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The guys over at PDA Expertos in Spain got a hands-on with the Palm Treo 500v (which we saw unboxed and groped), flipping through the Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone UI as well as taking a quick tour around the body near the end. There’s no audio, unfortunately, but from what we see the UI is…
Update 2: PC World UK is claiming that Bennett from Microsoft really did say, and they quote, “There will be a new HD DVD drive next year, but it’s not finalised yet.” Another writer at ComputerActive, the UK’s largest computer magazine, corroborates the story. This means either Bennett is mistaken, or someone else at Microsoft…
Treonauts has some early hands-on impressions and unboxing of the much deliberated Treo 500. Aside from the lack of touchscreen, the review was overwhelmingly positive. Surprisingly, one of the best features is its solid construction. In fact, they go so far as to say that “There is also absolutely no ‘plasticky’ feel about it and…
Although Clearwire’s WiMax coverage isn’t so “Max” right now (coverage map), they’re deploying an $80 PC card that includes a $75 mail-in-rebate and a 2-year contract, which is $60 a month for a max download speed of 1.5Mbps. It’s hard to recommend WiMax over the random Wi-Fi hotspot you can find walking around right now…
Look what happens when you approach your pals at various hip ‘n’ trendy magazines with a challenge: Sporting goods manufacturer Puma says, okay, build a $200 bicycle “depicting your magazine’s personality” using only recycled bicycle parts. What was the result of this game Puma calls Re-Bike? You might think there’d be a half-dozen hunks of…
MS released an Xbox 360 update today, but don’t get too excited it’s only to get your system ready for that Big Button “Scene It?” controller. [Major Nelson]
British comedian Stephen Fry is awesome in a way similar to Ricky Gervais or Hugh Laurie (his previous showbiz partner), but writing 10,000 words about smartphones just put him over the top into living idol territory. You can’t tell from his public persona, but he’s apparently a huge nerd, knowing intricate details such as how…
ViewSonic takes a tilt toward practicality with its PC/TV hybrid LCD displays, packing a passel of inputs into its Diamani DUO 19-inch NX1932w and 22-inch NX2232w screens. It makes sense: You have all this resolution floating around, why not tack an HDMI port on board, add an ATSC HD tuner and 10-watt speaker system, and…
Following up on the previous grainy shots of the Sidekick LX, Hiptop 3 has more shots plus a release date. The date is supposedly October 24, which is far enough away from the holidays to make for a nice present. The LX looks a bit thinner/wider than the ZANTE, also known as the Sidekick Slide…
Now, here’s a great idea: Why not disguise a projection screen as a bookshelf, and then place a few other identical-looking shelves nearby as decoys? That’s just what Italian designer Matteo Ragni has dreamed up here, trying to cross that bridge between a dedicated home theater room and a multi-use space that might double as…
We normally watch Fleshbot’s Marital Aid Test Kitchen from afar with wonder and disgust, but seeing as they’re testing the Hello Kitty Vibrator, we just had to pass their notes along to our readers. After importing a red one in from Japan, Fleshbot found that the HK keychain vibe performed admirably externally, but was too…
M-Audio’s latest Session Music Producer USB Microphone for Windows supposedly has a slight edge over similar mics, embedding an on-board headphone jack, bypassing your computer so you can get feedback latency down to just about zero. The USB Mic is undoubtedly compatible with other M-Audio products, and bundles Session recording and production software, 16-bit recording,…
Our cooking experience barely goes beyond “Fire. Bad. Keep. Away,” but these GE Monogram and Profile induction cooktops have the highest wattage element from an induction cooktop ever. The 3700-watt cookers use magnetic fields to heat up your food, as opposed to gas or electric cookers. Induction cooking’s been around for a while, but as…
A little birdy told us that last night, the DVD Copy Control Association met in a smoke-filled room and ratified the CSS Recordable (aka DVD Download) profile, meaning movie studios may soon release movies that you download, burn to disc and then use almost exactly like standard DVDs. It’s not a new DRM—it’s actually the…
Tony at MobileTechReview forum just realized the LG’s KU990 Viewty isn’t just a crazy looking phone, its a crazy looking phone that does DivX playback. [MobileTechReview] https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-lg-ku990-smart-phone-verdict-defini-295766
16GB SDHC flash memory card spotted on German Amazon site [Amazon]
What was designer Jean Pierre Lepine thinking when he overengineered this ballpoint pen for his Free Ride Collection? Maybe he was thinking that as soon as enough people bought it for its retail price of $190, he would be the one getting a free ride. Check out the gallery for a look at it all…
This week at Uncrate: We take our home theater literally with the Woofer Speaker System, tailgate like a champ with the Freedom Grill, and keep our magazines at the ready with the Umbra Magtable. We also hit the links in our own Berline Cadillac Escalade Golf Cart, keep our office organized garage-style with the Craftsman…
The Pitch Our cooler-than-thou cousins over at Gawker recently pronounced Canadian songstress Feist yesterday’s news, but the folks at TBWA/Chiat/Day apparently didn’t get the message. Their latest Apple ad, for the new vid-enhanced iPod nano, features Feist in all her sparkly, hip-hugging glory, tweeting out her super-catchy “1234.” And, really, there ain’t a lot more…
Although exoskeletons are nothing new &mdash remember the Bleex? &mdash the Biomechatronics Group from MIT’s Media Lab has come up with a smaller, more discrete number. Although it can only carry 80 pounds (compared to the Bleex’s upper limit of 220 pounds), associate professor Hugh Herr hopes that in the future, exoskeletons will be another…