This is a bit of a twist (well spin) on a traditional bathroom, a bath one minute but a with a 180 degree turn it transforms into a shower. Designed by Ron Arad, the “Rotator” is made out of duralight® and is more of a work of art than just a simple bath. However looking at it does not fill me confidence about the comfort of bathing in it. To empty the bath simply rotate it until the water overflows, just make sure you have a drainage in your bathroom floor. More info over on De Zeen found via ID Asia. Tags: players, equipment, game, cameras (Read the full post about ‘Giant Urinal or Rotating Shower Bath’…)
Pocket-lint does a first look review of the Sony Ericsson W980 and writes, “The W980 is one of the best Walkman phones yet with some really good features that will make it stand out from the crowd when it comes to offering music on the go…this still looks like an impressive handset and certainly one for music fans to watch.” Read more about the Sony Ericsson W980. Tags: Hi-fi, gaming, consumer technology, robots (Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson W980 First Look Review - Pocket-lint’…)
The T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus offers a 2 megapixel camera as well as the following features: * sliding numeric keypad * 3.5G connectivity * Windows Mobile 6 Professional * TouchFLO interface * 2.6 inch QVGA flat touchscreen * Bluetooth * USB support Via SoftPedia. Tags: electronic toys, hdtv, video game, DVD (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus’…)
Motorola’s internal roadmap reveals 9 different handsets which will see action this year, with some of them already available readily in retail stores (U9, W270 and E8). Below are more details on leaked handsets such as the ZN5, VE75, A180 and L800T. A810 2.2″ 260k color QVGA TFT display 2 megapixel camera Linux OS Stereo Bluetooth TI OMAP850 200MHz processor microSD memory card slotVE75 2.6″ 260k color WQVGA TFT display 2 megapixel camera Dual SIM card support Stereo Bluetooth Slider form factorMore are available after the jump. Tags: wi-fi, gps, sat-nav, robots (Read the full post about ‘Motorola Internal Roadmap for 2008′…)
OWC will be dropping a 500GB version of their Mercury on-the-go portable HDD. It features 5,400RPM, 8MB of cache drive, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 along with a copy of Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X and NovaStor NovaBackup for Windows. With all these fancy specs, it’s no wonder you’ll be paying about $360 for this monster. [Source] Tags: audio, Gadget, gadgetry, wireless (Read the full post about ‘OWC 500GB Mercury On-The-Go Portable HDD’…)
The MSI Wind, which was originally unveiled during CeBIT just left us wanting more in the line of details. While we already had some information, some of it has just been confirmed by MSI. The Wind will offer either an 8.9-inch or 10-inch display with both sizes having a 1024 x 600 resolution, an 80GB hard drive and weigh in at just 2.2-pounds. The notebook will be available this June in the European market and retail somewhere between 299 - 699 Euros (around $471-$1100 US). The Wind will also be running Windows XP, which may explain the higher price range. While MSI has confirmed that pricing, lets hope they can narrow it down a little more as to just what we can expect at the low and/or high end. (Read the full post about ‘MSI lets loose more details on the Wind’…)
Trusted Reviews has a review of the Sony Ericsson W960i and writes, “There is a front-facing camera for making video calls, and the main camera shoots stills at 3.2-megapixels. It has a dual LED flash, which I found better than a single light for indoor shooting, but there is no auto mode for the flash - it is either on or off. There is a macro mode and auto focus…The camera performance was variable under testing. The coloured dish shot as usual under normal household lighting conditions with no flash is a little dull but the colour reproduction is good. The pink flowering plants are overexposed though, which doesn’t bode too well for generic outdoor photography, and I noticed a bit of shutter lag which doesn’t inspire confidence when taking action shots…However the macro modes shots I took were superb. (Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson W960i Review - Trusted Reviews’…)
Aha! I knew it. We already knew that there’s no link between video games and violent behavious, but it also turns out that kids who don’t play video games have a statistically higher risk of getting into trouble than those who do. Here’s a video interview of 2 Harvard profs who’ve done the research and written a book.
We were always suspicious (in our own boyish ways) of other boys who didn’t play (video games or sports or just horsed around).
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Pocket-lint reviews the Motorola U9 and writes, “The phone also comes with a now almost defacto for the industry 2 megapixel camera with video mode but with virtually zero memory on-board as mentioned above you’ll have to invest in a memory card from day one.” Read more about the Motorola U9. Tags: M4A, consumer technology, equipment, wi-fi (Read the full post about ‘Motorola U9 Review - Pocket-lint’…)
With Hulu fresh out of the private beta status, there are now talks that they are looking to expand to other platforms, such as mobile phones. Overall it seems like a logical place to go and although Hulu CEO has made some comments they have been pretty generic up to this point. During the recent NAB video production expo, Jason Kilar was quoted as saying that “anything connected to the Internet” would be a possible match in the future, he also briefly mentioned the possibility of cellphones but failed to commit to any specific platform or device. One issue that would be a hold up, or at least make for a slow roll out would be due to the wide variety of cellphones on the market. (Read the full post about ‘Hulu coming soon to a phone near you?’…)
