30 Jul, 2008
If you cannot afford a large screen TV in your living room, there is a cheaper (albeit lower quality) alternative in the form of the Vuzix iWear 920s. This pair of virtual reality glasses claims to simulate watching a 62″ display form 8.5 feet away, although that comes at the expense of not being able to see whether your wife is getting it on with the mailman or not. What’s new with the VR920s is the ability to offer 3D images in gameplay. The Vuzix iWear VR920s will retail for approximately £250. I’ve tried these at CES and it’s definitely not the same thing as having a real 62″ HDTV. First of all, the resolution is much lower. (Read the full post about ‘Vuzix iWear VR920s’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
I’m a trained musician and have composed a few tunes in my time, so I know a thing or two about composing and listening to music. I used to have a high-end audio system but nowadays spend most of my time listening to music coming from my computer speakers or from headphones attached to my mobile phone or various music players. It’s for these reasons that I wasn’t too excited when a pair of Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones arrived. For starters, the box they came in was huge and second, they’re of the higher-end variety (more than $300) headphones; not something that I thought would be good for listening to music through a computer or iPhone. (Read the full post about ‘Review: Beats by Dr. Dre headphones’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
Sanyo has announced its latest Xacti camcorder, the 8-megapixel touting DMX-HD800 which is sort of an upgrade from the previously released Xacti HD700. Aside from its 8-megapixel high-speed CMOS sensor with 5x optical zoom, the HD800 features video recording with a maximum of 720p (1280 x 720) high-definition resolution and a 2.7-inch TFT display. We are also looking at an Xacti model with face detection and an anti-shake feature, it has support SDHC cards up to 32GB in capacity, high ISO with up to 1800 sensitivity, comes bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 and an optional AV kit that lets you connect the HD800 onto your TV sets via HDMI. (Read the full post about ‘Sanyo’s announces the 8MP, 720p Xacti DMX-HD800 camcorder’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Jul 30th 2008 at 9:35AM Break out the tissues — the rumors were true. Or, at least it sure looks that way. As of right now, the only two TiVo units available on the outfit’s webstore are the TiVo HD and the Series2, and even if you do a bit of digging and find the still-active Series3 page, you’ll notice a glaring Out of Stock notification. Of course, you can still find leftover inventory hanging around at various resellers, but all signs are pointing to this being the final hurrah for the S3. (Read the full post about ‘TiVo quietly removes Series3 from its webstore’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 30th 2008 at 11:46AM If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not you want to spring for a WowWee Femisapien, perhaps a thorough, multi-page review would help. If you truck on over to robotsrule, you’ll find an ultra-in-depth look at the female automaton, with explorations into the bot’s interface, modes and behaviors, and a variety of other Femisapien idiosyncrasies. The conclusion? (Read the full post about ‘WowWee’s Femisapien gets reviewed, does want to play forever and ever’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 30th 2008 at 10:56AM Usually it’s “only a matter of time” before some new-fangled laptop destined for a Windows kind of life up and gets OSx86 installed on it, but for the Dell Studio, that matter of time was extremely short. Witness a Studio 17 running Leopard out of the box, save for a few minor problems like lack of full video support, sound, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet. Still, it’s pretty encouraging to see the system working at all with such little time and effort put into it. (Read the full post about ‘Dell Studio 17 quickly hacked to run OSx86′…)
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30 Jul, 2008
So, we saw the hands-on review come in for RIM’s first venture into the clamshell market and things continue to seem to be pretty promising, that is assuming the price is close to the rumored $49. Now to add a little more tease, the team over at CrackBerry have released a nice (and thorough) 9-minute video of the Kickstart 8220 in action. Of course caught in the action is the heart of the handset, the OS 4.6, but they also demonstrate some other goodies to include the web browsing, trackball, display, and the large SureType keyboard. Initially, I was not all that excited to see RIM venture into the clameshell style market, but after seeing this in action and shown next to the Pearl, all I can say is that the Pearl had better watch out, because the Kickstart looks very nice. (Read the full post about ‘BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 shows itself on video’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
This is a far cry from being official, but over at Chris Remo’s Remowned site, he’s put up a post that will could be spilling the beans about a pretty big move for gaming giant, Electronic Arts. According to Remo, he spoke with an EA rep at Comic-Con who told him that the company is planning on producing their own line of high-end gaming PCs that will debut along with Crysis Warhead.
The aim is to gain more PC gamers that might not have the cash to spend on an Alienware machine. Their price point is looking to be more in the $600-$800, and still make it able to not only run Crysis, but run it well.
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30 Jul, 2008
The nettop market is getting even more crowded, with Synnex crashing in on Asus Eee Box’s party thanks to their new Lernel Q PC Smart deluxe nettop. This model wil come with the following specifications :- Intel Atom 230 processor Windows Vista Home Premium 2GB RAM DVD Super-Multi Burner 160GB hard drive Intel GMA950 integrated graphics It will retail for approximately $455, although you can pick up one bundled with a 19″ lcd monitor for $618. Tags: tech, ipod, audio, gadgets (Read the full post about ‘Synnex To Rival Eee Box’…)
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30 Jul, 2008
Fans of Knight Rider will definitely find this KITT, er, kit, for trucks to be a must-buy accessory, since it is able to turn a mundane pickup truck into one that emulates your childhood car computer idol (not that there were many to choose from in the first place, but you get the idea). While this kit won’t transform your pickup truck into a semi-intelligent lifeform overnight, it will surely add that cool factor to attract cowgirls at the local saloon. Tags: lcd, audio, gadgetry, camera (Read the full post about ‘KITT for Trucks’…)
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