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When we asked, “Who Is ‘As Seen On TV?’,” we considered that we might be the only people who gave a rat’s ass about this Slashdot poster posing as an Apple employee. We’re not entirely alone, however, as at least one other user had started a Journal based on the theory that the user ASOT…
I like me some SanDisk flash players, but these new Sansa e100 players are ugly like a fox (and sadly only come in blue and silver, sparing you a laborious Song of Fire & Ice joke). That said, they’ve got deep discount written all over them, and one they inevitably drop past their starting price—$140…
The most preposterous gadget award goes to the Sogreni Bicycle Trouser Clip, a hand-milled bit of aluminum with a silicone band that will set you back $25 whole dollars. Of course, it is shipped in a timber box filled with wood shavings, so as to protect the fragile aluminum rod. I have to admit, though,…
French gadget site Mobinaute got their hands on the as-yet-unreleased Archos AV700, the plus-size media player with a 7-inch screen. There’s not a whole lot in the post you didn’t already know—USB Host, 100GB hard drive, etc.—but since it’s likely going to be a fairly sought-after product, it’s fun to see some real-world pictures. And…
Here’s a pretty player: the NHJ VHD-5500 Digital Jukebox is a 5GB hard disk-based player with a neato sliding button panel that hides the screen, as well as bundled Bluetooth stereo headphones. The 5500’s battery life is around 14 hours, but the headphones will only go about eight, so you’ll still expect to change every…
While it’s at-heart nothing more than a two-sectioned, soft-sided bag, the Flight 001 Spacepak (Clothes Pak version) has a simple, potentially-useful trick: pack all your clothes in the ‘Clean’ side at the start of your trip, moving them to the ‘Dirty’ side as they begin to reek of smoke, sweat, and bacon. Sure, you could…
So despite intimations of heavy-petting, Sony and Toshiba are proving that when it comes to the next generation of high-definition, high-capacity discs, love is a battlefield. Toshiba wants us to know that it’s every woman, flaunting a new version of its HD DVD format that can store 45GB on a triple-layer disc, getting it up…
It looks like doubling up processors isn’t going to be limited to PC chips, as Asus is moving forward with plans to offer the EN6800GT, a single graphics card with two (separate, not dual-core) Nvidia 6800 GT chips built-in. That means all the power of SLI in a single, expensive purchase, but as you can…
No wonder Microsoft isn’t planning on making a portable gaming device. The PSP already runs on Windows (and PC Anywhere, no less). Windows PSP [TastesGood]
So this is pretty major: Yahoo! has announced their new music rental service, called Yahoo Music Unlimited, that will allow unlimited downloads (using Windows Media Player 10 DRM) for $7 a month, or just $60 a year. Comparable services, from the likes of Napster and Real, cost in the $15 a month range, so we’re…
Turtle Beach is showing off their new ‘Ear Force’ line of headphones, designed for gamers and movie watchers who want 5.1 surround sound without dealing with actual speakers. The X-51 is a folding pair, while the HPA are an amplified, slightly higher-end pair. The X-51s can be had now for around $80, while the HPAs…
CW from FutureFeeder spotted this at the Pratt Show 2005 in the ID section, although it wasn’t listed with a designer. Perhaps it was immaculately conceived? That’s how Apple acts like most of their products were designed.
It looks like we can expect the i-mate PDA2 to start appearing around the world relatively soon, as the successor to the popular i-mate Jam is being listed with a May 20th release date in Italy. The phone will run Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, powered by a 520MHz Xscale, sport built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth,…
Sony has launched its new VGN-T350, a moderately-specced notebook that is mainly significant for its built-in GPRS/EDGE modem with service through Cingular. The problem is, the service from Cingular is 80 bucks a month—the same price as Verizon’s EV-DO Broadband Access service, but not nearly as fast. Plus, when you’re ready to upgrade to, say,…
A story on the Mac Observer mentions that Apple has been granted a design patent for a slate-like tablet computer. For the record, this is the same tablet reported by The Register back in August, so don’t get too excited about it yet. We’d love for Apple to take a stab at a tablet pc—and…
A man in India has reportedly managed to send 182,689 SMS text messages in just one month. This equates to roughly (and feel free to check my math on this) 4.228 texts every minute, or about 6,000 messages a day. It’s hard to believe that anyone could be so prolificly texting their friends and family…
Justin Thomas’ Solar Umbrella consists of 48 LED lights embedded into its canopy, that glow automatically at night. Outfitted with a discreet solar panel on top, the Solar Umbrella is available in beige and hunter green and uses a Ni-Cad battery to hold the day’s solar reserves. It also features a manual on/off switch, for…
Blockbuster has announced that they will begin offering PSP game rentals at all of their 4,400 stores on May 17. Their standard seven day rental fee of $7 will cover a single UMD, but UMD rentals will also fall within the warm cocoon of Blockbuster’s unlimited rentals plan, which will run you about $20 a…
DAPreview has a quick review of the MpEye HTS-200 digital music player. Most remarkable is its 5GB capacity, considering its diminutive profile—it could easily be mistaken as a flash player. It also features the standard bevy of DAP fun including a line-in encoder, voice recorder and color screen. DAPreview assures us a full review is…
ExtremeTech has an in-depth look at Creative’s forthcoming X-Fi Audio Processor, which sports a whopping 51 million transistors on a 0.13 micron process that runs at 400MHz—a lot of oomph for an audio processor. Almost as if they don’t realize that people aren’t getting any better at hearing things, Creative keeps plodding on in the…