Gadget Reviews and Tech Updates

LED backlight deals point to 13.3-inch Apple ultraportable

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:32:00 +0000

Right now you could scrawl “ultraportable” with a sharpie on an apple in your local grocery store, and before you got to the checkout there’d be analysts, journalists and the generally hopeful clustering around begging for a super-compact notebook from Cupertino’s most famous…

iPhone Talk

Asus Eee PC hacked with 16GB and Bluetooth

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:10:12 +0000

A “Jonhx” user at forum.eeeuser.com did a mod on his EEE PC to increase the storage to 16GB and add Bluetooth connectivity. He used the internal USB ports, a Microsoft Bluetooth Adapter and a Corsair Voyager 16GB USB drive ($150) for that mod. that is a perilous mod and you should attem…

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WoW Laptop by Dell for $4,450

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:46:36 +0000

Dell is coming up with a super-high-end laptop with the WoW (world of warcraft) theme. Customers can choose the “Horde” or “Alliance” camp. Now it is not only good looking (if you are a WoW fan, that said), it additionally have decent horsepower to get most games to run smoo…

Gaming

Power-Generating Billboard From PG&E

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:59:40 +0000

Here is an interesting view: a solar billboard that generates 3.4Kw of electricity during the day (that’s in peak conditions, I guess) and sends it back to the grid. At night, it does consume electricity, plus from the grid, to light itself. However, it produces more energy than it uses hence…

Solar

Remote Controlled Metal Detector Car

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:46:38 +0000

This remote-controlled (R/C) car is equipped with a metal detector that will beep when in proximity of metallic objects. It’s probably not the most efficient treasure-hunter tool, but whether you are not going to a fortune, you might as well have fun instead. It might be a good beach toy, alth…

Gadgets

Cigarette Lighter Flashlight

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:44:15 +0000

There are times that I wished I had a flashlight in my car: to scope house numbers in a dark street or to look at something underneath a seat, among other things. The concept of having a flashlight that plugs into the car’s cigarette lighter is cool – even whether you leave it for a whil…

Transportation

Pepsi’s Billion Free Tunes on Amazon

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:33:23 +0000

Of course, you’ll have to work a little for it and… drink some Pepsi. The promo cipher will be in Pepsi’s bottle-cap, an age-old promotional tool for Pepsi and rival Coca-cola. But that’s not it, you will need five caps to get one free download… Yikes, that’s p…

General

Podium Model 1 flat panel speakers

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:47:46 +0000

The Podium Model 1 flat panel speakers do not look like speakers at all, but instead will probably be mistaken for a lowly room divider instead. Retailing for a whopping $8,000 per pair, the Podium 1 speakers radiate sound from both front and rear surfaces, and audio emitted from it sounds more lik…

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HTC Touch Clone with GPS

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:44:50 +0000

Named SSG730, that GSM phone is a clone of the HTC Touch, currently sold by Sprint in the U.S. Obviously, it differs from the Sprint version considering the SSG730 is a GSM world phone, but plus considering it has an integrated Sirf III GPS Chip, and a fingerprint reader.
It runs on Windows Mobile…

CellPhones

Elecom ASP-S750 speakers

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:40:59 +0000

Elecom released its ASP-S750 speakers that take on a really unconventional design route. Targeting both MP3 player and computer markets, these active speakers look as though they’re shooting sound outwards thanks to the rectangular cannon-like design factor. Both speakers will be able to deliver an …

Computers