Motorola is notorious for their craptacularly sluggish software, and the Z6 comes loaded with a new, faster, crisper operating system. The other surprising thing is the interesting backside behind the slider, and the fact you have to hold the camphone like a digicam (landscape) to shoot. Cool.
Here is an overview of the coolest/sexiest/most useful VoIP gadgets for 2007, in the following categories: handsets, wireless, mice, headsets, keyboards, mp3 players, adapters, and ‘other fun stuff’.
The images pumped out from the HD-XA2 and displayed on the Mitsubishi 1080p DLP set were so vivid and like-like that they looked like top-quality, true 35/70mm feature films shown at your local multiplex. All selections had a true film-like quality with superlative HD imagery. That’s how good the image quality was from the HD-XA2.
You saw the first photos right here on Engadget. Now, Nokia brings the official specs on their S60-series E90 Communicator…
It’s quite possible to use Skype and the video calling feature for this — see the discussion in the forum.
What’s all this, then? Nokia’s new Video Center offers RSS video feeds along with content directly from YouTube, no browser needed.
There’s also the DIGIC III Image processor, and ISO as high as 1600, but everybody comes for the basics: 3x zoom, 7.1 megapixel CCD and a 2.5-inch LCD in each shooter. The $300 SD750 gets a bit fancy on form factor, but manages to be a mere 0.75-inches thick, while the 4.5 ounce SD1000 keeps the the classic ELPH look and also retails for $300.
Sony reveals it has bought PSP handhelds from a firm it has taken legal action against.
Apparently, if the person was correct and our ears didn’t fail us, the next-gen Zune will be available in August. Unfortunately for the first-gen Zune team, the next version will feature gaming, which is supposedly making them feel dejected over working on a product (1st gen) that will be “abandoned”.
Former execs from iriver, Musicmatch and Diamond Multimedia work in stealth mode on a new MP3 player that could be the first major advance in years.
A computer that looks like a Roomba? A combo DVD/HD camcorder? CrunchGears senior spy lets us know what’s up for CES.
These ad prints were made for BMW 1 series. Great illustrations from TBWAIstanbul defining the concept of what BMW 1 series wanted to be.
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We all know that we’re supposed to talk to our plants to make them healthier, but now the plants are talking back. Using this system, your plants will call you on the phone when they need to be watered, and will even call you afterwards to thank you. They plan to have output to cell phone and email soon; you’ll even be able to call and check in!
This kit weighs about 2 lbs, costs $180, and will power my Macbook for 1.75 hours (1.83ghz, browsing the web and checking email via Airport Extreme, bluetooth off, screen brightness about 70%) with a little more than 5 hours of good sun.
“The subscription service was a solid move on our part. We’ve seen 65% growth in our subscription base, although the number is still small. It could be better and it could become different [… ]We’ve been looking at the subscription model where you pay a certain amount and you essentially get the cell phone for free.”
Here is a quick and dirty hack to perform mobile GPS-referenced Google Map searches on your laptop (e.g., where’s the next coffee shop around here?). 42 lines, about half of them comments. I put this small demo together for last weekend’s Silicon Valley Code Camp to show how easy it is to get up and running with GPS for your own projects.
The Motorola Razr V3 is considered the most popular cell phone and most of us are familar with it. Have you ever wondered how good is the built in VGA Camera? I decided to test it and put it to its limits to see how sharp are the Razr’s pictures.
“Trust me when I say it’s easier to nod and say “Sure, I get it” than it is to blast into those perfect semicircles at full speed. Especially when you’re only the second civilian in the world to drive the next-generation Honda FCX prototype, a one-of-a-kind, multimillion-dollar, zero-emission fuel-cell car” (gallery included).
Popular Mechanics picks 10 products that set new standards of innovation, from a $17 crescent wrench to a $70,000 Lexus.
A rechargeable, battery-free LED torch which gets it’s power from USB and stores it in a capacitor.
Being green with electronics doesn’t mean living in a teepee listening to truckers squalk on the old short-wave. Greening your electronics is a matter of knowing what tech to get, how to use it best, and what to do with it when its useful life is done. Good tips on how to be a greener gadget fiend.
Segway x2 Golf features a bag carrier, as well as a scorecard holder and special low-pressure tires that enable the x2 Golf to travel gently, causing less damage to the turf than a golf cart.
Like the recently announced Sanyo HD2, the PowerShot TX1 packs a 7.1 megapixel CCD into a tiny little package capable of capturing 720p HD video as well — but unlike the $700 HD2, Canon is hanging just a $500 pricetag on this model.
This is the first high definition disc player that is compatible with both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. But don’t waive the white flag in the format war quite yet. The quality isn’t videophile grade, and the HD-DVD compatiblity is missing key elements. Read on for the full review, full gallery, screenshots, and how it stacks up to the Xbox DVD Drive.
Looks like Nokia has some post CTIA surprises left in store for us. A HowardForums user by the name of micrors4racer leaked this shot of a never-before-seen Nokia mobile, which is believed to be a more affordable version of the 8800.
iSlayer is a small team of focused widget, web and application developers… “Our sole aim is to build as many impeccably crafted, free or very reasonably priced widgets and applications as possible. So far we’ve done an ok job on the widget front, and are looking to OS X applications for our next challenge.”
Whenever Richy Glassberg gets into an elevator to go to his midtown Manhattan office, he reflexively reaches to press the button for his floor. But there are no buttons. The buttons are in the lobby, at the base of the elevator bank. Elevator riders enter their floor number on a keypad and are directed by the display which elevator to ride.
Known for its killer gaming PCs, Alienware is taking its line of Media Center machines to the next level….
“..I’m a traditional watch geek, one who slobbers over mechanical watches in the $500-$100,000 range, so if we sat down to discuss this over a beer I’d tell you to buy a nice mechanical automatic watch instead of a quartz one..”
A while ago, images of a clunky looking white-squared Media Center remote was showcased at Digital Life, thought to be believed as the final Media Center remote design. But the updated VIsta Product Spec shows something different and more aesthetically pleasing.
This short video brings up an interesting question, how long till the iPhone is, so to speak, hacked and has running on it third-party applications?
Lacking photography motivation? Perhaps a Canon 1Ds Mark II is the inspiration you’re looking for? OH YEAH!
There were over 100 submissions but one emerged the winner, Brad Hodson.
T3 gives us a first look at Fujitsu’s 4-way slider phone concept, which features “a virtual keypad allowing it to display a pad appropriate to whichever way the keypad slides out: left, right, up or down.”