Mottainai USB Flash: Japanese, Silk, Crystalline, and $850
Japanese USB fetishists SolidAlliance (maker of Sushi USB Flash Drives) has released an exceptionally expensive Flash stick—the Mottainai. 2 GB of memory housed in a case of bronze, crystals, a bit of gold and Nipponish flair will run you 100,000 Yen (or about $850). Mottainai refers to the concept of failure to maximize a thing’s…
Top 10 Reasons Why Smartphones Suck
Opinions. Everyone’s got ’em and for the most part they’re worthless… Which brings us to an interesting little entry by the boobs over at CrunchGear. For some reason, they’re hating on smartphones, giving us the top 10 reasons why they suck. Let’s see what kind of beef CrunchGear has, shall we? 10. Proprietary connectors and…
Red, Not (RED), Peripherals
Other Red is not affiliated with the Bono-approved, AIDS-eliminating effort Product (RED). Unable to jazz up philanthropy with the big boys, the participants of Other Red are a few smaller tech companies attempting to jump on the charity bandwagon with crimson gadgets of their own. Still, 10 percent of the $30 you pay for a…
Cau’s Dual Headphone-Supporting PMP: Share Music With That Special Someone
How many people find themselves wishing that their digital audio player and/or portable media player supported more than one pair of headphones at a time? CAU Digital Corporation hopes that a lot of you do with its latest PMP that supports two wireless headphones simultaneously. Apparently it’s being marketed at couples and potential couples so…
Sony Ass-Elbow Shocker: Hong Kong & Taiwan Getting PS3 This Month After All
In what is a hell of a turnaround even by Sony’s standards, the beleaguered Tokyo giant has announced that it really is going to bestow the PlayStation 3 upon the peoples of Hong Kong and Taiwan on November 17 after all. It had previously stated that those countries would have to bide their time alongside…
Circuit City’s Holiday Survey Says You Want…
Circuit City’s annual Holiday Survey results came out today and—surprise!—the company reports that out of 2,200 poll participants, most want consumer tech this holiday. For the third year running, electronics have beat out “family trip,” “new car,” “home appliances” and “other” as the gift of choice for the majority (OK, 51 percent) of moms and…