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my touch keys adds tactile feedback to iphone, sorta.

filed under: media players | mobile tech

My Touch Keys Tactile Overlay for iPhone

Do you love the iPhone, but struggle with the smooth on-screen keyboard? Personally, I’ve found it pretty easy to use, but the touchscreen definitely doesn’t offer the touch-typing feedback that you get with physical keys…

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posted: March 25th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

sony xperia x1 mobile takes aim at iphone

filed under: digital imaging | media players | mobile tech

Sony Xperia X1 Front

Sony Ericsson today revealed their new XPERIA X1 smartphone, and it looks like it could be a serious contender in the battle for mobile supremacy. With a slick, modern user interface and industrial design to match, the phone is clearly designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone Juggernaut…

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posted: February 10th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

navisurfer II: a complete pc in your car’s dashboard

filed under: computing | mobile tech

Navisurfer II Dashboard Linux Computer

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a computer designed to fit inside your car, but it’s definitely the first one I’ve seen which can fit entirely in the space of your old car stereo…

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posted: February 6th, 2008 stumble it! 13 comments author: technabob

ifone is one phony iphone

filed under: media players | mobile tech

iFone - iPhone Knock-Off

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But sometimes, a crummy copy is just a crummy copy. Take for example, this poor Taiwanese knock-off of the Apple iPhone. This thing makes no bones about its source of inspiration. Heck, they couldn’t even come up with an original name and just called it the iFone…

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posted: January 17th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

pinball tries the digital route once more

filed under: just plain fun | video games

TAB Virtual Pinball

Every once in a while a company takes a stab at trying to resurrect pinball machines using modern technology. The latest entry into the digital pinball genre replaces the old mechanical table with a large flat screen display and interchangeable digital games…

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posted: November 26th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

hp photosmart a826 photo printer: mork calling orson

filed under: computing | digital imaging

HP Photosmart A826

This odd-looking photo printer from HP has a style that you’ll either love or hate. Reminiscent in some ways of the original egg-shaped iMac models from the late 1990s, the Photosmart A826 printer looks a bit like something out of an old science fiction movie…

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posted: October 21st, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

fentix cube: like rubiks on roids

filed under: interactive | just plain fun

Fentix Cube Interactive Plaything

Interactive artist Andrew Fentem created this cool electronic cube puzzle game loaded with colorful LEDs. The Fentix Cube is controlled by touch as well as through movement…

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posted: October 19th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

jazzmutant lemur multi-touch control for musicians

filed under: gadgets | interactive

jazzmutant lemur multi-touch control for musicians

The other day, I told you about a tabletop multi-touch interface for creating music sequences. While I was researching that story, I came across an interesting touchscreen interactive music controller device that you can actually get your hands on for yourself…

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posted: September 12th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

reactogon interactive sequencer reminds me of star trek

filed under: interactive

ReactOgon Sequencer

I recently came across this rather cool user interface for a music sequencer called the ReactOgon. Looking like something you’d find on the deck of the Starship Enterprise, the instrument uses a large tabletop multi-touch interface to create music sequences in real time…

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posted: September 8th, 2007 stumble it! 13 comments author: technabob

mac fans get surface-based computer

filed under: home entertainment | interactive

ROSIE Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller

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…

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posted: September 4th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

sony psp gets a touchscreen (sorta)

filed under: hacks-mods | video games

PSP Touchscreen Add-On

While Sony has made it pretty clear that a touchscreen interface won’t be part of the PSP any time soon, that hasn’t stopped modders from trying to make it so. Thanks to the folks over at Spark Fun Electronics, that task just got a whole lot easier…

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posted: August 27th, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

gamepark gp2x f-200: portable gaming gets updated

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Gamepark GP2X F-200

If you ask die-hard gaming enthusiasts what portable console they think is best, you might think they’d all say the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. But there’s a little portable that has a huge underground following because of its ability to run homebrew games and emulators…

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posted: August 26th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

provia a1 gps navigator: way too sexy for itself

filed under: media players | mobile tech

Provia A1 GPS Navigator by HTMS

Those of us in the States tend to think of GPS navigators as relatively utilitarian devices that help us find our way when we’re too afraid to ask for directions at the gas station. In Asia, GPS devices seem to be on the way to becoming much more.

Case-in-point: the new Provia A1 navigator from Korea’s HTMS…

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posted: August 25th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

myfountain: the real robotic bartender

filed under: home entertainment | robotics

myfountain_xl

A couple of months back, I showed you a rather silly beer-pouring robot that seemed to do nothing more than slow down the process of pouring you a brew. On the other hand, this ingenious robotic drink machine actually looks pretty cool…

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posted: August 11th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

windows mobile users ask: who needs an iphone?

filed under: media players | mobile tech

Who Needs an iPhone

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the user interface designers over at Apple should be feeling pretty good about themselves these days. We’ve seen everything from knock-off devices, to an online screen smudge simulator, to PSP-based menu frontends…

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posted: July 29th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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