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FineDrive is looking to take Korea by storm with its new M700D in-car multimedia system. It features GPS, video playback, and DMB for watching television while on the go. Now you won’t need a huge dish attached to the car if you’re looking to watch Battlestar Galactica. With easy navigation and few buttons, the FineDrive…
At 10:15AM today, JBiggs Inc. unveiled Kasper, the first in its much-anticipated line of baby-making products. This boy comes with the works: Bluetooth connectivity to mom’s milk output, WiFi hunger alerts, a 10.1 surround sound audio system, automatic pooping capabilities and, gee, he sure is cute. This one is on the heavy side (9.5 lbs!),…
Alienware has had its CE-IV MP3 player lingering on the market for quite some time now. Unfortunately, the unit hasn t had an impact on the consumer electronics world because it is yet another MP3 player without an Apple logo. Now Alienware is releasing a somewhat affordable speaker dock for the CE-IV MP3 player. It…
Challenger, the PC power-user brand of Iodata Japan, announced its latest media server product, GLAN Tank, for January 2006. The case packs two 3.5-inch HDDs, each with 250 GB. Compared to former models it also features Gigabit Ethernet, XScale 416 MHz CPU, 128 MB memory, and four USB ports. The OS is Debian GNU/Linux 3.1…
This contest has been one of the most spectacular in Gizmodo history. Hansel and Gretel didn’t know what hit ’em. And it was mighty tough deciding which House deserved the Sharp Aquos 20-inch flat panel TV. The kids who hammered out the laptop? The guy who constructed a sweet Xbox 360 because he couldn’t score…
Kodak s EasyShare One is one neat digital camera. The feature that sets it apart from other digital cameras is its included WiFi support. With this, users can take a photo, then automatically have it e-mailed or stored online via a WiFi connection to the Internet. At least, that s the idea. Trouble is, all…
Let’s say your Alaskan Airlines flight has to make an emergency landing because it’s got a three-foot gash in its belly. You put on the oxygen mask, and then what? If you are Jeremy Hermanns you whip out a Treo 650 and snap some pics of yourself wearing that oxygen mask. You can almost see…
Toyota Japan is selling its full audio car bB with a big-time marketing campaign in cooperation with MTV. All models include the specially-developed Toyota music player that is integrated into the car as a standard feature. The high-end (Q version) is a 4WD with a nine-speaker system and costs about $16,000. The speakers and surround…
To help along the proliferation of Blu-ray versus the dreaded competition of HD-DVD, Pioneer has unveiled a Blu-ray DVD disc drive for the PC. Aimed mainly at professionals—specifically high-end content users (mainly folks who work at movie studios and need to evaluate Blu-ray DVD titles during the authoring process)—it will also be marketed towards people…
Maglite, makers of all things police and security guards use, is venturing out into the world of LEDs. Seems a brighter, better MAG is in the works, as the company’s website is saying that in early 2006, MAG will start introducing MAG-LED products with LED technology. Made for both professional and consumer use, the new…
Some kid must have been one hell of a brat this holiday season. Seems a father got so fed up with his son that he sold the Xbox 360 he bought for $100. Yup. You could have netted a $100 Xbox 360 sans box if you lived near Kansas City—but without the original packaging. Why…
Yes, I know, you could use any old Bluetooth dongle to support Bluetooth on your PSP. But this particular A375 Bluetooth PSP Audio dongle by Ever-e fits lovingly on the side of your PSP, making it just so much nicer to tote around. Letting you transmit high fidelity digital audio streaming to any compatible Bluetooth…
It’s taken a while, but it looks like 40-inch LCD TVs are now the fastest and largest-growing trend in the market (at least in Korea). With a drastic price cut in LCD larger screen prices just this month (by 12-20 percent), we can expect to see a lot more of these products in the market…
When Oregon Scientific makes a phone, you just know it’s going to be weird. And the USB Cubic DECT Telephon doesn’t disappoint in that regard. Yup, it’s a phone for sure, but it’s also an FM alarm clock, calendar and MP3 player. And it’s square and wireless to boot. The speaker phone is powered by…
TiVo knew we’d all one day move to the land of the wireless, so the company has released its own TiVo-branded wireless-G adapter. Compatible with series 2 TiVos, this $50 USB wireless adapter is actually a decently-priced if you think about it. Microsoft is charging you $100 for an Xbox USB wireless adapter. This is…
In addition to being saddled with a name like Marlon Brando Gill (or maybe because of it), a young Missouri man (pictured left) has been charged with felony assault after his 24-year-old girlfriend was taken to the hospital last week with a cell phone stuck in her throat. When she was first taken in, police…
Um, I’m not sure you should really take this advice, but it looks like a survey conducted by Consumers Electronics Association (CEA) Market Research declared Hitachi’s Microdrive 3K6 one-inch hard drive the winner in the Digital Imaging category for “girl’s best friend.” Of course, the survey was cleverly entitled “What Women Want,” and sampled more…
Intel finally decided to show off its new Extreme Edition line of processors with the release of the long-awaited Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Replacing the Extreme Edition 840, the chip has a dual-core design with a clock speed of 3.46GHz. Sure, it may not be a huge jump from the 840’s 3.2GHz clockspeed, but the…
More big news from Samsung as the world’s third largest cellphone maker announces its plans to supply UK Vodaphone with high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) mobile phones using Qualcomm’s modem chips. These phones will let you use multimedia services, including video sharing and Web surfing, at higher speeds with lower pricing. They will also be…
Yeah, it’s Tuesday and Gizmodo is finally back in the saddle again. The eggnog hangover is cured, the latke oil is almost hot, and it’s time to get back to the nitty-gritty—voting for the Best Gizmo of the Year. Today is the first in a series of elimination rounds to determine the Best of Gizmodo…