Archive for September 17th, 2007
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Sure, you may be able to waste hours on end controlling Google Earth imagery with your Wiimote, but you can plan on killing days -- nay, months -- after a brand new "high-resolution satellite" launches on Tuesday in an attempt to "boost the accuracy of its satellite ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Robots
We're not exactly sure how much we trust i-SOBOT's MySpace page, but if you're a believer, this creature will be headed to America real soon. Interestingly, it purports that the primary reason for making the leap to the US is to "study our culture," which is likely a ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras
A finalist in the BraunPrize2007, Franziska Faoro's Triops is a camera equipped with three fisheye lenses designed to take photos at moments you may not expect. It reacts to motion and movement -- so if you throw it in the air, or yell at it, it'll take ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
In perhaps the largest dose of hyperbole you'll taste this year, Kensington is claiming to "reinvent the computer interface" with their new SlimBlade Media Notebook set. No, we're not talking mult-touch, speech, or thought control here; just magnets. Sorry, no magical Steorn energy, they're simply using magnets to ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Has 3:15 ever looked so foxy? The German-made Harddisc-Uhr (er, shouldn't that be "Harddisk?") adapts just enough disk drive innards and Compaq power supply to coat our mouths in geek-spittle. The platter spins the hour while the minutes creep ever so slowly along the horizontal actuator arm. Practical? No, but ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
So, if you believe the rumor mill, then T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) has clinched the iPhone for Germany right? Perhaps, but that hasn't stopped BMW from showing off this picture of the iPhone running with Voda...(fone) at their Frankfurt Motor Show website. Now we'd chalk ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Laptops, Portable Audio, Portable VideoOQO has finally brought its wares to the rest of the world with the introduction of the Model e2, the opening of an international office in the UK, and the hiring of a former Palm Europe Executive. In case you were wondering, the Model ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Laptops
Just a quick follow-up to our earlier story about HP's new laptop bonanza: turns out the new machines are already announced in Asia, and US pricing has managed to tag along with them. Turns out there is more than one "fancy" pattern on the new laptop casings. Depending ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
Like small things? Really small things? Things that are so small you might lose them easily? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, then we've got the totally ill-riffic earphones for you. Those tiny (but not tinny, apparently) q-Jays earbuds we told you about back in ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: GPSPerhaps concerned that it's developing a reputation as something of a hard ass due to its serial legal battles with TomTom, American navigation darling Garmin will reportedly try to show off its sensitive side in Europe during the upcoming holiday season. Buried in a piece about the state ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Because we know just how much you like to know exactly whose crapware you'll be removing from your next store-bought desktop or laptop, this is a just a quick heads-up that HP customers worldwide can soon expect to be confronted with portals, toolbars, and default search settings ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones
Remember that cool Ubicell in-home booster we played with back at CTIA? Sprint's finally starting to roll out the device this week as the "Airave" in "select areas" of Denver and Indianapolis this week. Overall, the concept is very similar to T-Mobile's @Home service -- it connects through ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Announcements
Europeans have been waiting in constant anticipation since June 29th to hear when and in what form their version of the iPhone will take. The rumors pretty much revolve around which carriers in which regions will get the phone, with a hint of speculation about a 3G update ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Gaming
Well, it didn't take long for Microsoft's Surface to trickle down into the fast-paced world of card gaming (ala Magic). Feast your eyes on the next device your children will be shoveling money into like it's going out of style, a new Square Enix (makers of Final Fantasy) ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoAs we recently reported, the latest batch of iPods brought with them a few changes that weren't exactly evident at first glance, not the least of which was the ability to sync with third party apps. That proved to be especially problematic for iPod-loving Linux ...
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