LG is announcing today that it’s bringing the 20-inch FlatronWide L206WU USB-based monitor to North America. the L206WU is based around a Samsung SyncMaster 940UX and has a 3,000:1 contrast ratio, 170 degree horizontal / vertical viewing angles, and most importantly eschews DVI and VGA for a USB connection that can be daisy chained over five more displays. Other USB-based display options have generally included some form of built-in lag due to the restrictions of the USB connection, so it’ll be interesting to see whether LG and its partner DisplayLink have managed to provide a solution. Price and availability dates are yet to be announced.
Japanese Sophia Nani Is A Full Touchscreen Phone, Media Player
15 Jul
Posted by admin as Home Entertainment
It would seem that a certain black-and-silver phone has attracted a bit of a following in the design department. The Japan-only Sophia Nani, launching next week, sports a massive 4.3″ touchscreen TFT display running at a crisp 800×400 resolution. A digital TV tuner rounds out a complete multimedia package, but one crucial feature will inevitably doom this newborn phone to the “design-only” box: Windows CE.
Yes, the beauty of the Nani is deceiving. The onboard WiFi capabilities will be handicapped by a sub-par web browser and multimedia capabilities will be bogged down by Windows Media Player 10. While the dual cameras are a unique addition (VGA in front, SVGA in back), the Nani boasts a simple Micro SD card slot in lieu of a more robust storage option like a hard drive. While it certainly won’t challenge anything else out there for dominance of the phone/PMP market, the Sophia Nani is proof of the new design direction cell phones are heading in.
Do you dream of a portable media player that has NES, SNES & SEGA MD/SMS emulation whilst also handling DIVX & XVID in its stride? Do you also dream of having a Playboy mansion and a bigger willy? Well, on the first account at least this is sure to help: Witness the thoughtfully titled ‘Portable Media Player’. More after the jump.
If the $109 Portable Media Player were a tin of sardines, it would be crammed so tight with salty fish you wouldn’t be able to get the lid on.
Thankfully, instead of salty fish the PMP supports all of the following: (deep breath): MP3, WMA, FLAC; Emulation - NES, SNES, SEGA MD/SMC; Picture viewing and Video playback support for AVI, MPEG-4, DIVX, XVID.
This bad boy further comes with a 1.3MP camera with an option for VHS quality video recording, 1GB onboard with an SD slot which supports up to a further 4GB. With a 3.6″ screen and a decent battery, (20hrs music / 6hrs video), I can more than happily look past the Tomy toys outer casing.
That aside one reviewer really sums up this media beast better than I ever could:
“The products have many functions which make me feel more exciting! ” – Haroon Malik
There’s a party between my first and second toe, and everyone’s invited! These LED flip flops illuminate while you walk, balancing the subtle shades of red, blue and green for all to enjoy. At under $10 a pair, you can’t afford not to pick up a pair, unless you’re one of those hoity toity consumers who won’t wear the world’s most immediate energy solution on your feet—just because the sandals are too “ugly as sin” for your champagne tastes.
Peter Löthberg, an optical Internet guru from Sweden has managed to hook up the daddy of all home Internet connections, running at a staggering 40Gb/s.
To put that speed into perspective, it would take 0.14s to download a DVD and only 3s to get your mitts on a HD-DVD. Mr. Löthberg carried out the procedure to demonstrate the viability of such speeds in a residential context.
If Internet connections do ever become this fast, your porn collection is likely to grow beyond the point you can feasibly hide it and everyone will know you for the pervert you are. That said, not everyone will have such perverse uses, certainly not the homeowner herself… Mr. Löthberg’s 75yr old mother!
Trouble with the ladies? Well it’s not for your lack of trying, I’m quite certain. Women who aren’t interested in World of Warcraft can’t be worth your time anyway. Still, if the constant pang of rejection is starting to takes its toll and you need a hand, look no further, Google Eau de Toilette will have you sorted.
It is guaranteed to make you more appealing than Brad Pitt dosed in pheromones at a fantasy, panty pillow-fight party. If you had problems with women in the first instance your sure to have them after too; fending off the horny hoards of scantily clad, busty babes won’t be easy. Get your bottle now! That is, er, if you can find any…
I don’t even own an iPhone, and I’m already sick of its mass produced, family friendly, there is no poverty and the world can be simple icons. Meanwhile, I’m digging this black and white version one user created and dared to load onto his iPhone—risking not only his precious tech, but the fragile, tacit blessing of Steve Jobs, too.
While the process isn’t exactly drag ‘n drop, it’s not straight coding either. Using Jailbreak software, you crash your (friend’s) iPhone and replace the icon.png files with anything of your choosing. Once you are done loading the (Windows 95) icon set, just restart the iPhone and everything should be functioning fine (your friend will never talk to you again). Hit the link for the full process and free black & white icon collection…just don’t come crying to us if you screw up and flush $600 (of your former friend’s money) down the drain. [mondmyiphone]
Thanks Cody!
Seemingly taking a step backward for even the terminally lazy, a team of scientists have unveiled a gesture-based control system for your television which uses only its own system of hand signals. Similar to a previous concept developed by MIT, the system works by monitoring the “movements” of a slothful couch surfer, and then reacts to a set of seven hand motions such as clenching your fist (”start”), thumbs-up (”up”), and a sideways peace-sign (”channel”). The researchers say the software can also distinguish between actual “TV gestures” and the movement of pets or small children. In related news, a similar device is also in development which allows its user to control almost all features of your television and associated equipment using a single thumb, although those involved in development are unsure they’ll find a market for this “remote,” as it were.
Not that we weren’t assuming this anyway, but Sony has gone on record to say that when the new PSP starts shipping in September, it will completely replace the original, 19 percent fatter PSP model. Sony definitely ain’t no Nintendo, which continues to sell GameBoy Advance models alongside the DS. We’ve got to wonder how likely it is that the PSP will suffer from a kind of Osbourne effect until September: would you pick up a PSP knowing that a thinner, faster version of the same device is just around the corner?