This is just too cute. Someone is selling these lego men with their own little 4G iPod.
They are already out of stock on this but hopefully they will have more soon. This can make a great gift for that special gadgeteer in your life.
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PodBrix . 1000 brix in your pocket
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It may come as a surprise to many that the new Xbox 2/Xbox 360 will be coming out with a regular dvd drive in order to keep costs down and get the console out in time.
This will be interesting as it would have been awesome to use the Blu-ray or HD dvd discs and see what kind of games could fit on there.
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Microsoft may snub Blu-Ray for old format
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PC World has a semi great review of hte IRiver mp3 player.
It has some great features that I had wished the iPod would have like the inline recording, FM radio as well as a replaceable battery.
Oye vay. Go check it out.
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PCWorld.com - First Look: IRiver Scores with New MP3 Player
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Want a Tivo for your radio? First you’d have to get XM satellite radio service and buy this not so little gadget. This XM player by Delphi shows what’s to come from gadget makers. This player allows you to listen to your tunes anywhere, from in the car, walkin’ around and in your house. This way you’re getting your money’s worth.
If you haven’t heard about satellite radio, then this little piece isn’t for you. The only thing that is really great about satellite radio service is that it’s essentially commercial free. With regular radio, you have 20 minutes of ads per hour. That’s a lot of ads. Satellite radio on the other hand doesn’t have this problem. This is really awesome for people like me that get antsy when an ad comes on and jumping around from station to station, with the ultimate slap in the face being when all of the presets are on commercials.
My one gripe with the service is that it’s pretty expensive. Not the service so much, but the cost of the equipment. They haven’t figured out how to subsidize the cost of the equipment in the monthly fees yet. That would really make the service take off. I would be cool to get it if I could pay a couple bucks more per month for the service, but get the equipment for free, like the MyFi player. Then I wouldn’t mind so much.
The best thing that could happen though on top of the subsidized equipment would be for XM and Sirius radio to get together and share their programming. That’d be kick ass. That would be the ultimate in satellite radio.
But what’s better than that? Satellite radio+satellite tv service coupled to a MyFi like device with equipment that is subsidized. Now that would totally rock! Imagine a player that can do both. Now imagine a service that doesn’t cost that much more because the satellite tv company bought the satellite radio company and is just making the service another add-on.
Enough dreaming. For now, if you have a penchant of changing stations and want something that is fun and commercial free choose satellite radio. Now your only problem would be which service to get.
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C|Net has a great article about people wanting quieter computers.
Really? No kidding! This could be the new way manufacturers will compete from now on. Along with form factor. Computer manufacturers will go from processing speed to silence.
Yes form factor will also come into play, but not as much as the sound of a whirring machine under the desk. For instance, I mostly use my laptop because it’s quieter than using my desktop. What’s interesting is that my laptop and desktop are about the same in terms of specs, but the laptop is so much quieter. I can’t stand the sound of the fan from my desktop.
As computers have moved to faster and hotter processors and video cards are now coming with their own fans, it’s only normal to have a computer that sounds like a jet engine. Unless you want to spend a few hundred (at least) on bigger heat sinks or on a water cooler. But most of these are add-ons unless you buy your machine from a specialized place, like Alienware.
In the next couple of years, I expect to see computers that wil come with decibel (db) ratings saying how quiet they are in lieu of the current speed ratings.
I want my quiet machine now! But until sound deadening devices become a norm, I will just wait and see.
One thing to note is how Apple has made the G5 machines super quiet by designing the machine so that it utilizes its many fans to move the heat and still keep it quiet, vs the current method of really having just one big fan to dissipate all of the heat.
Everyone should copy Apple’s G5 design, or at least put more into the design of the inside of a computer to effectively move heat, to make life less noisy.
Remember what the movie’s say: Silence is golden. In this case, it can be worth billions.
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C|Net
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The wonderful world of Engadget has some interesting specs and possible images of the new HP Mobile messenger. It looks like the Tungsten Series by PalmOne but its being setup as a possible Treo killer.
This one has some interesting specs such as the SDIO, mini SD and a 1.3 mp camera.
It will sport bluetooth as well. The phone support will be off of GSM, so we’ll see who will carry this.
The phone itself looks pretty cool. We’ll have to see what it really looks like and what hte true specs will be and what the performance will be. The only way I’d go with this guy over a Treo is if it’ll cost under $299 retail.
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HP hw6500
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Now that PalmOne has released their GSM and GSM unlocked versions of the wildly popular Treo 650, I am guessing they had to drop the ball somehow. And they did BIG time. The way they did it was by increasing the price of the unlocked version from $599 to $699. WTF? I am thinking that PalmOne wanted to increase their profits seeing how people were waiting to buy the damn thing. But what they probably didn’t count on was that this would really turn people off. Seriously, I know I was waiting to get it, if it weren’t for the lack of built in wifi, and better camera, but if I were really inclined to, I would have bought the thing for $599, but at $699, no freegin way. That’s a mental barrier for me. I mean I got a powerful ass Dell Axim x50v for less than that. Sure it doesn’t let me talk on the phone, but dang, with everything I can do with it really doesn’t matter. I have a great little cell phone that I got for $50. Total cost is still less than the Treo 650.
I don’t know what PalmOne was thinking. Other than the fact that there is probably someone out there that is wantonly sabotaging the company by turning fans of the Treo line to other possible solutions, like the HP hw line that is supposedly coming out soon.
Let’s wait and see what PalmOne will do.
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Treonauts
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If you’re looking to get an Apple laptop, amazon.com has some 12 inch ibooks for sale for $899. It’s towards the low end of the specs, but it’s still a great price for an Apple laptop.
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apple ibook
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With most cellphones coming out having an integrated camera, I guess it was just going to take some time to get one with a camcorder.
Whats the difference between a camera phone that can take video as opposed to a camcorder phone?
Good question. The difference lies in the sensor for taking the picture. If I’m not mistaken, and someone can correct me on this, most camera phones use a CMOS sensor which is ok, but doesnt give the best in video quality. This camcorder phone will use a CCD sensor which is better for taking video. I forget what they stand for but if you google it, you can find out. I’m too lazy and it’s too late to do that right now.
So check it out!
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:: Phones : Curitel Will Introduce Camcorder-Like PH-L4000V Mobile Phone
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