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Although we’ve seen these floating around in the wild, SapphireTech has now officially announced the availability of its Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro graphics card. What’s so unusual about it? Well, well, looky there—it’s an HDMI port on its business end instead of the usual DVI. The 256MB card has SP/DIF coaxial digital audio, too, and the…
Here come the cellphone watches, with this $499 Dick Tracy-esque model from SMS Technology Australia being the second one we’ve seen this month. Called by its maker “the world’s smallest wrist phone,” My MobileWatch has an internal antenna, voice dialing and hooks up to Bluetooth, so imagine yourself wearing a tiny headset and just nonchalantly…
Hands-On Review Sennheiser M145 USB Mac Skype Headset Hands-On https://gizmodo.com/sennheiser-m145-usb-mac-skype-headset-hands-on-184125 Rumor and Conjecture Rumor: No Xbox 360 Price Drop Because They’re Bundling HD DVD? https://gizmodo.com/rumor-no-xbox-360-price-drop-because-theyre-bundling-h-184075 News I-O Data USB Key With Free Software Windows Vista Beta Screenshot Tour Logitec USB FM Transmitter LG’s Cellphone Prevents Drunk Dialing Halo 2 Headset Benefits Katrina Victims HD DVD…
The microphone on my Powerbook G4 is decent, but it’s not quite good enough when we’re trying to hold a Skypecast. Solution? The Sennheiser M 145 USB Skype Approved headset. The headset consists of what you see above connected to two 3.5mm plugs, one for the mic input and one for the headphone output. It…
Remember how TaxCut was shipped on a Kingston 256MB Flash drive? This is kind of like that, except the drives come with free software like OpenOffice, Migo, Pass2Go and ACDSee—though the last three are demos. The USB drives come in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB sizes. An interesting idea for people who don’t have broadband to…
Taking advantage of their swanky new w i d e s c r e e n format, Lifehacker’s posted a screenshot tour of Windows Vista beta. If you haven’t tried it, or tried an older version but not Beta 2, go over and take a look. We’re just as excited about Windows Vista as we…
This is kind of interesting. The Logitec USB FM transmitter plays back USB and WMA files from your USB device—think thumb drive—while being powered from your car’s lighter outlet. An interesting alternative to FM transmitters that just transmit the sound from a standard MP3 player. There’s six colors/textures, and is available for import from Japan.…
This a bit of rumor mongering, so take it with a mouthful of salt. A “reader” tells us his “insiders” say the Xbox 360 could be skipping the $100 price drop because they’re going to bundle their HD DVD drive with new Premium consoles. Bundling as in just selling both the external HD DVD drive…
Just when we thought the LG Breathalyzer cellphone couldn’t be more useless, they go an introduce this anti-drunk dialing feature. The phone can be set to block certain people in the book, say, your ex, your boss, and your pastor, from being dialed when the phone detects booze on your breath. https://gizmodo.com/lg-introduces-breathalyzer-in-cellphones-134036 The LG LP4100…
Halo 2’s still the most popular Xbox Live game, and if you need a new headset, you could do worse than pick up a Emerald Halo 2 headset for $15. A portion of the proceeds is going to the Platronics GameCom United Way Katrina Recovery Fund. A good cause and a good headset. Halo 2…
With HD DVD and Blu-ray finally hitting the shelves there are still a lot of questions to be answered before deciding on a format. Dan Costa over at PC Magazine has an excellent write-up of what you need to know when it comes to choosing a new DVD format. Thanks for the information, Costa. I…
Is the iPod scroll-wheel that great for navigation? LG seems to think so, and is releasing the U400 slider phone with an off-center scroll-wheel. It’s got 3G video calling, Bluetooth, stereo speakers, 2 megapixel camera and a microSD slot for added storage. The finish is the same as the LG Chocolate phone, but weighs a…
It’s a rare occasion that I can get the chance to post about my favorite things in the world: video games, explosions and sports. But today is a rare day and this post is about to come. Handsome Tom from ScrewAttack was so confident in his Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA championship that he put…
The Fatman iTube is a dock compatible with all iPod except the Shuffle. The iPod docking portion reminds me of a treadmill, which is kind of ironic because the company is called Fatman. The other dock section is a valve amplifier that can export your music and movies onto a television or speaker system easily…
If you want this tiny, credit card sized phone you’re going to have to do without a keypad. Tough titties! The N908 is only 12.8mm (0.5 inches), but the small size doesn’t mean it skimps on the features. The phone supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/3GP/MPEG4 playback and has a 1.3 megapixel camera. There’s USB and Bluetooth for syncing…
This thing may actually be pretty useful. See, you use the voice recorder to record your CFO and CTO in the bathroom talking about embezzling funds—you were hiding in a stall, using the FM radio to pass the time. Then you use the 512MB flash memory to steal office documents about the whole thing. Later,…
Remember those Barbies you had as a kid—I know, I remember mine—and you could change her wardrobe easily, but no matter what you put on her she was still a little tramp? Well the Hitachi W42H cellphone is kind of like that. Still a tramp, but not as much. This is a run-of-the-mill phone that…
This is interesting news—Nokia is suing two companies for producing copies of their Nokia 7260 phone, and suing them in Beijing no less. Nokia wants them to stop making and selling the phones and pay damages. The two companies are Shenzhen Telsda Mobile Communication Industry Developing Co. Ltd. and Song Xun Da Zhong Ke Electronic…
With kids getting their own cellphones at younger and younger ages, the responsible parents out there need to ensure that their kid has the dumbest looking phone possible, right? Isn’t it an unwritten rule that parents are responsible for embarrassing their kids at any cost? Enter the nico from Willcom. This phone includes a parent-friendly…
Like the USB SD cards of yore, the Buffalo card has an integrated USB connector that lets you eschew the standard 11-in-one card readers. One end of the card connects to your camera/phone via SD, the other end hooks up to your ‘puter’s USB port when you remove the protective cover. https://gizmodo.com/sd-usb-hassle-psdsweet-123169 256MB, 512MB, 1GB…