Bill was a hired infomercial actor pretending to be on the brink. He used to lose at least half a dozen iPods to relentless and cunning thieves, continually able to outsmart him and relieve him of his portable music boxes. Then, like a shining light at the end of the tunnel, along came Hide-a-Pod*. “It was like a dream come true,” Bill exclaimed: “I picked up a Hide-a-Pod, and I haven’t lost an iPod since. If I leave it somewhere and go back later it’s always right there were I left it.” Harnessing the mathematical perfection of ugliness that only the Brown Zune possesses, Hide-a-Pod makes iPods physically invisible to lower standing members of society. You too can be like Bill, by ordering the Hide-a-Pod today!
As some sort of sick consolation prize for not getting to appear in the new Transformers movie, Soundwave has had his cassette tape guts ripped out and replaced with a cold, MP3 playing heart. For around $100 depending on the edition and shipping, you can purchase Takara/Tomy’s Soundwave MP3 player. Instead of taking clunky tapes, the Soundwave MP3 player has a slot for SD cards, along with the usual headphone jack and music controls. And yes, it does do the whole transforming bit: there wouldn’t be much point otherwise, donchafink?
Nyko’s Wii Party Station gets put to the test
15 Jul
Posted by admin as Home Entertainment, Fashion, Technology
The allure of playing with Nyko’s Wiimote holding station / party bowl hybrid was just too strong for the folks at Joystiq to resist, and hey, we can’t say we blame ‘em. As the crew put it through the typical paces, they found that the cooling, score keeping, and organizing functions all worked perfectly as advertised, but even they couldn’t deny that it essentially redefined superfluous. Still, we all know this thing makes throwing parties entirely easier for introverts, so be sure and check out the read link if you’re desperate to see how awesome the Wii Party Station truly is.
LG are set to add to their ever-popular Black Label Series by releasing the LG Shine in a new, sulky Titanium Black finish. To save any confusion at the checkout they’re releasing this model as the ‘LG Shine Titanium Black.’
Toshiba is running a short, promotional sale by selling its HD A2 HD DVD player for $99 with three HD DVD movies over at the Home Media Expo in Las Vegas. You may be thinking this is great news: but wait, there’s a catch. Only attendees of the show will be able to take advantage of the deal, and with ticket prices of between $100 and $500, the deal isn’t as great once you get in. Toshiba, maybe you should focus on reducing the prices for general consumers rather than running these awkward “promotions.” The fact that you’re trying to sell players at a conference reeks of desperation, which is weird since it looks like you’ve got nothing to worry about.
If your manhood is less than 2cm; (yeah, I went metric on you), chances are your hand span is not too great either. Help is not far, Frodo, as XFPS have entered the niche market with their super-tiny Guitar Hero controllers.
Asus, a company that’s pushing some pretty interesting and innovative products into the spotlight as of late, is stepping up to bat with another new entry, dubbed the U3. The 13.3-inch ultraportable rocks a Billy Joel-approved “piano black” exterior, with a smooth, sensual leather finish on the palm rests, making it stylistically quite distinctive. The U3 features the much-loved Santa Rosa chipset, and will likely utilize one of Intel’s low voltage Core 2 Duo processors (the L7500, for instance), but that’s just where the fun begins on this baby. The jam-packed specs include integrated GPS, HDMI and S-Video outs, eSATA, USB, and Firewire ports; SD and ExpressCard 54 slots; and an NVIDIA 8400M graphics chipset — which can be switched off via hardware for power conservation. Asus reps say the system is due in September at a price point somewhere around $2,000.
Oh, now you’re interested in HD DVD. As a promotion to coincide with the Home Media Expo, Toshiba released this letter to attendees:
TOSHIBA HD DVD PLAYER for ONLY $99 PLUS 3 FREE HD DVD’sFor one week only, starting July 22, 2007, Toshiba will be offering the [$299] HD A2 player for only $99. With your purchase you will also receive 3 HD DVD’s.
While we can’t tell if this is an offer than will be solely for influential retailers attending the show (which is what we’re guessing) or consumers unrelated to the show, the deal is still worth keeping an eye on if you want to up your DVD game a bit or if you were planning on buying a player before July 22nd. If it is true, we’re guessing Toshiba is promoting more of a liquidation sale than a permanent price drop.
MILTRAK gives soldiers the down low on encroaching enemy forces
15 Jul
Posted by admin as Technology
We’ve seen a variety of systems designed to better inform soldiers of what’s truly going on around them, but a new setup devised by Thales UK weds an advanced GPS module, a digital magnetic compass, a microprocessor, and a “fully ruggedized display” to provide near-real time situational awareness information. Dubbed MILTRAK, this concoction equips field soldiers with a portable display which seems to work an awful lot like your basic top-screen radar (think Counter-Strike), as it displays the positions of “similarly equipped friendly (blue) forces overlaid on a relational display, raster map, or geo-referenced aerial photograph.” Moreover, those in battle can purportedly share and follow routes, which enhances communication and keeps platoons from running astray. Heck, they may even forget that the bullets flying around them are real.
At first glance, the self-explanatory “WACOM” urinals seem like a good idea. Featuring a built-in LCD display, hands free operation, and the romantic musk of blue sterilizing cake, all the elements are present for those special times when a man needs his…relief. But then you notice the monitor is displaying a child’s drawing and you begin to worry for society, yourself, the guy who did the Photoshop and the poor souls at Adobe who probably feel like they were part of The Mahatten Project II.