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Snapped a few pics with the Kodak V570 this evening. The news of this dual-lens camera broke earlier, and it’s worth a second look. Each lens is paired with a 5 megapixel CCD image sensor. One lens is a 23mm ultra-wide angle, and the other is a 39-117mm optical zoom. The wide lens gives you…
IPEVO, the bastard consumer electronics offspring of the Taiwanese Internet portal PChome, showed off its Skype-friendly cordless handset and speakerphone at CES Unveiled this evening. This is one of many products Skype is showing off in its bid to move out of the PC and into that tangle of cables I call a desk. Great…
There are plenty of buzzards here, and they will pick your bones dry, as our dearly departed Gonzo would say. CES Unveiled, the first dogpile of the show, saw trade journos from around the world feasting on shrimp and smearing cocktail sauce on a few dozen new products. Stay tuned for a few updates from…
Grabbed some hands-on time with Samsung’s i830 smartphone—and had trouble putting it down. It’s a quad-band Windows Mobile unit outfitted with EVDO. It has 64MB internal memory / 128MB Flash and an expansion slot. The screen is 2.8-inches and 65K color TFT, touch-sensitive too. Slide the 5.2-inch top vertically to reveal the full QWERTY keyboard.…
Flights were delayed, baggage was lost and we already look like it’s day four. But here we are, live blogging CES 2006 like nobody’s business. The Guerrilla Geek Squad, starting on the far right: -Vince Veneziani, reformed hackaday grunt from Philly, specializes in videogame contraptions, DAPs and landing the ladies. -Joel Johnson, a man who…
Some sad lonely Mac fanboy, who happens to be a superb 3D modeler, has began the now-annual “design a mockup of the next iPod” competition. Only thing is, no prize, and no glory. This one is a little bit too square for my taste, although the bigger screen is definitely a plus. Here is a…
Are you trying to launch your aspiring rap career but can’t remember those dope rhymes about bitches and cars you belted out in the shower? Problem solved, homie. This erasable shower note tablet allows you to take notes down in the shower, write down freestyle lyrics, or just draw a quick self portrait. It hangs…
Omega sold a special edition Michael Schumacher Speedmaster—which is a damn nice watch—to His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar for $1.5 million, the proceeds going to tsunami charities. I believe the extra, say, $1.5 million less the $2000 this actually costs went to engraving his name on…
To compliment its already well-known multi-room music systems, Sonos has added what it’s calling the ZonePlayer ZP80. The new product connects to any amplified audio device through the analog or digital outputs, allowing that device to instantly become part of the wireless, multi-room system. Voila and presto. It also includes auto-sensing line-in connectors that can…
Don’t drop that GPS while you’re running. That’s obviously the lesson Garmin wants you to learn with its Forerunner 205 and Forerunner 305, now showing at CES. These next-gen products for the company’s fitness line are small and light (obviously) and now have a design which wraps the GPS antenna around just part of your…
Let’s face it, we all like to attract some attention, right? Well, attract some while chowing down on hot dogs and potato salad while rollin’ on picnic table dubs. This motorized picnic table is powered by a 400cc engine ripped off of a Honda Motorcycle that can carry the table with up to 8 people…
Seriously Flava, wearing analog clocks around your neck is so 1995. With your new reality show coming up you need to get with modern technology and ditch the clock. Join the likes of Dog the Bounty Hunter by becoming a MP3 player-toting C-list celebrity. This is the mimi 721 MP3 player straight out of China.…
I’m still not clear on exactly what’s legal when it comes to radar detectors, but if Cobra is sellin’ them, I can’t see anything wrong with buying them. And if you want an even bigger bang for your radar buck, check out the two new digital radar/laser detectors that claim to feature the industry’s first…
This past week, I had to brave Long Island to meet my girlfriend’s parents. Through tasty bagels and annoying accents, I found myself one night at someone’s house watching one of my favorite shows, “Law & Order: SVU”. The chick who put it on is obsessed with the show, so her sister made her this…
Yes, it’s hard to believe, but CES has brought out the second incarnation of the Motorola ROKR phone, the ROKR E2. It’s based on a Linux OS and of course comes loaded with a MP3 player that’s compatible with a bunch of different audio formats. A USB 2.0 connection gives you fast transfer rates and…
Lexar’s newest addition to its USB flash drives at CES is the JumpDrive Mercury. If you’ve ever had a problem with knowing how much storage space you have left on your drive, this Mercury takes care of that with an integrated capacity meter. In fact, this meter gives you the info you want without ever…
There’s some speculation out there about a $200 GooOS box that is essentially a plug and play mini PC with Google’s own OS on it. I’m kind of skeptical—the money isn’t in the hardware, yo—but there have been rumblings that Google is buying up dark fiber and stealing super-smart OS programmers from everyone else in…
Guess what? Google loves you SO much. So much that they demand you use their software for searching wherever you go. So now they’ve partnered with Lexar to ensure that happens. Some new Lexar USB Drives will be available with Google software that will automatically ask users if they want to install it when inserting…
Let me tell you something here, folks. Electricity is expensive. I just got my latest bill and it’s absurd. But now you can screw the electric company over and be a smarter consumer with Kill-A-Watt. Kill-A-Watt is an small device with an LCD for readout that goes in between your device’s plug and the wall…
Looking for a powerhouse laptop with dual-core processing power? Acer is ready to cater to your needs with its latest carbon-fiber trim laptop: the TravelMate 8200. This 15.4″ widescreen bad boy is powered by an Intel Core Duo 2.0GHz processor (the new Yonah processor), 2GB of GDDR3 memory, DVD burning, and 512MB ATI X1600 graphics…