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Nokia 6820 With Flip QWERTY Keyboard Review

PDABuyersGuide has a review of the Nokia 6820, that crazy Series 40 phone with the flip-out keyboard that’s now available through AT&T Wireless. It isn’t packed with cutting-edge features, but for those that SMS or email a lot, having a full QWERTY thumbpad could be great. It would also be wonderful for those that have…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

New N-Gage In April?

Speaking of portable games, it looks like Nokia will be showing a new version of their award-winning* mobile gaming handset, the N-Gage, on April 14th. Nokia’s Ilkka Raiskinen says in a quote previous to the announcement, “Our strategy is clearly to have more devices.” Rumors have pegged Nokia to have a new version of the…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

GDC: First Xbox 2 Screens, MS XNA Cross-Platform Dev

At this year’s Game Developers’ Conference, Microsoft unveiled not only their new ‘XNA’ platform, designed to aid game developers in porting their software between the Xbox 2, PCs, and mobile devices, but also showed some of the first reference videos for the upcoming Xbox 2. In addition, Microsoft spoke of plans to push Xbox Live…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

Nokia Plans To Release 40 Phones In 2004

Nokia mentioned today that it intends to release 40 handsets this year, or about the same amount released in 2003. With only seven phones released so far this year—and only one release at this year’s CeBIT—the Finnish giant will have to ramp up production a bit to meet that mark. Also of note is Nokia’s…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

Airider Hovercraft Vacuum Cleaner

Riding on a cushion of air like a hovercraft, the Airider is a bagless 1400-watt vacuum cleaner with ‘virtually weightless operation.’ Developed by a Glaswegian company (Glaswegian!) Air Rider Systems, the product will be launched in the UK in April for around $360. Best of all, since the Airider never touches the ground, it can…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

Thermapen Professional Thermometer

For a serious chef, a good thermometer can make the difference between a tasty poached egg and a face-searing explosion (well, that and knowing the difference between a stove and a microwave. Not that I speak from experience). At $80 a pop, the Thermapen doesn’t come cheap, but can give an accurate read-out in less…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

NEC Resonantware, Tomorrow’s Future Tomorrow

Unlike many speculative electronics mockups, these ‘Resonantware’ designs from NEC are thoughtful and sometimes even practical, showcasing a possible future for lifestyle gadgetry that is both innovative and classy. NEC leads with the ‘tag,’ a flexible cellphone reminiscent of piece of taffy or those metal ‘slap bracelets’ that curl around your arm, which can be…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

TiVo Video-on-Video, More Time For Ads, Less Time For Shows

In an attempt to shore up relationships with an industry that considers them an enemy, TiVo has announced their intention to market a new advertising service dubbed Video-to-Video. As TiVo users are fast-forwarding through commericals, icons relating to the products being advertised would appear, allowing those that are interested to watch a special pre-loaded three-minute…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

Motorola MotoPro Platform Details

Nechbi brings word from the Microsoft Mobile Developers Conference about the new ‘MotoPro Platform’ from Motorola. Both the MPX100 and the MPX will be among the first to run Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (new for 2004!) with a bucketload of ‘finally!’ features, including 30FPS video capture, MP3 ringtones, text-to-speech, WiFi (built-in on the MPX…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

3 New Nintendo DS Mockups

This first DS Mockup is actually an original, sent to us by Marin Vesanovic . It’s a bit a too thin and a bit too grey for my taste, but you have to applaud this sort of effort. I said applaud, you heartless jerks. This one is even less likely than the first, but there…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

ALDI To Sell MS Smartphone

Bolstering rumors they reported previously, MSMobiles says that European super-retailer ALDI will be selling a Medion-branded Microsoft Smartphone. This is notable if for no other reason than Medion’s position as one of the top PDA brands in Europe—almost solely to their distribution via ALDI. Think of it like Wal-Mart selling a rebranded smartphone, if that…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

SiPphone Call-in-One, VoIP On Your Regular Phone

SiPphone Call-in-One is the first SIP product that looks useful enough to buy. Rather than replacing your current phone, or adding a second SIP handset, the Call-in-One acts as a sort of PSTN/POTS (regular phone service) and SIP router. By plugging the Call-in-One to your ethernet IP network as well as your phone line, then…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

Jabra SP100 Bluetooth Speakerphone

Jabra’s SP100 speakerphone is a Bluetooth 1.1 device that works just as you’d expect. Designed mainly for use in cars, the device has a mute button, headphone jack, and rechargeable batteries. A lot of newer phones already have speakerphone functions, but if the $149 SP100 has a better quality speaker and microphone, it might be…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 25

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Product Highlights • Fastap-enabled Phone From LG [right] • New TVs To Have Cable Box Built In [BusinessWeek] • Motorola World Phone with CDMA and GSM [Mobile9] • Great CeBIT Final Roundup [TrustedReviews] • New Sony eBook Reader Uses Electronic Paper [e.ink] • Japanese Electronic Loser Detector [Dottocomu] • 533 MHz DDR2 First Look [Anandtech]…

Tech News Joel Mar 24

Gizmodo Adds New RSS Feeds

A quick word regarding Gizmodo’s feeds: Our faithful web ninja Nick has implemented the latest in syndication technologies in a variety of easy-to-feed methods, including XML, RDF, and the new kid Atom. Not only are these feeds available for the front page index (in the sidebar under ‘About Gizmodo’), but each individual category archive has…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

USR5410 WiFi B+G Card For $20 (AR)

The USR5410 802.11b+g PCMCIA card from U.S. Robotics isn’t for everyone. It’s fast talking, getting high network performance scores in most reviews, but has a bad mannered install process and slipshod documentation. It will only associate with Windows, too, snubbing Mac and Linux. Fortunately, for what it lacks in grace and temperament it makes up…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

Lenovo ET560 Flips You For Real

Mobileburn has some shots of Lenovo ET560 PocketPC/cellphone hybrid with one of those flippy screens all the kids seem to be getting excited about. With a 400MHz CPU and a VGA quality camera, we welcome the ET560 into the fold as another very nice, very much the same smartphone. When Mobileburn starts carrying phones with…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

Wal-Mart Music Store Opens, Price War To Come?

Wal-Mart’s music download service launches today with a per-song charge of 88 cents. With 30-second previews and DRM-locked files (including the ability to authorize 2 additional computers and make 10 burns to a CD), it looks a lot like a web-based iTunes Music Store clone—not a bad thing, exactly, but not terribly innovative. What is…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

OQO uPC Impressions, Too Little, Too Late?

Dave Weinstein stopped by the offices of OQO to inspect their almost-vaporware handheld PC, the OQO uPC Model 1. The uPC sets itself apart by being a full-blown Transmeta-powered PC capable of running Windows XP (or anything else, one would imagine) but its ingenuity may be its downfall: Weinstein comes away with the impression that…

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

NES Controller Air Freshener

This $4 Nintendo Air Freshener is just the thing for those who want to be reminded of the 8-bit glory days wherever they may roam. Available scents include ‘Blown Dust From Cartridge,’ ‘Silver Arrows (of Vanilla),’ and ‘Doritos.’ Read [via I4U]

Tech News JOEL JOHNSON Mar 24

Nokia 6820 With Flip QWERTY Keyboard Review

New N-Gage In April?

GDC: First Xbox 2 Screens, MS XNA Cross-Platform Dev

Nokia Plans To Release 40 Phones In 2004

Airider Hovercraft Vacuum Cleaner

Thermapen Professional Thermometer

NEC Resonantware, Tomorrow’s Future Tomorrow

TiVo Video-on-Video, More Time For Ads, Less Time For Shows

Motorola MotoPro Platform Details

3 New Nintendo DS Mockups

ALDI To Sell MS Smartphone

SiPphone Call-in-One, VoIP On Your Regular Phone

Jabra SP100 Bluetooth Speakerphone

Other Bits

Gizmodo Adds New RSS Feeds

USR5410 WiFi B+G Card For $20 (AR)

Lenovo ET560 Flips You For Real

Wal-Mart Music Store Opens, Price War To Come?

OQO uPC Impressions, Too Little, Too Late?

NES Controller Air Freshener

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