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Tech NewsTeach Your Aibo to Shred
It’s pretty absurd to buy your robotic dog it’s own skateboard. But then again it’s pretty absurd to even own a robotic dog in the first place. That said, I’m sure I’ll break down and buy one of these for my Aibo, as I’m sure it would make him very happy. Read [Via BoingBoing]
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Tom’s Hardware Sizes Up 15″ LCD Monitors
The third installment of Tom’s Hardware Guide’s detailed roundup of 15″ LCD displays. Their pick of the bunch is Samsung’s 152T (pictured at right): “Only one screen really stands out from the crowd, thanks to the quality of its images, the Samsung 152T. The image is as good as that of the best 17-inch CRTs.” … Continued
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Microsoft to Sell Bluetooth Keyboards and Mice
Bluetooth keyboards and mice are on the way from Microsoft. Their Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth which will include a keyboard, mouse, and a Bluetooth transceiver, and their Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth, will both hit stores next month. Looks like Bluetooth may finally gain some traction here in the US now. Read [Via PocketPCThoughts]
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CNET Likes LG’s New Color Cellphone
CNET really likes the new LG 5350 cellphone with a 120×133 pixel, 65,000 color screen. The 5350 operates on PCS Vision, Sprint’s high speed 3G network, but CNET notes, as several others have noticed, that surfing the web with PCS Vision isn’t any faster than it was on Sprint’s old 2G network. What gives? Read
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Minolta’s New Four Megapixel Camera
Digital Photography Review looks at Minolta’s new compact four megapixel digital camera, the DiMAGE F100. DPReview says that even though it’s aimed the consumer market, the F100 offers many of the same manual control and adjustable image processing capabilities of cameras aimed at the prosumer market. Read Amazon
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Single Speaker Surround Sound
A new single panel 5.1 channel surround sound system from Pioneer. The PDSP-1 is what they’re calling a “digital sound projector”, and it’s actually 254 tiny speakers grouped together which produce focused beams of sound that are projected all over the room. So now you can forget about the hassle of setting up speakers and … Continued
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Weighing In On Smart Display
Reader Bill Barnes writes in about Microsoft’s Smart Display technology. He disagrees with my assessment that Smart Display is doomed to fail, and that they might actually find some success. Here are some excerpts from his email: “The basic scenario is that you do most of your work at your desk. But it’s handy to … Continued
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The Treo 300 Brings Stewart Alsop Back to Sprint PCS
In his column for Fortune this month, Stewart Alsop recants his earlier vow to never use Sprint PCS again, and buys a Treo 300 mobile communicator which runs on Sprint’s high-speed (high-speed being a relative term) CDMA network. Read Amazon
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Add Pictures to Your Notes
A digital voice recorder from Olympus that takes low-res digital photos, and that lets you create slide shows with narration on the fly. I love the idea of taking a picture of something, and then being able to quickly record a little note reminding myself what it is I just took a picture of. There’s … Continued
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Free Wireless Modules for Handspring’s Visor
Turn your Visor into a wireless communicator for free. Handspring is offering Sprint PCS Wireless Digital Link Springboard modules, all you have to cover is the cost of shipping, which is about $8.50. You don’t even have to sign up for a service plan, though I’m not sure what you’d do with one of these … Continued
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Toshiba’s New Pocket PC
New Pocket PC from Toshiba, the e335, which has a 3.5-inch color screen, 300MHz processor, 32MB of flash ROM, and 64MB of memory. Retails for just $349 after rebate, looks like it’s pricing is intended as a pre-emptive strike against the new $299 Pocket PCs that are due from Viewsonic and Dell soon. Wait until … Continued
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Smart Displays Delayed
Microsoft’s Smart Display software, the OS for wireless flat-panel touchscreen monitors like Tablet PCs but aimed at the consumer market, has been delayed until next year, which means the critical Holiday shopping period will be missed. I’m not being mean to Microsoft to prove a point, at Mobius 2002 we got to see a lot … Continued
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This Four-in-One is Not For Anyone
TechTV review of Panasonic’s four-in-one SV-AV10, which combines a digital camera, a digital video recorder, a digital audio player, and a voice recorder. Sounds like a disappointing gadget all-around – low-res 640×480 still pics and it won’t play MP3s, only files converted into a protected format called SD audio. Read Amazon
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Another Inexpensive Tablet PC
While Microsoft told us at Mobius 2002 that they expected Tablet PCs to be priced from the “high teens” up to $3,000, Cabin Five is offering what it calls the Rosetta Tablet PC for just $999. The Rosetta runs the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition OS (not Windows CE), have an 800MHz Transmeta processor, a … Continued
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A $600 Tablet PC?
It’s not a true Tablet PC, since it’s not running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, but Frontpath’s discontinued Progear 1050HX, which runs Linux on a Transmeta processor can be found now for just $600. Original cost: $3,199. Speaking of the Tablet PC, apparently some online retailers are already selling the Acer Tablet PC. Anyone seen … Continued
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Gateway Goes Gadget Crazy
Gateway is going to start selling lots of gadgets besides PCs at chain of retail stores, including printers, digital cameras, camcorders, and MP3 players. And next month they’re introducing a 42-inch plasma television, which is a huge departure from their core business of selling computers. Read
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