So what happens when you combine a Japanese ISP Founder, the idea of an iphone, and the idea of WiMAX together in a room? You get a fun-filled day of iPhone/WiMAX bashing! Sachio Semmoto, the founder of eAccess (a broadband provider as well as a wireless company) said that the iPhone is a “total failure” in the US compared to the number of phones sold by others (think RAZR). While he liked the functions, he doesn’t like it on AT&T (who doesn’t?). “If I have a chance to talk to Steve, I’d like to tell him face to face: You made a wrong choice.” In between shots at the iPhone, Semmoto also mentioned that WiMAX will lose the 4G mobile battle versus LTE (no mention of UMB?) and CDMA (the technology Verizon and Sprint uses) will fail on the way to LTE. (Read the full post about ‘WiMAX, iPhone slammed by Japanese ISP Founder’…)
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Rice can be one the most infuriating dishes to cook with out the proper cookware. You get pieces that are still hard, some that is soggy, and some that is burnt. The electric rice cooker will put an end to poorly cooked rice problem. This cooker is so advanced you simply choose what kind of rice you want to cook and push as few buttons and your job is done. The machine will do the rest of the thinking for you which is great because by the end of the day just about every one is brain dead any way. The cooker will even keep the rice at serving temperature for up to 12 hours. This is great for holidays and family dinners. This is a must have product for any one who wants to make the best rice possible. (Read the full post about ‘Electric Rice Cooker’…)
Even the smallest dirt, if blown at the right spot (the eye), can make a grown man cry. Asus used to be known as a maker of motherboards –- now, the company is known worldwide as the maker of pioneering, low cost, ultra portable computers: the Eee PC. Asustek Computer shipped around 1.4 million notebooks in Q1 of 2008 and ranked number eight in market share. Entering Eee PC to the equation, however, adds an additional 700,000 units—surpassing even those of Fujitsu and Apple, and propelling Asus to sixth place, and within striking distance from 5th place Lenovo, who shipped 2.2-2.3 million units. (Read the full post about ‘Eec pushes Asus to #6 on PC maker list’…)
Modern homes are not complete without a digital photo frame –- now, Japanese homes can enjoy a 7-inch digital version from Sanyo. Sanyo’s LVF-PF71 is 325 grams light and sized at 200×20×133mm with an LCD display 7 inches in size (480×234 resolution). The device supports SD and Memory Stick memory cards. JPEGs can be viewed in customizable intervals between 5 seconds and 24 hours. The LVF-PF71 is priced at $145 (MSRP). Read [CrunchGear] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Sanyo launches digital 7 inch photo frame’…)
Cheaper and simpler may be the name of the game, as another Eee competitor came out –- the Bestlink Alpha 400. Displaying a 7-inch true color display at 800 x 480 resolution, the Linux PC packs a 32-bit XBurst 400Mhz processor and a measly 128MB RAM and 1-2GB of internal flash storage. The Alpha 400 offers nothing jaw-dropping, except perhaps its $250 price tag. The device also offers an SD memory card slot, USB connectivity, and optional WiFi capability. The Alpha 400 measures a diminutive 8.3” x 5.6” x 1.3” and weighs a mere 1.5 pounds. If you can find another 99 who would want it, the price drops to $180 per unit (they offer a curious bulk deal at 100 machines). A pretty good deal since $18,000 could easily be the cost of one high-specs computer. (Read the full post about ‘$250 Eee device out; the bar gets lower’…)
by Donald Melanson, posted May 23rd 2008 at 7:16PM Budding robot-builders certainly don’t have any shortage of kits to choose from these days, but this new self-descriptive ROBO Builder set looks to be a good deal more complete than most and, compared to the norm, is somewhat more reasonably priced. This one will let you assemble three different bots (dubbed DINO, HUNO and DOGY) out of the included robot building blocks, each of which can apparently be programmed to perform various activities, or simply be controlled via a computer or remote control. You can also get your choice of black or transparent kits, the latter of which appears to boast some significantly more advanced break-dancing skills. (Read the full post about ‘ROBO Builder kit now available to order’…)
If I’m bored in the evening and there is nothing on television, one of my favorite things to do is to go to YouTube and see what crazy videos I can find. For anyone who has visited YouTube I think they will appreciate it when I say that when it comes to finding crazy videos on YouTube nobody is usually disappointed. The site is full of them, but YouTube does have its limitations. One of those limitations is that if you want to access a video, even your favorite video on YouTube, you need to have an active Internet connection whether that is on your mobile phone or computer. If you’re on a plane or out in the middle of nowhere there’s a good chance you’re not going to be able to have an active Internet connection. (Read the full post about ‘YouTubeGet lets you take YouTube videos with you’…)
by Darren Murph, posted May 23rd 2008 at 8:28PM We’ll go ahead and get this out of the way: the fantastic product you’re about to hear more on has “no plans” to go commercial. Now that we’ve thoroughly killed your buzz, let us introduce to you the LaserTouch. Said device is a prototype that recently emerged from Microsoft Research’s labs, which essentially allows people to retrofit any display (monitor, projector, etc.) so that they can use their own hands to control the on-screen action. According to Andy Wilson, who played a vital role in the unit’s creation, an infrared camera is used to track how a person touches the screen, while software that he developed handles the majority of the magic. (Read the full post about ‘Microsoft’s LaserTouch prototype brings hand control to any display’…)
