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As analysts fall for Palm, big money bets against Pre | Wireless - CNET News
These folks are betting that demand for the Pre--and the WebOS that rides shotgun--will be strong enough to make Palm a strong market player again. However, if you follow the money, it's clear that Palm doubters abound.
Alarm Clocks: Wake Up Alarm Ends Your Slumber With a Well-Rounded Breakfast
Some French designers have created an alarm clock that changes the alarm clock dynamic in an interesting new way. Now, instead of slamming down on the snooze button, you'll get a handful of OJ.
The Kid Finder Remote Tracking » Coolest Gadgets
Kids have a couple features that make them challenging, one of them being that they can move about freely.
More Pictures of the BlackBerry Niagara 96xx: No More Blurrycam!
The 9600 series is sort of a combination of the Bold and Curve/Javelin series for CDMA, though we don't know a whole lot about it yet.
Don't Tape Me, Bro! Taser Launches Headcam for Cops | Danger Room from Wired.com
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Officers: Are you sick and tired of excessive force lawsuits? Well cheer up. Taser has a plan to give your police department its own CYA reality TV show.
Sony's Vaio P benchmarked in all its magnificent and diverse forms
Thanks to the work of the gang making time over at their Vaio P forum, the folks at Pocketables have been able to compile benchmarks of all the various configurations of the ultraportable. Including the three models available domestically (which all sport a 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520) and the various 1.6GHz Z530 and 1.86GHz Z540-based machines available elsewhere, this ragtag group of benchmarksters have come to the conclusion that the main factor when it comes to the machine's performance is the disk drive type.
The Belkin Clamp On Surge Protector » Coolest Gadgets
One down side of surge protectors is they are typically down on the floor and difficult to reach. If you ever have to switch out something on a regular basis it becomes even more of a nuisance. Granted a lot of times your computer is on the floor too, but there are other gadgets besides your computer that stay plugged in.
Mimi Switch remote control relies on facial expression, not phalanges
For some reason, whenever gadgetry and smiling cross paths, things tend to get a little creepy. Where the smile trainer was mostly a curiosity, the Orwellian implications of the Okao Catch technology were a bit much -- even for the hardened tech blogger. Sure, the Mimi Switch is quite clever: instead of relying on your fingers, this remote control uses an earbud containing infrared sensors that measure the inner ear movements resulting from various facial expressions.
On Time Headset System Concept » Coolest Gadgets
Every once in a while, some new concept comes out that is actually a good idea. We have been seeing a lot of wrist watches that can act as mobile phones lately, but I think we are just creating those to fulfill some vintage Dick Tracy fantasy. This is one concept wrist phone device that won’t require you to talk to your wrist.
Concepts: The Virtual Cocoon Headset Promises to Feel as Real as Real Life
A virtual reality headset said to mimic all five senses to offer a user experience that's indistinguishable from the real world.
Ensembli: the Intelligent News Aggregator
Mostly early adopters use RSS feeds, aggregators and alerts to get their news from the web, the majority of internet users still largely rely on search engines. Ensembli is a new kind of aggregator that leverages artificial intelligence to find stories relevant to the user tastes and interests, and the application can adjust better overtime since it learns more about the users preferences while users select or rejects the news proposed.
Cc:Betty: "Killer App", Personal Email Assistant
CC:Betty is a free web service that acts as a personal email assistant. This new application create a visual space on the web of the user's email activity and display email conversations in a single view. It creates interactive maps from addresses, displays picture attachments in a gallery, stores video and audio files in a specific section where it can be played, takes note of written addresses and presents a graphical calendar.
DEMO: Always Innovating’s Touch Book sounds amazing. Can it deliver? » VentureBeat
The netbook made by Always Innovating and making its debut at the DEMO conference today, claims to offer 10 to 15 hours of battery life, weighs under 2 pounds and perhaps most importantly, starts at $299.
Nokia working on laptops, ARM-powered MID? - Engadget
If you were looking for proof that the line between smartphones and laptops is rapidly starting to blur, look no further
Cell phone used to check for ailments via breath » Coolest Gadgets
Cell phone which was specially developed to detect a range of diseases
Conduit Concept
Sometimes, a good idea never really took off due to it being in the wrong place and time, but we're pretty sure this concept design by Tirshathah Hunter for SKY/Pantech could catch on in a big way if it actually makes it to manufacturing lines. Apart from being used as a standard handset, it can also function as a mobile workstation when required.
Gallery: From Brick to Slick: A History of Mobile Phones
It has been more than 35 years since Martin Cooper placed the first call on a mobile phone to his rival at Bell Labs while working at Motorola. Heck, it's been nearly 20 years since Saved by the Bell’s Zack Morris placed a phone call to Kelly Kapowski from his locker. In that time, phones have come a long way.
The Asus Eee PC (Part Three): The Alternative Distros
The list of customised distros that has been made for the Eee PC is growing all the time. Here is a list to date of the ones that have been designed to work with it to a lesser or greater degree:
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