Archive for August 31st, 2007

Cooked WinMo 6 ROM verified for PPC-6700, XV6700

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones Well ladies and gents, it seems the rumored Windows Mobile 6 update for the Sprint PPC-6700 / Verizon XV6700 is looking a little more legit. True to his word, ppcgeeks user Helmi_c showed us that the proof is indeed in the pudding with a goodly pile of pics ...

Joystiq answers questions about Sony’s slimmer PSP

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds Those patiently awaiting the slimmer PSP, codenamed PSP-2000, will probably enjoy (or be exceedingly envious) of Joystiq's hands-on with the forthcoming device, but regardless of what emotions it evokes, we're givin' it to ya straight. Hordes of readers submitted questions about the impending PSP, and nothing provides ...

Hands-on with Nikon’s semi-pro D300 DSLR

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features While we might not spend as much time geeking out over ISOs and shutter speeds as the true photography faithful, even we couldn't help but shiver at the feel of the "click" in Nikon's new D300 DSLR. You have to be pretty serious about your hobby ...

Hands-on with Nikon’s D3 DSLR for the pros

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features Would we ever in a million years know what to do with this much photo-power at our finger tips? Not a chance, but it's nice to dream, and the D3 is going to make the dreams of very many photo nerds come true this year. Nikon ...

Hands-on with Nikon’s new Coolpix lineup

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features There were really too many of these new Coolpix cameras on display at Nikon's booth to give any of them a fair shake, but that didn't stop us from giving the Coolpix S51c that very special look we reserve specifically for WiFi-enabled cameras.Gallery: Hands-on with Nikon's ...

Loopwing toy car runs on wind power

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets We're big fans of both alt-power and silly toys, so Tamiya's latest kitcar, the Loopwing, pushes all our geek buttons. The build-it-yourself kit car comes with its own windmill, and just five minutes of charging in a five mile wind powers the three-wheeled racer for three and ...

Speecys shows of SPC-101C face-recognizing robot

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Robots After letting its MI-RAI-RT (a.k.a SPC-101) robot wander around aimlessly for a while, Speecys has now finally decided to let the bot have a look at the world, adding a cyclops-style camera to its new SPC-101C model. That'll apparently not only let it recognize faces, but expressions as ...

Dell XPS M1730 slips, now launching September 21st

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Filed under: Laptops We can't ever guarantee launch dates on an unannounced product, but it looks like Dell's internal shipment date for the new XPS M1730 just slipped, and has been pushed back to September 21st for the US, Europe, and Asia. Here's the latest specs list (sorry, not much there ...