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Nokia E66 and E71 getting dressed business-class hotties itself
2008-05-26 09:42:00 We’d always prefer an actual announcement to a mere teaser, and in the case of the E66 and E71, we’ve seen these things exposed so many times in so many ways now that we’re actually starting to think that we might know more about the business-class hotties than Nokia itself. Here’s the latest scoop: Mobile ... More About: Business , Class , Business Class
Hop-On Mobile Launches $10 HOP1800 the anti-iPhone
2008-05-26 09:31:00 Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of ‘em, but Hop-On’s got a new $10 disposable cellphone that goes by the name of HOP1800. Dual-band on 850/1900 or 900/1800, featuring totally rad vibrating or polyphonic MIDI ringing, Hop-On’s billing this one as the “anti-iPhone”; we’re not exactly sure what makes this the anti-iPhone other than the ... More About: Mobile , Iphone , Anti
PC Microworks launched Montevina-powered Edge uber-laptop for $8,265
2008-05-26 09:26:00 Heads up, spec hounds. PC Microworks’ Edge with Centrino 2 (aka Montevina ) is a powerhouse that cannot be denied. This speedster sports a 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, packs a Montevina Quad Core Centrino 2 CPU, 2gb of DDR3 at 1333MHz, nVIDIA Gefore 9800M GTX, HSPDA, and up to 4TB of 7200RPM drives. More About: Laptop , Computing , Launched
XYZ Computer Desk gives a tough fight to all other gorgeous PC tables
2008-05-26 09:17:00 After the Powerdesk range, i-desk with Built-in PC, MILK desk, and the recently seen Sync Desktop, we are pleased to introduce you to another aesthetically pleasing computer desk. The XYZ Computer Desk gives a tough fight to all other gorgeous PC tables with built-in PC and computer peripherals present in the market when it comes ... More About: Gadgets , Tables , Fight , Tough
Honda to supply the whole field IndyCar engines at least 5 more years
2008-05-26 09:06:00 Honda is now in its third season as the sole supplier of engines for the IndyCar series, and it has decided to re-up for another five years. Honda originally jumped into IndyCar from the now-departed Champ Cars in 2003, and at that time, the H was still competing with Toyota and General Motors. The other ... More About: Honda , Years , Engines , Field
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures
2008-05-26 08:59:00 Funcom’s newest massively multiplayer online role-playing game makes quite a first impression. Even the avatar creation scene is dramatic, featuring your character standing below the deck of a slave ship as it gets rocked by violent waves. It’s an appropriate introduction to this mature and bloody game, and it sets the stage for the initial ... More About: Adventures , Conan , Age of Conan
Nokia said that users will soon be able to take their games with them
2008-05-24 14:07:00 Well, that didn’t take long. Just as the mini-brouhaha over N-Gage games being tied to handsets was starting to percolate, Nokia has now come out and said that users will be able to take their games with them to a new handset after all, eventually. According to Nokia communications manager Oskar Södergren, some “miscommunication” on ... More About: Games , Users
HTC Touch Dual will be launching in US this weekend for $549.99
2008-05-24 13:59:00 At first, we were all stoked at the realization that it took HTC shy of two months to go from announcement to availability of its US-flavored Touch Dual , but then we had this wet blanket thrown on us when we reflected on the fact that it’s been like six months since the European model was ... More About: Weekend
Inventec?s new V10 laptop costs a mere $230 US
2008-05-24 13:52:00 If the current crop of cheaptops are still a bit too pricey for your taste, you may want to keep an eye out for Inventec ’s new V10 laptop, which apparently costs a mere 1,600 Chinese yuan (or about $230) . That’ll get you a bigger than usual 10.1-inch display, but a decidedly lackluster 1GHz VIA ... More About: Laptop , Computing , Costs
Fiat Abarth has released two new performance kits for Grando Punto
2008-05-24 13:41:00 Fiat’s tuning workshop Abarth has released details for two new performance kits for the Grande Punto Abarth: the Assetto and esseesse (read: SS, for Super Sport) kits.Starting with the standard 155-horsepower 1.4-liter turbocharged Grande Punto Abarth, both kits can be ordered after the fact and installed by specialized Abarth centers being established in markets around ... More About: Performance , Fiat , Kits , Released
Special edition High Chair is caked with Swarovski for Richie Rich kids
2008-05-24 13:33:00 So your little one was born with silver, gold and Swarovski studded spoons (gone are the days of only silver spoon) in his or her mouth, then you?ve gotto get a complementing luxurious high-chair when he actually starts using those spoons to feed. But when shopping for a high chair for your angel, you?d find ... More About: Kids , Rich , Gadgets , Special
Rise of the Argonauts
2008-05-24 13:24:00 In Rise of the Argonauts, the upcoming action role-playing game from Codemasters and Liquid Entertainment, weapons kill people. In fact, if you hit an enemy with a sword, says game director Ed Del Castillo, the enemy is probably going to die. It’s this concept of lethality that looks to separate Rise of the Argonauts from ...
AT&T offering hotspots for free to Laptop Connect and smartphone users
2008-05-23 11:29:00 According to the Boy Genius, it’s not just iPhone users that will be getting / not getting the telco’s WiFi on the house — the company has plans to offer use of its hotspots for free to Laptop Connect and smartphone users. An internal memo from the provider appears to state that effective May 20th, ... More About: Smartphone , Free , Users
Australian carrier has launched Palm?s Centro obligation-free for $299
2008-05-23 11:22:00 Smartphones are a disappointingly rare occurrence in prepaid stables in some corners of the world, but at least Telstra’s doing its part. The Australian carrier has launched Palm ’s Centro obligation-free for $299 AUD (about $286), giving Aussies a solid option for taking a trip down Garnet lane without shelling out any more monthly cash than ... More About: Free , Launched
Eizo pitches new 24-inch FlexScan HD2452W monitor at gamers for $1,250
2008-05-23 11:16:00 Eizo’s certainly no stranger to high-end monitors, and the company’s now expanding its offerings yet again, this time with an LCD targeted specifically at gamers. Judging from the specs, however, the 24-inch FlexScan HD2452W should please just about anyone with the necessary money to spend, with it boasting a full WUXGA resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, ... More About: Computing , Monitor , Inch , Gamers , Eizo
Mitsubishi Evolution X GSR coming to the U.S. this June for $40,840
2008-05-23 11:10:00 We’ve already spent some wheel time in the Mitsubishi Evolution X GSR, and despite some dynamic criticisms, we’re convinced that the new Evo remains one of the most compelling performance bargains south of $40-grand. But what about the MR? Mitsubishi contends that its top-of-the-line Evo is aimed at discerning drivers looking for a compromise ... More About: June , Evolution X
Da Vinci sketch inspires world?s smallest one-man helicopter
2008-05-23 10:02:00 Weighing in at just 75 kgs, the GEN H-4 is indeed the world?s smallest one-man helicopter. But, that?s not the most amazing thing about it. What?s really interesting about this flying machine is that it?s actually inspired by the sketch of a vertical flying machine created by Leo Da Vinci in 1493 which was ... More About: World , Gadgets , Helicopter , Sketch
Madden NFL 09
2008-05-23 09:58:00 EA Sports recently held its 2008 NFL Rookie Madden Challenge in Los Angeles, hosting a number of rookie NFL players in an eight-player tournament to determine which future NFL star has the most skill on the sticks. Newly minted Washington Redskins wide receiver Devin Thomas took home the trophy during the tournament, beating up on ...
T-Mobile gets Nokia’s XpressMusic 5310 for $49.99
2008-05-21 08:45:00 T-Mobile ’s no stranger to Nokia’s XpressMusic series of funky little music phones, and the tradition continues today with the introduction of the 5310. This colorful candybar has some pretty solid street cred as a viable music player, too, with a microSD slot, svelte 9.9mm body and — most importantly — a real 3.5mm jack for ... More About: T-Mobile , T Mobile
Samsung’s S60-equipped L870 launch at CommunicAsia next month
2008-05-21 08:41:00 The L870 that Samsung showed off in the Netherlands last month was looking a little shaky, to say the least — but fortunately, it seems like that may have just been some half-baked prototype. Czech site Mobil.cz has scored a picture of a slider that’s looking far, far more put together, featuring a svelte, brushed ... More About: Launch , Month
Kodak intros Olympics-branded M2008 digital camera for about $270
2008-05-21 08:37:00 It certainly hasn’t gone to the lengths Lenovo has gone with its Olympics tie-ins, but we wouldn’t exactly expect anything more from Kodak given its past adventures in athletic cross-promotion. Dubbed the M2008, this latest entry appears to simply be a rebranded version of the company’s M1033 compact camera, with it boasting the same 10-megapixel ... More About: Digital Camera , Camera , Digital
Alfa Romeo officially develped Prodrive-prepped Brera S
2008-05-21 08:30:00 As we reported earlier, Alfa Romeo handed over its Brera to Prodrive , which has extensively honed the hot hatch into what’s being called the Brera S. Prodrive fit the new Brera S with Eibach coil springs and Bilstein dampers, and then conducted extensive testing to find the right balance of spring and damper rates for ...
Sound-e-Motion speakers ensure sound for $150,000
2008-05-21 08:22:00 While the Sound -e-Motion acoustic systems might not be as price as the Cabesse $150,000 La Sphere speakers, they are a real eye candy. The Sound-e-Motion M10-20 BF floorstanding loudspeakers use spherical enclosures for the midrange/low-frequency enclosures, said to minimize baffle distortions and result in more uniformly polar sound distribution. The spherical speakers are mounted on ... More About: Speakers
Operation Darkness
2008-05-21 06:57:00 What do werewolves, dragons, zombies, and vampires have in common? Besides being cool–and by cool we mean totally sweet–they now appear in a tactical RPG alongside the infantry and armored vehicles of the Third Reich. We recently had the opportunity to dig in deep and do our best to stop the Blitzkrieg with a team ... More About: Operation , Darkness
Alltel?s breaking out the Touch shades in burgundy runs for $129.99
2008-05-20 08:39:00 The Touch has always seemed like a device that deserves a whole rainbow to itself, but for whatever reason, its many colors have been hard to find in one place. Alltel ’s breaking out of the mold, though, becoming just the first carrier in the US to offer multiple Touch shades in its lineup by adding ... More About: Breaking , Runs , Burgundy
JVC?s launching the new Everio S Series GZ-MS100 camcorder
2008-05-20 08:30:00 If you’ve been feeling like those videos you’ve been making of you and your friends dancing to “Lipgloss” haven’t been landing on YouTube fast enough, JVC has got you covered. The company is launching the new Everio S Series GZ-MS100 camcorder, a cheapo model designed to get your clips onto the internet as fast as ... More About: Gadgets , Camcorder
IOGEAR rolls out USB-sharing Net ShareStation for $80
2008-05-20 08:22:00 We’re not exactly hurting for wireless, USB-sharing options right about now, but when it comes to devices that let us yank another cable from our desk, we’re all for a bit of excess. This latest one comes to us from IOGEAR, which opted for the sharing-over-network method with its new Net ShareStation. More About: Computing , Sharing
Gumpert Apollo Hybrid begins testing in the Nurburgring
2008-05-20 08:15:00 Gumpert is entering a hybrid version of its supercar, the Apollo , in the Nurburgring 24-Hour race. Instead of the normal car’s Audi 4.2-liter twin-turbo with 650 HP, the racer gets a 3.3-liter V8 with something like 630-HP, in addition to a 100kW electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack. The 190 kilos of ... More About: Hybrid , Testing
Furniture Factory specializes in producing massage chairs
2008-05-20 06:59:00 We have introduced you to a range of massage chairs in the past and here is another addition to the long list. Foshan Shunde Lecong Shunxing Furniture Factory specializes in producing massage chairs, massage beds, footbath chairs, and leisure chairs and their brand products, Meiyaoxuan, are made in strict accord with the human body engineering ... More About: Gadgets , Massage , Producing
FaceBreaker
More articles from this author:2008-05-20 06:49:00 Part boxing game, part wrestling game, and part Chris Farley slapstick, EA Sports’ upcoming FaceBreaker is a decidedly different take on boxing for which the company has come to be known. After all, the crown jewels in EA’s boxing stable are the old Knockout Kings games and the more modern Fight Night series (for which, ... More About: Facebreaker 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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