Monday, December 10, 2007
Networks
Samsung Katalyst Slider Hits T-Mobile Hotspot@Home
11:26PM Wilson Rothman | T-Mobile just introduced another phone for its Hotspot@Home Wi-Fi calling service, the Samsung Katalyst. The slider phone basics include a 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 player, microSD slot (cards up to 2GB only) and stereo Bluetooth. Also called the t739, the phone will sell for $US80 after rebate and contract renewal, and will be Samsung’s second to run on the @Home service. Jump to see a better shot of the Katalyst, featuring a lady who’s way too happy being stuck under glass like one of Krypton’s most heinous criminals. [T-Mobile] More »
Home
Slider Shower Concept— Now You See It, Now You Don’t
10:56PM Addy Dugdale | Designed by Sung Hoon Mun, the “Slider” works as both conventional shower and shoulder and back massager, depending on how you deploy the nozzle. Full gallery after the jump. I would prefer a bigger shower head, myself. [Yanko] More »
Phones
Nokia Eco Sensor Concept It’s all Shiny Glass, Environment and Techno-Lust
9:54PM Jesus Diaz | Here is Nokia Research Center’s new mobile: the Eco Sensor, a shiny concept which includes the phone itself and a “wearable sensors” that “monitor your health, environment and local weather” to “increase your global environmental awareness” with technologies like Near Field Communication and Radio Frequency Identification. Well, whatever rocks your world, you treehugging hippies you. They mention motion detection, solar cells and heart-rate monitor, but all I can see is shiny, drooltastic and lickable. [Nokia via Unwired View] More »
Gadgets
Acorn-Shaped DAP from EverGreen is Small and Woody
9:04PM Addy Dugdale | Monday morning, and contemplating the excesses of the weekend, I wonder where we would all be without wood. And then I see EverGreen’s MP3 player, with its 28 x 35 mm acorn form, its 1GB flash memory, its MP3, WMA and OGG compatibility, and I think to myself, “Well, I’m glad I’ve got a 60GB iPod.” More »
Online
Fark Attempts to Trademark NSFW, Gizmodo is Like ‘WTF? TFSU!’
2:58PM Adrian Covert | Drew Curtis and his company Fark, in their quest to rulzor teh internetz, filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to lay claim to the acronym NSFW. Seeing as we like to use the acronym to prevent employed and/or righetous gadget freaks from becoming enraged, we take an interest in the all-encompassing control they want over the term.According to the app, the trademark rights would cover all of the following: More »
Gadgets
1:13PM Anna King | The high cost and bulkiness of tripods have traditionally relegated them to the domain of professionals, but every snapper can appreciate a gadget that eliminates camera shake and allow them to take a wide-angled shot of themselves.
Aussie company Timetale has come up with a nifty and ultra-portable contraption for the snap-happy mere mortal. The plastic FOZI Tripod folds flat into the size of a credit card and snaps into shape to support your camera at four different angles. It’s compatible with centre and offset lense cameras as well as mobile phones, leaving you free to do the all-important pose. Best of all, the Fozi will only set you back $5.95. Available in six colours. [Timetale]
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Mini Collapsible Tripod For Every Wallet
1:13PM Anna King | The high cost and bulkiness of tripods have traditionally relegated them to the domain of professionals, but every snapper can appreciate a gadget that eliminates camera shake and allow them to take a wide-angled shot of themselves.
Aussie company Timetale has come up with a nifty and ultra-portable contraption for the snap-happy mere mortal. The plastic FOZI Tripod folds flat into the size of a credit card and snaps into shape to support your camera at four different angles. It’s compatible with centre and offset lense cameras as well as mobile phones, leaving you free to do the all-important pose. Best of all, the Fozi will only set you back $5.95. Available in six colours. [Timetale]
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Software
1:00PM Anna King | PhoneIT have launched the amAze GPS software for Australian mobile users, available for free to download and use. The navigation system is compatible with Java-enabled phones (including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, Motorola, Samsung and LG models) and provides maps, directions and aerial photographs. Features include voice guidance, a choice between pedestrian, bicycle, truck or car navigation and reduced data consummation with a economical arrows navigation mode.
Phones without built-in GPS require a Bluetooth receiver that costs $89 – cheaper than specialised sat-nav devices but display quality and memory capabilities are obviously dependent on your handset. Alternatively, textual and graphical instructions for the best route between location points are accessible without GPS. [Product Page] More »
Mobile GPS On The (Relative) Cheap
1:00PM Anna King | PhoneIT have launched the amAze GPS software for Australian mobile users, available for free to download and use. The navigation system is compatible with Java-enabled phones (including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, Motorola, Samsung and LG models) and provides maps, directions and aerial photographs. Features include voice guidance, a choice between pedestrian, bicycle, truck or car navigation and reduced data consummation with a economical arrows navigation mode.
Phones without built-in GPS require a Bluetooth receiver that costs $89 – cheaper than specialised sat-nav devices but display quality and memory capabilities are obviously dependent on your handset. Alternatively, textual and graphical instructions for the best route between location points are accessible without GPS. [Product Page] More »
Gadgets
Thanko USB Santa Boots Warm the Feet, Endow Gift Giving Ability
12:36PM Adrian Covert | Did I also mention these USB powered, foot warming Santa Boots provide a portal into the mind of Santa Claus for 15 minutes, after which youre spit out behind a Toys-R-Us? Ok, fine, that’s a lie. But with cold weather setting in, and Christmas season in full swing, this may be the most relevant USB product Thanko has offered. Actually, that’s still not saying a lot. [Thanko via 7 Gadgets via Technabob] More »
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