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If it cost more than $12AU, I might give this Solar Powered Clothes Rotator a hard time. I have to admit, though, it’s sort of a great idea, if perhaps just a little bit unnecessary. As sunlight strikes the top of the Rotator, it causes the clips to slowly spin, increasing “the airflow around the…
I doubt that anyone will be surprised at this point by declarations from content companies that they’d like to see their products inside of cellphones, but until they actually get around to it, it’s worth noting it when they do. XM Satellite Radio’s CEO Hugh Panero is quoted in this Reuters article as expecting to…
Pantech has announced a new cameraphone for the Korean markets called the PH-K1500, which looks more like a camera than a phone—the 2.1-megapixel CCD doesn’t hurt. One thing I don’t understand, though, is how it is listed as having ‘autofocus,’ but yet doesn’t have an optical zoom. If the sensor itself is solid state, how…
I’m disappointed by this review of the Medion MD 95200, the German iPod clone that was sold at retail outlet Aldi’s last week. Not the review itself, I mean, but the player, which is clearly an iPod knock-off but had a lot of potential to be a decent emulation of the real thing. Check it…
It’s not thick with information, but this interview of Dan Torress of Rio Audio in Business Week offers some moderately interesting perspective on what it’s like to be a digital audio player manufacturer in the age of iPod. Q: What will happen to the market if Apple comes out with a flash-memory-based player? A: I…
A Sydney, Australia man has been prosecuted for “behaving offensively in a public place” after walking down a beach taking pictures of topless sunbathers with his cameraphone. Peter Mackenzie was fined $500AU for the pictures he surreptitiously snapped while on his stroll, and said he felt he had “blemished 25 years of being a decent…
Probably won’t see it in the US anytime soon (if ever), but Pantech’s new GI100 has some pretty hot biometric features. For starters, you can lock out anyone who isn’t you. You can also associate each of your fingers (provided you don’t have more than ten) to speed-dial numbers, so you just have to touch…
I’ve started writing a column for Laptop called The Portable Pundit (I’m going to be the next Dvorak! Or at least huff ether!) The first column is online, called ‘Portable Media Blunder?’ In it I posit that Microsoft is trying to pull a fast one with its Portable Media Centers, pushing the devices without a…
When Jens of Sweden approached me review their latest flash-based MP3 player, the MP-400, I was a little bit confused. They don’t exactly press heavily into the US market, to my knowledge, sticking mainly to their native Finland (I kid. It’s Norway). But I thought what the hell, I haven’t used any of their players…
Product Highlights • Liquid lenses for camera phones [TheRegister] Not new, but definitely more details. • Time Warner Cable has finally launched its Digital Phone service [GigaOm] More expensive than Vonage. Business • iTunes now selling Band Aid song [BBC] • Samsung Pips Motorola in Cellphone Ranking [Reuters] • Nokia to Invest in New Plant…
Creative has announced two new flash-based MP3 players in the UK, called the Micro N200 [right] and V200 [other right]. Both are going to be sold in sizes up to 1GB, but the V200 will allow you to connect it to a PC directly, like a flash drive, while the N200 needs a cable (but…
Just a quick reminder to encourage you to send in any good Holiday Gift Guides you see so we can add them to our Gadget Guide Round Up. I’ve added three or four suggestons since posting yesterday but we’d love to have more. Gadget Gift Guide Round Up 2004 [Gizmodo] http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/index.php#gadget-gift-guide-round-up-2004-026512 Update: Also, because it…
One thing I have in common with the Japanese is their love and respect for the red LED. While every other product these days has a shining blue blinder shining somewhere within, the subtle warmth of the red LED still finds its way into products like this Diode watch from Saishin, which counts down the…
I think someone sent this in as a tip yesterday and to whoever you are, I’m sorry, because I totally lost the email. But this new Alienware DHS 2 is pretty hot and bears mentioning. Media Center PCs by definition should fit in with the rest of your A/V hardware, so this component-sized computer is…
It took me a second to sort out what, exactly, this Toshiba Multimedia Center Audio/USB Hub does, but it’s really pretty simple once you grok it. It’s just a port expander for laptops, essentially, combining many useful features like 5.1 sound, SPDIF out, and a USB hub into a single $130 unit. There’s even an…
I want a puppy. I spend all day cooped up in this apartment—I do it for you, people—and have been thinking the cats and I could use a pal to curse when when we have to take him outside to do his business. And if we get around to dog-proofing the place it’s going to…
Everything USB has a very positive review of the Plextor ConvertX PVR PX-TV402U, one of those fancy USB TV tuner things. And it looks like a nice bit of kit and all that—check it out if you’re in the market. But I have a question for you guys: can you play videogames on these things,…
ESPN has announced the launch of ESPN Mobile, a branded reselling of Sprint cellular service that would focus on—wait for it—sports. Set to start sometime in 2005, customers will get streaming sports audio and video in addition to regular news like sports scores and information about the latest murders or rapes committed by pro players.…
Thanko has a couple of a new USB hubs/pen/telephone holders with the increasingly and mysteriously popular fake floating fish inside. And get this—the pen version even has fake frogs. Why not put real frog eggs inside, using the USB to power a water cleaner, teaching our children the valuable lesson that all of God’s creatures…
The Sharper Image breaks my heart. When I was a child I used to take the catalogs from my grandparents’ home, thumbing through each page as the first flickers of gadget lust ran through my tiny, ham-engorged heart. Used to be, they were simply a collection of the shiniest new gear from a variety of…