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InfoSync on the T919 from Austrian company Tel.Me, which is shaping up to be the dark horse of the smartphone market. The T919 comes with a 15-bit color, 256×128 pixel display, an MP3 player, an email client that syncs with Microsoft Outlook, an integrated digital camera, and slot for MMC memory cards. Read
Lots of great recommendations in response to Saturday’s query about external PC television tuners. Click on the link for the full details of what Gizmodo readers had to say. From reader James Peetz: I have the Pinnacle Bungee DVD external usb capture box. I couldn’t be happier with its performance, especially considering my past experience…
Damien Morton writes in to express his incredulity with respect to the existence the Packet PC, and makes some excellent points to support his case: “This sounds a lot like the BluePod, the fabled BlueTooth enabled iPod. Frankly, I don’t think the PacketPC exists, or will exist in the next 2 years or so.” Damien…
Blog of the week This week’s choice is Gizmodo, a blog about the world of gadgets, gizmos, and edgy electronics. Edited by Peter Rojas, a tech journalist who writes for The New York Times, Wired, Salon and the Guardian, and backed by ex-FT hack and now Manhattan resident Nick Denton, it’s powered by Movable Type,…
“A ton of people have been telling me ‘you’ve gotta get your NEC Tablet listed on Gizmodo.’ I agree, what an awesome toy site. I hear that a large percentage of the computer press checks Gizmodo out every day.”
“Gizmodo serves up daily news and product reviews relating to the world of gadgets and electronics. Get the latest information on PDA’s laptops, cellphones, software, digital cameras etc. Useful!”
CNET has a first look at Sony Ericsson’s long overdue PDA/phone with a color screen and a built-in digital camera, the P800, which is supposed to hit American shores this Spring. Read
Another digital entertainment hub, this one the MediaPlayer from PRISMIQ. Like the others, the MediaPlayer connects to a PC either over Ethernet or 802.11b, and streams MP3s and video files to your stereo and TV. Seems like there are about a million of these things on the market now, but does anyone out there actually…
We’d heard through the grapevine that if you’re a Sprint PCS subscriber, and your service contract has expired, you could get a much better deal from them just by calling up customer service and telling them you want to cancel your plan. Turns out it’s true. They have a few unadvertised deals that are available…
Sharp’s VLNZ100U MiniDV camcorder, which comes a Secure Digital memory card slot for storing still photos, is on sale at Amazon for $299.94 after rebate. Read
Something that’s slipping in underneath the radar from Sony: a 60GB, WiFi-enabled, portable hard drive called the PacketPC that’s the size of an iPod and comes with an LCD touch screen for text entry, GPS, and an MP3 player. David Galbraith points out what is really amazing about the PacketPC though: Sony’s enterprise backup service…
February marks the 30th anniversary of the invention of the cellphone, and the 20th anniversary of the first commercial cellphone service. Read
Last year Salton subsidiary Beyond came out with the iCEBOX FlipScreen, a PC for the kitchen designed to be mounted underneath a cabinet. Now they have another kitchen computer out called the CounterTop which is deisgned to sit on… well you can figure it out. Has some nice features you’d hope to find in a…
Russell Beattie has a mock-up of what he’s looking for in a cellphone keypad: the letters organized in the same order as a QWERTY keyboard, not alphabetically like they are now. Read
Fascinating article in the New York Times about how Sony is turning to good design in order to differentiate its products in an increasingly competitive consumer electronics market: Sony says its reputation, which has added luster to its brand, should be preserved lest it devolve into just another electronics maker. To do that, Sony executives…
Thanks to everyone who has written in regarding TV tuner cards for laptops. Keep ’em coming, and we’ll post your tips and suggestions later this week.
Can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive PCMCIA card or external USB television tuner for a laptop? Is the TV Wonder USB Edition from ATI any good? Email me at [email protected] with any tips or suggestions. Thanks.
Starting March 3rd, TiVo is going to up the price of a lifetime subscription from $249 to $299. This after jacking up the monthly fee to $12.95 just a few months ago. Looks like they’re doing this to encourage more people to sign up for the monthly subscription service. Honestly, they should copying the cellular…
Someone in Japan has gone to a lot of trouble to make themselves a completely transparent iBook case. They’re calling it the “Skeleton iBook”. Read [Via BoingBoing.net]
Casio’s superthin Exilim digital cameras are coming in three new limited edition colors – Pearl White, Crystal Azure, and Frozen Mauve. These are sure to be renamed should the cameras ever go on sale in America. Frozen mauve, eh? Read [Translated from Babelfish]