Archive for August 29th, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio
If you look closely at the Panasonic SV-SD950N's jumble of controls (go ahead, look, we know it hurts) you'll notice a few new icons: a telephone and Bluetooth. No, they haven't turned their latest D-snap Audio player into a Bluetooth enabled phone. However, they have enabled the ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Transportation
Volvo's name has long since been connected with safety, and the firm has recently announced a few new features for the S80, XC70, and V70 that aim to keep the link alive. Among the new systems that should be available "at the end of 2007" is the (tweaked) ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Displays, HDTVWe're certainly not complaining about yet another professional sports team opting for a svelte HD Jumbotron, but the Diamondbacks' claim to soon have the "largest scoreboard in pro sports" is dodgy at best. Reportedly, the board will cost between $10 and $12 million to erect and will ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoHey, didn't we just see this little guy yesterday all blurry and rumory like? Sure enough, the new Walkman A810 series was just loosed in the US and doing pretty much everything the NW-A800 was doing for Europe and beyond. It's available in white, pink, ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt's been a while since we last heard about a dolphin getting fitted with an artificial tail, but it looks like Fuji finally has some new bionic company, with Winter the dolphin now starting to get used to a prosthetic tail of its own. Unlike Fuji, Winter ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
"Damn, that's one fine ass printer you've got sitting on your desk" isn't a phrase you hear from guests too often -- if ever -- but we'll bet francs to frites that Samsung's new ML-1631K and SCX-4501K 'Bordeaux'-branded models will draw more than their fair share of oohs ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
var digg_url = 'http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/nokias-iphone-no-seriously/'; Oh come on, what the hell is that? A Nokia branded iPhone? It was presented during Nokia's GoPlay event this morning as a glimpse of what's coming with Nokia interface design. Oh, and it's due out ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
Apart from its obvious smallness, Samsung's original SPH-P9000 "Deluxe MIT" proved to be a decent enough device when we got our hands on it at CES, with its built-in Mobile WiMax support providing a welcome, if disappointingly slow added connectivity option (at least for those with access ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsStill no love for AT&T customers just yet, but Palm's Treo 750 is slowly transforming from a Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC to a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device across the globe. Following an earlier Australian announcement, it now seems that the official upgrade is available to ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: GPS
If you've been riding your bike around town, yet finding yourself completely stupefied when you need to make directional decisions, perhaps you need to check into Garmin's latest cycle-friendly GPS boxes -- the Edge 605 and 705. The latter -- which is the company's higher-end bike-mountable unit -- ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Wireless
Always one to cut cords at every corner, Parrot has taken advantage of IFA to unveil a range of new Bluetooth-equipped devices, including the stereo and speakers seen above. As you can no doubt surmise, the DS3120 Bluetooth stereo will pull tunes off your ...
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