Kodak 100 Year Photo Ink

February 6, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Kodak Ink
Kodak is launching an ink cartridge that will allow photographs to be archived for 100 years. Apparantly standard ink jet cartridges will start to fade and go bad after 15 years. Also to add to this, the ink costs half the price at $9.99 for Black and $14.99 for colour. These prices are compared to competitors prices such as HP, Epson etc… The Kodak printers that these cartridges are for are capable of printing 22 photos per minute. s have said good things so far. We do not know yet the quality of the print, but we can hope that Kodak wouldnt release a product with bold claims and then mess it up with bad quality images. Maybe I best print some pics now and then report back in 100 years to let you all know how they looked.

Via: Gizmodo

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Wifi Liberator

February 6, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Wifi Liberator
The Wifi Liverator is a USB dongle that makes your wireless internet service usable by the public. If you are using a paying type service in a hotel for example, then you can plug the liberator in to your laptop and this creates a private network for others to share the wireless connection if they do not have an account with the provider. No doubt this will be classed as bad by the ISP’s. I am not sure I could ever use this though. Wifi is not too secure and even less secure in public hotspots. I personally wouldnt want to add even more risk to the equation by allowing others to share with me direct an internet connection. I will be passing on this but still thought I would share to let you share your comments on if you think sharing wifi should be or should not be allowed. There is no doubt that companies need to lower their wifi access costs, but I am not sure this is the best way yet to fight that cause 🙂

Via: UberGizmo

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Laptops, Tech News

LED Based Notebook from Fujitsu

February 6, 2007 by Leave a Comment

LED Fujitsu Notebook
The P7230 is a new LED based notebook launched by Fujitsu. It falls in to the catagory of ultra portable and comes in 2 colours which are black or white. It weighs just 2.9 pounds and had a small 10.6″ LCD display which is in a widescreen format. For the traveller this looks to be an excellent choice with it’s light weight and small size. The unit is powered by an Intel Core Solo U1400 processor allowing longer battery life which is much needed amongst travellers. A memory card slot replaces the floppy drive, and the harddrive is also shock protected to help keep your data more safe. The price is quite high, but this is what can be expected from the ultra portable range of laptops. Prices start at $1699 and go up higher depending on what options you choose. The Fujitsu is well worth looking out for if you are about to look for a new ultra portable laptop.

Via: Gizmodo

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays, Laptops

MPNavi Tomato U7

February 6, 2007 by Leave a Comment

MPNavi Tomato U7
As well as supporting a unique name, the Tomato U7 is not a bad looking PMP. The U7 is small, weighs 25 grams, measures 38x64x14mm and has a 1.8 inch screen in there which supports 65k colours. It can play a variety of formats such as MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA and more. Built in to the device is an FM tuner allowing you to also listen to the radio. What caught my eye is the cool looking equalizer showing a visual representation of the music and allows you to adjust the different frequencies so that you get a better sounding song. The U7 comes in 3 memory sizes from 512Mb to 2Gb.

Via: PlayTomato

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

XBox 360 Mods

February 6, 2007 by 3 Comments

XBox 360 Mods
If you want a 5.8 inch widescreen LCD putting in the side of your X Box 360 then look no further. This mod which doesnt seem to have a point was created by a mod happy firm and they are offering this mod to anyone who can find a use for it. The screen acts like your TV and displays on the side of your XBox what you would see on the TV. The only real use I can think of is wanting to run media on the device such as music. You can leave your XBox running and not have to worry about switching the TV on. Apart from that I have yet to find a real practical use for this feature. Check out the video after the jump.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays, Hacked Gadgets

Samsung SCH-B680

February 6, 2007 by 1 Comment

Samsung SCH-B680
The Samsung SCH-B680 is a clamshell phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, DMB tuner, MP3 and various other features. Opening up the device you will see a sleek looking keypad that is apears to be smooth and contain the usual numerical and function keys needed. On the outside you will see a second screen which shows a clock and also we can assume it will report back MP3 tracks playing and also caller ID information. Also on the outside of the case is the 1.3 megapixel camera. From searching around it seems like this phone is only available in Korea at the moment. As soon as pricing for out of Korea is available we will let you know.

Via: TechEBlog

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets

Samsung i7 Camera

February 5, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Samsung i7
The Samsung i7 is a 7.2 Mega Pixel camera and more. It has 450Mb of internal memory, 3 x optical zoom and face detection technology. What caught my eye first was the interesting rotating display. When rotated it switches to different modes. When used in the normal resting position it is an MP3 player (and camera), rotate it and the movie player loads up. Also, built in is a city guide for a number of cities across the world. You select your destination and it will be your portable tour guide. It currently covers 4500 destinations world wide.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Etri 270Mbps Wireless Router

February 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Etri 270Mbps Wireless Router
A Korean based company named Etri are pushing the boundaries by creating a 270Mbps wireless access point. As well as boasting rediculous high speeds over wifi, the wireless access point also is capable of a 1km range which again, is truly amazing. This technology will be ideal for large offices, hotels and could even be rolled out to provide blanket access across cities around the world.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Kensington Vo200 IP Phone

February 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Kensington Vo200 IP Phone
Technology has revolutionised in many areas. VoIP phones have become more and more in demand as wireless technology has spread and become more accessible. A question asked by many is how VoIP can help those on the move while we have mobile phones that in essence do the same job. VoIP offers consumers what they are demanding from mobile phone networks, and that is cheap calls to and from anywhere across the globe and reliable networks. Although VoIP is not as fully accessible as a mobile network, this gap is quite quickly closing as more and more wireless hotspots appear. So in principle, the structure is already there and will soon provide complete coverage around the globe.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets, Laptops, Tech News

D.A.V.E Seagate Wireless Storage Drive

January 30, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Seagate have created D.A.V.E which interpreted means Digital Audio Video Experience. D.A.V.E is a small pocket sized hard drive which has 3 connectivity options built in which are USB, Wifi and Bluetooth. What this drive does allow that other drives do not, is carry much more data around with you and leave it in your pocket while you access it. It will allow you to carry an entire music collection, many photo albums, a number of movies and countless documents. When connected to the drive you can simply browse it like you would a memory card inside a portable device. Security is obviously a basic demand of any consumer therefore for those of you conscious of ensuring personal data is secure, the bluetooth function requires that you pair the device before it will allow any data transfers to occur. We can assume the wireless features also feature encryption keys, but this has not been confirmed yet. More details after the jump.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Laptops

Nokia N800 – Disassembled

January 29, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Nokia N800
We reported yesterday on the Nokia N800 with the video that someone had made. We now find today that someone else decided to take theirs apart for us all to view what actually goes on in that little device. The video below shows the N800 being taken appart and then put back together. Apparantly after all that destruction there is actually nothing that interesting inside. Everything seems covered over so that chip part numbers and other details cannot be read.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets

iPhone Clone

January 29, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Meizu M8
With the iPhone just around the corner we are starting to see a few “almost clones” of this fantastic looking device. The Meizu M8 is no exception to this. It has a 3.3 inch touchscreen display, an ARM11 CPU and a 3 megapixel camera. Bluetooth is also provided for connectivity to other devices. Network wise this phone has some good stuff packed in there. The phone has a GSM and TD-SCDMA 3G radio built in.

Via: TechEBlog

Filed Under: Cell Phones, Cool Gadgets