Sunday, August 31, 2008
Music
iRiver Concepts Feel Straight Out of Terry Gilliam’s Brain
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | Apart from their Spinn 70s-retro analogue goodness, iRiver had two beautiful concept products in their IFA 2008 stand which had a design that looked further into the past, as far as the beginning of the 20th century. As you can see in the video, both their Clix speaker–inspired by the shape of cathode ray tubes–and their pipe music player–which you can blow to mute (insert joke here), and connect it to a speaker resembling a phonograph horn–look both intriguing and beautiful. [More IFA 2008 Coverage] More »
Computers
Unreal Rocket Launcher PC Mod Will Blast Your Pants Off
5:00AM Jesus Diaz | One more IFA, one more gallery of absolutely crazy PC mods by nutty Europeans. The best of the lot was, without a doubt, this menacing Unreal Rocket Launcher. But there are others, each of them more silly, pointless, and horrendous than the previous one. More »
Phones
More HTC Dream Pictures Leaked
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | We already saw the HTC Dream on video. Now, as the release date gets closer, more people are getting to play with–and leak pictures of–the first Android cellphone. Slide this, slide that, it looks exactly as we expected. [Engadget] More »
Phones
Yamaha Trumpet…Mobile Phone?
3:31AM Brian Lam | Yamaha and KDDI put together a group of concept mobile phones with musical themes, including a trumpet, guitar, DJ scratch pad, and drums. [MobileMentalism and AkihabaraNews] More »
Music
Zune 120GB and 16GB Box Shots
3:11AM Brian Lam | The Zune 120 and 16GB models are on their way, but here are some unconfirmed spy shots of the 120GB and the boxes for both. (There are more images post-jump.) [ZUnited, thanks Jared] More »
Music
iRiver Spinn Media Player Has a Great 70s Retro Flair, Feels Oh-So-Good
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | I love the new analogue controller in the iRiver Spinn as much as I love its simple brushed aluminium design, the old radio-inspired user interface, and the whole packaging. While I’m still partial to direct touch interfaces–which the Spinn has as well, although it’s not multitouch–the Spinn rolling thingie feels great, giving it a heavenly 70s analogue feeling. More »
Gadgets
Microsoft’s Stevie Ballmer, Sony’s Sir Howie Stringer Headlining CES Keynotes
2:58AM Brian Lam | With Bill Gates’ part time transition in full effect, Steve Ballmer will be picking up Keynote duties at 2009’s CES, but only for the pre show speech. Opening night honours go to the charming and witty Sir Howard Stringer, who is like Sony’s CEO answer to Benny Hill. I’d say I’m satisfied with these two as speakers, considering how entertaining they’ve been on previous occasions. [CES] More »
Cameras
RED May Be Making a DSLR Camera
2:17AM Brian Lam | The RED camera’s Jim Jannard mentions the next generation Mysterium “Monstro” sensor, which be offered as a free upgrade to the Mysterium-X piece shipping in the Epic cam. Then he blows my mind by revealing he’s getting into the DSLR race with the same kit. [REDUSER via Engadget, image not of anything remotely made by RED] More »
Gadgets
Nose Gel Dispenser Is Fun for the Whole Family Or Maybe Just Me
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | Since I already have the breast-shaped gel dispenser installed in my shower, I think I may get this 9-inch-high Nose Shower Gel to put it in my kitchen and dispense lime Jello Mello. Too bad it only exudes gel out of the right nostril, though, because it would make an excellent ketchup and mustard dispenser for just US$17.95. [Potpourri via Dark Roasted Blend] More »
Phones
