Nokia Metal Detecting Phone Patent
This isn’t a real product yet, but it seems that Nokia has a patent for a metal-detecting phone. While it was originally designed to assist folks with bad hearing, the induction coil in the phone can double as a metal detector for wanding down your friends and neighbors. Don’t look for this in the next…
Apple Replacing Stained Macbooks, One Fanboy at a Time
If you spend any amount of time online, you should know by now that Apple’s been having some problems with its MacBooks, namely that big ugly stains appear on the palm rests. Needless to say, this makes the MacBook look pretty janky. Now it seems that Apple may be fixing the problem, at least on…
Vonage V-Phone Hands On
Vonage, the VoIP company with an incredibly annoying theme song (“Woo Hoo”) just released the V Phone, a VoIP phone contained inside a USB thumb drive which we mentioned a few days ago. I’ve been playing around with it for a while and can state conclusively that, yes, it is a phone and, yes, it…
Digital Experience in New York: A Video Travelogue
Our intrepid cameraman Rich threw together a few highlights from last nights Digital Experience event here in sunny New York City. In it we see the cock-fighting ring where Memorex put its Blu-Ray and HD-DVD writable disks, the Nokia E70 keyboard phone, and the N-series wireless gear from Belkin. Also, look for the Burblbrox D8G04D.…