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Brighthand previews the two big tech trade shows that are coming up later this month, CeBIT in Germany and the Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference in New Orleans. Speculation abounds about what the big product announcements might be, and among the possibilities are a $200 Pocket PC from Toshiba, a new handheld from Palm, and two…
The Rio DR30, SONICblue’s new ultrathin MP3 recorder which they’re billing as the world’s thinnest MP3 recorder, looks suspiciously like PoGo’s RipFlash Trio. The DR30 weighs just 38.4g, and also comes with a built-in FM tuner. Read
Something that should have been out ages ago: a Bluetooth adapter for printers, so you can reduce the number of cables on your desk by one. The Bluetooth Printer Adapter from Epox will work with any printer with a parallel port, and to make sure that you don’t forget what it does, they conveniently made…
Tom’s Hardware Guide on the new Toshiba e330 Pocket PC, which they describe as including the best features of its predecessors, the e310 and the e740. With 64MB, the e310 has twice the RAM of the e310, has a 310MHz processor that’s midway between those of the e310 and the e740, and a new fangled…
TechTV on a new videophone from D-Link that works entirely over a broadband Internet connection, rather than trying to squeeze a video signal over regular copper phone lines like many earlier attempts at video telephony. The DVC-1000 i2eye, which plugs into a TV for seeing the other person, only works if the other person also…
New ways to stream MP3s from a computer to a stereo just keep popping up. The latest to surface is the SLIMP3, which streams music files over Ethernet, and works with Mac, PC, and Linux. Since it uses Ethernet rather than 802.11b, it’s unclear how this improves on something like the HomePod, which uses 802.11b…
Britain’s first 3G high-speed cellphone network went live today, with Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt making the first public cellphone video call to Stephen Timms, the e-Commerce Minister. Wait a second, Britain has an “e-Commerce” Minister? So 1999. Read
World’s first blue laser DVD recorder out next month from Sony. Since blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light, a blue laser DVD recorder can cram more data into the same amount of space. A single Blu-ray disc can hold up to 23GB of data, enough for two hours of high-definition video. These…
And if the Segway isn’t your bag, a new company called BiGHA is trying to reinvent the “touring bicycle.” Forget about taking a test ride though, as it looks like they’ll only be selling the bike online at their website. Don’t know much about the merits of this $3000 bike, but if they’re really serious…
Phillip Torrone reflects on his first ninety days as the proud owner of a Segway Human Transporter: I have used the Segway Human Transporter for over 90 days and have gone over 450 miles. I currently use the Segway HT to go over 7+ miles per day, I have given up a car, we’re saving…
From Brother, the world’s smallest portable printer. The m-PRINT uses USB and infrared for connecting, so it can print from both laptops and PDAs. Don’t expect to print anything full-size though. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
New digital camcorder from Panasonic that uses 8cm DVD-R and DVD-RW discs for storage. The VDR-M30K can hold up to 2 hours of video on just one disc. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]
Rich Brome of PhoneScoop writes in with a tip about Kodak’s new 3.1 megapixel EasyShare LS633 digital camera, which is noteworthy because it is just the first digital camera to come with an OLED (organic light emitting diode) display rather than an LCD, it’s one of the first gadgets anywhere to come with one. OLED…
SONICblue is taking pre-orders on the D2730, it’s new networked DVD player which has an Ethernet port (and a slot for an optional 802.11b card) and can stream video and audio files off of a PC. Read
You can now know precisely where you were when you snapped those holiday pics with a new 3.2 megapixel digital camera from Ricoh that comes with a slot for an optional GPS card that will automatically stamp each picture with the exact location of where it was taken. The RDC-i700G is currently only available only…
There wasn’t all that much to cheer about when Sony unveiled Memory Stick PRO last January, the higher capacity successor to the Memory Stick. Apart from a few exceptions, the new format isn’t backwards compatible with anything already out there that takes a Memory Stick. But despite that, there is a small amount of good…
Newsweek article with a few helpful things to know if you’re in the market for a DVD player. Read
The Mac SpeedZone doesn’t think the new 1GHz iMacs are worth the extra cash, or at least that there’s enough of a difference in performance between them and the older 800MHz models to justify the difference in price ($500). Read
Joi Ito really loves his new Shure E5c headphones. Read
A new portable 30GB hard drive from SmartDisk called the FlashTrax that comes with a slot for transferring digital photos stored on memory cards, a 3.5-inch LCD screen for viewing your images, and can play MP3s as well. Now if it could only play MPEGs and DivX movie files as well, then they’d be talking.…