Tom’s Hardware Guide review of the world’s smallest desktop PC, the Jadetec Micro System, which has a 2.4 GHz processor, a 30GB hard drive, and 512 MB of RAM packed into a box that’s just 6″x6″x1.75″ big. Kinda skimps on the video memory though. It has just 4MB, which is worse than most laptops these … Continued
Several readers wrote in about a very large new gadget, LG’s Multi-Media Refrigerator, which is sure to be find a place in the kitchen of any extremely wealthy gadget freak. It’s a full-sized 25.5 cubic feet refrigerator with a 15.1″ LCD display on the front for watching TV or surfing the web (not sure though … Continued
Sometime in the middle of last week Gizmodo had its 100,000 page view, just a few days shy of the two month anniversary our launch. A big thank you to everyone who has visited us, blogged us, written to us, or otherwise supported Gizmodo these past few months. The site has been a success far … Continued
Finally arrived back in NYC after attending the Mobius 2002 conference in Seattle, where Microsoft gave me and the editors of a few dozen PDA and cellphone websites a sneakpeak at what Redmond has on the horizon for mobile computing. We got to check out the new Pocket PC Phone edition, Tablet PCs, and Smart … Continued
So it actually didn’t turn out to be live from Mobius. Believe it or not, none of the Ethernet ports worked in the room where the conference is being held. WiFi is no use, since Microsoft uses 802.1x, a more secure variant of WiFi that no one can access. Apart from a rather unconvincing presentation … Continued
Gizmodo’s blogging live today from Microsoft’s Mobius 2002 mobile computing conference in Redmond. It’s a chance to get a first look at what’s on the horizon for Pocket PCs and Tablet PCs. Full Disclosure: Bizarre as it sounds, Microsoft actually thinks enough of weblogs in general, and this weblog in particular, to have sprung for … Continued
Now this is my dream monitor: Samsung’s flagship display, the SyncMaster 241MP, which has a 24″, widescreen, 1900×1200 resolution screen. It’s got a built-in TV tuner, is HDTV-ready, and even comes with speakers. The price tag: $4,500. But are you really all that shocked? Read [Via EnvyNews]
ZDnet reviews ViewSonic’s Pocket PC and declares that with a retail price of just $299, this lightest of Pocket PC’s might prove to be a very serious rival not just to the rest of the Pocket PC market, but to Palm, Handspring, and Sony as well. But don’t count the Palm platform out yet. Apart … Continued
A nice, but not particularly in-depth, survey of the dizzying array of options out there when it comes to mice these days: corded, cordless, optical, etc. I’ve recently just made the switch to an optical mouse (Microsoft’s Wheel Mouse Optical, pictured at right), but can’t bring myself to buy a cordless one just yet, especially … Continued
Excellent New York Times article assessing Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center Edition, which is supposed to turn your PC into a home entertainment hub. By the way, there was a piece on Slate yesterday slagging off TiVo. It made a lot of solid points, but the timing is a little curious, since it’s appearing … Continued
Yep, that does look exactly like T-Mobile’s Pocket PC Phone. But it’s not. It’s the new SX56 Pocket PC Phone from Siemens for AT&T Wireless. The SX56 uses the same exact reference design as T-Mobile’s Pocket PC Phone, and has the same 206 MHz Intel processor, 32MB of RAM, and 12-bit display. Same big retail … Continued
Reviews of a couple of new LCD monitor/TV combos, the 17-inch EN-7500 LCD from Envision Peripherals (pictured at right), and the 18.1-inch Xenon 1810E from Elegreen. It looks like these hybrid displays are starting to really take off, but how come both of these models come in a 5:4 aspect ratio instead of a 16:9? … Continued
LA Times article examining the curious state of portable DVD players and the lack of demand for them. There’s one simple reason why they haven’t caught on – people can watch movies on their laptops. Still, once the prices for these come down and they cost around $100 (and prices are falling – some portable … Continued
A DVD/DVR combo from Panasonic that might just be the Holy Grail for disgruntled TiVo owners. The DMR-HS2 has a 40GB hard disk for recording up to 52 hours of television, and a built-in DVD burner for archiving shows to DVD-R when you the hard drive runs out of space. Great news for anyone trying … Continued
Lots of buzz about the new Dell Pocket PC today. CNET reports that leaked specs have turned up that describe the new handheld as having Secure Digital and Compact Flask expansion slots, a 3.5-inch transflective TFT display, and a jog dial. Not much more info available, such as price or memory. How long until some … Continued
80211-planet.com reviews ViewSonic’s airpanel 100 wireless monitor. A wireless monitor sounds great, since you’ll have one less cable to plug in, right? Calling the airpanel 100 a wireless monitor is something of a misnomer, since with it’s 10.4 inch LCD touchscreen, 128 MB of RAM, 206 MHz processor, and Windows CE .NET operating system, it’s … Continued