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Griffin old chum! How ya been? Is that the new iPod Nano iTrip? Lemme see that sucker…ahhh very nice! Looks like Griffin has really gone out of their way to make the design for the Nano iTrip FM transmitter flawless. The iPod Nano sits inside the iTrip as if it were a dock. Don’t worry,…
4INFO has hooked up with our blogging cohorts, Lifehacker, to give away a Nokia 6682 to one luckily individual. The 6682 is a sexy phone from Nokia sporting a Symbian operating system, 1.3 megapixel camera, email, web browsing, Bluetooth and even an mp3 player. Check out all of the Giz coverage of the Nokia 6682…
And Lo, the Angel opened the eighth seal and blew the great horn and the stars, which had fallen from the sky, looked up in wide-eyed terror. For from the East came a wild wind and the rivers turned to even grosser blood. And those left on earth screamed and made pee pee for from…
We’re pretty sure that Doraemon is going to invade the earth in his little spaceship and take it over. Wait, has that already happened? It seems every time I turn around, something has become Dorae-ized! Doraemon sofas, Doraemon pillows, Doraemon turds, what’s next, webcams that look like Doraemon? Yes! Now in Japan, you can score…
I feel I’ve been giving the Germans a lot of props these days, but here’s yet another product they’re getting before us! The HTC Wizard Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone with slide-out keyboard is selling through T-Mobile with GPRS, WiFi, quad-band GSM, 1.3 megapixel camera (come on, you couldn’t do better than that??), 64MB of RAM,…
This good-looking Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M2 lets you take VHS quality video both before and after you snap a still image. Called a “hybrid imaging device,” the M2 basically lets you buffer your photo with 5 seconds before it was taken and 3 seconds after. Kinda neat. It also includes a Pocket Album function, which converts…
Global Care Quest is working in conjunction with the UCLA Medical Center to eliminate paper trail problems. The system they are installing is a patient retrieval system accessible wirelessly. There are two optional ways in which the hospital staff would be able to receive information; the first of which being through PDA’s and smartphones. It…
So you want one of those sexy PS2s. I mean even the box is silver! Oh wait. What’s that? Sorry! Japan only of course. We always get screwed on our end. If you gotta have one, then fly over to Japan on November 23rd and pick one up in Akihabara. Chances are the boys at…
Get ready for the Samsung A900, finally approved for the US by the FCC this week. Based on the Korean SCH-V740, it’s thin and “RAZR-like” and has an internal antenna, Bluetooth and swivel 1.3 megapixel camera. The Korean version of the phone is only 14.5mm thick so we’re hoping we get something comparable here. Samsung…
This week in Jalopnik: Tokyo motor show, part ni. Carmakers take Tokyo really seriously these days, using the show to launch their most high-concept and technology-focused prototypes. Automotive Armani, signer Giorgietto Giugiaro celebrates 50 years in the biz with a Ferrari concept; Volkswagen shows a high-mileage diesel-powered roadster; Hyundai spurns the eco-crowd with a crossover-SUV…
Ladies: We all know you have a special geek or dork in your life who’s into cellphones. That’s why you need to cook them a delicious meal, get them in the sack, then take off your clothes to reveal Karrysafe, the lingerie that has a secret holding compartment for your cellphone. Karrysafe is designed exclusively…
Yes, here’s yet another scratch in the catfight that is next generation DVD. Warner Brothers has decided to release DVDs in Blu-ray as well as the HD-DVD format. This follows Paramount Home Entertainment’s decision last month to also support both Sony- and Toshiba-backed formats. Because Warner Brothers had formerly backed just HD-DVD, this is a…
Turntable as musical instrument? Think Thomas Edison designing the Mellotron, instead. Phono maker Vestax has fitted a new turntable with really elaborate pitch control. Press buttons, move a fader, or adjust a foot pedal, and you can change the speed to get specific musical pitches (with the fader or pedal, you can even bend notes).…
More fun with fools. I’m stopping after this one, I swear. If your name is Freeman Stone then you’d better check your wallet. Read the email after the jump. Read from bottom to top. Note the items he’s looking for. Hello John Biggs, Thanks for the quotation,well i will like you to charge tbis credit…
Over at the “Microsoft Campus” in Redmond, WA their visitor center is chock full of some playable Xbox 360s. If you are interested in playing and in the Redmond area you can find more info here. The other interesting little bit of information is that some of the demo 360s are crapping out, locking up,…
So the Xbox 360 release is creeping up on us like that Mexican food I decided to have for breakfast. And there has been a push of Xbox 360 kiosks across the United States and even a few in Canada. Now I know you crazy Bill Gates loving kids are eager to spend all day…
Everyone meet Kelly. She is a 20-year-old Gemini from Columbus, Ohio. Kelly absolutely loves her new Sprint PPC 6700 Smartphone. “I like the 6700 the most when I am conveniently placed in front of a glistening lake. Boy I’m cute!” Kelly really loves how this smartphone has Windows Mobile 5.0 along with a 416 MHz…
Yeah, we have beat this iPod Video like a dead horse, but this will be the last post (most likely not) about it, I swear. Clint Ecker over at arstechnica has put together one of the best iPod Video reviews/analysis around. He covers pretty much everything, then when you think he is done, he tears…
Dock mania! Everybody wants docks for their digital media devices. Dock this, dock that, I’ll give you a dock to play with. This is the PSP power charging dock. It lights up, charges your PSP and best of all, allows the PSP to sit upright so you can boldly say to the world, “Yes, I…
We’ve already told you that analog TV as you know it will be kaput sometime in the next five years, but a US Senate panel working on a new bill has actually attached a real date to this wishy-washy deadline. April 7, 2009 is now the day delegated for TV stations to switch entirely to…