This iPod is friggin awesome! The screen is amazing. The iPod is so thin! I would reccommend anybody buy one if you like having a cool gadget that is very affordable. Read the post for pictures and review.
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Hey everyone, I have a VPS which I can host seedboxes on, for a very low cost! Read the post for all the details.
iRobot is offering up a few new combo discounts on several of their dutiful house-cleaning ‘bots. If you’re buying a Roomba 580 vacuum and Scooba 380 floor-mopper tandem for around $1,000 total, they’ll throw in either a Dirt Dog heavy-duty shop-vac bot or a Looj gutter cleaner for free. Both of those go for around $130 on their own. Ultrasonic whistle for controlling your new robo-brigade not included. [iRobot Store via CNET]
Source: Dealzmodo: Buy 2 Get 1 Free for Three-Pronged iRobot House Cleaning Team [Dealzmodo]
Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment
It’s one thing to hear 3.46- x 4.12- x 1.46-inches. It’s another thing to see how giant someone’s hand looks beside Dell’s absolutely minuscule M109S pocket projector. Based on a hands-on session with a near-final prototype of the pico-PJ, the cats over at Popular Mechanics were mighty impressed with what they saw. They noted that “colors were a little more washed-out than a top-end home theater projector,” but given the size and the manageable $499 price tag, it still managed to wow. Peep the in-action video in the read link.
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Source:Dell's tiny M109S pocket projector gets hands-on treatment
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We were told that Sling Media was getting ready to ship the Slingbox PRO-HD, and looky here — one just showed up, looking just slightly less imposing than in the press photos. The $300 box isn’t a huge departure from previous Sling gear apart from the inclusion of component and coax digital audio inputs and outputs, but combined with the just-released Windows SlingPlayer 2.0 software, it’s the first Slingbox that can stream HD video. Setup with our TiVo HD was painless, and after some quick configuration we were watching pretty nice-looking 1080i video on our desktop, complete with the new ability to pause and rewind up to 60 minutes back. We did notice that the audio and video had some sync problems — and when we tried connecting the older Mac SlingPlayer client the video looked great for SD but the audio sync issues made it almost unwatchable. Given how rock-solid our other Slingboxes have been, we’re certain Sling will sort this out eventually, but it’s something to keep in mind before you drop three bills right off the bat.
Apart from that, there’s only so much left to say about the Sling experience that’s particularly new: the integrated program guide is extremely nice and much appreciated but not earth-shattering, and the new Sling Accounts single-sign-on system is handy but probably should have been implemented from the start. We’re not harshing the product, mind you, it’s just that the Sling system is so solid at this point (or will be, if the audio issues are resolved soon) that there’s simply not much to say — if you’re in the market and have the cash, this is the box to buy. We’ll save the detailed blowout for the SlingCatcher — we’ll be honest, we’re dying to get our hands on that thing.
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According to the South China Morning Post, in China the iPhone 3G won’t have 3G or Wi-Fi. China Mobile wants Apple to disable these two features. The first because they don’t have a 3G network in place. The second nobody knows or can imagine why, but it simply makes the iPhone an almost-useless shiny brick. [Cellular News via Gadget Lab]
Source: Chinese iPhone 3G Won't Have 3G or Wi-Fi [IPhone 3G]
Filed under: Laptops
If you like the Eee PC 901 then you’re going to love this. ASUS just announced an integrated HSUPA option for its 8.9-inch netbook. When coupled with that 7.5-hour (rated) 6-cell battery you’ll have ample time to try and locate a carrier “in many destinations around the world” capable of delivering 7.2Mbps down and 2Mbps up — ASUS doesn’t say but we’re sure it’ll step down to older WWAN coverage as required. Available in October (just missing the September launch rumor) for an undisclosed price on undisclosed frequencies.
[Thanks, Michael A,]
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According to the South China Morning Post, in China the iPhone 3G won’t have 3G or Wi-Fi. China Mobile wants Apple to disable these two features. The first because they don’t have a 3G network in place. The second nobody knows or can imagine why, but it simply makes the iPhone an almost-useless shiny brick. [Cellular News via Gadget Lab]
Source: Chinese iPhone 3G Won't Have 3G or Wi-Fi [IPhone 3G]
Rail-happy Japan, a country that probably takes great joy in watching America’s embarrassingly slow and fitful adoption of high-speed and maglev trains, will be graced with new breed of green, 200+ mph trains by 2010. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the designer of these new trains, isn’t promoting speed as the main selling point—Japan railways have seen much faster hardware fly down the tracks before—but instead is emphasizing its environmental benefits.
The main bit of green tech will sound somewhat familiar to car enthusiasts; regenerative braking, which converts braking resistance to electricity, has been a standard feature of hybrid cars for quite a few years now. The 217 mph cruising speed, not so much. For reference, Amtrak only serves about five destinations with its high-speed service, which tops out at 150mph on a good day. For terror, consider that the Metrolink crash that killed over 25 people occurred at no more than 50mph. [Wired]
Source: 217MPH Japanese Train Will be Good For the Environment, Going 217MPH [Trains]
Filed under: Cellphones
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/T_Mobile_kills_the_1GB_data_cap_takes_more_friendly_aproach’; It looks like T-Mobile is listening folks — and they appear to be responding. In a statement we’ve just received from the company, they tell us that they’re killing the hard-line approach to data capping, saying instead they’ll reserve the right to cap a “small fraction” of users who abuse the network. In their words:
“Our goal, when the T-Mobile G1 becomes available in October, is to provide affordable, high-speed data service allowing customers to experience the full data capabilities of the device and our 3G network. At the same time, we have a responsibility to provide the best network experience for all of our customers so we reserve the right to temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of our customers who have excessive or disproportionate usage that interferes with our network performance or our ability to provide quality service to all of our customers.
We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G network. The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with current customers and potential new customers.”
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Source:T-Mobile kills the 1GB data cap, takes a more friendly approach
