The Kindle looks as though it has received a worthy competitor in the form of the jetBook reader from ECTACO. You get the following for $349.95. 5″ grayscale display (bah!) Bookmarking ability Multi-language support MP3 playback SD memory card slot Tags: Ogg, amps, gadgets, DVD (Read the full post about ‘ECTACO jetBook Reader’…)
Posted Mar 24th 2008 1:18PM by Donald MelansonFiled under: Storage It may already be dipping its own toes into the wild new world of solid state hard drives, but Seagate apparently isn’t so keen on others ditching traditional hard drives, and it’s now indicating that it might even sue ‘em if SSD really starts to catch on. (Read the full post about ‘Seagate warns it might sue SSD makers for patent infringement’…)
Guess it is fashionable these days to come up with an MP3-friendly creation, never mind that they’re clothes. The iBoxer from Play Underwear is clearly radical, with a tiny pocket on the left hip to hold the mp3 player of your choice while both hands are free to do…er, whatever else you want to do with it. The iBoxer is made up of 93% cotton and 7% spandex, coming in a bunch of colors that ought to suit just about any taste. Prices start from $22 upwards, and is available in both mens’ and womens’ designs. Tags: gadgetry, plasma, consumer technology, Hi-fi (Read the full post about ‘iBoxer from Play Underwear’…)
Posted Mar 24th 2008 9:19AM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: LaptopsAccording to a report on the lately-talkative Acer, the company’s first iteration of Eee PC-competition will be somewhat cheaper than ASUS’ current (and future) sticker prices. In a scant article, speculation abounds that the first wave of Acer-made 8.9-inch laptops will be priced around $350 to $400, while ASUS will market its 8.9-inch micro-top for $50 to $100 more. Word on the street is that Acer will launch its cheapo solution sometime in May, but ASUS will preempt the introduction with an April landing for the 2nd generation Eee. (Read the full post about ‘Acer’s Eee competition to have lower price tag, more beautiful eyes’…)
Finally, we got the clearer shot this time. This is the Intel’s Netbook also known as the Eco PC they are talking about.
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Meizu’s M8 Mini One has been getting a lot of media attention since it first came out because of its eerie resemblance to another touchscreen enabled mobile phone from another side of the world. Meizu’s M8 is now catching a lot of eyes again, with the release of its updated interface pictures. (Note that the interface has already been updated even though the product itself has not even shipped yet). The photos provide a sneak peek at the Meizu Mini-One’s music player interface, which can be viewed either in portrait or landscape mode. Rather than emulating the Apple iphone’s minimalist interface and showing widgets one at a time, the new Mini-One’s interface now crams all you could ever want to see about your music on the wide touchscreen display. (Read the full post about ‘Meizu M8 getting interface updates, still looks like iPhone knock-off’…)
Guitar Hero has become a very popular game recently with many people trying to rock away to their favourite music. A company named Peavey customshop is creating some great controllers for the game in the shape of real wood guitars. Each guitar is hand made and painted and the images are embedded under a protective coating to help protect the guitars from scratches. The guitars help to bring you one step closer to the real thing by giving you the look and feel of a real wood guitar. You have a couple of choices when having a guitar made from ready made guitars which feature Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Kiss to name a few. The other option is to use your own custom logo to be painted on the guitar. (Read the full post about ‘Wood Guitars for Guitar Hero’…)
Posted Mar 24th 2008 2:07AM by Thomas RickerFiled under: Gaming, HDTV, Portable VideoIf PCWorld is correct, then it looks like Sony’s pending, PS3 2.20 firmware will have at least one little surprise for movie buffs. As if the inclusion of Blu-ray’s BD-Live interactivity and the removal of the 2GB DivX and WMV file-size cap wasn’t enough, PCWorld says that can also expect the introduction of portable copy. With it, users will be able to copy a PSP formatted (and DRM’d) version of the film directly to their PSP — no UMD required. (Read the full post about ‘PS3 2.20 update to offer portable copy of Blu-ray films to PSP?’…)
T-Mobile has added another great handset to the HotSpot@Home service line-up, this time its the BlackBerry 8820 and it will be available beginning today. The blackberry 8820 features Wi-Fi, built-in GPS with Blackberry Maps and TeleNav, a microSD slot with support for up to 4GB cards, Bluetooth, voice dialing and of course is myFaves compatible. Also in the good for “business use” theory the 8820 is lacking the camera. Read [T-Mobile] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile announces the BlackBerry 8820 with Wi-Fi, GPS’…)
Xantrex Gateway is a device that was developed specially to gather performance data on rooftop solar electric panels, transmitting information gathered to a computer via WiFi. Devices such as this can be commonly found in large-scale installations at corporations or power plants, but the Xantrex Gateway has narrowed down its market to people’s homes and small-scale solar power installations instead. After all, monitoring performance of your own solar panels is essential since state rebates can be tied to performance, so it pays to ensure that your solar panels operate to their full capacity as much as possible. Xantrex is so kind even to include a Yahoo! (Read the full post about ‘Xantrex Gateway’…)
