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I’ve been a fan of H20 Audio since the company first introduced its waterproof iPod gear in 2002. Company reps recently gave me some hands-on time with the new products they are showing at CES this year, and I’m impressed with the iPod nano housing. First thing you should know if you aren’t familiar with…
This week at Lifehacker: Build an auto-on pantry light with a Timex watch holder. Replace your iPod’s hard drive. Make an RFID-blocking duct tape wallet. Finally, instantly inventory your gadget stash off-site for insurance purposes when the house blows up. https://lifehacker.com/diy-watch-holder-pantry-light-145641 Open the door, light goes on. Close the door, light goes off. The system…
Any guess as to who will make the first portable Blu-Ray DVD player? I’ll bet you anything that it won’t be Mustek. But if you are in the market for a regular old portable DVD player, this company has a decent offering. The flagship MP100 supports Divx, has a 10-inch swivel widescreen LCD, and plays…
Japan’s Banpresto is selling several types of room and bath atmospheric light gadgets, including this one called the Aurora Palette. It is a relaxing, interior light, that projects an aurora borealis-like light on the ceiling or wall at home. Along with the colors, it also wavers as if it were a real aurora. It includes…
Seems I missed some of the big concept when writing about Toyota’s bB car yesterday. So here’s another shot: Imagine you are inside a digital audio player with wheels. That’s the concept. Yes, the LCD is your window, the docking station is the gas tank. The speakers plug right up your… never mind. https://gizmodo.com/jukebox-on-wheels-toyota-2box-car-bb-145441 The…
If you love your XM Satellite Radio now, you may fall deeper with the news of XM HD Surround stations and hi-def programming. Coming in March of 2006, with just a little more hardware from hardware companies like Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc., and Yamaha (which I’d bet we’ll see at January’s CES), you’ll…
Hey, hey, my, my, Infinium Labs’ Phantom just won’t die. First offered as a hybrid PC-console gaming system some two years ago, the Phantom has been delayed, beset by lawsuits, and has not even been able to fire a warning shot over the bow in the current generation of console wars. The innards of this…
Auvi’s PHIP100 is a VoIP-enabled cordless speaker phone system, obviously giving you VoIP capabilities as well as a webcam and 2.1 channel speakers (WELCOME TO MOVIEFONE!). Not a bad-looking design, this system also comes with a line-in connection jack for audio input and two USB ports for expansion. And of course, it can also be…
Chinese OEM company EC21 is featuring its new iPod nano knockoff to hopefully confuse people worldwide. It shares almost identical physical measurements with the nano, a 1.5-inch color OLED screen, FM-tune, voice recorder, photo viewer and even has a Tetris game! Wowee! This device supports WMA, MP3 and AMV video. There’s no official word yet…
If you’ve been wanting to get in the ring for a spar but don’t want to hurt anyone (especially yourself), this FA-1 Fighting Android Sparring Partner could be just the ticket. A martial arts/boxing training robot, it’s made by Self Defense Technologies and is designed to move with you, giving you variable punching and defensive…
Intel s been in the news a lot as of late, much of it relating to the possible launch of Intel-based Macs at next month s MacWorld. So it only seems fitting that the rumor mills are a-turning, here relating to the company s logo. Allegedly, gone will be the now-familiar Intel Inside sticker, replaced…
There is a new little ditty from Samsung that has popped up on the FCC website for all to see. This is the SGH i858 slider phone. Biggest and best news about this: it features a 320×240-pixel touch screen. Other than that, just another phone with all of the average features: Bluetooth, expandable memory, infrared,…
In honor of the post-present hangover that many of you are probably trying to cure right now, Gizmodo is publishing the funniest, most harrowing stories of support line woe. Bring us your hobbled products yearning to be returned for a hefty re-stocking fee. Mail rants to [email protected] with “READER RANT” in the subject line. Scrapple…
Pegasus Corporation of Japan is releasing the Audio Bone headphones. You’ve heard of shaking baby syndrome? Well, these are like that, but for adults. These headphones send musical vibrations straight to your brain by means of the skull. Audiophiles, listen up: here is the jibberish on technical specifics. The headphones with 80dB/mW Sensitivity, 8 Ohm…
If you’ve been crying your eyes out for an iKitty iPod case for your new nano, it’s time to bust out a smile. Speck Products is now offering this rubberized kitty-shaped case especially for the nano, available in both black and white. Made of silicone, it fits both 2- and 4-gig iPod nanos and gives…
If you got a Video iPod for the holidays this year, you should be thanking your lucky stars it didn’t come from the Hawaiian Keeaumoku Wal-Wart. Rachel Cambra, a mom and an employee of that Wal-Mart store, gave her son a Christmas gift which she believed to be a Video iPod she had put on…
This is the Iqua Snake Bluetooth headset, a traditional Bluetooth headset with a little bit of a twist. Literally! Ha, puns are fun! It’s designed primarily to wrap around a car seat headrest for safer vehicular cellphoning. It features controls for power, volume, answer/end/reject call, redial, voice dial and automatic reconnection. Six hours of charge…
As useful as Skype is, Mac users have been on the short end of the stick when it comes to handsets. That is, until now! IPEVO is coming to the table, showing Mac users that their platform hasn t been forgotten. The Free-1W looks as nice as anything to come out of Cupertino and comes…
Remember the kid you picked on back in high school who was winning math Olympiads and what not? You should probably give him a call and apologize this holiday season. In fact, a gift is more appropriate. So why not get him these totally radical circuitboard coasters? Made from REAL circuitboard and not painted on,…
Looking for a belated holiday gift that may surprise that avid card player? Check out this Junkin Trump Bridge deck from Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. Each card is made of 99.99% pure gold, is about 7 microns thick and weighs .73 grams. So if you’re trying to get into grandma’s will, this may be the thing…