Archive for May 28th, 2008

IOGEAR’s AA-powered GearJuice gives you 15 more minutes to yap

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Oh yeah, we've seen dedicated battery pack extenders for a plethora of the most popular gizmos, but IOGEAR's looking out for the run-of-the-mill crowd with its GearJuice Rescue Charger. Essentially, the wee device accepts any 'ole AA cell, and upon plugging it into your mini-USB-equipped PDA / ...

I-O Data rolls out mobile Bluetooth keyboard

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Filed under: Peripherals Think that keyboard on your subnote is cramped? Try blasting out 115 words-per-minute on this thing. I-O Data has just revealed an absurdly diminutive new keyboard with built-in Bluetooth that has a real thing for hooking up with handsets. Nah, it's not nearly as cool as having a ...

Bezos: second Kindle is “not that near,” Amazon to launch paid streaming VoD

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Filed under: Handhelds At All Things D today Mossberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos had a little discussion about digital media, which had a couple of decent nuggets. Check it out: On Kindle 2: "There will be a second version, a third version, a tenth version. ... but a ...

Robosoft shows off Microsoft Robotics Studio-based service robot

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Filed under: Robots It looks like France's Robosoft is keen on getting its robots into as many places as possible, with it now following up its RobuCab and RobuDog with a service robot designed to help the elderly and disabled. Like the RobuDog, this one makes heavy use of Microsoft Robotics ...

Sony’s Howard Stringer to show off new OLED TVs at D

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Filed under: Displays, HDTV The D conference is in full swing, and the next heavy hitter on deck is Sony CEO Howard Stringer, who's rumored to have a new Sony OLED display for Unkie Walt to play with. We're assuming it'll be a little bit bigger than the XEL-1, but Silicon ...