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So the technical information is all jacked up in this article at the Khaleej Times (phones with hard disks? ‘symptoms phones’?) but the point they’re trying to make is still valid. With the first and second generation of widespread cameraphones getting long in the tooth, many people are trading them in for new models with…
To kick off its iPod-compatible “Harmony” music download service (which works inside of RealPlayer), RealNetworks is offering a limited-time half-price sale, selling online downloads for just $.49, as well as half-price albums. This is separate from Real’s streaming Rhapsody service, although Real plans to add the Harmony songs to that service as well later in…
The Register is reporting that PalmOne’s $130 Wi-Fi SD-cards should ship next month, although they’ll only work with the Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 models. Palm is sort of dropping the ball on Wi-Fi implementation, something that is hopefully just a small hiccup in the current product lineup, as future products should (as in I…
If there is a worse investment for me, gadget-wise, than kitchen appliances, I don’t know that it is. I’ll buy KitchenAid attachments just because they look neat, convincing myself that ‘amateur sausage making’ is going to sizzle me into a future of home-ground treats, then leave the packages unopened on the shelf. So you might…
Classic Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad has announced the purchase of a company Imacon – normally not news for us, but it signifies a move for the camera company towards digital, who apparently was caught somewhat off guard by the extremely fast migration of users from film to digital cameras. Or there might be a herring…
Jason Piper shares his impressions of the hottest new virtual pet (okay, pretty much only virtual pet) in town: the new Tamagotchi Connection. You might not give a flying flip, but I adored my original Tamagotchi for at least the first 8 to 10 hours. When the first Tamagotchi was introduced in the 1998 was…
Reader Rickie Chang took this sweet shot of the Macy’s Robosapian (click it for higher-resolution). Could the Thanksgiving Day Parade be next? Also, Keith Kin Yan took a bunch of great pics, too, which I’ll link. You guys both rock in a total e minor, ultimate robot doom sort of way! And thanks again, Chuck,…
ActiveWin got a hold of Microsoft’s Fall mouse and keyboard lineup, if that’s the sort of thing that gets you going. Although for the most part the new peripherals look like more of the same (which isn’t necessarily bad), at least two of the products – the “Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader Windows USB”…
I’d like to announce the winner of last Friday’s Niveus PC Remote Control contest, Eric Antonow. So I did. Not only did he get the most entries correct (although there were about five or six others that came very close), he took such wild stabs at accuracy on the ones he missed that I just…
Oh my word! Reader Chuck Fletcher sent me this camphone pic of a giant Robosapian on the side of Macy’s on 34th. Thanks, Chuck! (Now somebody get me a higher-resolution picture, pronto!)
The Mobinote DVX-Pod 7010 is one sale from at least one Taiwanese retailer, it seems. For $19,000 Taiwanese New Dollars (about $585), you can take one of the stark white hard disk video players with a 7-inch screen firmly into your hands. Both hands, I’m saying, and with a tight grip. Because it’s big, you…
After first seeing the Card Access Time-Scout system for locking down electronic devices from kids, I started to write, “Hey, here’s an idea, parents: Why don’t you grow a pair?” A pair of boobs or testicles, brass perhaps, as it pleased them; I was not picky. But then I realized that one could credit an…
I would have posted this up about 5 minutes before now, but I noticed they only had three more in stock, so I thought I should get there before you punks. Because lord knows, there’s nothing that goes together more sweetly than a distended Hello Kitty head and a light, battery-powered sucking force. And for…
Japanese Lego-equivalent Kubrick has released a neato iPod holder that’s shaped just like one of its smooth-sided mini-figures, dubbed the iKub. Retailer HMV will be selling it in November for ¥5,000 (around $45). Read – iPod Robot [RandomURL] Related Lego Volvo [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/lego-volvo-9162
So apparently that Pockefami portable NES machine we were talking about is far from the first portable NES player. In fact, the GameAxe, from Taiwanese grey market manufacturer Redant was created way back in ’95. Although never released in the US for obvious reasons, the GameAxe is essentially an NES in portable form, with a…
Ooh, I can slide this one in short and sweet: Sprint is getting BlackBerry, later this year. Details to follow. Read – BlackBerry Coming to Sprint [SlashPhone]
So how about that new iMac, huh? There has been plenty of talk around Internet about the new machine – set to be announced August 31 at the Apple Expo in Paris, according to most rumors – including this speculative design by fantasy Mac render man Isamu Sanada. All signs are pointing to a pizza…
Sirius has a new model of their satellite radio hardware, the Stream Jockey [pictured right, because I keep going right to left for some reason]. Also known as the XACT XTR Plug & Play Satellite Receiver, the $100 device can be outfitted with a universal docking station for another $60, or desperate seperate docking stations…
A couple of tiny flash players for your viewing pleasure, neither of which is much to speak of feature-wise (they rarely are), but have their own charm as far as form factor goes. The AMP-1301 (pictured right) is, well, a tube. A silver tube. A silver tube with what looks to be an OLED screen.…
Another wireless TV from Sony, despite a general public “eh” for its existing “Location Free TV” product line that launched earlier this year. This model is even less portable, but it’s not exactly designed to be lugged about. Instead, all the component parts – like the DVD player and wireless headphones and remote – use…