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I am confident that portable front-projection is going to be one of the break-out products this year. Look at this new Mitsubishi PocketProjector: weighing only 14 ounces, it can project an 800 by 600 pixel image that is 20 inches across from only one foot away (the ‘throw’). It’s a DLP system, which is arguably…
If you’re as attached to your vintage pink rotary phone as I am, good news: PhoneLabs has released a new device called the Dock-N-Talk which allows you to use any standard corded (or cordless) phone to make calls over your cell phone or landline. It really seems like they’ve done right by this—features include support…
Fusing musical prowess with rugged home improvement like a post punk Christopher Lowell, Christopher Bauder and those from TonLeiter (read: ToneLadder) have integrated MIDI with a standard household ladder. Literally becoming a musical ladder, plugging in the ladder will yield a slew of tones and soundloops when you trigger the sensors on each of the…
When the cost of creating your own iPod shuffle hard case to “protect it” exceeds the total cost of the shuffle itself, we tend to think a primer in cost/benefit analysis isn’t too bad an idea. Either way, iPodlounge has a forum thread wherein an intrepid lounger did just that. It’s sexy, brushed aluminium—for a…
Sony and IBM’s new Cell processor (the one that will go into the next Playstation and future Toshiba and Sony televisions) is getting a lot of well-deserved buzz at the moment. It may not end up being the media hammer that everyone hopes for, but it’s certainly a fun design to ogle. Intel, of course,…
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I’m one of those people for whom Fujitsu’s new claim about their LifeBook N3500 screen looking “CRT-like” falls flat. I know, CRTs are more accurate at color and all that, but after switching to LCDs for my desktop, my eyes have never been not-crustier. So that’s good, because the N3500 is a desktop replacement notebook…
Some of you have written in after reading our post about plugging your VoIP service into your home phone lines to reminds us there are easier ways to do it than the way we pointed out. So first of all, shut up. Nobody likes a know-it-all. Second of all, you’re right. Sean Captain (my Captain)…
Product Highlights • Symbian Unveils More Powerful Smartphone Software [Reuters] • Reboot daily, Tablet users advised [TheRegister] • Sleep apnea: new solutions by SleepUP [MedGadget] • BurgerKing Activision Toys [CarbonGeek] Business • Interview with Aaron Davidson, CEO of SimWorks [MobileTracker] Chief of mobile security firm. • FCC names sites that spam cell phones [CNN] Reviews…
Neuros Audio’s new set-top video recorder is pretty nifty, with real-time MPEG-4 capturing from any analog video source. For $130, you can record direct to CompactFlash or SD cards, which works out to be around 512MB of storage per hour, according to Neuros. That makes it an easy way to transfer video content to mobile…
Sony’s “world’s smallest and lightest” HandyCam DCR-PC55 looks to be available in Europe now, and with its longest side just 99mm (less than 4 inches) and weighing 360g (about 0.75 pounds) it is an almost absurdly small camcorder. Whether this makes it a pain in the ass as far as usability goes, I can’t say,…
I don’t know why two chicks decided to take off some of their clothes and be videotaped assembling a Shuttle small form factor PC, but obviously they made the sort of sacrifice to ensure the future of Linux (although I have another, perhaps more successful suggestion for that which also involves Linux virgins). While they…
There’s nothing I love to write about more than people sticking things in my eye. Although I can just barely read their website through the tears, Verisyse new Phakic Intraocular Lens (IOL) appears to be a new technique for surgically adding permanent corrective lens into the layer between one’s iris and cornea. If it sounds…
While the Treo’s form factor is nice, it’s far from revolutionary (it’s more ‘well-built’ than ‘whoa’). But lest you think PalmOne without any imagination at all, check out this patent filed in 2001 (recently approved) that describes a PDA/phone hybrid that folds open lengthwise, providing a candy-bar form factor when closed, and a traditional PDA…
I’m fairly sure I’ve seen the Penck concept phone from Japanese carrier AU before. My unsurety comes from actually finding it appealing this time, as previous pictures didn’t do its egg-like stainless steel casing justice (although I’m still not wild about the off-kilter hinge). Still, I get what designer Makoto Saito was trying to do…
Xdrive has launched a new service called ‘Xdrive Music’ that will stream your music to your Palm, Treo or Sony Clie. Simply upload your music to Xdrive and use their playlist creator to get started (they also offer a “mail in a disk” program that lets you burn and send instead of taxing your broadband’s…
I wasn’t sure I’d live to see it happen, but Nokia has finally launched its 7710 touchscreen smartphone in Europe and Africa (it was announced in November). The 7710 is a curious mix of once cutting edge features like a megapixel camera and VPN client combined with strange but unique capabilities like pen input and…
Now this makes a bit more sense than a hotel handing out iPods: the posh W Hotels in LA and New York (at least I think they’re posh, because I’ve never had the pleasure of reverse-venting the plasma flow in their plants) has started including JVC-made Sirius radios in their nicest rooms. It’s not hotel-wide…
Mitel showed off its new Navigator ‘phone bar’ yesterday at the VoiceCon conference in Orlando (it’s that thing between the monitor and keyboard), and while it’s certainly not going to take the consumer market by storm, it could be an interesting addition to the chair-bound business worker. Essentially a voice-over-IP speakerphone console, the Navigator also…
It’s a shame we’ll never see the Siemens SK65. The more I read about it the more I want it, which is why I shouldn’t have tortured myself by reading this typically in-depth review on MobileBurn. They say despite its big-boned form factor, the flip-out X keyboard is as usable as we’d hoped. Even with…