Archive for November 19th, 2007

Sony slashes PS3 dev kit cost by half

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Gaming Sony's extending its PS3 birthday celebrations today with a hefty price cut on its PlayStation 3 "Reference Tool" (developer kit) to ease the barrier of entry for fledgling developers and the cheapskate majors. The kit now goes for the rock bottom price of $10,250, and Sony's promising more ...

Amazon Kindle available now on Amazon — free EV-DO!

Monday, November 19th, 2007

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Amazon_Kindle_now_available_free_EVDO'; It's here and looking just as busted as it did when we broke the Amazon Kindle eBook reader for you last year. $399 (and free 2 day shipping) with access to 88,000 books including 100 of the 112 New York Times best ...

Live from the Amazon Kindle launch event

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Features, Handhelds digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Live_Amazon_Kindle_Launch_Event'; Anyone reading yesterday knows today's the day the Amazon Kindle finally launches, and we're live from their big (little) launch event in New York. There are maybe a hundred fifty seats (and people are still filing in), so we'll be getting started here in ...

Samsung, AT&T announce A747 “SLM” flip

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones So the Samsung A747 for AT&T is finally here, 'cept it's not the A747. Instead, the slim clamshell has been appropriately christened the "SLM." Think of the SLM as a juiced version of the also very thin A717, carrying over the 2 megapixel cam and attractive brushed metal ...

Amazon Kindle first hands-on

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Features, Handhelds So we just snagged our Kindle, and we're unabashedly stoked to get using it. Unfortunately the device came out of box with too little juice to get on the EV-DO network, but the e-ink display looks great (as we'd expect). The selector bar on the right is ...

Many details about the Kindle

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Features, Handhelds Ok, we've got tons more kindle info! Here are most of the missing pieces on Amazon's Kindle. It doesn't use a generic RSS aggregator -- it's Amazon-selected blogs only (and they "want every blog they can get"). Blogs that are aggregated by the Kindle ...

Pentax Optio Z10 gets reviewed

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras Pentax's Optio Z10 digital camera has been out for a little while now, but it just recently landed into the hand of the folks at Photography Blog, who've now given the cam their usual review treatment. From the looks of it, however, this one appears to be ...

Alienware gets official with Area-51 m15x, m17x laptops

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Laptops While they don't exactly come as much of a surprise after a couple of leaks and that little website slip-up, Alienware has finally gotten official with is new Area-51 m15x and m17x laptops, which each pack more power than you'll likely need in your choice of two eye-catching ...

Philips’ remote control pill may cure your allergies

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Philips has applied for a patent of a remote controlled pill which can be signaled to dose your innards via an external, electronic trigger. Freaky, we know. These aren't just time-controlled coatings now, but automated medicament delivery systems whose course can be monitored inside the body ...