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Sony PS3 getting a new 80GB system?

James Allan Brady, Mar 31st 2008 Discuss [3]

Judging from these tags from the FCC Sony is going to be pushing out a new 80GB model. It will feature a slightly repositioned Bluetooth module, a reverse F antenna for the same, and the 80GB HDD. The model number will remove the “A” from the original 60GB’s model number of CECHA01 and will replace it with an E making it CECHE01. Read The Full Story

Archos e-comp@gnon WiFi Communicator – someone got Champagne and Companion mixed up

James Allan Brady, Mar 27th 2008 Discuss [0]

The press release is in French, so I suppose I could give them a break on the spelling. The deal is they are trying to create a companion to a regular cell phone. It would offer up a lot of the web capabilities of a normal cell phone, but on a larger screen, over WiFi, and with a full keyboard. Read The Full Story

Dash Express Reviewed

James Allan Brady, Mar 27th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you don’t remember the Dash, it’s the new GPS unit that was co-developed with OpenMoko, and actually utilizes the OpenMoko Platform. It has WiFi and GPRS built in that allow it to do all sorts of cool things including search Yahoo on the fly for points of interest or upload, wirelessly, addresses, POIs, or even geological RSS feed, KML lists, things of that nature. Read The Full Story

Sanyo PLC-XW60 – Industry’s Smallest and Lightest XGA LCD Projector

James Allan Brady, Mar 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

This projector has an XGA LCD inside, a new, smaller bulb and a nice light and compact size. Its 10.4x2.17x7.4 inches in size and weighs a mere 3.6 pounds, meaning your laptop likely outweighs this projector. Read The Full Story

Onda VX767 4.3-inch PMP – like iPod Touch, but with microSD

James Allan Brady, Mar 25th 2008 Discuss [1]

This player has a 4.3-inch, 16:9, 480x272 resolution screen on it. It has a 400MHz processor, and some pretty amazing other features. Read The Full Story

MIU HDPC – tries for James Bond, hits somewhere around The Tick

James Allan Brady, Mar 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

Hardware wise this thing is amazing featuring a VIA C7M ULV CPU running at 1GHz, 4GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and your choice of a 60GB HDD or a 4GB SSD. Where it starts to fail is in respect to design, I guess what I’m trying to say here is that it’s ugly. Read The Full Story

Reviews

SlashGear Review – Ultra Products m998 Mid-Tower ATX Case

Chris Scott Barr, Mar 24th 2008 Discuss [4]

Last week I received an Ultra Products m998 Mid-Tower ATX Case for review. I love new PC cases, and have never used one from Ultra before, so I was excited to test it out. Before getting into the review, I’d like to mention that I am almost obsessive about my cable management (a couple of years as a networking admin will do that to you). So I generally take my sweet time and try to find creative ways to position the cables neatly out of the way without the use of such semi-permanent tools like zip ties. Enough about me though, on to the review!

m998

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Philips AJL308 – now the big dogs are in the Digital Picture Frame market

James Allan Brady, Mar 21st 2008 Discuss [1]

Digital Picture Frames were a dream, and a dumb one. This one isn’t much different other than its slightly more attractive, and will probably last marginally longer than some knockoff branded one. Read The Full Story

Play iBoxer – hawt

James Allan Brady, Mar 20th 2008 Discuss [1]

These boxers are available for men and women and their biggest feature is that they have a pouch for your iPod. My only question is when will you be wondering around in your boxers wondering where you are going to put your iPod. Read The Full Story

Intel Classmate PC coming to Europe – destined for failure

James Allan Brady, Mar 20th 2008 Discuss [0]

Intel is going to try and bring their Classmate PC over to Europe to compete with the Asus Eee, and they might be able to, on one front, price. The Classmate is supposed to be going on sale for $250-350. Read The Full Story

PS3 Firmware 2.20 – it’ll be here by the end of the month

James Allan Brady, Mar 20th 2008 Discuss [0]

With it you will see a major update that will net you Blu-Ray spec 2.0 with all the BD-Live functionality you’ve always wanted. That means you’ll be able to download video content, ringtones, and interactive movie based games. You’ll also get the ability to copy photos, music, and playlists from your PS3 to your PSP via USB. Other features of the new firmware include Resume Play, which means if you start a movie, Blu-Ray or DVD, and then remove it to game for a while, you’ll be able to re-insert it and start from where you left off. Read The Full Story