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Looks like the 6700, close cousin of the 6500, will be running Windows Mobile 5 and be so cool you won’t even be able to stand it. More as we get it. Thread [DavesiPaq]
Mustek has announced the release of their new PVR-H160. This thing holds 60 freaking gigs of stuff and can do pretty much everything (including washing the dog). It can record and play movies, TV shows, and any other video files, play music files, display photos, be an alarm clock, sync with your calendar and even…
Revenge of the Nerds: computers are now the must-have guitar accessory. IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube 2 and Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig 2 are both fully-loaded guitar effects and amp simulation software. Now they pack serious hardware, too, for plugging in your guitar (and other audio I/O) and controlling the software with your feet. The two products…
The Linksys CIT200 Skype phone for the home has been reviewed and it’s looking pretty decent. The phone itself is sexy and loaded. Not too many home phones have a color screen with built-in menus and the added luxuries of a backlit keyboard, caller ID, and a DECT 1.8-1.9Ghz bandwidth (not that we have any…
Lenovo, makers of Thinkpad, has just announced its first wireless projector, the ThinkVision C400. Primarily aimed at business professionals, the projector is integrated with 802.11b/g wireless technology so it doesn’t need to be hooked up to a computer for it to display your latest business presentation (though you could if you wanted to). There’s also…
Well, folks, it’s on. The XBox 360 officially exists, it works, and it rocks. I left a little early because I knew I was just going to sit there and play Call of Duty 2 all day and that wouldn’t have been good for anyone. First impressions: the next four years are going to kick…
This week in Jalopnik: As Tokyo readies itself for the city s upcoming motor show—one of the industry s majors—later this month, automakers are in high-tease mode. As custom dictates, they ve spent the past few weeks issuing advance images of the concept vehicles they hope will attract both crowds and column inches (in pubs…
Gateway launched a new family of convertible notebooks (that’s Tablet PCs to the rest of us) that are aimed to be more affordable and accessible to the general public. The CX2600 Series notebooks will have a 14″ display, five hours of battery life, a Pentium M processor, a 5-in-1 card reader, 3 USB ports, 1…
Among Toyota’s announcements for the 39th Tokyo Motor Show is the concept “vehicle” called the i-Swing (we are going to stubbornly assume the naming of this had absolutely nothing to do with a certain Apple product). This seems to be Toyota’s own personal take on the Segway, The I-swing has two wheels like the Segway…
If you’ve got thousands of dollars, lots of storage space, and a fetish for old, musty computers, then this is the auction of your wet dreams. Check it. 6,000 pounds worth of vintage computer goodness. The auction is from Dave Freeman, founder of the Freeman PC Museum. Looks like Dave is just dying to get…
Get The Picture By Carlo Longino Lots of mobile operators and content providers are convinced that mobile television is the next big thing for cell phones. While the phone isn’t likely to dislodge the plasma screen as anyone’s TV set of choice soon, the anytime, anywhere access mobile television promises has a lot of people…
I don’t know why it’s taken so long for computer or CE companies to splash some color into their products. I think the iPod Mini proved that people will pay for (and actually want) a different color chassis. Motorola is finally making a Pink and Blue RAZR, and now Sony has introduced a line of…
This is a product that caters to the extremely paranoid, but nevertheless it is a pretty damn good idea. This USB flash drive comes loaded with everything you need to prevent the man from catching you hax teh Gibson or maybe prevent your boss from discovering your fetishes. StealthSurfer is a Windows PC compatible key-sized…
Oyo, a Japanese research firm will be releasing a handheld radar system that is capable of finding people trapped underneath rubble and debris. The system works by detecting electromagnetic waves that are reflected back to the device from moving chests of humans. Antennas are placed around the area that distributes the electromagnetic waves. Very helpful…
It happened quietly, but Canon, Konica-Minolta, Fujifilm, and Sony, have all published service advisories admitting that certain models of their digital cameras and digital camcorders are defective. Signs that this could be happening are blurry images and unnatural colors on the LCD display when the camera is in camera mode (example pictured above). This affects…
If you’ve got Dish satellite TV, you’re gonna likey the new Archos-branded portable media devices. As well as recording your satellite programming, it can download and record content from a PC or Mac, digital cameras, mass storage devices, as well as other video or audio sources such as DVD players, camcorders and VCRs. A USB…
Hyper-competitive South Koreans have been using a light and sound machine to help them relax and focus on their studies—but the jury’s still out on the science of the device. The MC Square is not a hip-hop act, but a small Walkman-sized control unit that runs sequences of flickering lights and rhythmic pulsating sounds out…
Dartmouth researchers have created the world’s teeniest robot (200 of them would fit on an M&M) while University of Pennsylvania scientists have developed a portable power plant for emergency workers and, more likely, commuters with way too many gadgets in their pockets. [New York Times (reg)] [New York Times (reg)] Almost 16 years after Crazy…
Microsoft researchers are developing a clock that they acknowledge owes a debt of inspiration to the magical clock in the Harry Potter series that tracks the location of any Weasley family member at any given time. Designed for the (non-existent) family with no issues over personal privacy, the “whereabouts clock” will track the GPS signal…
If you’re a die hard T-Mobile customer, and demand everything be Zeta-Jones branded, this is probably happy news for you. T-Mobile launched its first branded bluetooth headset dubbed the SH305. Manufactured by Southwing, the headset comes with not one, but TWO color faceplates for showing off how unique you are. Will you pick red because…