Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
A new pricing structure is going to be announced for Skype on Jan 18th 2007. The new pricing structure will now include a connection fee per call which is expected to be from 0 – 0.039 euros per call. No word yet on if this pricing change will increase call charges per minute or not. The new prices are for SkypeOut. Skype Unlimited users in North America are not affected by the changes.
Via: Skype
I am not one for writing about jewellery on the gadget venue dot com blog, but when it involves magnetic jewellery then I though it was cool enough for a mention. Mag-net-ic is a cool set of magnetic cylinders that appear to be very powerful. There are probably a good 40 – 50 of these small magnetic cylinders which hold together very strongly. They can wrap around your wrist and you would probably spend a good amount of time each day playing around with them and making them in to different shapes. Check out the video below and let us know what you think.
Via: Dynomighty
For those who love the little AI creatures, then Tamagotchi version 4 is now available. It has 20 games, new secret codes, new items and a messaging system. Also it boasts more online integration. If you want a virtual pet for christmas then pick one up now.
If you are not sure what a tamagotchi is then I do not know where you must have been hiding for the last 10 years. A Tamagotchi is a small electronic toy that has a pet which you look after. You need to play with it and basically look after it so it doesnt die. If you have a habbit of forgetting to feed a rabbit then this might be for you.
If features a large LCD screen, infrared connections and of course.. a virtual pet is included, or as many as you need if you kill it by accident.
Buy now from Here for 12.95 pounds.
Wireless HD has been mentioned for a while now and Neosonik are going to be showing off their wireless HD video and audio kit at next months CES. The new A/V controller can apparantly transmit the uncompressed data wireleslly. This will be a great step forwards although I do wonder if they can send the infomation uncompressed with it being so detailed and needing a lot of bandwidth. Who knows… I hope that they do impress us all at CES. The kit will set you back 6k dollars for the controller, 15k for the receiver and I believe it includes speakers in that.
Via: Gizmodo
An iPod user wanted to ask the simple question “will it blend?”. This was in reference to an iPod and you can see some interesting results 🙂 I wont tell you what happens because the video is just cool to see what happens to the poor thing.
So here it goes… Blending your iPod…
Via: Willitblend
A list has been posted of 25 gadgets that will pay for themselves. This is a really cool list that I found linked over at coolest-gadgets and does make you realise that you can spend money to actually save money. Items such as battery chargers and rechargable batteries cover their costs with in months of having them. How many of these money saving gadgets do you own?
The list can be found at Thesimpledollar and has some interesting points like a laptop that you use at home on battery and charge in the office could pay for it’s self in saved electricity each year.
One I didnt see on their which is a big saving for me is saving 5 quid a month cutting my own hair 🙂 My clippers only cost about 30 quid and they have been in use well over 5 years.. thats a 270 pound saving!
Via: Coolest-Gadgets
China are to be praised for this decision. They made a rule that in China, all mobile phones are to use a standardized USB charger. This is a GREAT move forwards for China and I hope that all mobile phone companies follow suit and do this. This basically means that any mobile can be used with 1 charger and not a charger for every phone. It will be very handy for those who either forget to charge their phone, or want to charge their device via their laptop or another USB device.
Via: SlashGear
The ricavision vista remote has a 2.5 inch colour screen and get this… a 100 meter operating radius. The ricavision remote will be able to control Media center and will be hitting the shops for 200 dollars early next year.
Via: Fosfor
We just love the Wii hacks here for the Wiimote control. The latest I came across today was the Wiimote controlled car. It comes from a german modder who made a script for the wiimote enabling movement of the wiimote to control the car. It can control the car in the basic moves which are backwards, forwards, left and right.
The system works with the help of a laptop and a bluetooth dongle. Pair up the wiimote with the laptop and run the script on the laptop. Then the script passes signals on to the remote control via a serial cable which inturn controlls the car.
Via: TechEBlog
The Kokuyo mouse is designed as a defense weapon for those using a PC with important data on it. The laser is the weapon that can be drawn at any time to warn off foes. Ok, I lied. The Kokuyo mouse is handy for those who do powerpoint presentations and need to point out something on the screen. Unfortunatly it is not cordless and it seems it might not be as useful as it is meant to be. The laser has a range of 25 meters and no more details are available yet.
Via: UberGizmo
You have probably walked through an airport to see one of those fancy spinning screens which seems to always face you. You have also probably seen the frisby with a bank of LEDs on which you can throw and it spells out words in the air. The POV Christmas tree works on a similar principle. It is a bank of LEDs in the shape of a tree. The LEDs spin around a central point fast and it shows the appearance of a christmas tree out of LEDs. They are cool to watch. The tree is powered by 9V batteries and full instructions can be found at the link at the bottom of this post.
For those of you who are not sure what POV means, it is persistance of vision.
Via: OhGizmo
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Ben Heck has created a new Atari and this time it is inspired by the Nintendo DS. The device that was cut up and reshaped was the Atari VCSp. A step by step guide is included on the website for those of you who are electronically minded and want to try this out. The result is a kind of chunky DS like device with a fold out screen and a cartridge slot at near side. It is amazing to see the size of DS cartridges compared to Atari cartridges and the amount they have shrunk… also take in to consideration that the amount of data stored on a DS will be larger then that of the Atari cartridge.
Via: BenHeck
