Archive for December 10th, 2007



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Envision's 22-inch G218a1 display probably didn't turn a lot of heads when it was only at Best Buy, and and something tells us the non-exclusive G218c1 won't capture much more attention, even with the addition of a 1.3 megapixel webcam and integrated microphone. The anonymous black design hides the same internals as the a1: 1680 x 1050 resolution, 700:1 contrast ratio, 5ms response time, VGA and DVI-D inputs, and a set of built-in stereo speakers, but the price has been raised to $330. Available now, as are several better and cheaper panels.

 

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After a slight delay and a false alarm, LG has finally announced that its "Super Blu" BH200 HD DVD / Blu-ray combo player is now available at retailers nationwide, for the not so low price of $999. In addition to playing both HD formats, the player also has the somewhat notable distinction of being the first player to support Blu-ray profile 1.1, although you'll still have to wait a while to take advantage of that particular feature. Otherwise, you'll get full 1080p support (including upscaling of DVDs), HDMI 1.3, component and composite video outputs, digital optical and analog audio outputs, and a LAN port, not to mention a USB port on the front for impromptu slide shows or music playback. Now, if only they'd work on getting the cost down to something less than the combined cost of an HD DVD and Blu-ray player, we'd be all set.

 

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We've already seen a microphone rigged for use with the iPod touch, and it now looks like that hack could soon be about to get a whole lot more useful, as the iPod Touch Mods blog is reporting that an enterprising individual known only as "eok" has manged to get VoIP working on the device. According to the blog, eok used the SIP-based SvSIP application originally developed for the Nintendo DS as the basis for the hack, although there's unfortunately few other details at the moment, let alone the recompiled version of the app itself, or even a screenshot of it in action. Given the history of these things, however, we wouldn't expect it to take too long for those tidbits to trickle out, assuming the hack lives up to its promise, that is.

[Thanks, RadicalxEdward]

 

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Dec 10


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For those of you infatuated by the Eee's stylish looks, but in need of something a little more powerful, it looks like ASUS may be answering your prayers today. Enter the U6S and U6E laptops, two handsome new models that should fit your power-hungry needs. The systems are built atop the much-loved Santa Rosa chipset, Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs (in a variety of speeds), up to 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drives, and offer either the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G or Intel's GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/b/g/n or 802.11a/b/g, plus a whole nasty mess of ports, jacks, inputs, outputs, and assorted doohickeys. Both are available now, starting at $1,749. Oh yeah, the laptops also utilize their built-in webcams to verify users via face recognition -- hit the videos after the break to see Engadget Chinese easily fake out the security.

Continue reading ASUS brings the U6 laptops Stateside

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!


Dec 10


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Yeah, the iriver W7 was released today as expected. Everybody move to Korea, what's the use in kidding ourselves anymore?

 

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!