Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
FROM APPLETELL - A Thursday ruling from the Copyright Royalty Board could force Apple to close down the iTunes Music Store. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: video game, TV, home theater, consumer electronics (Read the full post about ‘Increased royalties could shut down iTunes’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
As much as this pains me to say, it appears as if Best Buy is becoming the place to go for popular handsets. It was not that long ago that they added the iphone 3G and HTC Touch Diamond. Now, it looks like customers will soon be able to grab a few more smartphones and it seems that October 26 is the day to look forward to. On that day Best Buy will make the unlocked Palm Treo Pro available. Of course, that is perhaps the least exciting of the bunch as the Pearl Flip 8220 and HTC G1 will also be made available that same day. Keep in mind both the Pearl Flip and G1 will be locked to T-Mobile, and although the G1 will be in-store it will not be on-sale until November 16. Finally, if a smartphone is not what you are looking for, Best Buy also recently made the C902 Cybershot from Sony Ericsson available as an unlocked model. (Read the full post about ‘Best Buy to carry the T-Mobile G1, Pearl Flip 8220, Palm Treo Pro’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
Uniross are launching their brand new 15 minute High Speed Charger with some crazy charging times.
I remember when I get my first rechargeable batteries in the 80’s for my cassette walkman. I remember it taking about 8 hours to charge 4 AA batteries up.
Then earlier this year Uniross released the 1 hour quick charger, which could also be powered from the 12V socket in the car.
Now they slash the charging time once again with the new 15 minute charger! Crazy speeds.
The charger comes with an in-built intelligent safety feature which cuts out the charger if still plugged in after 20 minutes.
To keep the unit cool during the speed charging there’s an in-built fan and an LED indicator to tell you if theres a problem with your batteries.
The charger will be available from October and the RRP is 34.99.
(Read the full post about ‘4 AA batteries, 15 Minutes, Full Power!’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
Apparently it doesn’t take much to get around those silly copyright laws, all you have to do is twist the name around a little and try to look innocent. Then surely no one will notice your Poufman seats look alarmingly like Pac-man. Even with having an eye where Pac-man’s eye would be, no one will ever notice the similarities between the two. Well if you would like a bit of gamer friendly seating this is definitely the way to do it. Pac-man or rather Poufman has never looked so classy as he does in the form of luxurious furniture.
This was designed by an Italian company called QAYOT, who decided to risk the copyright laws just to bring some class to gaming accessories.
(Read the full post about ‘Poufman Seating for Pac-man fans’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
HP has just unveiled a first for the company with the HP Pavilion dv3500t. It is the company’s first 13.3-inch notebook. Available now at the HP online store at $999.99, the HP Pavilion dv3500t is a 4.12-pound notebook that features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, an NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB video card, up to 8GB of RAM, up to a 400GB of HD, a 13.3 BrightView widescreen display with 16:10 aspect ratio. The dv3500t also features a LED backlight panel and an under-keyboard backlighting as well. (Read the full post about ‘HP touts its first 13.3-inch laptop - the Pavilion dv3500t’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
ViewSonic isn’t just famous for its line of LCD monitors, but has also a hand in the projector market. This time round, we will see three new lightweight projectors hit the market, specially designed after ViewSonic has listened to what its customers have mentioned throughout their purchase history in order to meet those stringent demands. The three projectors in question are the PJD6220, PJD6230 and PJD6240, where all three will offer a greater degree of portability with different levels of brightness to suit just about any situation, ranging from the classroom to a traveling salesman who needs to make impromptu presentations while on the road, wherever the potential customers are. (Read the full post about ‘ViewSonic has trio of new projectors’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
With a little more than twenty days until the official release of the G1 we are already beginning to see some in-the-wild unboxing images starting to appear. Sadly, the use of the word “unboxing” is used a little loose here because they include just a few images of the box and a few of the handset still in the box and nothing of any great detail. More than anything, these just serve as a little teaser for anyone waiting to get their hands on a G1. These pics, of course, came from an anonymous source, but its a safe to think that they possibly came from either a T-Mobile or Google employee. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile G1 in-the-wild style images’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
Nero and TiVo have teamed up to create Nero LiquidTV which is software version of TiVo that runs on your PC. LiquidTV has most of the same features as a regular TiVo box plus some additional ones that you can only get on a PC. Not only can you watch shows that you recorded on your PC on your PC, but also on your TV in your home network as well. HD recording is included and you can also burn your shows to DVD or transfer to portable devices like your ipod or PSP. Of course, you’ll need a subscription to TiVo to get the guide info. LiquidTV will be available in about 2 weeks. It will come in 2 versions: 1 is just the software that you can download for $99, and there’s also a retail package that includes a WinTV-HVR-950Q TV tuner card from Hauppauge. (Read the full post about ‘Nero LiquidTV - TiVo for your PC’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
Those who love fishing are always encouraged to retrieve broken line, but many a time due to safety and practical reasons, doing so is just plain impossible. What happens then? Well, there is always the BioDegradeable Fishing Line that offers mother nature a fighting chance against trash in the sea, being as strong as a normal line also helps ensure you won’t lose your fish in the process. Bioline biofilament fishing line biodegrades in the environment in five years.. Further during years 2-5 it is significantly degraded permitting wildife to easily break free should accidental entanglement occur. The concept of biodegradeable fishing line was advanced at a company that made medical sutures - the stitches that dissolve in the human body after surgery. (Read the full post about ‘BioDegradeable Fishing Line helps keep earth green’…)
Written by admin on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 in gadgets and technologies.
Dell seems to be experimenting on its LCD product line. Their new S1909WX and S1709X LCDs use the more traditional 16:10 aspect ratio (with a 1440×900 resolution) instead of using the new standard LCD aspect ratio of 16:9. Still, these two new LCDs sport some of the features of other Dell LCDs, such as a detachable stand that will allow users to use a VESA mount the display on a wall. These two new LCDs have differing features. The 19-inch S1909WX has a 1000:1 contrast ratio while the 17-inch S1709W has a contrast ratio of 600:1. The S1909WX is geared for a wide audience and also features a 300cd/m2 brightness with a HDCP-supporting DVI input for video. It also boasts 5 Milliseconds Response Time for fluid and fast video. (Read the full post about ‘Dell intros the 17-inch S1709W, 19-inch S1909WX LCDs’…)
