2 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 2:32PM by Chris ZieglerFiled under: cellphones, Handhelds So it now looks like that rumored high-end ZX1 Windows Mobile 6 Professional handset from ASUS is a lock for a CeBIT announcement, though we’re going to be totally honest, we’re not certain it’s worthy of the Lamborghini name. Granted, we’ve got to withhold judgment until we get one in our hands, but outside of a Lamborghini badge-shaped nav pad and a speedometer-inspired clock on the home screen, we’re not seeing anything special about the darned thing. On the plus side, it’s a 3G world phone with HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 and quadband GSM / EDGE, a 3 megapixel autofocus camera out back with a VGA sensor up front for video calling, 256MB of ROM, 128MB of RAM, microSD expansion, GPS, WiFi, and the typical QVGA display. (Read the full post about ‘ASUS Lamborghini ZX1 propaganda spotted at CeBIT’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Windows Vista has been out for over a year now, and yet many people are still hesitant to upgrade, and frankly, I don’t blame them. I have one machine that runs Vista, and that’s only because it came installed on my laptop. For many reasons I’m just not ready to upgrade the other half-dozen machines in my house, one of which is that I don’t want to shell out all of the extra dough when XP is doing just fine. Apparently there are plenty of others thinking the same way, and thankfully Microsoft has been listening. They have announced that later this month they will be cutting prices on their latest versions of Windows. The price cuts will range from $30 to $80 depending on which version you decide to purchase. A full copy of Ultimate has been dropped to $319, while the upgrade is now only $219. A Home Premium upgrade has been dropped to only $129. Microsoft has stated that they are hoping to attract more casual users to Vista, whereas they are still primarily seeing tech enthusiasts and early-adopters picking up the new OS. I’m still not sure that I’ll be picking it up, even with the new lower price. XP is doing just fine, and if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. Source: DigitalTrends Tags: electronic toys, Ogg Vorbis, plasma, tech (Read the full post about ‘Microsoft announces price drop for Vista’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
The latest media statistics show that “four in five of all U.S. adults—or an estimated 178 million people—go online”, and the local TV news station has also stated that there is a new wave among teenagers, where driving-aged teens are delaying their license application and driving lessons just because they want to remain connected to their friends through the virtual world as well as blog online. Further data from the IDC shows that “the average internet user spends 32.7 hours per week on the internet”. Average that out and you get 4.67 hours a day, so you can imagine just how many hours a blogger spends in front of that radiation emitting screen. (Read the full post about ‘Springflex UB exercise machine’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 10:53AM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Handhelds Enter the Cuso PC S600 “UMPC,” your ticket to near-constant ridicule from friends and family. Sure, you’d think with specs like the blazing 266MHz ARM CPU, 1GB or 4GB of flash memory, 802.11b WiFi, miniSD support, playback of MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV, OGG, AAC, APE, AVI, WMV, DIVX, H.264, ASF, and 3GP files (um, with the freeware app TCPMP), and all kinds of Windows CE-powered document handling (TXT, DOC, XLS, PDF, PPT, PPS) you’d be all set, but we don’t think it’s that simple. There’s something about that cheap looking plastic casing, stereo speakers, and totally out of line use of the term UMPC that tell us this probably isn’t much more than a glorified PMP. (Read the full post about ‘The Cuso PC S600 is not the UMPC of your dreams… or a UMPC’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
In an age where everyone carries cell phones, I tend to wonder why people still wear watches. I’m sure that not everyone wants to pull out their phone whenever they want to know the time, so I guess I can understand. I’m perfectly content with looking at my phone or ipod, so I rarely even consider putting on a watch. If I’m going somewhere important I might put on my trusty pocket watch which was a gift from my wife so I don’t look like a huge dork every time I whip out my iPod to check the time. Somehow I don’t think that putting on this new 8GB Multimedia Watch would make me look like any less of a dork. Since the days of Dick Tracy people have envisioned watches that can do just about everything. (Read the full post about ‘Multimedia Watch has 8GB of storage and a 1.8-inch screen, won’t impress the ladies’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Phasing Hearts You can have this for ?6.95 Tags: consumer technology, mobile devices, DAB, Ogg Vorbis (Read the full post about ‘Phasing Hearts’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Speck SK3PKNN Skin-Tight ipod Nano Skin 3 Pack Nano SkinTight rubberized skin provides protection against dust, knocks, and scratches. Includes removable screen protector to keep your color screen looking sharp! Technorati Tags: Speck Tags: games, Hi-fi, MP3, cameras (Read the full post about ‘Speck SK3PKNN Skin-Tight iPod Nano Skin 3 Pack’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Sometimes we feel the necessity to leave a message to the members of our family in order to remind about something, give some instructions or just say endearing words. In such situations everybody finds different solution: some use just a sheet of paper and put it on the place where it can be easily seen, others buy special tables, which are generally attached to refrigerators or walls, and etc. Yet, a new method, which helps to make your message more original, has been recently found. The given gadget is designed to write messages on toasts. Quite an unusual message, isn’t it? Moreover, the process of writing itself becomes more pleasant and interesting. (Read the full post about ‘An “edible” message’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 1st 2008 8:54PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Home Entertainment Ruh ruh, Macworld ran one last test as the month of February expired yesterday and found that contrary to Apple’s claim that there would be over 1,000 movies for download by March, iTunes and the Apple TV have hundreds fewer flicks available than anticipated. (Read the full post about ‘Apple hundreds short of 1,000 movie promise’…)
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2 Mar, 2008
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 1:04AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
If you just so happen to have a spare 35mm slide viewer gathering all sorts of dust in your basement and one of Apple’s latest nanos, we’ve discovered a perfect way to spend your weekend and exercise your DIY muscle. Granted, the Nanoscope has been around the block a time or two, but that doesn’t weaken its geek factor one iota. Essentially, you simply modify said viewer to accommodate the nano, add in a set of speakers and kick back to enjoy your stored movie files in larger-than-originally-intended fashion. (Read the full post about ‘35mm slide viewer hacked to enhance iPod nano viewing’…)
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