Archive for June, 2011

New Competition For iPad 2 – The HP TouchPad

HP has created a new competitor for the iPad 2, the TouchPad.  The TouchPad comes in 16GB and 32 GB for internal storage space and is priced similarly to the iPad2, $ 499.99 and $ 599.99, respectively.  It features webOS 3, has Adobe Flash-enabled web browsing, 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon, WiFi, and features BeatsAudio.  With [...]

Rock Your Ass Off with a Woofer Chair

You can really feel the music if you sit in this Woofer Chair. Designed by the Ministry of Design firm, this chair is a combination of comfort and technology. It’s contemporary design has a soft ergonomic seating area over a hard fiberglass outer shell. According to the designers “Its sheer size gives gravitas to the [...]

Spy Net Night Vision Infrared Stealth Binoculars

While I was covering the Plug and Play video games from Jakks Pacific, I also had a chance to try out this SpyNet Night Vision Infrared Stealth Binoculars. This particular device is essentially night vision for kids. It definitely uses real night vision technology to see up to fifty feet in complete darkness. I tried [...]

Art Lebedev Optimus Mini Six Keyboard

Art Lebedev Studio is ready to release the new Optimus Mini Six keyboard later this year. The device features six shortcut keys that come equipped with a tiny color (64 x 64) LCD display. These LCD shortcut keys are also smaller than its predecessor to reduce the overall footprint of the keyboard. Too bad, there [...]

Onkyo Latest To Pay Microsoft Royalties Over Android Tablets

Microsoft is on a roll. Onkyo is the latest company to trade Android tablet royalties for access to Microsoft’s patent licensing program. The details of the agreement wasn’t released. This makes Onkyo the third company this week that has signed such an agreement. Velocity Micro and General Dynamic’s Itronix brand joined the club just days [...]

Scribbly marker pen stylus for your iPad

Most iPad owners seem to happily use their fingers to operate the device’s touchscreen, but for playing games, jotting down ideas or brainstorming having a stylus around would be pretty handy. The Scribbly is a new stylus which looks like a chunky marker pen, a fun addition to note taking which is set to be [...]

Best Buy sucks at product recognition: Wireless Keyboard for TouchPad, iPad sold separately

Oh, really Best Buy –you don’t say? Too bad… that $ 69.99 price tag would be so much easier to swallow if you threw in the whole kit and kaboodle. [Thanks, Kevin] Continue reading Best Buy sucks at product recognition: Wireless Keyboard for TouchPad, iPad sold separately Best Buy sucks at product recognition: Wireless Keyboard [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Now Available from Verizon for Pre-order

Tablets are so popular that just about every hardware manufacturer in the game no matter how big or small has come forth with their own offering. As we’ve told you countless times the current undisputed king is none other than the Apple iPad which has managed to secure a hefty portion of the market. However, [...]

Beanbag Millennium Falcon’s Got it Where it Counts

You know, I have a sudden urge to redecorate my house. It might have something to do with this sweet Beanbag Millennium Falcon I found and want oh so desperately. It’s almost 9 feet long which in my eyes is no longer a beanbag chair but it’s more of a beanbag couch or bed or [...]

Sharp PW-AC30 And PW-AC40 Pocket Dictionaries

Sharp today unveiled two new pocket dictionaries. Known as the Sharp Brain PW-AC30 and PW-AC40, the former supports Chinese handwriting input, while the latter features Korean handwriting input. Both electronic dictionaries feature a 2.4-inch color touchscreen display with a QVGA resolution, a 3.5mm audio jack and a QWERTY keypad. The Sharp Brain PW-AC30 and PW-AC40 [...]