Handheld

Revive Those Repressed Sega Genesis Memories With 16-bit Blaze Portable Game Player

If you weren’t lucky enough to have an SNES back in the ’90s, and were instead stuck with a Sega Megadrive (Genesis), the Blaze 16-bit handheld will bring a flood of those memories back to the surface and them some. The controller setup is even the same, complete with the Start button switching that made…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 27

Teachermate Handheld Educational Computer Costs $50, Launches in Chicago

Innovations for Learning just announced a blue GameBoy-like handheld computer designed for schools. It’s got directional buttons, a few face buttons, a 2.5-inch LCD, USB sync, SD card storage, AC/USB charging, and a 3.5-hour battery life. Inside the teachermate is a “complete reading and math curriculum that is aligned with all of the major reading…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 13

3M on Verge of Releasing Mini Mobile Projector, Possible $300-$400 Price Tag

The race to release the world’s first mobile projector continues to heat up with the word that 3M has found a “leading consumer electronics company” to help get its product out the door. It appears that the product in question is the same half-inch thick LED illuminated projection engine that 3M was shopping around back…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 7

Pico Projector Coming by Mid 2008

Awesome. Young Optics Inc. has announced that it will release a Pico projector by the end of this quarter or the beginning of the next, which would make it the first such product to hit the market. The device will be based on Texas Instruments technology and utilize a DPL chip and RGB LED light…

Tech News Sean Fallon Feb 21

BlingNation Blinger Handheld ATM Confuses Us

At first glance we thought this BlingNation Blinger was a handheld ATM device that would let you purchase stuff directly from a salesperson (like in Apple stores), but on closer examination it’s actually quite weirder. It’s actually a handheld ATM in that it’s an actual ATM, which means that you can do everything that you…

Gadgets Jason Chen Feb 1

Handheld Gamecube Mod Gets B- For Effort, F For Quality

If you’re going to turn a Nintendo Gamecube into a handheld portable device, you should really spend a little more effort than this man here. Geekologie doesn’t have any details on it, but as you can see, whoever did this just broke a regular GC controller in half, soldered some holes into a piece of…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 14

Lenovo’s MID Handheld Internet/Media Device Looks Like a Giant PSP, Has Touch Gestures

UMPCPortal found this video of Lenovo’s unannounced MID, or Mobile Internet Device, that shows off some touch gestures and a bit of its functionality. It has a horizontal PSP Xross Media Bar-like navigation, a wide PSP-like body, and touch gestures (which the PSP doesn’t have). Not only can it play back video and audio, it’s…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 5

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

If you really must have a way to watch those four seasons of Futurama DVDs anywhere you go, this Microvision SHOW handheld projector is the way to go. Not only is it about the size of a first or second-gen iPod, it can shoot out a 848×480 image (DVD quality) that’s anywhere from 12-inches to…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 2

Sony Mylo 2 Handheld Communicator Keeps Sliding Form Factor, Adds Faster Wi-Fi

There isn’t much to know just yet about the Sony Mylo 2, an update of the original Skype/Wi-Fi/Browser/Messaging tool that hit last year. What we do know is that it looks slightly more squarish than the original, it keeps the sliding form factor, adds a camera and has 802.11g as well as 802.11b. The only…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 17

Glucoboy Makes Blood-Testing (Sort of) Fun With GBA and Online Gaming Rewards

When it comes to diabetes blood-testing the word “fun” does not spring to mind. However, the Glucoboy could change all that by rewarding consistent testing and good results. When the blood glucose meter is combined with a Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS, kids can earn points that will unlock mini-games on the included cartridge…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 6

M-Audio’s MicroTrack II Digital Audio Recorder: Rock Star Quality at a Garage Band Price

The new MicroTrack II from M-Audio gives musicians everything they need to record music on the go. The handheld device features 2-channel WAV (BWF) and MP3 recording and playback and can copy files directly to CompactFlash cards or microdrives. There are also two 1/4-inch TRS inputs for your gear, 48V phantom-powered mic preamps, and drag-and-drop…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Nov 29

Gamepark GP2X F-200 DivX/Xvid-Playing Handheld With Emulator Now Available

The crazy GP2X F-200 Gamepark handheld is available today for $169 on Play-Asia. What’s so special about this handheld? For one, it’s running Linux and can play back DivX, XVid and MPEG4 at 30FPS, or TV-Out your movies that are encoded at 720×480. For two, it supports emulation, which means you can load your old…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 29

Korean Posdata Set to Launch Handheld WiMAX Gaming Console

Although coming from a no-name manufacturer, this Posdata G100 may sound like the next Gizmondo, but the upcoming Korean handheld gaming device has some interesting features going for it. There’s the WiMAX, Wi-FI and Bluetooth, which allows it to be connected on yakuza levels, and the 4-inch touchscreen LCD, which brings interesting gaming options as…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 28

GP2X F-200 Portable Game System has DivX, XviD, and Emulator Support

The GP2X emulator-friendly handheld game unit is about to get an upgrade. THE GP2X F-200 game system comes in white, but has “Dual CPU Cores,” 64MB flash ram, USB 2.0, runs Linux, plays back DivX, XviD, MPEG4, MP3, OGG, supports video encoded at 720×480 resolution video at 30fps, SMI subtitles, TV-Out, E-Book viewer (txt files…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 24

Dr. Ashen Reviews the Best Console Ever

Attention Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS Lite, and PSP. There’s a new game console in town. The Gamespower 50. That’s right, it comes with FIFTY GAMES. We’d like to see your high definition console come with half that many. What does Dr. Ashen of green lasers and piece of shite MP4 player fame have…

Gadgets Jason Chen Feb 13

Coleco’s Sonic Handheld Plays Sega Games

Coleco owners have a certain fondness for the ColecoVision console of the 80s, despite the fact that it eventually went under. That makes us fairly intrigued when we see that Target is accepting pre-orders for a Coleco Sonic Handheld, a small PSP-like device that plays Sega games. SEGA! https://gizmodo.com/sizemodo-playstation-3-vs-colecovision-209866 All the games are built in,…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 30

Dyson’s Root 6: The Handheld Suck-Machine

Made for cramped spaces like cars and NY apartments, the Dyson Root 6 takes Dyson’s special sucking power and transfers it to a handheld. Despite looking like something out of Ghostbusters, the Root 6 maintains suction like all other Dysons, and has a “one-touch emptying” system so you don’t have to get your hands (very)…

Gadgets Jason Chen Oct 12

DS Lite Launches In Japan

The Nintendo DS Lite finally went on sale in Japan today and surprise, surprise, hundreds of people spent the night in lines waiting to buy one. Every single retailer sold out, as expected-in many cases before they’d even opened. Only the Crystal White (a.k.a. the one that looks like an Apple product) was made available…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Mar 2

High-Tech Stick Figures?

Believe it or not, this has actually happened. These are tiny digital boxes that each contain one stick person. Each stick person has its own personality and can interact with other stick people by placing them side by side. Ever want to observe jailed individuals, sans sodomy, of course? This is probably the way to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Feb 3

Revive Those Repressed Sega Genesis Memories With 16-bit Blaze Portable Game Player

Teachermate Handheld Educational Computer Costs $50, Launches in Chicago

3M on Verge of Releasing Mini Mobile Projector, Possible $300-$400 Price Tag

Pico Projector Coming by Mid 2008

BlingNation Blinger Handheld ATM Confuses Us

Handheld Gamecube Mod Gets B- For Effort, F For Quality

Lenovo’s MID Handheld Internet/Media Device Looks Like a Giant PSP, Has Touch Gestures

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

Sony Mylo 2 Handheld Communicator Keeps Sliding Form Factor, Adds Faster Wi-Fi

Glucoboy Makes Blood-Testing (Sort of) Fun With GBA and Online Gaming Rewards

M-Audio’s MicroTrack II Digital Audio Recorder: Rock Star Quality at a Garage Band Price

Gamepark GP2X F-200 DivX/Xvid-Playing Handheld With Emulator Now Available

Korean Posdata Set to Launch Handheld WiMAX Gaming Console

GP2X F-200 Portable Game System has DivX, XviD, and Emulator Support

Dr. Ashen Reviews the Best Console Ever

Coleco’s Sonic Handheld Plays Sega Games

Dyson’s Root 6: The Handheld Suck-Machine

DS Lite Launches In Japan

High-Tech Stick Figures?

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