Polk I-Sonic Entertainment System
Polk has been promising this mini-system for half a year now and it should be available in September. It’s essentially an all-in-one stereo with some nice surround-sound tricks to make sure you hear audio goodness in every corner of the room. It was hard to tell if it was actually working at the Digital Life…
Citizen Bluetooth Watch
The VIRT from Citizen is the first Bluetooth watch in the whole entire world. This limited edition monstrosity, the VIRT W700 connects to your phone and displays caller IDs and vibrates when you get a call. This presumably allows you to keep your phone in a chest at the bottom of the sea and, when…
SDHC: Like SD Cards, Only Incompatibler
Panasonic has created a new SD card standard, SDHC, that can transfer data at 5MB/s and costs about $262 for a 4GB model. Best of all? They’re incompatible with current SD devices yet they look so similar that you’d be hard-pressed to tell them apart in a dark alley. Why did they do this, you…
Inside the OLPC Laptop
WorldChanging has an in-depth look at the One Laptop Per Child project and the associated cheap laptop that kind of looks like a cute orange bunny. These antenni create wireless mesh networks automatically and cover USB and power ports in nasty environments. It has a 7.5″, non-backlit screen and a tiny keyboard. The laptop can…
SunRocket: Like Vonage, But With a Flat Fee
Not sure how this stacks up to the rest of the big boys yet, but we talked to some folks at SunRocket the other day and they told us about their $199 unlimited yearly calling plan with 30 minutes international calling and all kinds of E911 hotness. Plus, there’s no cancellation fee. If you’re already…
YouOS: Wha?
I love lots of heavy Ajax stuff as much as the next guy, but this is crazy. It’s essentially a web-based OS with lots of little sub-prgrams and all kinds of UI cred. It’s such a good idea you can almost smell Google’s heady musk wafting under the door. Just signed up for a full…