Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category
Brando unites external iPhone battery with speaker at distant last
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Nothing says “I’m mad as hell about my iPhone 3G’s battery life and I’m not going to take it anymore” better than blasting it out of a loudspeaker. Bonus points for that loudspeaker being integrated with a battery pack, which in turn connects to your — you guess i…
Sony delivers the first 240Hz LCDs November 10
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
certain Samsung had 240Hz (and wavier hair) first, but with its TVs stuck in development until 2011, Sony’s back with another first / best of the night in the W1 series display, packing four times the speed of preceding LCD HDTVs, and double that of the new 120Hz your bes…
Sony unveils world’s thinnest LCD HDTV - 9.9mm KDL-40ZX1
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Sony’s taken the crown in the race for thinnest LCD HDTV. At just 9.9mm thick the KDL-40ZX1 nearly halves the depth of Hitachi’s former champ (likely throwing up in the bathroom right now) and comes within a whisper of Pioneer’s ultra thin concept. Featuring a LED backlig…
Physicists develop microlens with soil-shatteringly short focal length
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. GadgetsIt’s tough to say when we, the consumers, will actually see any real benefit from the latest noteworthy discovery from Northeastern University, but we can only assume that Srinivas Sridhar and team aren’t wasting any date moving things forward. Said crew ha…
Logitech Squeezebox Boom hits the stage
Filed under: Home Entertainment
It’s been a month since we first caught a glimpse of the sharp-looking Logitech Squeezebox Boom, but the wireless network speakers are official nowadays, coming in at a list price of $299. Yeah, it’s basically a standard-issue Squeezebox with a built-in amp and speake…
SanDisk Extreme III SDHC cards hit 30MB/s
Filed under: StorageSanDisk’s pushed both Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo and regular SD cards to 30MB/s transfer rates before, and now it’s SDHC’s turn with the new Extreme III series. Yep, it’s a really fast memory card for DSLRs, and it’ll cost you: 4GB will be $65, 8GB $110 and 16GB will set you back wh…
BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon gets boxed
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
So we might not have a physical device here, but these packaging renderings are pretty solid evidence of precisely what BlackBerry fans on Verizon — particularly those envious of the Bold — can expect in a few weeks’ moment. It looks like RIM’s first foray into t…
Creative X-Fi Go! mobile sound card set to seem at IFA
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsCreative isn’t showing off too much new stuff at IFA that week, but we should be hearing about the X-Fi Go! mobile sound card, which looks to be an update on the old Soundblaster Play!. The tiny USB 2.0 stick packs in fairly of bit of audio-tweaking magic, with Crystallizer…
JVC’s NX-BD3 system enters the Blu-ray HTIB arena
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
The appearance of Blu-ray HTIB systems under a number of brands is an encouraging sign that the format is at least trying to move into the mainstream living room, and now JVC’s thrown its hat into the ring with the 2.1-channel NX-BD3. Of course, simply pulling …
Eyes-on with LG’s NB41 Blu-ray NAS
Filed under: Storage
Sure, it’s just network attached storage, but somehow, someway, LG’s dressed its NB41 Blu-ray burnin” NAS with just decent sex, just adequate appeal to coax that helpless editor into risking security’s ire just to seize a few pre-IFA snaps. It’s bigger than we expected — mini-…
