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Evergreen’s new “EG-MPW256CII” offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch “intended for couples.” It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours.…
Don’t get “NHC” confused with “NHJ,” because the latter also introduced their own player today. Dubbed the “VHD-5100,” it features a 5GB hard drive, a 1.6″ 128 x 128 color display, MP3/WMA playback, and JPEG playback. This one also has the USB Host function, and it becomes all the more useful with a 5GB capacity.…
NHC released their “PMP-2000” portable silicon audio player today, and it just so happens the thing can play “DYN” video files. You’ll need to run the included conversion software to go from AVI or whatever to DYN, but seeing as how the 1.3″ screen has a 120 x 160 dot resolution, it’s in your best…
The SleepTracker watch has been a total success from what I can divine. We actually called to get one in for review because so many people were asking about it and the company said they didn’t have a single review unit to spare (I probably should have turned off Unskinny Bop while calling). Gear Live…
This prototype, called ‘Ruby,’ is being shown off at IDF Japan 2005. It’s sort of a weird cross between a Tablet PC and a PDA, with a Pentium M ULV 600 processor and a touch screen—it also runs Windows XP Tablet Edition. It’s a pretty slick engineering accomplishment, but will anybody actually want to use…
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PalmOne’s latest, unannounced PDA—the one we’ve been calling the LifeDrive—is going to be branded as the ‘Tungsten X,’ according to Brighthand. According to their reports, the LifeDrive branding actually applies to the built-in 4GB hard drive, not the device itself. https://gizmodo.com/more-palmone-lifedrive-details-price-38139 palmOne’s Next Handheld Will Not Be Called the LifeDrive (Updated) [Brighthand]
More fun than a Compy 386, the new HOMESTAR claims to be the world’s first optical planetarium for the home (I can’t say I’m abreast with the fullness of home planetarium selections). Designed by Takayuki Ohira, who already was known for his ‘Megastar’ line of planetarium toys systems for museums, the HOMESTAR line can produce…
Plasticsmith, the makers of some of the previous Mac mini stands, is now selling the ‘MiniShack,’ a 7-port USB 2.0 hub that fits right underneath your mini. Three models are available, including a model with a built-in undercarriage LED for taking your Mac mini to the auto show, a clear model, and a model with…
InFocus and Lightspeed Design Group are acnnouncing the InFocus DepthQ, an affordable 3D DLP projector that looks to me like a tweaked X2. It’s not a solution for everyone—the 3D format are limited to “VESA VGA, page flip, stereo 3D format,” and it requires the wearing of LCD shutter glasses—but it looks like many NVIDIA…
While not busy encouraging the destruction of the original ‘Moore’s Law’ article, Intel’s employees have installed a wireless hot spot near the North Pole. Built in the Arctic region at the Barneo ice camp, Intel Russia engineers installed an 802.11 b/g access point and established a connection with four of their laptops, 78 miles from…
Brother site Kotaku tells us of an Aussie blogger over at Consoul Games who whispers that there’s a strong chance Sony has underclocked the PSP intentionally for its launch. Citing a presentation by Sony at this year’s GDC in which Sony made mention that the CPU speed is configurable through software—and is presently clocked at…
Danese Milano offers up their modular desktop container system, called the Toolbar. Based on “cells,” each cell can contain modules—a penholder container, a CD holder, a document holder and the like. A horizontal bar lets you hang them up on the wall if you so choose and obsessive-compulsives can tweak the layout and order to…
The Eco Egg Washing Machine will delicately handle even your most fragile, lacey underthings, using “gentle agitation” in lieu of the traditional agitator. It’s been around since 2003, but Shiny Shiny covered it and I couldn’t resist. Definitely the most fun washing machine to pretend you’re an astronaut in, it’s available from Amazon for just…
MoCo Loco shows us the SystemX modular lighting system. “SystemX is an X-shaped lightning module that can be interconnected with other SystemX modules to create lighting structures.” The system can take the form of just two or three X’s connected together, to a near-infinite expanse with zones of differing temperatures of light throughout. Very cool,…
If you’ve longed to own a computer case that looks just like a module from the International Space Station, look no further. The 3XS ACON Isotope PC, made by Abit, provides you with a 3.2GHz P4, ATI X700 Pro, and 1GB of RAM. I think it’d be something of a personal struggle against the temptation…
I apologize for any times I might have implied that Apple wasn’t run by total dorks. (Thanks, potentato!) WWDC Trading Cards [Mac]
Lifehacker How to pay income tax when you’re tapped How to create panoramic photos Finetune Firefox https://lifehacker.com/how-to-pay-income-tax-when-youre-tapped-39951 Kotaku FBI Busts Duck Hunt Pirates How Games Avoid Adult Ratings Xbox 360 Comes With WebTV? http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/crime/fbi-busts-duck-hunt-pirates-039956.php Jalopnik Road and Track Lets the Mustangs Run Car-Rolling in the UK New Mercedes S-Class Will Have Radar http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/test-drives/road-and-track-lets-the-mustangs-run-039928.php
It looks like the big ‘Control Aibo by PSP’ story was just a hoax, perpetrated by Japan’s famous gaming magazine, Famitsu. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/psp/index.php#control-aibo-by-psp-039532 Blog post with Magazine Scan [LivedoorJP]
Is the future of digital DJing iPods or vinyl? Yes, says Numark. Aside from apparently working on a concept for a DJ mixer that would integrate iPods, allowing you to scratch right from your portable player (as reported earlier today), Numark continues to beef up its options for hard-core vinyl DJs. Witness the analog-digital hybrid…