Monday, September 14, 2009
GPS
The GPS That Wants To Be An iPhone
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | I wish there was a quick way to snatch many of these cheap Chinese thingamajigs. Like the MMDD MD-520, a 4.5-inch touchscreen “all-in-one GPS” that really does it all, including cloned iPhone icons and Flash. More »
Peripherals
SanDisk ExtremePro Cards Are Extremely Fast, Extremely Expensive
11:00PM Matt Buchanan | The best $US50 I’ve spent in a month was on a roomier CompactFlash card for video-taking DSLRs, but it looks like I should’ve waited: SanDisk’s new ExtremePro line push 90MB/second read/write speeds and comes in 16, 32 and 64GB sizes. More »
Games
The PS3 Slim Painted Just Like I Like It
Computers
Asus Eee Keyboard Confirmed For October!
9:45PM Danny Allen | Hell yes. Asus has finally committed to an October US and European arrival for its entertainment-PC-in-keyboard. The sleek device has a 5-inch touchscreen and uses Ultra Wideband HDMI (with receiver) to connect to your TV. I want it on my coffee-table. More »
Phones
LG GW620, Its First Android Phone, Gets Official
9:03PM Danny Allen | LG may have over 10 WinMo phones planned for the next year, but that hasn’t stopped it testing out the Android waters. This QWERTY-slider (previously known as “Etna”) has a 3-inch touchscreen, 5MP autofocus camera, Wi-Fi and GPS. More »
Entertainment
40GB Apple TV Quietly Killed, 160GB Cut To $329
8:28PM Danny Allen | Good news if you’ve thought about using an Apple TV to tinker with Boxee, or setup a media server. Apple slashed the 160GB model to $329 overnight and ditched the 40GB version altogether. [Apple Store via Macrumors]
Gadgets
Budget Cool-er Reader With Colour Touchscreen Planned For 2010
7:46PM Danny Allen | When we reviewed the Cool-er reader, we liked its lower price, but felt it lacked the polish of the Kindle. Well, now Interead says it’s working on a colour Cool-er that should not only be touch-capable, but low-priced, too. More »
Science
MIT Students Explain How To Photograph Space For $US150
6:45PM Danny Allen | On September 2, Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh successfully took these images of Earth’s curvature and the blackness of space using only a weather balloon and off-the-shelf components—without complicated hacks. Total cost: $US148. Here’s how they did it. More »
Software
3:02PM Nick Broughall | There are a heap of third party options that allow you to monitor your call and data usage in real time, but today Optus has moved to crush them like this thing crushes cars thanks to their free app. More »
Optus Launches Free iPhone Billing App
3:02PM Nick Broughall | There are a heap of third party options that allow you to monitor your call and data usage in real time, but today Optus has moved to crush them like this thing crushes cars thanks to their free app. More » 
