The New AIBO

EdgeReview looks at the latest version of Sony‘s AIBO robotic dog, the ERS-220A. The most notable improvement is that this one can connect to a wireless LAN.

Wi-Fi Gets Wider

CNet is reporting that Intersil is releasing a new set of chips that should extend Wi-Fi’s range, and that doubles signal strength at the outer most limits of the network.

A Digital Camera in Every Cellphone?

Maybe Sony Ericsson are on to something. Infosync.no are reporting on a study just released by research firm Strategy Analytics that predicts that by 2007 one of every five cellphones will have an embedded digital camera, and that this will eat into sales of regular digital cameras.

A One Ounce MP3 Player

DesignTechnica has a review of the MPIO-DMK, a 3.2 inch long, 1.1 ounce MP3 player. You can check out the CNet review of the MPIO-DMK here, and JSIHardware‘s review here.

Tablet PC Makers Embrace a Dying Art: Handwriting

The New York Times has a great piece about tablet PCs and handwriting. The article discusses the general decline in handwriting skills, something I’ve noticed in myself these past few months. I can barely write by hand these days.

Pocket PC Phone Edition Debuts

VoiceStream has a new PDA/cellphone combo out called the Pocket PC Phone Edition. Looks like it’s designed to go head-to-head with Handspring‘s Treo.

Flattening Out

More news from Panasonic, this time courtesy of PCWorld. The company has begun shipping samples of flat-panel speakers which can be used in PDAs and cellphones. Mass production will begin in March of next year.

Sporty Digital Cameras

ZDnet has a roundup of sporty digital cameras.

Review of the Panasonic Palmcorder PV-DV952

TechnoFile has a review of the new Panasonic Palmcorder PV-DV952 digital camcorder, that comes with a 16MB smartcard for taking still pictures.

Faking Out Tourists to Promote a New Cellphone

Yet Another Storage Format for Digital Cameras

Portable DVD Player Roundup

Ric Danning, of the Louisville Courier-Journaldoes a roundup of portable DVD players in his weekly column. Don’t know how I missed this before, but Sony actually makes a DVD Walkman now! Where have I been?

Low-cost PCs get Pentium 4 Chips

CNet has a piece about how Micron and Gateway are using desktop processors in their laptops in order to drive down prices. A pretty savvy move, when you think about it, since consumers seem to prize chip speed over things like battery life.

HP’s New Digital Cameras and Printers

Another story from CNet, this one about HP‘s new line of printers and digital cameras aimed at consumers who want more professional quality images and prints.

An All-in-One LCD PC.

Elitegroup introduced today the Aio, an all-in-one PC with either a 15″ or 17″ LCD screen.

It’s All About the Hard Drives

SFGate has an article about the ever-shrinking hard-drives that are at hearts of so many of today’s gadgets. I never knew that the hard drive was invented in 1956.

Disposable Cellphones Coming Soon

They’ve been talking about disposable cellphones forever now, and supposedly they’re about to hit the market. CNN has a piece about Hop-On, which has apparently just won regulatory approval to sell barebones mobile phones, $40 for 60 minutes of air time. They look like crap.

DVD Recorders to Get Cheaper

EETimes has a piece about how the price of chip sets for DVD recorders is dropping, which should translate into $300 DVD recorders by the end of 2003.

Wi-Fi Cellphones

Qualcomm announced today that it is going to add Wi-Fi capabilties to its cellphones.

From the Clapper To a Universal Remote

I swear I never realized just how important the market for these universal remotes has become until today, when the New York Times ran its second piece about universal remotes in just three days. Maybe I should start Universal Remote Magazine to capitalize on what must be the massive interest in these gadgets.