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Samsung’s tiny BS300 speakers are not only Bluetooth-enabled, but also allow you to control the music without having to get your MP3 player out via skip, stop and play buttons. A neat idea. Clickety-click for a couple of extra pictures below. Wonder if we’ll see these at IFA? [Aving USA]
ATRAC is on the fast track for extinction. Sony’s closing its Sony’s music store and it’s been dumped from their two newest video Walkmen, the NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610, which are all about an “open platform.” They support secure WMA, non-secure AAC and MP3, JPEG, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs. They’re also PlaysForSure…
We’re here at Sony’s press conference. Hit the jump for updates. You know, for those up at 3:00am. They’re talking about change, how Sony needs to keep up with the industry. To Sony this means networking and HD. Or I guess, more clearly, networking your HD. 75% of all Sony products should be HD compatible…
Connect Kodak’s Easyshare HDTV dock to your TV and you can process your pictures from Kodak cameras, SD memory cards or USB drives, controlling it all via remote. There’s a slideshow function, you can edit images, transfer your pics to a USB drive, print pics out via a connected printer and charge your camera battery.…
Like its predecessor, the S7c, the new Nikon Coolpix S51c digital camera is Wi-Fi-ready, allowing you to email or upload pictures straight from the device. A new feature called “my Picturetown” lets you to store up to 2GB on Nikon’s special website, or send images to Blackberrys, Flickr and even your own blog. This means…
The three new Kodak cameras which we covered yesterday have now graduated from leaked pictures to official launch. The V1253 is priced at $300, the V1233 at $250 and the Z812 IS at $300, and all three are available now. [Kodak] https://gizmodo.com/three-new-easyshare-cameras-from-kodak-leaked-before-if-293626
Mark Wilson is now chilling in a Sony press event at IFA 2007, the european überfair for home entertainment, digital audio, multimedia, all things wireless and cells, and technology at large. It officially starts tomorrow Berlin, but he’s already scouting the premises and attending events. Addy and myself will fly early tomorrow —european time, so…
Part 3 of the US West concept video Flowers by Alice shows the amazing graphics capabilities of their portable, talking computer. Those flower pots are priceless. I’m pretty sure Mario and Luigi can be spotted if you squint hard enough. See also:Flowers by Alice (Part 1, 1992)Flowers by Alice (Part 2, 1992)
Although normal locks are fine for the 20th century, these Samsung touchscreen door locks show that you’re a man that doesn’t settle for last year’s technology. These locks, which come in black and silver for $180 (170,000 Won), have a Samsung cellphone-esque touchpad for easy number entry, plus aluminum alloy and tempered glass for that…
The PSP Slim is a marginal upgrade at best, but an upgrade nonetheless, and enthusiast press is getting their hands on the first review units. Some guy at Kotaku who looks like a boy band pirate groped it, took photos and videos, and noted the differences, which I shall recap: •33% lighter, and 19% slimmer…
This is Lego’s new Exo-Force beast, a Robotech’s VF-1A Valkyrie-spirited mecha that responds to the name of Aero Booster. And we don’t like it. We love it in a Lynn Minmay loves Rick Hunter kind of pants wetness. [Boing Boing]
A study carried out between September 2006 and April 2007 shows there are more Americans who only have a cellphone than those who only have a landline. [NYT]
Those of you who really want to give Sony your money but don’t think the PS3 has enough games to play should really take another look at the PlayStation 2. And what better way to do so than the white Singstar PS2 bundle that comes with a white PSTwo Slim, two mics, and a copy…
On the internet, before an Apple event like the one on September 5th, a rumor round up is mandatory. I’ll flog this horse with as few words as possible, mmkay? • iPods. A fat nano, an iPhone-ish one with touchscreen, RED shuffle. Maybe WiFi. •iTunes Wireless functionality for either buying or controlling or streaming. No…
Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.…
It’s rumored that Apple is underclocking the graphics cards in the new batch of iMacs. [TUAW]
One of the big pains in the ass with having an FM transmitter to get music from your iPod/Zune to your car radio is finding a clear radio station. A frequency may be fine where you live, but drive 20 miles in any direction and it could be totally packed. DLO’s OpenFM tool lets you…
The name of News Corp and NBC Universal’s new YouTube killer is…Hulu? [Krunker]
Now that the first Sub-$200 standalone next-gen DVD player has been announced, we thought it would be a good time to see how many of you have actually jumped into the next-gen DVD pool. Do you own either a Blu-ray player or an HD DVD player? And if not, will this change your mind? Let…
Treo 750 users who’ve been waiting for that Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for a while can finally install this onto your phones. It’s recommended for everyone who doesn’t use BlackBerry Connect, because Wm6 doesn’t support it at this time. If that’s you, don’t upgrade, because you can’t downgrade to WM5 again. [Palm] https://gizmodo.com/palm-treo-750-will-be-upgradeable-to-windows-mobile-6-l-247310