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Wow. So I guess last week (two weeks ago?) when TiVo and Netflix responded to those rumors about them teaming up for a movie download service by saying, basically, that it was a good idea but that they had no intentions to do anything at the moment they were, you know, lying—they’ve just announced a…
Now we may rough Circuits around a bit, but even we will admit that, when they take hold of a subject they really know inside and out, there’s no more insightful technology reporting anywhere around — let me leave the coverage of these fancy Wizmark “interactive urinal communicators” to the masters. In a media-saturated world,…
Sanyo is on the built-in digital TV tip, it seems, announcing a prototype high-speed [CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO] with a tuner right inside. While I’m presuming it pulls down over-the-air broadcasts, the phone also supports a variety of modern digital video codecs, including H.264. Add in a 2.4-inch 260k-color LCD screen and a 2-megapixel camera…
I think this PH-S3500 “Game Phone” from Pantech & Curitel would have about the same chance of penetrating the gaming market if it were a donut filled with a delicious raspberry creme. Still, I have a soft spot for weirdly-shaped phones and P&:C has been doing a very good job scratching that itch for me…
Researcher Dustin Carr at Sandia Labs has developed a new motion detector 1,000 times more sensitive than present-day technology. Although Carr predicts it won’t appear in devices for another 3-5 years, expect to find it in cars, seismometers sensitive enough to measure the motion of the earth even when there isn’t an earthquake, airplanes, and…
I4U got a hold of some insider info on Sony’s upcoming audio products — mostly headphones and portable CD players. The CD players aren’t really that interesting, although they are supposedly going to support MP3 decoding, so that’s something. The headphones, though, are a bit more interesting, especially these new MDR-EX81SL with the twisty earpieces…
I tried to hire an “Input Device Editor” once but Denton got all freaked out. Everything USB has no such issue, though, and as such has this review of the Microsoft Optical Mouse by S+ARCK. In case you’re biting your nails to know if a review managed to mention the S+ARCK mouse without mentioning TRON,…
BIOS Mag brings word that IBM will be selling a version of its ThinkPad T42 laptop with a built-in biometric fingerprint reader — they claim it’s the first of its kind. It’s an interesting option, and from a personal security standpoint, I can see how it would add an extra bit of security, but I…
Product Highlights • Trust Slimline Keyboard [BIOS] • Dilbert Ultimate House [Dilbert] • BlackBerry 7100t launched by T-Mobile [MobileTracker] • .Mac bumps up storage capacity, improves mail [ComputerWorld] Business • PlayStation 3 to support DTS surround sound [CodeJunkies] Reviews • Shuttle SN95G5 XPC Review [SFFTech] • Motorola V710 from Verizon Wireless [TIME] • Buffalo AirStation…
I don’t know if you guys remember these RAVEMETAL WMA/MP3 players from a while back, but there was some question as to whether they would actually launch into the market or not. Well, parent company SeaGrand (not SeaGland, as the Babel fishes) has confirmed that units up to 512MB in size will be available soon…
Arima is showing off its new U300 smartphone design, and while I’m not exactly sure if it’s a product they intend to launch or just a reference platform (I’m pretty sure its the former), it does do a good job showing that Symbian can be every bit of a PDA-like OS as Palm or Windows.…
If you guys can’t tell yet, I really like next-generation concept gadgets. Most don’t turn into reality, or even get past some sketch, but it’s still fun to imagine. Those lucky reporters Impress Watch apparently had themselves a hoedown at the “Future Creation Festa,” where they visited FujiFilm’s concept booth. What came out of the…
Sharp has announced an “AV Center PC” in Japan, which includes a 26 inch widescreen LCD. This is the first desktop PC in the company’s Mebius line; but they’re pulling some technicality bullshit on us by saying it’s an “AV Center PC,” not a desktop. As you can see from the image, it looks much…
We have it on good word that the Motorola V3 Razr should be in stores everywhere tomorrow, October 1st. What good word is that, you may ask? A reader who has an inside scoop that UK retailer Carphone Warehouse got their shipment in today for one – and the eyes of this very editor, who…
Some people play with gadgets as a hobby; some people take them apart. If you like Sidekick II – or just want to see its insides – feel free to pop over to Sidekick Dissected, where someone has decided that the best way to learn about how electronics work is to render them unable to…
It’s natural to consider, when buying a new piece of consumer electronics, “How would a high-class call girl rate this product, and would she recommend it highly?” Normally the lack of a centralized hooker opinion database precludes first-hand perspective, forcing the buyer to place an image of the product next to a picture of a…
The HP iPAQ hx4700, the second VGA PDA to hit the US market, is now available at your favorite online retailer or PDA Shoppe. PDA Buyer’s Guide had the good fortune to procure a review unit, and it looks to be a pretty sweet little number. The feature list is impressive, even if the features…
Iomega introduces exciting new desktop hard drive product lines today, according to their exciting press release. I’m not exactly sure where the exciting part is; they look pretty much like your run-of-the-mill external hard drives available from dozens of manufacturers in USB 2.0 and FireWire, although the backup / disaster recovery software might make up…
Sony’s new webcams aren’t really that cool – I’m still frustrated their max resolution is only 640 x 480 pixels – but they do have a couple of tricks up their sleeves, including native MPEG4 support and built-in Wi-Fi. Well, they do have web servers built-in, too, so you can access them directly from the…
It’s not exactly optimal for home theater or anything, but this 84-inch rear projection “dynamic digital signage” from NEC is, well, big. The WT600-DS84 has only a native resolution of 1,024 by 576 pixels (although it can fake it up to 1,920 x 1,080), but did we mention it’s big? No idea what sort of…