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The Tablet PC hasn’t even officially debuted yet, and CNET is reporting that there are already rivalries developing among Tablet PC manufacturers, with Dell offshoot Motion Computing is going after the high-end of the market with its M1200 model. The M1200 has better specs than many of the other Tablet PCs out there, with an…
The Nomad, a new portable printer from Mobile Command Systems, a company which sounds like it should be making military equipment, not gear for geeks. There are tons of these little printers for PDAs out there now, but this one let’s mobile devices print to it wirelessly through Bluetooth or 802.11b. Will warprinting be the…
New York Times piece on the merger of digital audio and car stereos that’s being spearheaded by stuff like Sony’s MEX-5DI CD/MP3 receiver (pictured at right) and the Neo Car Jukebox from SSI America that can hold up to 80 gigabytes of music. Read Amazon – MEX-5DI
A new mini-Digital Camera from Mustek, the GSmart Mini3. It’s just 11mm thick and takes interpolated 3.1-megapixel pics. Looks like it’s only available in Asia and Europe though. Read [Thanks, Darryl!]
SONICblue’s just introduced its latest line of digital video recorders, the ReplayTV 5000 series. Four new models, with storage capacities ranging from 40 to 320 hours, automatic commercial skip, progressive scan for higher picture quality on digital TVs, the ability to send and receive shows over a broadband Internet connection, and room-to-room streaming over 802.11b.…
Pointless gadget of the week: NetGear’s USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter. Now a USB 2.0 Wi-Fi adapter makes sense. But how many people out there own a computer that is new enough to have USB 2.0, but that doesn’t already have a network card? Or are these adapters just so easy and inexpensive to make that…
Infosync has a first review of Orange’s new SPV Smartphone. Apparently it has the usual glitches that are to be expected with a first-generation device, but overall they’re pretty pleased. I’ll be very curious to see how the Smartphone plays in the US when it debuts here next year, esecially since hopefully they’ll have worked…
A new addition to Fujitsu’s Lifebook S line of notebook computers. This latest one comes with a 1.2GHz Pentium III-M processor, 13.1 inch TFT display, up to 1GB of RAM, an up to 60GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW, built-in 802.11b, USB 2.0 and FireWire, and is just 1.36 inches thick. Read
From PocketPCThoughts: “Toshiba has announced a voluntary recall for Pocket PC e740 units. These devices could lose data if the battery is allowed to fully discharge or if the battery is disconnected from the product for any reason. This problem only concerns devices with serial numbers 72014641L through 92041620L. If the serial number of your…
http://gizmodo.net/images/episode… ” align=”right” vspace=”5″ hspace=”25″/> CNET list of the top ten DVDs to test your home theater system with. Topping the list: Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Read Amazon – Episode II
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Reader Joe Darden writes in to rave about the Motorola iM1100: “The type II PCMCIA card uses its own power supply, and will allow you to connect your device (laptop, pda, etc) at speeds of up to 56K anywhere Nextel has coverage. Which by the way, Nextel has the largest Data footprint of any cellular…
The SPV Smartphone from Orange, the first phone to run Microsoft’s new Smartphone OS, comes out today. Will be in stores later this month. AT&T Wireless will offer Smartphones in the US by the middle of next year. Cingular and Verizon are signed up to offer service soon after. Watch the live webcast from London.…
Crazy contraption of the week: a 1923 Underwood typewriter grafted onto a Mac Classic. Apparently meant to be used as a prop. Read [Via BoingBoing]
PCReviewSpot look at Logitech’s new Z-640 5.1 channel computer speaker system. Read
Tech-Report roundup of LCD monitors from Hercules, KDS, Philips, Samsung, and Solarism. Their pick for the best of the bunch is the Samsung 152T (pictured at right), which is the same one that Tom’s Hardware Guide picked in their roundup of LCD displays last week. Read Amazon – Samsung 152T [Via Slashdot]
The eBible from Godspeed Computing, a handheld that comes complete with an electronic version of the King James Bible and games like “Bible Wheel of Fortune.” It’s no slouch on the specs either, the eBible has a black and white, 5.6-inch, 480×320 touch screen, built-in MP3 player (which plays both hymns and heavy metal music!),…
Great article in this month’s Wired about super rich gadget freaks and their electronics filled homes. Read
A new portable CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive from Sony that also doubles as a standalond CD and MP3 player. The MPD-AP20U can burn CDs at 24x, and interestingly uses USB 1.1/2.0 for connecting to computers, rather than i.LINK (Sony’s version of FireWire), which is more common on Sony devices. Comes out next month with a retail price…
The Dana from AlphaSmart, a Palm-powered mini-computer with a full-size keyboard and a 560×160 display that’s billed as a laptop alternative and is aimed at the education market. But why not just make the screen a little bigger and have it fold up like a laptop? And why isn’t Palm going after the Tablet PC…