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SONY BIGWIG HINTS AT GPS-ENABLED PSP GAMES

Filed under: Gaming, GPS

Only John Koller knows how serious John Koller, Sony’s senior marketing manager for PSP, was when mentioning that GPS-enabled games could eventually hit the PSP, but he definitely threw it out there. Speaking about the forthcoming GPS add-on for the PlayStation Portable, Koller stated that said module “changes the dynamics of GPS […]


Panasonic introduces the Lumix DMC-LX3 digital camera featuring a F2.0 24mm Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens, 10 megapixels and an ultra-sensitive 1/1.63-inch CCD developed specifically for that model. Making an intentional choice to limit the number of megapixels to 10.1 on its CCD, Panasonic was able to give more space for each pixel and additionally redesigned […]


Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Sure, Apple alleges to have flipped by a million iPhone 3Gs at that point, but what does that mean? The devil’s in the details, as always; yes, true, the first one took 74 days to reach that same milestone, but it was available in less than one-twentieth the number of countries and […]


Filed under: GPS

Sure, Garmin’s new nüvi 500 series can get you from point A to point G on paved and well-lit highways, but that’s not the (whole) point here. Instead, these rugged (and waterproof) navigators are geared up to take to the trails, waterways and sidewalks with one-touch transitions amidst driving, bicycling, boating and walking […]


CONCEPTUAL BATON PHONE DOES THE TWIST

Filed under: Cellphones

The tried-and-true Hamburger phone is still our fav (what, there a problem with that?), but Marc Schömann’s baton-styled concept phone is very worthy of a look. Laden with LEDs and ready to be turned, users can dial up friends and family in painstakingly distant procedures that involve all sorts of inefficient rotating maneuvers. […]


Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Happy 3rd birthday mister Walkman phone. To celebrate, Sony Ericsson is getting official with its W902 “Patti” (pictured), W595 slider, and W302 candybar Walkman handsets. We knew the celebration was coming with the exception of Patti making a last minute substitution for Alicia. SE’s quad-band GSM/EDGE W902 […]


JOBO introduces the new Photo Display PDJ152 which includes three interchangeable clip-on frames in black, white and silver. The new frame is equipped with a large 15″ TFT LCD display with a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and a contrast ratio of 400:1. The 1GB internal memory of the new PDJ152 can store up to […]