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Now I don’t know what exactly you’d want to use this Waysmall 200ax-bt 200MHz computer with integrated Bluetooth for, but that’s not because it’s useless. Just the opposite, in fact. For $184 you get a low-power computer running the Linux 2.6.0 kernel with webserver and remote login and power management circuity on-board. Throw a solar…
So the Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute is rolling out a new type of flash memory card called “µcard” (“microcard,” one would assume), to be unveiled formally at the Taipei International Electronics Show in October. And while everyone is getting their panties in a bunch about the 2-terabyte capacity, it should be noted that other…
Is it a gadget? Well, sort of. This mod for pants-wetter Doom 3 changes your flashlight (gadget!) into a special Hello Kitty light. That’ll show those demons who’s boss! Read – Hello Kitty Flashlight [Polycount via TaoOfMac via BoingBoing]
AT&T and Samsung have announced a new phone that they’re promoting to fans of the Olympics (the regular Olympics, not the Delicious Pudding Olympics), the SGH-e316, a sort-of egg-shaped clamshell (or clam-shaped, one might say) with a VGA-quality camera and external color screen. I think it’s fairly safe to presume that since they are promoting…
The Register’s Andrew Orlowski reviews the Sony Ericsson K700i and comes away almost totally impressed, with the exception of a horrendous battery life that makes this moderately-powered, fine-screened handset a once-a-day charger. Other than that, though, it’s aces. The FM radio works well, the screen is gorgeous, and the K700i’s limited web browsing ability is…
Belkin has signed on with wireless vendor Airgo to release new products based on the MIMO wireless technology, a longer-range “multiple in, multiple out” radio system that is compatible with existing Wi-Fi standards (b and g in this case) but can reach speeds of up to 108-megabits per second (compared to 802.11g’s 54-mbit rates). The…
According to this short bit by the Associated Press, the peak time for dates to go sour in New York City is 8 o’clock – at least if you go by data from the “date rescue” call service provided by Cingular and Virgin Mobile (pictured here using top scinece techniques to develop “lies”). Both services…
Hong Kong’s kids have the highest percentage of cellphone ownership of any country in Asia, according to a report by research company TNS. The results of the survey show that 29 percent of Hong Kong children (from ages 6 to 15) have a mobile phone, compared to 25 percent in Australia and Japan. Hong Kong…
There’s nothing rotten about this Danish-born Amitech media center, a small form factor PC with a built-in FM radio and TV tuner that can record both television shows, radio, and CDs. And while the specs look pretty good, with a 3-gigahertz Pentium 4 in the nougaty center, the best part is the price: the Amitech…
A cracked version of the popular “Mosquito v2.0” game for Symbian phones has turned out to include a special trojan payload: a dialer that sends a text message to the UK number 87140 with a charge of £1.50 (about $2.75) a pop. So yeah, that sucks, but you shouldn’t be downloading phone warez, either. Fortunately,…
I4U reviews the Muzio JM-200 flash player, a run-of-the-mill music player with a few stand out features, like a physically spinning volume wheel, two-color OLED screen, and the ability to add your own custom graphics to the front of its display. Other than that we’re looking at what has become almost stock standard on flash…
To commemorate the Olympic Games, sponsor Samsung Electronics has released 1000 special edition “Gold Premium Phones” (models SCH-E470, SPH-E3200, and SPH-E3250) and auctioned them online. The first lot of six phones has been bid up to over one million won (around $12,000). The phones themselves are not actually gold, except for a rim around the…
I didn’t even have to read ViperLair’s review of the Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt PSU (that’s power supply unit, the thing that gives your PC juice) to know that it is going to be a big hit among the build-your-own PC set – that just took one look at a picture. Not only is the…
There’s not a whole lot of detail available about this Morfeo couch with hide-away bed, but really, how much information do you need? It’s a couch with two bendy lights at the corners to be easily positioned for reading and other couch-bound activities. No word on price or availability, or if there will be other…
Bearing in mind that Security.org usually wants to sell you a fix to the problems they talk about, they are warning users of some models of Kensington cable locks for notebook computers that the product can be easily defeated with a dollar’s worth of common office supplies (the exact method isn’t given). While that’s sort…
Slate takes a break from telling people to use Firefox and Christopher Bitchens rants (oh man, BURNED YOU GOOD! I gotta get a snack now) to take an entertaining romp through the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, chock full of interesting pet gadgetry, including stops by booths selling dog and cat pheromones…
First of all, the name is horrid. It might not be so bad if searching for “sweep ez” on Google didn’t turn up a different product altogether, but it’s not like ‘SweepEZE’ is that strong to begin with. That is, of course, presuming that it is pronounced “Sweep Easy” and not “Sweep Easy E,” in…
Monday August 2th, 2004 Rio Carbon: 5GB iPod Mini Fighter Siemens SK65 With Blackberry Email Rio Forge (Sort of) Announced Upcoming US Phones Roundup RoboMessiahWatch: Walking On Water Hitachi Develops High-Res Flexible Display https://gizmodo.com/rio-carbon-5gb-ipod-mini-fighter-18671 Tuesday August 3th, 2004 Kodak EasyShare Printer Dock Plus with Bluetooth for Cameraphones iRiver PMP-100 Series On Sale (Maybe? Soon? We…
3D gaming and cellular phones have remained separate for some time now. I think the only “solutions” I’ve seen are related to Java. [Things like J2ME, for instance. – ed] Now Mitsubishi, famous for the Japanese Zero and teenager-aimed car advertisements has created a fully OpenGL ES Ver. 1.0 software library for phones that runs…
Nintendo is following up their well-received custom Game Boy Advance SPs (like the popular NES Edition model) with an all-new, “girl-targeted” ‘Pink’ model, essentially a reissue of the ‘pink satin’ model available since launch in Japan. I take some offense, though, that only girls will find the new Pink edition appealing; I think it will…