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Trade in your Headphones cash back offer

June 26, 2008

Time to upgrade your headphones or ear buds for some high-quality iPod music listening? Not to mention some high-quality VoIPing, Skyping, etc. etc. Well, why not get cash back for your headphones to offset the costs of a new one?

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Headsets, Home Entertainment, MP3 Players & Digital Audio, TMCnet, VoIP

SPOT Watches R.I.P.

April 24, 2008

Microsoft is giving up on the SPOT watch which leverages MSN Direct (FM frequency transmission) to send stock quotes, news, and even sync your Outlook calendar with your watch.

The only person who I know owns one is Rich Tehrani, who reviewed one here. He will be so upset to hear the news. Well, least his wrist will be 3 pounds lighter so his typing should improve.

You know what the problem was? They didn't have VoIP on the watch. Now if you could talk to your watch - ala Dick Tracey (see image) then this product may have succeeded. Then again, maybe not...

Via Engadget
Watch Image Top - Credit to Engadget

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Microsoft, TMCnet

WD VelociRaptor Hard Drive

April 22, 2008

Western Digital (WD) released their latest VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive. The WD VelociRaptor hard disk drive (HDD) is one scary looking beast! This puppy spins at 10,000 RPM - fast enough to tear through your gigabytes of naked flesh in nanoseconds. Did I say gigabytes of 'naked flesh'?

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Technology and Science, Video Hardware & Software

Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth

April 1, 2008

Say hello to the new Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth Earpiece Collection! According to Plantronics, the Plantronics Discovery 925 "blends Distinctive VFrame™ Design with award-winning audio technology for the ultimate in Bluetooth performance."

Plantronics, Inc. today unveiled the Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth earpiece collection, a signature line of designer headsets for both men and women. Delivering exceptional audio performance, complemented by bold lines and distinctive finishes, the Plantronics Discovery 925 Bluetooth earpiece represents a technical craftsmanship previously unseen in the mobile accessories category.

The revolutionary design of the Plantronics’ Discovery 925 Bluetooth earpiece provides outstanding incoming and outgoing audio clarity in any environment. Central to its performance is the unique VFrame™ design, structured to follow the contours of the face and draw the microphone closer to the mouth for a headset that is as much objet d’art as it is audio ingenuity.

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Headsets, Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Asterisk USB Hub

March 31, 2008

No Asterisk fan can do without some Asterisk paraphernalia such as an Asterisk or Digium T-Shirt, Asterisk book, maybe even an Asterisk coffee mug from ITEXPO where lots of Asterisk happenings take place. Well now you can add an Asterisk USB hub to your collection of all-things Asterisk! This four-port USB hub in the shape of an "asterisk" was created by industrial designer Joel Escalona

He writes:

Some of these designs have been fortunate enough to be manufactured, others were just lucky to be prototypes or models and the less fortunate live within a render. So if at some point you are interested in finding out more about any of my projects or you want to produce, buy or distribute one, do not hesitate to contact me to ask for more details about any of my designs.

Posted in Accessories, Asterisk, Gadgets, ITEXPO, Linux, Microsoft, TMCnet, Technology and Science, VoIP

Sony PSP GPS

January 9, 2008

Sony announced GPS functionality for its Sony PSP gaming platform. While the GPS accessory was released in Japan in late 2006, this marks the "demo" launch (at CES) of the product in North America. It was simply a demo at CES, but Sony reps said they expect the product to ship sometime this year.

The GPS device will load map data from an included UMD that's region specific. Updated or additional country maps can be purchased and downloaded to a Memory Stick.

Posted in Accessories, Computer Hardware, GPS, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, PDAs & Handhelds, Sports/Outdoor Technology, Wireless

Trade your Bluetooth Headset for a Jawbone

January 7, 2008

Just got an email that Jawbone is offering their Jawbone Bluetooth headset in exchange for your current Bluetooth headset. The deal is you visit their booth at CES, give up your old BT headset, Jawbone will smash the competing BT headset into tiny little pieces (for recycling purposes of course) and they'll hand you a brand spankin' new Jawbone. A brand new Jawbone in exchange for my current old Bluetooth headset? Wow!

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Headsets, Mobile Phones, Wireless

More 3D Avatars

December 20, 2007

3D animated avatars using either "cartoonish" or even realistic photos are nothing new. Gizmoz was one of the first to allow you to animate avatars that were based on real photos of yourself. The software would automatically detect and add facial movement, mouth movement, eyebrow movement, etc. when you spoke or moves certain facial features.

Posted in Accessories, Computer Software, Home Entertainment, Technology and Science

TurboUSB Fastest USB memory?

December 13, 2007

USB memory sticks are more common than President Bush bashing. (exit polling had it as a close call though) Today, yet another USB memory stick launched - the Buffalo SHD-U32GS TurboUSB USB memory stick. Now before you start ho-humming or poo-poohing this as just another USB memory stuck, hear me out. The Buffalo SHD-U32GS TurboUSB features a whopping 32GB of storage and they claim this is the fastest USB memory stick on the market by a clear 20% margin, allowing you to quickly transfer your precious photos, mp3 files, and other large files very quickly.

20% performance over competing memory sticks makes me a bit skeptical, but maybe because this improvement came from Buffalo and not a bigger name like Sandisk or IBM.

Posted in Accessories, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Memory, PDAs & Handhelds

Delkin Devices 16GB UDMA enabled CompactFlash PRO card

December 7, 2007

Delkin Devices just launched the "world's fastest" 16GB UDMA CompactFlash PRO card. Delkin's Compact Flash PRO line boasts screaming fast read/write speeds-up to 305x (45MB/sec sustained transfer speed capability). You'll need UDMA enabled cameras such as the Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D300 and Nikon D3X to take full advantage of the high transfer speeds, but non-UDMA devices will work as well. The time it takes transferring my photos on my Canon G5 is one of my pet-peeves, but this speed boost should make transferring multi-gigabyte photos and videos to a PC lickity split! Course I'll need to upgrade my digital camera. Hmm, another item for my Christmas wish list?

[via Digital Media Thoughts]

Posted in Accessories, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, Memory, Video Hardware & Software

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