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There’s something fundamentally wrong with anything called “Spacephone” being a box-shaped clamshell instead of some insane bit of curvy Buck Rogers-style tech. Regardless, Sanyo’s two Spacephone models, the W21SA and W22SA look perfect for walking around with. Both feature a twistable display and two megapixel camera along with an FM radio tuner and Navi Walk…
Sony has named Howard Stringer, a Welsh-born ex-journalist, to the top executive spot as Chairman and CEO. Clearly strange things are afoot, as ex-Charmain Nobuyuki Idei was planning on retiring next year, to coencide with Sony’s 60th anniversary. Something has caused Sony’s board to rethink another year with Idei at the helm. In accordance with…
MobilCZ has pictures and details of two new Motorola concepts, the ‘BORNEO Blade,’ [left] which looks extremely similar to the already announced Motorola SLVR V8 (so much, in fact, that I wouldn’t be surprised to learn this is just an earlier concept) and the Motorola V1150 ‘RAZR Pro,’ a 3G WCDMA update of the V3…
It’s always a bit sad to see a company get so many things right with a new product and then bungle the landing. The ET960 is Lenovo’s first foray into the Windows Mobile world, and at first glance looks like a solid entry into the mid-range market. With connectivity through GPRS, IrDA, and Bluetooth, 128…
There isn’t much to say about the Dopod 585 yet, but here’s what we got. It’s a smooth-looking candybar smartphone running Windows Mobile ’03. The iPod-like buttons (to match its iPod-like design) offer easy control over “multimedia functions.” MP3 capability has been confirmed, but I don’t think if anybody would mind if you assumed video…
Dave Barry has inspired many young writers, showing that with hard work and enough dick jokes, a person can win a Pulitzer Prize. When we found out Mr. Barry is a man who likes his gear, we asked him what’s in his gadget bag, and he answered: The main thing I carry in my gadget…
Since I don’t read Russian and wouldn’t know exactly where to look for up-the-minute Russian news, I can’t really confirm this, but Kirill writes: Since I saw a couple of features about Allofmp3 on Gizmodo, and used them myself a few times, I just wanted to update you on the Allofmp3.com legal voes – today,…
Monday, February 28th, 2005 XM Ups Monthly Fee to $13 Fujitsu to Release 120 GB Laptop Drive Sharp Refrigerator Heats Food Up KidSmart Talking Smoke Detector LoungeLight LED Candles https://gizmodo.com/xm-ups-monthly-fee-to-13-34426 Tuesday, March 1st, 2005 Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6021, Nokia 6030 Synaptics Spills LG JM50 Beans Hilton Hack Boosts T-Mo Sales Inflatable Clothing Mechanical Fly Catcher…
I would make a crack about winning a non-functional cellular phone used in the filming of a porn movie, but 1. Belladonna could probably kick my ass, and 2. Jonno has been teaching me that porn is not a dirty, shameful endeavor, but instead our society’s most refined method of disease prevention (well, mostly). Now…
Here are some more interesting “Motorola Seamless Mobility” concepts from Pininfarina like the concept phone we just talked about. Will we ever see any of these as actual products? Probably not, but they’re fun to look at, and it’s very possible design cues will be taken from these concepts to be seen in future Motorola…
The Klipsh iFi unit is an attractive enough personal stereo set up for all dockable iPods including two satellites, subwoofer, and remote. The satellites are helpfully wall-mountable and the eight-inch subwoofer boasts that it’s been specially tuned to achieve the sound character of much larger boxes. No price yet, but look for more hubbub over…
The Pininfarina design team has already worked with Motorola to create a series of ugly, race-inspired clamshell phones that you can purchase if you have no real concept of good design. There might be hope for the collaboration yet, as Pininfarina shows off a prototype design [pictured] to go along with the Birdcage Maserati concept…
Lifehacker Color scheme creator Evernote free note manager iPod updater helps battery life http://www.lifehacker.com/software/web-publishing/index.php#color-scheme-creator-034986 Kotaku GTA PSP Delayed Until May Next-Gen Games to Sell For $60 to $70 Ghost Recon Downloaded Content Hits Live http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/gta-psp-delayed-until-may-034997.php Jalopnik Herbie: Fully Loaded Trailer Thieves Used Online Muscle Car Auction to Lure Robbery Victims Here’s Looking at You, Geneva:…
I meant to mention this to you guys when it came around on Woot the first time, but I forgot. Then, inexplicably, it came around again (meaning they didn’t sell them all). The Rockford Fosgate Wi-Fi Car/Home Audio Bundle is an awesome deal for $205 shipped, in my opinion. Sure, it’s not super high-tech, using…
Product Highlights • Sprint signs with Sierra for EV-DO cards [MobileTracker] • T-Mobile SDA and MDAs available to buy [TechDigestUK] In England, that is. Business • Kyocera To Exit The Camera Business [DesignTechnica] • Put Wi-Fi on New York commuter trains [New York Corante] Interview with Craig Plunkett of CEDX. Reviews • Treo 650 review…
According to Renesas Technology, a major supplier of the chipsets that power in-car navigation systems, US consumers just aren’t all that interested in GPS navigation. Of the 17 million or so vehicles sold in the US last year, only 300,000 had navigation systems—and that includes aftermarket additions. Contrast that to Japan, where fourth-fifths of all…
E-ten’s M500 smartphone is out in UK, and while not exactly redefining the world as we know it, it’s a nice little machine. The standard features are just that, with a 2.8 inch screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Windows Mobile 2003 SE. But with a 400 MHz processor annd 130 MB of in-built memory, the M500…
Fujitsu Siemens has announced the ST5022, a new Tablet PC that weights just a hair under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s not a performance monster, with just a Pentium M at 1.1GHz and a fairly constricting 1,024 by 768 screen, but you’ve got to give up something to get small and light. The Stylistic ST5022 also has…
A recent report from Juniper Research has shown that the mobile porn market—which is barely off to any sort of start here in the States—is booming in Europe and Asia, or “Swinging Eurasia” as it is known in the industry. Worldwide adult revenues are set to top $1 billion this year (although it’s not clear…
Headset Presenter is a simple to install and use app that turns your Bluetooth headset into a Powerpoint presentation remote. Though only for PC at the moment, it works with any and all headsets and costs a whopping ten bucks. There should be special awards for this sort of sensible behavior. Headset Presenter [Headset Presenter…