More About Samsung’s Cameras
We got to feel up Samsung’s new digicams today. The flaks even let us take some sample shots—despite the cameras being very pre-production. Photos taken with the 10-megapixel S1050 didn’t show any big problems at least. 10 megapixels is likely overkill, so you could pay $100 less ($250) and get almost all the same features…
Matt and Charlie, Death Match Behind the Wheel
Sharp recently entered into a new NASCAR sponsorship and to celebrate the occasion, they built a mockup car with dual LCD Panels and driver’s seats, for head-to-head racing. Charlie White and Matt Buchanan star, with cute Sharp girl in a brief supporting role.
Simpsons Movie Phone: Might Suck Less Than the Movie Will
As Matt Greoning has never been afraid to slap The Simpsons logo on anything for a quick buck, and Simpsons fans have been even less afraid to buy all of that crap, so it only makes sense that Samsung is releasing a Simpsons Movie phone to commemorate the upcoming release of that sure-to-be-crappy film No…
What You Missed: Camcorders For Everyone
Best Concept? Hitachi showed off some camcorder concepts featuring direct to Blu-ray recording. https://gizmodo.com/hitachi-concepts-blueray-camcorders-227007 Best Resolution? JVC HD Everio, featuring full 1080p support. https://gizmodo.com/jvc-hd-everio-full-consumer-hd-226571 Cheepest Looking/Easiest to Use? RCA EZ201, coming in at only $129 it isn’t exactly cutting edge. But it will get the job done for your Aunt Salley. https://gizmodo.com/rca-ez201-camcorder-memorymaker-easy-does-it-226788
iRobot Launching an Edu-Bot?
iRobot is trying to expand their market beyond just mopping and vacuuming, with the iRobot Create. It’s basically just the body of the Scooba without the brushes or cleaning fluid tank. Instead they tacked on some ports so people can mod the system to attach things like reticulating arms. One insane example of what it’s…
Finally – An ExpressCard Memory Card Reader
Mac owners like to take photos too. But laptop card readers are made for old-fashioned PC Card slots, not the skinny little ExpressCard slots on MacBooks and ever-more PC laptops. So Kensington has come out with what we think is the first ExpressCard reader – which handles seven memory card formats. Avialble at the end…
Kensington’s Bluetooth Calling Card
The Vo200 Bluetooth Internet Phone is designed to fit into and charge from a PC Card slot in a laptop. (Sorry, Apple MacBook fans.) According to Kensington, the battery is good for 3 hours of talk time and 30 hours standby! Fold the microphone out to use it like a Zoolander-skinny cell phone or fold…