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A new ultra-thin Tablet PC from Fujitsu, the Stylistic ST4000, which is just 2.2cm thick, weighs just 1.4kg, and pops into a docking station whenever you want to use it at a desk. Comes with an 800MHz processor, a 10.4″ screen, a 40GB hard drive, and up to 768MB of RAM. Read [Via PDABuzz]
CNET has an early look at Dell’s new budget Pocket PC, the Axim 5. The Axim is kinda bulky and heavy compared to a lot of other Pocket PCs coming out like the Viewsonic V35, but the specs are tight. Comes with either a 400Mhz or 300MHz processor, with the faster one having 48MB of…
Handy article over at Glass Lantern on what you should look for in a Pocket PC if want to use it as a portable picture viewer or as a drive for storing digital photographs. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
Intel’s discontinued QX3 Computer Microscope has been licensed by Prime Entertainment, and is back on the market. It’s aimed at kids, but it’s pretty powerful for a toy: it has up to 200x magnification, connects to a PC through a PC for real-time specimen viewing, and you capture video and still images of whatever it…
I-O Data Device’s new HyperHyde Loops II (that’s its name, seriously) is the thinnest portable CD player on the market. Just 14.1mm thick and plays MP3s as well. Only available in Japan, of course. Read [Translated via Babelfish from Japanese]
Not sure if it’s gauche to link to one of my own articles, but my latest column for the Guardian is about cameraphones. Read
A few people have written in about Sendo’s stunning and unexpected decision to completely stop supporting Microsoft’s new Smartphone OS. This is just a few weeks before the second cellphone to run the Smartphone OS, Sendo’s Z100 was about to hit stores. Apparently Sendo is going with Nokia’s Series 60 platform instead. No word on…
Phlux review of Belkin’s new force feedback mouse, the Nostromo N30. Read Amazon
Acer’s TMC102Ti Tablet PC is available today at Amazon. This is one of the convertible Tablet PC models, which is basically a laptop with a screen that flips around. The TMC102Ti has an 800MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, 10.4 inch screen. Amazon
The Tablet PC officially launches today. The New York Times and the San Jose Mercury News both gush about how useable they are, CNET wonders whether anyone will buy them, and TabletPCTalk has screenshots of several new Tablet PCs and applications that run on them. Read – New York Times Read – San Jose Mercury…
Crazy looking new phone from Nokia designed primarily for wireless gaming. Nokia’s obviously taking a risk with the form factor of the N-Gage mobile gaming deck, which doesn’t resemble any other phone on the market. The N-Gage will run J2ME, have built-in Bluetooth, and run on the GPRS network. Games will be supplied by Sega,…
A tiny new MP3 player from Innogear that is really just a USB thumbdrive with an MP3 chip and an LCD. The Duex mp302 comes with 128MB of memory and is powered by juse one AAA battery. It’s amazing how small these things are getting, and as the cost of RAM continues to drop, there’s…
IBM’s introducing a new 80GB hard drive designed for use in laptops, the 4200rpm Travelstar 80GN, that is acutally coated in the element ruthenium in order to cram more data onto the disk. Read
Apple announced a new G4 PowerBook with a built-in DVD burner and 1GHz processor today, and they’ve dropped the price of the iBook as well. Read
There’s just one more day until the Tablet PC is officially launched. BusinessWeek has an interview with Bill Gates who says, “This is big. Don’t doubt me.” CNET reports on a recent study by Gartner that does doubt him, and predicts very slow sales for the Tablet PC’s first year. Read – BusinessWeek Read- CNET
Lengthy review over at Writing on Your Palm of T-Mobile’s new Pocket PC Phone. Read Amazon
EdgeReview on Motorola’s pricey new 3G compatible cellphone, the T720. The successor to the popular V60, the T720 has a 12-bit color screen and depending on which model you buy, uses either GPRS or 1xRTT for high-speed data connections. Read
Big sale over at Amazon on memory cards. 128MB Secure Digital cards are just $64.75, 128MB Compact Flash cards are just $43.99, and 128MB Memory Sticks are just $43.95. Amazon – Memory Cards Sale
A new biometric fingerprint scanner from Sony that plugs into a USB port. Read
TechTV looks at the best set-top DVD recorders, like Panasonic’s DMR-HS2 (pictured at right). These are still rather expensive (~$1000), but eventually they’re going to replace VCRs. Read Amazon – Panasonic’s DMR-HS2