1 Review: Eh.

Woman Helps Police Investigation With Cameraphone

Schmo Stackable Lamps

Panasonic’s CG-P1 “ToughPDA”

Vandisori Lightning Bug MP3 Flash Player

Two New CDMA Phones from Nokia

Dell’s Cheap as in Price, Not Cheap as in Value FM Remote

Toshiba Gigabeat 21: HiHi WiFi

MaxPac Class X 3-Panel LCD Computer in a Case

PDA OS Marketshare: Palm and Microsoft Neck and Neck

Apple iKicks

Battlefield Reporting: What’s In Your Gadget Bag, Peter Maass?

FrogPad Bluetooth Now Taking Pre-Orders

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