2004 July

“MacCentral has more details about Alpine’s upcoming in-car iPod interface, including the single-greatest quote ever to slip past the lips of a VP of Marketing, ‘Consumers love a knob more than anything.’ I’ve been saying that for years.
“The Alpine unit looks nice, though. I think the best thing is that it’s part of a whole […]

“The first computer virus to infect handheld devices running Microsoft’s PocketPC OS was discovered over the weekend.
“Duts was written by Ratter, of the 29A virus-writing group, as an academic exercise rather than a serious attempt to spread malicious code across handheld computers. The same group created a virus capable of infecting mobile phones running the […]

“PalmSource is holding a contest, and they’d like you to share how a Palm OS device has improved your business productivity, made your life more fun and well, you get the idea. In case you don’t know, PalmSource is the company that writes the Palm OS and provides it to Palm Powered manufacturers such as […]

“Atari Retro 2.0 is now available for download. The Emulator runs a collection of officially licensed Atari 2600 games for your handheld just as they would on an original Atari 2600 system.”
FULL STORY via PalmInfocenter

“A new Bluetooth GPS receiver from GlobalSat with an optional GPRS function for surfing on internet. They claim it will keep working within an 80m (250ft) range, but if your yacht is that big you probably don’t use a portable Bluetooth GPS receiver….

“‘For those of you who have seen the Globalsat BT308 the BT318 does […]

“Threebase is reporting that Video Without Boundries is still planning on releasing the MediaREADY 4000, a set-top media hub and networked DVD player with a variety of flash memory card slots, a built-in hard drive, and Ethernet (but no wireless?) It certainly looks full-featured enough, with FireWire and USB slots right up front (and hopefully […]

“Daily Gadget was down for awhile due to upgrade issues, but they’re back now, and to celebrate, Astraware has donated 30 copies of some great games:
10 winners will get a copy of the all-time favorite, Bejeweled
10 winners will get a copy of Hellfire
10 winners will get a copy of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
There are […]

“The TooDis MPal 400F is a ultra small flash based portable video player from Korea. It features a 1.8″ 64k color TFT screen.
The playback time is 12hours on a single AA battery. It features a windows style interface. It is of course also a music player supporting SRS and WOW and plays MP3, OGG and […]

“It seemed to me the U-70 would be perfect to install the Tablet OS on and convert it into a true Tablet PC. The Tablet OS has been designed from the ground up for mobile pen and ink devices and the U certainly fits that bill. The only way you can obtain the Tablet OS […]

“Many of you have read about my love-hate relationship with T-Mobile’s Sidekick and its lack Outlook synch capability. Almost a year ago I had gotten tired of waiting for the ability to synch my contacts, calendar, and task list with my Outlook data and tried out a Blackberry for a few days. Alas, […]

“The new Steiner Commander V Binoculars are not night-vision equipment, despite claims that nighttime images are “so brilliant, it’s almost like turning on a spotlight.” Instead, the “Nighthunter” optics deliver a high rate of peak light transmission (96%; a record, they say) that means these military-spec binocs transmit as much available light as possible into […]

“Asus has officially announced the new MyPal A730 in Taiwan, its native country.
The handheld runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition on a 520 MHz Intel Bulverde processor, and has 64 MB RAM (up to 48 MB available to the user) and 64 MB ROM. It sports a 3.7-inch color TFT VGA display (640×480 pixels), integrated […]

“Infosync has some hinkfo about another one of the phones announced by Motorola this week, the A780, a Linux-based handset that will run on EDGE (new wireless broadband fastness) networks. And while it’s full-featured as anything - 1.3-megapixel camera, gostosa! - the most interesting thing about the A780 is its screen. Through a hole in […]

“Averatec today launched its 6200 Series of notebook PCs, which includes a stand-alone DVD player so you can watch a movie or listen to a CD or MP3 disc without booting up the computer.
“The 6.2-pound notebook includes a Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processor 2400+ with AMD’s PowerNow technology, and has a 15.4-inch widescreen XGA TFT […]

“Mobile Streams, the global mobile content company, announced today the launch of Go Vegas Go, a fully licensed mobile gaming and gambling service.
“The extensive range of mobile games includes Poker, Roulette, Blackjack and several types of slots. The games can be played on a wide range of Java-based mobile phones through an intuitive interface. A […]

“Philips has launched a new range of keyrings that actually include a camcorder and digital camera. The Philips Key019, is the first camcorder that’s actually small enough to fit on your keyring. The camcorder has space for up to 25 minutes of MPEG4 video or alternatively you can use it as a 2megapixel digital camera […]

“Motorola on Tuesday unveiled new mobile phone software designed to let customers link up with office e-mail, calendars and contacts from their handsets.
The software will initially be available on the company’s Java- and Linux-based A780 handset, which also debuted Tuesday. The A780 includes a digital camera, a video player and an MP3 player, Motorola […]

“With its new MP3 player, Virgin Electronics is offering 21st-century technology in the shape of a 19th-century pocket watch.
“Style seems to have taken priority over storage: The circular, half-ounce gadget has a capacity of 128MB, meaning that it can hold about 40 songs. That’s significantly less than the number of songs–about 1,000–that can fit […]

Every gadget-loving geek should know Gizmodo, but for those who don’t read regularly, they are essentially one of the best sources for gathering news about the latest and greatest in gadgetry.
If you love them to the point of wanting to give back, this is the contest for you, and there’s even a great prize to […]

“Two devices in one - camera and mobile phone - in Sony Ericsson S700 model is yet another example of Company’s endless ideas for various combinations. Sony Ericsson K700 was the first model to perform this idea although in reality it turned out slightly artificial. However, S700 is a completely different story – you would […]