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NANDA

Alarm clock on wheels. # § , ,

Coleco catalog circa 1980

The Electronic Quarterback was as popular as the iPod back in those heady days of two color electronics. # § , ,

Availabot

discretionary usages for this in the area of pr0n boggle the mind. # § , , ,

Browsing on the loo

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has Opera as the built-in browser. Nice minimal design. Me likey. # § , ,

iPod Shuffle Skins

For the discriminating conformist. # § 

Sony’s new ebook technology

It's actually electronic paper and it sounds really cool, but what I really want are those thin pad thingies everyone was passing to the captain in Star Trek. (more...) # § 

Shiny Phone Pretty

Despite the fact that I'd never, ever use any of the myriad of its other features except plain old voice service, I still covet this K700 phone. # § 

Stereophile iPod Review

A stereophile review of the third generation iPod (current) has an interesting tidbit: the embedded OS that runs the iPod is not Apple's design.

One item that's invisible but indispensable is the iPod's operating system, which, I've been informed, is not of Apple design. PortalPlayer, a company that specializes in developing OSes for cellular phones, PDAs, and other streaming and wireless applications, designed the iPod's human interface. The iPod is so easy to use that it's obvious Apple chose the right company for the job.

Parts choices are said to have been made with an emphasis on sound quality, availability, and "time to market" considerations. Parts vetted include PortalPlayer's own MP3 decoder and controller chip, a Wolfson Microelectronics D/A converter, a Sharp flash-memory chip, Texas Instruments' IEEE1394a interface controller, and a Linear Technologies power-management and battery-charging system. The essential innard is the hard disk drive (HDD), which is amazingly tiny-a 1.8" Toshiba design built to fit Toshiba's PCMCIA cards.

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You’re Ticking Me Off

I wish our dog Jack was still here so we could have tried out this Dog translation device coming onto the U.S. market from Japan. # § 

SliMP3

The SliMP3 is almost there as a networked ethernet home MP3 player. The major thing it lacks, and I'm gobsmacked about why it's been omitted, is Wi-Fi support. On second thought, I'd rather buy an iPod, get a decent amplifier and splurge on some soundsticks. # § 

Smallest Digital Camera

The smallest digital camera in the world? # §