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Gateway's Connected DVD Player
They're not the first ones to come out with a networkable DVD player (even though that's what they're claiming), but Gateway's new Connected DVD Player can hook up to a home network over Ethernet or 802.11b and stream video and video stored on your PC's hard drive.Read
Laptops / PCs
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Apple's tablet Mac
Ever since the Tablet PC came out last fall, there have been rumors that Apple would try and one-up the PC world and come out with its own tablet-style computer, and now TaiwanHighTech.com is reporting that Apple has contracted Quanta to build a 15-inch tablet computer. Given how many graphic designers and other creative-types gravitate towards Macs, a Tablet Mac seems like a natural fit for Apple. And the unexpectedly high sales of the Tablet PC probably hasn't escaped their attention either.Read [Thanks, William]
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First Fastap handsets
Unlike our transatlantic pals - who rarely make actual phone calls these days if they can get away with it - we almost never send text messages, mainly because we find tapping away on a cellphone keypad to be a major annoyance. Fitting a full alpha-keyboard into a handset isn't easy, but it looks like Digit Wireless has done it with the Fastap, which intersperses lowered number keys between raised letter keys. MobileBurn was able to play with a Panasonic GD87 handset modified for use with a Fastap keypad, and confirms that the first phones featuring the new keypad will start appearing by the end of the year.
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Radar detector with GPS
Joi Ito points us to one gadget that Bandit (as in "Smokey and the") could have really used: the CellStar SKY-230DL, a radar detector with built-in GPS.It knows where speed traps are and lets you know 2 km before you get there. (In Japan, we have automated speed traps that take your picture and send you the ticket in the mail.) It also lets you program new information. For the tunnel exit based traps, it lets you know before you enter the tunnel, etc. It also detects police radio and figures out whether they are heading towards you in the same direction or on the other side of the road. It has a variety of special warnings for stealth pulse radar detection, etc. These things have come a long way since the last radar detector I bought.
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Will personal video players replace MP3 players?
Will personal video players replace MP3 players? Bill Howard thinks it's time for electronics manufacturers to concede that iPod has won that war, and move onto the next battleground: portable video players like the Archos AV 320, which have large hard drives and small LCD screens for watching movies and TV shows while on the go. There's still time for somebody to come out with a category-defining personal video player (Samsung, we're looking in your general direction). But if history is any guide, Apple will probably come out with a killer video iPod next year and dominate that field as well.Read
Flexis keyboard for Smartphones
A new flexible, waterproof keyboard for Orange's SPV and SPV E100 Smartphones that can roll up and fit in your pocket.
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A new flexible, waterproof keyboard for Orange's SPV and SPV E100 Smartphones that can roll up and fit in your pocket.
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A handheld printer from PrintDreams that works by being moved over a piece of paper by hand. The PrintBrush, as it's called, uses a technology called Random Movement Printing to take into account the movement of the hand when printing ink onto paper:
The PrintBrush
A handheld printer from PrintDreams that works by being moved over a piece of paper by hand. The PrintBrush, as it's called, uses a technology called Random Movement Printing to take into account the movement of the hand when printing ink onto paper:Internet content, SMS, pictures and other information is downloaded to the PrintBrush from PDAs, mobile phones and laptop computers via a Bluetooth wireless link. Then, by following the RMPT principle the device is hand operated by sweeping it across any type of print media, no matter what its shape, size or thickness. The printout will then start to appear right behind the sweeps. The device takes into account all the parameters of the hand movement, including rotation and sudden changes of speed and acceleration. The resulting image on the printed media is very much like its digital counterpart.Read [Via BoingBoing]
Back up
Looks like we're back up and that we successfully made the transition to the new server. Though things are going to look a bit weird for the next few hours while we sort everything out.
Looks like we're back up and that we successfully made the transition to the new server. Though things are going to look a bit weird for the next few hours while we sort everything out.
New Server
This is a test entry to prove that the new server is up.
This is a test entry to prove that the new server is up.
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Moving to a new server
We, along with our sibling site, Gawker, are moving to a new server over the weekend. Since we might experience some interruption to our email, for the next few days, send any email to gizmodo@peterrojas.com. But if it could wait until Monday, that'd be great.
Laptops / PCs
Review of Sony's new ultralight laptop
Walt Mossberg takes on Sony's new ultralight laptop, the Vaio PCG-TR1A, proclaiming it, "an impressive little machine." The WiFi-enabled PCG-TR1A (which looks like a slightly different version of the PCG-TR1 which just came out in Japan), weighs 3.1 pounds, is about the size of hardcover book, and has a 900MHz Centrino processor, 512MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, a DVD/CD-RW drive, and a built-in digital camera (which Mossberg isn't particularly fond of).Read
