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Sure, this portable gaming system might LOOK just a little bit like the Sony PSP, but don’t expect it to play any games made in the last 15 years.
Another in a long line of cheap Chinese knock-off systems, the 2PG TC8281 handheld plays a mish-mash of questionable 8-bit and 16-bit retro games that come only on special multi-game cartridges…
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November 15th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | home entertainment | timepieces | video
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This really attractive (ahem) digital watch comes with a remote control that you can use to control your TV. Because who wants to use a remote control when you can use this watch instead? It makes perfect sense! It seems this is just the next logical step that cheap-o watch manufacturers were forced to take when the calculator watch went out of vogue…
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May 23rd, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: video games
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Here’s the latest, greatest, phoniest knock-off console to surface from China. While the MiWi video game system might steal some of its looks from the Nintendo Wii, that’s about where the similarities end.
Created by China’s Eittek Electronics, the 9800 MiWi video game system comes with a pair of wireless controllers which do their best to mock Wii-motes…
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May 12th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: mobile tech | video games
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The latest gadget to crawl out from the seamy underbelly of the Chinese gaming underground. Not to be confused with the GameBoy, the Cool Boy is a portable game system that plays a variety of old school 8-bit and 16-bit console titles…
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April 15th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: strange and wonderful | video games
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Just the other day, I showed you guys a really crummy PS3 knock-off, but I think this videogaming oddity surely trumps that one. This strange little console can’t decide whether it wants to be an Xbox, a PlayStation 2, 3, or something else altogether. Heck, it even has those classic 9-pin controller ports you’d find on an Atari 2600 or Commodore Vic-20…
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January 30th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: video games
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You’ve gotta hand it to those cheap Chinese knock-off manufacturers. At least they attempt to keep up with the latest gaming consoles when they crank out their crap. Case in point, this awful PS3 copy known as the PolyStation 3.
While it may look slightly like a real PlayStation 3, under the hood, this Mini PS3 is completely incapable of playing anything resembling real video games…
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January 28th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: audio | strange and wonderful
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Now I’ve seen some cheap speakers in my days, but even the chintziest ones I’ve seen were at least made out of plastic. Not these. These ones are fabricated from thick paper stock.
Xenics Music Cube M speakers offer up some truly low-fidelity sound thanks to their flimsy cardboard construction. Heck, they don’t even come assembled…
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November 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys | just plain fun
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The title speaks for itself. Sound Activated Mini Dancing Monkeys has to be the best product name I’ve heard in a long time.
What more can you ask for than mini monkeys that dance along to sounds? I wonder what would happen if you got these guys together in a room with the Happy Monkey FM Radio? I bet they’d have a big old monkey rave, that’s what.
The best part?..
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September 20th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | timepieces
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For some reason, clock makers keep trying to bring back the magic of Nixie tubes without using any of the actual tubes. First, we had the LED “Nixie” Clock, and now we get this cheapo version that uses LCDs instead…
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September 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
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