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Why buy an expensive home gym when you can get a cheaper, gimmicky full-body workout from the comfort of your desk at work? Grab a Springflex UB that attaches easily to your desktop and target your upper body with over 120 exercises, and then hit the lower body with the Gamercize Power Stepper for your…
Dr. Dre, the Chronic King, is making his first foray into consumer electronics, releasing a pair of headphones with none other than Monster. The $400 headphones will indeed feature “rich deep bass—a Dr. Dre trademark.” Here’s what the Doctor himself has to say: “When I’m making a track I’m trying to capture the sound that…
“Anybody lose a blackberry? Anybody?” There’s some chuckling, but our man is persistent. “They may have two or three of these…not know it’s missing.” Heard in: the press room…over the sound of tired journalists.
Microdrives, little HDDs small enough to put into CF memory form factors, max out at around 12GB, but these A1 HDDs from Samsung fit the same CF case and come in 30-40GB sizes. Comes with PATA/CEATA/USB interfaces, a 3600rpm rotation speed, a 2MB buffer memory, and 2 second start time. Starts at $199 and ships…
Click to viewTaking action shots is hard. You need to have perfect timing, and if your one shot doesn’t come out well, you’ve missed your chance. You want to capture your brother shooting grape soda out his nose perfectly, after all. Casio’s new EXILIM Pro EX-F1 is a new shooter than can take up to…
Casio just announced some new point-and-shoots in its EXILIM line, including the “world’s smallest and thinnest 10-megapixel camera,” the EX-S10. Look, I’m as excited as the next guy that you’ve managed to make a 15-mm-wide camera, but if it takes crappy photos I could really care less how small it is. And with the EXILIM…
Fire out of the Philips press conference was that Target was going Blu-ray exclusive, a rumor that had already made the rounds before and was debunked. We just talked to the Blu-ray guys and to Philips—it’s actually the same news as before. Target is still selling HD DVD discs and the Xbox 360’s HD DVD…
Skype on the PSP wasn’t exactly a secret, but here are the details on the functionality (pretty much the same as Skype on a PC, without IM). You also need a Memory Stick Duo and headset. More here: https://gizmodo.com/skype-coming-to-sony-psp-339602 New PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) Expands Its Entertainment Experience by Introducing Skype(TM) TOKYO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Sony…
InsideMicrosoft just got a gigantic scoop of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7, due to be released in 2009. This isn’t Windows Mobile 6.1—which we’ve seen leaks of recently—but the next full version of Windows Mobile that fixes a bunch of problems we’ve seen with the platform. The huge changes are multi-touch gestures (including flicking, swiping and…
The biggest crowd yet streamed into the Samsung press event, and we’re here to fill you in on all the latest coolness. We’re packed into here like sardines, and something’s about to happen. The demo gods are frowning on Samsung today, because an attempt to connect video wirelessly from a camcorder to a TV left…
Samsung just dropped almost 20 items on us at CES, but not all of em are worth your time. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to some of the stuff worth knowing about, but not quite worth shoving down your throat with a full post. • TVs: Series 7 high end plasma. Improved video processing…
The Bottom Line: The Samsung BP-U5500 follows up their BP-U5000 which just started to roll to stores recently. The fuctionality remains similar: Blu-ray and HD DVD playback along with CD and DVD support in a single box. The news is the $599 MSRP which might even break the $500 barrier once discounted. The Catch: The…
The Catch: Samsung’s high end 1080p plasma line comes in three sizes, 50, 58, and 63-inches. The press release is thin on specs but its got the ethernet port for RSS downloads of stock, and weather info. There are four HDMI 1.3 inputs. The chassis has that same amber tint the LCDs have, called TOC…
The Skinny: Samsung has just announced their low end, Series 4 and 5 HDTVs. The entry level plasmas will both be flat panel, 3D ready HDTVs, which Samsung are toting as the world’s first. Both will have Samsung’s FilterBright anti glare technology, 3 HDMI inputs, USB 2.0 port and HDMI-CEC TV remotes, which allow cross…
The skinny: Samsung has figured out how to record 1080p onto flash memory with this SC-HMX20C camcorder. The 10.9-ounce shooter has 8GB of internal flash memory, and can output its sweet 30 frame-per-second video via USB or HDMI. And hey, it has a with its 2.7-inch touchscreen. The catch: We have no idea about pricing,…
The Pitch: The 2.1-channel HT-X710 and 5.1-channel HT-X715 Home Theater in a Box (HTIB) units have 5.8GHz wireless speakers, 1080p upconversion, and a design that looks like polished obsidian rocks. Available in May 2008. The Catch: There’s Bluetooth as well, in case you want to stream audio from your Bluetooth cellphone to your home speakers…
The Pitch: Samsung’s HT-BD2 offers 7.1 speakers, 1,100 watts, HDMi 1.3, 1080p DVD upconversion, 1080p Blu-ray playback, an Ethernet port, and wireless rear satellite speakers for optimal cord invisibility. The Catch: Although getting Blu-ray in a box with speakers that are “optimized” for the system is good, you may want to pick out a Blu-ray…
The Pitch: Samsung’s 5.8GHz wireless Soundbar HT-X810, an all-in-one single wall-mountable speaker unit that contains a DVD player and looks like something Batman would use in his Batcave Bat-hroom. It also has a subwoofer, DVD player and Bluetooth connectivity for streaming audio. The Catch: The DVD player upscales to 1080p, has HDMI out and can…
The Skinny: Samsung remains unfazed by Sony’s bailout of the rear-screen projector market, showing its Series 6 and Series 7 at CES 2008. The claim to fame of these big berthas? Huge screens for little moolaa, although Sammy isn’t saying how much they will cost. The Series 6 will have a relatively slim cabinet for…
Samsung’s 1080p LCDs are some of the best out there, and here are their top models for the coming year: The charmingly named LN40A650T, LN46A650T, LN52A650T, LN40A750T, LN46A750T, and LN52A750T. They’ve got 120Hz refresh rates with 4ms response times, putting them in the same league as last year’s Sharps in those terms. They’re also getting…