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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Yeah, we know pixel count doesn’t equal picture quality — but like it or not, it looks like 8 megapixels are poised to become the new 5 megapixels in the upper echelon of the cameraphone world that year. Samsung’s never a company to shy away from a challenge like that, and assured […]


Kodak announces its entry into the pocket digital video camera market with the Zi6 Pocket Video Camera. This new video camera makes it simple to shoot and share high-quality videos, thanks to 720p HD video capture, a large 2.4-inch LCD screen, and easy-to-use software. You can upload your videos to YouTube quickly and easily using […]


Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

So many of you are probably still in your jammies, reveling in the afterglow of yesterday’s purchase, repeatedly opening Maps on your glossy new iPhone 3G and watching in exaggerated wonderment as your location is determined with frightening speed and accuracy. Others might be standing in a line snaking hundreds of bodies […]


Filed under: Cellphones

If you hadn’t heard, hundreds of citizens were turned away from Apple Stores last night, iPhone 3G-less. However, being gluttons for punishment — and having nothing to do by the weekend — they’ve returned in droves to Apple Stores, with reports of lines longer than 200 citizens stretching out from The Cube, Apple […]


WILL IT BLEND? IPHONE 3G EDITION

Filed under: Cellphones

No, really, will it? We’re on pins and needles here. Sure, the original blended up fine, but with all the G’s in that thing, perhaps not even the mighty Blendtec can reduce it to rubble. Video is after the break. Oh, and for additional bonus points, check out the fake Belgian edition, additionally […]


At the International Planetarium Society meeting in Chicago, Carl Zeiss presented a novel type of video projector which by far surpasses the contrast offered by all existing projector solutions. The new VELVET projector has been designed for use in planetarium domes and other dome theaters. It is based on the DLP chip technology from Texas […]