Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
I just love these concept designs from Yanko Design. The Triple Watch Cellphone is a wrist watch that converts in to a mobile phone. Seems more like a transformer watch. If used as a speaker phone it can remain on the wrist while driving.
Via: YankoDesign
OhGizmo have a full review of Gelaskins which are for the iPod Nano and iPod video. They use 3M adhesive and vinyl technology incorporated with funky skins to add protection to your iPod. Check out the link at the bottom of the article for a full review.
Aquavision have created the waterproof TV that complies with all the regulations needed to waterproof a device like this. It is a TFT LCD TV which runs in a widescreen format of 16:9 and comes with the option of 5 glass finishes. No news on price and availability yet.
Via: UberGizmo
The MobiBlu DAH-2200 is a decent looking player. It has 1Gb of onboard flash, MP3/WMA/WAV support. 13 hours of playback. It includes an FM receiver, voice recorder and the last and weird thing is the 2 headphone sockets I guess so 2 people can listen. I havent seen a device with 2 headphone sockets since my sisters bright Yellow Sony splash proof sports walkman.
Via: Gizmodo
The Nintendo Wii (pronounced We) might be getting to us 2 months early according to Chris Morris of CNNMoney.com. The Wii is already being developed and is looking good for an early launch. The current official date is November 2006 still but it would be good to see it hit the shelves early as it’s drumming up quite a bit of interest around the world with it’s unique controller.
Via: UberGizmo
The iRex Iliad e-reader is now starting to ship which is great news. We expect the device to sell at $740 with shipping costs.
The e-reader is designed for ease of use. It uses wireless internet connectivity, PC connection or flash memory to deliver content. This will allow you to have shelf loads of books to carry around with you on this easy to read device. It can be suited to the professional over to the student.
Not many waterproof MP3 players exist although I have seen cases for the iPod which claim to be waterproof.
This new one named the Freestyle Fusion AMP fastens to an armband and is water proof to 10ft which is acceptable for regular swimming in the sea. It comes in 2 versions at 256Mb/512Mb and priced at $160 or $200.
Via: OhGizmo
This new ultraportable notebook from Dospara looks very nice. It has a 13.3″ WXGA widescreen display with a DVD muilt drive. It boasts an Intel Core Duo T2300E running at 1.66Ghz. It has half a gig of RAM, 80Gb HDD, USB 2.0, Firewire, 802.11 a/b/g wi-fi and a card reader for a nice $1324. It is available in Japan but no information yet of it’s availability over this way.
Via: TechEBlog
Thomson have introduced 3 new music players to the market. The EH306, EM2600 and the EM2802. The EM2802 stands out because of it’s thin metal case. It comes with 1Gb or 2Gb memory and a 1.5″ colour OLED screen. This is one device which will be competing with the iPod Nano.
The EH306 is a disc based player which holds a nice 6Gb of data. It has the same 1.5 inch screen. The EM2600 is just a standard player with half a gig or 1 gig of memory.
Via: I4U
We are slowly seeing the release of Blu-ray burners and the new device from I-O Data is another to join them. The BRD-UM2/U costs $999 and connects via USB 2.0. The device it’s self looks very nice.
The burner can write up to 2X speeds on a blu-ray disc and 8x on a DVD disc.
Via: Ecoustics
I find as I get older that I tend to not hear my mobile phone trying to wake me up. Then I came across the home made volume booster. It requires a glass and a phone. Basically you stick the phone in the glass, and aim towards your head. Amazing 🙂
Via: OhGizmo
Do you remember the early days when you had to stand up to change the channel on the TV and then the wired remote control came out and it was bliss. Then the infra red remote came out and it was even better because the wire didnt need to stretch the whole length of the room. We tend to get more lazier as something new comes out and this is no exception.
Not a problem with this new voice activated remote control. You can train it with 4 different voices and then tell it what to do. No doubt by 2020 there will be mind activated remote controls for those who are at that point, just too lazy to even talk and tell it what to do.
Via: OhGizmo
