All the stories tagged with: Gadgets
Pretec i-Disk Touch fingerprint USB flash drive
01/12/2006, Pretec’s 4GB i-Disk Touch is the world’s largest capacity fingerprint USB flash storage device with fingerprint biometrics security. Biometrics is a popular and inexpensive way to secure sensitive data minus the hassle of alphanumeric passwords. Accessible by up to 10 [...]
StarNet SD GPS receiver for handhelds
01/12/2006, Owners of various compatible handhelds can look forward to Stellus System’s high-performance and rugged StarNet SD GPS receiver. When plugged via the SDIO interface, one can utilize in-car navigation, recreation, and other location-specific applications. This puts essential information at your [...]
Chinese/English input on MobilePen
01/11/2006, The MobilePen is an accessory specially designed for smartphones running on either Windows Mobile or Symbian OS platforms. Measuring 98 x 60 x 11mm and weighing 54g, it is powered by a single AAA battery. The touchpad displays a virtual [...]
Garmin Forerunner 305 outruns competition
01/11/2006, The all-new Garmin Forerunner 305 is equipped with popular features such as heart rate, speed, distance, pace and calories burned counters, a highly-sensitive GPS receiver, new courses feature, and a robust wireless heart rate monitor. The new GPS receiver enables [...]
Casio´s Vibrating G-Shock targets aqua-based customers
01/09/2006, Casio’s vibrating G-Shock line has a new addition – the G-Shock GL-7500HD. It targets those who are actively involved in water sports, since we doubt a ringing alarm will suffice when you are swimming, surfing, or water skiing. $80 is [...]
Michelin x930 GPS receives flat verdict
01/09/2006, The Michelin x930 GPS receiver is more miss than hit. Correct directions are few and far between, quite unlike the comprehensive directions that are available on its website. It has a success rate of 20% when it comes to getting [...]
Mouse Talk VoIP phone/mouse from Sony
01/09/2006, Sony’s Mouse Talk device looks and works like a normal mouse, save for the fact that it doubles as a VoIP phone as well. Just open it up and speak to your intended contact via any VoIP software. The corded, [...]
Optical handheld scanner via a mouse
01/09/2006, Fancy turning your optical mouse into a scanner? Somebody posted on a large Dutch forum the method of that amazing transformation. He coded a VB application for reading the sensor outputs after going through the optical mouse sensor’s datasheets in [...]
Sony PRS-500 Portable Reader System
01/09/2006, Sony’s PRS-500 Portable Reader System provides an enriching reading experience quite unlike those found on Tablet PC’s, notebooks, and PDAs. It utilizes “electronic paper technology” in the unit display, making the content appear in a similar manner to those found [...]
USB AAA Charger – CES 2006
01/06/2006, We had to find a USB-Gadget of some sort, and given the state of my wireless mouse batteries, this one could come handy. It’s a USB battery charger. It’s a pretty good idea given that USB has more than enough [...]
Motorola Modeo DVB-H receiver – CES 2006
01/06/2006, Walking around in the Motorola Booth, I noticed this PMP-looking device. It turns out, it’s a DVB-H (Digital TV over the air) receiver. Motorola did not want to disclose a lot of details about it, but I learned that it [...]
O ROKR Glasses
01/06/2006, We tried on the new version of the famous audio sunglasses. They were too large for me (Eliane) but were a perfect fit for Hubert. I do not understand why there aren’t multiple sizes available. The O ROKR receives audio/music [...]
World’s smallest helicopter from Interactive Toy at CES 2006
01/04/2006, That was the most entertaining demo of the “CES Unveiled”. I loved it because I’d like to learn to fly a real helicopter ?. Well, for only $99, I will be able to fly this tiny one (photo below) so [...]
