You know that webOS 1.4 update for Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus that we’ve been talking about since January? The one with video recording and Flash 10 beta and some other stuff? It’s live. [Palm]
Adafruit’s Monochron kit lets you build custom clocks. You can use and abuse its animated display for whatever evil setups you can imagine, but my favourite is the retro arcade game based animation in this video. More »
With a new iPhone expected to debut this summer, Apple’s phone-related patents start to take on added weight. Especially when they’re as badass as the one unveiled yesterday that turns the iPhone’s camera into a swipe pad. More »
On March 18, at the Baselworld watch show in Switzerland, a vapourous French company called Celsius X-VI-II will unveil the Papillon, a $US300,000 mobile phone that is packed with the most advanced micro-mechanics of any gadget ever created. More »
V-MODA has made some rather nice in-ear headphones with a pretty reasonable $US99 price tag. They’re shiny, slender, durable, and capable of controlling your iPod, iPhone, or MacBook with those three little buttons. Oh. and they come in four colours. More »
I spend all day online, but sometimes I like to pretend that I’m doing something exciting out there in the real world. Vectorial Elevation let me control 20 gigantic spotlights in Vancouver. I almost forget I was in my sweatpants. More »
“Why the hell is Steve staring at the beach ball?” That was the question of the afternoon at NeXT’s 1987 company retreat. “It’s always about beach balls with him,” they would mutter derisively, “what’s so interesting about beach balls?” More »
The Aurora Watch has no interest in traditional minute and second hands. It doesn’t even have a dial to speak of. Yep, you’re just going to have to settle for good old fashioned touch activated laser hands. More »
My keyboard is silent, but deadly, without any of those old-school klick-klack-klickedy-klack-klack sounds. But for just over $US20, I can at least make it look retro and dream of being a serious typewriter user. More »
I wish there were light bulbs that could actually illuminate a room exactly like candles. In the meantime, the Light Bulb Effect substitutes hot filaments, glass, and vacuum for real wax and wicks. More »
