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The RCA Cell Docking System is based on the premise that you only have a cell phone and that you may not get good reception in your home. The point of this new product is to let you make or receive cellular calls on a regular digital phone, using the Docking System, which is stand-alone…
First off, with a name like A-1 Quality Products, you better have something damn impressive to keep me from boycotting you. Now with that said, A-1 QP has released yet another iPod case with the letter “I” in the name: The iKeychain. Aside from the lame name, this is actually a pretty sleek looking metallic…
Just when you thought it was too good to be true, Sony clamps down on PSP homebrew hacks. Sony likes to whine and complain about how that’s not what the PSP was intended for and all that bullshit, but whatever, we all know that playing Secret of Mana with an SNES emulator is 100 times…
Honestly the only reason people actually buy a Robosapien is to take it to a LAN party and eventually manipulate into sexual positions. Well, those sick freaks over at Playskool have done it again and are releasing the Robosapien Junior. Yeah, he can dance and walk and blink his eyes, but he can also get…
Starting today (well, Monday, but I couldn’t wait to tell you about it), this site is being published in six languages and seven foreign lands. Next step: Organizing an international coalition to stop Apple and Motorola from going to war. I’ve been Google translating the pages all morning just to see how the Gizmo-poetry sounds…
In a surprise move, Sony has created a proprietary card format for their products. It’s called the Sony M2, and is smaller than the Sony MemoryStick Duo and supposedly can eventually hit up to 32 GB in storage space. The official dimensions are .6″ by .5″ and just over a millimeter thick. Smaller is better?…
Toyota is working on a new handy gadget to go with their line of Crown cars. They are working in conjunction with Citizen to develop a watch that transmits a radio signal to the car once the hand gets close enough. Basically, you grab the door handle and the door unlocks. They also plan on…
We’ve mentioned Amp’d Mobile before, but since they gave me another look-see at their phones and services at CTIA, I figure it’s worth re-hashing. As some of you already know, Amp’d Mobile is made for the younger set of cellphone consumers. Some of the major things that’s setting them apart is a completely customized UI…
JVC announced yet another hard disk-based camcorder to its G-Series. The GZ-MG70 has a 30GB hard drive for seven hours of recording video as well as a sensor using 1.2 megapixels for full 16:9 or 4:3 video with digital stabilization. Also takes digital stills up to 1600 x 1200 pixels. That’s just in case you…
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I will openly admit that I am as lazy as lazy can get. So my approval rating for this gadget instantly skyrockets. This lock comes with a remote and also works with a key. It is also set up with four billion rolling security codes to prevent those hackz0r bullies from stealing your bologna sandwich…
Forget that nasty white Oxy 10. Tyrell Inc. has the Zeno, a gadget (FDA-approved, of course) that uses heat to clear your skin. Using a technology called “ClearPoint,” the Zeno uses low heat to zap zits in two to three treatment cycles of two and a half minutes each over 12-24 hours. Says this should…
Today’s DAP headlines: There’s an in-depth look at what’s going in Shenzen (China), the heart of DAP-cloning land. Next to that, we’ve built our own ghetto-style lanyard for the iPod nano: enter the nanyard. Our French buddies kept us in the loop on Creative’s Zen micro Photo too, the iUbi PMP-2010 re-enters the portable video…
Some pretty 37-inch and 42-inch LCDs were rocked out by LG Electronics in the Taiwan market today for $2883 and $5659 respectively. Both have native resolution of 1366×768, contrast ratio of 1200:1 and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. Obviously not scared by Sony’s Bravia push, prices aren’t hitting bottom yet, but we’d like to…
I’m just going to post this up and not comment too much. PSP haxors have ported an Apple II emulator to the handheld, which means, I suppose, you can play Oregon Trail on the bus (“Wolves have eaten your mother!”). I posit that the number of possible PSP ports is infinite. I leave the proof…
Remotes like these are a godsend. Every single time I visit my grandmother, I am forced to explain how the TV, VCR, and DVD player work..as well as 500 other things. When a company creates a swiss-army-esque remote like this one, I breathe a sigh of relief and a tear of joy rolls down my…
More photos from CTIA, as well as several from Mobile Focus, a CTIA side event. This is one of me holding the new Motorola Q. Much much slimmer than the Blackberry, nice and light. More photos after the jump. Qool’s new Windows-based PDA. Not too much information on this, but I’ll see if I can…
Some things are a disaster waiting to happen. Having a motor vehicle without a driver is one of them. Dubbed Personalised Public Transport or “PPT”, people could have a bus roll up to their house that uses magnetic markers in the roads as a pathway, and an obstacle and traffic detection system. Word is the…
No real details yet, but here are some pretty cool photos of the Nokia 7290, successor to the 7280. Thin, long and a true candy bar phone, it looks like it should have a megapixel camera with LED flash. But we’ll have to wait and see. Pictures are kind of rough, so we suspect a…
Pace is bringing out the PVR2GO in the UK next year, a weird, square personal video player that seems to only let you record PayTV from cable or satellite and play it back on the run. With a 40GB hard drive and a widescreen five-inch display, it looks pretty silly to us on this side…