Zinside, a french company is offering the Ubuntu H2, the first Linux bootable o/s solution on an USB micro hard drive for 135 EUR. The H2 is a 3GB USB device that challenges the notion that dongles are only good for portable storage by being the first USB hard drive with a full onboard […]

Now, since Kevin and I started digging around the gadgetsphere in search of cool stuff to post here, we’ve found some pretty unusual PC cases, but this one takes the cake. Philip over at Mini-Itx has built a Linux Powered Waffle Iron PC. He says:
Here is my Waffle Iron PC. I used an EPIA M10000 […]

South African-based The Shuttleworth Foundation has got a neat project on the go. Freedom Toasters are conveniently located, self-contained ‘Bring ‘n Burn’ software kiosks that allow users to bring their own blank discs and make copies of open source software they want/need. The initative provides a means of overcoming the difficulty in obtaining […]

Korean handheld vendor Gamepark has announced a new portable game and media player that will run on embedded Linux. The GPX2-F100 will sport a sleek and modern look, support for both native and emulated games and features what appears to be a clever drop bumper along the bottom of the unit. From LinuxDevices…
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Akihabara News reports the development of 2 new Fujitsu VoIP telephones. The first, the WiPCom1000 (left) , resembling a regular telephone, has WiFi and a CF port for PHS cards with a connection speed up to 128Kbps. It runs on CE 4.2 and has a PXA272 CPU and will be available in Japan in […]

Chit chatty, Y!IM’ing penguin huggers will love the soon to be available Motorola A728 Linux powered cellphone:
Motorola have announced the upcoming A728 Linux-based handset. It comes with a wide range of features including intelligent handwriting, Personal Information Manager (PIM), e-mail, speech recognition dialing, hands-free connection (most probably via Bluetooth), SyncML support, and a “Power Word” […]

The Aeronix Zipit Wireless Instant Messenger is for those of us who take our IM’ing really seriously. The Zipit supports the big 3 IM services, includes an 802.11b WiFi radio, 16-color greyscale LCD with QVGA (320×240) resolution, and a thumb keyboard with rubber buttons.