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WSJ reports on commercials invading U.K. cellphones, SF Chronicle braves the L.A. smog for EV-DO, San Jose Mercury puts the Roboraptor On the endangered species list San Jose Mercury writer sees extinction for WowWee’s new Roboraptor, predicting prehistoric/futuristic toy will be collecting dust in your closet a few months after buying it. Langberg seems to…
Panasonic is getting progressive, and will announce its first 1080p plasma display today. The second largest plasma seller in the world is also set to cut the Japanese price of its 65-inch Viera display by half, according to the Daily Yomiuri. We hear that the U.S. price will drop too, but it s not clear…
The man s man inside of me instantly wants to insult a product like this. It is pink and they managed to degrade the wireless product Bluetooth by renaming it Pinktooth for this headset. On top of that, they highlight the girlishness by including a scarf with the headset. Now the woman deep inside, on…
So remember how Phillips was all like: “It’s over Nike. I want a Divorce?” Well now the PSA-615 digital audio player is coming back, sans Nike. The saucer-shaped portable will feature specs similar to the exisint model, as well as a few improvements such as 6GB of storage, new over-ear headphones, and longer battery life.…
Rumors of the EOS 5D were reaching Loch Ness Bigfoot monster proportions. But today Canon came out of the wild and announced the 12.8 megapixel full-frame DSLR. The $3,299 camera features a 35.8mm x 23.9mm CMOS sensor, which is stunning in an SLR for that price. The max burst rate is 3 frames per second…
Konica Minolta has added a new camera to their lineup today; the DiMAGE Z6. It has 6 megapixels, 12x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, an “anti-shaking” system, Rapid AF with predictive focus control, and a short power-on and shutter-release time. The DiMAGE Z6 uses 4 AA batteries, and has a 2 inch LCD. Should come…
In case you can’t wait to get your hungry little paws on the Creative Zen Sleek, you can now pre-order it via Creative’s website for $269.99. Some reminders on the specs: FM tuner, big screen, 20 GB hard drive, voice recorder, and 16 hours of battery life. of course it supports WMA, as do most…
Okay, this is completely out of left field, but I thought it was funny anyway. Some guy went to the trouble of creating an iGuy blog. You remember the iGuy, right? It’s that odd Gumby-like case for the iPod. It’s good for displaying the iPod on a table or for living out your repressed doll…
Amazon.com France has slipped a page with the European release date and price for Nintendo s monolithic new game console, the Revolution. The release date is listed as June 15, 2006. The total, after conversion, would be about $365. European console prices tend to be a bit higher than here in the U.S., but this…
Thanko has released a new little gadget to fill our desire for old fashioned FM radio. This is a USB radio dongle that you tune through the bundled software which also lets you capture streaming music in either WAV or WMA format. Don t fret young ones, these formats can easily be converted to the…
One time I left some raw chicken in the fridge a little longer than I was supposed to and, well, let’s just say the meat drawer has never smelled the same since I don’t know if this $50 Oreck thing can handle such horror, but it claims to extinguish day-to-day odors and break down pesticides…
The Skype-happy Cordless DUALPhone is finally going to be available in the U.S of A. RTX America is set to begin selling the handset on Monday, August 22nd. Here is a refresher on the DUALphone: It combines an ordinary handset and an Internet phone in one device. The DUAL connects to a PC via USB,…
Some kind readers have pointed us to this shopping.com page for the 2GB AND the 4GB Shuffle. No price. No screen. All Shuffle. Product Page [Shopping.com via PalmAddict] Product Page [Shopping.com]
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MobileBurn has written up a pretty in-depth review of the Panasonic X800, which is Panasonic’s latest foray into the realm of Symbian OS Smartphones. While they liked its fashion-forward appearance and the connectivity (Bluetooth, GPRS, etc) seemed okay, most of the other features seemed fairly lackluster. Some of the criticisms include a poor keypad backlight,…
Fuji Xerox plans to start selling these E-Paper Visual Index Cards sometime next year. The e-paper is ultra-thin and does not need electricity for its display, according to CNet. The article—a photo caption, really—goes on to talk about “photoconductivity seats that contain an LCD layer.” I’m hoping that someone reading this can decipher what that…
Line 6, makers of digital audio gear that mimics the sound of ancient tube amplifiers, has a new line of hardware due this winter. Plug a guitar, bass, or mic into the TonePro, jack it into a CPU, and you have a clean sounding room along with a software UI that looks just like an…
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I’ll let this whole thing will have to speak for itself. Basically, it’s a HUGE sheet of XBox360 gear complete with descriptions and prices. Very juicy. [Thanks, Dave] Spread [XBox360News]
Man, somebody better be doing some serious acid if they plunk down $35 for a disk full of purdy colors. This DVD turns your TV—I’m suspecting it looks great on a plasma—into an endless light show. The disk loops through 8 recorded colors and reminds you, every few minutes, that you have too much damn…