Archive for December, 2007

iPod Touch does VoIP calls

Looks like the iPod Touch isn’t just limited to keeping you entertained with your favorite movies and tunes, but can plus help you keep in touch with your loved ones as well. The iPod Touch is now capable of performing VoIP calls, giving it an edge by other portable media players that restrict their…

Personal Tech 2008: Mike Elgan’s Top 10 Trends

With each passing year, personal technology — phones, gadgets, media electronics, and more — gets better, smaller and cheaper. With the introduction of the Apple iPhone and other milestones, 2007 was an incredible year. But fasten your seat belts: 2008 is going to be even better. Here are the tren…

EGO Drive


Raytel - the American partner of German Funkwerk - will be showcasing the EGO Drive at CES 2008 next month in Vegas. that GPS navigator has a great design and comes with a remote controller knob that makes certain you keep your eyes on the road the whole duration.
EGO Drive offers 3D maps, bluetoo…

Firmware v1.1.3 Confirmed

Over at Gearlive, Andrew has just upped Episode 195 of Bleeding Edge confirming everything that has been said about the new iPhone firmware version 1.1.3. Earlier that was all thought to be a big scam to get Gearlive a bunch of traffic, but it actually appears to be legit.

Hit the cut for the Gearl…

garmin nuvi 350 - most loved


Amazon today announced a towering list of products in their “best of 2007″ list. The only GPS navigation system that made it to the list was Garmin’s Nuvi 350 in the ‘most loved’ category which included items that were reviewed most positively by Amazon.com customers.

iPhone v1.1.3 Destroys — Everything

Or so we think. I’ve been checking out that video on Gizmodo of the obvious v1.1.3 iPhone firmware update that Apple should be releasing soon. The video shows a guy moving around the iPhone’s icons changing the order. Apparently the updated firmware version breaks all unlocks, and jailbr…

Honda Rose Parade drift to Feature Fake ASIMO

Honda is planning a spectacular, 22-ton drift for the New Year’s Day Rose Parade that will feature a truck that transforms into a rocket. The pilot of that monstrosity will be a REPLICA OF HONDA’S ASIMO humanoid robot. I guess the real ASIMO was busy.
Original post by Mike

Taiwan University Building Cheap, Slow Solar Car

Researchers at Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences are working on a cheap and light THREE-SEAT SOLAR-POWERED CAR optimistically predicted to go on sale to consumers next year for $25,000 each. Sadly, the commercial version of the car will top out at just 43 miles per hour,…

Amazon Kindle: Gadget of Myth and Mystery

Never before has a major consumer electronics device remained so mysterious so towering after shipping. Amazon won’t tell the press even the most basic questions, including: 1) who designed it?; 2) how many have been sold?; 3) how is Kindle Book money divided amoung Amazon and publisher? and MAN…

Netflix Unlimited Online Viewing

Netflix has decided to offer unlimited online viewing to “choose, existing customers”. I don’t know whether you have, but I did try the feature a couple of months ago, and it was working quite decently. The video quality is sub-DVD, but above standard TV (SDTV). The streaming worked well, …

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