LG GD910 3G Watch
January 28th, 2009
LG has come up with a futuristic treat from the past with the GD910 – a wrist watch phone. But if you thought it was going to be a second-rate mobile, it’s actually packed full of features you wouldn’t expect. There’s a pretty low-grade camera but its 3G HSDPA compatibility, 1.43” touchscreen, MP3 player and text to speech functionality makes it a decent phone and a pretty hot watch.
It also packs in bluetooth (so you can look even more spy-like with a headset), MMS and it’s water resistant. Want one? They’re due to be released in Europe later on this year.
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Sensei Weight Loss App
January 26th, 2009
Well, good thing there are companies out there who are looking for you, and one of them is Sensei Inc., a familiar name when it comes to mobile and Web-based wellness solutions, having made available its innovative weight loss program known as Sensei for Weight Loss at Apple’s App Store. This means tens of millions of iPhone and iPod touch users will now be able to take advantage of this program at an introductory price of $24.95 for 3 months of Sensei Anywhere, which offers unbridled access on both their mobile device and desktop.
Sensei aims to be different from its competitors as it does not bother with calorie counts, points monitoring or even attending meetings and keeping journals - no sir, Sensei works on a supposedly higher level by offering expert advice from a team of psychologists, physicians, nutritionists and engineers in the form of a practical program that pushes forward simple changes in your lifestyle which can be easily implemented without feeling any noticeable drawbacks. When incorporated into one’s daily routine, it is more or less guaranteed that long-term weight loss will succeed. Here we are hoping that you achieve your weight loss goal before your iPhone or iPod touch breaks down.
Just for comparison’s sake, NutriSystem ($492) and Weight Watchers ($686/online program) can’t compare with the Sensei for Weight Loss Mediterranean diet meal plan that does not cost you more than two Benjamins monthly, whihc is a good thing in these times of economic turmoil. Then again, if you can afford an iPhone or iPod touch, you should have some sort of disposable income each month for more expensive programs, but hey - it’s all about maximizing the value of the dollar, right? We still think nothing beats a sensible diet plan, regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle.
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Touch Cruise
January 26th, 2009
The Touch Cruise is one of those smartphones that has at least one great feature worth writing home about with the “Footprint”. This Footprint has nothing to do with carbon, for it is a GPS feature that allows the user to dock the phone in a car cradle and use it like an ordinary Auto Navigation System.
This phone/GPS device also uses turn-by-turn navigation, and has another geo-tagging feature that enables the user to take “digital postcards” with a 3.2 megapixel camera. I don’t have any more information than that, but I’m guessing this postcard feature will allow the user to send a picture, audio file, and other notes to someone else with the proper coordinates.
The HTC Touch Cruise has an operating system of Windows Mobile 6.1, and has a 2.8 inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with a QVGA resolution display. The other features are no surprise: it is also outfitted with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. It also includes a microSD memory card slot, with up to 400 minutes talk-time and up to two weeks standby on GSM.
The HTC Touch Cruise will be available in June, where it will be jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch. Oh, sorry, that’s Tom Cruise. I’m not certain what his price is, but the Touch Cruise will be about $600.
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Top 10 Gadgets of 2008
January 3rd, 2009
10. Yes we are going to start this list off with one of my personal favorites. The Beer Bottle Opener Counter. This little gadget will always let you know how many beers you have consumed. So if you and your buddies ever have the urge to find out who can drink the most this will help prevent any cheating. I just think this is one of those little things everyone needs. Its a great conversation starter also.
9. Clocky lets you snooze once before he runs away. He can jump from up to 3 feet, and can move on wood or carpet. In case he gives you too much trouble you can disable his…wheels. Yes, we are talking about a machine, not a pet, although the characteristics are quite animal or maybe even human like. He loves playing hide and seek, and catch me if you can. He is not that great to look at, but the cute face makes the owner laugh at a critical time of the day…waking up time.
8. The Potenco PCG1 pull-cord generator creates electricity for portable gadgets with far greater efficiency than hand-cranked devices. The PCG1 is the geek-chic version of a generator for the developing world. It weighs 14 ounces, has both an internal NiMh battery and a mini-USB output jack and can convert 2 minutes of effort into 40 minutes of cellphone talk time.
7. The wii fit was and still is one of the most popular products anywhere. Its new style of playing games and interaction is why it made this list. You can play all kinds of games with the balance board, from hoola hooping to snow boarding. The wii fit is even fun with a group of friends. This is one item I think a lot of people enjoy and will keep enjoying for many years to come.
6. If you’ve got a Netflix account, the decision to buy this is a no-brainer. Connect the Roku box to your TV and it automatically finds your home’s Wi-Fi network and you’re good to go. It streams 12,000 movies and TV shows for free and you can hold on to them as long as you want. Netflix is constantly adding more programming. One day, video-on-demand streaming through devices like the Roku box will completely replace DVDs.
5. Amazon unveiled its digital-book reading device at the end of 2007, but in such small quantities that you couldn’t really get one until 2008. While it definitely takes some getting used to — the awkward placement of the page-forward and page-back buttons makes it easy for newbies to lose their place — this is simply a terrific tool for people who love to read books. Travelers will especially enjoy the luxury of taking a veritable library on the road, and the Kindle can connect to a high-speed cellular network that delivers books ($9.99, even for new titles) on demand.
4. This iPod-sized camcorder shoots high-definition video. That means you get an image crisp enough to view on your HDTV, which is a pretty cool feat in such a small, easy-to-use package. Mino’s product line stresses one-button simplicity, and the MinoHD comes with its own editing software on board. The first time you connect it to your Mac or PC — via a flip-out USB plug — you install the software, which automatically lets you post your videos to YouTube and other places. The bitty viddy has 4 GB of internal memory, or enough for about an hour of video, and an internal rechargeable battery that provides two hours of shooting time.
3. It doesn’t handle email as well as the cheapest BlackBerry, and as a telephone, it’s no better than most cell phones. But this is the gadget that launched the era of mobile computing, and what an epoch that promises to be! With 10,000 free and paid applications, tethered to on-board GPS and utilizing an array of sensors that include a motion-sensing accelerometer, what can’t the iPhone do?
2. Of all the gadgets on this list, this is the one that James Bond is most likely to carry. That is, it’s one of coolest gadget of the year. It’s a pocket projector — meaning you plug the 4.1-inch gizmo into your iPod or iPhone, and it projects your movies on a wall, or even on the seat back in front of you on the plane. It displays images crisply on a surface as close as 8 inches away and as distant as 8 feet away, even in daylight. The super-bright Pico weighs 4 ounces and is smaller than many cell phones. Two cautionary notes: The sound output is dinky, so you’ll want to use it with headphones, which makes it less fun for the whole family, or an external speaker, which makes it bulky.
1. ARCHOS, award-winning for its constant technology innovation and leadership in portable media players now introduces a new concept: the Internet Media Tablet.
The ARCHOS 5 is the flagship of the new range, bringing the customer a new way to enjoy Internet, Media and TV…in a handheld device.
Uncompromised Web surfing in the palm of your hand
With its built-in capabilities, your Internet Media Tablet becomes the ultimate way to surf the web. The amazingly sharp and high-resolution screen lets you navigate effortlessly through the web just like you would on a PC.
Browsing becomes almost seamless with the ARM® Cortex™ processor and the Adobe Flash™ 9 video support. Surfing on a handheld device has never been so fast and smooth.
The full email application lets you read, write, download and send attachments, and manage your contacts.
Your entire digital library in a thin handheld tablet
The ARCHOS 5 features a very high capacity internal hard drive from 60 GB to 250 GB, in slim and sleek enclosures.
You can thus download a vast number of songs and videos from the unique selection of renowned movie and music partners assembled in the Media Club.
You can play movies in HD or DVD quality for the richest media experience on the go.
The ultimate TV experience at home or on the go
Enjoy your ARCHOS contents played directly back to your TV, with the DVR Station. Schedule TV recordings from any channel on your cable or set-top box in just a few clicks. Then choose when and where you want to watch them.
Play back all your digital content from your ARCHOS 5 to your TV, even in HD quality, at 720p.
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Nokia Morph
December 18th, 2008
Usually, concepts, while looking curious and interesting, rarely make their way from the paper to the real device. Not so long ago, when Nokia Morph pictures hit the net, it was clearly obvious that it is just an original idea, nothing more. How an electronic device would be fully transparent? However, due to recent technological developments, we possibly have a chance to see it implemented in real life, or even buy it!
Scientists from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology made a revolutionary discovery that can be used to bring all these concepts of transparent devices to life. It is called TRRAM (Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory), and is almost fully transparent, while operating just like normal non-transparent chips. It is similar to usual CMOS chips in functionality, so it can be easily used in manufacturing various devices, cell phones included.
As stated by Jung Won Seo, one of the Korean researchers: “It is a new milestone of transparent electronic systems. By integrating TRRAM device with other transparent electronic components, we can create a total see-through embedded electronic system.”
This development can truly revolutionize the world of modern devices and gadgets. With transparent chips it will be possible to implement electronic hardware into the windshield of a car; it can be used in sunglasses or highly-fashioned transparent cell phones. It really widens the area in which electronic devices can be implemented, making many concepts look much closer to the real life. Bendable screens, transparent chips - all these improvements are making electronics more flexible and easy to use.
Transparent chips have some disadvantages though: transparent phones would be much easier to hide or lose, and how do you solder a chip if it is fully transparent? Of course, these are not serious, hope that technology doesn’t have any major disadvantages that will prevent it from being widely used. First devices on this chips would appear no sooner than after 3 - 4 years, so let’s wait until TRRAM will be used in a working prototype.
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