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Affordable seems to be the word on Sony Ericsson’s lips with the three phones it just announced. Two stick phones and one clamshell round out its line this year, although I’m sure we’ll see a few more coming out at CES in January. The J220, a stick phone, is all about simplicity, with a one-click…
Time Magazine’s list of “Amazing Inventions of 2005” is out. Winners include mini turtle bots, Nike’s MaxSight contact lenses, the AntWorks farm pictured here, the portable water-filtering LifeStraw, and something that will probably also occupy the “Amazing Ways to Unnecessarily Contribute to Our Landfills” list, the single-use disposable camcorder. [Time (reg)] What is the next…
A monk saw a turtle in the garden of Daizui’s monastery and asked the teacher, “All iPod docking stations cover their bones with plastic made of white. Why does this being cover its flesh and skin with stones?” Master Daizui took off one of his sandals and covered the i-Stones Wabi with it. One day…
Microsoft finally released the official list of games and accessories that will be in stores for the launch of the Xbox 360 next Tuesday. 18 titles in all, $49.99 $59.99 each along with a two-disc Perfect Dark Zero Limited Collector s Edition. No surprises here, or in the 13 accessories. Complete list after the jump. The…
In an effort to cut costs in the 3D video market, IBM has come out with a new 3D TV system which they claim should be about $1000, compared with the $1800 systems out there right now. It’s not exactly a popular product line to begin with, but I guess IBM feels that even though…
Watch out, girlies! Your earbuds are about to get munched on by the Tetra, a cute little spikey ball from Tunewear that keeps your earbuds wrapped up. The device is simple: roll your earbud cord around the spikes in different positions, and tuck the leftover earbuds into the mouth. Presto. Tangle-free headphones and it looks…
One lucky guy got to test out his Nokia N91 for real when he bumped into a mechanical test engineer who actually worked on the phone. Right there and then, the guy did the drop and tumble test (which encompasses dropping the phone 300 times without it breaking) and it passes! He also makes sure…
Merry Christmas, Mom! Apparently this little device, which hooks up to the iPod and buzzes in time to your music library, is the hottest Christmas gift going. It’s great for getting to sore muscles and aching bones and might even be used for a bit of extracurricular self-induced carnival time after hours, but we wouldn’t…
Meet the product that results when students get too close to paint fumes: GraffitiWriter. This guerilla marketer’s dream machine is a remote controled car loaded with cans of spray paint and dot-matrix printer parts inside for printing text anonymously from a remote location. GraffitiWriter packs a microcontroller that allows the robot to print out pixelated…
The Sharp 512MB MP-S200 and 1GB MP-S300 are being defined mainly by the fact that they can take a ton of abuse. With an aluminum metal case that looks like it comes in silver, red, blue and black, the players should be able to be dropped from a height of 39 inches without getting busted.…
Logitech left the gate early today with an Xbox 360 peripheral called the Harmony Advanced Universal Remote Control. Microsoft is positioning the 360 as the shining sun that the rest of your entertainment components will soon orbit around in geostationary oneness, and this universal remote makes sense in that context. The Harmony has console-specific buttons…
The Sonar Axe is the latest achievement in guitar technology, allowing you to play the instrument like a guitar through the use of sonar. It reads your finger movements on the neck like playing a regular guitar with frets, but instead of strings and frets, uses MIDI to act as a controller. Maker ElectroKraft says:…
These pics of Sony-Ericsson’s P970 are looking really good and make us want one. Badly. Of course there is always a chance of the pics being fake, so keep that in mind before getting all joyous. The P970 is a slimmer and smaller version of it’s bigger brother from Sony-Ericsson, the P990. As you can…
In what either is a typo or an attempt to set the world record for longest line outside a store, Circuity City is saying they are going to be selling the Xbox 360 on Friday. Mobility Today checked with their local store and the manager there had no clue about it. The official Circuit City…
Some blokes—that’s British for guys—in Britain posted this full XBox 360 experience package, currently going for about $10. It’s not a 360 per se, but it’s actually these guys dressed up like aliens who will shoot you with paintballs to get the real-life thrills of Halo 2 (??)—”For another 50 quid Andys brother reckons we…
Epson has announced a new synthesis chip, the S1V30100. I have yet to find a good piece of hardware or software that is capable of reading text in a clear manner that doesn t sound like dyslexic stuttering robot, so I can hope this one is better. The big kicker is that this chip also…
So we get a call the other day about the iLoad, which, on the surface, seems, shall we say, “no longer necessary.” It’s the iLoad PR fella, good guy, it seems. He’s going to send us a bit on this new product, all is well, we’ll take a look, make a more refined judgement. We…
There is nothing uncool about this wireless earbuds concept from Plantronics called Versa. The design uses a miniaturized base outfitted with Bluetooth to connect to your cellphone, and RF to connect to the actual earbuds. Plantronics claims this technology is only “a year or two out from being ready to launch,” but don’t chuck your…
Our brother-in-law Kotaku has the full dope on EVERYTHING Best Buy is doing during the XBox 360 launch. Midnight sales? Check. Top selling game predictions? Check. Shaitsu massages administered by Wookies? Check! Err… wait. Best Buy Files: The Official 360 Document [Kotaku] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/best-buy-files-the-official-360-document-136728.php#viewcomments Sign Up for XBox 360 Availability Alert [CNET]
I know it won’t be “officially” out until Monday, but it’s SO lonely playing Mario Cart DS without network play. To me, and this is just my anti-Mario backlash since he stole so much from me as a child—my health, my sleep, my svelte physique—I hate the Mario franchise . But I got the PSP…