It’s real. The mid-range DSLR you’ve been waiting for: Nikon’s D700 DSLR packs the D3′s supernaturally low-noise 12.1-megapixel full-frame image sensor into a smaller, lighter body, for only US$2999.
I love driving fast, but when I have kids, I’m going to put them in the slowest, safest car imaginable, wrap pillows and old tires around the outside and install this Tiwi blackbox to let me know when they’re speeding. It has GPS and some cellular connectivity. When a driver goes too fast, it issues a verbal warning: “You’re exceeding the speed limit; please slow down.” Then it emails, text messages, or calls the proper authorities (mum or dad) if the speeding continues. Only US$549 and US$35 a month to totally mortify and alienate your kids for life. [Tiwi]
What’s more awesome and annoying than regular music ringtones? Video ringtones. iFoneTec have developed VideosTone, which lets you play back a standard formatted-for-iPhone video whenever someone calls. You can pick different ones for different people, like Devo for Lam and Ricky Martin for Jesus. We’ve been trying to try this app for ourselves but our download from Installer.app keeps timing out. The people on ModMyiPhone have had more luck getting Coldplay to dance on their phones, apparently. [ModMyiPhone]
The Mac mini looks good because the front is completely minimal. Unfortunately, that makes the front completely useless, and a pain in the arse if you have it set up where you need spelunking gear to get to the USB ports. Enter the unfortunately named Hang With Mi, which lets you mount your mini anywhere and adds four USB 2.0 ports to the front. Downside is that it needs its own power source, but the overall neat and convenient factor definitely adds up to the $50 pricetag. [macessity via Unpluggd]
newVideoPlayer("/diyheli.flv", 506, 414,""); A DIYer from the Guangdong Province in eastern China has finally perfected his sub-US$3000 home-built helicopter, taking it for a demonstration flight in what appears to his back yard. A tinkerer since he dropped school in his teens, Chen Zhaorong has been working on this project for nearly 10 years, but only began flight attempts a few months ago. The first attempts were neither successful nor fatal, (a remarkable combo) but this time around he not only got liftoff, but seemed to be in complete control.
Developers, developers, developers! Our iPhone Application Contest is still going on and we’re just waiting for your juicy submission. Did you make something that will revolutionise the (fill in your industry) industry? Send it on in! See here for details. There’s are even fantastic prizes waiting for you.
The Samsung/Foxtel iQ2 promotion we confirmed over the weekend has just been announced. Buy a Samsung HDTV, get a Foxtel iQ2 box plus a 3 month subscription, or if Foxtel isn’t your thing, grab a Samsung BDP1500 Blu-ray player.
Full press release is below.
We’re not the only ones who’ve noticed the resemblance between the BlackBerry Bold‘s new UI and Sony icons and the PS3′s XMB. So if you want a taste of that on your BlackBerry Curve or 8800 without upgrading, you can just grab this pretty solid PS3 skin by CS Designs. It’s US$7, but that’s cheaper than the Bold will be. [Crackberry]
Nikon Rumours offers this photo and more as official pics of the D700, with no text explanation. Look real to you? Either way, the rumours are true of a midrange cam with a D3 sensor are worth getting excited over. [Nikon Rumors]
