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PalmOne’s conference call just finished up a few minutes ago and there’s some interesting bits of news, although no new product announcements, per se. It looks like the Verizon Treo 650 will likely have EV-DO support (something is going to get EV-DO support, at least). They also reported that the Tungsten E sold 1.4 million…
For moment, I was excited to hear about ‘PodShanking,’ the idea and term coined in this article on The Mod Gods (which takes itself pretty seriously, but they’ll get learn how to hack a girl to give it up soon enough). The whole shtick is that they are doing iPod-to-iPod direct transfers, except they are…
I think it’s great that medical gadgetry has its own trade shows, where producers show off the units (which must really send the model per diem way up in the scalpel booths). MedGadget went to the Front & Sullivan awards, where they were privy to a teeth-clenching display of the ‘HydraBrush,’ an electric toothbrush that…
If terms like ‘areal density’ and ‘magentoresistive’ are a bit much for you, ExtremeTech’s piece on the inner workings of your hard drive is a good read. They explain what exactly makes up one of the most crucial pieces of hardware in your machine and how every single bit gets recorded and read. If you’ve…
The AP has a review of the latest Scientific-Atlanta DVR, the Explorer 8300, available in some Time Warner Cable areas. The two-tuner unit’s most unique feature is probably its ability to steam content back over the in-house cable network to up to three other set-top boxes. All in all it sounds pretty promising, but as…
Evincing the fondest memories of KIT from Knight Rider, the TS100 from Cyber Punk is an LED watch featuring a mirrored face and several different scrolling effects on its LED grid. The grid consists of 90 LEDs, and when you press the button they do their little dance and “fade away”, leaving illuminated what remaining…
Acer has announced three new monitors in their Prestige LCD flat-panel line, the AL 1732d, the AL 1932d, and the AL 2032wd. The first two models are fairly standard 17- and 19-inch models, with 1,280 by 1,024 pixel resolution, and a very decent 12 millisecond response time (faster is better to prevent blurry moving images),…
We wouldn’t normally waste an entire post to tell you that a company had added a video to their marketing page, but when that company happens to be PolymerVision, makers of actual, working rollable displays, we think a little excess is in order. (Thanks, Shamus!) Downloads Page (Check the Bottom) [PolymerVision]
Also introduced by Panasonic yesterday were the “SC-PM910DVD” and “SC-PM710SD” minicomponent systems, both supporting a variety of audio formats on a variety of mediums. Each has a 5-CD changer, MD deck, cassette deck, radio tuner, and for the first time in the world, SD card slot. Panasonic has gone to extra lengths to make sure…
We know jack crap about these specification-wise, but a company called “Tulip Distribution” has announced the world’s first “lifestyle” notebook called the “Tulip E-Go.” When I received the e-mail regarding this announcement, I was rather inquisitive as to exactly what “lifestyle” meant for notebooks. So I opened the website, and what did I find? A…
Panasonic introduced a few portable audio players yesterday that we forgot to mention (although they leaked way back in October), in the “D-snap Audio” line. We’ll start with the “SV-SD100V” and “SV-SD90” square-shaped players with SD card slot (and only an SD card slot). They also have a mirrored organic EL display, and compatibility with…
PhotographyBlog has posted their review of the FujiFilm FinePix S5500 Zoom, and they have given it a rating of “doesn’t blow too hard.” Though the reviewer is a fan of the increased ISO speed options and enhancements to some other areas of the camera, he doesn’t seem to like the “Zoom” part of the S5500…
Shuttle has a new PC coming out called the “XPC ST20G5,” and it appears to be good times wrapped up in a small package painted silver. The barebones machine is reportedly the first to use ATI’s Xpress 200 chipset, so those of you looking for a LAN party machine are in luck. In fact, even…
The (extremely) high-end Qualia 007 Super Audio CD Player (first shown at CES) is a designer’s wet dream come true. Place a CD pretty much any where in the loading area and three pistons raise it up in the air, centering the disc as they go. The laser is held in a fork that slides…
ThinkGeek has a limited run of the coveted Ambient Office Dashboards, by Ambient Devices. The analog gauges ebb and flow (as needles do) with whatever data stream you wish to track, from stocks to weather, AIM buddy status and more. Different faceplates are available for different datasets and Ambient Devices has agreed to waive the…
Siemens has developed a sweet little wearable, Bluetooth-based badge that lets you speak commands to control your house, talk to others in your house and accept and conduct phone calls. For all intents and purposes, lest any of you be confused, this is life imitating art in the finest sense. The system can recognize 30,000…
Do you remember the last time you locked your bike at a public post and took the seat, only to come back two hours later and find both the wheels have also been removed? (At least your Kryptonite was left intact!) The Bike Tree is the perfect solution for your city or school. Simply swipe…
For those of you riding the Skype wave who would prefer not to have a separate handset setup for your free VOIP calls, Square7 has introduced their newest Cordless DUALphone. A cordless telephone that lets you plug into both your standard telephone socket and also your computer’s USB port, the on=screen display tells you when…
So it appears that the rumors surrounding the next Tungsten have just gotten even more packed with whimsy. Palm Addict has received word that the new device will have 4GB of internal memory, weigh in a bit heavier than the T5 and will include built-in Wi-Fi. It will not, however, be called the T6, or…
InfoSync has their first impressions of JVC’s 3CCD 4GB hard drive based camcorder from a recent hands-on at CeBIT. The Everio GZ-MC500E allows the user to easily swap out the existing 4GB Microdrive card making future upgrades simple and also offers myriad quality settings to increase recording time from its default 60 minutes (near-DVD-quality) to…