All the stories tagged with Hands-On
Your PC In Your Pocket with MojoPac
03/17/2007, By guest editor Tristan Lorach. Mojopac proposes an interesting solution for people who are fed-up of carrying their laptops or users who don’t like to have too much crap installed on their system. The idea is to have a second [...]
Burton USB Snow Drive Hands-On
03/15/2007, We’ve already published about the Burton USB Drives but now we’ve got our hands on them. Quick reminder: these USB drives are enclosed in a cool-looking snowboard case. The upside of a commoditized market is that creativity is booming. Good [...]
Emotiv, the brain computer interface technology
03/09/2007, I was invited Wednesday at the Emotiv booth at GDC for a private demo of their prototype product that they are launching as a SDK (Software development Kit) for game developers. They will launch a consumer product (no information about [...]
Samsung Blackjack Unpacking
03/05/2007, I’ve received my (Cingular) Samsung Blackjack and here’s a video that shows what’s in the box. After a full charge and a few problems with the service activation (Amazon screwed it up, apparently) I got the thing up and running [...]
VTech I5871 Design Phone
03/05/2007, I was looking for a new home phone and after stopping at the local Frys, I realized that home phones were just as ugly as when I bought the last one: seven years ago. However, the VTech I5871 (what a [...]
Maxtor Fusion 500GB Review
02/26/2007, The Maxtor Fusion is a Personal Web Server that looks like an external hard drive connected directly to your Ethernet network. I said “looks like” because it’s not just a hard drive: it’s a little computer that acts as silent [...]
Pantech PX-500 EVDO Card
02/26/2007, Real road warriors know that Wi-Fi’s coverage can’t be relied upon for professional purposes. The Pantech PX-500 is a PCMCIA card that can connect your laptop to Sprint’s 3G network and let you access your emails and data in a [...]
Oakley Radar Hands-On
02/26/2007, Last week we showed you the Oakley Radar launch in San Francisco. This time, we have crisp photos of the new sunglasses. We received a black model this time (we played with the gold one at the event). A closer [...]
Garmin Nuvi 660 Review
02/20/2007, When it comes to GPS devices, Garmin is a very recognizable name, so much in fact that some customers would pay a premium over similarly-featured competing products. We’ve received the Nuvi 660 and eagerly installed it to take it for [...]
Digital Audio Video Experience, DAVE, from Seagate
02/06/2007, DEMO 2007 – We have already published about the DAVE, but I could get my hands on it at DEMO 07. The demo on stage did not work (what a nightmare for Rob Pait (photo), Seagate’s Director for Global Consumer [...]
Pharos GPS 600 Review
01/23/2007, We’ve received a Pharos GPS 600 phone a few days ago and it’s working quite well. The device has a clean design and feels sturdy with its dark gray (non slippery) surface. The display frame has a matte aluminum finish [...]
Bang and Olufsen ultimate home entertainment experience: BeoVision 9 with BeoLab 5
01/09/2007, CES 2007 – Today we met with the “haute couture” manufacturer of the audio and video industry: Kim Gravesen, President, and David Zapfel, product manager at Bang and Olufsen America gave us an extensive demo of the BeoVision 9. This [...]
Shure E500 Review
01/05/2007, The Shure E500 seem to be the highest end earphones that one can find, so we wanted to test them and see how they perform in real conditions. Fortunately, I have a sound expert at hand with my buddy Eugene [...]
