A few more images have popped up online showing off the newly announced Cloudbook Max from Everex. Overall it looks like it has a nice design, although it seems to be a little “puffy.” A few things to note based on the images (as compared to the current model): The empty space below the display has been filled-in by the larger screen. The speaker appears to be one long section, instead of the current two smaller sections. The trackpad has been switched to the more familiar style. The internal webcam has been centered, as opposed to being off to the right of the display. The addition of the external 2.0-megapixel webcam. (Read the full post about ‘Everex Cloudbook Max; more images now available’…)
I’m sure all those who love downloading all their entertainment needs via P2P would definitely fall head over heels with OKI’s all-new optical 3R regenerator which re-amplifies and re-shapes the optical signal, capable of hitting data download speeds of up to 160Gbps - that amounts to four full-length movies in a single second. Hopefully this technology would make its way to the mainstream consciousness soon at an affordable cost, so that we can forget about dealing with physical media any more. Tags: tests, players, cable, Hi-fi (Read the full post about ‘OKI Heralds Bright P2P Future’…)
G4 (yes, the cable TV channel) has launched a website, called Gcycle, devoted to helping you find locations near you that will recycle electronics, batteries, computers, etc. Although there are already similar sites out there, they certainly aren’t as flashy. This one is totally done in Adobe Flash and is a little ‘jumpy’, but then they were going for a unique, cartoony look and succeeded.
Bottom line is that it has the goods. Punch in your zip code, select the stuff you want to recycle and it delivers. Before you do that, hit the Flummoxing Facts link and be flummoxed. It’s staggering, a bit sickening and frightening how much we’re tossing into landfills.
A few days ago we got word of HP’s Elite Autofocus webcam, a $99 3 megapixel cam built for people looking for high performance video chatting and recording. Well it arrived today and we just wanted to post some quick images and thoughts about it.
The Elite is about six inches long and almost four inches when collapsed. It is light enough to be portable, but the use of a dual hinge (up/down and side to side) connecting the camera and controls to the body means you probably won’t want to throw it in a bag with your notebook. The lower section of the Elite has two more hinges, a spring-loaded one that can clamp to the top of a monitor and another that allows the metal neck to swing up if you are using the cam on your desktop.
(Read the full post about ‘Hands-on: HP Elite Autofocus webcam’…)
Right, now April 1st has been and gone, we can get on with the real mobile news - thankfully! Apologies to regular readers for the lame April Fool’s joke on April 1st. Everyone else was doing it, but that’s no excuse, and after finding myself bored senseless by reading lame joke after lame joke, I realized that I’d committed the same sin on my own blog! So, no more April Fools from now on! Anyway, on with the news. A newcomer to the mobile phone world, ClarityLife, has released a new mobile phone that offers, well, nothing at all! As you can see from the pic, you get four huge buttons, a monochrome screen, and a one touch emergency button on the back…and that’s it. (Read the full post about ‘ClarityLife adds new feature to mobile phones: cataracts!’…)
New player VelocityMobile have been getting themselves some publicity from CTIA 2008 by announcing two new phones - the Velocity 103 and Velocity 111. Both phones are smartphones, but although they undoubtedly look good (particularly the 103), they’re not exactly innovative. You get the same features you’d expect on even mid-range phones these days, so I’m not sure how Velocity are defining ’smart’.
However, where they aim to differentiate themselves from the competition is through price.
(Read the full post about ‘VelocityMobile pitches cheap smartphones’…)
We have forks and spoons, and now here’s a brand new eating utensil known as the Knork. It makes the many millions around the world who love cutting food (especially cakes) with the side of their fork happy, and the Knork was specially shaped in order to cater to that habit. Plastic Knorks are sharp enough to cut through raw carrots, and from the picture above it apparently makes a pretty good opponent against a juicy slab of steak. One thing though - whenever I cut my steak, I’ll normally need a fork to hold the meat in place while the knife gets to work…something to ponder upon here.
AT&T has announced that it will be the first to launch Microsoft’s Surface in its stores, beating out T-Mobile, Harrah’s, and Starwood Hotels, all of which announced their intention to roll them out in their establishments.
The Surface device will be available in select AT&T wireless stores (22 in all) April 17 and will initially work with eight of AT&T’s wireless phones.
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 12:12PM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Storage
Confused by all the various permutations of Western Digital’s My Book line of external drives yet? No? Well, go ahead and add the My Book Studio Edition II to your stack of flashcards, Mr. Smart Face. Just like the previous 2TB My Book products, you’re getting two RAID 0 drives in a quad-interface external case, only this time it’s the updated My Book Studio design. WD’s also gone and upgraded the drives themselves to GreenPower units, which run cooler and use less power, and Mac users will be pleased to know that everything comes HFS+ formatted. Got that? Expect a quiz in the near future. (Read the full post about ‘Western Digital pumps out the My Book Studio Edition II’…)
