Gadgets & Gizmos

Half of Apple’s iPhone Price Expected to be Pure Profit

Now that’s a good deal … umm for Apple that is.
Yeah, so since this made “news” to the public, let’s hope this will drive down the price of the iPhone when it’s release (because I want one).
Here’s a clip from PC Mag:
According to a preliminary bill-of-materials estimate by iSuppli, the $399 Apple iPhone could net […]

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone Trademark

 
We saw this one coming …
UPDATE: Cisco Systems has filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of infringing its iPhone trademark, the networking company said Wednesday. The suit also accuses the iPod maker used a front company to try to acquire rights to the name. More …

The Ugly Gadgets at CES

There’s a photo gallery over at Wired that showcases the really ugly gadgets at this year’s CES.
Everything from “bizarrely shaped” earpieces to a “portable audio chair” for gamers which Wired is even quoted as saying it was “difficult to photography”. That’s funny … I don’t know if that’s good for a product or not ;-).

A Pocket-Sized PC for the Data Heavy U.S.

Yeah … I WANT ONE!!!!
This thing is sweet and at only around $2k it’s relatively affordable.
The Oqo Model 2, a hand-held computer being spotlighted this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including a mention in a keynote address by Bill Gates.
Developed in a San Francisco warehouse office by a small team of […]

Ultra’s 8GB SD Card - Only $150.

Yeah, I couldn’t believe it either when I saw the price of this Class 2 8GB SDHC. Only “one fitty for this thing?” I said.
These cards, like their smaller disk sized predecessors, can be used in many digital devices including digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs, cell phones, camcorders, and more.
I’m gonna have to get one […]

T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur)

With all the recent hype around newly released PDA’s, the T-Mobile Dash, also known as the HTC Excalibur and HTC S620, stands out from the crowd.
At first glance, the screen is enormous. At 320×240, the 16-bit resolution is amazing. Coming from a device such as the Motorola MPx220, you’ll really enjoy the extra […]

iPhone Introduced today, but not by Apple

Linksys, a Cisco owned company, introduced their new wireless internet phone today, iPhone, to the surprise i’m sure of many Apple lovers who were anticipating the release of an Apple iPhone after the success of the iPod.

If Apple is even considering this, I guess they better come up with another name.
Read more.

Wireless iPod speaker system with up to 4 satellite speakers

New EOS Wireless iPod speaker system coming in March 2007!
These things are hot:

There’s a nice review of the product on Gadgetell you can read here.

Do-it-yourself Vinyl Lettering … for anything!

The guys at Custom-vinyl-letteting.net have been offering their unique tool to help people design their own signs online for just over a year now. We’ve use them exclusively for all of our signage needs (cars, windows, indoor cool stuff, etc.)

Check this out … they even have a video on YouTube on how to easily apply […]

T-Moble Announces its new Sidekick 3

With a built-in MP3 player, 1.3 megapixel camera, keyboard and all talk, text, IM and email you can handle, the new T-Mobile Sidekick 3 seems like it might be one of the hotests “must-haves” of the Gen Z crowd for sure.
Check it our here.