Archive for December 16th, 2007

Keepin’ it real fake, part CII: Chinese iPhone knockoff thinks different (with infomercial)

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones Consider the iPhone knockoff market's bar officially raised. No longer is it enough to swipe designs and iconography, now you must master the fine art of infomercials to hock your wares. This iClone thinks different with maps, photos, a motion sensor (which apparently causes its users to keep ...

USB Hand Warmer keeps your digits toasty

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets It's that time of year again. You know, the months where your typing slows to a crawl as your fingers gradually lose every ounce of feeling in them. Granted, there's a myriad options already out there to keep 'em thawed out, but this particular alternative just looks ...

Toshiba’s Portege G910 / G920 go FCC: followup to the G900 superphone

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones Probably because it's not that big of a player in the domestic cellphone space, Toshiba may not be familiar with all the ins and outs of FCC confidentiality agreements, as evidenced by its testing subcontractor leaving tons of juicy photos of the unannounced Portege G910 / G920 smartphones ...

Ohayo’s MP4 Player is ugly

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio No way around it, Ohayo's "design" on this here DAP is just plain criminal. If the hardware weren't slab-a-rific enough, the software interface manages to look cluttered and yet uninviting. 2GB of flash storage and a 1.8-inch OLED screen have never been put to less appealing use. ...

Xbox 360 sending out disruptive 2.4GHz vibes?

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under: Gaming, WirelessDetails are sketchy at the moment, but some IT folks at Morrisville State College have tracked down a strong and disruptive signal being emitted from Xbox 360s, which messes with WiFi and possibly other 2.4GHz radios such as Bluetooth headsets. The signal is put out even when ...