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Tatung, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer who only recently started selling machines under its own brand, is showing off this 12.1-inch Tablet PC, which they claim is the first to run on Intel’s Sonoma platform. The screen resolution wasn’t listed (and it was rotating through a locked demo), but it appeared to by 1,024 by 768…
I woke up this morning excited to finally see the Motorola ROKR, the ‘iTunes phone’ that was supposed to be shown off this Thursday morning. Unfortunately, it seems some carrier has strong-armed Moto into holding off on the phone launch. I spoke to some Motorola reps this morning anyway (before I had read this story,…
I was unable to verify the accuracy of these claims because I’m terrible at using the FCC’s site, but phoneArena brings word that the FCC has approved the LG VX-9800. Needless to say, details are sparse, but since when did that stop us from posting about something? FCC approves LG VX-9800 [phoneArena]
Here’s Samsung’s new 7-megapixel SCH-V770 Anycall. I want this so badly I could maybe cry a little, if I could stop tittering when thinking about how to carry around that zoom lens. Both the 7- and 5.2-megapixel Anycalls appear to be different than previous high-megapixel models, as they both include optical zooms. Samsung Develops 7…
I’ve been begging and pleading for someone to do it, and I sort of thought it might be Samsung. Here’s a new 5.2-megapixel Anycall with optical zoom. Now granted, it’s not the first optical zoom cameraphone—Samsung has had at least two others that I can think of—but this Anycall is fast approaching the future where…
Here’s the new Samsung xxH-i300, the new MusicPhone with a built-in 3GB hard drive. True to form, I forgot to actually get a clear shot of the specs, but I have a good excuse this time: I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to be in the booth. Sure, they were letting me walk around…
Two new products from Logitech for the iPod and PSP. The mm22 Portable Speaker is billed as the “lightest and most affordable speaker system for iPod.” There’s also an almost identical model as part of Logitech’s new PlayGear line for the Sony PSP. The mm22 will accept anything with an 3.5mm minijack plug, and the…
iRiver Korea has unveiled a number of iRiver H10 accessories, but for now they’re Korea-only. There is a docking cradle, a remote, and an FM transmitter (pictured). I’d say it’s pretty safe to assume these will see a USA release; it’s just not like iRiver to make region-specific products. dapreview puts the dock and remote…
And this is the “DMC 8280,” a new MP3 player from Digital Minds Corporation that caught my eye. I am too used to seeing features such as OGG playback, USB 2.0, direct MP3 encoding and FM tuner, so that’s not what caught my eye. I guess what did is the fact that this is a…
BIOS magazine of the UK reports on a new Sony digital voice recorder series with a 1.2MP cameras and even LCDs for viewing the pics you take. They have 256MB of integrated flash memory, and certain models also have a Memory Stick slot for expandability. They appear to have some nice features, but I didn’t…
What does it look like when you put Mozilla on a PocketPC? That. Hopefully this will lead to something even better. Photos of Minimo Running on Windows Mobile Devices [mozillaZine via Slashdot]
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Logitech is introducing the Cordless Desktop MX3100 that includes the MX1000 laser mouse—or at the very least, one very similar to the MX1000 (including laser). Many have complained in the past that Logitech’s previous Bluetooth laptops don’t allow you to easily integrate the popular MX1000 (you can still use it, but it doesn’t fit in…
Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo announced on the 9th that the next generation of FOMA 3G handsets will be getting Adobe Reader LE for viewing PDF files while on the go. I can see where the vectored fonts and graphics of a PDF file would come in handy for mobile phones, particularly for viewing large…
Holy hell, these colored Mac Minis look wonderful. I’m not an enormous fan of white, so something like this just may be the final step needed to convince me to pick up a Mac Mini. The colors are done by ColorWare, known throughout the lands for their other Apple-related paint jobs. While this article describes…
I have a tendency to disbelieve any sort of “reality by year X” types of announcements, but this one has be giddy. Philips Polymer Vision scientists have reportedly made “dramatic progress” towards creating cellular phones with flexible screens. The “Polymer Vision PV-QML5” is supposed to be pulled open “like a scroll,” leaving users to deal…
If you want to avoid unsightly calluses that develop on your fingers from too much pen action, take note of the “RingPen.” Judging by the design of the pen, I’d say as a lefty I’m pretty much shafted, but right-handed users looking for alternative pen options ought to take a gander. I get the feeling…
Reuters reports with no new information about Samsung’s 7MP cameraphone, but they did manage to score an admittedly crappy picture of it. Joel said he’ll be seeing it at CeBit in Germany this week, so let’s hope he can take a better picture than these clowns. Oh wait, it’s Reuters. Did I say clowns? Samsung…
This NPR article reports a total of three robot arms lost to a 17-year-old girl. One of them even went down in 3 seconds, apparently. This is somewhat disappointing considering robotic arms are supposed to be good at this sort of thing. Don’t they use these things to build cars and throw Alien Queens out…
Slim Devices has introduced their sequel to the Squeezebox digital music player, daringly named Squeezebox2. If you’re not familiar with the Slim Devices unit, it’s your basic wireless music player—similar to the Sonos but considerably cheaper and without jog wheel. The second iteration of the Squeezebox includes 802.11g and the ability to act as a…