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Samsung unveiled what appeared to be its first 10-megapixel digital SLR camera, the GX2. Details about the camera are sketchy at this point, and just about all we have so far is this photo. The company first showed this forthcoming model at the Seoul International Photo & Imaging Industry Show 2006, which was held May…
Cellphone designs that hide the screen when not in use have traditionally been separated into two designs, the clamshell and the slider. People have preferred the clamshell because they’re compact, and others like the slider because they usually have large screens. Like Pandas, Samsung’s forced the two to mate for the good of the species,…
When consumers hear Memorex, what comes to mind? Most likely CDRs, DVDRs and burners, not MP3 players. But Memorex is trying wedge itself into an already tight market like your wife into her jeans from college. The most interesting design is a disc shaped player, the MMP8550, which is reminiscent of all their blank media…
Few people will deny that the Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro are two pretty decent machines. Yet, how many of these people are willing to transform their fancy new computers into a whooshing and whirring Jedi-inspiried weapon of doom? Thanks to MacSaber, nerds everywhere will get the chance to do just that. MacSaber is a…
Wall Outlet Safe Or you could just put an ordinary 50-cent power box in a hole in the wall, screw an ordinary $3 wall socket kit over it, and use that as your wall safe. https://gizmodo.com/wall-outlet-safe-173835 While this would be a bit harder for you to open, it would also be a bit harder for…
News FCC Approves Nokia 6135i, 5500 Sport, 7370 Mac OS X Driver for Xbox 360 Controller Vodafone Announces Sharp V201SH Cellphone for Prepaid Motorola Q and Samsung i-320 Video Automatic Golf Tee Solar Powered Battery Charger db clay Gaffer’s Tape Wallets BodieLobus PS2 Controller With Trackball Strobe Light Bicycle Vest LINDY WiFi and Bluetooth Finder…
Our friends at the FCC gave the sexy schoolmarmish nod to three new phones from Nokia. Nokia 6315: Clamshell, EVDO, 2 LCDs, 1.3 megapixel camera, speaker phone, bluetooth, USB, Video/Music on demand, MP3 and video support. Nokia 5500 Sport: Three modes, phone, music and sport. Sport has a built in pedometer with special software to…
An enterprising Mac gamer (I thought they all dual booted to Windows?) created a USB driver for your Xbox 360 controllers to use on OS X. It’s released under GPL, so if there are any problems you can go ahead and fix them yourself. Most things work, but there are still some items yet to…
As far as candybar phones go, this Sharp V201SH has the looks of an emaciated teenage model that ran away from home. That is to say, it’s thin and looks good. Coming in both black and white models, like the MacBooks, the handsets sport a 1.9-inch QVGA screen. Other than that, it’s pretty bare, feature-wise.…
Taken at Israel Tech Ed last week, the video shows off both the Motorola Q and the Samsung i-320. The Q’s UI looks pretty responsive, and the screen’s quality is pretty good. The Samsung’s keys also look interesting, with a BlackBerry-like dual purpose keys. Instead of horizontally dividing the keys, Samsung divided them vertically. You’ll…
It seems fans of golf take every precaution to not get any exercise at all when playing the “sport”. Caddys to carry your clubs, golf carts to whisk you from here to there—why is Tiger Woods considered an athlete again? To this end, the Automatic Golf Tee holds 35 balls and automatically feeds balls onto…
Out here in sunny California, people are always going out to the beach or the pool or the park. Not us though, we’re inside blogging, just the way we like it. But even indoors, we can take advantage of this solar powered battery charger to fill up all our AA’s. This charger charges four of…
Forget boring old duct tape wallets. The crew behind Portland accessories design company db clay handmakes gorgeous billfolds out of gaffer’s tape canvas that they stencil, print and paint on. They currently have fourteen designs available; the two we like best are This Sky and Parking Lot, both $55 and both taken from photographs by…
The controller with a funny name and even funnier appearance made a show at E3 2006, and IGN’s peepers were all over it. The BodieLobus replaces the right analog stick of the Playstation 2 controller with a trackball. By doing so, accuracy in FPS games increased dramatically. The critical difference I discovered between playing an…
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to get back on that bicycle you swore that you’d ride every day and get into some semblance of shape. Unless you live in the Arctic Circle, however, the sun will set and you’ll quickly find yourself bicycling at night with nary a stranger able to see…
Similar WiFi finders are on the market—allowing you to quickly see whether there is an open hotspot without pulling out your laptop—but very few allow you to also scan for Bluetooth networks. The Wi-Fi Finder has a range of 50 meters and includes a lanyard to attach to your keychain. What’s also interesting about this…
CBS Paramount cleaned out the Star Trek garage and is putting its finds up for sale at Christie’s New York this October, putting 4,000 lots of over 1,000 items on the block in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Star Trek original series tv show. Captain Kirk’s leisure suit (photo above—and no, we don’t…
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These tiny bluetooth headsets are the perfect fashion accessory for the woman who is more geek than chic. Weighing 7.9 grams and sporting interchangeable face-plates, these headsets are actually pretty cool. Other features are 18 hours of talk-time, and 500 hours of standby. Give one to your wives for Mother’s Day and watch her face…
Toshiba, that Japanese fireplug of a company, introduced its next generation of HDTVs today. Nine models, either available now or by August at the latest, will round out the company’s product line. All DLP-based, and 720p or 1080p depending on whether or not you want to get a second mortgage for your house, the new…