Panasonic holds live tru2way demonstration on TH-50PZ80Q plasma (Friday 05th of September 2008 10:46:00 PM)
Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment
They said they were going to do it, and do it they
did. While Samsung's tru2way "demonstration" was barely more than a hack job used to show off
what the mechanics was about, Panasonic demoed the real deal at ...
(more)Toshiba's SD Multi Tool and SD Photo Editor are a nice, touchable surprise (Sunday 31st of August 2008 12:27:00 PM)
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Handhelds
Toshiba is charity up a nice respite from the inane
quantity of LCDs and, um, more LCDs at IFA this year. The SD Multi Tool and the SD Photo Editor
are two touchable handhelds, beneficence up some beefy lineaments ...
(more)Nabaztag's Violet debuts "Mirror" general-purpose home RFID reader (Saturday 30th of August 2008 02:10:00 PM)
Filed under: Peripherals
While we'll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies, the company is
branching out into a more direct RFID application. The Mirror RFID reader is a USB-pluggable
little platter that can read RFID tags and launch an assigned action ...
(more)Samsung YP-Q1 and YP-U4 get an infuriating hands-on (Friday 29th of August 2008 05:40:00 PM)
Filed under: handy Audio, haulable Video
In a dazzling attempt at making us afraid to pick up
another Samsung DAP ever again, Samsung's set-up for its new YP-Q1 and YP-U4 players was in the
ass end of the huge Samsung hall at IFA, with lights enough ...
(more)Video: Sony's 200Hz MotionFlow Bravia Z4500 tricks kids into sitting even closer to the TV (Thursday 28th of August 2008 02:20:00 PM)
Filed under: Displays, HDTVThe wraps are off and we've had a chance to get eyes on with Sony's
new Bravia Z4500 1080p LCD. While Japan unveiled the world's first MotionFlow 240Hz set, this
is similar, just 40 frames per second slower. That didn't stop ...
(more)Eyes-on Toshiba's new XD-E500 upconverting DVD player (Tuesday 19th of August 2008 08:44:00 PM)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Yes, Toshiba seems resigned to some sort of HD disc-free
existence, as it continues to mope about HD DVD's loss to Blu-ray and refrains from releasing a
player for the once rival format, but let's set all aside for ...
(more)Gateway P-7811FX gaming laptop unboxing and hands-on (Wednesday 13th of August 2008 11:20:00 PM)
Filed under: Gaming, Laptops
Right on schedule, Gateway has set free its P-7811 FX gaming
laptop, and we got our hands on one right before you can get your own. Our test unit shipped
with the aforementioned Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.26GHz with a 3MB ...
(more)Lenovo IdeaPad hands-on (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 02:12:00 AM)
Filed under: Laptops
We got to mess around with Lenovo's new IdeaPad lineup tonight -- those
new ThinkPads were mysteriously absent, however -- and while we'd say Lenovo is playing it
pretty safe at the moment, we still like what we see. The hinge design ...
(more)D-Link DSM-210 unboxing, hands-on, and mini-review (Thursday 10th of July 2008 02:47:00 PM)
Filed under: Displays
When we first heard D-Link was sending its new DSM-210 digital network
Photo Frame our way, we'll admit we had some pretty Star Trekkian visions of what it might
entail. The device -- which is a 10-inch, 800 x 480 LCD display with ...
(more)Garmin Nuvifone touched, prodded, abused, initial UI reports are positive (Tuesday 17th of June 2008 05:22:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS
It's about time someone got his hands on a working Garmin
Nuvifone. The folks at Laptop circular were lucky enough to spend some time with a prototype,
reporting that the menu-driven interface was snappy, the screen is nice ...
(more)Sony TG3E: world's smallest 1080i camcorder unboxed, sized-up with 720p champ (Friday 02nd of May 2008 11:10:00 AM)
Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV, wieldy Video
Get a load of what just arrived at the
doorstep of our continental HQ -- the world's smallest 1080i camcorder, Sony's TG3E. contrarily
known as the TG1 in the US, this pup is small and sturdy and definitely ...
(more)Hands-on with the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition (Tuesday 01st of April 2008 11:45:00 PM)
Filed under: Handhelds, Wireless
Having trouble telling the difference between this and a
garden-variety N810? Yeah, don't worry about it -- that's okay, and it's literally by design.
We had an fling* to tool around with Nokia's just-announced N810 WiMAX ...
(more)HTC Shift hands-on (Friday 28th of March 2008 11:05:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, Handhelds, Tablet PCs
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'http://digg.com/gadgets/HTC_Shift_hands_on'; HTC's Shift finally launched in the US this week,
and what do you know, we landed one to check out. Sure as hell ain't too shabby for a UMPC, but
while ...
(more)Heads-on with OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator (Tuesday 04th of March 2008 08:10:00 PM)
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
If the Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) from OCZ could really
read thoughts, it'd be a little disappointed right now. In our short time with the "brain
mouse" controller, we had some difficulty figuring out what exact "thoughts" ...
(more)Touch Table EES "edutainment system" is large, edutaining (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 06:21:00 PM)
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, Household
We're blown away by how much of a behemoth
ToyQuest's Touch Table EES unit is, but perhaps that's what kids are into these days. The
"table" is really a swiveling TV with touch capabilities and some edutainment ...
(more)Geotate wants to geotag the world (Friday 01st of February 2008 12:19:00 AM)
Filed under: Digital Cameras, GPS
The climax of an diversely lackluster PMA 2008 came not from
Nikon, Canon, or any of the other big name companies, but rather General Imaging: GE's new
camera division announced that it will release one of the world's ...
(more)Hands-on with the EchoStar TR-40 and TR-50 converter boxes (Monday 07th of January 2008 09:29:00 PM)
Filed under: CES, Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just like you heard from the press
conference, EchoStar is showing off a couple of new analog converter boxes. While this kind of
device doesn't have a place with DISH, splitting off EchoStar gives ...
(more)Hands-on with HD video podcasts on an HD TiVo (Monday 07th of January 2008 10:56:00 PM)
Filed under: CES, Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
There's no question that the we love TiVo
around here, but that doesn't mean we're afraid to point out its faults. Currently one of our
biggest gripes is that TiVo doesn't always get HD and this isn't ...
(more)Palm Foleo: the exclusive first and final hands-on (Thursday 27th of December 2007 05:09:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Features, Handhelds
The irony is so thick we're almost drowning in it,
but we had to see this thing through to the end.Back in 2005 we got a once in a lifetime scoop
-- the Treo 700w -- that proved once and for ...
(more)Hands-on with BetaBlue, JetBlue's WiFi-equipped Airbus (Tuesday 11th of December 2007 04:53:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, Transportation, Wireless
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'http://digg.com/tech_news/Hands_on_with_BetaBlue_JetBlue_s_WiFi_equipped_Airbus_3'; Generally
we're the type to pass out the second we've stowed our carry-on items safely in the overhead
bin, ...
(more)Pleo unboxing, er, hatching -- photos and video (Tuesday 04th of December 2007 12:11:00 AM)
Filed under: Features, Robots
Hard to believe it's been almost two years since Ugobe's Pleo was
first announced, but today one of our very own showed up at our doorstep, sweet as a newborn
(new-hatched?) Camarasaurus. Pleo's synonyms: absolutely undergone ...
(more)Hands-on with Alienware's Area-51 m15x and m17x laptops (Monday 19th of November 2007 07:51:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, Laptops
These two were no secret, but Alienware hosted a press event
this morning to finally confirm its Area-51 m15x and m17x laptops. While Alienware design is
still a bit of a love it or hate it affair, it's clear that some thought ...
(more)Hands-on with Savant's $35000 ROSIE Coffee Table (Saturday 08th of September 2007 02:31:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Savant's ROSIE Coffee Table seemed like it would be a mighty
fine addition to any geek's den, and after seeing one in person, our hunch has been
substantiated. The table was on display and constantly surrounded by onlookers ...
(more)Xbox 360 Chatpad and headset hands-on, impressions (Tuesday 04th of September 2007 07:11:00 PM)
Filed under: Features, Gaming, Peripherals
So we snagged off the record an Xbox 360 crier Kit
(aka Chatpad + Chatpad headset), unboxed the hell out of it, and here's what we think:
Blister packs suck. Microsoft, we're sick of 'em.
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(more)Hands-on with GamePark's GP2X F-200 (Sunday 02nd of September 2007 01:13:00 AM)
Filed under: Features, Gaming, Handhelds
Confessions up front: we're pretty hot for any device
that sports some sort of console emulator, so when faced with GamePark Holding's GP2X, which
currently boasts of SNES, NES, Genesis, MAME and quite a few other ...
(more)Hands-on with Venzero's entire vapor-less lineup (Monday 03rd of September 2007 04:29:00 AM)
Filed under: Features, transportable Audio, carriageable Video
We like to give Venzero a hard
time about appearing completely sketch and vaporware-ish in most of its product announcements
and subsequent delayed releases, but it turns out the company very ...
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