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An up-close look at Niveus’ new Movie Library

April 30th, 2008 at 6:40 pm » Comments (0)

NiveusMedia has always been known for making the coolest Windows Media Centers around, but when it comes to playing content from other places on your top of the line Media Center, you were on your own. We completely understood where Niveus was coming from, not wanting to get involved in the grey area of the [...]



Eye-Fi , Wireless 2GB SD Memory Card

April 30th, 2008 at 5:19 pm » Comments (0)

Yes, there really is Wi-Fi inside that tiny little card. It is going to change the way people take, save and share photos.
The Eye-Fi Card comes with everything needed to make it simple to set up and connect to your home Wi-Fi network. After that, pop the card into your digital camera and start capturing [...]



Sony’s Bravia E4000 TV range is just like a picture frame

April 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm » Comments (0)

Sony has gone all arty with its Bravia E4000 range - offering a ‘picture frame’ style edging in Midnight Sky, Aluminium, Pearly White and Dark Walnut to match your room decor.
Choose from 26, 32 and 40-inch models, all conveniently with a Picture Frame Mode for displaying images ‘like a real painting’ when the TV isn’t [...]



Myka + BitTorrent = TorrentTV

April 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm » Comments (0)

Remember that Magic Box you had always wished for? You know, the one that would finally free your PC of all your favorite movies and shows and put them where you can enjoy them better in all their high-def glory — your TV?
Well, we’d like to introduce Myka - the Magic Box you’ve been waiting [...]



T-Mobile’s Blackberry 8820 with GPS and Hotspot @home

April 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 pm » Comments (0)

T-Mobile announced the availability of the T-Mobile BlackBerry 8820, which is essentially the Curve with integrated GPS. This new BlackBerry device also supports the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home Mobile WiFi service as well. As you can see on the T-Mobile page you can buy this device now for US$349.99 after rebate and service activation. This [...]



Buffalo’s New LinkTheater HD media Streaming Device

April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 pm » Comments (0)

Buffalo announced today the launch of its new LinkTheater High Definition Digital Media Player, a device that streams videos, pictures music from Windows or Mac PCs, NAS devices, USB hard drives, and DLNA media servers to a television set or stereo.The LinkTheater also automatically backs up content storage on flash-based USB drives and video camera, [...]



HTC P3470 launched in India

April 20th, 2008 at 10:50 pm » Comments (0)

HTC is bringing the P3470 smartphone to India. If you prefer form over function — i.e. find the Touch too pretty — this one may be just the device you’ve been waiting for.
The GPS-equipped Windows Mobile smartphone is an all-touchscreen device with large screen and easy to use navigation wheel. Microsoft Outlook and other Office [...]



24.4 megapixel Nikon D3X DSLR in the works?

April 19th, 2008 at 2:23 pm » Comments (0)

Some entirely too ingenious hackers have found a reference to the rumored D3X deep within the bowels of Nikon’s D3 firmware. The reference includes a list of resolutions available to the upcoming shooter, and it’s apparently set to max out at a potentially Higgs Boson-inducing 24.4 megapixels. Word has it that this sensor is likely [...]



New Satellite Phone Runs Windows Mobile

April 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm » Comments (0)

The dreamers, they have their dreams. One of the big dreams for 2009-10, it seems, is new, hybrid satellite/cellular phones that work everywhere, but don’t look like Cro-Magnon rock-hewing tools. MSV’s Lost-style handset is supposedly coming in 2010, but it may be beaten to market by Elektrobit’s sleek Windows Mobile satellite phone, which is supposedly [...]



Verizon XV6900 available April 16

April 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)

The Verizon XV6900 is a sleek wireless broadband Windows Mobile phone with an intuitive touch interface. Designed by HTC, the lightweight XV6900 is only 3.95 oz, and sports a 2.0 megapixel digital camera.Sure to stand out, this attractive mobile phone comes in pearl white with chrome accents. The touchscreen interace allowed the phone’s designers [...]



Got AT&T ? Starbucks delivers Wi Fi

April 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pm » Comments (0)

 
Good news, iPhone lovers. Starbucks has dumped T-Mobile and serving you up a fresh heaping venti of Wi-Fi goodness. And what’s the crema on that espresso? Why, it’s this: “AT&T will soon extend the benefits of Wi-Fi at Starbucks to its wireless customers”. The press release says spring 2008 — still a little ways away, [...]



Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1,first 128GB SSD notebook

April 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pm » Comments (0)

Even if the SS RX1 isn’t new, this notebook is still an impressive device. Today Toshiba decided to boost things a little bit more by adding both a 128GB SSD and a WIN 1x CDMA module from AU by KDDI.
Unfortunately you won’t be able to get BOTH the SSD and the CDMA card on the [...]



Samsung’s Instinct for Sprint, An answer to iphone

April 12th, 2008 at 3:44 pm » Comments (0)

What makes a good iPhone killer? Is it a big touch screen, a built-in camera with a huge megapixel count. Is it connectivity options like 3G and HSDPA? Is it the added GPS capability? The Samsung Instinct, whch is exclusive to Sprint, the U.S.’s fourth largest mobile carrier, boasts a feature set that includes built-in [...]