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Brighthand on the past year in PDAs: Palm spins off PalmSource, Handspring decides to focus on mobile communicators, Dell enters the Pocket PC market, while Casio abandons it altogether. Read
Tom’s Hardware Guide review of the D-Link DWL-900AP+. The wireless access point has just gotten a new firmware update, which isn’t usually particularly interesting, except that now it can double as the first $100 wireless repeater. Usually repeaters, which let you extend the range of your wireless network, cost considerably more. Read Amazon
Handspring is all but abandoning Graffiti in its handhelds; all of their models from now on will use built-in keyboards as their primary means for entering text. Read
Not exactly within most gadget geeks budget, but Sony has a new networkable professional-use digital projector out. The SuperSmart VPL-FX51 can accept all the usual inputs: S-video, HDTV, digital TV, composite video, etc, but since it can also be controlled to the Internet or a LAN via its Ethernet port, it can be controlled using…
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LG.Philips has introduced a prototype of a 52-inch LCD high-definition television, which is several inches bigger than was thought possible for a liquid crystal display. The bad news: production doesn’t even start until late next year. Read
Jorgen Sundgot of Infosync on what he doesn’t like about the Pocket PC: no landscape mode, no way to shut down applications, and no easily accessible battery status indicator. Read
The sound card on your laptop is probably crap. For most people it doesn’t really matter, but anyone who wants to hear what they’re missing should check out the 24-bit, 96KHz Indigo PCMCIA soundcard from Echo Digital Audio. Geek.com has a glowing review: “The best and cleanest sound you’ll get out of your laptop.” Read…
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Palm Infocenter review of the VEO SD Photo Traveler, a digital camera attachment that fits into the SDIO slot of Palm handhelds. The resolution is about what you’d expect (640×480), but apparently it takes pretty good pictures for an attachment. Read Amazon
CNET with a roundup of 42-inch plasma televisions. The best of the bunch is Panasonic’s PT-42PD3P, which they call “the best plasma panel in its category as far as performance is concerned.” What’s really exciting about the PT-42PD3P though is that its retail price, which used to be nearly $6000, has dropped to almost $3500.…
We love a good hard drive shootout over here at Gizmodo, and ExtremeTech has one comparing the largest (180GB+) and fastest (7200RPM) mega hard drives out there from Maxtor, Western Digital, IBM, and Seagate. Read
Samsung has a new “ladies phone” coming out. The Samsung SGH-T700 is designed to resemble a cosmetics case and comes with extra features, like a calorie counter, that are designed to appeal to women. You’ve come a long way, baby! Read
Courtesy of Christopher Coulter of TabletPCTalk.com, a few picks for the best Tablet PCs of the holiday season: Convertible – Toshiba Portege 3500 Fastest Kid on the Block: Gentlemen start thy engines, zoom, fast, fast. A sleek and nice look, just a bench press Tablet, feels heavy. Seems a true notebook replacement, 12.1 screen AND…
Sharp is about to introduce a new MiniDisc recorder that is both the first portable audio device to have that new super high-fidelity 1-bit technology, and the first MiniDisc player capable of 120 hours of continuous playback on a single charge. Comes out in Japan on Tuesday. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish]
Interesting interview with Kunitake Ando, the president of Sony, about the future of gadgets and consumer electronics. Read
Mix magazine with a thorough survey of affordable DVD burners that come with DVD authoring software. Lots of options out there now for anyone looking to create their own DVDs. Read
It’s not a particularly well-known name (though it is a particularly dumb one, which might be part of the problem), but PoGo! Products has a couple of ultrathin and ultralight MP3 players coming out that have some cool extra features that not even the mighty iPod has. The one ounce, 0.37-inch thick RipFlash Trio has…
A nice photo review over at My-Symbian of Sony Ericsson’s new P800 cellphone/PDA, which looks set to go head-to-head with the Pocket PC Phone. The screen on the P800 is a bit smaller, and it runs the Symbian OS rather than Microsoft’s Pocket PC Phone operating system, but it also has Bluetooth and a built-in…
Phillip Torrone of Flash Enabled, has a new website dedicated to his latest gadget, a Segway Human Transporter. Check out his “HT Diaries”, which chronicle his decision to get one (he actually intends to use it for his everyday commute to and from work!), learning how to ride one at Comdex, and the actual delivery…