Gadgets and New Technologies

by Nilay Patel, posted Apr 25th 2008 at 9:21PM NVIDIA’s been on a hyper-competitive tear lately, and while the latest rumor isn’t quite on par with Roy Taylor saying that the Intel CPU is “dead,” it reinforces the company’s new win-at-all-costs attitude. Seems ATI’s upcoming RV770-based Radeon HD 4800 might threaten NVIDIA’s dominance of the high-end graphics market, and that’s just not acceptable — so the company is planning on pushing up the release of the GeForce 9900 to July. That’s one billion transistors and GDDR3 memory, if you haven’t been memorizing rumored graphic card specs — we’re guessing that blue screen of death will render mighty fast on that rig.ReadPermalinkEmail this41 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘NVIDIA pushing up GeForce 9900 to outgun Radeon HD 4800?’…)

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Patio Heater Bring summer evenings back to your garden with this mega powerful patio heater. You can have this for ?399.00 (Read the full post about ‘Patio Heater’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted Apr 26th 2008 at 12:13PMImmersion, the same folks responsible for adding haptic technology (force feedback from touch panels, pretty much) in a fleet of Nokia handsets, could be looking to do the same with Cupertino’s one and only. While VibeTonz isn’t specifically mentioned by name, a recent report (which should certainly be filed as a rumor for the time being) is suggesting that bigwigs from both outfits are in ongoing meetings “over licensing and implementation issues of iphone haptics.” Interestingly enough, this news is flowing hot on the heels of Immersion appointing Clent Richardson as president and CEO; if that name rings a bell, he previously spent five years pretty high up the ladder at Apple. (Read the full post about ‘Apple looking to Immersion for haptic technology on iPhone?’…)

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Everyones favorite love-to-hate retail chain is now celebrating their grand re-opening with 15 current locations and a new one to top it off. While 13 of those are located in Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico will also share in the joy of everything that CompUSA has been lacking to offer in the past. If you remember back when the CompUSA demise first came about, they were being snapped up by Systemax, who is better know as the owner of Tiger Direct. Sadly the Tiger Direct retail locations have not been know for a stellar in-store experience, which is reminiscent of the CompUSA’s of the past. (Read the full post about ‘CompUSA gets a second coming in Florida’…)

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The mother of all 3G iphone rumors has been smashed, ladies and gentlemen, by none other than an Apple fanboy who happened to pass by a mobile phone accessories store in Hong Kong. While the rest of us here have been speculating (some even giggling) about the possibilities of a glossy black 3G iPhone coming in June, those in Hong Kong may already be aware that the photo of the alleged 3G iPhone on the Internet right now is absolutely and positively not a photo of the real thing. Because what the thing in the photo really was, according to the source of the image above, is none other than a glossy black custom iPhone back case, which you can purchase for yourself right now if you were in Hong Kong. (Read the full post about ‘Glossy Black 3G iPhone found in Hong Kong as third-party case’…)

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We first learned about Crucial prepping SSD’s in both a 32GB and 64GB size back in early January, but at the time we were yet to learn about any pricing or a time frame for an actual release. Well it turns out the drives are now shipping and although they would make a nice upgrade for alot of notebooks on the market, their price is going to be a barrier for many folks. The 32GB model is retailing for $800, while the 64GB is a whopping $1,500. Its a shame because the drives are the notebook-sized 2.5-inch, which means, assuming you were comfortable enough to open up your notebook, would make a perfect replacement or upgrade drive. (Read the full post about ‘Crucial announces availability of 32GB, 64GB solid state drives’…)

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Electric bikes seem to be getting the popular vote these days, and the new Electric Motion Systems E+ bike is another addition to a growing list. While DOT requirements state that a road-going electric bike ought to have its speed limit capped at 20 mph, the E+ can hit 30 mph when traveling off the beaten path. Without turning the pedals even once, the E+ is able to manage 20 miles on a single charge, whereas if you throw in some pedaling as well you can double the range. It won’t be cheap though as you will need to fork out at least $3,495, and you can choose from a cruiser or mountainbike frame. And to think that bicycles were once meant to be exercise machines… (Read the full post about ‘Electric Motion Systems E+ Bike’…)

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In most places across the world, at any given time of day, you can walk up to any random person and be sure that he/she owns a Nokia. Then when you ask that person why he/she owns a Nokia, you’ll be given an anecdote about its user-friendly interface, nice styling, satisfactory performance, etc. And it shouldn’t surprise you, because those are the reasons why Nokia skyrocketed in the mobile phone making game. Another thing that’s not surprising is Nokia’s apparent low profile in the North American handset market, mainly because it just would not succumb to the carriers’s requests to modify their phones in order to match some “specific criteria.” This will soon change, however, as Nokia finally decides to change it’s tactics in order to recover their stronghold on the US market. (Read the full post about ‘Nokia willing to bend over for wireless carriers to increase market share’…)

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Pioneer unveiled the KURO KRF-9000FD full HD projector which features high reflectivity LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology in order to achieve a fantastic contrast ratio of 30,000:1. Other features on the KRF-9000FD include :- 2x motorized zoom/focus lens 80% vertical and +-34% horizontal lens shift 600lm brightness 2 HDMI ports 24db noise level 280W power consumptionIt will be available at the end of this month, burning a $12,000 hole in your pockets. (Read the full post about ‘Pioneer KURO KRF-9000FD full HD Projector’…)

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Don't Count On It You can have this for ?9.99 (Read the full post about ‘Don’t Count On It’…)

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