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The Little Lamp

post from Gizmos for Geeks on 13 November 2007 11:00:03 PM. © Gizmos for Geeks

Aptly named The Little Lamp, this little lamp is a battery powered miniature LED table lamp, but in this case the battery is the base! Using the classic lamp shade, but in miniature form, even has a fully working pull chain to switch the lamp on and off.The base of the lamp is [...]

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Zune 2G - A Whole New Experience

post from Daily Gadget on 13 November 2007 10:36:00 PM. © Daily Gadget

Zunelogo Earlier this year I wrote an in-depth review of the Zune. I touched on the player itself (now known as the Zune 30) and the software in a big 4 part review. I took a while to come out with that review since I feel that initial perceptions for me tend to not be very accurate. And this time will be no different. My personal reviews of the software and hardware will be a while in coming. (And I?ll need to get the new Zune 80 anyway. But that?s a-comin??) In the meantime though, since I have used the Zune quite extensively for a year now, I can at least offer a quickie first impression.

First, let me just say the firmware update is incredible. The first UI on the Zune was awesome. I really thought it blew away anything I?d seen on the market, including the iPod. And while I think the Touch UI is pretty sexy, I still love the style and utility of the twist interface. All Microsoft did for the past year was take one of their best UIs they?ve ever conceived and made it better. It looks great and runs great. It?s clear a lot of time and energy went into every aspect of it.

Which makes me wonder how they EVER found the time to take the substandard Zune desktop software and turn it from a dud into a stud. No, really, I don?t need to use this software for several weeks to say unequivocally that the weakest spot of the Zune experience has been turned into something that?s not just usable but ENJOYABLE. It?s fast, efficient and clean. The addition of Podcasts is sure to please many people and the expansion of the library includes much needed things such as comedy. Doing a search no longer makes trips to the dentist seem less excruciating.

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Humax PVR 9200 - only £149.99

post from GadgetSpeak - Member reviews, blogs and forums on 13 November 2007 09:54:00 PM. © GadgetSpeak - Member reviews, blogs and forums

I (black version) and found it to be excellent - and at a very good price. I've just been told that Comet are offering the Silver one for a further £30 discount until the 8th November. At £149.99 for a 160Gbyte PVR - that has to be very good[...]

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Shocker: iPhone virtual keyboard not as good as
real ones

post from Ubergizmo on 13 November 2007 08:19:28 PM. © Ubergizmo

Shocker: iPhone virtual keyboard not as good as real ones.

A usability consultancy firm called Centric Inc, has determined that the iPhone’s virtual keyboard is more error-prone than its physical counterparts. I have heard “it gets a lot better after a month” a hundred times from iPhone users, but the experiment seems to show that the number of errors while typing on the iPhone doesn’t really go down with experience.

“iPhone owners entered text as rapidly as QWERTY owners on their own phones. However, iPhone owners made significantly more texting errors on their own phone (5.6 errors/message) than both QWERTY owners (2.1 errors/message) and numeric phone owners (2.4 errors/message) on their own phones, p < .01. Interestingly, comparing texting performance between iPhone owners and novices (non-owners) on the iPhone found no significant difference in error rates. "While the iPhone's corrective text feature helps, this data suggests that iPhone users who have owned the device for a month still make about the same number of errors as the day they got it," (more details)

We said in Jan 07 that the keyboard would not perform all that well, but it’s not important enough to stall sales: many iPhone owners don’t type extensively or carry a blackberry in addition to their iPhone.

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Floppy Disk pen & pencil holder

post from Techie Diva's Guide to Gadgets on 13 November 2007 07:38:00 PM. © Techie Diva's Guide to Gadgets

Do you happen to have tons of old floppies lying around with nary a single 3.5" disk drive in the vicinity to read them? Why not turn them into something useful instead, like this Floppy Disk pen & pencil holder?...

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R2-D2 Trashcan

post from Techie Diva's Guide to Gadgets on 13 November 2007 07:37:00 PM. © Techie Diva's Guide to Gadgets

We know that everyone's favorite astromech is capable of doing plenty of stuff, but somehow being a trashcan sounds very much below its dignity. Fortunately enough, Artoo is extremely humble and doesn't mind holding a whole load of junk with...

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Compro Videomate V600 TV Tuner Box : Watch TV
easily on your PC

post from Mr.Gadget Australia on 13 November 2007 06:40:00 PM. © Mr.Gadget Australia

The Compro V600 TV Tuner Box makes watching TV on your PC possible and with ease too! There are no nasty drivers to worry about, just simply connect with your PC monitor and TV cable/antenna feed!

One neat feature of the Compro V600 TV Tuner Box is that you can watch TV in a resizable window while doing work on your PC! Here's a list of the other features of the Compro V600:

Features of the Compro VideoMate U600 USB TV Tuner Box

- Watch analog TV shows on your LCD/CRT/PDP monitor
- Plug & Play, no drivers required for all OS
- Autoscan all available channels and memorize (Support TV system will different by sales region)
- Support up to 1680 x 1050 and 1600 x 1200 resolution
- Support standard 4:3 /5:4 and 16:9 /16:10 wide screen
- Support 15", 17", 18", 19", 20", 21", 22" monitors
- Built-in 2D+3D Y/C separation and noise reduction chip
- Progressive scan video output for better video quality
- Standard(TV)/Cinema/Game display modes for best picture quality and performance
- (3:2 pull- down correction in Cinema mode)
- Enhanced 3D motion adaptive de-interlacing
- Multi-channel preview 9 channels on the same screen
- Separate video/audio input with box stand design
- Support SAP(MTS, EIAJ or NICAM), Stereo, Mono selection
- PIP feature to watch live TV in windows desktop
- My favorite channels setup and customize channel orders
- Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness adjustment and 2D/3D Y/C separation mode - select
- Support S-video, composite video and stereo audio inputs
- Supports 480i component(Y, Cb, Cr) video input
- Supports Xbox, PS2 and other game consoles input
- Sleep mode timers for 30/60/90/120 minutes
- User-friendly OSD (on screen display) to easy setup
- Fully functional IR remote control

Compro Videomate V600 Review:

Don't just take our word for it, check out TweakTown's comprehensive Compro V600 TV Tuner Box Review here. They gave it 9/10!

Get your own Compro V600 TV Tuner Box here at Mr.Gadget Australia!

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Deals of the day

post from Ubergizmo on 13 November 2007 06:00:00 PM. © Ubergizmo

$29, Logitech X-240 Speakers
$39, Lexar 4GB JumpDrive USB Flash Drive
$169, WD Caviar SE16 750GB SATA2 Hard Drive
$265, 8.0 MP PowerShot SX100 Digital Camera
$299, Western Digital My Book World Edition II, 1TB

More deals at Uberbargain.com

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Nokia N82 official product photos

After a few days of rumors and poor-quality photo circulation, the official images from Nokia are out… The official announcement is tomorrow, but someone at Nokia made a gaffe and posted them early (or may be it’s on purpose, it’s hard to tell these days). Anyhow, a little more buzz won’t harm the N82. The specifications highlights are in the full post. (click photo to zoom)

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8GB Asus Eee is coming

It’s quite a surprise, but Asus is going to release an Eee ultra-mobile PC with a better display, more memory and storage. The good news is that despite the larger display (10” versus 7”) the computer size will be the same. That’s because the original 7” display is surrounded by a rather large frame, which really is a perfect fit for a 10” display. In my opinion, Asus designed it this way from the beginning, realizing that the real limit for a laptop size is the keyboard. How much will it cost? (not an actual photo of the 10” Eee PC)

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