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Paul Boutin‘s handheld GPS picks are in the latest issue of Wired magazine. His Splurge choice: the Garmin eTrex Vista (pictured at right), which has 24MB of memory for storing uploaded maps. Read Amazon
More Intel Developers Forum news: Intel has designed a “digital media adapter” which attaches to a television and can wirelessly access files on a PC. Apparently Intel is licensing the reference design to Dell, Gateway, and Legend, which should cost between $99 and $199, and be on shelves by Christmas of next year. Read
New 80 hour digital video recorder from Sony. The SVR-3000 operates on TiVo’s Series 2 platform and will cost $500 when it comes out next month. With Sony’s own proprietary DVR platform debuting in Japan soon, how much longer will they continue to license TiVo’s software? Read
Another 802.11b wireless access point roundup, this one from PCStats. This one eschews the usual suspects (Linksys, et al), and compares the SMC Barricade SMC7004AWBR, the Trendnet TEW-211BRP, and the Actiontec R3010SUW. Their pick: the SMC Barricade. Read [Via EnvyNews] Amazon
A very vague announcement from Steve Jobs that Philips will begin incorporating Apple’s software into its next generation of home entertainment systems. No specifics on how this will actually take shape, but it looks like Apple could be about to enter the race to control the digital home entertainment hub that Sony and Microsoft have…
Sanyo’s developed a 50-inch 3D plasma television that doesn’t require special glasses. Read
CNet review of Samsung’s new MiniDV camcorder, the SCD590. Samsung licensed Sony’s Memory Stick technology for saving still photos taken with the camcorder, which is handy, but the most interesting feature of this camera is something called “Make-up” mode. When Make-up mode is switched on, one of four color filters is applied to whatever you’re…
ExtremeTech.com report from the floor of this Fall’s Intel Developer’s Forum. Among the dream gadgets spotted: a 9.2 million pixel, 22.2 inch LCD display. That works out to a staggering 200 dpi. When it goes on sale, it’ll only set you back $8,000. Read
A super slim camera from Fujifilm to rival Casio’s Exilim: the @xia SlimShot. Just 6mm thick, though the resolution of the @xia SlimShot is a paltry 0.3 megapixels. Read
Sonicblue and Intel are planning a portable video player that will be able to download video from both PCs and (here’s where things get interesting) Sonicblue’s ReplayTV digital video recorder. The networks and the movie studios are not going to like this last feature, especially if it’s possible to transfer the files back off of…
Maxtor’s new enormous 320GB hard drives. In case you were wondering, that’s 64,000 MP3s. Read
This may turn out to be the real BlackBerry killer. BSquare has released the specs for a device very reminiscent of Danger’s Hiptop. Called the Power Handheld, the device runs Windows CE .NET, and has a four-inch, 65,000 color LCD screen, 400MHz processor, 64MB of RAM and a built-in GSM phone. It looks like the…
Rampant speculation over at Brighthand.com about Compaq’s rumored iPaq 5000 Pocket PC. Supposedly it will come with an 800MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, built-in Bluetooth and GSM phone, and optional WiFi and biometrics. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts.com]
InfoSync on the ascendance of color displays for cellphones. They’re predicting that in a year 95% of all new cellphone models will have color, rather than monochrome, screens, a figure which only seems realistic if one factors out the US market. Read
A flash USB pocket drive with a difference: it’s upgradeable. The SanDisk Cruzer comes with a 64MB SD flash memory card, but if that one fills up, or isn’t large enough, you can swap it for another one with more space. It makes so much sense when you think about it. Bjorn3D.com has a thorough…
Speaking of 3G, in his latest column CNet’s David Carnoy does a pretty good job sorting out the confusing mess that is SprintPCS’s new 3G PCS Vision service. Read Amazon
Samsung’s amazing new 3G cellphone, the A3015SA, which we can only hope will make it from Japan to the US soon. It’s got GPS, a built-in digital camera with flash, and a 260,000 color TFT 2.1 inch display. You can even tag the photos with GPS data, so you can always remember exactly where you…
CNet roundup of 20GB MP3 players. The 20GB iPod is curiously absent though. Read Amazon
Reuters on Nokia’s new budget color screen cellphones, the 3650, which recently debuted in the US, and the 3510i, which comes out in Europe and Africa later this year. Read
TechTV on Panasonic’s TV/DVD/VCR combo, the PV-DF2002. Why doesn’t it have TiVo built-in? And why won’t it allow copying from DVD to VHS? What’s the point? Read Amazon