Top 5 Pocket PCs from CNet

CNet’s list of the Top 5 Pocket PCs. Toshiba dominates, with the e310 topping the list and the e740 coming in second. Read Buy

A Mouse That Works in Mid-Air

The new Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse from Gyration, which besides having a twenty-five foot range, also has a gyroscopic motion sensor for use in mid-air. Read

The Ultimate Gadget House

CNN on Scott Jones from Escient’s gadget filled house. Everything inside is remote controlled, including the fireplace. Read

Four Megapixels and 8x Zoom

HP’s new Photosmart 850 digital camera, the first 4 megapixel camera with an eight times optical zoom lens. Digital Photography Review has an early look at it. Read

2 Megapixel Exilim Debuts

Just a few short months after introducing its ultrathin (just 11.3 mm) Exilim digital camera, Casio already has a 2 megapixel model on the way. Read

Not So Fast: ZDnet on Toshiba’s USB 2.0 MP3 Player

World’s First Wireless Home Projector

Samsung’s Got One Too

An adept reader has pointed out that Samsung has an LCD flat-panel cinema display as well, the 24″ SyncMaster 240T. It even comes with speakers, something that both the Sony and Apple models lack. Read Buy

Magneto Optical Storage Mounts a Comeback

GeekExtreme review of Fujitsu’s new DynaMO 1300 U2 Magneto Optical Drive, which has a great name. Sadly this storage drive, which uses 1.3 and 2.3GB disks, seems even less useful these days than that new 750MB zip drive from Iomega. Read

Mount Your PDA in Your Car

If you really, really need to write an email while driving, Revolve Design has created a special mount with an attached keyboard for your PDA. Read

New Weblog for Tablet PC News

There’s a new site dedicated entirely to news about Tablet PCs: TablePCBuzz.com. Despite the similarity in names, tt doesn’t appear to be directly affiliated with PocketPCBuzz.com. Read

Sony’s Cinematic Display

Been wondering when someone would come out with a computer monitor that cwould compete with Apple’s Cinema Display. It’s finally happened: Sony’s just announced the P232W/B, which has an absolutely gorgeous looking 23″ flat-panel LCD screen. Read

Your Own R2-D2

Hasbro’s introduced a self-navigating, 15″ tall R2-D2 replica that responds to voice commands. Nice, but a full-size replica would be even cooler. Read Watch Buy

Vodafone to Push the Nokia Camera Phone

Received a tip that UK mobile operator Vodafone has ordered a million Nokia 7650 camera phones in anticipation of massive consumer demand this Christmas. The definition of wishful thinking. Read

Everything You Wanted to Know About HDTV But Were Afraid To Ask

NextGen Electronics’ answers a slew of reader questions about HDTV. Finally find out whether 720p or 1080i looks better on a 32 inch screen. Read Buy

Nikon’s Newest: The Coolpix 4300

Another consumer-oriented digital camera that takes high-resolution images from Nikon, the 4 megapixel Coolpix 4300. Is anyone else having trouble keeping track of all the different Coolpix cameras out there? Read

Sony’s Latest Budget Handheld Comes in Color

Hot on the heels of releasing two greyscale low-end handhelds, the SJ10 and the SJ20, Sony has announced the CLlE PEG-SJ30, which comes with a 65,000 color, 320×320 pixel screen. It comes out in Japan in mid-September, and should be out in the US soon after. Palm Infocenter has the early review. Read

Anil Dash on Why the Tablet PC Will Succeed

Doggedly persuasive piece by Anil Dash on why he thinks Tablet PCs will catch on with the public. Read

PDAs in the Museum

BBC Online on the Tate Gallery in London’s pilot program to provide multimedia tours using WiFi-enabled Pocket PCs. Read

Apple to Introduce FireWire 2?

Rampant speculation on MacRumors.com, fueled by a mysterious PDF that appeared and then quickly disappeared from Apple.com, that Apple will be introducing an even faster successor to FireWire. No word on when this might happen, or how much faster FireWire 2 might be. Read