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Tech NewsHow to kill a SPOT watch
We hate to pile on with the problems/complaints about the new SPOT watches, but Peter Rysavy has some “tips” on how to kill your Abacus SPOT watch: Take off a sweater. Touch a thermostat. Have a co-worker touch your watch. All of those actions can at least temporarily disable your Abacus watch. Multiple users have … Continued
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Why you really have to switch off SPOT watches while flying
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying: The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off, but this is misleading. The watch is not limited by the FCC rules banning cell phones on planes. It is only subject to the FAA regulations regarding electronic devices. … Continued
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Panasonic’s new D-Snap SV-AV50A tapeless camcorder
New tapeless digital camcorder from Panasonic. The 20mm thick D-Snap SV-AV50A can record up to 3.5 hours of MPEG4 video on a 512MB SD memory card, a 2-inch LCD screen, and can take two megapixel still digital photos. Read [Via I4U]
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Early word of Sprint’s new video phone
No photos, but Sprint PCS Info has some details on the Samsung A700, which they think might be the first Sprint phone to allow video phone calling (the phone is capable of it, whether Sprint will disable that future or not isn’t clear yet). We wouldn’t get our hopes up. Read [Thanks, Christopher]
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New 20GB MP3 player from Philips
New 20GB version of Philips’ HDD100 hard drive-based MP3 player. The HDD120 looks about the same, just with a third more storage space and Philips claims it’s the lightest recording hard drive MP3 player you can buy. Should be out next month. Read
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Pretec’s 1GB MultiMediaCard
Pretec has been showing off a 1GB MMC Flash memory card which should be compatible with the great many Symbian Series 60 phones that can only use MMCs. For a long time 128MB was the largest MMC you could get, so this is obviously a big improvement. Read
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Gillette’s M3Power
Gillette is coming out with a new version of its Mach3Turbo shaver with a battery-powered motor that “emits pulses that work on the skin to prop up hair so it can be lopped off more easily.” The M3Power will cost nearly twice as much as the Mach3Turbo and should be out by May. Read [Thanks, … Continued
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The DIVA
New digital video recorder from Malata called the DIVA that records in the Windows Media Video 9, meaning that it can squeeze three times as much video into a gigabyte as a TiVo, which uses MPEG2. The DIVA comes in two versions, the DIVA-1, which has a DVD/CD-RW combination drive, and the DIVA-2, which has … Continued
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USB-powered air humidifier
Regular readers will recall our ongoing obsession with gadgets that plug into USB ports. The latest we’ve learned of is a USB-powered air humidifier, which we assume might be good for those suffering from dry eyes and throats who also aren’t concerned with the damage all that water vapor might do to their PC. Read … Continued
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D-Link’s new Wireless Media Players
We almost forgot to write about two new gadgets from D-Link that we saw at CES: their forthcoming DSM-310R and DSM-310D Wireless Media Players. Both players can wirelessly stream audio and video from a PC over a home network and access AOL’s Internet Radio service, while the DSM-310R has a Flash memory card reader for … Continued
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The Data Glass 2 wearable display
We spotted several wearable displays last week at CES, and Dottocomu points us towards another, this one the Data Glass 2 from Shimadzu which makes it seem as if you’re you’re looking at a 13-inch monitor floating in front of you. Read [Via Dottocomu]
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Humax’s new instant replay TVs
Humax is going to start selling flat-panel LCD and plasma televisions here in the US starting in June that are able to pause and rewind live TV sort of like a DVR. It doesn’t say how it does this, but we’re guessing the TVs come with some sort of Flash memory built-in which stores the … Continued
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SMC’s EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter
A few months back SMC introduced their EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver, which connects your PC to your stereo and television over 802.11a and 802.11g for streaming audio and video. Now they’ve got a new version just for streaming audio, the SMCWAA-B EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter, which uses 802.11b and has a built-in LCD display … Continued
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SPOT watches must be switched off for flying
One thing we hadn’t realized about those new SPOT watches: because they have an FM radio receiver built-in, the radio has to be switched off while flying, just like on a cellphone. So you can add your watch to the list of things that you’re going to be hassled about every time you fly. Read … Continued
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First EDGE smartphone for the US
From Nokia, a new version of their 6600 smartphone designed for use with AT&T Wireless’ new high-speed EDGE data network. The 6620 improves on the 6600 in a few other ways, as well, like twice as much internal RAM (12MB vs. 6MB), a slightly faster processor, and a few tweaks to the software. Read
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