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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on July 31, 2007
In case you have the gumption to watch videos while underwater, the Chinavision PMP allows you to do such a feat. I don't know how you'll hear them, but hey, at least you could take it white w...
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PC Hardware
by Mark Rollins on July 31, 2007
You know, it is not the most advanced gadgets that impress me the most. Usually, it's the most simple, something that I really should have built myself.
For example, the EzKEY combo mouse and ke...
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Just For Fun
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 31, 2007
What can you say about a small plastic aquarium with fake, plastic fish powered by a USB cable other than cool? Maybe it's a waste of space. A wasted USB port. Or you might be concerned that all t...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 30, 2007
Anyone who uses a computer, or a mobile gadget like a portable MP3 player, knows all about wires and what a pain they can be. Eventually, all those wires become tangled. Or, if they're on you, you...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on July 30, 2007
Brando, a company famed for making a lot of odd, yet useful tech products, as just made the Chromatic USB Hub. What is a Chromatic USB Hub, you might ask?
Well, it is a colorful way to expand your U...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 30, 2007
It appears that if you're going to make a camera, then you had better put some Portable Media Player action in it as well. In this case, the Samsung i85 takes pics and plays tunes.
The Samsung i...
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Networking
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 30, 2007
Wireless routers are pretty much all the same. They are boxes, possibly with these little antennas sticking out of them. They certainly aren't much to look at. And the blinking lights? They don...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 29, 2007
A problem that plagues many of us is the inability to plug in more than one or maybe two power bricks into a power strip. Power strips were designed for "normal" power cords, not the bricks ...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 28, 2007
Being a man, and seeing how I'd like to keep this family friendly, this is going to be difficult to describe tastefully. Let's just say if you're a woman, you hook this device up to your v...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on July 27, 2007
Personally, I wondered if we even need a HD video Walkman. I'm glad that Sony is ahead of the game with the Sony GV-HD700E.
The Sony GV-HD700E is equipped to play HDV 1080i and miniDV tapes, but...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on July 27, 2007
Ah, remember the 80's, with places called video arcades where you would feed giant machines all your allowance money?
The fun is back with DreamAuthenics Kantana, a video arcade console that all...
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Misc
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 27, 2007
Everything I'm hearing suggests that the first YouTube Democratic Debates was quite successful. What was unique about these debates-and why I am bringing it up on a tech/gadget blog-is that the qu...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on July 26, 2007
logitech can probably surf this Wave and gain maximum profits. All right, that was a terrible joke, but you got to admit that this Cordless Desktop Wave and Wave Keyboard is pretty...dare I say it? SE...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on July 26, 2007
I suppose that one day we will not need our Cardbus-interface external hard drives. Fortunately, Aska, a Japanese company, is prepared with the HD32F, a Cardbus that can attach via USB.
As for the s...
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Just Plain Weird
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 26, 2007
Us geek boys who grew up in the 1980s likely watched Short Circuit and/or the sequel. The original Short Circuit had ally sheedy in it-pretty enough to make any boy swoon. The true geeks were more int...
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Displays
by Mark Rollins on July 25, 2007
As if having the first Camera and Digital Frame Combo wasn't enough for Samsung, they also have the world's first DisplayPort lcd panel.
What is DisplayPort? It was recently approved by the ...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 25, 2007
Certainly you can see the practicality to the Samsung SS700, which is both a Camera as well as a digital picture frame. The designer, Jin Woo Han, figured why shoot and pics and mount them on differen...
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Events
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 25, 2007
The folks at Wired and voxpop.tv have come up with an interesting contest: The Greatest Gadget Of All Time Tournament. They took 64 gadgets from various points in time and set it up in an ncaa Final F...
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Peripherals
by Mark Rollins on July 24, 2007
Never underestimate the power of iTunes. I didn't think we were at that level, but Keyspan has developed the Tuneview, which allows you to control your iTunes music, videos, and everything else fr...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on July 24, 2007
Sony has had this Network Walkman NWD-B100 in the works for a while, and they've finally released pics of it. As you can see, you could easily mix this guy up with your thumb-drive.
It only play...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 24, 2007
As I predicted earlier, it appears that Amp'd Mobile customers won't be able to use their phones on competing mobile phone networks that use CDMA. Now to be fair, only Verizon and Sprint were ...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 24, 2007
The word on the street is that Amp'd Mobile is still going strong-for another week at least. If you look at the Amp'd Q&A page, you'll see the "potential suspending" date is ...
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General Cool Stuff
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 24, 2007
Toothbrushes seem like such low-tech affairs. You stick them in your mouth and you brush your teeth. Or if you want to get fancy, you can get an electric toothbrush that does some of the work for you....
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Games
by Mark Rollins on July 23, 2007
I always love to report on nintendo wii accessories, and in case you didn't know, Nintendo wants to mount their famed Wiimote on a video game gun called the Wii-Zapper.
This article is not about...
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In The Network
by Mark Rollins on July 23, 2007
I usually don't report on toys, because I happen to believe that everything gadget-related is a toy in some form. I also usually don't report on anything Hello Kitty related, since I'm not...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 23, 2007
Let's face it, not everyone out there obsessively charges their mobile phones like I do, nor do they have multiple phones they can use in case one dies. Even worse, sometimes the power goes out, o...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 22, 2007
MacWorld is reporting that unlike earlier reports where the iPhone was blamed for a bad WiFi experience on the Duke University campus, the iPhone had nothing to do with the problem. it's really a ...
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Mobile Phones
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 22, 2007
For those of you who used Amp'd Mobile as your service provider, you'd better find someone else. And quick!
The word from PhoneNews.com is that Amp'd Mobile will likely be shutting down o...
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Laptops
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 21, 2007
I realize this might not be news to some people, but it is to me. In fact, I stumbled across this when I was looking to check out the smaller 85Watt power bricks for the MacBook Pro that Engadget repo...
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Digital Cameras
by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on July 21, 2007
What's amazing to me is just how small and light camcorders have become over the years. I still have an old Sony Hi-8 unit we bought nearly 10 years ago. We never drag it out because it's so b...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on July 20, 2007
Ever knocked on a door, and looked into the peephole, as if you could see anything? Well, now there is the Tactical Door Viewer to allow you to channel your inner voyeur.
The Tactical Door Viewer wo...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 20, 2007
It appears that Blu-Ray is either the next DVD, and it will probably take me quite a while before I finally give in an buy one. For those who want to have the latest thing, you should probably look in...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 19, 2007
JVC has officially announced the unveiling of the Everio GZ-HD3. The Everio GZ-HD3 is a compact digital recorder that records onto a specially integrated 60GB hard drive or SDHC memory cards.
There a...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on July 19, 2007
For anyone who wants free long distance service, but doesn't want to pay monthly fees, The Ooma Hub is just the thing. You still have to pay an upfront fee of about $400 USD, but you'll be set...
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Desktops
by Mark Rollins on July 18, 2007
For those of you who enjoy that dual screen action, this dual screen computer is for you. You also might enjoy this little twist on the dual screen as the screens are up and over instead of side to si...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on July 18, 2007
I suppose there isn't any reason to do an article about the iPhone. The end of June was definitely Overkill, so it is no idea that there are some "indications" that a second-generation i...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on July 17, 2007
Until now, I never realized how much I hate normal oven doors. Especially when you open it up, and you get that real hot blast of air.
The Gaggenau BL 253 lift Oven makes that a thing of the past as...
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Laptops
by Mark Rollins on July 17, 2007
With this really hot summer at hand, I have found that I want to use my laptop less and less. It's all because it feels like I've got a hot cat on my lap that won't go away.
Well, I don&...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on July 16, 2007
I have seen a lot of dumb USB powered devices. A lot of them. However, I found the USB Can Cooler and Warmer to be easily one of the most useful. After all, nothing is worse than warm soda.
I am ass...
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Household Entertainment
by Mark Rollins on July 16, 2007
For those of you looking to purchase one of those HD projectors, the Dreamvision DreamBee may be the best on the market. Well, maybe not, but it's contrast ratio of 15,000:1 is pretty darn impress...
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General Cool Stuff
by Mark Rollins on July 13, 2007
When I first saw the words "Rock Tamashii", I thought it said "Rock Tamagotchi". Personally, I thought a Pet Rock would do that job, but this Rock Tamashii is anything but a virtua...
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PC Hardware
by Mark Rollins on July 13, 2007
For those of you who hate needing a certain amount of table space to get your mouse going, you might think the Logitech MX Air Mouse is the best thing to happen to mice since the scroller.
I never r...
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Handhelds
by Mark Rollins on July 12, 2007
I'm glad we live in an age that when we hear a song, we don't have to ask someone what it is. For example, the newest hit on the radio doesn't always get announced by DJ.
Fortunately, th...
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Games
by Mark Rollins on July 12, 2007
For those of you who play Mario Party 8 with a literal party might appreciate the Nyko Wii Party Station.
The Nyko Wii Party Station includes a base station that has a slot for four Wiimotes, with L...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 11, 2007
If you want to turn a photo in a 3-D version, but don't want to put on any goofy glasses, there is now the DIY 3-D Picture frame Kit.
The 3-D works using lenticular technology that you see on 3-...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on July 11, 2007
Traditionally, MP3 Players and Digital Audio Players have always been rectangular in shape. However, this concept design from Chris Williams takes DAP to a new level with a tube shape.
The tube shape...
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Portable Media Players
by Mark Rollins on July 10, 2007
My parents had a turntable, but I was fortunate enough to miss the age of the gramophone. However, it is amazing how things make a comeback, and the Phonophone is a definite nod to an antique age in t...
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Displays
by Mark Rollins on July 10, 2007
Perhaps it is our fondness for bigger electronic products that spawned this computer with a flatscreen 70 inch monitor. The gpnc 70-inch LCD PC looks like a TV set, but it apparently has a computer bu...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on July 9, 2007
It looks like Seattle Mariner fans and DS Lite players have found a common ground. Safeco Field in Seattle is offering services to spectators on their DS Lites.
For a fee of five dollars ($30 for te...
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on July 9, 2007
Even though Wildcharge advertises that their new Motorola RAZR wireless charging station is wireless, you can clearly see a wire involved. You definitely have to hook it up to some power source, but t...
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Handhelds
by Mark Rollins on July 9, 2007
The Nixon Lodown would be a little bit interesting if it allowed you to surf the web with your watch, but there are other products for that. As it is, it does help you surf.
The Nixon Lodown watch c...
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Cameras
by Mark Rollins on July 9, 2007
Minox is planning to release two new digital cameras in the near future. The DC 6033 WP and DC 7022 both have USB connectivity as well as PictBridge technology, so you can print directly from your cam...
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Speakers & Headphones
by Mark Rollins on July 5, 2007
These speakers from Ibiza do more than just play music, they also add to your outdoor décor as well. As you can see, these speakers create a very hypnotic light and mount conveniently on your wall.
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Mobile Phones
by Mark Rollins on July 5, 2007
The LG Chocolate was such a big seller that the iPhone doesn't even come close with its sales. So it seems only natural that Verizon is following the VX8500 success with the VX8550.
The new VX85...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on July 3, 2007
If you want to sell something in this day and age, you have to put an "i" or a "my" in front of it. I mean, I am really sick of the iPhone already. So I'm going to spotlight th...
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Mobile
by Mark Rollins on July 3, 2007
I never was a big fan of digital photo frames, but this new one from Pandigital could make me a primary buyer.
This model has onboard memory of 128MB to 256MB, which is pretty high for digital photo...
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