Green House of Japan has released its new series of GH-ERC-PIG earphones. The word “PIG” in there is not an acroynm, but suggests porcine designs that fit snugly into your ears. The earphones boast an impedance of 16? and a frequency response of 20Hz-20,000Hz. There are small, medium and large sizes to choose from, so no worries whether you’ve ears as large as Dumbo or as small as a dwarf’s. You can choose from white, black or pink colors, with the price being set at $12 a pair. I wonder if such earphone designs are considered kosher in the eyes of certain Abrahamic religions? (Read the full post about ‘GH-ERC-PIG Series Earphones’…)
Now how many USB hubs just get their job done without much fanfare? Most of them, aye? This one does it with a little bit more aplomb, thanks to the built-in lights, a swivel connector and a retractable design. The built-in notebook light can swivel outwards 180 degrees, offering maximum keyboard illumination without burning your eyes by cranking up the monitor’s brightness level. I guess there is always a tradeoff for working in the dark or surfing some devious websites that you don’t want the missus to find out. There are four USB 2.0 ports available to further enhance your computer/notebook’s connectivity. This nifty little device will cost $29.90. Tags: digital, ipod, technology, hdtv (Read the full post about ‘USB 4-Port Hub With Notebook Light’…)
Asus’ Eee Stick has already made its way to the FCC annals, including internal and external photos, a user’s manual as well as various reports that ensured everything was in good running order. The GMC-1 package as it is known consists of a pair of joysticks, where one of them has a D-pad while the other one comes with an analog stick, a USB dongle and the standard Quick Start Guide and Support CD. Each bundle you purchase will be accompanied by wrist straps so that these won’t go flying into anybody’s faces or TV sets - unless these are leftovers of old stock from Nintendo themselves. I wonder when will the Asus Eee Stick be released officially though. (Read the full post about ‘FCC Approves Asus Eee Stick’…)
Over at Gigaom there is an interesting, post covering all those cheap, tiny notebooks that everyone has been so interested in lately. Author Om Malik insists on calling them “cloud computers” rather than breaking them down into the poorly defined classes that manufacturers have been using (UMPC, MID, subnotebooks, mini-note, etc.) but it makes sense given his high-level approach to the segment and their cloud-centric usage model.
Using his experience with the HP 2133 Mini-Note as the basis for the post–to paraphrase–he comes to the conclusion that the current crop of devices are flawed and then goes on to issue ten commandments of cloud computers.
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Cell phones have certainly come from a long way since the days where they were used as a(n expensive) means of communication. Today, we find cell phones smart enough to handle basic computing tasks like word processing, e-mail checking and Web browsing, including capturing photos and playing music. Thrrum is a new visual search service that touts the ability to scan just about anything holding text, returning a relevant search result to the user’s phone. Of course, it will need to work with phones that have at least a VGA camera built in. This service is currently in beta mode and is made free to all Sprint subscribers. Tags: Ogg, pvp, robots, ipod (Read the full post about ‘Thrrum Visual Search Service’…)
The sPult universal remote control concept by Yurii Smitana Perfilov is jaw-dropping to say the least. It boasts one of the most simple yet elegant designs that look set to withstand the test of time, doing away with the need for occasional buttons while offering the basic essentials every couch potato cannot do without. It gains its inspiration from the ipod’s scroll wheel, featuring a similar incarnation that is meant for channel surfing without taxing those fingers of yours too much. After all, a sprained thumb would certainly not go your way considering you will be left with just one good working hand to grab chips from the bag. No idea whether this will ever make it to the production line though. (Read the full post about ’sPult Universal Remote Control Concept’…)
Now that we mostly don’t need traditional wristwatches to urgently tell us the time, playful watch designs seem to have largely replaced the utilitarian digital watches of old. You can go sci-fi futuristic with watches from Tokyoflash or go the other direction and get something like this Zihotch Retro Phone Watch from AudioCubes.com, which reminds you of the olden days of rotary dial phones (you can pick it up for $80). Made by Japanese company Maywadenki, it’s a rather huge piece if you have a tiny wrist, so it might be more appropriate as a Halloween costume if you go dressed as an old style phone booth. Via textually.org. ————————————————– Sign up for Popgadget Drop emails for weekly tech tips and gadget giveaways. (Read the full post about ‘Totally pointless but fun Zihotch Retro Phone Watch’…)
If you’re a professional gamer, you already know about Creative Labs’ world class sound cards, and now they have a new one - the PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series sound card - which, according to Creative, “delivers the ultimate PC gaming audio experience.” Here are its main features: - 3D positional audio so accurate, you can locate your enemies through mere sound alone. Plus, the X-Fi CMSS®-3D gives you amazing surround sound even with normal stereo headphones. - Unbeatable performance in your games with hardware accelerated audio and X-RAM. - Voice Chats: Plug in your headset or microphone and hear the difference immediately. (Read the full post about ‘X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty - gamers’ sound card’…)
Sony has recently begun shipping the mylo com2 with a free charging cradle. While its certainly not a must have item, and I am not sure it would push me over the edge and make me run out to purchase a mylo, its always a nice deal when you are getting a $29.99 item for free. A dock or charging cradle is one accessory that I consider a must have for most gadgets. It looks much nicer sitting on the desk, it helps to keep your device from getting bumped and knocked to the floor and is much easier to stick your device in the dock or cradle as opposed to fiddling with a loose wire. Sony has not made any mention of whether this is a permanent or just a limited time offer, but if you were already considering a mylo purchase, this sounds like as good a time as ever to make that purchase. (Read the full post about ‘Sony now including free charging cradle with a mylo com2 purchase’…)
T-Mobile has just added two new offerings, the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung SGH-t339, both of which fully support T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home service. Aside from supporting T-Mobile HotSpot @Home and myFaves, the Nokia 6301 also features a music player, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, a 2.0-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video capture, microSD slot, IM support for AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live, a speakerphone and FM radio. This tri-band (850/1800/1900) phone supports GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMA network. In addition, the Nokia 6301 sports a 240 x 320 pixels resolution TFT screen. The Samsung SGH-t339 has almost all of the Nokia 6301 features except for its 1.3-megapixel camera and a smaller TFT screen at 176 x 220 pixels. (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile adds the Hotspot @Home capable Nokia 6301, Samsung SGH-t339′…)
