Archive for September 11th, 2007
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThe kit recently unveiled by the Medical Electronic Science Institute most certainly has some homegrown competition, as it too seeks to record and wirelessly transmit "ECG signals and motion, as well as heart rate and epidermal skin temperature" to mobile phones or PCs. The body-worn sensor utilizes ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » | 
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Ugh, not more pictures of Palm's Centro, you gasp. Yes... and much more. This time, it's the Centro nuzzled up for some quickie shots with Sprint's Treo 755p and new Vogue (that's, HTC Touch to the rest of the world) and what must be Sprint's take on ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio
We've seen (and heard, er, felt) some pretty sensational subwoofers in our day, but we can't even imagine what 180.5dB of mind-rattling bass (at the dash, no less) would do to one's senses. Nevertheless, Alan Dante has reportedly set a new record in the world of in-car ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: AnnouncementsAlright everybody, round thirty of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours:
Gold - Hava (original)
Silver - Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000Bronze - Jansport Livewire: alt pack (iPod backpack)The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
Leave a comment below. You can ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: PeripheralsIf you think about all the crap you could integrate into a mouse, a world's first vein reader seems downright, ingenious. Still, it's just the latest biometric technique to join iris-scanning and fingerprint reading mousers. The USB mouse from Fujitsu incorporates their PalmSecure scanner and Windows compatible software ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Wireless
It's not often Microsoft and Google are on the same seemingly-losing side of a debate, but things just aren't looking good for the White Space Coalition, the open-airwaves internet access project backed by the two giants, as well as Dell, HP, Intel, and Philips. The once-promising tech was ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable AudioSo Vodafone made another little announcement during the unveiling of their iPhone-less Christmas lineup: an exclusive Omnifone music service deal for our more cultured, special British friends. The all-you-can-eat, MusicStation subscription download service will cost punters a weekly tithe of £1.99 (about $4.03) -- an investment ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
What started as a trickle of unofficially official shots from Sprint's Q4 pipeline has suddenly become a deluge. Check the LG Rumor, Touch (aka, Vogue), and Blackberry Pearl 8130 all dressed up with Sprint logos and sales-goon positioning points for a Q4 launch. We already saw ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt's not like we haven't seen art on silicon before, nor is IBM any stranger to the more bizarre world of design, but the firm is nevertheless "touting one of the tiniest pieces of art ever made." The project, which consists of an "image of the ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Robots
Bad news for the cuddly adorable dino-robot hopeful in the audience, Ugobe is announcing yet another Pleo delay today, this time due to a battery issue. Not only will Pleo hatch another month late (from October into late November), Ugobe is also estimating some 50% drop in the ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Finally, Sony is stepping up the mini-stereo concept nearly into the year 2007 with its latest offerings, the NAS-D55HD, NAS-M75HD, and NAS-M95HD hard drive-based sound machines. The new models offer a number of "digital age" conveniences, like the ability to rip CDs or MDs directly to ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We're having a hard time seeing where the "dictionary" part of this device comes into play -- all we're seeing is 3.5-inches of touchscreen LCD and a nice little PMP wrapped around it. The Nurian FX1 from Hannuri Biz hits Korea this month, and includes ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: StorageOh sweet, sweet SSD. BiTMICRO clearly shares our love for that speedy, stable and battery-friendly form of storage, and is letting the world know with its new 416GB 2.5-inch SSD drive, which as far as we can tell is the largest amount of flash memory yet to be ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Laptops
Epson's Endeavor laptops may not turn many heads (save for the odd Hello Kitty invasion), but the company's latest at least packs some decent specs, as well as a range of configuration options. On the top end, the 15.4-inch NJ5100Pro packs a 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo T7800 processor, ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
Logitech is filling a questionable "gap" in the world of USB peripherals today with its new AudioHub device. The 2.1 unit parks itself behind your laptop and pokes out a pair adjustable satellite speakers on each side while the subwoofer hides in the back. There's also a three ...
Posted in WoW | No Comments » |