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The OPUS uses a DSP combined with a high-end CD player to create a new way to listen to music. The Olive Opus has a customized audio board with four 24-bit DACs and a temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. It also features a 400GB hard drive that can store up to 1,100 CDs in lossless quality. On…
As we shrugged off yesterday’s over-hyped, lukewarm Apple event, the day started with a lively report from PMA in Orlando, where the annual photo show was wrapping up. Then we heard rumors of Motorola’s Q smartphone perhaps not being as close to the Verizon as was once thought, and at the same time, that flash-memory-packing…
I’m almost sure this is as old as my grandma, but summer’s around the corner and that means one thing—flame! And meat! OK, two things. The Keg-a-Que is a propane grill made from a beer keg. This $64.99 grill is completely portable and can hold up to 18 succulent hot dogs or up to 15…
Microsoft’s TechFest begins today and one of the items on display will be this system, developed by Microsoft’s research division. It is essentially a DDR dance pad that can control a user interface. For those unfamiliar with the DDR franchise, the dance pad has designated arrows and buttons that are normally used to correspond to…
It’s just patent-ware at this point, but Motorola has registered some sore of program that displays guitar strings on a touchscreen phone. You can strum and pluck the strings and even retune the strings to become a banjo or a violin. Finally, you can send the resulting ruckus to the person on the other end…
Somebody got his hands on one of these beasts and has loaded up the unpacking pictures for the world to see over on Flickr. Check out the linkage for the full photo shoot. iPod Hi-Fi Unpacking [Flickr]
Japanese stuff is so cool. JVC Japan, for example, made this super cool adapter that hooks up to an optical audio port and translates high-quality optical signals into some sort of analog surround sound for headphones. It takes two AA batteries and is covered with unnecessary lights and lines. JVC surround adapter for headphones [TechJapan]
So, the Apple “Fun” Event could be considered a bust by many, so we are here to offer our support to the Post-Traumatic Apple Event Disorder sufferers out there. Seriously Apple, how “Fun” is a $350 stereo with an iPod dock and a $99 leather iPod case? We’ll admit the Mac Minis were kind of…
I used to play accordion as a kid, but I’m sure that I’d have stuck with it to this day if I had had the Orla Pk-400. It looks like a crazy Casio keyboard/concertina mash-up with hundreds of buttons, strange piano keys, accordion bass buttons, and weird organ draw bars. It even has a disk…
We are giving away 4 Gorillapods. We want to see your best faked photo of some sort of high-tech object, similar to those iPod shenanigan that happened a few days back. Most of the entries we have received are iPod touchscreen mockups, but remember it can be any kind of high-tech gadget or device like…
Apple comes out with a Hi-Fi and then all of a sudden Sony is all like “Whatevs!” and makes their own. The NAS-D5HD is a 40GB hard drive-based stereo system that can download music from the web sans PC. The 4.3″ display shows title and album information and it is compatible with Sony’s music store…
Unicon MBridge, the much-anticipated WiFi device that the company says can eliminate computers from your life, sent out a flyer with new pictures and details, and announced a Q2 ship date. The 3″ x 5″ x 0.75″, 6.5-ounce handheld device will wirelessly connect to the Internet, letting you download MP3s, exchange pictures, and access chat…
If you’re not satisfied with that FM-quality hookup between your iPod and your car stereo, the Scosche BlueLife system can make that happen with Bluetooth. BlueLife includes an iPod transmitter and a Bluetooth receiver, and the company suggests that you buy multiple receivers so that you can wirelessly connect that iPod to your car stereo…
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) is now shipping TransDock Micro, an iPod charger and adapter that uses FM to link your iPod to your car radio. Nothing new there, but the TransDock can also charge up other USB devices such as the Motorola RAZR, offers four preset stations, and works with all the iPods including the…
This week at Lifehacker: Decide when to trash your old PC and when to upgrade. Be a walking encyclopedia – literally – with Wikipedia on your iPod. Build yourself a booty-hiding secret hollow book. Finally, smack down that annoying Windows error report dialog that pops up whenever software crashes for good. https://lifehacker.com/geek-to-live-your-old-pc-when-to-hold-and-when-to-fo-156833 You want a…
Here’s an idea from Samsung that combines artificial intelligence, The Sims and cellphones, and results in software that the company hopes will be able to feel, think, and even evolve and reproduce. According to team leader Professor Kim Jong-hwan of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the software will have artificial chromosomes. Said…
Oh, Samsung, you tease us so. This uber-slim MP3 player has a 1.8″ color screen and a 35-hour battery life. It will cost about $249 and is so delightfully sexy looking. No word on storage. Interestingly enough, Samsung hired Paul Mercer, software designer for the iPod, to work on this little number. Nano killer? Samsung…
Pininfarina, the design firm behind such gorgeous automobiles as Ferrari, Maserati (pictured above) and Alfa, in addition to that whacked-looking Olympic Torch, has now been signed up by Motorola for the next three years to design cellphones. Fact is, Motorola and Pininfarina had a short agreement a couple of years ago, and it seemed like…
Vodafone has rolled out an unusual 3G and GSM cellphone that gets to know you as well as your dog does. It performs this magic trick with an OKI face recognition sensor that does away with the need for entering a pin number. With a swiveling 2.4 inch screen and an 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera, the…
You may remember the wondrous iLoad that we discussed a while back. Well, it’s back and better than ever. Inventor Sanford B. Schupper has added two new models to the iLoad line—the iLoad-v which downloads video from any video source, and the iLoad-c which downloads music through cellular services. All of it is currently on…