Sunday, Oct. 23 2005
Posted by Jacob
A company in Palmdale California, 2GeeksinaLab, has just released details of a new software called Mach 10.X that they claim can boost the speed and operating efficiency of any windows based operating system by up to 40 times. Mach 10.X appears to be aimed at the mobile computing and hand-held gaming markets.
Mach 10.X™ technology will […]
Friday, Oct. 21 2005
Posted by Jacob
Gadgetizers beware, if your thumbs and wrists hurt from keying in responses to email on your mobile devices, you may be suffering from Blackberry Thumb.
Repetitive motion injuries, which have long afflicted desktop and laptop computer users, are invading the mobile handheld world. There’s even an informal name for the malady — “BlackBerry Thumb” — […]
Tuesday, Oct. 18 2005
Posted by Jacob
What the heck is a Vingle?
Rumors have been circulating about a new product(s) from Apple and those rumors have been semi-confirmed by the Apple Insider weblog. It appears the iPod maker filed for 3 trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 7th for something called a Vingle.
From the Apple Insider […]
Thursday, Oct. 13 2005
Posted by Jacob
At a recent tech trade show in Japan, KDDI Technologies exhibited several new products and services, including a fuel cell powered cellular phone that they expect to be available in April of 2006. From Ceatec’s Web Magazine:
KDDI has jointly developed cellular telephones powered by fuel cells with both Toshiba Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd. Samples of […]
Wednesday, Oct. 12 2005
Posted by Jacob
There’s only one word worthy of describing the FLY Pentop Computer From Leapfrog - Cool!
As a toy meant for kids 8-13 years old, this little gem does things any gadget freak will love. Apparently, anything you write with the pen on a special paper ends up in the memory via the built in optical scanner. […]
Thursday, Sep. 1 2005
Posted by Jacob
The Readius, a futuristic ebook reader with a roll-out screen from Phillips will be unveiled at a trade show in Germany tomorrow. The Readius is the world’s first prototype
Tuesday, Aug. 16 2005
Posted by Kevin Humphrey
Now here’s a device with an identity crisis. Not quite as compact as a PDA, yet much easier to handle than a laptop, the Pepper Pad, made by the Pepper Computer company is an interesting set-up.
This 2.3lb unit runs a 624 MHz Intel XScale processor with 256MB of SDRAM and a 20GB ATA hard […]
Saturday, Aug. 6 2005
Posted by Jacob
If you haven’t already heard, like you know, if you’ve been in a coma for the past 30 days, Engadget has semi-confirmed rumors that the new Treo 670 concept cellular phone/PDA will use the Windows Mobile OS.
Watch actual videos of this thing in action at this link.
Saturday, Jul. 30 2005
Posted by Jacob
An interesting and undoubtedly cool development in the area of improving graphics on small gadgets like camera phones, handheld game consoles, video phones, digital cameras, etc. According to this PRWeb press release:
Bitboys, a provider of graphics hardware IP solutions for wireless and embedded devices, will provide a hardware demonstration of high-performance, real-time vector and 3D […]
Thursday, Jul. 28 2005
Posted by Jacob
Holy brightness! The new Vodafone 703SH and 903SH Cellphones may look tasty because of the color, but there’s also a lot of goodness built in. From the Engadget review:
Vodafone Japan scooped up a couple of slick new 3G handsets from Sharp, the 703SH, a lightweight 1.3 megapixel cameraphone with a QVGA, 320 x 240 pixel […]