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While it’s not exactly the multi-touch Mac that people have been clamoring for Apple to make, Savant Systems’ touchpanel coffee table might be the next best thing.
Their Mac-based ROSIE Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller provides a one-stop-shop interface to all your home entertainment needs. The centerpiece of the system is an embedded 40-inch touch sensitive…
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September 4th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: home entertainment interactive
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Designed for use with portable media players and computers, this compact speaker from Fostex cranks reflects its sound waves all around you.
The Fostex GY-1 amplified speaker has a unique case design that looks kind of like the tip of a missile. By forcing sound downward against a tabletop, the speaker radiates a 360-degree soundfield…
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July 27th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: home entertainment media players
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This ridiculous cell phone from China is capable of blasting out ringtones and media files at an earsplitting 120dB.
For those of you not familiar with the Decibel Scale, that’s somewhere between “Front Rows at Rock Concert” and “Threshold of Pain.” Unfortunately, this video of the phone in action doesn’t really capture just how load…
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July 6th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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While most of the world is interested in making computers more and more portable, HP has taken the opposite approach with their high end gaming notebook.
The centerpiece of the new HP Pavilion HDX is its whopping 20-inch widescreen display, capable of displaying high definition content at up to 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution (plans…
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May 11th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing video games
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How would you like a single device that combines a still camera, camcorder, mp3 player, FM radio, voice recorder, e-book viewer, webcam and a DVR? Oh yeah… and what if it was small enough to fit in the palm of your hand?
The Brica ViewArt 1000 is the Swiss Army knife of mobile technology, combining…
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May 2nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging gadgets media players video
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Kyocera’s new W51K takes on the mobile phone market with the philosophy that “more is better.” As a matter of fact, it’s almost like the phone is an afterthought.
The W51K crams in a plethora of multimedia functions including an MP3 player, video player, FM tuner, 2MP digital camera and even a TV tuner with…
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February 7th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech
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Not to be outdone by Apple’s iMac personal computers, HP has finally announced their much anticipated all-in one system, the HP TouchSmart.
The first system in the series is the TouchSmart IQ770, featuring a fast, dual-core AMD Turion 64-X2 TL-52 CPU, 2GB of DDR RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and a SuperMulti DVD burner…
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January 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing home entertainment