Newgen Keyless Candybar Phone December 5, 2005
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Newgen’s latest PDA, called the T3, is a standard candybar cell sans keypad. The company seems to like to stick to touchscreens on their products (like the earlier edition, the T1), so it’s up to you whether you think you can get used to the idea. The T3 also comes with a 2.2 inch TFT LCD, 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and 3D stereo speakers. Of course, there are a few keys hanging around, like the one for unlocking the display, and some shortcut keys on the side. One caveat: the T3 has only 64 megabytes of built-in memory and with no Bluetooth or IR, it can only transfer data via USB.
Newgen T3, the candybar handset without any keys [Phoneyworld]
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Verizon V3c RAZR Coming Tomorrow December 5, 2005
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Verizon announced today that its online store will begin offering the Motorola RAZR V3c tomorrow, with the phones arriving in retail stores around December 12th. This updated RAZR, originally announced in November, features a 1.3 megapixel camera, 30MB of internal storage, Bluetooth and also supports Verizon’s EV-DO V-Cast network. It can be good as yours for 200 bones after a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract.
Verizon To Offer V3c RAZR Tomorrow [MobileBurn]
Nokia N90 Video Goodness? December 5, 2005
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Sick of hearing about the Nokia N90 yet? Well, we aren’t—we love this thing. The N90 features Zeiss Optics with its camera that is supposedly way better than the average bear. Some European bloggers gave these Zeiss Optics a test run by recording a Jamaican reggae band in Portugal, then uploaded the video for all to see. This could be a biased video because the lighting is less than mediocre, regardless it is pretty decent quality for a small camera phone.
Nokia N90 Video Samples [I4U]
Victoria’s Secret Show Gets HD Diss December 5, 2005
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It’s true. If you’ve had your heart set on watching next Tuesday’s broadcast of the Victoria’s Secret lingerie Fashion Show in HD, you’ll have to set your willies to half mast and deal with standard definition from CBS. Obviously, it’s ok to watch Andy Rooney in all his HD glory, but lingerie doesn’t seem to rate high enough. We’re thinking that maybe HDTV wouldn’t do the girls as well as you might expect, and to keep you dogs lusting after these perfect bodies, it’s better to tone down this broadcast. It’s no secret that many celebrities have been complaining about wrinkles and skin imperfections when they’re on HDTV, so maybe Giselle’s got some unwanted cellulite we don’t know about (god, I hope so) and we KNOW Tyra has a ‘stache. Anyhow, sorry boys. It’s a done deal this year, though for some reason, I’m sure you’ll still enjoy the show.
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show faux-pas [HD Beat]
Stars Looking Bad in HDTV: Silly Talk or Serious Issue? [TV Predictions]
Sony’s PSP Graffiti Is Pissing People Off December 5, 2005
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Sony has been trying to break into street team urban advertising with their annoying PSP graffiti. They’ve been putting this artwork up in major cities like Philadelphia, NYC, Miami, and others. I’ve seen this stuff around Philly and it looks absolutely retarded, so it should come as no suprise that graffiti artists are taking matters into their own hands by tagging over the pre-made Sony art and leaving their own tags that pretty much say “Bite me.” The resulting imbroglio is almost enough to turn me off my Lumines!
Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti [Wired]
Al Gore’s Perfect Gift: Jimi Wallet December 5, 2005
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Okay, I have no information that Al Gore even knows that this product exists. But it is the perfect gift for our former Veep. It’s boring, for one thing. But also environmentally friendly and high tech. The Jimi is made of 100% recycled, semi-transparent plastic, and its manufacturer promises to put 1% of its profits back into the environment somehow (and a promise is a promise). Why not just buy a hemp wallet instead, you say? To make Jimi a bit more interesting, you can remove the included money clip (because who really needs one of those inside a wallet?) and replace it with a specially-designed insert that will hold 2 SD cards and 2 SIM cards. Comes in this aqua color as well as magenta, orange, smoke and clear finishes. Goes for about $35 $14.95—what a steal.
See you, Jimi! [T3]
Dell Prepares To Show Off His Big Monitor December 5, 2005
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It’s no secret that Dell is trying to re-invent itself these days, so it’s no surprise to hear rumours of a 30-inch widescreen display from the computer company—obviously being made to go head-to-head with Apple’s high-end 30” Cinema Display LCD. As of now, the new monster product is being called the 3007WFP and comes with a 14ms response time, 700:1 contrast ratio, 400cd/m2 brightness, and a native res of 2560x1600. It may also come with 4 USB ports and a 9-in-1 media reader. Look for this around December 21, assuming everything goes as planned.
Dell preparing a 30” widescreen monster?
TiVoToGo 4 Mac Soon? Please? December 5, 2005
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I mean I love me some TiVo, but some of the stupidest stuff gets in the way of my life—no Ethernet port and some of the most gimped-out Mac support in all the land. Well, looks like at least one of my prayers will be answered—TiVoToGo is coming out with full Mac support in early 2006.
"TiVo on Monday said it will begin testing the enhanced TiVoToGo feature in the coming weeks with a select group of TiVo Series2 subscribers who own an Apple video iPod or PSP devices."
How do they know? They’re following us, aren’t they?
Xbox 360 Notification Service December 5, 2005
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I know, you’re still hurt and weepy from a week without an Xbox 360—and yet you didn’t succumb to the schemers selling the consoles on eBay. Well check out Notify360.com. This service, which tracks online retailers for Xbox 360 boxes, will alert you when they come back on sale. The catch? There are three levels of service: Silver is free and you’ll get an email within 30 minutes to one email address; Gold is £18 and you’ll get that email in up to three places in just 15 minutes with an additional £6 Amazon.com gift certificate; and Platinum is £35, giving you instant notification at up to 5 email addresses, also with the £6 gift certificate. Oh, and by the way, there are only 2,000 spots available in the Platinum level. The notification will be an actual link to the product page of the store that is selling it and if it’s sold out by the time you get there, well at least you will keep getting inbox alerts. Now doesn’t that make you feel a whole lot better?
This service definitely borders on fishy. But it looks like the Best Buy Xbox 360 Inventory Google Map is out of commission—so the options for finding an Xbox 360 are limited. Still, where have all the good samaritan programmers gone?
Get Notified The Minute XBOX360 Consoles
Go On Sale At Major Online Retailers! [Notify360]
[Thanks Ian!]
iTower Looms over Competition December 5, 2005
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Well, it’s big, I’ll give you that. And because it’s designed specifically for the iPod, the iTower will be bought by at least 3 billion people. The speaker system, featuring a 42-inch tall and 9-inch wide tower with built-in subwoofer and four aluminum cone speakers, comes with a wireless remote and several Zipconnect cables for compatibility with any flavour iPod you may have. It’s designed to be paired with Apple’s MP3 player—as if the “i” didn’t tell you that already—but a standard cable allows you to plug in any old digital music player through the headphone jack. Available at Sharper Image for £115. If you want more than one, additional iTower’s go for around £58 each.
42 inches tall iTower Ipod Speaker System [New Launches]
Snowboard Cap Hardens On Impact December 5, 2005
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I missed the announcement of this snowboarding ribcap from the UK-based materials design company d3o when it came out in October. It’s made with “intelligent molecules” that harden on impact. Sounds a bit iffy—don’t you want the thing to harden just slightly before impact? But apparently it works, because they’ve used the product in many test-falls and everyone is amazed at how well it protects the noggin’ (that, or the concussion is making them all really st00pid). The company also makes shoes and sports gear, and they're available for around £40.
Ribcap [Product Page (via LiveScience)]
How to not tell time December 5, 2005
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Why do we wear watches? For most of us, the answer is to tell time. But for all of you out there who insist on being 'different' and just can't stand the fact of conforming to the crowd, we have a watch for you. It tells time, but it doesn't. Meaning, by the time you figure out what time it is with this watch, it'll probably be much too late anyway.
It works with 2 rows of LED lights that will light up according to the time. There's a code to work out, so you can figure out what time it is, but really, in this highly advanced day and age, where we have clocks that show us the time in nice, big, easy to read numbers, binary time reading is not necessary. So why even bother writing about it? Because it's waterproof! Obviously.
Being timelessly clueless will cost you £84.99. Check it out here.
Old Skool Bling December 5, 2005
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Is there nothing safe from gold-plating? Check out this piece of gaming history, all tricked out the hopelessly tasteless. The Golden GameBoy, targeted at "the man who has everything" (except this) weighs in at an impressive, 27oz or 1.5lbs, thanks to the solid 18K yellow gold. It measures 6 x 3.6 x 1.5in, has diamonds set on the On/Off button and Pave diamonds round the display. The company says it is an “Unbelievable Conversation Piece” but I think it’s unbelievably tacky. The upside is that it costs about £13,000 so virtually no one you know or are likely to meet, will have one. Or dare to take it out on the Tube. Via Engadget.
Xbox 360s gone, all gone December 5, 2005
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December 2 came and went. For Xbox 360 fans, that day lasted just a few minutes because despite queuing for many, many hours, there was nothing to buy. UK retailers confirmed that stocks ran out within hours - those that didn't get beaten to a pulp, that is. Other, less-loved-by-Microsoft retailers, lasted just minutes. One poor gamer managed to get up early, rush to his local Currys and be very happy to land fifth place in the queue. Pity the store only had four Xbox 360s. Tales of woe like this are littering the Web forums right now. The rest of the Web – especially Ebay – is littered with lots of Xbox 360s going for double and treble the list price. The sad thing is that they are going like hotcakes - whatever they are. See for yourself.
iPod dock for audiophiles December 5, 2005
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We’ve seen the dinky, average iPod docking devices offering average sound reproduction but apparently that’s just not good enough for you ‘discerning listeners’. Then, you may be happy to hear that quality hi-fi company Xitel has entered the fray with its very own dock for audiophiles. Here’s the marketing guff.
“The HiFi-Link for iPod lets you combine the versatility of your iPod with the power of your home stereo. Its unique dock configuration greatly extends your iPod’s connectivity, allowing it to seamlessly integrate with anything from a top-of-the-line surround sound system through to a simple boombox or powered speakers.”
Now the good bit. It supports both iPod audio and video transfer. That’s right, it has a buffered video output with gold-plated composite jack for watching those iPod-stored movies or photos on the big screen. As for audio, there’s the gold-plated studio-rated RCA sound cable and TruBass sound processing from SRS Labs. That said, an LCD remote would have been nice. The cost of all this gold and audio excellence? About £60. Not too shabby, at all.
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